Exhibit 10.2
ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
PENSION EQUITY
PLAN
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2005
Originally Effective
January 1, 1986
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
Definitions
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1.01
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Accounting
Firm
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1.02
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Administrator
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1.03
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Affiliate
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1.04
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Board
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1.05
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Cash Balance
Plan
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1.06
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Capped
Parachute Payments
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1.07
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Cause
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1.08
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Change in
Control
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1.09
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Code
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1.10
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Compensation
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1.11
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Compensation
Committee
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1.12
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Control Change
Date
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1.13
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Corporation
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1.14
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Credited
Compensation
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1.15
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Credited
Service
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1.16
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Employee
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1.17
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Excess
Parachute Payment Amount
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1.18
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Fiscal
Year
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1.19
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Frozen Average
Compensation
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1.20
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Grandfathered
Participant
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1.21
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Joint and
Survivor Annuity
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1.22
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Net After-Tax
Amount
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1.23
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Nonqualified
Offset Plan
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1.24
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Normal
Form
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1.25
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Normal
Retirement Allowance
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1.26
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Normal
Retirement Date
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1.27
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Offset
Amount
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1.28
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Parachute
Payment
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1.29
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Participant
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1.30
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Plan
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1.31
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Pro Ration
Percentage
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1.32
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Retirement
Account
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1.33
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Retirement,
Retire, Retired or Retires
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1.34
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Separation from
Service
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1.35
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SERP
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8
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1.36
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Spouse or
Surviving Spouse
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1.37
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Year of
Service
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ARTICLE 2
Participation
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ARTICLE 3
Retirement Allowance
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3.01
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Normal
Retirement Allowance
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3.02
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Time and Form
of Payment of Normal Retirement Allowance
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3.03
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Pre-Retirement
Death Benefit
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3.04
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Delay of
Payments
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3.05
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Certain Retired
Participants as of April 1, 2007
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ARTICLE 4
Vesting
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4.01
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Normal
Vesting
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4.02
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Change in
Control
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4.03
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Transition
Rules
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4.04
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Forfeiture Upon
Termination for Cause
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ARTICLE 5
Administration of the Plan
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5.01
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Powers of
Administrator
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5.02
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Delegation
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5.03
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Costs
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5.04
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Reliance
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5.05
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Indemnification
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5.06
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Cooperation
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ARTICLE 6 Claim
and Appeal Procedures
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6.01
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Filing of a
Claim for Benefits
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6.02
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Notification to
Claimant of Decision
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6.03
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Procedure for
Appeal and Review
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6.04
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Decision on
Review
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6.05
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Action by
Authorized Representative of Claimant
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6.06
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Exhaustion of
Administrative Remedies and Deadline for Filing Suit
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ARTICLE 7
Termination, Amendment or Modification of Plan
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7.01
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Reservation of
Rights
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7.02
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Limitation on
Actions
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ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous
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8.01
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Limitation on
Benefits
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8.02
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Unfunded
Plan
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8.03
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Other Benefits
and Agreements
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8.04
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Facility of
Payments
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8.05
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Restrictions on
Transfer of Benefits
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8.06
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No Guarantee of
Employment
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8.07
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“Top
Hat” Pension Benefit Plan
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8.08
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Receipt and
Release
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8.09
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Setoff
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8.10
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Reliance on
Data
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8.11
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Withholding and
Reporting
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8.12
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Number and
Gender
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8.13
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Headings
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8.14
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Deferred
Compensation
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8.15
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No Tax
Representations
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8.16
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Binding
Effect
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8.17
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Severability
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8.18
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Applicable
Law
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ARTICLE 9
Adoption and Execution.
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ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
PENSION EQUITY
PLAN
INTRODUCTION
Alliance One International, Inc.
(the “Corporation”) maintains the Alliance One
International, Inc. Pension Equity Plan (the “Plan”) to
provide unfunded supplemental retirement benefit to a select group
of management and highly compensated employees as such terms are
used in sections 201, 301, and 501 of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974. The Plan was originally effective
January 1, 1986. The Corporation previously amended the Plan
on or about August 25, 2004, March 11, 2005 and
May 24, 2006.
Except as otherwise specifically
provided, the provisions of the Plan as amended and restated herein
are generally effective as of January 1, 2005, and are
intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2),
(3) and (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
The provisions of the Plan as
amended and restated herein shall not apply to a Grandfathered
Participant who Retires on or after March 11, 2005 and prior
to April 1, 2007. The rights and benefits of any such
Grandfathered Participant shall be determined in accordance with
the terms and provisions of the amendment to the Plan executed on
May 24, 2006 (if the Participant Retires on or after
May 24, 2006 and prior to April 1, 2007) or the amendment
to the Plan dated March 11, 2005 (if the Participant Retires
on or after March 11, 2005 and prior to May 24,
2006).
