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EXHIBIT 10.1
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PRINCESS
CRUISES
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SUPPLEMENTAL
RETIREMENT PLAN
2006
RESTATEMENT
PREAMBLE
A. Effective as of November 1, 1998
(the "Effective Date"), Princess
Cruises, Inc. (the "Former
Sponsor") established the "Princess
Cruises, Inc. President's
Retirement Plan" (the "Plan"), for the
Participant (as defined in
Section 2.21 below), who was then the
President of Former Sponsor. The
name of the Plan was changed to the
"Princess Cruises, Inc.
Special Senior Executive Supplemental
Retirement Plan," and was
changed again to the "Princess CRUISES
Special Senior Executive
Supplemental Retirement Plan." Effective as
of the Restatement Effective
Date of this 2006 Restatement of the
Plan, the name of the Plan is
changed to the "Princess Cruises Chief
Executive Officer Supplemental
Retirement Plan."
B. In connection with the sale of
substantially all of Former Sponsor's
assets to Princess Cruise Lines,
Ltd., a corporation organized under
the laws of Bermuda
("PCLL"), PCLL adopted and assumed sponsorship of
the Plan and all of Former
Sponsor's rights, liabilities and
obligations under and with
respect to the Plan (except as otherwise
set forth in the Asset Purchase
Agreement).
C. Before October 16, 2000, the
Participant was a member in the P&O
Pension Scheme. At that date a
new scheme was established by P&O
Princess Cruises plc and the
Participant's benefit under the P&O
Pension Scheme was transferred
to the new scheme. Effective as of
October 16, 2000 the Participant
became a member in the new scheme,
which is called the
"P&O Princess Cruises Pension Scheme." The
scheme, as modified by certain
agreements dated January 16, 2001 and
October 17, 2001, is herein
referred to as the "UK Pension Scheme"
D. With effect on and from April 5,
2006 (the "Opt Out Date"), the
Participant elected to opt out
of the UK Pension Scheme. As a member
of the UK Pension Scheme whose
active membership has ceased, the
Participant is entitled to a
deferred pension. However, future
accruals under the scheme ceased
as of the Opt Out Date.
E. Pursuant to Section 6.3 of the
Participant's Employment Agreement (as
defined in Section 2.15),
generally effective as of the Opt Out Date,
the Plan is being amended and completely
restated into this document,
which is referred to herein as
the "2006 Restatement." The primary
purpose of the 2006 Restatement
is to maintain the benefit structure
provided to the Participant
before the Opt Out Date. Accordingly,
under the 2006 Restatement, the
Participant is entitled to receive
substantially the same benefits
he was entitled to under this Plan
and the UK Pension Scheme, both
as in effect immediately before the
Opt Out Date.
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ARTICLE I.
INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Plan
is to enable the Sponsor to attract,
retain and motivate the
Participant by providing to such executive
certain retirement income as
more fully set forth herein.
1.2 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM. The
effective date of the Plan is November
1, 1998 (the "Effective
Date"), provided, however that the effective
date of this 2006 Restatement is
the Restatement Effective Date The
Plan shall continue in effect
until terminated by the Committee
pursuant to the provisions of
Section 7.5.
1.3 PARTICIPATION. Participation in
this Plan is open only to Peter G.
Ratcliffe. The participation in this Plan and the payment of any
benefits under this Plan shall
be governed by the terms of this Plan.
Participant shall execute a copy
of this Plan evidencing his
acceptance of the terms and
conditions hereof and his participation
in the Plan.
1.4 APPLICABILITY OF ERISA. This
Plan is intended to be a "top-hat"
plan--that is, an unfunded plan
maintained primarily for the purpose
of providing deferred compensation
to a select group of management or
highly compensated employees
within the meaning of ERISA.
ARTICLE II.
DEFINITIONS
2.1 409A CHANGE IN CONTROL EVENT.
"409A Change in Control Event" means an
event described in Code Section
409A(a)(2)(A)(v) as further defined
in applicable regulations
thereunder.
