PEPCO HOLDINGS,
INC.
COMBINED EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT
PLAN
The Pepco Holdings, Inc. Combined Executive
Retirement Plan is intended to serve as an amended and restated
nonqualified executive retirement plan which represents in one plan
document, a combination and merger of three previously separate
nonqualified executive retirement plans, specifically, the Pepco
Holdings, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, the Pepco
Holdings, Inc. Supplemental Benefit Plan and the Pepco Holdings,
Inc. Executive Performance Supplemental Retirement Plan
(hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Prior
Plans”).
The separate benefit structure previously
created under the former Pepco Holdings, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan is referred to herein as the
“Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit
Structure.” The separate benefit structure
previously created under the former Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Supplemental Benefit Plan is referred to herein as the
“Supplemental Benefit Structure.” The
separate benefit structure previously created under the former
Pepco Holdings, Inc. Executive Performance Supplemental Retirement
Plan is referred to herein as the “Executive Performance
Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure.”
The creation of this Plan as a mechanism to
merge and centralize the administration of the Prior Plans and the
benefit structures thereunder is not intended to constitute a
material modification (as utilized in the context of Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1984, as amended) to any of the
Prior Plans and this Plan shall be interpreted and administered in
a manner which is consistent with such intent.
I.
Definitions
1.1
Applicable Executive Incentive Compensation Plan
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The principal annual incentive
compensation plan in which the Participant participates.
1.2
Applicable Form of Benefit ¾ The type of life annuity which will be provided
to a Participant receiving benefits under this Plan. In
the case of a Participant who is not married on the date benefits
under this Plan commence, the Plan benefit shall be paid in the
form of a single life annuity in which payments will be made to the
Participant throughout the Participant’s lifetime and will
terminate upon the Participant’s death. In the
case of a Participant who is married on the date benefits under
this Plan commence, the Plan benefit shall be paid in an
actuarially equivalent amount but in the form of a joint and
survivor annuity in which payments will be made to the Participant
throughout the Participant’s lifetime. Upon the
Participant’s death, should the Participant be survived by
the spouse to whom the Participant was married on the date benefits
under this Plan commenced, such surviving spouse shall be entitled
to receive a reduced benefit throughout the surviving
spouse’s lifetime equivalent to 50% of the benefit amount
payable to the Participant during the Participant’s
lifetime. No alternative benefit options are provided
under this Plan.
1.3
Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan ¾ The principal defined benefit pension plan of
Pepco Holdings or one of its subsidiaries in which the Participant
participates. In the case of Participants who
participate in the General Retirement Plan, such term shall also
include participation in the Exempt Surviving Spouse Welfare
Plan.
1.4
Committee ¾ The Compensation/Human Resources Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.5
Company ¾ Pepco Holdings, Inc. or its
successor.
1.6
Eligible Executive ¾ An executive who is described in Section 2.1 of
this Plan.
1.7
Exempt Surviving Spouse Welfare Plan ¾ The welfare plan by the same name which was
sponsored by Pepco prior to the Merger.
1.8
General Retirement Plan ¾ The defined benefit pension plan by the same
name which was sponsored by Pepco prior to the Merger.
1.9
Participant ¾ In the case of the Supplemental Executive
Retirement Benefit Structure and the Executive Performance
Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure, an Eligible Executive
who has satisfied the conditions described in Section 2.1 and to
whom the provisions of Section 2.2 are not
applicable. In the case of the Supplemental Benefit
Structure, an employee who has been so designated as described in
Section 2.1.
1.10
Participation Agreement ¾ The separate agreement with a designated
Participant which sets forth the constructive years of Benefit
Service which will be credited to the Participant for purposes of
determining benefits under the Supplemental Executive Retirement
Benefit Structure.
1.11
Plan ¾ The Pepco Holdings, Inc. Combined Executive
Retirement Plan.
Any term which is not defined in this section or
any other section of the Plan will have the same meaning as that
term has under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension
Plan.
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Eligibility and Participation
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2.1 Any
employee of any Pepco Holdings subsidiary as designated by the
Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the Chief Executive Officer
to be designated by the Board) shall be eligible to participate in
this Plan; however, no employee shall be eligible to participate in
the Executive Performance Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure
of this Plan if the compensation used to determine benefits for
such employee under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan in
which the employee participates includes remuneration in excess of
such employee’s basic rate of compensation.
2.2 An
employee shall cease to be a Participant in this Plan and shall not
be entitled to any benefits under the Executive Performance
Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure or the Supplemental
Executive Retirement Benefit Structure if the employment of such
employee is terminated for any reason, other than death, before the
later of (i) the date the employee attains age 59, or (ii) the date
the employee first attains either his Early Retirement Date or his
Normal Retirement Date under the Applicable Defined Benefit
Pension Plan.
2.3 In
order to receive benefits under the Executive Performance
Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure of the Plan, a
Participant (i) must not have incurred a forfeiture of benefits
under Section 2.2 and (ii) must have been an Eligible Executive
within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding his actual
retirement under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, and
either (a) have held such position for at least a five year period,
or (b) have attained age 65.
