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Employee Benefits Plan Agreement

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Title: PBG PENSION EQUALIZATION PLAN
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 2/20/2009
Industry: Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

PBG PENSION EQUALIZATION PLAN, Parties: pepsi bottling group inc
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Exhibit 10.32

PBG

PENSION EQUALIZATION PLAN

(PEP)

2009 Restatement




 


 

PEP PENSION EQUALIZATION PLAN

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

No .

ARTICLE I — History and Purpose

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1 History of Plan

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II — Definitions and Construction

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1 Definitions

 

 

2

 

(a) Actuarial Equivalent

 

 

2

 

(b) Annuity

 

 

2

 

(c) Code

 

 

2

 

(d) Company or PBG

 

 

2

 

(e) Compensation Limitation

 

 

2

 

(f) Effective Date

 

 

2

 

(g) ERISA

 

 

2

 

(h) Participant

 

 

2

 

(i) PBG Organization

 

 

3

 

(j) PEP Pension

 

 

3

 

(k) PepsiCo Prior Plan

 

 

3

 

(l) Plan

 

 

3

 

(m) Plan Administrator

 

 

3

 

(n) Plan Year

 

 

3

 

(o) Primary Social Security Amount

 

 

3

 

(p) Salaried Plan

 

 

4

 

(q) Salaried Plan Participant

 

 

4

 

(r) Section 409A

 

 

4

 

(s) Section 415 Limitation

 

 

4

 

(t) Separation from Service

 

 

4

 

(u) Single Lump Sum

 

 

4

 

(v) Specified Employee

 

 

4

 

(w) Vested Pension

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2 Construction

 

 

5

 

(a) Gender and Number

 

 

5

 

(b) Compounds of the Word “Here”

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III — Participation

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV — Amount of Retirement Pension

 

 

6

 

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4.1 PEP Pension

 

 

6

 

(a) Same Form as Salaried Plan

 

 

6

 

(b) Different Form than Salaried Plan

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2 PEP Guarantee

 

 

7

 

(a) Eligibility

 

 

7

 

(b) PEP Guarantee Formula

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3 Certain Adjustments

 

 

9

 

(a) Adjustments for Rehired Participants

 

 

9

 

(b) Adjustment for Increased Pension Under Other Plans

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4 Reemployment of Certain Participants

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5 Vesting; Misconduct

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V — Death Benefits

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1 Death Benefits

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI — Distributions

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1 Form and Timing of Distributions

 

 

11

 

(a) Time and Form of Payment of Grandfathered Benefit

 

 

11

 

(b) Time and Form of Payment of Non-Grandfathered Benefit

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.2 Special Rules for Survivor Options

 

 

12

 

(a) Effect of Certain Deaths

 

 

12

 

(b) Nonspouse Beneficiaries

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.3 Designation of Beneficiary

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.4 Determination of Single Lump Sum Amounts

 

 

13

 

(a) Vested Pensions

 

 

13

 

(b) 2008 Reorganization

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.5 Section 162(m) Postponement

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII — Administration

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1 Authority to Administer Plan

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.2 Facility of Payment

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.3 Claims Procedure

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4 Effect of Specific References

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5 Limitations on Actions

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII — Miscellaneous

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.1 Nonguarantee of Employment

 

 

15

 

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8.2 Nonalienation of Benefits

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3 Unfunded Plan

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.4 Action by the Company

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5 Indemnification

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.6 Applicable Law

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.7 Withholding

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX — Amendment and Termination

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.1 Continuation of the Plan

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.2 Amendments

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.3 Termination

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreword

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article IPO — Transferred and Transition Individuals

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article B — Special Cases

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Article C — Transfers From/To PepsiCo, Inc.

 

 

20

 

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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 .

          (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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     have 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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