2.2 ACTIVE PARTICIPANT. "Active
Participant" means the Participant so
long as he has not Separated
from Service and the Committee has not
elected to terminate his Active
Participation pursuant to Section
4.6. "Active
Participation" means participation as an Active
Participant. Active
Participation will cease on the earlier of the
Participant's Separation from
Service or the date the Committee
terminates the Participant's
Active Participation under Section 4.6.
2.3 ADJUSTMENT DATE.
"Adjustment Date" means the date upon which Pension
increases shall be effective
under Section 3.3, which shall be April
1.
2.4 AFFILIATED COMPANY.
"Affiliated Company" means any entity that
constitutes the Employer other
than the Sponsor.
2.5 ALTERNATE PAYEE. "Alternate
Payee" means the Participant's spouse or
former spouse.
2.6 AVERAGE ANNUAL COMPENSATION.
"Average Annual Compensation" means,
with respect to the Participant
and as of any date of reference (the
"Determination Date"),
the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the
highest aggregate amount of
Pensionable Earnings earned by such
Participant during any
consecutive 60-month period prior to (or
ending on) such Determination
Date, by (b) a factor of five.
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2.7 BENEFICIARY. "Beneficiary" means
the Surviving Spouse, who shall be
entitled to receive the lump sum
death benefit pursuant to Section
5.2(b), but if there is no
Surviving Spouse at the Participant's
death or the Surviving Spouse
dies within the five-year period
following the Participant's
Separation from Service, such person or
persons or entity or entities
designated or deemed designated
pursuant to Section 3.9 to
receive the lump sum death benefit under
Section 5.2.
2.8 BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT STATEMENT.
"Benefit Entitlement Statement" means
the statement of a Participant's
benefit entitlement referenced in
Section 3.10 of the Plan.
2.9 CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) "Change in Control" means the
following and shall be deemed
to occur if any of the
following events occurs:
(i) Any "person," as such term is
used in Sections
13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than
an entity
created by Carnival as part of a
reorganization
of the structure of the Carnival
Corporation and plc
Group ("Carnival Created
Holding
Company") is or becomes the "beneficial
owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly
or indirectly, of securities of
Carnival
representing more than 50% of the combined
voting power
of Carnival's then outstanding voting
securities.
(ii) Any "person," as such term is
used in Sections
13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than
Carnival or a
direct or indirect subsidiary of
Carnival
("Carnival Subsidiary") is or becomes the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule13d-3 under
the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of
Sponsor representing more than 50% of
the combined
voting power of Sponsor's then
outstanding
voting securities.
(iii) The stockholders of Carnival approve a
merger or
consolidation
of Carnival with any other
corporation,
other than the following:
(A) A merger or consolidation which would
result in the voting securities of
Carnival outstanding immediately
prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities or
another entity) 50% or more of the
combined voting power of the voting
securities of Carnival or such other
entity outstanding
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immediately after such merger or
consolidation; or
(B) A merger or consolidation effected to
implement a recapitalization or
reorganization of Carnival (or similar
transaction) in which no person acquires
more than 50% of the
combined voting power
of
Carnival's then outstanding voting
securities; or
(C) A merger or consolidation with a Carnival
Created Holding Company.
(iv) The stockholders of Sponsor approve a
merger or
consolidation
of Sponsor with any other
corporation, other
than the following:
(A) A merger or consolidation which would
result in the voting securities of Sponsor
outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to
represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities or
another entity) 50% or more of the
combined voting power of the voting
securities of Sponsor or such other entity
outstanding immediately after such merger
or
consolidation; or
(B) A merger or consolidation effected to
implement a recapitalization or
reorganization of Sponsor (or similar
transaction) in which no person acquires
more
than 50% of the combined voting power
of
Sponsor's then outstanding voting
securities; or
(C) A merger or consolidation with a Carnival
Subsidiary or Carnival Created Holding
Company.
