Exhibit 10.322
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
CORPORATION
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
II
(Effective December 9,
2004)
(Amended and Restated December 12,
2007)
(Amended and Restated October 23,
2008)
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE 1:
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PURPOSE
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1.1
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Establishment
of the Plan
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1
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1.2
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Purpose of the
Plan
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1
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ARTICLE 2:
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DEFINITIONS
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2.1
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Definitions
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2.2
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Gender and
Number
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3
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ARTICLE 3:
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ADMINISTRATION
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3
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3.1
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Committee and
Administrator
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3
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ARTICLE 4:
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PARTICIPANTS
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3
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4.1
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Participants
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ARTICLE 5:
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DEFERRALS
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5.1
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Salary
Deferrals
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5.2
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Deferrals of
Bonuses, Commissions and Other Cash Incentive
Compensation
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5.3
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Timing of
Elections
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5.4
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Deferral
Procedures
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5.5
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Election of
Time and Manner of Payment
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5.6
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Accounts and
Earnings
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5.7
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Maintenance of
Accounts
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5.8
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Change in
Control
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5.9
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Payment of
Deferred Amounts
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5.10
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Payment on
Certain Events
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ARTICLE 6:
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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6.1
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Unfunded
Obligation
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6.2
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Informal
Funding Vehicles
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6.3
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Beneficiary
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6.4
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Incapacity of
Participant or Beneficiary
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6.5
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Nonassignment
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6.6
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No Right to
Continued Employment
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6.7
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Tax
Withholding
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12
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6.8
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Claims
Procedure and Arbitration
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6.9
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Termination and
Amendment
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6.10
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Applicable
Law
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THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN II
ARTICLE 1: PURPOSE
1.1 Establishment of the
Plan.
Effective as of December 9,
2004, The Charles Schwab Corporation (hereinafter, the
“Company”) established The Charles Schwab Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan II (the “Plan”), as set
forth in this document. This Plan shall apply to cash compensation
that is earned, deferred and accrued by eligible Participants after
December 31, 2004.
1.2 Purpose of the Plan.
The Plan permits participating
employees to defer the payment of certain cash compensation that
they may earn. The opportunity to elect such deferrals is provided
in order to help the Company attract and retain key employees. This
Plan is unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees. It is accordingly intended to be
exempt from the participation, vesting, funding, and fiduciary
requirements set forth in Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974. The Plan also is intended to meet the
requirements of section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, (the “Code”) and is to be construed in
accordance with that section and any regulatory guidance issued
thereunder.
ARTICLE 2: DEFINITIONS
2.1 Definitions.
The following definitions are in
addition to any other definitions set forth elsewhere in the Plan.
Whenever used in the Plan, the capitalized terms in this
Section 2.1 shall have the meanings set forth below unless
otherwise required by the context in which they are
used:
(a) “Administrator” the
administrator described in Section 3.1 that is selected by the
Committee to assist in the administration of the Plan.
(b) “Beneficiary” means
a person entitled to receive any payments that remain to be paid
after a Participant’s death, as determined under
Section 6.3.
(c) “Board” means the
Board of Directors of the Company.
(d) “Company” means The
Charles Schwab Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(e) “Category 1
Participant” and “Category 2 Participant” each
refer to a specific Participant group and have the meaning set
forth in Section 4.1.
(f) “Committee” means
the Compensation Committee of the Board.
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(g) “Deferral Account”
means the account representing deferrals of cash compensation, plus
investment adjustments, as described in Sections 5.6 and
5.7.
(h) “Disability” means a
condition such that an individual is “disabled” within
the meaning of section 409A of the Code and any regulatory guidance
promulgated thereunder. Generally, an individual who is disabled
(a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or (b) is,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not
less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(i) “Participant” means
any employee who meets the eligibility requirements of the Plan, as
set forth in Article 4, and includes, where appropriate to the
context, any former employee who is entitled to payments under this
Plan.
(j) “Plan” means The
Charles Schwab Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan II, as in
effect from time to time.
(k) “Plan Year” means
the calendar year.
(l) “Retirement” shall
mean: a Separation from Service with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries for any reason other than death at any time after the
Participant has attained age fifty (50), but only if, at the time
of such termination, the Participant has been credited with at
least seven (7) Years of Service for deferrals elected prior
to October 23, 2008. For deferrals elected on or after
October 23, 2008, “Retirement” shall mean: a
Separation from Service with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries for any reason other than death at any time after the
Participant has attained age fifty-five (55), but only if, at the
time of such termination, the Participant has been credited with at
least ten (10) Years of Service.
