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Title: LEADERSHIP RETIREMENT PLAN
Governing Law: Kentucky     Date: 7/21/2009
Industry: Restaurants     Sector: Services

LEADERSHIP RETIREMENT PLAN, Parties: yum brands inc
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YUM! BRANDS

 

LEADERSHIP RETIREMENT PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan Document for the 409A Program,

Effective as of January 1, 2005 (with amendments through December 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

YUM! Brands Leadership Retirement Plan

Table of Contents

 

 

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ARTICLE I – FOREWORD

1

ARTICLE II – DEFINITIONS

2

2.01

Allocation Date:

2

2.02

Authorized Leave of Absence:

2

2.03

Base Compensation:

2

2.04

Beneficiary:

2

2.05

Bonus Compensation:

3

2.06

Break in Service Payment Election:

3

2.07

Change in Control:

3

2.08

Code:

5

2.09

Company:

5

2.10

Disability:

5

2.11

Disability Benefits:

6

2.12

Disability Leave of Absence:

6

2.13

Disability Payment Election:

6

2.14

Earnings Credit:

6

2.15

Earnings Rate:

6

2.16

Employer:

7

2.17

Employer Credit / Employer Credit Percentage:

7

2.18

ERISA:

7

2.19

Executive / Eligible Executive:

7

2.20

409A Program:

7

2.21

Key Employee:

8

2.22

LRP Account:

9

2.23

LRP Benefit:

9

2.24

One-Year Break in Service:

9

2.25

Participant:

10

2.26

Plan:

10

2.27

Plan Administrator:

10

2.28

Plan Year:

10

2.29

Pre-409A Program:

10

2.30

Retirement:

10

2.31

Section 409A:

10

2.32

Separation from Service:

10

2.33

Spouse:

11

2.34

Termination Date:

11

2.35

Valuation Date:

11

2.36

Vesting Schedule:

11

2.37

Vested LRP Account:

11

2.38

Year of Participation:

12

2.39

Year of Service:

12

2.40

YUM! Organization:

12

 

 

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YUM! Brands Leadership Retirement Plan

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ARTICLE III – PARTICIPATION

13

3.01

Eligibility to Participate.

13

3.02

Inception of Participation.

14

3.03

Termination of Participation.

15

3.04

Break in Service.

15

ARTICLE IV – ELECTIONS

17

4.01

Beneficiaries.

17

4.02

Deferral of Payment While Receiving Disability Benefits.

17

4.03

Break in Service Deferral of Payment.

18

ARTICLE V – PARTICIPANT LRP BENEFITS

21

5.01

Credits to a Participant’s LRP Account.

21

5.02

Vesting Schedule.

24

5.03

Distribution of a Participant’s Vested LRP Account.

25

5.04

Valuation.

27

5.05

FICA Taxes and LRP Account Reduction.

27

ARTICLE VI – PLAN ADMINISTRATION

28

6.01

Plan Administrator.

28

6.02

Powers of the Plan Administrator.

28

6.03

Compensation, Indemnity and Liability.

29

6.04

Taxes.

29

6.05

Records and Reports.

30

6.06

Rules and Procedures.

30

6.07

Applications and Forms.

30

6.08

Conformance with Section 409A.

30

ARTICLE VII – CLAIMS PROCEDURES

31

7.01

Claims for Benefits.

31

7.02

Appeals.

31

7.03

Special Claims Procedures for Disability Determinations.

31

7.04

Exhaustion of Claims Procedures.

32

7.05

Limitations on Actions.

33

ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

35

8.01

Amendment to the Plan.

35

8.02

Termination of the Plan.

35

ARTICLE IX – MISCELLANEOUS

37

9.01

Limitation on Participant Rights.

37

9.02

Unfunded Obligation of Individual Employer.

37

9.03

Other Benefit Plans.

37

9.04

Receipt or Release.

37

9.05

Governing Law.

38

 

 

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9.06

Adoption of Plan by Related Employers.

38

9.07

Rules of Construction.

38

9.08

Successors and Assigns; Nonalienation of Benefits.

39

9.09

Facility of Payment.

39

ARTICLE X – SIGNATURE

40

APPENDIX

41

APPENDIX ARTICLE A – LRP BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS

42

A.01

Scope.

42

A.02

Allocation Date for Class I Appendix Participants.

42

A.03

Employer Credit for Class I Appendix Participants.