(v)
The stockholders of Carnival approve (i) a plan of
complete
liquidation of Carnival or (ii) an
agreement for
the sale or other disposition by the
Carnival of
all or substantially all of the
Carnival's
assets to an entity other than one
created by
Carnival as part of a reorganization of
the structure
of the Carnival Corporation and plc
Group.
(vi) The stockholders of Sponsor approve a plan
of
complete
liquidation of Sponsor or an agreement for
the sale or
other disposition by Sponsor of all or
substantially
all of Sponsor's assets to a person
that is not a
Carnival Subsidiary.
(b) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions
of this Section
2.9, a Change in
Control shall not be deemed to have
occurred (A) if the
"person" described in the preceding
provisions of this
Section 2.9 is an underwriter or
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underwriting syndicate
that has acquired the ownership of
50% or more of the
combined voting power of Carnival's then
outstanding voting
securities solely in connection with a
public offering of
Carnival's securities, or (B) if the
"person"
described in the preceding provisions of this
Section 2.9 is an
underwriter or underwriting syndicate that
has acquired the
ownership of 50% or more of the combined
voting power of Sponsor's then
outstanding voting securities
solely in connection
with a public offering of Sponsor's
securities.
(c) Wherever in the Plan there is reference
of "Carnival", this
shall mean both
Carnival Corporation, a corporation
organized under the
laws of the Republic of Panama, and
Carnival plc, a company
incorporated under the laws of
England and Wales, and
reference to Carnival's outstanding
voting securities shall
be a reference to the combined
voting power on joint
electorate actions of the outstanding
voting securities of
both Carnival Corporation and Carnival
plc.
2.10 CODE. "Code" means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
2.11 COMMITTEE. "Committee"
means the committee established to administer
this Plan as set forth in
Section 3.1 hereof, which shall be
comprised of at least two
persons who are members of the Compensation
Committee of the Board of
Directors of Carnival Corporation and
Carnival plc, other than the
Participant.
2.12 DESIGNATED PARTICIPANT.
"Designated Participant" shall have the
meaning given such term in the
Trust Agreement.
2.13 EFFECTIVE DATE. "Effective
Date" means the original effective date of
the Plan, which is November 1,
1998.
2.14 EMPLOYER. "Employer"
means Carnival plc, a company incorporated in
England and Wales, Carnival
Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the Republic
of Panama, and any other employers
whose employees are treated as
employed by the same employer with
Carnival plc or Carnival Corporation pursuant to Code Section 414(b)
and (c).
2.15 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
"Employment Agreement" means the agreement by
and between P&O Princess
Cruises International, Ltd. and the
Participant dated April 17,
2003, as amended July 19, 2004.
2.16 ERISA. "ERISA" means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
2.17 FINAL PENSIONABLE EARNINGS.
"Final Pensionable Earnings" means the
higher of
(a) the Pensionable Earnings received by the
Participant in the
twelve months
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ending on the last day
of his Active Participation; and
(b) the annual average of Pensionable
Earnings over the period
of three consecutive
Tax Years which gives the highest
result out of the 13
years ending on the last day of the
Participant's Active
Participation. For this purpose, a Tax
Year means a year
ending April 5.
2.18 FORMER SPONSOR. "Former
Sponsor" means Princess Cruises, Inc., a
former Sponsor of the Plan.
2.19 LEGAL FEES. "Legal
Fees" means the reasonable legal fees and expenses
incurred by Participant and his
beneficiaries in connection with
lawsuits, actions or other
proceedings brought by such persons to
enforce their rights under the
Plan for which Sponsor is obligated to
reimburse the Participant after
the earlier of the Participant's
Separation from Service or a
409A Change in Control Event.
2.20 NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE.
"Normal Retirement Date" means the date on
which the Participant attains
age 60.
2.21 PARTICIPANT.
"Participant" means Peter G. Ratcliffe, who was
President of Former Sponsor on
the Effective Date, and who is the
Chief Executive Officer of
P&O Princess Cruises International on the
Restatement Effective Date.
