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Title: JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Illinois     Date: 2/27/2009
Industry: Real Estate Operations     Sector: Services

JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: jones lang lasalle incorporated
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Exhibit 10.25

JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Effective January 1, 2004

(Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

  

 

  

Page

ARTICLE 1 Definitions

  

6

1.1

  

“Account Balance”

  

6

1.2

  

“Annual Account”

  

6

1.3

  

“Annual Deferral Amount”

  

7

1.4

  

“Annual Installment Method”

  

7

1.5

  

“Base Salary”

  

7

1.6

  

“Beneficiary”

  

7

1.7

  

“Beneficiary Designation Form”

  

7

1.8

  

“Benefit Distribution Date”

  

8

1.9

  

“Board”

  

8

1.10

  

“Bonus”

  

8

1.11

  

“Change in Control”

  

8

1.12

  

“Code”

  

9

1.13

  

“Commissions”

  

9

1.14

  

“Committee”

  

9

1.15

  

“Company”

  

9

1.16

  

“Company Contribution Amount”

  

9

1.17

  

“Company Restoration Matching Amount”

  

9

1.18

  

“Director”

  

9

1.19

  

“Director Fees”

  

9

1.20

  

“Disability” or “Disabled”

  

9

1.21

  

“Election Form”

  

10

1.22

  

“Eligible Individual”

  

10

1.23

  

“Employee”

  

10

1.24

  

“Employer(s)”

  

10

1.25

  

“ERISA”

  

10

1.26

  

“401(k) Plan”

  

11

1.27

  

“Independent Contractor”

  

11

1.28

  

“LTIP Amounts”

  

11

1.29

  

“Participant”

  

11

1.30

  

“Performance-Based Compensation”

  

11

1.31

  

“Plan”

  

11

1.32

  

“Plan Agreement”

  

11

1.33

  

“Plan Year”

  

11

1.34

  

“Restricted Stock”

  

11

1.35

  

“Restricted Stock Account”

  

12

1.36

  

“Restricted Stock Amount”

  

12

1.37

  

“Retirement,” “Retire(s)” or “Retired”

  

12

1.38

  

“Separation from Service”

  

12

1.39

  

“SOP Account”

  

14

1.40

  

“SOP Amount”

  

14

1.41

  

“SOP Stock”

  

14

1.42

  

“Stock”

  

14

 

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1.43

  

“Trust”

  

14

1.44

  

“Unforeseeable Emergency”

  

14

1.45

  

“Years of Service”

  

14

ARTICLE 2 Eligibility and Enrollment

  

15

2.1

  

Eligibility

  

15

2.2

  

Enrollment and Eligibility Requirements; Commencement of Participation

  

15

ARTICLE 3 Deferral Commitments/Company Contribution Amounts

  

15

3.1

  

Minimum and Maximum Deferrals

  

15

3.2

  

Timing of Deferral Elections; Effect of Election Form

  

16

3.3

  

Withholding and Crediting of Annual Deferral Amounts

  

18

3.4

  

Company Contribution Amount

  

18

3.5

  

Company Restoration Matching Amount

  

19

3.6

  

SOP Amount

  

19

3.7

  

Restricted Stock Amount

  

19

3.8

  

Vesting

  

19

3.9

  

Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances

  

21

3.10

  

FICA and Other Taxes

  

23

ARTICLE 4 Scheduled Distribution; Unforeseeable Emergencies

  

24

4.1

  

Scheduled Distributions

  

24

4.2

  

Postponing Scheduled Distributions

  

24

4.3

  

Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Scheduled Distributions

  

25

4.4

  

Unforeseeable Emergencies

  

25

ARTICLE 5 Change in Control Benefit

  

26

5.1

  

Change in Control Benefit

  

26

5.2

  

Payment of Change in Control Benefit

  

26

ARTICLE 6 Retirement Benefit

  

26

6.1

  

Retirement Benefit

  

26

6.2

  

Payment of Retirement Benefit

  

26

ARTICLE 7 Termination Benefit

  

27

7.1

  

Termination Benefit

  

27

7.2

  

Payment of Termination Benefit

  

27

ARTICLE 8 Disability Benefit

  

28

8.1

  

Disability Benefit

  

28

8.2

  

Payment of Disability Benefit

  

28

 

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ARTICLE 9 Death Benefit

  

28

9.1

  

Death Benefit

  

28

9.2

  

Payment of Death Benefit

  

28

ARTICLE 10 Beneficiary Designation

  

