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Title: KLA-TENCOR EXECUTIVE DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN
Governing Law: California     Date: 1/30/2009
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

KLA-TENCOR 

EXECUTIVE DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN, Parties: kla-tencor corporation
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Exhibit 10.49

KLA-TENCOR

EXECUTIVE DEFERRED SAVINGS PLAN

AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009


ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS

  

1

1.1

  

“Account”

  

1

1.2

  

“Affiliated Company”

  

2

1.3

  

“Beneficiary”

  

2

1.4

  

“Board of Directors”

  

2

1.5

  

“Bonus”

  

2

1.6

  

“Code”

  

2

1.7

  

“Committee”

  

2

1.8

  

“Company”

  

2

1.9

  

“Company Contribution”

  

2

1.10

  

“Credited Investment Return (Loss)”

  

2

1.11

  

“Deferral Amount”

  

3

1.12

  

“Deferral Election”

  

3

1.13

  

“Early Termination”

  

3

1.14

  

“Effective Date”

  

3

1.15

  

“Eligible Employee”

  

3

1.16

  

“Employee”

  

3

1.17

  

“Employer Group”

  

3

1.18

  

“Extended Deferral Election”

  

4

1.19

  

“Hardship”

  

4

1.20

  

“KLA”

  

4

1.21

  

“Normal Termination”

  

4

1.22

  

“Old KLA Plan”

  

4

1.23

  

“Outside Director”

  

4

1.24

  

“Participant”

  

5

1.25

  

“Participating Employer”

  

5

1.26

  

“Performance Period”

  

5

1.27

  

“Plan”

  

5

1.28

  

“Plan Year”

  

5

1.29

  

“Prior Plans”

  

5

1.30

  

“Prior Plan Company Contribution”

  

5

1.31

  

“Prior Policy”

  

5

1.32

  

“Retention Period”

  

5

1.33

  

“Separation from Service”

  

5

1.34

  

“Specified Employee”

  

6

1.35

  

“Supplemental Executive Benefits”

  

6

1.36

  

“Tencor”

  

6

1.37

  

“Trust”

  

6

1.38

  

“Trust Agreement”

  

6

1.39

  

“Trustee”

  

6

1.40

  

“Year of Service”

  

6

ARTICLE II

  

ELIGIBILITY

  

7

2.1

  

Eligible Persons

  

7

2.2

  

Continuation of Participation

  

7

2.3

  

Resumption of Participation Following Separation from Service

  

7

2.4

  

Cessation or Resumption of Participation Following a Change in Status

  

8

 

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ARTICLE III

  

SALARY, COMMISSION AND BONUS REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS; COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

  

8

3.1

  

Salary and Commission Deferrals

  

8

3.2

  

Annual Bonus Deferrals

  

9

3.3

  

Requirements for Deferral Elections

  

10

3.4

  

Limitations on Deferrals

  

12

3.5

  

Deferral Election Subaccounts

  

12

3.6

  

Subsequent Distribution

  

12

3.7

  

Company Contributions

  

12

ARTICLE IV

  

CREDITED INVESTMENT RETURN (LOSS) ON DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS

  

13

4.1

  

Accounts

  

13

4.2

  

Credited Investment Return (Loss)

  

13

4.3

  

Deemed Investment Options

  

13

ARTICLE V

  

DISTRIBUTION OF PRE-2005 DEFERRED ACCOUNT

  

13

5.1

  

Distribution of Benefits upon Normal Termination

  

13

5.2

  

Distribution of Benefits upon Early Termination

  

14

5.3

  

Election of Form of Benefit Payment

  

15

5.4

  

Payment to Beneficiary

  

15

5.5

  

Early Withdrawals

  

15

5.6

  

Automatic Lump-Sum Distribution for Accounts below $25.000

  

16

5.7

  

Valuation

  

16

5.8

  

Tax Withholding

  

16

5.9

  

Outside Directors

  

16

ARTICLE VI

  

DISTRIBUTION OF 2005-2007 DEFERRED ACCOUNT

  

17

6.1

  

Special Distribution Election

  

17

6.2

  

Commencement Date

  

17

6.3

  

Method of Distribution

  

17

6.4

  

Continuing Elections

  

18

6.5

  

Tax Withholding

  

18

ARTICLE VII

  

DISTRIBUTION OF POST 2007 DEFERRAL ELECTION SUBACCOUNTS

  

18

7.1

  

Normal Distribution

  

18

7.2

  

Tax Withholding

  

18

7.3

  

Special Distribution Election

  

18

ARTICLE VIII

  

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO 2005-2007 ACCOUNTS AND POST-2007 DEFERRAL ELECTION SUBACCOUNTS

  

19

8.1

  

Extended Deferral Election

  

19

8.2

  

Distribution Commencement Date

  

19

8.3

  

Hardship Withdrawal

  

20

8.4

  

Death Before Full Distribution

  

20

8.5

  

Valuation

  

20

8.6

  

Small Account Balances

  

20

8.7

  

Mandatory Deferral of Distribution

  

21

 

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ARTICLE IX

  

BENEFICIARIES

  

21

9.1

  

Designation of Beneficiary

  

21

9.2

  

No Designated Beneficiary

  

21

ARTICLE X

  

OBLIGATION TO PAY SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE BENEFITS

  

21

10.1

  

Benefits Paid From Trust

  

21

10.2

  

Trustee Investment Discretion

  

21

10.3

  

No Secured Interest

  

22

ARTICLE XI

  

ADMINISTRATION

  

22

11.1

  

Administration of the Plan

  

22

11.2

  

Indemnification

  

22

ARTICLE XII

  

MISCELLANEOUS

  

22

12.1

  

No Employment Right

  

22

12.2

  

Amendment/Termination

  

22

12.3

  

Applicable Law

  

24

12.4

  

Satisfaction of Claims

  

24

12.5

  

Alienation of Benefits

  

24

12.6

  

Expenses

  

24

12.7

  

Successors and Assigns

  

24

12.8

  

Reimbursement of Costs

  

25

12.9

  

Arbitration

  

25

12.10

  

Entire Agreement

  

25

ARTICLE XIII

  

BENEFIT CLAIMS

  

25

13.1

  

Claims Procedure

  

25

13.2

  

Denial of Benefits

  

25

13.3

  

Review

  

26

13.4

  

Denial of Appeal

  

26

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


 
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