Exhibit 10.49
KLA-TENCOR
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED SAVINGS
PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2009
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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“Account”
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1
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1.2
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“Affiliated Company”
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2
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1.3
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“Beneficiary”
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2
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1.4
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“Board of
Directors”
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2
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1.5
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“Bonus”
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2
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1.6
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“Code”
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2
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1.7
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“Committee”
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2
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1.8
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“Company”
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2
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1.9
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“Company
Contribution”
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2
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1.10
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“Credited
Investment Return (Loss)”
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2
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1.11
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“Deferral
Amount”
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3
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1.12
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“Deferral
Election”
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3
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1.13
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“Early
Termination”
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3
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1.14
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“Effective Date”
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3
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1.15
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“Eligible
Employee”
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1.16
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“Employee”
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1.17
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“Employer
Group”
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3
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1.18
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“Extended
Deferral Election”
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1.19
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“Hardship”
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4
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1.20
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“KLA”
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4
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1.21
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“Normal
Termination”
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1.22
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“Old KLA
Plan”
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1.23
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“Outside
Director”
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1.24
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“Participant”
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1.25
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“Participating Employer”
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5
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1.26
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“Performance Period”
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5
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1.27
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“Plan”
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5
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1.28
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“Plan
Year”
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5
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1.29
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“Prior
Plans”
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5
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1.30
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“Prior
Plan Company Contribution”
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5
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1.31
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“Prior
Policy”
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5
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1.32
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“Retention Period”
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5
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1.33
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“Separation from Service”
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5
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1.34
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“Specified Employee”
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1.35
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“Supplemental Executive
Benefits”
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1.36
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“Tencor”
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1.37
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“Trust”
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6
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1.38
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“Trust
Agreement”
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6
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1.39
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“Trustee”
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6
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1.40
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“Year of
Service”
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6
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ARTICLE II
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ELIGIBILITY
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7
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2.1
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Eligible
Persons
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7
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2.2
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Continuation of
Participation
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7
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2.3
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Resumption of
Participation Following Separation from Service
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7
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2.4
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Cessation or
Resumption of Participation Following a Change in Status
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ARTICLE
III
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SALARY,
COMMISSION AND BONUS REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS; COMPANY
CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1
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Salary and
Commission Deferrals
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3.2
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Annual Bonus
Deferrals
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3.3
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Requirements
for Deferral Elections
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10
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3.4
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Limitations on
Deferrals
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12
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3.5
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Deferral
Election Subaccounts
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12
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3.6
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Subsequent
Distribution
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12
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3.7
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Company
Contributions
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12
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ARTICLE
IV
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CREDITED
INVESTMENT RETURN (LOSS) ON DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
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13
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4.1
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Accounts
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13
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4.2
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Credited
Investment Return (Loss)
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13
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4.3
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Deemed
Investment Options
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13
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ARTICLE
V
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DISTRIBUTION OF
PRE-2005 DEFERRED ACCOUNT
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13
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5.1
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Distribution of
Benefits upon Normal Termination
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13
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5.2
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Distribution of