28

10.1

  

Beneficiary

  

28

10.2

  

Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent

  

28

10.3

  

Acknowledgment

  

29

10.4

  

No Beneficiary Designation

  

29

10.5

  

Doubt as to Beneficiary

  

29

10.6

  

Discharge of Obligations

  

29

ARTICLE 11 Leave of Absence

  

29

11.1

  

Paid Leave of Absence

  

29

11.2

  

Unpaid Leave of Absence

  

29

ARTICLE 12 Termination of Plan, Amendment or Modification

  

30

12.1

  

Termination of Plan

  

30

12.2

  

Amendment

  

30

12.3

  

Plan Agreement

  

30

12.4

  

Effect of Payment

  

30

ARTICLE 13 Administration

  

31

13.1

  

Committee Duties

  

31

13.2

  

Administration Upon Change In Control

  

31

13.3

  

Agents

  

32

13.4

  

Binding Effect of Decisions

  

32

13.5

  

Indemnity of Committee

  

32

13.6

  

Employer Information

  

32

ARTICLE 14 Other Benefits and Agreements

  

32

14.1

  

Coordination with Other Benefits

  

32

ARTICLE 15 Claims Procedures

  

32

15.1

  

Presentation of Claim

  

32

15.2

  

Notification of Decision

  

33

15.3

  

Review of a Denied Claim

  

33

15.4

  

Decision on Review

  

33

15.5

  

Legal Action

  

34

 

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ARTICLE 16 Trust

  

34

16.1

  

Establishment of the Trust

  

34

16.2

  

Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust

  

34

16.3

  

Distributions From the Trust

  

34

ARTICLE 17 Miscellaneous

  

35

17.1

  

Status of Plan

  

35

17.2

  

Unsecured General Creditor

  

35

17.3

  

Employer’s Liability

  

35

17.4

  

Nonassignability

  

36

17.5

  

Not a Contract of Employment

  

36

17.6

  

Furnishing Information

  

36

17.7

  

Terms

  

36

17.8

  

Captions

  

36

17.9

  

Governing Law

  

36

17.10

  

Notice

  

36

17.11

  

Successors

  

37

17.12

  

Spouse’s Interest

  

37

17.13

  

Validity

  

37

17.14

  

Incompetent

  

37

17.15

  

Domestic Relations Orders

  

37

17.16

  

Distribution in the Event of Income Inclusion Under Code Section 409A

  

38

17.17

  

Deduction Limitation on Benefit Payments

  

38

17.18

  

Distribution in the Event of Taxation.

  

38

17.19

  

Insurance

  

38

17.20

  

Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control

  

39

17.21

  

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation

  

39

 

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JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Effective January 1, 2004

(Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2009)

Purpose

The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management or highly compensated Employees, Independent Contractors and Directors who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that participate in the Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

This Plan is intended to comply with all applicable law, including Code Section 409A and related Treasury guidance and Regulations, and shall be operated and interpreted in accordance with this intention. In order to transition to the requirements of Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, the Committee may make available to Participants certain transition relief provided under Notices 2006-79 and 2007-86, as described more fully in Appendix A of this Plan.

This Plan shall apply to all amounts deferred hereunder on and after January 1, 2004.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings:

 

1.1

Account Balance ” shall mean an entry on the records of the Employer equal to the sum of a Participant’s (a) Annual Account balance, (b) SOP Account balance, and (c) Restricted Stock Account balance. The Account Balance 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.

If a Participant is both (i) an Employee or Independent Contractor, and (ii) a Director, and participates in the Plan in each capacity, then separate Account Balances (and separate Annual Accounts, SOP Accounts and Restricted Stock Accounts, if applicable) shall be established for such Participant as a device for the measurement and determination of the (a) amounts deferred under the Plan that are attributable to the Participant’s status as an Employee or Independent Contractor, and (b) amounts deferred under the Plan that are attributable to the Participant’s status as a Director.

 

1.2

Annual Account ” shall mean an entry on the records of the Employer equal to (a) the sum of a Participant’s Annual Deferral Amount, Company Contribution Amount and Company Restoration Matching Amount for any one Plan Year, plus (b) amounts credited or debited to such amounts pursuant to this Plan, less (c) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Annual Account for such Plan Year. The Annual Account shall be a

 

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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.

 

1.3

Annual Deferral Amount ” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Base Salary, Bonus, Commissions, Director Fees and LTIP Amounts 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.