2.22 PAYMENT DATE. "Payment
Date" means the date upon which monthly
installments of a Pension
payable under the Plan shall be made, which
shall be the first day of each
calendar month.
2.23 PCLL. "PCLL" means
Princess Cruises Lines, Ltd., a corporation
organized under the laws of
Bermuda.
2.24 PENSION. "Pension"
means a pension payable under this Plan, as
further defined in Section 3.4.
2.25 PENSIONABLE EARNINGS.
"Pensionable Earnings" means, in relation to
the Participant, basic pay from
the Employer that is payable during
Active Participation (a)
including (i) any sums paid by Employer to
the Participant as director's
fees or their equivalent, (ii) any
amounts not currently includible
in such Participant's gross income
by reason of Code Section
402(e)(3) and/or Code Section 125, and
(iii) any portion of base salary
deferred pursuant to the Princess
Cruises Deferred Compensation
Plan, provided that benefit payments
under the Deferred Compensation
Plan shall not be included in
Pensionable Earnings, and (b)
excluding any fixed allowances,
overtime, bonus, commission or
other fluctuating emoluments which are
not pensionable under the terms of the
Participant's employment,
including without limitation the
Participant's car allowance payable
under Section 5.4 of his
Employment Agreement and his
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recreational and/or health club
membership fees under Section 5.5 of
his Employment Agreement.
2.26 PENSIONABLE SERVICE.
"Pensionable Service" means, in relation to the
Participant, 35 years and 57
days as of March 31, 2006 plus any
additional Service credited
after such date and before the
Participant ceases Active
Participation.
2.27 PLAN. "Plan" means
this Princess Cruises Chief Executive Officer
Supplemental Retirement Plan
adopted as of the Effective Date and as
it has been and may be amended
from time to time.
2.28 POTENTIAL PENSIONABLE SERVICE.
"Potential Pensionable Service" means
the Pensionable Service that the
Participant would have had if he had
continued as an Active
Participant up to Normal Retirement Date.
2.29 RECORDKEEPER.
"Recordkeeper" means the person appointed by the
Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of Carnival
Corporation in accordance with
the relevant provisions of the Trust
Agreement.
2.30 REDETERMINATION DATE.
"Redetermination Date" means the date as of
which Pension increases under
Section 3.3 and offset redeterminations
under Section 3.4(c) shall be
made, which shall be September 30.
2.31 RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE.
"Restatement Effective Date" means the
effective date of this 2006
Restatement, which shall be April 5,
2006, provided, however, the
effective date of Section 7.14 and the
amendments set forth in Exhibit
B, which are designed to bring the
Plan into compliance with Code
Section 409A, shall be January 1,
2005.
2.32 SEPARATION FROM SERVICE.
"Separation from Service" means a separation
from service with the Employer,
as such term is used in Code Section
409A(a)(2)(A(i), and as defined
in applicable regulations thereunder.
To "Separate from
Service" means to experience a Separation from
Service. In general, the
Participant will have a Separation from
Service with the Employer if he
dies, retires or otherwise has a
termination of employment with
the Employer. Whether a termination of
employment has occurred with
respect to the Participant shall be
based upon the facts and circumstances as determined by the
Committee, in its discretion, in
accordance with applicable
regulations.
2.33 SERVICE. "Service"
means employment with the Employer.
2.34 SPECIFIED RATE. "Specified
Rate" means the annual interest rate (as
such rate may change from time
to time) that is credited on new
monies deposited to the fixed
income investment offered under the
401(k) plan that Sponsor offers
to its employees.
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2.35 SPONSOR. "Sponsor"
means Princess Cruises Lines, Ltd., a company
organized under the laws of
Bermuda.
2.36 SPOUSE. "Spouse"
means, with respect to the Participant, only that
person (if any) to whom such
Participant is married as of such
Participant's Separation from
Service, provided, however, that a
person who has been married to
the Participant for less than one year
as of such Participant's
Separation from Service shall not be deemed
to be the "Spouse" of
such Participant.
