PENSION
EQUALIZATION PLAN
PEP
PENSION EQUALIZATION PLAN
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ARTICLE
I — History and Purpose
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ARTICLE
II — Definitions and Construction
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(e)
Compensation Limitation
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Primary Social Security Amount
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(q)
Salaried Plan Participant
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Section 415 Limitation
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(t)
Separation from Service
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(b)
Compounds of the Word “Here”
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ARTICLE
III — Participation
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ARTICLE
IV — Amount of Retirement Pension
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(a)
Same Form as Salaried Plan
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(b)
Different Form than Salaried Plan
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(b)
PEP Guarantee Formula
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(a)
Adjustments for Rehired Participants
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(b)
Adjustment for Increased Pension Under Other Plans
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4.4
Reemployment of Certain Participants
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ARTICLE
V — Death Benefits
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ARTICLE
VI — Distributions
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6.1
Form and Timing of Distributions
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(a)
Time and Form of Payment of Grandfathered Benefit
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Time and Form of Payment of Non-Grandfathered Benefit
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6.2
Special Rules for Survivor Options
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(a)
Effect of Certain Deaths
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Nonspouse Beneficiaries
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6.3
Designation of Beneficiary
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6.4
Determination of Single Lump Sum Amounts
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6.5
Section 162(m) Postponement
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VII — Administration
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7.1
Authority to Administer Plan
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7.4
Effect of Specific References
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7.5
Limitations on Actions
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ARTICLE
VIII — Miscellaneous
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8.1
Nonguarantee of Employment
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8.2
Nonalienation of Benefits
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8.4
Action by the Company
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ARTICLE
IX — Amendment and Termination
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9.1
Continuation of the Plan
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Article IPO
— Transferred and Transition Individuals
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Article B
— Special Cases
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Article C
— Transfers From/To PepsiCo, Inc.
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ARTICLE
I – History and Purpose
1.1
History of Plan . The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (the
“Company”) established the PBG Pension Equalization
Plan (“PEP” or “Plan”) effective
April 6, 1999 for the benefit of salaried employees of the PBG
Organization who participate in the PBG Salaried Employees
Retirement Plan (“Salaried Plan”). The Plan was amended
by a First Amendment effective as of May 26, 1999. The Plan
was further amended and completely restated effective
January 1, 2006. The Plan provides benefits for eligible
employees whose pension benefits under the Salaried Plan are
limited by the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. In addition, the Plan provides benefits for certain
eligible employees based on the pre-1989 Salaried Plan formula. The
Plan is intended as a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation
plan for federal income tax purposes. For purposes of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the
Plan is structured as two plans. The portion of the Plan that
provides benefits based on limitations imposed by Section 415
of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) is intended
to be an “excess benefit plan” as described in
Section 4(b)(5) of ERISA. The portion of the Plan that
provides benefits based on limitations imposed by
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code is intended to be a plan
described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA
providing benefits to a select group of management or
highly-compensated employees.
The
Plan was initially established as a successor plan to the PepsiCo
Pension Equalization Plan, due to PBG’s April 6, 1999
initial public offering and the Plan included historical PepsiCo
provisions which are relevant for eligibility and benefit
determinations under the Plan. The Plan was amended and completely
restated effective as of January 1, 2006. Subsequent to
October 3, 2004, the Plan has been administered in accordance
with a good faith interpretation of Section 409A of the Code
and IRS regulations and other guidance thereunder.
The
Company now wishes to further amend and completely restate the
Plan, effective as of January 1, 2009 except as otherwise
explicitly provided in the Plan, to comply with Section 409A
of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the PBG Pension Equalization Plan is
hereby amended and completely restated (the “2009
Restatement”) as follows.
1.2
Effect of Amendment and Restatement . The Plan as in
effect on October 3, 2004 is referred to herein as the Prior
Plan.
Except
as otherwise explicitly provided in Section 6.1(b)(3) of this
Plan, a Participant’s benefit (including death benefits),
determined under the terms of the Plan as in effect on October 3,
2004 as if the Participant had terminated employment on
December 31, 2004, without regard to any compensation paid or
services rendered after 2004, or any other events affecting the
amount of or the entitlement to benefits (other than the
Participant’s survival or the Participant’s election
under the terms of the Plan with respect to the time or form of
benefit) (the “Grandfathered Benefit”) shall be paid at
the time and in the form provided by the terms of the Plan as in
effect on October 3, 2004.