 

1.4

Annual Installment Method ” shall mean the method used to determine the amount of each payment due to a Participant who has elected to receive a benefit over a period of years in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Plan. The amount of each annual payment due to the Participant shall be calculated by multiplying the balance of the Participant’s benefit by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the remaining number of annual payments due to the Participant. The amount of the first annual payment shall be calculated as of the close of business on or around the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date, and the amount of each subsequent annual payment shall be calculated on or around each anniversary of such Benefit Distribution Date. Shares of Stock that shall be distributable from the SOP Account and the Restricted Stock Account shall be distributable in shares of actual Stock in the same manner previously described. For purposes of this Plan, the right to receive a benefit payment in annual installments shall be treated as the entitlement to a single payment.

 

1.5

Base Salary ” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, excluding distributions from nonqualified deferred compensation plans, bonuses, commissions, 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 Participant’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, 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts shall 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 Participant.

 

1.6

Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities designated in accordance with Article 10 that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the Participant’s death.

 

1.7

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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1.8

Benefit Distribution Date ” shall mean the date upon which all or an objectively determinable portion of a Participant’s vested benefits shall become eligible for distribution. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date shall be determined based on the earliest to occur of an event or scheduled date set forth in Articles 4 through 9, as applicable.

 

1.9

Board ” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

1.10

Bonus ” shall mean any cash compensation, in addition to Base Salary, Commissions and LTIP Amounts, earned by a Participant during a Plan Year under an Employer’s annual bonus and cash incentive plans.

 

1.11

Change in Control ” shall mean the occurrence of a “change in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of a corporation, as determined in accordance with this Section.

In order for an event described below to constitute a Change in Control with respect to a Participant, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section, the applicable event shall relate to the corporation for which the Participant is providing services, the corporation that is liable for payment of the Participant’s Account Balance (or all corporations liable for payment if more than one), as identified by the Committee in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(2), or such other corporation identified by the Committee in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii)(A)(3).

 

 

(a)

A “change in the effective control” of the applicable corporation shall occur on either of the following dates:

 

 

(i)

The date on which 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 such corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi). If a person or group is considered to possess 50% or more of the total voting power of the stock of a corporation, and such person or group acquires additional stock of such corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by such person or group shall not be considered to cause a “change in the effective control” of such corporation; or

 

 

(ii)

The date on which a majority of the members of the applicable corporation’s board of directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such corporation’s board of directors before the date of the appointment or election, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi). In determining whether the event described in the preceding

 

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sentence has occurred, the applicable corporation to which the event must relate shall only include a corporation identified in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii) for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder.

 

 

(b)

A “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the applicable corporation shall occur on the date on which 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 corporation that have a total gross fair market value more than 60% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii). A transfer of assets shall not be treated as a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” when such transfer is made to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the transferor corporation, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(B).

 

1.12

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.13

Commissions ” shall mean the cash commissions earned by a Participant during a Plan Year, as determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations. Commissions shall not include amounts a Participant receives as a draw or any other amounts subject to recovery by the Company.

 

1.14

Committee ” shall mean the committee described in Article 13.

 

1.15

Company ” shall mean Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, a Maryland corporation, and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

 

1.16

Company Contribution Amount ” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.4.

 

1.17

Company Restoration Matching Amount ” shall mean, for any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.5.

 

1.18

Director ” shall mean any member of the board of directors of any Employer.

 

1.19

Director Fees ” shall mean the annual fees earned by a Director from any Employer, including retainer fees and meetings fees, as compensation for serving on the board of directors.

 

1.20

Disability ” or “ Disabled ” shall mean that a Participant is either (a) 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 (b) 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,

 

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receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s Employer. For purposes of this Plan, a Participant shall be deemed Disabled if determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. A Participant shall also be deemed Disabled if determined to be disabled in accordance with the applicable disability insurance program of such Participant’s Employer, provided that the definition of “disability” applied under such disability insurance program complies with the requirements of this Section.

 

1.21

Election Form ” shall mean the form, which may be in electronic format, 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.

 

1.22

Eligible Individual ” shall mean (a) a Director, or (b) an Employee or Independent Contractor who is a National, Regional or International Director.

 

1.23

Employee ” shall mean a person (a) who is a common-law employee of an Employer, and (b) whose compensation is reported by the Employer on Form W-2.

 

1.24

Employer(s) ” shall be defined as follows:

 

 

(a)

Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this Section, the term “Employer” shall mean the Company 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.

