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NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC. EXCESS PENSION PLAN FOR UK TRANSFEREES

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Title: NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC. EXCESS PENSION PLAN FOR UK TRANSFEREES
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 3/13/2009
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Sector: Capital Goods

NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC. EXCESS PENSION PLAN FOR UK TRANSFEREES, Parties: nacco materials handling group  inc
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Exhibit 10.81

NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC.
EXCESS PENSION PLAN FOR UK TRANSFEREES
(As Amended and Restated Effective November 11, 2008)

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (the “Company”) does hereby adopt this amendment and restatement of the NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Excess Pension Plan for UK Transferees, on the terms and conditions described hereinafter, effective as of November 11, 2008:

ARTICLE I - PREFACE

      Section 1.1. Effective Date . This Plan was originally effective as of October 1, 2002. The applicable original Effective Date for the sole Participant in the Plan is listed on Exhibit A hereto. The effective date of this amendment and restatement of the Plan is November 11, 2008.

      Section 1.2. Purpose of the Plan/Benefit Freeze . The purpose of this Plan is to provide the Participant with non-qualified supplemental pension benefits which were designed to provide the Participant (and his Beneficiaries) with a level of retirement benefits at least equal to the retirement benefits they would have received had they continued to participate in the UK Pension Plan through December 31, 2005. The Excess Pension Benefits under the Plan are hereby permanently frozen effective December 31, 2005.

      Section 1.3. Governing Law . This Plan shall be regulated, construed and administered under the laws of the State of North Carolina, except when preempted by federal law.

      Section 1.4. Gender and Number . For purposes of interpreting the provisions of this Plan, the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine, the feminine gender shall be deemed to include the masculine, and the singular shall include the plural unless otherwise clearly required by the context.

      Section 1.5. Code Section 409A .

          (i) The portion of a Participant’s Excess Pension Benefit that was vested and deferred prior to January 1, 2005 and that qualifies for “grandfathered status” under Section 409A of the Code (determined in accordance with the regulations issued thereunder) shall continue to be governed by the law applicable to nonqualified deferred compensation prior to the addition of Section 409A to the Code, shall be subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Plan as in effect prior to January 1, 2005 (as restated herein) and shall be referred to herein as the “Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits.”

          (ii) The portion of a Participant’s Excess Pension Benefit that does not qualify for “grandfathered status” under Section 409A of the Code (if any) is intended to fully comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be referred to herein as the “Non-Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits.”

          (iii) It is intended that the Non-Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits provided under the Plan be in full compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A. The Plan shall be interpreted and administered in a manner to give effect to such intent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employers do not guarantee any particular tax result to Participants or Beneficiaries with respect to any amounts deferred or any payments provided hereunder, including tax treatment under Code Section 409A.

ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS

Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, terms defined in the Profit Sharing Plan as it may be amended from time to time shall have the same meanings when used herein, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context of this Plan. In addition, the following words and phrases shall have the following respective meanings for purposes of this Plan.

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      Section 2.1. Actual UK Pension Benefit shall mean an amount payable in British Pounds Sterling equal to the annual benefit in fact payable to the Participant or his Beneficiary under the UK Pension Plan at the time of the Participant’s Termination of Employment, taking into account for this purpose any cost-of-living increases between the Effective Date of a Participant’s participation in the Plan and the date of Termination of Employment.

      Section 2.2. Beneficiary shall mean the Participant’s surviving spouse or any other designated beneficiary who is entitled to receive survivor benefits under the UK Pension Plan.

      Section 2.3. Company shall mean NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. or any entity that succeeds NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. by merger, reorganization or otherwise.

      Section 2.4. Compensation shall mean the actual US compensation received by the Participant from the Controlled Group through December 31, 2005. In those circumstances where it is necessary to convert US dollars to UK equivalent earnings, the conversion will be based on comparable compa-ratio to midpoint of UK equivalent level position

      Section 2.5. Controlled Group shall have the meaning specified in the Profit Sharing Plan (i.e., the Company and any and all other corporations, trades and/or businesses, the Employees of which, together with the Employees of the Company, are required by Code Section 414 to be treated as if they were employed by a single employer).

      Section 2.6. Employer shall mean the Company and NMHG Oregon, LLC.

      Section 2.7. Excess Pension Benefit or Benefit shall mean the retirement benefits described in Article III that are payable to or with respect to a Participant under this Plan.

      Section 2.8. “Key Employee.” Effective April 1, 2008, a Participant shall be classified as a Key Employee if he meets the following requirements:

 

(a)

 

The Participant, with respect to the Participant’s relationship with the Company and the Controlled Group members, met the requirements of Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5)) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder at any time during the 12-month period ending on the most recent Identification Date (defined below) and his Termination of Employment occurs during the 12-month period beginning on the most recent Key Employee Effective Date (defined below). When applying the provisions of Code Section 416(i) for this purpose: (i) the definition of “compensation” (A) shall be as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(d)(4) (i.e., the wages and other compensation for which the Employer is required to furnish the Employee with a Form W-2 under Code Sections 6041, 6051 and 6052, plus amounts deferred at the election of the Employee under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4) or 401(k)) and (B) shall apply the rule of Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(g)(5)(ii) which excludes compensation of non-resident alien employees and (ii) the number of officers described in Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i) shall be 60 instead of 50.