Participation in the Plan is frozen
effective December 31, 2004. In addition, no Participant shall
accrue additional benefits under this Plan on account of
Compensation paid after March 31, 2007.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Accounting
Firm
Accounting Firm means the accounting
firm, consulting firm or other qualified service provider
designated by the Corporation.
1.02
Administrator
Administrator means an
administrative committee composed of the Corporation’s Senior
Vice President – Human Resources and Vice President –
Compensation and Benefits, provided that no member of such
committee shall take part in any discretionary administrative
decision with respect to such member’s benefits (if any)
under the Plan. The Administrator shall be the named fiduciary with
respect to this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Compensation Committee in its discretion may remove or replace any
member of the administrative committee, or name a different
committee or an individual to serve as Administrator
hereunder.
1.03
Affiliate
Affiliate means any related person
or entity that along with the Corporation would be considered a
single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c). A person or
entity shall be considered an Affiliate only during the time it
would be considered a single employer with the Corporation under
such provisions.
1.04 Board
Board means the Board of Directors
of the Corporation.
1.05 Cash Balance
Plan
Cash Balance Plan means the Alliance
One International, Inc. Pension Plan (formerly known as the DIMON
Incorporated Cash Balance Plan), and any successor
thereto.
1.06 Capped Parachute
Payments
Capped Parachute Payments means the
largest amount of Parachute Payments that may be paid to the
Participant without liability under Code
Section 4999.
1.07 Cause
A Participant’s termination of
employment will be deemed to have been “for Cause”
hereunder if the Administrator determines that the
Participant’s employment was terminated in whole or in part
by reason of (i) one or more violations of the
Corporation’s Code of Conduct (as in effect from time to
time) or (ii) one or more violations of law (other than
misdemeanor traffic violations) that injure or damage the business
reputation or prospects of the Corporation or an
Affiliate.
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1.08 Change in Control
Effective on and after April 1,
2007, Change in Control means that (i) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Corporation representing more than 30% of the aggregate
voting power of all classes of the Corporation’s voting
securities on a fully diluted basis, after giving effect to the
conversion of all outstanding warrants, options and other
securities of the Corporation convertible into or exercisable for
voting securities of the Corporation (whether or not such
securities are then exercisable); (ii) the shareholders of the
Corporation approve (A) a plan of merger, consolidation or
share exchange between the Corporation and an entity other than a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation or
(B) a proposal with respect to the sale, lease, exchange or
other disposal of all, or substantially all, of the
Corporation’s property; or (iii) during any period of
two consecutive years (which period may be deemed to begin prior to
the date of this agreement), individuals who at the beginning of
such period constituted the Board, together with any new members of
the Board whose election by the Board or whose nomination for
election by the shareholders of the Corporation was approved by a
majority of the members of the Board then still in office who
either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
Board.
1.09 Code
Code means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto, as in effect at the
relevant time.
1.10
Compensation
Compensation means the taxable
earnings for services rendered as an Employee and paid in cash by
the Corporation and its Affiliates to the Participant, plus amounts
deferred or contributed under Code Sections 401(k), 125, 129 or
132(f)(4) pursuant to the Participant’s salary reduction
agreement, but excluding commissions, extra pay for temporary
foreign service, amounts paid as special incentive bonuses under
incentive programs established in connection with the merger of
Standard Commercial Corporation and DIMON Incorporated, and
severance or similar benefits paid by the Corporation or any
Affiliate on account of termination of employment. Compensation
shall not include any amount paid or payable after March 31,
2007.
1.11 Compensation
Committee
Compensation Committee means the
Executive Compensation Committee of the Board (or such other
committee of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan).
1.12 Control Change
Date
Control Change Date means the date
on or after April 1, 2007, on which all of the events
necessary for a Change in Control have occurred.
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1.13 Corporation
Corporation means Alliance One
International, Inc. and any successor corporation.
1.14 Credited
Compensation
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(a)
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If the
Participant dies or Retires prior to April 1, 2007, Credited
Compensation means 1.1% multiplied by years of Credited Service
multiplied by the average of the Compensation paid to the
Participant with respect to periods of employment with the
Corporation or an Affiliate during the five consecutive Fiscal
Years during the last ten Fiscal Years that the Participant was
employed by the Corporation or an Affiliate that yields the highest
number.
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(b)
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If the
Participant dies or Retires on or after April 1, 2007,
Credited Compensation means 1.1% multiplied by years of Credited
Service multiplied by the Participant’s Frozen Average
Compensation.
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1.15 Credited
Service
Credited Service means a
Participant’s total period of service as an Employee who is
compensated on a salaried basis, determined as of December 31,
2004, plus the additional years of Credited Service, if any, that
the Participant would earn on account of continued employment as a
salaried employee of the Corporation after such date until the date
the Participant would attain age 65. All periods of such service
(whether or not consecutive or continuous) shall be aggregated and
twelve months of such service shall constitute a year of Credited
Service.