Benefits upon Early Termination
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5.3
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Election of
Form of Benefit Payment
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5.4
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Payment to
Beneficiary
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15
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5.5
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Early
Withdrawals
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15
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5.6
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Automatic
Lump-Sum Distribution for Accounts below $25.000
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5.7
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Valuation
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5.8
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Tax
Withholding
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5.9
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Outside
Directors
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ARTICLE
VI
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DISTRIBUTION OF
2005-2007 DEFERRED ACCOUNT
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6.1
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Special
Distribution Election
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6.2
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Commencement
Date
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6.3
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Method of
Distribution
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6.4
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Continuing
Elections
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6.5
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Tax
Withholding
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ARTICLE
VII
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DISTRIBUTION OF
POST 2007 DEFERRAL ELECTION SUBACCOUNTS
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7.1
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Normal
Distribution
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7.2
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Tax
Withholding
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7.3
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Special
Distribution Election
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ARTICLE VIII
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PROVISIONS
APPLICABLE TO 2005-2007 ACCOUNTS AND POST-2007 DEFERRAL ELECTION
SUBACCOUNTS
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8.1
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Extended
Deferral Election
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8.2
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Distribution
Commencement Date
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8.3
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Hardship
Withdrawal
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8.4
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Death Before
Full Distribution
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8.5
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Valuation
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8.6
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Small Account
Balances
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8.7
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Mandatory
Deferral of Distribution
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ARTICLE
IX
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BENEFICIARIES
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9.1
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Designation of
Beneficiary
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9.2
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No Designated
Beneficiary
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ARTICLE
X
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OBLIGATION TO
PAY SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE BENEFITS
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10.1
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Benefits Paid
From Trust
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10.2
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Trustee
Investment Discretion
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10.3
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No Secured
Interest
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ARTICLE
XI
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ADMINISTRATION
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11.1
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Administration
of the Plan
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11.2
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Indemnification
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ARTICLE
XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1
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No Employment
Right
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12.2
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Amendment/Termination
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12.3
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Applicable
Law
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12.4
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Satisfaction of
Claims
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12.5
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Alienation of
Benefits
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12.6
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Expenses
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12.7
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Successors and
Assigns
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12.8
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Reimbursement
of Costs
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12.9
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Arbitration
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12.10
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Entire
Agreement
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ARTICLE
XIII
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BENEFIT
CLAIMS
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25
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13.1
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Claims
Procedure
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13.2
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Denial of
Benefits
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13.3
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Review
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13.4
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Denial of
Appeal
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APPENDIX I
SCHEDULE I
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KLA-TENCOR EXECUTIVE DEFERRED
SAVINGS PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2009
This KLA-Tencor Executive Deferred
Savings Plan was originally adopted effective October 1, 1997
to amend, restate and consolidate in their entirety the KLA
Instruments Corporation Supplemental Executive Benefit Plan and the
Tencor Instruments Amended and Restated Deferral Plan. The Plan is
hereby amended and restated, effective January 1, 2009, to
conform the provisions of the Plan to the applicable requirements
of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury
Regulations issued thereunder and thereby bring the Plan into
documentary compliance with those requirements. The Plan as so
amended and restated shall continue to function solely as a
so-called “top hat” plan of deferred compensation
subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to
such a plan.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the masculine
pronoun shall be deemed to include the feminine, and the singular
to include the plural, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, and the following definitions shall govern the
Plan:
1.1 “ Account
” shall mean the following accounts maintained for each
Participant on the books and records of the Participating Employer
to which there shall be credited the items of compensation deferred
by such Participant under the Plan:
(a) The Pre-2005 Deferred
Account to which there shall be credited the following items of
compensation which were deferred and vested under the Plan as of
December 31, 2004: the Participant’s Deferral Amounts
pursuant to Article III, any Company Contributions and any Prior
Plan Company Contributions. Such account shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time to reflect the Credited Investment
Return (Loss) determined under Article IV, any distributions made
to Participant and any charges which may be imposed on such account
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
(b) The 2005-2007 Deferred
Account to which there shall be credited the following items of
compensation which were deferred under the Plan after
December 31, 2004 but prior to January 1, 2008 or which
were deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 but were
not vested as of December 31, 2004: the Participant’s
Deferral Amounts pursuant to Article III and any Company
Contributions. Such account shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time to reflect the Credited Investment Return (Loss)
determined under Article IV, any distributions made to Participant
and any charges which may be imposed on such account pursuant to
the terms of the Plan.
(c) The Post-2007 Plan Year
Account which will be divided into a series of Deferral
Election Subaccounts, one for each post-2007 Plan Year in which the
Participant defers one or more of the following items of
compensation earned for services rendered the
Participating Companies after
December 31, 2007: the Participant’s Salary and
Commission Deferral Amounts pursuant to Article III, any Bonuses
attributable to Performance Periods commencing after
December 31, 2007 and any Company Contributions.
Each Account or Subaccount shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time to reflect the Credited
Investment Return (Loss) determined for that Account or Subaccount
pursuant to Article IV, any distributions made to the Participant
from that Account or Subaccount and any charges which may be
imposed on such Account or Subaccount pursuant to the terms of the
Plan.