3.1(a)
Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit Structure
. This Section 3.1(a) defines the amount of retirement
income which will be paid to a Participant (who terminated
employment on or after attaining age 59 for any reason other than
death) under the Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure to
supplement other pension benefits. The amount of
retirement benefits payable from this Plan under the Supplemental
Retirement Benefit Structure in the Applicable Form of Benefit
shall be the difference, if any, between (i) the amount of the
benefits to which such Participant would be entitled under the
provisions of the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, the
provisions of the Executive Performance Supplemental Benefit
Structure and the provisions of the Supplemental Benefit Structure
(expressed in the Applicable Form of Benefit) had the number of
such Participant’s years of service used to calculate
the
benefits under
such Plan and such Benefit Structures been increased by the
additional years of constructive service set forth in such
Participant’s Participation Agreement, and (ii) the amount of
benefits, if any, to which such Participant is otherwise entitled
under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, the Executive
Performance Supplemental Benefit Structure and the Supplemental
Benefit Structure. Notwithstanding the above, in no
event will a Participant be granted constructive years
of service hereunder which would cause the combination
of his actual years of service credited under the Applicable
Defined Benefit Pension Plan and his constructive years
of service granted hereunder to exceed the lesser of (i)
forty (40), or (ii) the number by which the Participant’s
then current age exceeds twenty-five (25). To the extent
that a cost of living adjustment is made to the benefits payable
under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a comparable and
proportionate adjustment will be made to the benefits payable
hereunder.
3.1(b) Executive
Performance Supplemental Retirement Benefit
Structure. This Section 3.1(b) defines the amount of
retirement income which will be paid to a Participant under the
Executive Performance Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure of
this Plan to supplement other pension benefits. The
amount of retirement benefits payable under the Performance
Supplemental Retirement Benefit Structure of this Plan in the
Applicable Form of Benefit shall be the difference, if any, between
(i) the aggregate amount of the benefits to which such Participant
would be entitled under the provisions of the Applicable Defined
Benefit Pension Plan, the provisions of the Supplemental Executive
Retirement Benefit Structure and the provisions of the Supplemental
Benefit Structure (expressed in the Applicable Form of Benefit) (a)
had the amount of compensation used under the Applicable Defined
Benefit Pension Plan to calculate benefits (expressed on an annual
basis) been increased by the average of the three highest Awards
made to such Participant (or such number of Awards actually made to
such
Participant if
less than three) under the Applicable Executive Incentive
Compensation Plan (without regard to any deferral of receipt of an
Award elected by such Participant) within the five consecutive
years immediately preceding the Participant’s retirement
under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, and (b)(1) had
the amount of the benefits under such Plan and such Benefit
Structures not been otherwise reduced due to the limitations
imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code, (2) had any
dollar limitation under the Internal Revenue Code on the amount of
compensation that may be considered in determining benefits under
such Plan and such Benefit Structures not been imposed, and (3) had
the deferred compensation earned by such Participant which was
excluded from the Participant’s compensation base used in
determining retirement benefits under such Plan and such Benefit
Structures been included in such compensation base, and (ii) the
amount of benefits, if any, to which such Participant is otherwise
entitled under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, the
Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit Structure and the
Supplemental Benefit Structure. To the extent that a
cost of living adjustment is made to benefits payable under the
Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a comparable and
proportional adjustment will be made to the benefits payable
herein.
3.1(c)
Supplemental Benefit Structure . This Section
3.1(c) defines the amount of retirement income which will be paid
to a Participant under the Supplemental Benefit Structure to
supplement other pension benefits. The amount of
retirement benefits payable under the Supplemental Benefit
Structure of this Plan in the Applicable Form of Benefit shall be
the difference, if any, between (i) the amount of the benefits to
which such Participant would be entitled under the provisions of
the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan and the Conectiv
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, if applicable (expressed in
the Applicable Form of
Benefit) (1)
had the amount of the benefits under such plan not been otherwise
reduced due to the limitations imposed by Section 415 of the
Internal Revenue Code, (2) had any dollar limitation under the
Internal Revenue Code on the amount of compensation that may be
considered in determining benefits under such plan not been
imposed, and (3) had the deferred compensation earned by such
Participant which was excluded from the Participant’s
compensation base used in determining retirement benefits under
such plan been included in such compensation base, and (ii) the
amount of benefits, if any, to which such Participant is otherwise
entitled under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension
Plan. To the extent that a cost of living adjustment is
made to the benefits payable under the Applicable Defined Benefit
Pension Plan, a comparable and proportionate adjustment will be
made to the benefits payable hereunder.
A Participant’s rights to a benefit under
the Supplemental Benefit Structure shall vest when the Participant
otherwise would be vested under the terms and conditions of the
Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan.
A Participant whose employment with the Company
is terminated prior to the attainment of a vested retirement
benefit under the Applicable Defined Benefit Pension Plan shall not
be entitled to receive a benefit from the Supplemental Benefit
Structure of this Plan.
For bookkeeping purposes only, the Company will
establish and maintain a Supplemental Benefit Account for each
Participant which reflects the Participant’s currently
accrued benefit under the Supplemental Benefit Structure, expressed
in the form of straight life annuity.
The Company shall furnish each Participant with
an annual statement, as of December 31 of each year, showing the
benefit under the Supplemental Benefit Struct