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Exhibit 10.1
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FIRSTPOWER
ANNUAL BONUS PLAN
Corporate Staff and
Shared Services
Effective January 1, 2008
The purpose of this Annual Bonus Plan ("Plan") is to motivate
employees to achieve the Company's strategic objectives, ensure
linkage between rewards/performance to strategic objectives, and
provide significant awards for top performance commensurate with
achieved results.
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2.0
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PLAN PERFORMANCE PERIOD
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The Plan Performance Period will be the Company's fiscal year
beginning January 1st and ending December 31st annually.
3.1 Designated Employees in salary job grades
L05 to L07, E06 and E07 may participate in the Plan provided they
do not participate in any other bonus or incentive plan.
Non-Employee Directors are not eligible to participate in this
Plan.
3.2 Designated Employees in salary job grades
L04 or E05 may be eligible to participate in the Plan provided
their duties meet the following guidelines as determined by their
Group or Staff Division Manager:
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3.2.1 Major revenue production.
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3.2.2
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Significant expense control
management.
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3.2.3 Operating unit
management with a large employee base and subordinate managers.
3.2.4 Significant
responsibility to develop or recommend plans that effect corporate
performance.
3.3 A written FirstPower Plan that complies
with Section 5.0 must be submitted on a form approved by the
Committee in order to be eligible for any incentive award under
this Plan.
3.3.1 The Committee is
composed of the EVP - Employee Services and any other officers of
the Company as designated by the EVP - Employee Services
("Committee").
3.4 Designated Employees promoted or hired into
the eligible salary job grades during the Plan Performance Period
shall be automatically eligible to
participate in the Plan provided they meet the
criteria specified in paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 and they are promoted
or hired no later than September 30th of the plan year.
3.4.1 These
employees will participate on a prorated basis according to the
number of months of eligibility provided the written FirstPower
Plan as described in paragraph 3.3 is submitted and approved by the
Group Manager within one month from the date of hire or
promotion.
3.4.2 Designated
Employees promoted during the annual officer review cycle (normally
in February) will be eligible to participate as if they were
eligible on January 1st of the Plan year.
3.4.3 Employees
hired or promoted into the eligible salary job grades after
September 30th will become eligible to participate in the Plan
beginning January 1 of the following Plan year.
3.5 Subject to Section 3.6, a Participant who terminates
employment, either voluntarily or involuntarily, before payment of
a Bonus Award is ineligible for any Bonus Award (defined as "The
cash award determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 4.1, as
adjusted by Sections 7.0 and 8.0) under this Plan.
3.5.1 In the event
of death, disability or retirement, the Committee may at its
discretion grant a Bonus Award depending on the circumstances of
the particular case.
3.6 Terminated Participants who have received notice of the amount
of their Bonus Award but have not received actual payment due to
their execution of a deferral agreement as described herein will
continue to be entitled to receive payment of their award as
provided in the deferral agreement.
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4.0
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ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESS OF THE PLAN
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4.1 Each participant in the Plan must have a FirstPower Plan
(Paragraph 3.3) for the Plan Year completed and signed by his
manager in accordance with the published schedule.
4.1.1 The FirstPower
Plans will be held by the participant’s manager during the
Plan Year.
4.1.2 The FirstPower
Plans will then be forwarded to the participants' respective
managers for grading in accordance with Section 6.0 and returned to
the Compensation Department where the awards will be tentatively
calculated.
4.1.3 Group Managers
and Staff Division Managers will be provided a list of their
employees by name and of the tentatively calculated awards for
review.
4.1.4 Following
management's review, the recommended awards will be reviewed and a
Bonus Award for each Participant shall be determined and approved
by the Committee whose decision is final.
4.1.5 After approval
by the Committee, payment of awards under the Plan will be made as
soon as practicable.
4.2 The participant may elect to defer payment of his Bonus Award
by execution of the Deferral Agreement for the currently offered
deferral program(s).
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4.2.1
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Only cash awards may be deferred.
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4.3 No employee has any claim or right to be included in the Plan
or to be granted a Bonus Award.
4.3.1 The
designation of an individual as a participant in the Plan does not
alter the nature of the Participant's employment
relationship.
4.3.2 The Committee
reserves the right to modify or terminate the Plan with or without
notice, in whole or in part, at any time.
4.4 Employees are encouraged to be aggressive in pursuing business
objectives; however, as noted in our ethics policies, employees are
expected to maintain the highest level of integrity.
Misrepresentation or manipulation of objectives results will be
grounds for termination. Employees should consult with their
manager or ESRM for guidance. Corporate ethics policies are located
on Firstnet at
http://www.myfirstnet.com/Corpcomm/Ethics/default.shtml.
5.1 The FirstPower Plan (paragraph 3.3) is a written document
approved by the Committee that formalizes the participant's Key
Result Areas, Specific Measures and Goals, Action Plan, Target
Weighting, and percentage achievement of bonus measures.
5.2 The Key Result Areas (KRA's) should include both Financial and
Strategic components.
5.2.1 As part of the
goals to achieve these KRAs, goals relating to the creation of
value and loyalty of all relevant constituencies (employees,
customers, shareholders and communities) may be
included.
5.3 Plans will normally not have more than five objectives that
measure the Key Result Areas. This limitation is intended to
establish a sharp focus and priority on objectives that support
Company strategy.
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6.0
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CALCULATION OF INCENTIVE AWARDS
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6.1 The maximum performance level assigned to each FirstPower plan
component (i.e., Financial, Strategic) will be 100%.
6.2 Extraordinary achievement may be considered in applying a + 25%
discretionary adjustment (See Section 7.0).
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6.3
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The maximum Bonus Award is 150% of the target
award.
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6.3.1 The maximum
Bonus Award may be achieved with a combination of the discretionary
adjustment and a positive adjustment by The Corporate Performance
factor. Please refer to paragraphs 7.0 and 8.0 respectively for
additional information on the discretionary adjustment and the
Corporate Performance factor.
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6.4
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Awards as a percent (%) of eligible salary in the
Plan:
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Grades
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Target
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100%
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L07, L06 and E07
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45.0%
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L05 and E06
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40.0%
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L04 and E05
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20.0%
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6.5 Eligible Salary is defined as actual earnings in the following
payroll categories:
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