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ROCKWELL COLLINS 2005 NON-QUALIFIED PENSION PLAN

Employee Benefits Plan Agreement

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Title: ROCKWELL COLLINS 2005 NON-QUALIFIED PENSION PLAN
Date: 11/25/2008
Industry: Aerospace and Defense     Sector: Capital Goods

ROCKWELL COLLINS 2005 NON-QUALIFIED PENSION PLAN, Parties: rockwell collins inc
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Exhibit 10-h-4

 

ROCKWELL COLLINS 2005
NON-QUALIFIED PENSION PLAN

 

The purpose of this Plan is to provide benefits in excess of the Benefit Limitation (as defined below) to a group of employees and to provide benefits in excess of the Compensation Limit (as defined below) to a select group of management and highly compensated employees of Rockwell Collins, Inc. and its affiliates.  This Plan also provides benefits in excess of the benefits provided under the Company Pension Plan (as defined below) to a select group of highly compensated employees consisting of Corporate Pilots and to a select group of management or highly compensated employees who deferred compensation under the Rockwell Collins Deferred Compensation Plan prior to 2005.  This Plan is unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

 

This Plan is established effective as of January 1, 2005 for accrued benefits that were earned and vested after December 31, 2004 under the Rockwell Collins Non-Qualified Pension Plan (“Pre-2005 Plan”) through September 30, 2006, the date the Pre-2005 Plan was frozen.

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.005      Affiliate means:

 

(a)                                   any company incorporated under the laws of one of the United States of America of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, eighty percent (80%) or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock or eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value of the shares of all classes of stock (all within the meaning of Code Section 1563);

 

(b)                                  any partnership or other business entity organized under such laws, of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, eighty percent (80%) or more of the voting power or eighty percent (80%) or more of the total value (all within the meaning of Code Section 414(c)); and

 

(c)                                   any other company deemed to be an Affiliate by the Board of Directors.

 

1.010                  Benefit Limitation means the limitations on benefits payable from Defined Benefit Plans which are imposed by Section 415 of the Code.

 

1.020                  Board of Directors means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

1.030                  Change of Control means any of the following:

 



 

(a)                                   The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control:  (w) any acquisition directly from the Company, (x) any acquisition by the Company, (y) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company or (z) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section 1.030; or

 

(b)                                  Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to that date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareowners, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors; or

 

(c)                                   Consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another entity (a “Company Transaction”), in each case, unless, following such Company Transaction, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Company Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Company Transaction (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Company Transaction of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or of such corporation resulting from such Company Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectively, the then

 

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outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Company Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Company Transaction and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Company Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of Directors, providing for such Company Transaction; or

 

(d)                                  Approval by the Company’s shareowners of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

1.040                  Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

1.050                  Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

1.060                  Company means Rockwell Collins, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

1.070                  Company Officer means an employee who, effective January 1, 2005, has been elected by the Board of Directors as an officer of the Company pursuant to the Company’s by-laws.

 

1.080                  Company Pension Plan means the Rockwell Collins Pension Plan.

 

1.090                  Compensation Limit means the limitation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code on the amount of compensation which can be considered in determining the amount of a participant’s benefit under the Company Pension Plan.

 

1.095                  Corporate Pilot means any Participant in the Company Pension Plan whose principal duty as an employee is the operation of aircraft as a pilot or co-pilot for at least one year immediately preceding Retirement.

 

1.100                  Defined Benefit Plan has the same meaning given that term in Section 3(35) of ERISA.

 

1.150                  Delinkage Date means January 1, 2009 or such other date as is permitted under Section 409A and is approved by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Human Resources or General Counsel of the Company.

 

1.110                  Employee means any person who is employed by the Company or by an Affiliate, including, to the extent permitted by Section 406 of the Code, any United States citizen regularly employed by a foreign Affiliate of the Company.

 

1.120                  ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

1.130                  409A Change of Control means a “Change of Control Event” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(i) and as set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)-(vii), applying the default rules and percentages set forth in such Treasury Regulations.

 

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1.140                  Highly Compensated Employee means a participant in or retiree under the Company Pension Plan whose compensation would otherwise be considered under such Plan in determining his benefits thereunder in excess of the Compensation Limit.

 

1.150                  Interest Rate means the average 30-Year Treasury Rate as published by the Internal Revenue Service in the October preceding the year of the Participant’s annuity starting date.

 

1.160                  Mortality Assumptions means the FAS 87 mortality assumptions used for the Company’s Net Periodic Benefit Costs in the year of the Participant’s annuity starting date.

 

1.170                  Participant means any participant in the Company Pension Plan whose benefits payable therefrom are restricted by the Benefit Limitation or the Compensation Limit.  Employees who were hired on or before September 30, 2006 who (1) are Corporate Pilots, (2) are Company Officers hired on or after January 1, 1993 but eligible for the pre-1993 formula under the Company Pension Plan, or (3) are participants in the Company Pension Plan who deferred compensation under the Rockwell Collins Deferred Compensation Plan and attained 85 points under the Rule of 85 after December 31, 2004, are also eligible to participate in this Plan.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or the Company Pension Plan to the contrary, no Employee or other person, individual or entity shall become a Participant in this Plan after the earlier of (a) September 30, 2006 or (b) the day on which a Change of Control occurs.