2.37 SURVIVING SPOUSE.
"Surviving Spouse" means the Participant's Spouse
at the time of his death, if the
Participant has a Spouse at the time
of his death.
2.38 TOTAL INCAPACITY. "Total
Incapacity" means in relation to a
Participant, a physical or
mental condition which in the opinion of
the Employer is likely
permanently to prevent the Participant from
doing his or her job with the
Employer and from doing a suitable job
with any other employer.
"Suitable job" means a job which it is
reasonable to expect the
Participant to take (on the assumption that
such jobs are available) and
which allows the Participant to maintain
his or her basic standard of
living.
2.39 TRUST. "Trust" means
the trust that funds certain benefits payable
under the Plan in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the
Trust Agreement.
2.40 TRUST AGREEMENT. "Trust
Agreement" means the agreement pursuant to
which the Trust is established.
2.41 TRUSTEE. "Trustee"
means the initial trustee of the Trust and any
successor or individual or
entity acting as a trustee of the Trust.
2.42 UK PENSION SCHEME. "UK
Pension Scheme" means the P&O Princess Cruises
Pension Scheme effective as of
October 16, 2000, as modified by the
agreements dated January 16,
2001 and October 17, 2001, all as in
effect on April 5, 2006.
2.43 UNDISPUTED BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT
STATEMENT. "Undisputed Benefit
Entitlement Statement"
means (a) any Benefit Entitlement Statement
which is not initially disputed
by the Participant (or Beneficiary)
in the manner and within the
time period specified in Section
3.10(c), and (b) any Benefit
Entitlement Statement reissued by the
Committee pursuant to Section
3.10(c) and with respect to which the
Participant (or Beneficiary)
does not file a statement of objection
in the manner and within the
time period specified in Section
3.10(d).
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ARTICLE III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
3.1 COMMITTEE AUTHORITY: RULES AND
REGULATIONS. The Committee shall
administer the Plan. The
Committee shall have discretionary authority
to (a) make, amend, interpret
and enforce all appropriate rules and
regulations for the
administration of the Plan, and (b) decide or
resolve, in its discretion, any
and all questions, including
interpretations of the Plan, as
may arise in connection with the
Plan. The Committee shall have
authority to take or approve, in its
discretion, all such actions
relating to the Plan (including, without
limitation, actions described in
the preceding sentence). Any
decision or action of the
Committee (and, subject to the provisions
of Section 3.6 hereof, any decision
or action of the Committee) in
respect of any question arising
out of or in connection with the
administration, interpretation
and application of this Plan and the
rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder shall be final,
conclusive and binding upon the
Participant.
3.2 APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS. In the
administration of this Plan, the
Committee may from time to time
employ agents (which may include
officers and/or employees of the
Sponsor) and delegate to them such
administrative duties as the
Committee (as applicable) deems
appropriate.
3.3 PENSION INCREASES.
(a) A Pension will be increased in payment
under this Section
3.3. Increases will be
effective once every calendar year on
April 1 (the
"Adjustment Date").
(b) Subject to (c) below, the rate of the
increase for that part
of a Pension that is
attributable to Pensionable Service
before April 6, 1997 will be 3%,
or if less the percentage
increase in the
Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers
("CPI-W") over the twelve-month period
ending on the
Redetermination Date immediately preceding the
Adjustment Date. The
rate increase for that part of a
Pension that is
attributable to Pensionable Service on or
after April 6, 1997
will be 5%, or if less, the percentage
increase in the CPI-W
over the twelve-month period ending on
the Redetermination
Date immediately preceding the
Adjustment Date. In the
event there is a decrease in the
CPI-W for any year, the percentage increase
in the amount of
the Pension for that
year shall be zero, and the percentage
increase in the CPI-W
for any subsequent year shall be
calculated taking into account
such prior year decrease in
the CPI-W.