1.2 “ Affiliated
Company ” shall mean (i) the Company and
(ii) each member of the group of commonly controlled
corporations or other businesses that include the Company, as
determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
1.3 “ Beneficiary
” means any of the persons, trusts or other entities
which a Participant shall, in his or her most recent written form
of beneficiary designation filed with the Company, have designated
as a beneficiary to receive benefits which may become payable
hereunder following Participant’s death, as provided under
Articles V and VIII.
1.4 “ Board of
Directors ” or “ Board ”
means the Company’s Board of Directors.
1.5 “ Bonus
” means the annual, semi-annual or quarterly bonus which
the Participant may earn based on the attainment of performance
objectives established for a designated Performance Period or the
continuation in Employee status through the completion of a
specified Retention Period.
1.6 “ Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
1.7 “ Committee
” means an independent committee of two or more
individuals appointed by the Board to administer this Plan,
including the selection of Participants, the administration of the
Deferral Election process and the designation of the available
investment funds, and to take such other actions as may be
specified herein.
1.8 “ Company
” means KLA-Tencor Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and any successor or assignee corporation, whether by way of
merger, acquisition or other reorganization.
1.9 “ Company
Contribution ” means a contribution made on behalf of
a Participant by the Company pursuant to Section 3.7
hereof.
1.10 “ Credited
Investment Return (Loss) ” means the notional
investment return credited to the Participant’s Accounts or
Deferral Election Subaccounts pursuant to Article IV.
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1.11 “ Deferral
Amoun t” means the Salary and/or Commission Deferral
Amount and the Bonus Deferral Amount which the Participant elects
to contribute for Supplemental Executive Benefits pursuant to the
Plan. For Participants who are non-employee Board members, the
Deferral Amount means the retainer and meeting fees earned for
service as a Board member or a member of one or more Board
committees.
1.12 “ Deferral
Election ” means the irrevocable election filed by
the Participant under Article III pursuant to which a portion of
his or her Salary, Commissions and Bonus for each Plan Year is to
be deferred under the Plan.
1.13 “ Early
Termination ” means, with respect to any pre-2005
Account, the Participant’s termination of Employee status
other than pursuant to a Normal Termination.
1.14 “ Effective
Date ” means, for this Amendment and Restatement,
January 1, 2009.
1.15 “ Eligible
Employee ” means any Employee who is either a highly
compensated employee of his or her Participating Employer or part
of its management personnel, as determined pursuant to guidelines
established from time to time by the Committee. In no event shall
any of the following individuals be deemed to be Eligible
Employees:
(i) an Employee who is not on the
United States payroll of a Participating Employer,
(ii) any individual classified as an
independent contractor or consultant or as a temporary employee,
or
(iii) any individual who has ceased
Employee status or otherwise incurred a Separation from
Service.
1.16 “ Employee
” means any person in the employ of one or more members
of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the
employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner
and method of performance. An individual shall be deemed to
continue in Employee status for so long as he or she continues in
the employee of at least one member of the Employer
Group.
1.17 “ Employer
Group ” means (i) the Company and (ii) each
of the other members of the controlled group that includes the
Company, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and
(c) of the Code, except that in applying Sections 1563(1),
(2) and (3) of the Code for purposes of determining the
controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the
phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of
“at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase
appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of
the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or
businesses that are under common control for purposes of
Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent”
shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each
place the latter phrase appears in Section 1.4.14(c)-2 of the
Treasury Regulations.
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1.18 “ Extended Deferral
Election ” shall mean a Participant’s election,
made in accordance with the terms and conditions of
Section 8.1 of the Plan, to defer the distribution of any of
his or her Post-2004 Accounts or Deferral Election Subaccounts for
an additional period of at least five (5) years measured from
the date or event on which that particular Account or Subaccount
would otherwise first become due and payable under the Plan in the
absence of such election.
1.19 “ Hardship
” means a severe financial hardship to the Participant
resulting from:
(a) a sudden or unexpected illness
or accident of the Participant, his or her spouse or any dependent
(as determined in accordance with Section 152 of the Code),
or
(b) a casualty loss involving the
Participant’s property or other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable event beyond the control of the
Participant.