 

 

(b)

For the purpose of determining whether a Participant has experienced a Separation from Service, the term “Employer” shall mean:

 

 

(i)

The entity for which the Participant performs services and with respect to which the legally binding right to compensation deferred or contributed under this Plan arises; and

 

 

(ii)

All other entities with which the entity described above would be aggregated and treated as a single employer under Code Section 414(b) (controlled group of corporations) and Code Section 414(c) (a group of trades or businesses, whether or not incorporated, under common control), as applicable. In order to identify the group of entities described in the preceding sentence, the Committee shall use an ownership threshold of at least 50% as a substitute for the 80% minimum ownership threshold that appears in, and otherwise shall be used when applying, the applicable provisions of (A) Code Section 1563 for determining a controlled group of corporations under Code Section 414(b), and (B) Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2 for determining the trades or businesses that are under common control under Code Section 414(c).

 

1.25

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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1.26

401(k) Plan ” shall mean the Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Savings and Retirement Plan, originally adopted by the Company effective July 1, 1977, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.27

Independent Contractor ” shall mean a person (a) who performs services for the Employer as an independent contractor, and (b) whose compensation is reported by the Employer on Form 1099.

 

1.28

LTIP Amounts ” shall mean any portion of the compensation attributable to a Plan Year that is earned by a Participant under an Employer’s long-term incentive plan or any other long-term incentive arrangement designated by the Committee.

 

1.29

Participant ” shall mean any Eligible Individual (a) who elects to participate in the Plan, (b) whose executed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, and (c) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated. A Participant’s spouse or former spouse shall not be treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an Account Balance under the Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.

 

1.30

Performance-Based Compensation ” shall mean compensation the entitlement to or amount of 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, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(e).

 

1.31

Plan ” shall mean the Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument, as it may be amended from time to time, and by any other documents that together with this instrument define a Participant’s rights to amounts credited to his or her Account Balance.

 

1.32

Plan Agreement ” shall mean a written agreement in the form prescribed by or acceptable to the Committee that evidences a Participant’s agreement to the terms of the Plan and which may establish additional terms or conditions of Plan participation for a Participant. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the most recent Plan Agreement accepted with respect to a Participant shall supersede any prior Plan Agreements for such Participant. Plan Agreements may vary among Participants and may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan.

 

1.33

Plan Year ” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.

 

1.34

Restricted Stock ” shall mean rights to receive unvested shares of restricted stock selected by the Committee in its sole discretion and awarded to a Participant under any Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated stock incentive plan.

 

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1.35

Restricted Stock Account ” shall mean the aggregate value, measured on any given date, of (a) the number of shares of Restricted Stock deferred by a Participant as a result of all Restricted Stock Amounts, plus (b) the number of additional shares credited to a Participant’s Restricted Stock Account as a result of the deemed reinvestment of dividends in accordance with this Plan, less (c) the number of shares of Restricted Stock previously distributed to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan, subject in each case to any adjustments to the number of such shares determined by the Committee with respect to the Jones Lang LaSalle Stock Unit Fund pursuant to Section 3.9. This portion of the Participant’s Account Balance shall only be distributable in actual shares of Stock.

 

1.36

Restricted Stock Amount ” shall mean, with respect to a Participant for any one Plan Year, the amount of Restricted Stock deferred in accordance with Section 3.7, calculated using the closing price of Stock at the end of the business day closest to the date such Restricted Stock would otherwise vest, but for the election to defer. In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a Separation from Service prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Restricted Stock Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

 

1.37

Retirement ,” “ Retire(s) ” or “ Retired ” shall mean, with respect to a Participant who is an Employee or Independent Contractor, a Separation from Service on or after the attainment of (a) age 55 with at least 10 Years of Service, or (b) age 55 and having any combination of age plus Years of Service equal to at least 65. “Retirement,” “Retire(s)” or “Retired” with respect to a Participant who is a Director shall mean Separation from Service on or after the attainment of age 70. If a Participant is both (i) an Employee or Independent Contractor, and (ii) a Director, and participates in the Plan in each capacity, then (a) the determination of whether the Participant qualifies for Retirement as an Employee or Independent Contractor shall be made when the Participant experiences a Separation from Service as an Employee or Independent Contractor, as the case may be, and such determination shall only apply to the applicable Account Balance established in accordance with Section 1.1 for amounts deferred under the Plan as an Employee or Independent Contractor, and (b) the determination of whether the Participant qualifies for Retirement as a Director shall be made at the time the Participant experiences a Separation from Service as a Director and such determination shall only apply to the applicable Account Balance established in accordance with Section 1.1 for amounts deferred under the Plan as a Director.