For purpose of this subparagraph
(l), the term “Years of Service” shall have the same
meaning given to it under the SchwabPlan Retirement Savings and
Investment Plan (or any successor plan).
(m) “Separation from
Service” or “Separate(s) from Service” means
“Separation from Service” within the meaning of section
409A of the Code and any regulatory guidance promulgated
thereunder. Generally, a separation from service occurs when an
individual ceases to provide services for the Company and its
affiliates.
(n) “Specified Employee”
means a “specified employee” within the meaning of
section 409A of the Code and any regulatory guidance promulgated
thereunder, provided that in determining the compensation of
individuals for this purpose, the definition of compensation in
Treas. Reg. § 1.415(c)-2(d)(2) shall be used.
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(o) “Subsidiary” means a
corporation or other business entity in which the Company owns,
directly or indirectly, securities with more than 80 percent of the
total voting power.
(p) “Unforeseeable
Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the
Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or the
Participant’s dependent (as defined in section 152(a) of the
Code); (ii) loss of the Participant’s property due to
casualty; or (iii) other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant, as determined in the sole
discretion of the Administrator in accordance with section 409A of
the Code.
(q) “Valuation Date”
means each December 31 and any other date designated from time
to time by the Committee for the purpose of determining the value
of a Participant’s Deferral Account balance pursuant to
Section 5.6.
2.2 Gender and Number.
Except when otherwise indicated by
the context, any masculine or feminine terminology shall also
include the neuter and other gender, and the use of any term in the
singular or plural shall also include the opposite
number.
ARTICLE 3: ADMINISTRATION
3.1 Committee and
Administrator.
The Committee shall administer the
Plan and may select one or more persons to serve as the
Administrator. The Administrator shall perform such administrative
functions as the Committee may delegate to it from time to time.
Any person selected to serve as the Administrator may, but need
not, be a Committee member or an officer or employee of the
Company. However, if a person serving as Administrator or a member
of the Committee is a Participant, such person may not vote on a
matter affecting his or her interest as a Participant.
The Committee shall have
discretionary authority to construe and interpret the Plan
provisions and resolve any ambiguities thereunder; to prescribe,
amend, and rescind administrative rules relating to the Plan; to
select the employees who may participate and to terminate the
future participation of any such employees; to determine
eligibility for benefits under the Plan; and to take all other
actions that are necessary or appropriate for the administration of
the Plan. Such interpretations, rules, and actions of the Committee
shall be final and binding upon all concerned and, in the event of
judicial review, shall be entitled to the maximum deference
allowable by law. Where the Committee has delegated its
responsibility for matters of interpretation and Plan
administration to the Administrator, the actions of the
Administrator shall constitute actions of the Committee.
ARTICLE 4: PARTICIPANTS
4.1 Participants.
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Officers and other key employees of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan upon selection by the Administrator. To be
nominated for participation, an employee must be a member of a
select group of management or highly compensated employees.
Directors of the Company who are full-time employees of the Company
shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Participating
employees of the Company in the position of Executive Vice
President or above shall be “Category 1 Participants.”
All other participating employees shall be “Category 2
Participants.”
ARTICLE 5: DEFERRALS
5.1 Salary Deferrals.
Each Category 2 Participant selected
under Section 4.1 may elect to defer up to 50 percent of his
or her regular base salary (subject to the provisions of this
Article 5). Any such election must be made by entering into a
deferred compensation agreement with the employer in accordance
with procedures established by the Administrator on or before the
applicable deadline under Section 5.3 for the election period
during which the services for which the deferred salary is to be
earned are performed. Deferral elections shall apply only to a
single Plan Year and new deferral elections must be made with
respect to each Plan Year.
5.2 Deferrals of Bonuses,
Commissions and Other Cash Incentive Compensation.
Each Category 1 Participant and each
Category 2 Participant may elect to defer all or any portion
(subject to the provisions of this Article 5) of (a) his or
her commissions (if permitted by the Administrator for the
applicable Plan Year); and (b) any amount that he or she
subsequently earns under an annual cash bonus program and/or a
long-term cash incentive compensation program of the Company or a
participating Subsidiary. Any such election must be made by
entering into a deferred compensation agreement with the employer
in accordance with procedures established by the Administrator on
or before the applicable deadline under Section 5.3. Deferral
elections shall apply only to a single Plan Year and new deferral
elections must be made with respect to each Plan Year.