(c) The rate of increase under this Section
3.3 for a retirement
Pension under Article
IV, which has been in payment for less
than nine months at the
Adjustment Date will be a percentage
of the rate that would
have been paid if it had been in
payment for a full
year, depending on how long the
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Pension has been in payment as set out below:
PERIOD IN
PAYMENT PERCENTAGE OF FULL
RATE
INCREASE
Less than 3
months 25%
Less than 6 months 50%
Less than 9
months 75%
3.4 CALCULATION AND PAYMENT OF
BENEFITS.
(a) PENSIONS PAYABLE FOR LIFE. Unless the
contrary is expressly
stated, a Pension is payable for life
and its amount as
described in Article IV
and V is its annual amount.
(b) PAYMENT OF PENSIONS / LUMP SUMS.
(i) All Pensions payable under the Plan will
be paid in
United States
Dollars by monthly installments in
arrear on the
Payment Date. Except as provided by
(ii) below,
the first installment will fall due on
the Payment Date next following
the date on which
the Pension
was due to commence (that is, upon
Separation
from Service or the Participant's death)
and will be apportioned
to take into account part
of a month.
The last installment will fall due on
the Payment
Date next following the date on which
the event
giving rise to the cessation of such
Pension occurs
and will not be apportioned to the
date of such
event.
(ii) Where a Pension commences as a result of
the death
of the
Participant if he is in receipt of a Pension
under the
Plan, the first installment of such
Pension will
fall due on the second Payment Date
following the
Participant's death and will not be
apportioned.
(iii) Where a lump sum is payable as a result of
the
death of the
Participant under Section 5.1 or
Section 5.2(b)
or as a result of the Surviving
Spouse's death
under Section 5.2(c), such lump sum
shall be paid
in United States Dollars within a
period of
ninety (90) days following the
Participant's death or the Surviving
Spouse's
death,
whichever is applicable.
(c) UK PENSION SCHEME OFFSET.
(i) The amount of any Pension payable under
the Plan
shall be offset by the amount of the pension
that
the
Participant would be entitled to receive under
the UK Pension
Scheme if he had elected to
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receive such pension at
the same time and in the
same form as
the Pension payable under this Plan,
all as
determined under this subparagraph (i).
(A) The
offset for the initial payment of any
Pension to be paid under the Plan shall be
determined as of the date (the "Initial
Offset Determination Date") that is 30
days
before the initial Payment Date. As
of
the Initial Offset Determination Date,
the
amount of the pension that would be
payable under the
UK Pension Scheme, which
is
expressed in Pounds Sterling, shall be
converted into an equivalent amount
expressed in terms of United States
Dollars, using the average of exchange
rates
published in the Wall Street Journal
on
the first day of each month during the
one-year period ending on the Initial
Offset Determination Date.
(B) The amount of the offset used in
determining the amount of a Pension
payable under the Plan shall be
redetermined annually on the
Redetermination Date in accordance with
the provisions of
this subparagraph (B)
with
the first such redetermination to be
made
as of the Redetermination Date
following
the initial Payment Date for the
Pension and with redeterminations to be
made
each subsequent Redetermination Date.
The
effective date of any redetermination
shall
be the Adjustment Date following the
Redetermination Date. As of each
Redetermination Date following the initial
Payment Date, the
amount of the offset
shall
be redetermined based on the amount
of
the pension that would be payable under
the
UK Pension Scheme after adjustment for
the
increase under the terms of the UK
Pension Scheme that would be effective on
the
following Adjustment Date. The
redetermined offset shall be converted
into
an equivalent amount expressed in
terms
of United States Dollars, using the
average of exchange rates
published in the
Wall
Street Journal on the first day of
each
month during the one-year period
ending on the Redetermination Date at
which
the redetermination is to be made.
(C) As of each Redetermination Date, the
offset redetermined and converted into an
amount expressed in terms of United States
Dollars in accordance with subparagraph
(B)
above shall be used to determine the
Pension payable under the Plan
annually at
the
same time as the Pension increase is
determined under the provisions of Section
3.3,
with any
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change in the amount of such Pension to be
effective at the Adjustment Date following
the
redetermination of the offset.