A severe financial hardship shall
not constitute a Hardship under the Plan to the extent that it is,
or may be, relieved by:
(i) reimbursement or compensation,
by insurance or otherwise;
(ii) cancellation of the
Participant’s Deferral Election under the Plan; or
(iii) liquidation of the
Participant’s assets to the extent that the liquidation of
such assets would not itself cause severe financial
hardship.
A Hardship under the Plan shall in
no event include:
(i) sending a child to college;
or
(ii) purchasing a home
1.20 “ KLA
” means KLA Instruments Corporation or any of its
subsidiaries.
1.21 “ Normal
Termination ” means, with respect to any pre-2005
Account, the Participant’s termination of Employee status on
or after (i) the attainment of age fifty five (55) and
the completion of at least five (5) Years of Service or
(ii) the completion of at least fifteen (15) Years of
Service and means, with respect to any other Account or Subaccount,
the Participant’s Separation from Service on or after the
attainment of age fifty five (55) and the completion of at
least five (5) Years of Service.
1.22 “ Old KLA Plan
” shall mean the KLA Instruments Corporation Supplemental
Executive Benefit Plan, as in effect on September 30,
1997.
1.23 “ Outside
Director ” means any member of the Board of Directors
who is not an Employee.
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1.24 “ Participant
” means (i) an Eligible Employee selected for
participation in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.1 or (ii) any Outside Director electing to
participate in the Plan.
1.25 “ Participating
Employer ” means, with respect to each Participant,
the Affiliated Company employing that individual which has adopted
the Plan as a deferred compensation program for one or more of its
Employees. The Participating Employers for the 2007 Plan Year are
set forth in attached Schedule I. Any additional Affiliated
Companies which may from time to time become Participating
Employers shall be listed in revised Schedule I.
1.26 “ Performance
Period ” means, with respect to any annual,
semi-annual or quarterly Bonus that is tied to the attainment of
performance objectives, the period over which those performance
objectives are to be measured for purposes of determining the
amount of such Bonus (if any) to be earned by the Participant for
service during that period. Accordingly, the Performance Period may
be coincident with the Company’s fiscal year or with one or
more semi-annual or quarterly periods within such fiscal
year.
1.27 “ Plan
” means this KLA-Tencor Executive Deferred Savings Plan,
as it may be amended from time to time.
1.28 “ Plan Year
” means, effective January 1, 2005, the 12-month
period coincidental with each calendar year.
1.29 “ Prior Plans
” means the KLA Instruments Corporation Supplemental
Executive Benefit Plan and the Tencor Instruments Amended and
Restated Deferral Plan.
1.30 “ Prior Plan
Company Contribution ” means the amount, if any,
which the Company contributed on behalf of Participants for
Supplemental Executive Benefits under the Prior Plans. Any Prior
Plan Company Contributions that were credited to Participant
Accounts as of October 1, 1997 and had not already been
forfeited as of such date became 100% vested on that
date.
1.31 “ Prior Policy
” means the life insurance policy on the life of a
Participant maintained pursuant to a Prior Plan.
1.32 “ Retention
Period ” means, with respect to any annual,
semi-annual or quarterly Bonus that is tied to continuation in
Employee status, the period of service in such capacity that must
be completed in order to earn that Bonus. The Retention Period may
be coincident with the Plan Year or with one or more semi-annual or
quarterly periods within such Plan Year.
1.33 “ Separation from
Service ” means the Participant’s cessation of
Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or
termination of employment. The Participant shall be deemed to have
terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of
his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or
non-employee consultant) permanently decreases to a level that is
not more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of
services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately
preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for
which he or she may have rendered such service). Any such
determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made
in accordance with the
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applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations
issued under Code Section 409A. In addition to the foregoing,
a Separation from Service will not be deemed to have occurred while
an Employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide
leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six
(6) months or any longer period for which such
Employee’s right to reemployment with one or more members of
the Employer Group is provided either by statute or contract;
provided, however, that in the event of an
Employee’s leave of absence due to any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in
death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six
(6) months and that causes such individual to be unable to
perform his or her duties as an Employee, no Separation from
Service shall be deemed to occur during the first twenty-nine
(29) months of such leave. If the period of leave exceeds six
(6) months (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of
disability as indicated above) and the Employee’s right to
reemployment is not provided either by statute or contract, then
such Employee will be deemed to have a Separation from Service on
the first day immediately following the expiration of such six
(6)-month or twenty-nine (29)-month period.