42

A.04

Special Interim Earnings Rate for Class I Appendix Participants.

44

A.05

Vesting for Class I Appendix Participants.

45

A.06

Initial Eligibility Date for Class II Appendix Participants.

45

A.07

Employer Credit Percentage for Class II Appendix Participants.

45

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I – FOREWORD

 

YUM! Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) established the YUM! Brands Leadership Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) to benefit selected executives who are not eligible to participate in the YUM! Brands Retirement Plan.  The Plan was effective as of April 1, 2002, and it was originally known as the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.

 

This document is effective as of January 1, 2005 (the “Effective Date”).  Effective January 1, 2008, this document was amended and restated to add additional eligible executives and make certain other design changes.  In December 2008, this document was further amended and restated to make certain changes for Section 409A and other items.

 

This document sets forth the terms of the Plan that are applicable to benefits that are subject to Section 409A, i.e. , generally, benefits that are earned or vested after December 31, 2004 (the “409A Program”).  Other benefits under the Plan shall be governed by a separate set of documents that set forth the pre-Section 409A terms of the Plan (the “Pre-409A Program”).  Together, this document and the documents for the Pre-409A Program describe the terms of a single plan.  However, amounts subject to the terms of this 409A Program and amounts subject to the terms of the Pre-409A Program shall be tracked separately at all times.  The preservation of the terms of the Pre-409A Program, without material modification, and the separation between the 409A Program amounts and the Pre-409A Program amounts are intended to be sufficient at all times to permit the Pre-409A Program to remain exempt from Section 409A.

 

With respect to benefits covered by this document, this document sets forth the terms of the Plan, specifying the group of executives of the Company and certain affiliated employers who are eligible to participate and the Plan’s general provisions for determining and distributing benefits.  Additional and alternate provisions applicable to certain eligible executive’s benefits are set forth in the Appendix.

 

The Plan is unfunded and unsecured for purposes of the Code and ERISA.  The benefits of an executive are an obligation of that executive’s individual employer.  With respect to his employer, the executive has the rights of an unsecured general creditor.

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE II – DEFINITIONS

 

When used in this Plan, the following bold terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

 

2.01           Allocation Date:

 

The date as of which an Employer Credit is credited to the Participant’s LRP Account.  Except as otherwise provided in the Appendix for one or more specific Participants, the last business day of each Plan Year shall be an Allocation Date.  In addition, when a Participant no longer is an active Participant, the last day of the calendar quarter containing his Termination Date shall also be an Allocation Date.

 

2.02           Authorized Leave of Absence:

 

A period of time when a Participant is considered to remain in the employment of his Employer (except as provided below) while not actively rendering services to his Employer as a result of one or more of the following –

 

(a)           Any absence of 6 months or less (or 24 months or less, if the Participant retains a contractual right to return to work) that is authorized by an Employer under the Employer’s standard personnel practices, whether paid or unpaid, as long as there is a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Employer;

 

(b)           A leave of absence pursuant to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”); or

 

(c)           A leave of absence pursuant to the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) or any other similar family medical leave law of a particular state, if such law provides for a longer leave of absence than the FMLA.

 

2.03           Base Compensation:

 

An Eligible Executive’s gross base salary, as determined by the Plan Administrator and to the extent paid in U.S. dollars from an Employer’s U.S. payroll for a period that the Eligible Executive is an active Participant in the Plan.  For any applicable period, an Eligible Executive’s gross base salary shall be determined without regard to any reductions that may apply to the base salary, including applicable tax withholdings, Executive-authorized deductions (including deductions for the YUM! Brands 401(k) Plan and applicable health and welfare benefits), tax levies and garnishments.

 

2.04           Beneficiary:

 

