ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
NONQUALIFIED PENSION PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008
Illinois Tool
Works Inc. hereby amends and restates, effective as of
January 1, 2008, the ITW Nonqualified Pension Benefits Plan,
originally established effective January 1, 1976, which is
hereby renamed the “Illinois Tool Works Inc. Nonqualified
Pension Plan.” The Company intends for the Plan to comply
with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and applicable regulations
(“Section 409A”), and to operate the Plan in good
faith compliance with Section 409A during the
Section 409A transition period and any extension
thereof.
Certain
definitions utilized in this Plan are set forth below. Capitalized
terms utilized in the Plan that are not defined below shall have
the meanings set forth in the Qualified Plan.
1.1 “
Actuarial Equivalent ” or “ Actuarial
Equivalence ” means an equivalent form of payment of a
Participant’s Supplemental Benefit. For purposes of
converting a Supplemental Benefit to a form of payment offered
under the Qualified Plan, Actuarial Equivalence will be determined
using the Qualified Plan’s definition of Actuarial
Equivalent.
1.2 “
Beneficiary ” means the person so designated by a
Participant according to the method prescribed by the Company. If
no designation is in effect or if an existing designation is
determined to be invalid or ineffective at the time any payments
under this Plan become due, the Beneficiary shall be the spouse of
the Participant, or if no spouse is then living, the
Participant’s estate. The Participant may also change his
Beneficiary according to the methods prescribed by the Company,
provided that no such change shall be allowed following
commencement of payment.
1.3 “
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
1.4 “
CEO ” means the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
1.5 “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.6 “
Committee ” means the Employee Benefits Steering
Committee of the Company.
1.7 “
Company ” means Illinois Tool Works Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any successor thereto, and any corporation or
other entity that together with Illinois Tool Works Inc. is a
member of a controlled group of corporations under Code Section
414(b) or a group of trades or businesses under common control
pursuant to Code Section 414(c).
1.8 “
Corporate Change ” shall mean either a “Change
in Ownership,” “Change in Effective Control” or a
“Change of Ownership of a Substantial Portion of
Assets” as defined in Section 409A and summarized
herein. A “Change in Ownership” occurs on the date that
any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as
defined in Section 409A), acquires ownership of stock of the
Company that, together with stock held by such person or group,
constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total
voting power of the stock of the Company. A “Change in
Effective Control” occurs on the date that either
(i) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group,
acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the
date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons)
ownership of stock of the Company possessing 35% or more of the
total voting power of the stock of the Company; or (ii) a
majority of members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month
period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed
by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the
appointment or election. A “Change of Ownership of a
Substantial Portion of Assets” occurs on the date that any
one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or
has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the
most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the
Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more
than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets
of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or
acquisitions.
1.9 “
ECRIP ” means the Illinois Tool Works Inc. Executive
Contributory Retirement Income Plan, as established effective
April 1, 1993 and amended and restated effective
January 1, 2008, and as amended from time to time
thereafter.
1.10 “
Eligible Executive ” means (i) any participant in
ECRIP; (ii) any Company executive entitled to certain benefits
under the Premark Supplemental Plan, to the extent of any
Supplemental Benefit which is based on service through
December 31, 2000, unless such person is an Eligible Executive
under either (i) or (iii); and (iii) any other Company
executive who is eligible to receive a Retirement Benefit, the
amount of which is reduced by reason of the limitations on
compensation or benefits under Code Sections 401(a)(17) or
415(b) and who is designated as a Participant by the CEO.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Eligible Executive shall only be
considered such if he/she is part of a “select group of
management or highly compensated employees” within the
meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”).
1.11 “
Participant ” means any Eligible Executive and any
former Eligible Executive, to whom or with respect to whom a
Supplemental Benefit is payable.
1.12 “
Plan ” means the Illinois Tool Works Inc. Nonqualified
Pension Plan as amended from time to time.