 

 

(b)

 

The Identification Date for Key Employees is each December 31 st and the Key Employee Effective Date is the following April 1 st . As such, any Employee who is classified as a Key Employee as of December 31 st of a particular Plan Year shall maintain such classification for the 12-month period commencing on the following April 1 st .

 

 

(c)

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall not be classified as a Key Employee unless the stock of NACCO Industries, Inc. (or a related entity) is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise on the date of the Participant’s Termination of Employment.

      Section 2.9. Participant . shall mean the Participant listed on Exhibit A hereto.

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      Section 2.10. Plan shall mean the NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Excess Pension Plan for UK Transferees, as herein set forth or as duly amended.

      Section 2.11. Plan Administrator shall mean the Administrative Committee appointed under the NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.

      Section 2.12. Plan Year shall mean the calendar year.

      Section 2.13. Profit Sharing Plan shall mean the NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan as in effect on December 31, 2005.

      Section 2.14. Targeted UK Pension Benefit shall mean an amount payable to the Participant in British Pounds Sterling equal to the annual benefit which would have been paid to the Participant under the UK Pension Plan if the Participant had continued to participate in the UK Pension Plan until December 31, 2005, taking into account the Participant’s service with the US members of the Controlled Group and all Compensation which would otherwise satisfy the definition of pensionable earnings under the UK Pension Plan (converted to UK equivalent earnings) through such date. Without limiting or expanding the foregoing, as applied to a Beneficiary, if the Participant dies after December 31, 2005 but before incurring a Termination of Employment, the Targeted UK Pension Benefit payable to the Beneficiary shall be calculated as if the Participant had died while an active member of the UK Pension Plan; provided, however, that the Beneficiary shall not be entitled to receive the death in service lump sum benefit that would otherwise have been payable with respect to the UK Pension Plan

      Section 2.15. Termination of Employment shall mean, with respect to the Participant’s relationship with the Controlled Group, a separation from service as defined under Code Section 409A (and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder).

      Section 2.16. UK Pension Plan : shall mean the NMHG UK Retirement Plan, as in effect from time to time.

      Section 2.17. Unfunded Plan shall mean the NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. Unfunded Benefit Plan, as in effect on December 31, 2005.

      Section 2.18. US Retirement Benefits shall mean $261,351 as of December 31, 2005, increased at an assumed investment return rate of 6% per year until Termination of Employment.

      Section 2.19. Valuation Date shall mean the last day of each Plan Year and any other date chosen by the Plan Administrator.

ARTICLE III- EXCESS PENSION BENEFITS

      Section 3.1. Excess Pension Benefits.

               (a)  Amount . Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.5, 6.6 and 7.4 hereof, the Excess Pension Benefit shall initially be calculated as an annual retirement benefit equal to the difference between:

 

(i)

 

The Targeted UK Pension Benefit reduced by the Actual UK Pension Benefit (both converted to U.S. dollars in accordance with rules adopted by the Plan Administrator); and

 

 

(ii)

 

The US Retirement Benefits, converted to an annuity using a 6% interest rate and the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality table.

The annual Excess Pension Benefit so determined shall be divided by twelve (12) to determine the monthly Excess Pension Benefit payable hereunder.

               (b)  Time and Form of Payment .

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          (i) Normal Form of Payment . The monthly Excess Pension Benefit shall be paid to the Participant (or his Beneficiary, in the event of his death) in the form of monthly annuity payments for the life of the Participant (or Beneficiary, as applicable). Except as otherwise specified in clause (vi) below, the first payment shall commence on the first day of the second month after the Participant’s Termination of Employment

          (ii) Optional Lump Sum Payment subject to 10% Penalty . Notwithstanding clause (i), the Participant (or Beneficiary, if applicable), shall be permitted to elect an immediate lump sum payment of the present value of the Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits, at any time following the Participant’s Termination of Employment. The amount of such lump sum payment shall be equal to the present value of the Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits, calculated using a 6% interest rate and the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table, less 10%. Such payment shall be made as soon as practicable after such withdrawal request is processed by the Employer and shall fully discharge the Employer for any and all liabilities hereunder to the Participant and his Beneficiary with respect to the Grandfathered Excess Pension Benefits.

          (iii) Time of Payment/Processing. All payments under the Plan shall be made on, or within 90 days of, the specified payment date.

          (iv) Payments Violating Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the payment of all or any portion of the amounts payable hereunder will be deferred to the extent that the Company reasonably anticipates that the making of such payment would violate Federal securities laws or other applicable law (provided that the making of a payment that would cause income taxes or penalties under the Code shall not be treated as a violation of applicable law). The deferred amount shall become payable at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that making the payment will not cause such violation

          (v) Delayed Payments due to Solvency Issues . Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an Employer shall not be required to make any paym


 
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