The person or persons (including a trust or trusts) properly designated by a Participant, as determined by the Plan Administrator, to receive the Participant’s Vested LRP Account in the event of the Participant's death.  To be effective, any Beneficiary designation must be in writing, signed by the Participant, and filed with the Plan Administrator prior to the Participant’s death, and it must meet such other standards (including the requirement for spousal consent to the naming of a non-Spouse beneficiary by a married Participant) as the Plan Administrator shall require from time to time.  An incomplete Beneficiary designation, as determined by the Plan Administrator, shall be void and of no effect.  If some but not all of the persons designated by a Participant to receive his Vested LRP Account at death predecease the Participant, the Participant’s surviving Beneficiaries shall be entitled to the portion of the Participant’s Vested LRP Account intended for such pre-deceased persons in proportion to the surviving Beneficiaries’ respective shares; provided that primary beneficiaries shall be paid before contingent beneficiaries.  If no designation is in effect at the time of a Participant’s death or if all designated Beneficiaries have predeceased the Participant, then the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be (i) in the case of a Participant who is married at death, the Participant’s Spouse, or (ii) in the case of a Participant who is not married at death, the Participant’s estate.  In determining whether a Beneficiary designation that relates to the Plan is in effect, unrevoked designations that were received prior to the Effective Date of the 409A Program shall be considered.  A Beneficiary designation of an individual by name (or name and relationship) remains in effect regardless of any change in the designated individual’s relationship to the Participant.  A Beneficiary designation solely by relationship (for example, a designation of “Spouse,” that does not give the name of the Spouse) shall designate whoever is the person (if any) in that relationship to the Participant at his death.  An individual who is otherwise a Beneficiary with respect to a Participant’s Vested LRP Account ceases to be a Beneficiary when all applicable payments have been made from the LRP Account.

 

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2.05           Bonus Compensation:

 

The gross amount of an Eligible Executive’s target annual incentive or bonus award, which shall be equal to the Eligible Executive’s current annualized Base Compensation in effect as of the applicable Allocation Date multiplied by the Eligible Executive’s current target bonus percentage, in effect as of the applicable Allocation Date, under his Employer’s annual incentive or bonus plan.  Bonus Compensation shall be determined by the Plan Administrator and shall only be taken into account to the extent paid in U.S. dollars from an Employer’s U.S. payroll.  An Eligible Executive’s Bonus Compensation shall be determined without regard to any reductions that may apply, including applicable tax withholdings, Executive-authorized deductions (including deductions for the YUM! Brands 401(k) Plan and applicable health and welfare benefits), tax levies, and garnishments.

 

2.06           Break in Service Payment Election:

 

The election to defer the distribution of a Participant’s Pre-Break Subaccount, if applicable, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.03.

 

2.07           Change in Control:

 

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

 

 

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(a)           Any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate) representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (i) of Subsection (c) below;

 

(b)           The following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving; individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company), whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or

 

(c)           There is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary with any other corporation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation immediately following which those individuals who immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or consolidation, constituted the Board, constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Company or the surviving or resulting entity or any parent thereof, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate) representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

For purposes of the foregoing, the following capitalized and underlined words shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

 

Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

Beneficial Owner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any securities which are properly filed on a Form 13-G.

 

 

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Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Person ” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates; (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities; or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

Subsidiary ” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity during any period in which at least a fifty percent voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (or by any entity that is a successor to the Company).

 

2.08           Code:

 

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

2.09           Company:

 

YUM! Brands, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, or its successor or successors.

 

2.10           Disability:

 

A Participant shall be considered to suffer from a Disability, if, in the judgment of the Plan Administrator (determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 409A), the Participant –

 

(a)           Is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or

 

(b)           By reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan of the Company (including the YUM! Brands Short-Term Disability Plan and the YUM! Brands Long-Term Disability Plan).

 

A Participant who has received a Social Security disability award will be conclusively deemed to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a).  In turn, a Participant who has not received a Social Security disability award will be conclusively deemed to not meet the requirements of Subsection (a).

 

 

The related term, “Disabled,” shall mean to suffer from a Disability.

 

 

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2.11           Disability Benefits:

 

The receipt by a Participant of short-term disability benefits from the YUM! Brands Short-Term Disability Plan (or such other short-term disability plan sponsored by his Employer) or long-term disability benefits from the YUM! Brands Long-Term Disability Plan (or such other long-term disability plan sponsored by his Employer).

 

2.12           Disability Leave of Absence:

 

A continuous period of absence during which the Participant is receiving Disability Benefits.  A Participant’s Disability Leave of Absence shall end on the earlier of the date when the Participant is no longer receiving Disability Benefits or the date that the Participant is entitled to payment under Section 5.03 as a result of the Participant’s Separation from Service ( i.e., when the Participant Separates from Service as a result of his Disability or age 55, if later).  However, if the Participant executes a valid Disability Payment Election pursuant to Section 4.02, such Participant’s Disability Leave of Absence shall be extended until the specific payment date listed in the Disability Payment Election (or such later Disability Payment Election).  The Participant shall be considered to be on a Disability Leave of Absence without regard to whether the Participant is generally considered to be a continuing Employee of the Employer.

