Exhibit 10.10
STATE STREET
CORPORATION
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
DIRECTORS
(January 1, 2008
Restatement)
ARTICLE I
NAME AND PURPOSE OF PLAN AND
DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Name and
Effective Date . The Plan
set forth herein is an amendment, restatement and continuation of
the State Street Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for
Directors, originally established effective June 19, 1975.
Except as otherwise provided, this restatement shall have effect
with respect to amounts earned in respect of services on or after
January 1, 2008.
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1.2
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Deferrals
Prior to 2005 . Deferrals
of amounts earned in respect of services prior to January 1,
2005, as to which the applicable terms and conditions have not been
materially modified on or after October 4, 2004, shall remain
subject to their original terms and to the State Street Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors in effect prior to
October 4, 2004.
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1.3
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Deferrals
Prior to 2008 . Deferrals
not described in Section 1.2 made prior to January 1,
2008 shall be subject to the terms of the Plan as set forth herein.
With respect to such deferrals, the Plan Administrator shall honor
the original terms of payment, except that any reference therein to
termination of employment shall be deemed to require a Separation
from Service, and shall also honor any changes in time or form of
payment made pursuant to available transition relief;
provided , however , that any change in time or form
of payment after December 31, 2008 will be subject to
Section 5.4.
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1.4
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Definitions . Capitalized terms have the meaning set forth
below unless a different meaning is required by the
context:
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(a)
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“
Account ” means an account established for a
Participant’s benefit under Section 3.4.
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(b)
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Annual Stock Award ” means the annual award of shares
of Stock to Directors.
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(c)
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Beneficiary ” means the person or persons designated
by a Participant in writing, subject to such rules as the Plan
Administrator may prescribe, to receive benefits under the Plan in
the event of the Participant’s death. In the absence of an
effective designation at the time of a Participant’s death,
the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be his or her surviving
spouse or domestic partner, or if none, his or her issue per
stirpes , or if none, his or her surviving parents, or if none,
his or her estate.
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(d)
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“
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
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(e)
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
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(f)
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“
Compensation ” means a Director’s Retainer Fees,
Meeting Fees, and Annual Stock Award.
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(g)
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“
Corporation ” means State Street Corporation and any
successor thereto.
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(h)
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“
Deferred Compensation Agreement ” means a written
agreement described in Section 3.1. Each Deferred Compensation
Agreement shall be in a form approved by or acceptable to the Plan
Administrator.
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(i)
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“
Director ” means a director of the Corporation who is
not an employee of the Corporation or of any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates.
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(j)
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“
Disabled ” and “ Disability ,” with
respect to a Participant, mean that the Participant is unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than 12 months, or that the Participant has been
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration.
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(k)
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Entry Date ” means each January 1.
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(l)
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“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
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(m)
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“
Meeting Fees ” means the fees payable in cash to
Directors for attendance at Board and Board committee
meetings.
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(n)
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“
Participant ” means a Director who elects to
participate in the Plan or who has an Account under the
Plan.
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(o)
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“
Plan ” means the State Street Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan for Directors, as from time to time amended and
in effect.
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(p)
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“ Plan
Administrator ” means the Plan Administrator appointed
pursuant to Section 6.1
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(q)
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“ Plan
Year ” means the calendar year
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(r)
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Retainer Fees ” means any annual retainer payable to a
Director, whether payable in cash or Stock.
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(s)
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Section 409A ” means Section 409A of the Code,
including the regulations and other applicable Internal Revenue
Service guidance thereunder.
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(t)
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Separation from Service ” means a “separation
from service” (as defined at Section 1.409A-1(h) of the
Treasury Regulations) from State Street and all other corporations
and trades or businesses, if any, that would be treated as a single
“service recipient” with State Street under
Section 1.4094-1(h)(3) of the Treasury Regulations; and
correlative terms shall be construed to have a corresponding
meaning.
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(t)
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“
Stock ” means the common stock of the
Corporation.
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
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2.1
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Commencement
of Participation . Except
as the Board otherwise determines (consistent with the requirements
of Section 409A), a Director may elect, prior to any Entry
Date following his or her election to the Board, to commence
participation as of such Entry Date.
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2.2
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Termination
of Participation . A
Director shall remain a Participant until his or her Accounts have
been fully distributed.
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ARTICLE III
ELECTION TO DEFER
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3.1
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Deferred
Compensation Agreement .
Prior to the beginning of any Plan Year, a Director may elect to
defer a portion of his or her Compensation in respect of services
performed in such Plan Year by entering into a Deferred
Compensation Agreement with respect to such Compensation.
Compensation that is deferred shall be credited to one or more
Accounts of the Participant as soon as practicable after the
Compensation would otherwise have been paid.
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3.2
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Election
Procedures .
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(a)
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Advance
elections required . A
Deferred Compensation Agreement must be entered into, if at all,
irrevocably prior to the applicable Entry Date for the Plan Year in
which the services to which the Compensation relates is to be
performed (or by such earlier date as the Plan Administrator may
prescribe consistent with the requirements of Section 409A).
Once a Deferred Compensation Agreement becomes effective for a Plan
Year, it may not be modified or revoked by the
Participant.
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(b)
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Other
requirements . Except as
otherwise determined by the Plan Administrator, a new Deferred
Compensation Agreement must be timely executed for each Plan
Year.
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3.3
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Compensation
to be Deferred . A
Director may elect to defer either 50% or 100%, but no other or
different portion or percentage, of each type of Compensation (
i.e. , Annual Stock Award, Meeting Fees, and Retainer Fees)
which may become payable to him or her currently with respect to
services as a Director during any Plan Year by entering into a
Deferred Compensation Agreement with respect to 50% or 100%, as the
case may be, of any such Compensation.
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3.4
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Accounts. The
Plan Administrator shall establish an Account or Accounts for each
Participant reflecting elective deferrals and any adjustments under
this Section 3.4.
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(a)
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Stock
deferrals . An Account
established for a Participant in connection with the deferral of an
award otherwise payable in shares of Stock shall be denominated in
Stock units (each representing a share of Stock). An Account
described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be equitably
adjusted by the Plan Administrator to reflect any stock dividends,
stock splits or combinations of shares (including a reverse stock
split), recapitalizations or other changes in the
Corporation’s capital structure, and shall be adjusted in
connection with the payment of any dividend or other distribution
on the Stock to reflect the notional (hypothetical) reinvestment of
the amount of the dividend or distribution in additional shares of
Stock, such additional shares being treated thereafter (including
with respect to subsequent dividends and distributions) in the same
manner as the shares initially deferred. Any notional reinvestment
shall be deemed to have been made using the closing price of the
Stock on the date the dividend or other distribution was
paid.
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(b)
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Cash
deferrals . All Accounts
not described in Section 3.4(a) shall be adjusted for notional
(hypothetical) investment experience as described in this
Section 3.4(b). The Plan Administrator shall designate for
purposes of the Plan one or more investment alternatives (each, a
“tracking option”), including, if the Plan
Administrator so determines, a tracking option notionally invested
in shares of Stock and, if the Plan Administrator so determines, a
tracking option that offers a return of notional interest. Each
Participant shall have the opportunity to allocate Accounts not
described in Section 3.4(a) and/or additional cash deferrals
among the available tracking optio
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