 

1.180                  Plan means this Rockwell Collins 2005 Non-Qualified Pension Plan.

 

1.190                  Plan Administrator means the person from time to time so designated by name or corporate office by the Board of Directors.

 

1.200                  Pre-2005 Plan means the Rockwell Collins Non-Qualified Pension Plan and its predecessor, the Rockwell International Corporation Non-Qualified Pension Plan.

 

1.210                  Retirement means “separation from service” from the Company and all of its Affiliates, within the meaning of Section 409A, on or after attainment of age 55 other than for reason of death.

 

1.220                  Rule of 85 means, with respect to a Participant in the Collins Salaried Employees’ or Certain Salaried Employees’ sub-plans of the Company Pension Plan attainment of at least age 55 but not more than age 62 with a sum of age (in years and months) and Credited Service (as defined in the Company Pension Plan) (in years and months) total 85 or more on or before the date of Separation from Service or Retirement.  For purposes of determining eligibility, years and months of service with the Company after September 30, 2006 shall also be considered.

 

1.230                  Section 409A means Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

 

1.240                  Securities Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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1.250                  Separation from Service means a “separation from service” from the Company and all of its Affiliates, within the meaning of Section 409A, other than for reasons of Retirement or death.

 

1.260                  Specified Employee has the meaning set forth in Section 409A, as determined each year in accordance with procedures established by the Company.

 

1.270                  Third Party Administrator means an independent third party selected by the Trustee and approved by the individual who, immediately prior to a Change of Control, was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or, if not so identified, the Company’s highest ranking officer (the “Ex-CEO”).

 

1.280                  Trust means the master trust established by agreement between the Company and the Trustee, which will be a grantor trust.

 

1.290                  Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or any successor trustee of the Trust described in Section 1.280 of this Plan.

 

Terms not otherwise defined in this Article I shall have meanings set forth in the Company Pension Plan document.

 

ARTICLE II
DETERMINATION OF BENEFITS

 

2.005                  Effective as of the close of business on September 30, 2006, and notwithstanding any other provision in this Plan (or in the Company Pension Plan) to the contrary, individuals who first become Employees after September 30, 2006 will not be eligible to become Participants in this Plan.   No benefits shall be accrued under this Plan after September 30, 2006, except pursuant to the Rule of 85.

 

2.010                  This Plan has been established by the Company as a non-qualified pension plan for benefits earned and vested on and after January 1, 2005 for those employees of the Company and its Affiliates whose retirement benefits under the Company Pension Plan are, in the determination of those benefits, reduced by reason of application of the Compensation Limit and/or the Benefit Limitation for benefits earned and vested on and after January 1, 2005.  This Plan also provides enhanced benefits to (a) Corporate Pilots, (b) Company Officers hired on or after January 1, 1993 but eligible for the pre-1993 formula under the Company Pension Plan, and (c) participants in the Company Pension Plan who deferred compensation under the Rockwell Collins Deferred Compensation Plan and attained 85 points under the Rule of 85 after December 31, 2004.  The Company shall pay from its general assets or from the Trust, as the case may be, to each Participant, or to the beneficiary, surviving spouse or joint annuitant of the Participant, a benefit which is equal to the amount of such reduction or enhancement and reduction or enhancement for benefits payable under the Pre-2005 Plan.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, all non-qualified pension benefits for Corporate

 

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Pilots are considered earned and therefore payable under this Plan and not the Pre-2005 Plan.

 

2.020                  If the monthly benefit for which a Participant would have been otherwise eligible at retirement under the Company Pension Plan is reduced because of application of the Compensation Limit, for purposes of determining the benefit payable under this Plan, a Participant’s Average Annual Earnings shall mean the highest amount that can be determined by averaging the Participant’s Earnings (as defined in the Company Pension Plan) for any five (5) calendar years within the ten (10) calendar years (or lesser period, if applicable) of active employment which immediately precede the earliest of the dates on which the Participant retires, dies, terminates or commences an approved absence for disability or the date of the Company Pension Plan freeze (September 30, 2006) in accordance with the Company Pension Plan.  In determining Average Annual Earnings (as defined in the Company Pension Plan), any calendar year in which the Participant has less than a full year of Credited Service (as defined in the Company Pension Plan) may be disregarded.

 

2.025                  In the case of a Participant who first becomes an Employee on or after January 1, 1993 and, prior to the earlier of his retirement from the Company or September 30, 2006 becomes a Company Officer, the monthly benefit payable to such Participant from this Plan shall be calculated pursuant to the same formula as is set forth in Section 5.010(a) of the Cert


 
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