 

1.38

Separation from Service ” shall mean a termination of services provided by a Participant to his or her Employer, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by reason of death or Disability, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h). In determining whether a Participant has experienced a Separation from Service, the following provisions shall apply:

 

 

(a)

For a Participant who provides services to an Employer as an Employee, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this Section, a Separation from Service shall occur when such Participant has experienced a termination of employment with such Employer. A Participant shall be considered to have experienced a termination of employment when the facts

 

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and circumstances indicate that the Participant and his or her Employer reasonably anticipate that either (i) no further services will be performed for the Employer after a certain date, or (ii) that the level of bona fide services the Participant will perform for an Employer after such date (whether as an Employee or as a Director) will permanently decrease to no more than 20% of the average level of bona fide services performed by such Participant (whether as an Employee or a Director) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the Employer if the Participant has been providing services to the Employer less than 36 months).

If a Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence, the employment relationship between the Participant and the Employer shall be treated as continuing intact, provided that the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the Participant retains a right to reemployment with the Employer under an applicable statute or by contract. If the period of a military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence exceeds six months and the Participant does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be considered to be terminated for purposes of this Plan as of the first day immediately following the end of such six-month period. In applying the provisions of this paragraph, a leave of absence shall be considered a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Employer.

 

 

(b)

For a Participant who provides services to an Employer as an Independent Contractor, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this Section, a Separation from Service shall occur upon the expiration of the contract (or in the case of more than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed for the Employer, provided that the expiration of such contract(s) is determined by the Committee to constitute a good-faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship between the Participant and such Employer.

 

 

(c)

For a Participant who provides services to an Employer as a Director, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d) of this Section, a Separation from Service shall occur upon the expiration of the contract (or in the case of more than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed for such Employer, provided that the expiration of such contract(s) is determined by the Committee to constitute a good-faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship between the Participant and such Employer.

 

 

(d)

If a Participant provides services for an Employer as both (i) an Employee or Independent Contractor, and (ii) as a Director, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(5), the services provided by such Participant as a Director shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as an Employee or Independent Contractor, and the services provided by such Participant as an Employee or Independent Contractor shall not be taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as a Director.

 

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1.39

SOP Account ” shall mean the aggregate value, measured on any given date, of (a) the number of shares of SOP Stock deferred by a Participant as a result of all SOP Amounts, plus (b) the number of additional shares credited to a Participant’s SOP Account as a result of the deemed reinvestment of dividends in accordance with this Plan, less (c) the number of shares of SOP Stock previously distributed to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan, subject in each case to any adjustments to the number of such shares determined by the Committee with respect to the Jones Lang LaSalle Stock Unit Fund pursuant to Section 3.9. This portion of the Participant’s Account Balance shall only be distributable in actual shares of Stock.

 

1.40

SOP Amount ” shall mean, with respect to a Participant for any one Plan Year, the amount of SOP Stock deferred in accordance with Section 3.6 of this Plan, calculated using the closing price of Stock at the end of the business day closest to the date such SOP Stock would otherwise vest, but for the election to defer. In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or Separation from Service prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s SOP Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

 

1.41

SOP Stock ” shall mean rights to receive unvested shares of Stock selected by the Committee in its sole discretion and awarded to the Participant under the Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated Amended and Restated Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.42

Stock ” shall mean Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated common stock, $.01 par value, or any other equity securities of the Company designated by the Committee.

 

1.43

Trust ” shall mean one or more trusts established by the Company in accordance with Article 16.

 

1.44

Unforeseeable Emergency ” shall mean a severe financial hardship of the Participant resulting from (a) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152 without regard to paragraphs (b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(b) thereof), (b) a loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or (c) such other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as determined by the Committee based on the relevant facts and circumstances.

 

1.45

Years of Service ” shall mean the total number of full years in which a Participant has been employed by (a) the Company, (b) any member of the Company’s controlled group under Code Section 414, and (c) any other entity designated by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period (or 366 day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of employment, commences on the Participant’s hiring date and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. The Committee shall make a determination as to whether any partial years of employment shall be counted as a Year of Service.

 

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ARTICLE 2

Eligibility and Enrollment

 

2.1

Eligibility . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Individuals.