 

2.13           Disability Payment Election:

 

The voluntary election that can be made by a Disabled Participant under Section 4.02 to extend his Disability Leave of Absence and the payment of his LRP Benefits.

 

2.14           Earnings Credit:

 

The increment added to a Participant’s LRP Account as a result of crediting the account with a return based on the Participant’s Earnings Rate.

 

2.15           Earnings Rate:

 

(a)            Earnings Rate as of the Effective Date .  As of the Effective Date, the Earnings Rate shall be 6% per annum, compounded annually.  In the event a Valuation Date occurs less than 12 months after the prior Valuation Date, this Earnings Rate shall be converted to a rate for the period since the last Valuation Date by reducing it to a rate that is appropriate for such shorter period.  Such reduction shall be done in a way that would result in the specified 6% annual rate of return being earned for the number of such periods that equals one year.  The Earnings Rate is used to determine the Earnings Credit that is credited to the Participant’s LRP Account from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01(d).

 

(b)            Earnings Rate from and after July 1, 2006 .  Except as provided in the Appendix, from and after July 1, 2006, the Earnings Rate for all Participants shall be 5% per annum, compounded annually.  In the event a Valuation Date occurs less than 12 months after the prior Valuation Date, this Earnings Rate shall be converted to a rate for the period since the last Valuation Date by reducing it to a rate that is appropriate for such shorter period.  Such reduction shall be done in a way that would result in the specified 5% annual rate of return being earned for the number of such periods that equals one year.  The Earnings Rate is used to determine the Earnings Credit that is credited to the Participant’s LRP Account from time to time pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01(d).

 

 

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(c)            Adjustments to the Earnings Rate .  As provided by Section 5.01(d), the Earnings Rate shall be evaluated and may be revised by the Company on an annual basis.

 

2.16           Employer:

 

The Company, and each division of the Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates (if any) that is currently designated as an adopting Employer of the Plan by the Company.  Where there is a question as to whether a particular division, subsidiary or affiliate is an Employer under the Plan, the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be absolutely conclusive.  An entity shall be an Employer hereunder only for the period that it is – (a) so determined by the Plan Administrator, and (b) a member of the YUM! Organization.

 

2.17           Employer Credit / Employer Credit Percentage:

 

The Employer Credit is an amount that is credited to a Participant’s LRP Account as of each Allocation Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.01(b) and (c) or the Appendix.  The “Employer Credit Percentage” is the percentage in Section 5.01(b) of Base Compensation or Bonus Compensation (or both), which is used to calculate a Participant’s Employer Credit pursuant to Section 5.01(c).

 

2.18           ERISA:

 

Public Law 93-406, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

2.19           Executive / Eligible Executive:

 

An “Executive” is any individual in an executive classification of an Employer who (i) is receiving remuneration for personal services that he or she is currently rendering in the employment of an Employer (or who is on an Authorized Leave of Absence), and (ii) is paid in U.S. dollars from the Employer’s U.S. payroll.  An “Eligible Executive” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.01.

 

2.20           409A Program:

 

The program described in this document.  The term “409A Program” is used to identify the portion of the Plan that is subject to Section 409A.

 

 

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2.21           Key Employee:

 

The individuals identified in accordance with principles set forth in Subsection (a), as modified by the following provisions of this Section.

 

(a)            In General .  Any Eligible Executive or former Eligible Executive who at any time during the applicable year is –

 

(1)           An officer of an Employer having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 416(i)(1));

 

(2)           A 5-percent owner of an Employer; or

 

(3)           A 1-percent owner of an Employer having annual compensation of more than $150,000.

 

For purposes of (1) above, no more than 50 employees identified in the order of their annual compensation (or, if lesser, the greater of 3 employees or 10 percent of the employees) shall be treated as officers.  For purposes of this Section, annual compensation means compensation as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3).  The Plan Administrator shall determine who is a Key Employee in accordance with Code Section 416(i) and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder or in connection therewith (including the provisions of Code Section 416(i)(3) that treat self employed individuals as employees for purposes of this definition); provided, that Code Section 416(i)(5) shall not apply in making such determination, and provided further that the applicable year shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A and that any modification of the foregoing definition that applies under Section 409A shall be taken into account.

