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Exhibit
10.10
PG&E
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Purpose of the Plan |
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Definitions |
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Employer Contributions |
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Eligible Employee Deferrals |
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Investment Funds |
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Accounting |
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Distributions |
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Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency (Hardship
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Domestic Relations Orders |
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Vesting |
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Administration of the Plan |
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Funding |
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Modification or Termination of Plan |
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General Provisions |
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Appendix A |
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PG&E
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
This is the
controlling and definitive statement of the PG&E CORPORATION
("PG&E CORP") Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan (the
"Plan"). Except as provided herein, the Plan is effective as of
January 1, 2000, with respect to all individuals who were
Eligible Employees as of such date. The Plan takes the place of and
assumes existing benefits under the PG&E Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan for Officers, the PG&E Corporation
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, the Savings Fund Plan
Excess Benefit Arrangement of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and
any other non-qualified defined contribution retirement plan excess
benefit plans, programs or practices maintained by any
Participating Subsidiary of PG&E CORP. The Plan as originally
adopted was effective January 1, 2000, for Eligible Employees
of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and for Grandfathered Eligible
Employees of PG&E CORP; it was effective January 1, 1999,
for Eligible Employees of PG&E Generating Company; and it was
effective January 1, 1997, for all other Eligible Employees of
PG&E CORP. The Plan as amended herein is effective
September 19, 2001. The Plan is frozen as to amounts
"deferred" within the meaning of Code Section 409A after
December 31, 2004.
- 1.
- Purpose of the Plan .
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The Plan is established and is maintained for the
benefit of a select group of management and highly compensated
employees of PG&E CORP and its Participating Subsidiaries in
order to provide such employees with certain deferred compensation
benefits. The Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation plan that
is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided in Sections 201,
301, and 401 of ERISA.
- 2.
- Definitions .
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- (h)
- " Employers
" shall mean PG&E CORP and the Participating
Subsidiaries designated by the Employee Benefit Committee of
PG&E CORP. An initial list of the Participating Subsidiaries is
contained in Appendix A to this Plan.
- (i)
- "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Reference to a specific
section of ERISA shall include such section, any valid regulation
promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of any future
legislation amending, supplementing, or superseding such
section.
- (j)
- " Grandfathered " shall mean an
individual who was an Employee of Pacific Gas and Electric Company
and who has become an Employee of PG&E CORP by reason of a
transfer prior to January 1, 2000.
- (k)
- " Investment
Funds " shall mean (i) the PG&E
CORP Phantom Stock Fund, (ii) the AA Utility Bond Fund, and
(iii) the S&P 500 Index Fund. The Investment Funds shall
be used for tracking phantom investment results under the Plan.
- (l)
- " Matching Employer
Contributions " shall mean the amounts
credited to Eligible Employees' Accounts under the Plan by the
Employers, in accordance with Section 3(b).
- (m)
- " Participating
Subsidiary " shall mean a United
States-based subsidiary of PG&E CORP, which has been designated
by the Employee Benefit Committee of PG&E CORP as a
Participating Subsidiary under this Plan. At such times and under
such conditions as the Committee may direct, one or more other
subsidiaries of PG&E CORP may become Participating Subsidiaries
or a Participating Subsidiary may be withdrawn from the Plan. An
initial list of the Participating Subsidiaries is contained in
Appendix A to this Plan.
- (n)
- " PG&E
CORP " shall mean PG&E Corporation, a
California corporation.
- (o)
- " Plan
" shall mean the PG&E Corporation Supplemental
Retirement Savings Plan, as set forth in this instrument and as
heretofore and hereafter amended from time to time.
- (p)
- " Plan Year
" shall mean the calendar year.
- (q)
- " Retirement
" or " Retire
" shall mean an Eligible Employee's "separation from
service" within the meaning of Section 401(k) of the Code,
provided that the Eligible Employee is at least 55 years of
age and has been employed by an Employer for at least five
years.
- (r)
- " RSP
" shall mean, with respect to any Eligible Employee,
the PG&E Corporation Retirement Savings Plan or any predecessor
qualified retirement plan sponsored by PG&E CORP or any of its
subsidiary companies.
- (s)
- " Valuation
Date " shall mean:
- (1)
- For purposes of valuing Plan assets and Eligible
Employees' Accounts for periodic reports and statements, the date
as of which such reports or statements are made; and
- (2)
- For purposes of determining the amount of assets
actually distributed to the Eligible Employee, his or her
beneficiary, or an Alternate Payee (or available for withdrawal), a
date that shall not be more than seven business days prior to the
date the check is issued to the Eligible Employee.
In any other
case, the Valuation Date shall be the date designated by the Plan
Administrator (in its discretion) or the date otherwise set forth
in this Plan. In all cases, the Plan Administrator (in
its
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discretion) may change the Valuation Date, on a
uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, as is necessary or
appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Valuation Date
shall occur at least annually.
- 3.
- Employer Contributions .
- (a)
- Matching Employer Contributions
. Subject to the provisions of Section 13, the
Eligible Employee's Account shall be credited for each Plan Year
with a Matching Employer Contribution, calculated in the manner
provided in Sections 3(a) (1), (2), and (3) below:
- (1)
- First, an amount shall be calculated equal to
the maximum matching contribution that would be made under the
terms of the RSP, taking into account for such Plan Year the amount
of pre-tax deferrals and after-tax contributions the Eligible
Employee elected under the RSP. For purposes of this calculation,
any amounts deferred under Subsection 4(a) of this Plan shall be
treated as pre-tax deferrals under the RSP.
- (2)
- The calculation made in accordance with this
Section 3(a) (1) above shall be made without regard to
any limitation on such amounts under the RSP resulting from the
application of any of the limitations under Code Sections 401(m),
401(a)(17), or 415.