 

2.2

Enrollment and Eligibility Requirements; Commencement of Participation .

 

 

(a)

As a condition to participation, each Eligible Individual shall complete, execute and return to the Committee a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form by the deadline(s) established by the Committee in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Plan. In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary.

 

 

(b)

Provided an Eligible Individual selected to participate in the Plan 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, that Eligible Individual shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the month following the month in which the Eligible Individual completes all enrollment requirements.

 

 

(c)

If an Eligible Individual fails to meet all requirements established by the Committee within the period required, that Eligible Individual shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Plan Year.

ARTICLE 3

Deferral Commitments/Company Contribution Amounts

Company Restoration Matching Amounts/ Vesting/Crediting/Taxes

 

3.1

Minimum and Maximum Deferrals .

 

 

(a)

Annual Deferral, Restricted Stock and SOP Amounts . For each Plan Year, a Participant who is a Director or Employee may elect to defer Base Salary, Bonus, Commissions, LTIP Amounts, Director Fees, Restricted Stock Amounts and/or SOP Stock Amounts, and a Participant who is an Independent Contractor may elect to defer Commissions, subject to the following minimum and maximum amounts.

 

Deferral

  

Minimum Amount
or Percentage

  

Maximum Amount
or Percentage

 

Base Salary

  

$

1,000 aggregate

  

75

%

Bonus

  

$

1,000 aggregate

  

100

%

Commissions

  

$

1,000 aggregate

  

100

%

LTIP Amounts

  

$

1,000 aggregate

  

100

%

 

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Deferral

  

Minimum Amount
or Percentage

 

 

Maximum Amount
or Percentage

 

Director Fees

  

$

0

 

 

100

%

SOP Stock

  

 

0

%

 

100

%

Restricted Stock

  

 

0

%

 

100

%

If an election is made for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amounts deferred shall be zero.

Participants shall not be permitted to defer LTIP Amounts unless the Committee authorizes such deferrals, in its discretion.

 

 

(b)

Short Plan Year . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Eligible Individual first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, then to the extent required by Section 3.2 and Code Section 409A and related Treasury Regulations, the minimum Annual Deferral Amount, Restricted Stock Amount and/or SOP Stock 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. The maximum Annual Deferral Amount, Restricted Stock Amount and/or SOP Stock Amount shall be determined by applying the percentages set forth above to the portion of such compensation attributable to services performed after the date that the Participant’s deferral election is made.

 

3.2

Timing of Deferral Elections; Effect of Election Form .

 

 

(a)

General Timing Rule for Deferral Elections . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.2, in order for a Participant to make a valid election to defer Base Salary, Bonus, Commissions, Director Fees, LTIP Amounts, Restricted Stock Amounts and/or SOP Stock Amounts, the Participant shall submit an Election Form on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which in no event shall be later than the December 31 st preceding the Plan Year in which such compensation will be earned.

Any deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(a) shall be irrevocable; provided, however, that if the Committee permits or requires Participants to make a deferral election by the deadline described above for an amount that qualifies as Performance-Based Compensation, the Committee may permit a Participant to subsequently change his or her deferral election for such compensation by submitting a new Election Form in accordance with Section 3.2(c) below.

 

 

(b)

Timing of Deferral Elections for Newly Eligible Plan Participants . An Eligible Individual who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on or after the beginning of a Plan Year, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(a)(7)(ii) and the “plan aggregation” rules provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2), may be permitted to make an election to defer the portion of Base Salary, Bonus, Commissions, Director Fees, LTIP Amounts,

 

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Restricted Stock Amounts and/or SOP Stock Amounts attributable to services to be performed after such election, provided that the Participant submits an Election Form on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which in no event shall be later than 30 days after the Participant first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.

If a deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(b) relates to compensation earned based upon a specified performance period, the amount eligible for deferral shall be equal to (i) the total amount of compensation for the performance period, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the service period after the Participant’s deferral election is made, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the performance period.

Any deferral election made in accordance with this Section 3.2(b) shall become irrevocable no later than the 30 th day after the date the Eligible Individual becomes eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

 

(c)

Timing of Deferral Elections for Performance-Based Compensation . Subject to the limitations described below, the Committee may determine that an irrevocable deferral election for an amount that qualifies as Performance-Based Compensation may be made by submitting an Election Form on or before the deadline established by the Committee, which in no event shall be later than six months before the end of the performance period.

In order for a Participant to be eligible to make a deferral election for Performance-B


 
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