 

(b)            Special Operating Rules .  To ensure that the Company does not fail to identify any Key Employees based on the provisions of Subsection (a), the Company shall treat as Key Employees for the Plan Year of their Separation from Service those individuals who meet the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) below (or both).

 

(1)           The Company shall treat as Key Employees all Eligible Executives (and former Eligible Executives) that are classified for any portion of the Plan Year of their Separation from Service as Level 15 and above; and

 

(2)           The Company shall treat as a Key Employee any Eligible Executive who would be a Key Employee as of his Separation from Service date based on the standards in this paragraph (2).  For purposes of this paragraph (2), the Company shall determine Key Employees under Subsection (a)(1) and (3) above based on compensation (as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3)) that is taken into account as follows:

 

 

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(i)           If the determination is in connection with a Separation from Service in the first calendar quarter of a Plan Year, the determination shall be made using compensation earned in the calendar year that is two years prior to the current calendar year ( e.g., for a determination made in the first quarter of 2005, compensation earned in the 2003 calendar year shall be used); and

 

(ii)           If the determination is in connection with a Separation from Service in the second, third or fourth calendar quarter of a Plan Year, the determination shall be made using the compensation earned in the prior calendar year ( e.g., for a determination made in the second quarter of 2005, compensation earned in the 2004 calendar year shall be used).

 

In addition, a Participant shall be considered an officer for purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a 5-percent owner for purposes of Subsection (a)(2) or a 1-percent owner for purposes of Subsection (a)(3) with respect to a Separation from Service distribution, if the Participant was an officer, a 5-percent owner or a 1-percent owner (as applicable) at some point during the calendar year that applies, in accordance with Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, in determining the Participant’s compensation for purposes of that Separation from Service.

 

2.22           LRP Account:

 

The individual account maintained for a Participant on the books of his Employer that indicates the dollar amount that, as of any time, is credited under the Plan for the benefit of the Participant.  The balance in such LRP Account shall be determined by the Plan Administrator.  The Plan Administrator may establish one or more subaccounts as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan, and may also combine one or more subaccounts to the extent it deems separate subaccounts are not then needed for sound recordkeeping.  Where appropriate, a reference to a Participant’s LRP Account shall include a reference to each applicable subaccount that has been established thereunder.  “Pre-Break Subaccount” and “Post-Break Subaccount” shall have the meanings given to them in Section 3.04.

 

2.23           LRP Benefit:

 

The amount or amounts that are distributable to a Participant (or Beneficiary) in accordance with Section 5.03.  A Participant’s LRP Benefit shall be determined by the Plan Administrator based on the terms of the entire Plan.

 

2.24           One-Year Break in Service:

 

A 12 consecutive-month period beginning on a Participant’s Separation from Service and ending on the first anniversary of such date.  Subsequent One-Year Breaks in Service shall begin on the first and later anniversaries of such date and end on the next following anniversary.  A Break in Service shall continue until the Participant is reemployed as an eligible Executive.  No break in service shall begin until after a Participant is no longer an active Participant pursuant to Section 3.03(b).

 

 

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2.25           Participant:

Any Executive who is qualified to participate in this Plan in accordance with Section 3.01 and for whom an Employer maintains on its books a LRP Account.  An active Participant is one who is due an Employer Credit for the Plan Year (as provided in Section 3.03).  A Break in Service Participant shall have the meaning assigned by Section 3.04.

 

2.26           Plan:

 

The YUM! Brands Leadership Retirement Plan, the plan set forth herein and in the Pre-409A Program documents, as it may be amended and restated from time to time (subject to the limitations on amendment that are applicable hereunder and under the Pre-409A Program).

 

2.27           Plan Administrator:

 

The Company’s Chief People Officer, who shall have the authority to administer the Plan as provided in Article V.  In turn, the Chief People Officer has the authority to re-delegate operational responsibilities to other persons or parties.  As of the Effective Date, the Chief People Officer has delegated to the Company’s Compensation Department the day to day administration of the Plan.  References in this document to the Plan Administrator shall be understood as referring to the Chief People Officer, the Company’s Compensation Department and any others delegated by the Chief People Officer, as appropriate under the circumstances.

 

2.28           Plan Year:

 

The 12-consecutive month period beginning on January 1 and ending on the following December 31 of each year.

 

2.29           Pre-409A Program:

 

The portion of the Plan that governs benefits that are not subject to Section 409A.  The terms of the Pre-409A Program are set forth in a separate set of documents.