1.16
Employee
Employee means a person who is an
employee of the Corporation or an Affiliate.
1.17 Excess Parachute Payment
Amount
Excess Parachute Payment Amount
means the excess of the total amount of Parachute Payments over the
amount of Capped Parachute Payments.
1.18 Fiscal
Year
Fiscal Year means the
Corporation’s taxable year for Federal income tax
purposes.
1.19 Frozen Average
Compensation
Frozen Average Compensation means
the average of the Compensation paid to the Participant during the
five consecutive Fiscal Years in the ten Fiscal Years immediately
preceding April 1, 2007, that yields the highest such
average.
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1.20 Grandfathered
Participant
A Participant is a Grandfathered
Participant only if and so long as all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
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The entire
benefit payable with respect to the Participant under this Plan was
earned and vested and no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture as of December 31, 2004, as determined in
accordance with Code Section 409A and applicable guidance
thereunder;
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(b)
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No portion of
the benefit payable with respect to the Participant under the Plan
has been materially modified after December 31, 2004, as
determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and applicable
guidance thereunder; and
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(c)
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Code
Section 409A does not otherwise apply to any portion of the
Participant’s benefit when the benefit becomes payable or
benefit payments commence.
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1.21 Joint and Survivor
Annuity
Joint and Survivor Annuity means an
annuity benefit under which equal monthly installments are payable
to the Participant during his lifetime and under which, upon the
earlier death of the Participant, monthly installments are payable
to the Surviving Spouse during her lifetime in an amount equal to
50% of the Participant’s monthly payment. The Joint and
Survivor Annuity shall be actuarially equivalent (using the
actuarial assumptions and methods applicable to the Cash Balance
Plan) in value to the Participant’s Normal Retirement
Allowance.
1.22 Net After-Tax
Amount
Net After-Tax Amount means the
amount of any Parachute Payments or Capped Parachute Payments, as
applicable, net of taxes imposed under Code Sections 1, 3101(b) and
4999 and any State or local income taxes applicable to the
Participant as in effect on the date of the first payment under
this Plan after a Control Change Date. The determination of the Net
After-Tax Amount shall be made using the highest combined effective
rate imposed by the foregoing taxes on income of the same character
as the Parachute Payments or Capped Parachute Payments, as
applicable, in effect for the year in which the determination is
made.
1.23 Nonqualified Offset
Plan
Nonqualified Offset Plan means any
supplemental executive retirement plan or other nonqualified
retirement or deferred compensation plan maintained by the
Corporation or an Affiliate (other than the SERP and the Retirement
Account). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a plan shall not be
considered a Nonqualified Offset Plan unless the written terms of
the plan include a restriction on amendments that satisfies the
provisions of this Section. A plan’s restriction on
amendments will satisfy the provisions of this Section only if the
restriction prohibits any amendment that would trigger the
additional taxes provided under Code Section 409A(a)(1)(B) (by
changing the time or form of payment of any nonqualified deferred
compensation benefit or otherwise), taking into consideration such
plan and all other nonqualified plans with which its benefits are
linked. A plan is not required to specifically identify this Plan
in order to be considered a Nonqualified Offset Plan with respect
to this Plan.
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1.24 Normal Form
Normal Form means payment of a
benefit in the form of a single life annuity payable monthly and
commencing as of the Participant’s Normal Retirement
Date.
1.25 Normal Retirement
Allowance
Normal Retirement Allowance means
the benefit described in Section 3.01.
1.26 Normal Retirement
Date
Provided that the Participant has
met the vesting requirements of Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03,
Normal Retirement Date means the first day of the month next
following the later of:
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(a)
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The
Participant’s Separation from Service; or
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(b)
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The date the
Participant has both attained age 60 (55 if the Participant had the
title of Senior Vice President or above with DIMON Incorporated (or
one of its predecessors) prior to July 1, 1995), and satisfied
the rule of 85, or the date the Participant would have satisfied
such requirements but for his Separation from Service. The
Participant will satisfy the rule of 85 when the sum of his age (in
years) and his Years of Service equals 85.
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1.27 Offset
Amount
Offset Amount means the sum of the
benefits, if any, accrued for or on behalf of a Participant under
the Cash Balance Plan, the Alliance One International, Inc. Global
Pension Plan (or its successor), the Alliance One Brasil
Exportadora de Tobacos Ltda Pension Plan (or its successor), and
any non-U.S. pension plan or similar arrangement (to the extent
funded by contributions by the Corporation or an Affiliate). The
Offset Amount shall be expressed as a monthly amount that would be
paid in the Normal Form. To calculate the Offset Amount, the
Administrator shall convert each benefit that is includible in the
Offset Amount into an actuarially equivalent monthly benefit
expressed in the Normal Form, and then add such monthly amounts
together. The following special rules shall apply:
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(a)
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The Offset
Amount shall be determined as of the date of the
Participant’s Separation from Service or, for purposes of
determining any benefit payable under Section 3.03, the
Participant’s death.