1.34 “ Specified
Employee ” means any individual who is, at any time
during the twelve (12)-month period ending with the identification
date specified below, a “key employee” (within the
meaning of that term under Code Section 416(i)), as determined
by the Committee in accordance with the applicable standards of
Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and
applied on a consistent basis for all non-qualified deferred
compensation plans of the Employer Group subject to Code
Section 409A. The Specified Employees shall be identified by
the Committee on December 31 of each Plan Year and shall have
that status for the twelve (12)-month period beginning on the
April 1 subsequent to such determination by the
Committee.
1.35 “ Supplemental
Executive Benefits ” means the benefits payable to
the Participant and/or his or her Beneficiary under this
Plan.
1.36 “ Tencor
” means Tencor Instruments or any of its
subsidiaries.
1.37 “ Trust
” means the legal entity created by the Trust
Agreement.
1.38 “ Trust
Agreement ” means that trust agreement entered into
between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank.
1.39 “ Trustee
” means the original Trustee(s) named in the Trust
Agreement and any duly appointed successor or successors
thereto.
1.40 “ Year of
Service ” means each twelve (12) consecutive
month period of Employee service measured from the date on which
the Participant initially became a Company, KLA or Tencor employee,
and successive anniversaries thereof, during which the Participant
continues in Employee status, including leaves of absence approved
by the Company or other member of the Employer Group. Should the
Participant cease Employee status and then return to such status,
the following break in service provisions shall be in
effect:
(i) The period of Employee service
following such break shall be measured from the date of the
Participant’s return and shall be aggregated with the period
of Employee service he or she rendered prior to the break to
determine his or her total Years of Service.
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(ii) The Participant shall not
receive any Year of Service credit for the period of the break in
service if the break is of a duration of twelve (12) months or
more.
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Eligible Persons .
The Committee shall have absolute discretion in selecting the
Eligible Employees who are to participate in the Plan for each Plan
Year. An Eligible Employee selected for participation for any Plan
Year must, in order to participate in the Plan for that year, file
his or her Deferral Election on or before the last day of the
immediately preceding Plan Year. However, an Eligible Employee who
is first selected for participation in the Plan after the start of
a Plan Year and who has not otherwise been eligible for
participation in any other non-qualified elective account balance
plan subject to Code Section 409A and maintained by one or
more Affiliated Companies will have until the thirtieth
(30th) day following the date he or she is so selected in
which to file his or her Deferral Election for that Plan Year.
Individuals who are selected for participation in the Plan shall be
promptly notified by the Company of their eligibility to
participate in the Plan. Outside Directors shall automatically be
eligible to participate in the Plan and must make their Deferral
Elections in accordance with the same requirements set forth above
for Employee Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Participants receiving benefits pursuant to the Corporate Officers
Severance Plan or the Management Severance Plan are not eligible to
participate in the Plan and are deemed to have ceased Employee
status for Plan purposes.
2.2 Continuation of
Participation . Every Eligible Employee who becomes a
Participant may continue to file Deferral Elections under the Plan
for one or more subsequent Plan Years until the
earliest of (i) his or her exclusion from the
Plan upon written notice from the Committee, (ii) his or her
cessation of Eligible Employee status or (iii) the termination
of the Plan. The Committee shall have complete discretion to
exclude one or more Eligible Employees from Participant status for
one or more Plan Years as the Committee deems appropriate. However,
no such exclusion authorized by the Committee shall become
effective until the first day of the first Plan Year coincident
with or next following the date of the Committee’s
determination to exclude the individual from such participation. If
any Eligible Employee is excluded from Participant status for one
or more Plan Years, then such individual shall not be entitled to
defer any part of his or her Salary, Bonus or Commissions for those
Plan Years.