 

2.30           Retirement:

 

A Participant’s Separation from Service after attaining age 60.

 

2.31           Section 409A:

 

Section 409A of the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability that is issued thereunder.

 

2.32           Separation from Service:

 

A Participant’s separation from service with the YUM! Organization, within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i).  The term may also be used as a verb (i.e., “Separates from Service”) with no change in meaning.  In addition, a Separation from Service shall not occur while the Participant is on an Authorized Leave of Absence or a Disability Leave of Absence.  For purposes of a Disability Leave of Absence, a Separation from Service shall occur on the earlier of the date that the Participant has reached 29 continuous months of a Disability Leave of Absence or the date that the Participant formally resigns his employment with the Employer and the Yum! Organization.

 

 

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2.33           Spouse:

 

An individual shall only be recognized by the Plan Administrator as a Spouse or as being “married” to an Eligible Executive, if – (i) the individual is of the opposite gender to the Eligible Executive, (ii) the individual and the Eligible Executive are considered to be legally married (including a common law marriage, if the common law marriage was formed in one of the states that permit the formation of a common law marriage), and (iii) the marriage of the individual and the Eligible Executive is recognized on the relevant day as valid in the state where the Eligible Executive resides.

 

2.34           Termination Date:

 

The date that a Participant’s active participation in this Plan terminates as defined in Section 3.03.

 

2.35           Valuation Date:

 

Each date as specified by the Plan Administrator from time to time as of which Participant LRP Accounts are valued in accordance with Plan procedures that are currently in effect.  As of the Effective Date, the Plan shall have a Valuation Date for all Plan Participants as of the last day of each Plan Year.  In addition, if a Participant is entitled to a distribution under Article V, such Participant shall have a Valuation Date under the Plan that is the last day of the calendar quarter that contains the date as of which such Participant becomes entitled to a distribution under Article V.  In accordance with procedures that may be adopted by the Plan Administrator, any current Valuation Date may be changed.  Values under the Plan are determined as of the close of a Valuation Date.  If a Valuation Date is not a business day, then the Valuation Date will be the immediately preceding business day.

 

2.36           Vesting Schedule:

 

The schedule under which a Participant’s LRP Account becomes vested and nonforfeitable in accordance with Section 5.02 or the Appendix.

 

2.37           Vested LRP Account:

 

The portion of a Participant’s LRP Account that has become vested and nonforfeitable within the meaning of Section 5.02(a) or the Appendix.

 

 

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2.38           Year of Participation:

 

The period during a Plan Year (or such other period as provided in the Appendix) – (a) during which an Eligible Executive is an active Participant, and (b) during which an Eligible Executive has not incurred a Termination Date (the “Participation Period”).  An Eligible Executive is considered an active Participant only for the period from and after when his participation begins under Section 3.02 until when it terminates under Section 3.03.  If the Participation Period encompasses the entire Plan Year (or such other period as provided in the Appendix), the Participant shall be credited with a complete Year of Participation for such Plan Year (or such other period as provided in the Appendix).  If the Participation Period covers only a portion of the Plan Year (or such other period as provided in the Appendix), then the Participant shall be credited with a fractional Year of Participation for such Plan Year (or such other period as provided in the Appendix).  Such fractional Year of Participation shall be equal to the number of months during the Participation Period divided by twelve; provided, that if the Participation Period includes at least one day of a month, the Eligible Executive shall receive credit for the whole month.

 

2.39           Year of Service:

 

The number of 12-month periods of the most recent continuous employment with the YUM! Organization commencing on the Participant’s most recent day of employment or re-employment with the YUM! Organization and ending on the Participant’s Separation from Service (including those periods that may have occurred prior to becoming a Plan Participant).  Years of Service shall include completed years and months.  A partial month shall be counted as a whole month.  If an individual is previously employed by the YUM! Organization, incurs a Separation from Service, is rehired by the YUM! Organization and becomes a Participant in this Plan, the individual’s previous period or periods of employment are only credited towards the Participant’s Years of Service to the extent provided in Section 3.01(e) and Section 3.04.

