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Title: Teradyne, Inc. Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors
Governing Law: Massachusetts     Date: 11/7/2008
Industry: Semiconductors     Sector: Technology

Teradyne, Inc. Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors, Parties: teradyne  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

Teradyne, Inc.

Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors

(Restated Effective January 1, 2005)

WHEREAS, Teradyne, Inc. (the “Company”) has established the Teradyne, Inc. Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors, effective January 1, 2001, and amended as of March 1, 2003, (the “Prior Plan”) which provides each Non-Employee Director of the Company with an election to defer receipt of his or her Compensation from the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to amend and restate such Prior Plan to comply with Section 409A with respect to Compensation deferred after December 31, 2004 and expand the elections permitted under the Prior Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends and restates the Prior Plan to read in its entirety as set forth below, as so amended and restated (the “Plan”). The Plan has been operated in compliance with Section 409A since January 1, 2005 with respect to amounts subject to Section 409A. This amendment and restatement is intended to memorialize any changes in operation of the Plan as of that date as required by Section 409A. All other changes are effective as otherwise provided herein.

 

1.

Eligibility.

Each person who is a Non-Employee Director on December 1, 2004 is eligible to participate in the Plan for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2005. All other persons who are Non-Employee Directors on December 1 of any calendar year beginning in or after December 1, 2005 are eligible to participate in the Plan Year beginning the immediately following January 1. A Non-Employee Director who is eligible to participate may become a Participant by making a deferral election with respect to Compensation payable in the following Plan Year under Section 2. Eligibility to participate in the Plan for any Non-Employee Director automatically ends upon the termination of the individual’s status as a member of the Board of Directors. If the Non-Employee Director becomes an Employee then any deferral election for Compensation payable in the Plan Year in which such employment commences shall remain in effect for the balance of the Plan Year but no further deferral elections may be made under the Plan.

 

2.

Participation.

A. Each Non-Employee Director who makes an election to defer the receipt of Compensation for any Plan Year must complete a Deferral Election Form, no later than the December 1 prior to the first day of the Plan Year with respect to which it is intended to be effective and deliver such completed form to the Company’s HR director or other designated Company Employee. A Deferral Election Form may be modified or withdrawn by the Participant prior to December 1 preceding the Plan Year to which it relates. The last completed form delivered to the HR director prior to or on December 1 and not withdrawn as of that date, shall be considered the Deferral Election Form for the upcoming Plan Year and shall be irrevocable after such December 1.

 

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B. Each Non-Employee Director who does not timely complete and deliver a Deferral Election Form for any Plan Year shall not defer receipt of any Compensation for such Plan Year and shall receive any and all Compensation to which he or she is entitled during such Plan Year in accordance with the Company’s customary practices.

 

3.

Elections.

The Deferral Election Form for each Plan Year Deferral shall include the following elections:

A. An election to defer all the cash Compensation or, effective for Plan Years beginning January 1, 2007, all the Shares or both that are otherwise payable to the Non-Employee Director in the next Plan Year.

B. An election of the manner in which the cash portion of the Plan Year Deferral shall be allocated under the terms of Section 4(B)(1), as amended from time to time.

C. An election as to whether the Plan Year Deferral is payable, on distribution, in a lump sum or, effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2007, such number of annual installments (up to a maximum of 15) as the Non-Employee Director elects.

 

4.

Accounting.

A. The Company or its designee shall establish an account for each Participant for recordkeeping purposes only, including sufficient subaccounts to reflect all of Participant’s elections in Section 3 for all such Participant’s Plan Year Deferrals. The account and subaccounts are intended only for the purposes of determining the amounts to be distributed to the Participant under the Plan. Grandfathered Accounts shall be subject only to the terms of the Plan which were in effect under the Prior Plan, unless the Board elects at any time, to make them subject to the terms of the amended and restated Plan by a resolution to that effect.

B. The account and subaccount shall be adjusted as follows:

1. Cash deferred by any Participant will be allocated, in accordance with the Participant’s election, to either (a) a notional account, or (b) a Deferred Stock Unit account (“DSU Account”).

a. Notional Account . Any amount which the Participant has allocated to a notional account, shall be credited with earnings, quarterly, at the rate in effect at the beginning of each Plan Year on 10 year Treasury Notes.

b. DSU Account . Any amount which the Participant has allocated to the DSU Account will be converted into a number of Deferred Stock Units on the date the cash amounts deferred would have been paid to the Participant. The number of Deferred Stock Units credited to the Participant’s DSU Account with respect to each cash deferral shall be determined by dividing the cash amount deferred by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date. If any cash dividends are subsequently declared with respect to the Common Stock then the cash that would

 

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have been paid to the Participant as dividends if he or she had owned the number of whole shares of Common Stock represented by the Deferred Stock Units shall, on the date such dividend is paid, be credited to the notional account of the Participant with respect to the Plan Year Deferral to which such Deferred Stock Units relate and shall thereafter be credited with earnings as provided in Section 4(B)(1)(a).

2. Any Shares deferred by the Participant shall be separately accounted for under this Section 4(B)(2), in a subaccount of the DSU Account. The number of Shares deferred shall also be converted into Deferred Stock Units, crediting the Participant with one Deferred Stock Unit for each Share deferred. Any Shares which are not vested at the time they are credited to the DSU Account shall be continue to vest in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreement evidencing the award of such Shares. Any cash dividends payable with respect to the deferred Shares shall be treated as specified in Section 4(B)(1)(b) and shall vest in accordance with the terms applicable to the Shares.

 

5.

Voting and Dividend Rights in Deferred Stock Units.

No Participant shall be entitled to any voting rights or to receive (except as provided in Section 4(B)) any dividends with respect to any amounts or Shares treated as converted into Deferred Stock Units.

 

6.

Distributions.

A. Generally . Distributions of each Plan Year Deferral shall be made as a lump sum, or in installments, in accordance with the terms of the Deferral Election Form the Participant has completed with respect to the Plan Year Deferral. A Participant shall become entitled to distributions following his or her separation from service as defined in Section 409A. Such distributions shall be made or commence within 90 days after the date of the Participant’s separation from service, subject to the provisions of Section 6(F). If distributions are to be made in installments then each annual installment shall be made within 30 days before or after the anniversary of the first installment distribution, except that if the first installment is delayed in accordance with Section 6(F), then each successive annual installment will be made within 90 days day following the anniversary of the Participant’s separation from service.

B. Lump Sum . Any distributions of a Plan Year Deferral to be made in a lump sum shall consist of (i) cash, which is an amount equal to the aggregate balance in the Participant’s notional account with respect to such Plan Y


 
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