2.3 Resumption of
Participation Following Separation from Service . If a
Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee or an Outside
Director due to a Separation from Service and thereafter returns to
service with the Company or any other Participation Company, such
individual will again become a Participant as of the first day the
first Plan Year coincident with or next following the date on which
he or she resumes Eligible Employee or Outside Director status,
provided such individual files a timely a Deferral Election under
Article III with respect to that Plan Year. However, a Participant
who returns to Eligible Employee or Outside Director status after a
Separation from Service of more than twenty-four (24) months
during which he or she was not eligible to defer any compensation
under this Plan or any other non-qualified elective account balance
plan subject to Code Section 409A and maintained by one or
more Affiliated Companies shall, upon resumption of such service,
be permitted to make a Deferral Election under Article III in
accordance with the requirements applicable to a
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newly-selected Participant. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3, no returning
Eligible Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan if
the Committee determines to exclude such individual from
participation on or before his or her resumption of
service.
2.4 Cessation or Resumption of
Participation Following a Change in Status . If any
Participant continues in the service of the Employer Group but
ceases to be an Eligible Employee or Outside Director, the
individual will continue to be a Participant until the entire
amount of his or her Accounts distributed. However, the individual
will not be entitled to make any Deferral Elections with respect to
compensation earned for the period that he or she is not an
Eligible Employee or Outside Director. In the event that the
individual subsequently resumes Eligible Employee or Outside
Director status, he or she will again become a Participant as of
the first day the first Plan Year coincident with or next following
the date of his or her resumption of Eligible Employee or Outside
Director status, provided such individual files a timely a Deferral
Election under Article III with respect to that Plan Year. However,
an Eligible Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the
Plan upon his or her resumption of Eligible Employee status if the
Committee determines to exclude such individual from participation
on or before such resumption of Eligible Employee
status.
ARTICLE III
SALARY, COMMISSION AND BONUS
REDUCTION
CONTRIBUTIONS; COMPANY
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Salary and Commission
Deferrals .
(a) Each Employee Participant shall
have the right to file a Deferral Election to defer a portion of
the salary and/or commissions earned by such Participant for
service as an Employee during the Plan Year for which the Deferral
Election is made. Each Deferral Election must be made by a written
or electronic notice filed with the Committee or its designate in
which the Participant shall indicate the percentage (up to one
hundred percent) of the salary and/or commissions to be deferred.
The notice must be filed on or before the last day of the calendar
year immediately preceding the start of the Plan Year for which the
salary and/or commissions subject to that election are to be
earned. However, an Eligible Employee who is first selected for
participation in the Plan after the start of a Plan Year and who
has not otherwise been eligible for participation in any other
non-qualified elective account balance plan subject to Code
Section 409A and maintained by one or more Affiliated
Companies must file his or her initial Deferral Election no later
than thirty (30) days after the date he or she is so selected.
Such Deferral Election shall only be effective for salary and/or
commissions attributable to Employee service for the period
commencing with the first day of the first calendar month next
following the filing of such Deferral Election and ending with the
close of such Plan Year.
(b) For purposes of determining the
compensation which may be deferred pursuant to a Deferral Election
under Section 3.1(a), the following provisions shall be in
effect:
(i) Salary shall mean the
Participant’s base salary, and commissions shall mean the
Participant’s sales commissions.
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(ii) For any Deferral Election made
with respect to commissions, the commissions will be deemed to be
earned as a result of the Participant’s service in the Plan
Year in which the customer payments relating to the sales
generating those particular commissions are made to the
Participating Employer. Accordingly, such commissions shall only be
deferred under the Plan to the extent the Participant has a
Deferral Election covering commissions for that Plan
Year.
(iii) For purposes of any Deferral
Election made by an Outside Director, salary shall mean the
compensation payable to the Outside Director for service as a
member of the Board and any Board committee and/or for attendance
at meetings of the Board or any Board committee on which such
Outside Director serves.
(c) The salary and commissions
deferred for each Plan Year shall be designated the “Salary
and Commission Deferral Amount” for that Plan Year. The
Salary and Commission Deferral Amount shall not be paid to the
Participant, but shall be withheld from the Participant’s
salary and/or commissions, and an amount equal to the Salary and
Commission Deferral Amount shall be credited to the
Participant’s Deferral Election Subaccount for the Plan Year
within ten business days following the date on which such deferred
amount would otherwise have been paid to the Participant in the
absence of the Deferral Election. The same procedure shall be
utilized for crediting any fees which an Outside Director elects to
defer under the Plan, except that the deferred fees shall be
credited to his or her Deferral Election Subaccount within thirty
business days following the date on which those deferred fees would
otherwise have been paid to the Outside Director in the absence of
the Deferral Election.
