DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTORS
ITT CORPORATION DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
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ARTICLE 2. INTRODUCTION AND
PARTICIPATION
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ARTICLE 4. MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS
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ARTICLE 5. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
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ARTICLE 6. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
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ARTICLE 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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ARTICLE 8. ADMINISTRATION
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1.01.
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“ Adoption Date ”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(a).
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1.02.
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“ Administrative
Committee ” shall mean the Board’s Compensation and
Personnel Committee or the person or persons appointed by the
Board’s Compensation and Personnel Committee pursuant to
Article 8 hereof to administer the Plan.
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1.03.
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“ Beneficiary ”
shall mean the person or persons designated by a Participant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.04.
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1.04.
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“ Board ” shall
mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
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1.05.
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“ Business Day ”
shall mean any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, or a
successor thereto, is open.
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1.06.
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“ Code ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
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1.07.
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“ Corporation ”
shall mean ITT Corporation, an Indiana corporation, or any
successor by merger, purchase or otherwise.
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1.08.
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“ Deferral Account
” shall mean the bookkeeping account (or subaccounts)
maintained for each Participant to record the amount of Director
Fees such Participant has elected to defer in accordance with
Article 3 and/or pursuant to a Prior Deferral Agreement,
adjusted pursuant to Article 4.
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1.09.
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“ Deferral Agreement
” shall mean the completed agreement, including any
amendments, attachments and appendices thereto, in such form and
with such title as is approved by the Compensation and Personnel
Committee of the Board or the Administrative Committee, between a
Non-Employee Director and the Corporation, under which the
Non-Employee Director agrees to defer a portion of his or her
Director Fees earned for a specified Service Year.
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1.10.
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“ Deferral Election
Deadline ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a).
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1.11.
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“ Deferrals ”
shall mean the amount of deferrals credited to a
Participant’s Deferral Account pursuant to
Section 3.03.
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1.12.
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“ Director Fees ”
shall mean the fees paid in cash, including, without limitation,
any annual retainer, monthly fee, Board meeting fee or committee
meeting fee that a Non-Employee Director may be entitled to receive
for services as a member of the Board or a committee
thereof.
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1.13.
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“ Grandfathered
Deferrals ” shall mean deferred Director Fees (and any
earnings thereon, including amounts attributable to dividends on
such deferred Director Fees) that were initially deferred prior to
2005. For avoidance of doubt, an amount will be treated as
initially deferred prior to 2005 if the amount would have been paid
before 2005 had it not been deferred.
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1.14.
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“ In-Service Subaccount
” shall mean the bookkeeping account described in
Section 5.01(a) maintained to record Deferrals (and related
gains and losses on such Deferrals) that a Participant has elected
to have paid upon the first to occur of the Specified Distribution
Date, the Participant’s Retirement or the Participant’s
death.
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1.15.
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“ Non-Employee Director
” shall mean a member of the Board who is not concurrently an
employee of the Corporation.
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1.16.
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“ Participant ”
shall mean, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.02, each
Non-Employee Director who has executed a Deferral Agreement
pursuant to the requirements of Articles 2 and 3.
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1.17.
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“ Plan ” shall
mean the ITT Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan For
Non-Employee Directors, as set forth in this document, as it may be
amended from time to time.
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1.18.
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“ Prior Deferrals
” shall mean Deferrals relating to annual cash retainers that
were (a) initially deferred after to 2004 pursuant to a Prior
Deferral Agreement, (b) not yet distributed as of the Adoption
Date and (c) deferred by Non-Employee Directors who consent to
have their Prior Deferrals become subject to the terms of the Plan.
For avoidance of doubt, (a) an amount will be treated as
initially deferred after 2004 if the amount would have been paid
after 2004 had it not been deferred and (b) the term Prior
Deferrals shall not include any restricted stock, restricted stock
units or Grandfathered Deferrals.
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1.19.
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“ Prior Deferral
Agreement ” shall mean a deferral agreement and/or
document that was effective prior to the Adoption Date and that
governs the Directors’ Prior Deferrals. For avoidance of
doubt, the term Prior Deferral Agreement shall not include any
agreement or document governing (a) restricted stock or
restricted stock unit awards or a Non-Employee Director’s
election to receive restricted stock or restricted stock unit
awards or (b) Grandfathered Deferrals.
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1.20.
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“ Reporting Date
” shall mean the first Business Day of each calendar month
following the Adoption Date, or such other day as the
Administrative Committee may determine.
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1.21.
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“ Retirement ”
shall mean, subject to Section 8.01(c), the termination of a
Non-Employee Director’s service as a member of the
Board.
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1.22.
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“ Retirement Subaccount
” shall mean the bookkeeping account described in
Section 5.01(a) maintained to record Deferrals (and related
gains and losses on such Deferrals) that a Participant has elected
to have paid upon the first to occur of the Participant’s
Retirement or death.
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1.23.
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“ Service Year ”
shall mean the period beginning on the date of the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders in any year and ending on the day immediately
preceding the date of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for the
subsequent year, or such other period as shall be specified from
time to time by the Administrative Committee.
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1.24.
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“ Specified Distribution
Date ” shall mean a Business Day selected by a
Participant pursuant to Section 5.01(a).
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1.25.
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“ Unforeseeable
Emergency ” shall mean a severe financial hardship to a
Participant resulting from (a) an illness or accident of the
Participant or the Participant’s spouse, beneficiary or
dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to
Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), (b) loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to
rebuild a home following damage to the home not otherwise covered
by insurance) or (c) other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant; provided, however, that an
Unforeseeable Emergency shall only exist to the extent the severe
financial hardship would constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency
under Code Section 409A, related regulations and other
applicable guidance.
