JPMorgan Chase &Co.
Excess Retirement Plan
Restated and Amended as of December 31, 2008
The purpose of
this Plan is to provide an alternate means of paying benefits
precluded by operation of law to certain designated executives and
employees participating in the JPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan
(“Retirement Plan”). The Plan is a non-qualified,
unfunded deferred compensation arrangement. It is not subject to
Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”).
Further it is, generally, not subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act.
Effective
December 31, 2004, liabilities accrued under the Bank One
Corporation Supplemental Personal Pension Account Plan
(“Supplemental Plan”) were transferred to this Plan and
became subject to this Plan’s rules, except as otherwise
noted. Participants in the Supplemental Plan who made valid
distributions election prior to January 1, 2005 or prior to
January 1, 2009 (if they had not incurred a Separation from
Service prior to January 1, 2009), with respect to their
entire Accrued Benefit that take effect on a Separation from
Service shall have those election honored, notwithstanding anything
in the Plan to the contrary.
The Plan has been
interpreted and operated in good faith compliance with
Section 409A and Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1
through December 31, 2008. The plan for the period of
January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008 consists of
various employee communications, election and distribution forms,
internal procedures and the plan document prior to its amendment
and restatement to the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing
documents and a good faith interpretation
Section 409A.
Effective
December 31, 2008, this Plan has been amended to reflect
changes in tax laws as mandated by Section 409A of the Code.
It shall be interpreted in such a manner as to comply with
Section 409A.
The terms and
conditions of this Plan prior to its amendment, as well as the
Supplemental Plan, shall continue to apply to vested amounts
accrued prior to January 1, 2005 with respect to Participants
whose employment terminated prior to January 1, 2005 and who
accrued no further benefits under the Plan on or after
January 1, 2005 (other than interest credits on outstanding
balances).
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The following are
defined terms wherever they appear in the Plan:
1.1
“Account’’ shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto under Section 3.1.
1.2
“Administrator’’ shall mean the individual
appointed by Board who shall be responsible for those functions
assigned to him under the Plan.
1.3
“Alternate Benefit” shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto under the Retirement Plan.
1.4
“Bank’’ shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank National
Association.
1.5
“Beneficiary” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
under the Retirement Plan.
1.6
“Board’’ shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Bank or of the Corporation; provided that any action taken by a
duly authorized committee of the Board (including any action
pursuant to Article VII) within the scope of authority
delegated to it by the Board shall be considered an action of the
Board for purposes of this Plan.
1.7
“Code’’ shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
1.8
“Committee’’ shall mean the Compensation and
Management Development Committee of the Board or successor
committee.
1.9
“Compensation Limit’’ shall mean the dollar
limitation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code on the
amount of Eligible Compensation taken into account in computing
benefits under the Retirement Plan. By way of clarification, it
shall not have any application to the benefit accrued by
Grandfathered Morgan Participant under the Retirement Plan whose
Retirement Benefit shall be subject to a Compensation Limit of
$150,000.
1.14
“Corporation” shall mean JPMorgan Chase &
Co.
1.15 “Credit
Balance” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto under the
Retirement Plan.
1.16
“Deferred Compensation Program” shall mean the 2005
Deferred Compensation Plan of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1.17
“Eligible Compensation” shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto by the Retirement Plan; provided that for purposes of this
Plan, such Eligible Compensation in any calendar year shall be not
more than $1 million; provided further that Eligible
Compensation based on draw, commissions in excess of draw or
production overrides shall be further limited to the
(i) Compensation Limit for any calendar year, or (ii) in
the case of Employees assigned to the Chase Home Finance division
or successor business unit, 50% of the Compensation Limit for any
calendar year.
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1.18
“Employee’’ shall mean an individual who is an
employee of an Employer and a participant accruing benefits under
the Retirement Plan. By way of clarification, individuals who are
not classified as employees of an Employer for purposes of its
payroll system, including, without limitation, individuals employed
by temporary help firms or other staffing firms or who are treated
as independent contractors by the Employer (whether or not deemed
to be common law employees or leased employees), are not
“Employees.” In addition, in the event that any
individual is re-classified as an employee for any purpose by any
action of any third party or as a result of any lawsuit, action or
administrative proceeding, such individual shall not be deemed an
“Employee” under the Plan.