1.13 “
Qualified Plan ” means the ITW Retirement Accumulation
Plan as amended from time to time.
1.14 “
Retirement Benefit ” means the benefits payable to a
Participant in the form of a single life annuity under the
Qualified Plan as of his/her Separation from Service. A
Participant’s Retirement Benefit shall include the value of
any benefits paid or payable to an alternate payee pursuant to a
qualified domestic relations order with respect to the Qualified
Plan.
1.15 “
Separation from Service ” means the date of the
Participant’s cessation of services with the Company for any
reason.
1.16 “
Supplemental Benefit ” means the benefit payable to a
Participant or Beneficiary pursuant to Article III of the
Plan.
ARTICLE II.
PARTICIPATION
An executive of
the Company shall become a Participant effective either (i) as
of the date on which he/she is notified by the Committee that
he/she has become an Eligible Executive by designation by the CEO,
(ii) as of the first date he/she is eligible to make deferrals
under ECRIP following designation of eligibility for participation
in ECRIP, or (iii) as of January 1, 2001, if the
executive was entitled to Premark Supplemental Plan benefits. Prior
to a Corporate Change, the CEO may determine that an individual who
has been designated as a Participant shall cease to participate
herein.
ARTICLE III.
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT
A
Participant’s Supplemental Benefit shall be determined as of
his/her Separation from Service by offsetting his/her actual
Retirement Benefit against a hypothetical Retirement Benefit
calculated under the then-applicable provisions of the Qualified
Plan, including all benefit formulas, service credit, early
retirement adjustments, vesting and eligibility requirements,
actuarial factors and other calculation methods under any such plan
but not any limits on benefits and compensation under Code Sections
415(b) and 401(a)(17), and as if there had been no deferrals under
ECRIP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s
Supplemental Benefit as determined above shall be adjusted as
follows:
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(a)
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The
CEO in his sole discretion may determine that a Participant’s
Supplemental Benefit shall not reflect the Participant’s
compensation and ECRIP deferrals in excess of the then-current Code
Section 401(a)(17) limit and benefits in excess of the
applicable limit under Code Section 415(b) and reduce the
Participant’s Supplemental Benefit accordingly;
and
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(b)
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The
CEO may determine that a Participant’s Supplemental Benefit
shall reflect additional service and compensation credits, as he
shall deem appropriate, and shall increase the Participant’s
Supplemental Benefit accordingly.
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ARTICLE IV.
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
4.1
Commencement of Benefits . Except as provided in
Section 4.2(c), payment of a Participant’s Supplemental
Benefit shall commence on the first day of the month following
his/her Separation from Service. A Participant’s or
Beneficiary’s Supplemental Benefit that is being paid in the
form of installments shall continue to be credited with interest
using a reasonable rate of interest determined by the
Committee.
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(a)
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Initial Election
. A Participant shall
submit an election (according to the method prescribed by the
Company) as to the form of payment of his/her Supplemental Benefit,
which form may be any of the forms of payment permitted under the
Qualified Plan (other than the level income option) or in a lump
sum or monthly installment payments over two to 20 years. Any
such election must be submitted within 30 days after the
Participant’s commencement of Plan participation as defined
in Article II. If a Participant chooses a form of payment
available under the Qualified Plan or a lump sum, such form of
payment shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the
Participant’s Supplemental Benefit. If a Participant
(i) does not elect a form of payment, or (ii) as of
his/her Separation from Service, has not either attained age 55
with 10 years of service or age 65 with 5 years of
service, then the Participant shall receive his/her Supplemental
Benefit in the form of a lump sum payment on the first day of the
month following his/her Separation from Service.
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(b)
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Change to Prior Election
. Effective
January 1, 2009, a Participant may elect to change a form of
payment previously elected (or if the Participant failed to elect a
form of payment in accordance with Section 4.2, then to elect
a form other than the lump sum), provided (i) such
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