 

2.40           YUM! Organization:

 

The controlled group of organizations of which the Company is a part, as defined by Code section 414(b) and (c) and the regulations issued thereunder.  An entity shall be considered a member of the YUM! Organization only during the period it is one of the group of organizations described in the preceding sentence.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE III – PARTICIPATION

 

3.01           Eligibility to Participate.

 

(a)            Rules Effective from and after January 1, 2008 .  Effective from and after January 1, 2008, an Executive shall be eligible to participate in this Plan, if the Executive satisfies all of the following requirements:

 

(1)           The Executive meets one of the following –

 

(i)           The Executive is classified by his Employer as Level 12 or above on January 1, 2008 (and while he remains so classified);

 

(ii)           The Executive is hired by an Employer on or after January 1, 2008 as an Executive classified as Level 12 or above (and while he remains so classified); or

 

(iii)           The Executive is promoted by an Employer on or after January 1, 2008 from below Level 12 into a Level 12 or above position (and while he remains so classified);

 

(2)           The Executive is not eligible to participate in the YUM! Brands Retirement Plan; and

 

(3)           The Executive has attained at least age 21.

 

(b)            Rules Effective for the 2007 Plan Year .  Effective from and after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2008, an Executive shall be eligible to participate in this Plan, if the Executive satisfies all of the following requirements:

 

(1)           The Executive meets one of the following –

 

(i)           The Executive is classified by his Employer as Level 14 or above on January 1, 2007 (and while he remains so classified);

 

(ii)           The Executive is hired by an Employer on or after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2008 as an Executive classified as Level 14 or above (and while he remains so classified); or

 

(iii)           The Executive is promoted by an Employer on or after January 1, 2007 and before January 1, 2008 from below Level 14 into a Level 14 or above position (and while he remains so classified);

 

(2)           The Executive is not eligible to participate in the YUM! Brands Retirement Plan; and

 

 

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(3)           The Executive has attained at least age 40.

 

(c)            Rules Effective as of the Effective Date through December 31, 2006 .  Effective from and after the Effective Date and through December 31, 2006, an Executive shall be eligible to participate in this Plan, if the Executive satisfies all of the following requirements:

 

(1)           The Executive has been selected by his Employer to participate in this Plan (and while he remains selected);

 

(2)           The Executive is not eligible to participate in the YUM! Brands Retirement Plan; and

 

(3)           The Executive has attained at least age 40.

 

(d)            Special Eligibility Rules .  If an Executive was a Participant in the Pre-409A Program immediately prior to January 1, 2005, the Executive shall remain a Participant in this Plan subject to the regular participation rules of the Plan, including Section 3.03.  Further, if an Executive became a Participant in the Plan by satisfying Section 3.01(b) or (c), such Executive shall remain a Participant in the Plan after the applicable timeperiod subject to the regular participation rules of the Plan, including Section 3.03.

 

(e)            Certain Rehired Executives .  If an Executive was previously employed by the YUM! Organization, such Executive was not eligible to participate in this Plan ( e.g., the Executive was eligible to participate in the YUM! Brands Retirement Plan) as a result of such previous employment and such Executive is later rehired by the Yum! Organization and becomes eligible to participate in this Plan on or after his rehire date, then such rehired Executive –

 

(1)           Shall be credited at the start of his first Year of Participation with Years of Service that include his service relating to his prior period or periods of employment with the Yum! Organization; and

 

(2)           Shall not receive an Employer Credit or any LRP Benefit with respect to any period prior to his rehire date.

 

During the period an individual satisfies the eligibility requirements of the above Subsections, whichever applies to the individual, he shall be referred to as an “Eligible Executive.”

 

3.02           Inception of Participation.

 

An Eligible Executive shall become a Participant in this Plan as of date the Participant first satisfies the eligibility requirements to be an Eligible Executive that are set forth in Section 3.01.

 

 

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3.03           Termination of Participation.

(a)            General .  Except as modified below and except as provided in subsection (b), an individual’s eligibility to participate actively in this Plan shall cease upon his “Termination Date,” which is the earliest to occur of the following:

 

(1)           The date the individual ceases to be an Eligible Executive; or

 

(2)           The first day an individual begins a period of severance ( i.e. , the period that follows a Separation from Service).