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The
benefit of a Participant accrued under this Plan based on all
compensation and services taken into account by the Prior Plan and
this Plan, less the Participant’s Grandfathered Benefit,
shall be paid in the times and in the form as provided in this
Plan. Except as otherwise explicitly provided in this Plan, this
Plan supersedes the Prior Plan effective January 1, 2009, with
respect to amounts accrued and vested after 2004 by Participants
who have not commenced receiving benefits as of January 1,
2009. The Plan has been administered in accordance with a good
faith interpretation of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code and IRS regulations and guidance thereunder since
January 1, 2005. Amounts accrued under this Plan after 2004
shall be treated as payable under a separate Plan for purposes of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE
II – Definitions and Construction
2.1
Definitions . The following words and phrases, when
used in this Plan, shall have the meaning set forth below unless
the context clearly indicates otherwise. Unless otherwise expressly
qualified by the terms or the context of this Plan, the terms used
in this Plan shall have the same meaning as those terms in the
Salaried Plan.
(a)
Actuarial Equivalent . Except as otherwise
specifically set forth in the Plan or any Appendix to the Plan with
respect to a specific benefit determination, a benefit of
equivalent value computed on the basis of the factors applicable
for such purposes under the Salaried Plan.
(b)
Annuity . A Pension payable as a series of monthly
payments for at least the life of the Participant.
(c)
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
(d)
Company or PBG . The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, or its successor or successors.
(e)
Compensation Limitation . Benefits not payable under
the Salaried Plan because of the limitations on the maximum amount
of compensation which may be considered in determining the annual
benefit of the Salaried Plan Participant under
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
(f)
Effective Date . The date upon which this Plan was
effective, which is April 6, 1999 (except as otherwise
provided herein).
(g)
ERISA . Public Law No. 93-406, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
(h)
Participant . An Employee participating in the Plan
in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.
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(i)
PBG Organization . The controlled group of
organizations of which the Company is a part, as defined by Code
section 414 and regulations issued thereunder. An entity shall be
considered a member of the PBG Organization only during the period
it is one of the group of organizations described in the preceding
sentence.
(j)
PEP Pension . One or more payments that are payable
to a person who is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan. The
term “Grandfather Benefit” shall be used to refer to
the portion of a PEP Pension that is payable in accordance with the
Plan as in effect October 3, 2004 and is not subject to
Section 409A.
(k)
PepsiCo Prior Plan . The PepsiCo Pension Equalization
Plan.
(l)
Plan . The PBG Pension Equalization Plan, the Plan
set forth herein, as it may be amended from time to time. The Plan
is also sometimes referred to as PEP. For periods before
April 6, 1999, references to the Plan refer to the PepsiCo
Prior Plan.
(m)
Plan Administrator . The Company, which shall have
authority to administer the Plan as provided in
Article VII.
(n)
Plan Year . The 12-month period ending on each
December 31 st
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(o)
Primary Social Security Amount . In determining
Pension amounts, Primary Social Security Amount shall
mean:
(1)
For purposes of determining the amount of a Retirement, Vested or
Pre-Retirement Spouse’s Pension, the Primary Social Security
Amount shall be the estimated monthly amount that may be payable to
a Participant commencing at age 65 as an old-age insurance benefit
under the provisions of Title II of the Social Security Act, as
amended. Such estimates of the old-age insurance benefit to which a
Participant would be entitled at age 65 shall be based upon the
following assumptions:
(i)
That the Participant’s social security wages in any year
prior to Retirement or severance are equal to the Taxable Wage Base
in such year, and
(ii)
That he will not receive any social security wages after Retirement
or severance.
However,
in computing a Vested Pension under Section 4.2, the estimate
of the old-age insurance benefit to which a Participant would be
entitled at age 65 shall be based upon the assumption that he
continued to receive social security wages until age 65 at the same
rate as the Taxable Wage Base in effect at his severance from
employment. For purposes of this subsection, “social security
wages” shall mean wages within the meaning of the Social
Security Act.
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(2)
For purposes of paragraph (1), the Primary Social Security Amount
shall exclude amounts that may be available because of the spouse
or any dependent of the Participant or any amounts payable on
account of the Participant’s death. Estimates of Primary
Social Security Amounts shall be made on the basis of the Social
Security Act as in effect at the Participant’s Severance from
Service Date, without regard to any increases in the social
security wage base or benefit levels provided by such Act which
take effect thereafter.
(p)
Salaried Plan . The PBG Salaried Employees Retirement
Plan, as it may be amended from time to time. Any references herein
to the Salaried Plan for a period that is before the Effective Date
shall mean the PepsiCo Salaried Employees Retirement
Plan.
(q)
Salaried Plan Participant . An Employee who is a
participant in the Salaried Plan.
(r)
Section 409A . Section 409A of the Code and
the applicable regulations and other guidance issued
thereunder.
(s)
Section 415 Limitation . Benefits not payable
under the Salaried Plan because of the limitations imposed on the
annual benefit of a Salaried Plan Participant by Section 415
of the Code.