- (3)
- The Employer Matching Contribution to be
credited to the Account of an Eligible Employee for any Plan Year
shall equal the amount calculated in accordance with Sections 3(a)
(1) and (2) above, reduced by the amount of matching
contribution made to such Eligible Employee's account for such Plan
Year under the RSP.
- (b)
- Crediting of Matching Employer
Contributions . Matching Employer
Contributions shall be calculated and credited to the Eligible
Employee's Account as of the first business day of the calendar
year following the Plan Year and shall be credited only if the
Eligible Employee is an Employee on the last day of Plan Year for
which the amounts are credited.
- (c)
- Basic Employer Contributions
. Subject to the provisions of Section 13, the
Account of each Eligible Employee shall be credited for each Plan
Year with a Basic Employer Contribution, calculated in the manner
provided in Sections 3(c) (1), (2), and (3) below:
- (1)
- First, an amount shall be calculated equal to
the Basic Employer Contribution that would be made under the terms
of the RSP, taking into account for such Plan Year the Eligible
Employee's Covered Compensation under the RSP, before any
deductions for compensation deferrals elected by such Eligible
Employee under Subsection 4(a) of this Plan. For Eligible Employees
as defined by Section 2(e)(1) of this Plan, compensation shall
also reflect such Eligible Employee's Short-Term Incentive Plan
awards.
- (2)
- The calculation made in accordance with this
Section 3(c)(1) above shall be made without regard to any
limitation on such amounts under the RSP resulting from the
application of any of the limitations under Code Sections
401(a)(4), 401(a)(17), or 415.
- (3)
- The Employer Contribution to be credited to the
Account of an Eligible Employee for any Plan Year shall equal the
amount calculated in accordance with Sections 3(c)(1) and
(2) above, reduced by the amount of Basic Employer
Contributions made to such Eligible Employee's account for such
Plan Year under the RSP.
- (d)
- Crediting of Basic Employer
Contributions . The Employer Contribution
attributable to an Eligible Employee's Short Term Incentive Plan
award shall be credited to an Eligible Employee's Account as of the
first business day of the month following the date on which the
Short-Term Incentive Plan award is paid. All other Employer
Contributions made in respect of an Eligible Employee shall be
credited to the Eligible Employee's Account as of the first
business day of the calendar year following the Plan Year and shall
be credited only if the Eligible Employee is an Employee on the
last day of the Plan Year for which the amounts are
credited.
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- (e)
- FICA Taxes . Each
Eligible Employee shall be responsible for FICA taxes on amounts
credited to his or her Account under Sections 3 and 4(d).
- 4.
- Eligible Employee Deferrals
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- (a)
- Amount of Deferral . An Eligible Employee may defer (i) 5 percent to
50 percent of his or her annual salary; and (ii) all or
part of his or her Short Term Incentive Plan awards, Long-Term
Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards (other than stock options), Perquisite
Allowances, and any other special payments, awards, or bonuses as
authorized by the Plan Administrator.
- (b)
- Credits to Accounts . Salary deferrals shall be credited to an Eligible Employee's
Account as of each payroll period. All other deferrals attributable
to allowances, awards, bonuses, and other payments shall be
credited as of the date that they otherwise would have been
paid.
- (c)
- Deferral Election .
An Eligible Employee must file an election form with the Plan
Administrator which indicates the percentage of salary and
applicable pay periods, and the amount of any awards, allowances,
payments, and bonuses to be deferred under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon first becoming an Eligible
Employee, an election to defer shall be effective for the month
following the filing of a Deferral Election Form, provided said
Form is filed within 60 days following the date when the
employee first becomes an Eligible Employee.
- (d)
- Deferral of Special Incentive Stock Ownership
Premiums . All of an Eligible Employee's
Special Incentive Stock Ownership Premiums are automatically
deferred to the Plan immediately upon grant and converted into
units in the PG&E CORP Phantom Stock Fund. The units
attributable to Special Incentive Stock Ownership Premiums and any
additional units resulting from the conversion of dividend
equivalents thereon remain unvested until the earlier of the third
anniversary of the date on which the Special Incentive Stock
Ownership Premiums are credited to an Eligible Employee's account
(provided the Eligible Employee continues to be employed on such
date), death, disability, or retirement of the participant, or upon
a Change in Control as defined in the LTIP. (The term "disability"
shall, for purposes of the Plan, have the same meaning as in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.) Unvested units
attributable to Special Incentive Stock Ownership Premiums and any
additional units resulting from the conversion of dividend
equivalents thereon shall be forfeited upon termination of the
Eligible Employee's employment unless otherwise provided in the
PG&E Corporation Executive Stock Ownership Program or if an
Eligible Employee's stock ownership falls below the levels set
forth in the Executive Stock Ownership Program.
- 5.
- Investment Funds .
- (a)
- Although no assets will be segregated or
otherwise set aside with respect to an Eligible Employee's Account,
the amount that is ultimately payable to the Eligible Employee with
respect to such Account shall be determined as if such Account had
been invested in some or all of the Investment Funds. The Plan
Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall adopt (and modify from
time to time) such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or
appropriate to implement the deemed investment of the Eligible
Employees' Accounts. Such procedures generally shall provide that
an Eligible Employee's Account shall be deemed to be invested among
the three Investment Funds in the manner elected by the Eligible
Employee in such percentages and manner as prescribed by the Plan
Administrator. In the event no election has been made by the
Eligible Employee, such Account will be deemed to be invested in
the AA Utility Bond Fund. Eligible Employees shall be able to
reallocate their Accounts between the Investment Funds and
reallocate amounts newly credited to their Accounts at such time
and in suc
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