 

Notwithstanding the prior sentence, an individual shall continue to participate actively in this Plan during a period of an Authorized Leave of Absence, and an individual who is on an Authorized Leave of Absence shall have a “Termination Date” on the day the individual does not return to active work at the end of such Authorized Leave of Absence.  The calculation of an individual’s Employer Credit shall not take into account any compensation earned from and after his Termination Date.  In addition, a Participant’s Participation Period for purposes of determining Years of Participation shall end on the Participant’s Termination Date.  If an individual incurs a Termination Date but otherwise remains an employee of the YUM! Organization (e.g., does not incur a Separation from Service), such individual shall continue to accrue Years of Service while remaining in the employ of the YUM! Organization.

 

(b)            Disability Leave of Absence .  Notwithstanding subsection (a) above, an individual shall continue to participate actively in this Plan during a period of a Disability Leave of Absence.  Accordingly, such individual shall have a “Termination Date” on the last day of his Disability Leave of Absence.  If the Participant executes a valid Disability Payment Election pursuant to Section 4.02, such Participant’s Disability Leave of Absence shall be extended until the specific payment date listed in the Disability Payment Election (or such later Disability Payment Election).  However, if the Participant’s Disability Leave of Absence terminates due to the Participant’s cessation of Disability Benefits and he returns to active work with an Employer, such Participant shall not have a Termination Date (and active participation shall continue) if the Participant returns to work as an eligible Executive pursuant to Section 3.01.  A Participant’s Participation Period for purposes of determining Years of Participation shall end on the Participant’s Termination Date.  Active participation in this Plan shall continue as provided above without regard to whether the Participant is generally considered to be a continuing Employee of the Employer.

 

(c)            Effect of Distribution of Benefits .  An individual, who has been a Participant under the Plan, ceases to be a Participant on the date his Vested LRP Account is fully distributed.

 

3.04           Break in Service.

 

(a)            Less than a One-Year Break in Service .  If a Participant incurs a break in service and returns in an eligible classification, but such break in service is less than a One-Year Break in Service, such Participant shall be deemed to not have incurred a Termination Date and his Participation Period, Years of Service, Employer Credit and Earnings Credit shall be recomputed as if such break in service never occurred.

 

 

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(b)            One-Year Break in Service – Vested Participants .  A Participant who has satisfied the requirements for vesting under Section 5.02 at the time he incurs a One-Year Break in Service and who is again employed at any time thereafter in an eligible classification shall re-participate in this Plan as of the date he becomes an eligible Executive.  Such individual’s pre-break Years of Service shall be restored in determining his rights and benefits under the Plan.  In addition, such individual shall begin a new Participation Period beginning with the date he once again becomes an active Participant pursuant to Section 3.02.  However, such individual shall not be entitled to an Employer Credit for the period of the break.

 

(c)            One-Year Break in Service – Non-Vested Participants .  Any Participant not described in subsection (b) who incurs a One-Year Break in Service and who is again employed in an eligible classification shall re-participate in this Plan as of the date he becomes an eligible Executive.  His pre-break Years of Service shall be restored, but only if the number of his consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service is less than the greater of: (i) 5, or (ii) the aggregate number of his pre-break Years of Service.  In addition, such individual shall begin a new Participation Period beginning with the date he once again becomes an active Participant pursuant to Section 3.02.  However, such individual shall not be entitled to an Employer Credit for the period of the break.

 

(d)            Break in Service Subaccounts .  If a Participant incurs a break in service under this Section and the Participant did not receive a distribution of his LRP Benefit during or as a result of the break in service ( e.g.,   the break in service occurs prior to the Participant’s 55 th birthday), the Employer Credits (and the Earnings Credits related thereto) that are credited after the break in service shall be credited to a separate subaccount of the Participant’s LRP Account (the “Post-Break Subaccount”).  The Post-Break Subaccount shall be separately distributed from the value of the Participant’s pre-break LRP Account, which shall be referred to as the “Pre-Break Subaccount.”  An affected Participant shall be able to extend the payment date of the Participant’s Pre-Break Subaccount by making a Break in Service Payment Election pursuant to Section 4.03.  A Participant’s Pre-Break Subaccount and Post-Break Subaccount shall consist of the Participant’s entire LRP Account.  A Participant who has a Pre-Break and Post-Break Subaccount shall be referred to as a “Break in Service Participant.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE IV – ELECTIONS

 

4.01           Beneficiaries.

 

A Participant shall be able to designate, on a form provided by the Plan Administrator for this purpose, a Beneficiary to receive payment, in the event of his death, of the Participant’s Vested LRP Account.  A Beneficiary shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Beneficiary designation form, as interpreted by the Plan Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Plan.  At any time, a


 
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