(t)
Separation from Service . A Participant’s
separation from service as defined in Section 409A; provided
that for this purpose the term “service recipient”
shall include PepsiCo., Inc., so long as PepsiCo., Inc. or a member
of the PepsiCo., Inc. controlled group maintains an ownership
interest in the Company of at least 20%.
(u)
Single Lump Sum . The distribution of a
Participant’s total PEP Pension in excess of the
Participant’s Grandfathered Benefit in the form of a single
payment.
(v)
Specified Employee . The individuals identified in
accordance with principles set forth below.
(1)
General . Any Participant who at any time during the
applicable year is:
(i) An
officer of any member of the PBG Organization having annual
compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under
Section 416(i)(1) of the Code);
(ii) A
5-percent owner of any member of the PBG Organization;
or
(iii) A
1-percent owner of any member of the PBG Organization having annual
compensation of more than $150,000.
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For
purposes of (i) above, no more than 50 employees identified in
the order of their annual compensation shall be treated as
officers. For purposes of this section, annual compensation means
compensation as defined in Treas. Reg. § 1.415(c)-2(a),
without regard to Treasury Reg. §§ 1.415(c)-2(d),
1.415(c)-2(e), and 1.415(c)-2(g). The Plan Administrator shall
determine who is a Specified Employee in accordance with Section
416(i) of the Code and the applicable regulations and other
guidance of general applicability issued thereunder or in
connection therewith, 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.
(1)
Applicable Year . Except as otherwise required by
Section 409A, the Plan Administrator shall determine Specified
Employees as of the last day of each calendar year, based on
compensation for such year, and such designation shall be effective
for purposes of this Plan for the twelve month period commencing on
April 1 st
of
the next following calendar year.
(2)
Rule of Administrative Convenience . In addition to the
foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall treat all other Employees
classified as E5 and above on the applicable determination date
prescribed in subsection (2) (i.e., the last day of each calendar
year) as a Specified Employee for purposes of the Plan for the
twelve-month period commencing of the applicable April 1
st
date.
However, if there are at least 200 Specified Employees without
regard to this provision, then it shall not apply. If there are
less than 200 Specified Employees without regard to this provision,
but full application of this provision would cause there to be more
than 200 Specified Employees, then (to the extent necessary to
avoid exceeding 200 Specified Employees) those Employees classified
as E5 and above who have the lowest base salaries on such
applicable determination date shall not be Specified
Employees.
(w)
Vested Pension . The PEP Pension available to a
Participant who has a vested PEP Pension and is not eligible for a
Retirement Pension.
2.2
Construction . The terms of the Plan shall be
construed in accordance with this section.
(a)
Gender and Number . The masculine gender, where
appearing in the Plan, shall be deemed to include the feminine
gender, and the singular may include the plural, unless the context
clearly indicates to the contrary.
(b)
Compounds of the Word “Here” . The words
“hereof”, “hereunder” and other similar
compounds of the word “here” shall mean and refer to
the entire Plan, not to any particular provision or
section.
ARTICLE
III – Participation
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3.1
Each Salaried Plan Participant whose benefit under the Salaried
Plan is curtailed by the Compensation Limitation or the
Section 415 Limitation, or both, and each other Salaried Plan
Participant whose 1988 pensionable “earnings” under the
Salaried Plan, as described in Section 4.2(a), were $75,000 or more
shall participate in this Plan.
ARTICLE
IV – Amount of Retirement Pension
4.1
PEP Pension . Subject to Section 4.5, a
Participant’s PEP Pension shall equal the amount determined
under (a) or (b) of this Section 4.1, whichever is
applicable. Such amount shall be determined as of the date of the
Participant’s Separation from Service.
(a)
Same Form as Salaried Plan . If a Participant’s
PEP Pension will be paid in the same form and will commence as of
the same time as his pension under the Salaried Plan, then his
monthly PEP Pension shall be equal to the excess of:
(1)
The greater of (i) the monthly pension benefit which would
have been payable to such Participant under the Salaried Plan
without regard to the Compensation Limitation and the
Section 415 Limitation, and (ii) if applicable, the
amount determined in accordance with Section 4.2, expressed in
such form and payable as of such time; over
(2)
The amount of the monthly pension benefit that is in fact payable
to such Salaried Plan Participant under the Salaried Plan,
expressed in such form and payable as of such time.
The
amount of the monthly pension benefit so determined, less the
portion of such benefit that is the Participant’s
Grandfathered Benefit, shall be payable as provided in
Section 6.2.