5.3 Timing of Elections.
(a) Except as otherwise provided
under subparagraph (b) or (c) or (d) below,
compensation for services performed during a Plan Year may be
deferred at the Participant’s election only if the election
to defer such compensation is made not later than the close of the
preceding Plan Year or, if permitted by the Administrator in its
sole discretion, at such other time permitted under the
Code.
(b) To the extent permitted under
section 409A of the Code and any regulatory guidance promulgated
thereunder, in the case of the first Plan Year in which a
Participant becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the
Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that the
Participant may make an election to defer compensation for services
to be performed subsequent to the election provided that
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election is made not later than 30 days after
the date the Participant becomes eligible to participate in the
Plan. The election shall only apply to compensation earned after
the effective date of the election.
(c) In the case of
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
section 409A of the Code and any regulatory guidance promulgated
thereunder that is based on services performed over a period of at
least 12 months, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion,
provide that the Participant may make an election to defer such
performance-based compensation provided that such election is made
not later than 6 months before the end of such performance
period.
(d) In the case of “sales
commission compensation” and “investment commission
compensation” within the meaning of section 409A of the Code
and any regulatory guidance promulgated thereunder, the
Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide that the
Participant may make an election to defer such commission
compensation at such other time permitted under the Code and any
regulatory guidance promulgated thereunder.
5.4 Deferral Procedures.
Subject to Section 5.3,
Participants eligible to elect salary deferrals under
Section 5.1 shall have an opportunity to do so with respect to
each Plan Year. Participants eligible to elect deferrals under
Section 5.2 shall have a separate opportunity to do so for
each (a) cash bonus under an annual bonus program;
(b) cash bonus or incentive payment under a long-term
incentive plan; and (c) if permitted by the Administrator,
commission that they may earn. The Administrator shall specify the
rules for the deferrals that may be elected. If a deferral is
elected, the election shall be irrevocable with respect to the
particular compensation that is subject to the election after the
deadline for such deferrals as set forth in Section 5.3.
Deferral elections shall be made on a form prescribed by the
Committee or the Administrator. As provided in Section 6.7,
any deferral is subject to appropriate tax withholding measures and
may be reduced to satisfy tax withholding requirements.
5.5 Election of Time and Manner of
Payment.
(a) At the time a Participant makes
a deferral election under Section 5.1 or 5.2, the Participant
shall also designate the manner of payment and the date on which
payments from his or her Deferral Account shall begin. Subject to
Section 5.5(b), a Participant may elect from among the
following options:
(i) a lump sum payable in the month
of February of any year that the Participant specifies;
(ii) a lump sum payable in the month
of February in the year immediately following the
Participant’s Retirement;
(iii) a series of annual
installments, commencing in any year selected by the Participant
and payable each year in February, over a period of four years;
or
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(iv) a series of annual
installments, commencing in the year following the
Participant’s Retirement and payable each year in February,
over a period of five, ten, or fifteen years, as designated by the
Participant.
Notwithstanding the terms of a
Participant’s election regarding the manner and date of
payment, if a Participant incurs a Separation from Service for any
reason other than Retirement or if the Participant does not have a
valid election in place, the payment of the Participant’s
entire Deferral Account, including any unpaid installments pursuant
to subparagraph (iii) above, shall be made in a single lump
sum in the year following the Participant’s Separation from
Service in February. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, if (i) a payment is to commence upon a
Participant’s Retirement or other Separation from Service,
(ii) the Participant is a Specified Employee at the time of
the Separation from Service, and (iii) the Separation from
Service occurs after July, such payment shall commence in the year
following the Participant’s Separation from Service in
July.
Any election of a specified payment
date pursuant to subparagraphs (i) or (iii), above, shall be
subject to any restrictions that the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, choose to establish in order to limit the number of
different payment dates that a Participant may have in effect at
one time.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Plan, except as otherwise permitted under section
409A of the Code, a Participant’s Deferral Account shall not
be distributed earlier than (i) Separation from Service or, in
the case of a Specified Employee, the date that is at least six
(6) months after Separation from Service;
(ii) Disability; (iii)&n