1.19
“Employer’’ shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto under the Retirement Plan.
1.20 “Final
Average Pay Formula” shall mean a formula (other than a cash
balance formula or the Alternate Benefit formula) under the
Retirement Plan.
1.21 “Final
Pay Benefit” shall mean a participant’s Retirement
Benefit derived from a Final Average Pay Formula pursuant to which
a participant in the Retirement Plan was accruing a benefit
immediately prior to his/her Separation from Service.
1.22
“Grandfathered Chase Participant” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto under the Retirement Plan.
1.23
“Grandfathered Morgan Participant” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto under the Retirement Plan.
1.24
“Heritage Morgan Cash Balance Plan” shall mean the Cash
Balance Plan of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York and
Affiliated Companies for United States Employees as in effect
immediately prior to its merger into the Retirement
Plan.
1.25
“Interest Credit” shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto under the Retirement Plan.
1.26
“Minimum Benefit” shall mean a Retirement Benefit
derived from a Final Average Pay Formula that was frozen. By way of
clarification, this is a formula under which a Participant had
accrued benefits but was no longer actively accruing benefits
immediately prior to the date of his/her Separation from Service,
provided that it shall not include the Morgan Benefit or a frozen
benefit based on an interest rate or actuarial factors.
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1.27 “Morgan
Benefit” shall mean a frozen benefit payable under the
Retirement Plan to individuals who became Employees of Participant
Companies after January 1, 2001 which benefit was derived from
a Final Average Pay formula utilized by the Retirement Plan of
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Affiliated Companies
for United States Employees.
1.29 “Morgan
Employee” shall mean any individual employed by any member of
the controlled group of corporations having J.P. Morgan & Co as
the parent corporation.
1.30
“Participant’’ shall mean each Employee of an
Employer who participates in the Plan in accordance with the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
1.31
“Participating Company” shall mean (a) the Bank
and (b) each Employer, which has been authorized by the
Administrator to participate in the Plan and has agreed to comply
with the provisions of the Plan.
1.32
“Pay-Based Credit” shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto under the Retirement Plan; provided that it shall not
include the special 3% pay credit provided to certain Morgan
Employees under the Retirement Plan.
1.33 “Period
of Service’’ shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
under the Retirement Plan.
1.34
“Plan’’ shall mean the JPMorgan Chase Excess
Retirement Plan, as amended and restated January 1,
2005.
1.35 “Prior
Morgan Plan” shall mean the Retirement Plan of Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company of New York and Affiliated Companies for
United States Employees
1.36
“Qualified Participant” means a participant who
(i) incurred a Separation from Service on or after
January 1, 2005 and on or before December 31, 2005 and
(ii) accrued a benefit hereunder on or after January 1,
2005.
1.37
“Retirement Benefits” shall mean the Credit Balance of
the Account of a Participant under the Retirement Plan, or such
other greater benefit that may be payable to the Participant under
the Retirement Plan, such as the Alternative Benefit, Minimum
Benefits, Morgan Benefit Final Average Pay Benefit, either case
measured as of the Participant’s date of Separation from
Service.
1.38
“Retirement Plan’’ shall mean the JPMorgan Chase
Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time.
1.39
“Separation from Service” has the meaning set forth in
the JPMorgan Chase 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan, including the
definition of Related Company.
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1.40
“Specified Employee” has the meaning set forth in the
JPMorgan Chase 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan.
1.41
“Supplemental Plan” shall mean the Supplemental
Personal Pension Account Plan of Bank One Corporation.
1.42
“Transition Interest Credit” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto by the Retirement Plan.
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2.1 Eligibility
for Credit Balance . Any Employee whose Eligible Compensation
exceeds the Compensation Limit during any calendar year in which he
or she is a participant in the Retirement Plan shall be a
Participant as of such date with respect to the benefits described
in Article III.
2.2
Section 415 Limits . If, as of the date that an
Employee incurs a Separation from Service, an Employee’s
distribution of Retirement Benefits would be subject to the
limitations of Section 415 of the Code (whether or not a
distribution of such benefits was made on such date), such
Employee, if not already a Participant, shall be a Participant as
of the date of such distribution and shall be eligible for the
benefits described in Section 3.5.
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3.1 Pay-Based
Credits . (a) Each Participant described in
Section 2.1 whose Eligible Com
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