(b)
Different Form than Salaried Plan . If a
Participant’s PEP Pension will be paid in a different form
(whether in whole or in part) or will commence as of a different
time than his pension benefit under the Salaried Plan, his PEP
Pension shall be the product of:
(1)
The greater of (i) the monthly pension benefit which would
have been payable to such Participant under the Salaried Plan
without regard to the Compensation Limitation and the
Section 415 Limitation, and (ii) if applicable, the
amount determined in accordance with Section 4.2, expressed in
the form and payable as of such time as applies to his PEP Pension
under this Plan, multiplied by
(2)
A fraction, the numerator of which is the value of the amount
determined in Section 4.1(b)(1), reduced by the value of his
pension under the Salaried Plan, and the denominator of which is
the value of the amount determined in Section 4.1(b)(1) (with
value determined on a reasonable and consistent basis, in the
discretion of the Plan Administrator, with respect to similarly
situated employees).
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The
amount of the monthly pension benefit so determined, less the
portion of such benefit that is the Participant’s
Grandfathered Benefit, shall be payable as provided in
Section 6.2.
Notwithstanding
the above, in the event any portion of the accrued benefit of a
Participant under this Plan or the Salaried Plan is awarded to an
alternate payee pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order,
as such terms are defined in Section 414(p) of the Code, the
Participant’s total PEP Pension shall be adjusted, as the
Plan Administrator shall determine, so that the combined benefit
payable to the Participant and the alternate payee from this Plan
and the Salaried Plan is the amount determined pursuant to
subsections 4.1(a) and (b) above.
4.2
PEP Guarantee . A Participant who is eligible under
subsection (a) below shall be entitled to a PEP Guarantee
benefit determined under subsection (b) below, if
any.
(a)
Eligibility . A Participant shall be covered by this
section if the Participant has 1988 pensionable earnings from an
Employer of at least $75,000. For purposes of this section,
“1988 pensionable earnings” means the
Participant’s remuneration for the 1988 calendar year that
was recognized for benefit accrual received under the Salaried Plan
as in effect in 1988. “1988 pensionable earnings” does
not include remuneration from an entity attributable to any period
when that entity was not an Employer.
(b)
PEP Guarantee Formula . The amount of a
Participant’s PEP Guarantee shall be determined under
paragraph (1), subject to the special rules in paragraph
(2).
(1)
Formula . The amount of a Participant’s PEP Guarantee
under this paragraph shall be determined as follows:
(i)
Three percent of the Participant’s Highest Average Monthly
Earnings for the first 10 years of Credited Service,
plus
(ii)
One percent of the Participant’s Highest Average Monthly
Earnings for each year of Credited Service in excess of
10 years, less
(iii)
One and two-thirds percent of the Participant’s Primary
Social Security Amount multiplied by years of Credited Service not
in excess of 30 years.
In
determining the amount of a Vested Pension, the PEP Guarantee shall
first be calculated on the basis of (I) the Credited Service
the Participant would have earned had he remained in the employ of
the Employer until his Normal Retirement Age, and (II) his
Highest Average Monthly Earnings and Primary Social Security Amount
at his Severance from Service Date, and then shall be reduced by
multiplying the resulting amount by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Participant’s actual years of Credited Service
on his Severance from Service Date and the denominator of which is
the years of Credited Service he would
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earned had he remained in the employ of an Employer until his
Normal Retirement Age.
(2)
Calculation . The amount of the PEP Guarantee shall be
determined pursuant to paragraph (1) above, subject to the
following special rules:
(i)
Surviving Eligible Spouse’s Annuity : Subject to
subparagraph (iii) below and the last sentence of this
subparagraph, if the Participant has an Eligible Spouse and has
commenced receipt of an Annuity under this section, the
Participant’s Eligible Spouse shall be entitled to receive a
survivor annuity equal to 50 percent of the
Participant’s Annuity under this section, with no
corresponding reduction in such Annuity for the Participant.
Annuity payments to a surviving Eligible Spouse shall begin on the
first day of the month coincident with or following the
Participant’s death and shall end with the last monthly
payment due prior to the Eligible Spouse’s death. If the
Eligible Spouse is more than 10 years younger than the
Participant, the survivor benefit payable under this subparagraph
shall be adjusted as provided below.
(A)
For each full year more than 10 but less than 21 that the surviving
Eligible Spouse is younger than the Participant, the survivor
benefit payable to such spouse shall be reduced by
0.8 percent.
(B)
For each full year more than 20 that the surviving Eligible Spouse
is younger than the Participant, the survivor benefit payable to
such spouse shall be reduced by an additional
0.4 percent.
This
subparagraph applies only to a Participant who retires on or after
his Early Retirement Date.
(ii)
Reductions . The following reductions shall apply in
determining a Participant’s PEP Guarantee.
(A)
If the Participant will receive an Early Retirement Pension, the
payment amount shall be reduced by 3/12ths of
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