(D) The amount of any Pension payable under
the
Plan shall not be offset by the
payment of any cash supplement under the
UK
Pension Scheme.
(E) If the Participant has the right to
commute (that is, exchange) the whole or
part
of any pension payable under the UK
Pension Scheme for a cash sum, the offset
described in this subparagraph (i) shall
be
determined assuming that the
Participant has
elected not to exercise
such
right to commute his pension for a
cash
sum.
(F) The six-month delay required under
Section
4.9
and the resulting lump sum that is
payable on account of the delay under
Section 4.4 shall be disregarded in
determining the offset
described in this
subparagraph (i), that is, the offset
shall
be determined as if the six-month
delay
had not occurred and the lump sum
had
not been paid.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraph (i)
above, if a
lump sum is payable under paragraphs
(b) or (c) of Section 5.2 of the
Plan, then the
amount of such
lump sum shall be offset by the
amount of the
lump sum that the Participant would
have been
entitled to receive under the
corresponding
provisions of the UK Pension Scheme
had the
Participant elected to receive the pension
payable to the
Participant under the UK Pension
Scheme at the same time
and in the same form as the
Pension
payable under this Plan. The amount of the
lump sum that
would be payable under the UK Pension
Scheme, which is expressed in terms of Pounds
Sterling,
shall be converted to United States
Dollars using
the average of the exchange rates
published in
the Wall Street Journal on the first
day of each
month during (A) the one-year period
ending on the
death of the Participant in the case
of a payment
under Section 5.2(b), or (B) the
one-year period ending on the
death of the
Surviving
Spouse in the case of a payment under
5.2(c).
(iii) If the Participant (or in the case of a
spouse's
benefit, the Participant's
Spouse) is not entitled
to a benefit
(pension or lump sum) under the UK
Pension Scheme
for whatever reason including as the
result of a
waiver of the benefit by the
Participant
(or
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Participant's
Spouse), then the offset under this
Section 3.4(c)
in respect of all or that part of
the benefit
that the Participant (or Participant's
Spouse) is not
entitled to receive shall be zero.
Nothing in
this Plan shall restrict in any way the
right of the
Participant (or Participant's Spouse)
to waive a
benefit payable under the UK Pension
Scheme.
3.5 INITIAL ACTION ON APPLICATION.
If the Plan fails to pay the benefits
provided under the terms of the
Plan to the Participant and/or his
Beneficiary (the
"Claimant"), then the Claimant or the Claimant's
authorized representative may
make application for such benefits.
Within 60 days (45 days in the
case of a determination regarding
Total Incapacity) following
receipt of an application for benefits
and all necessary documents and
information, the Committee shall:
(a) determine whether the Participant
claiming benefits (or with
respect to whom
benefits are claimed) has incurred
Separation from Service
and is otherwise entitled to
benefits under this
Plan, and
(b) furnish the Claimant with written notice
of the decision
rendered with respect
to such application. Should special
circumstances require
an extension of time for processing
the claim, written
notice of the extension shall be
furnished to the
Claimant prior to the expiration of the
initial 60 (or 45) day
period. The notice shall indicate the
special circumstances
requiring an extension of time and the
date by which a final
decision is expected to be rendered.
In no event shall the
period of the extension exceed 90 days
(30 days in the case of
a determination of Total Incapacity)
from the end of the initial
60 day (or 45 day) period. In
the case of a denial of
the claimant's application, the
written notice thereof
shall set forth specific reasons for
the denial, with
references to the Plan provisions upon
which the denial is
based, a description of any additional
information or material
necessary to perfect the application
(together with an
explanation why such material or
information is
necessary), and an explanation of the Plan's
claim review procedure
including the right of the Claimant
to bring a civil action
under ERISA Section 502(a) following
an adverse benefit
determination on review.
3.6 APPEAL OF INITIAL DECISION.
(a)