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ARTICLE 2. INTRODUCTION AND
PARTICIPATION
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2.01.
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Introduction
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(a)
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The
Plan was adopted by the Board on October 7, 2008 (the
“Adoption Date”).
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(b)
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The
Plan shall govern (i) Deferrals (as adjusted pursuant to
Article 4) made pursuant to a Deferral Agreement executed
after the Adoption Date and (ii) Prior Deferrals (as adjusted
pursuant to Article 4). All Prior Deferral Agreements will be
deemed amended to the extent the terms of the Prior Deferral
Agreement are inconsistent with the terms of the Plan so that, to
the extent of any such inconsistency, the terms of the Plan will
govern.
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2.02.
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Participation
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(a)
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All
Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan. An individual who is determined to be a Non-Employee Director
with respect to a Service Year and who desires to have Deferrals
credited on his or her behalf
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pursuant to Article 3 must
execute a Deferral Agreement with the Administrative Committee
authorizing Deferrals under the Plan in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 2.02(b) and 3.01.
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(b)
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The
Deferral Agreement shall be in writing and properly completed upon
a form approved by the Administrative Committee, which shall be the
sole judge of the proper completion thereof. Such Deferral
Agreement shall provide for the deferral of all or a portion of the
Non-Employee Director’s Director Fees and shall include such
other provisions as the Administrative Committee deems
appropriate.
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2.03.
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Termination of
Participation
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Participation shall cease when all
benefits to which a Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to
hereunder are distributed.
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3.01.
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Deferral Elections
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(a)
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Except as provided in
Section 3.01(d), a Non-Employee Director may elect to defer
Director Fees that will be earned in the Service Year that begins
in the following calendar year by filing a Deferral Agreement with
the Administrative Committee on or before (i) the close of
business on the last Business Day of the calendar year preceding
the calendar year in which such Service Year begins or
(ii) such earlier date as may be specified by the
Administrative Committee (the “Deferral Election
Deadline”).
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(b)
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Except as provided in
Sections 3.01(d) and 3.05 and subject to such restrictions as
the Administrative Committee may establish from time to time, a
Non-Employee Director’s election to defer Director Fees
earned in any Service Year shall become irrevocable on the Deferral
Election Deadline. A Non-Employee Director may revoke or change his
or her election to defer Director Fees at any time prior to the
date the election becomes irrevocable, subject to such restrictions
as the Administrative Committee may establish from time to time.
Any such revocation or change shall be made in a form and manner
determined by the Administrative Committee.
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(c)
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Except as provided in
Section 3.01(d), a Participant’s Deferral Agreement
shall apply only with respect to Director Fees earned in the
Service Year that begins in the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Deferral Agreement is filed with the
Administrative Committee. A Non-Employee Director must file, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01(a), a new Deferral
Agreement to defer Director Fees earned in any subsequent Service
Year.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding anything in this
Section 3.01 to the contrary, if a Non-Employee Director first
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan after the Deferral
Election Deadline, but before the first day of the Service Year
that begins in the calendar year in which the Non-Employee Director
first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the Non-Employee
Director may, within the period beginning on the date the
Non-Employee Director first becomes eligible to participate in the
Plan and ending on the earlier of (i) 30 days after such
date or (ii) the first day of such Service Year, elect to
defer Director Fees that will be earned in such Service
Year.
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3.02.
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Amount of Deferral
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Unless the Administrative Committee
provides otherwise, a Non-Employee Director may defer all or none
of his or her Director Fees, but not a portion of such Director
Fees.
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3.03.
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Crediting to Deferral
Account
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Except as provided below with
respect to Prior Deferrals, Deferrals shall be credited to a
Participant’s Deferral Account on the day such Director Fees
would have otherwise been paid to the Participant in the absence of
a Deferral Agreement. Deferrals credited to a Participant’s
Deferral Account which are deemed invested in a Corporation phantom
stock fund will be credited based on the closing price of the
Corporation’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (or
a successor thereto) on that day or the next Business Day if such
day is not a Business Day. Prior Deferrals shall be credited to a
Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Adoption
Date.
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3.04.
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Vesting
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A
Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her
Deferral Account.
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3.05.
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Unforeseeable
Emergency
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Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article 3, Deferrals under a
Participant’s current Deferral Agreement shall cease in the
event a distribution is made to the Participant due to an
Unforeseeable Emergency.
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ARTICLE 4. MAINTENANCE OF
ACCOUNTS
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4.01.
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Adjustment of Account
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(a)
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The
Administrative Committee shall designate at least one investment
fund or index of investment performance and may designate
additional investment funds or investment indices (including a
Corporation phantom stock fund) to be used to
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measure the investment performance
of a Participant’s Deferral Account. The designation of any
such investment funds or indices shall not require the Corporation
to invest or earmark its general assets in any specific manner. The
Administrative Committee may change the designation of investment
funds or indices from time to time, in its sole discretion, and any
such change shall not be deemed to be an amendment affecting
Participants’ rights under Section 6.01.
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(b)
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As
of each Reporting Date, each Deferral Account shall be credited or
debited with the amount of earnings or losses with which such
Deferral Account would have been credited or debited, assuming it
had been invested in one or more investment funds, or earned the
rate of return of one or more indices of investment performance,
designated by the Administrative Committee and elected by the
Participant pursuant to Section 4.02 for purposes of measuring
the investment performance of his or her Deferral Account. Any
portion of a
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