(d) The Deferral Election for a
particular Plan Year shall become irrevocable as of the first day
of that Plan Year (or any later day the Deferral Election for such
Plan Year may be filed under Section 3.1(a) by a
newly-eligible Participant), and no subsequent changes may be made
to that Deferral Election once it becomes irrevocable.
3.2 Bonus Deferrals
.
(a) The Committee shall determine
the Bonuses eligible for deferral under the Plan. Each Employee
Participant shall have the right to file a separate Deferral
Election to defer a portion of each eligible Bonus earned by such
Participant for any Performance Period or Retention Period
commencing in the Plan Year for which the Deferral Election is
made. Each Deferral Election must be made by a written or
electronic notice filed with the Committee or its designate in
which the Participant shall indicate the percentage (up to one
hundred percent) of the Bonus to be deferred. The notice must be
filed on or before the last day of the Plan Year immediately
preceding the Plan Year in which the Performance Period or
Retention Period for the Bonus subject to that election is to
commence. However, the following special rules shall be in effect
for any Deferral Elections with respect to such Bonuses:
(i) The Committee may allow a
Deferral Election with respect to a Bonus which is based on a
Performance Period of twelve (12) month or more and which
qualifies as performance-based compensation in accordance with the
standards and requirements set forth in Section 1.409A-1(e) of
the Treasury Regulations to be made by a Participant after the
start of the Performance Period to which that Bonus pertains but
not later than by a designated date that is at least six
(6) months prior to the end of that Performance Period;
provided, however, that such Participant otherwise
satisfies the applicable service requirements of
Section 1.409A-2(a)(8) of the Treasury Regulations,.
Accordingly, for a Performance Period coincidental with the
Company’s July 1 to June 30 fiscal year, the
Committee may, in accordance with the foregoing, allow a Deferral
Election with respect to any performance-based Bonus earned over
that period to be made not later than December 31 of the
calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which that
Performance Period will end.
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(ii) An Eligible Employee who is
first selected for participation in the Plan after the start of a
Plan Year and who has not otherwise been eligible for participation
in any other non-qualified elective account balance plan subject to
Code Section 409A and maintained by one or more Affiliated
Companies must, with respect to any Bonus to be covered by his or
her initial Deferral Election, file that election no later than
thirty (30) days after the date he or she is so selected. Such
Deferral Election shall only be effective for the portion of such
Bonus determined by multiplying the dollar amount of such Bonus by
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining
in the Performance or Retention Period applicable to that Bonus
following the close of the calendar month in which the
Participant’s Deferral Election as to such Bonus is filed and
the denominator of which is the total number of days in that
Performance or Retention Period; provided, however,
that in the event any such Bonus qualifies as performance-based
compensation, then the provisions of subparagraph (i) shall
also be applicable in determining the amount of such Bonus that may
be deferred.
(b) The amount of the Bonus or
Bonuses deferred for each Plan Year shall be designated the
“Bonus Deferral Amount” for that Plan Year. The Bonus
Deferral Amount shall not be paid to the Participant, but shall be
withheld from the Participant’s Bonus or Bonuses subject to
the Deferral Election, and an amount equal to the Bonus Deferral
Amount shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferral
Election Subaccount within ten business day following the date on
which such deferred amount would otherwise have been paid to the
Participant in the absence of the Deferral Election.
(c) The Deferral Election shall
become irrevocable as of the first day of the Plan Year to which
that election relates (or any later day the Deferral Election for
such Bonus may be filed pursuant to the special provisions of
Section 3.2(a)), and no subsequent changes may be made to that
Deferral Election once it becomes irrevocable.
3.3 Requirements for Deferral
Elections . The following requirements shall be in effect
for each Deferral Election filed by a Participant for a Plan Year
beginning after December 31, 2007 or a Fiscal Year beginning
after June 30, 2007:
(a) The percentage of compensation
which a Participant may elect to defer each Plan Year or Fiscal
Year pursuant to his or her Deferral Election must comply with the
following guidelines:
(i) To the e