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(b)
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Actuarial
equivalence shall be determined using the actuarial assumptions and
methods applicable to the Cash Balance Plan as of the
Participant’s Separation from Service or, for purposes of
determining any benefit payable under Section 3.03, the
Participant’s death.
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(c)
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The
Administrator may adopt such procedures and conventions as it deems
necessary or appropriate to calculate the Offset Amount hereunder,
including but not limited to procedures and conventions for
converting amounts expressed in different currencies into the
corresponding amounts expressed in the currency in which Plan
benefits will be paid.
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1.28 Parachute Payment
Parachute Payment means a payment
that is described in Code Section 280G(b)(2) (without regard
to whether the aggregate present value of such payments exceeds the
limit prescribed by Code Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii)). The
amount of any Parachute Payment shall be determined in accordance
with Code Section 280G and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
1.29
Participant
Participant means an Employee who
satisfies the requirements of Article 2.
1.30 Plan
Plan means this Alliance One
International, Inc. Pension Equity Plan.
1.31 Pro Ration
Percentage
Pro Ration Percentage means the
percentage determined by adding the “service fraction”
and the “age fraction” and dividing the sum by
two.
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(a)
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In the case of
a Participant who had the title Senior Vice President or above with
the Corporation or an Affiliate on July 1, 1995:
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(i)
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The
“service fraction” is a fraction in which the numerator
is the Years of Service (in whole and fractional years, but not to
exceed thirty) credited to the Participant on the date of
termination of employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates
and the denominator of which is thirty; and
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(ii)
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The “age
fraction” is a fraction in which the numerator is the
Participant’s age (in whole and fractional years, but not to
exceed fifty-five) on the date of termination of employment with
the Corporation and its Affiliates and the denominator of which is
fifty-five.
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(b)
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In the case of
a Participant who is not described in paragraph
(a) above:
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(i)
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The
“service fraction” is a fraction in which the numerator
is the Years of Service (in whole and fractional years, but not to
exceed twenty-five) credited to the Participant on the date of
termination of employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates
and the denominator of which is twenty-five; and
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(ii)
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The “age
fraction” is a fraction in which the numerator is the
Participant’s age (in whole and fractional years, but not to
exceed sixty) on the date of termination of employment with the
Corporation and its Affiliates and the denominator of which is
sixty.
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By way of illustration, a Participant who was
not a Senior Vice President or above on July 1, 1995, and who
terminates employment at age fifty and after completing eighteen
Years of Service and after satisfying the vesting requirements of
Section 4.02 will have a “service fraction” of
18/25 and an “age fraction” of 50/60 or 5/6. In that
example, the Pro Ration Percentage is 77.7% (18/25 plus 5/6)
divided by 2 = (.72 plus .833) divided by 2.
1.32 Retirement
Account
Retirement Account means the
Alliance One International, Inc. Supplemental Retirement Account
Plan.
1.33 Retirement, Retire,
Retired or Retires
Retirement, Retire, Retired or
Retires means the termination of a Participant’s employment
with the Corporation or an Affiliate for any reason other than the
Participant’s death prior to his Normal Retirement
Date.
1.34 Separation from
Service
Separation from Service means the
Participant’s “separation from service” with the
Corporation and its Affiliates within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) and applicable regulations and other
guidance thereunder. A Separation from Service shall not have
occurred so long as the Participant continues to provide more than
insignificant services as an employee, consultant or other service
provider to the Corporation or any Affiliate.
1.35 SERP
SERP means the Alliance One
Incorporated, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (formerly
the DIMON Incorporated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan). The
SERP is not a Nonqualified Offset Plan with respect to this Plan,
but this Plan is intended to be a Nonqualified Offset Plan with
respect to (and as defined in) the SERP.
1.36 Spouse or Surviving
Spouse
Spouse means the person to whom the
Participant is legally married on the date the Participant Retires
or dies. Surviving Spouse means the Spouse, provided that the
Spouse survives the Participant.
1.37 Year of
Service
Year of Service means a year of
vesting service as determined under the Cash Balance Plan. If the
Participant is not a participant in the Cash Balance Plan, a Year
of Service shall be twelve (12) months of active service as an
Employee of the Corporation and its Affiliates, whether or not
consecutive. An Employee shall receive credit for one
(1) month of active service for each calendar month in which
he performs substantial services for the Corporation or an
Affiliate, as determined by the Administrator.
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