Exhibit 10.1
ONEOK, Inc.
ANNUAL OFFICER INCENTIVE
PLAN
1. Name and Effective
Date. The plan hereby created shall be known as the
ONEOK, Inc. Annual Officer Incentive Plan
(“Plan”). The Plan shall be effective as of
January 1, 2000, and shall first apply with respect to the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2000. This Plan is intended to
replace the ONEOK, Inc. Key Employee Annual Incentive Plan, as
assumed on November 26, 1997. The Plan shall remain in
effect until terminated by the Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc.
(“Board of Directors”) pursuant to paragraph 13,
below.
2. Purpose
. The purpose of this Plan is to provide certain
officers of ONEOK, Inc. (the “Company”) who are
eligible for participation in the Plan under paragraph 4, below,
with a direct financial interest in the performance and
profitability of the Company, and particular business units
thereof, and to reward performance in employment with the
Company. It is the intention (but not the obligation) of
the Company that payment of Incentive Awards (as defined herein)
will be made annually in accordance with the terms of this
Plan.
3. Definitions
. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
following terms, when used in this Plan, shall have the meanings
set forth below:
“Board of Directors” shall mean the
Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc.
“Change in Control” shall mean the
occurrence of a change in control as defined in the ONEOK, Inc.
Severance Pay Plan.
“Committee” shall mean the Executive
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“Common Stock” shall mean the common
stock, par value $0.01, of ONEOK, Inc.
“Company” shall mean
ONEOK, Inc., its divisions and subsidiaries, or, any successor
thereto by merger, consolidation, liquidation, or other
reorganization.
“Disability” shall mean a physical
or mental infirmity which impairs the Participant’s ability
to perform substantially his or her duties for a period of
one-hundred eighty (180) consecutive days.
“Employee” shall mean an active
full-time employee of the Company, and shall exclude independent
contractors, or leased or temporary employees. Employees
included in other annual cash incentive plans shall not be
considered as Employees for the purpose
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of this Plan. Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Plan, separated and retired employees
shall not be considered as Employees for purposes of this
Plan.
“Executive Officer” shall mean an
individual elected as an Executive Officer of the Company by the
Committee for purposes of determination and payment of incentive
compensation awards under the Plan.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean the
12-month period utilized by the Company for financial accounting
purposes beginning each January 1 and ending on the next
following December 31.
“Incentive Award” shall mean the
awards of incentive compensation made to Participants in the Plan
pursuant to its terms.
“Long-Term Incentive Plan” shall
mean the ONEOK, Inc., Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously
known as the “ONEOK, Inc., Key Employee Stock
Plan”) established August 17, 1995, as
amended.
“Participant” shall mean an Employee
of the Company who is eligible for participation in the Plan under
the eligibility provisions of Paragraph 4 of this
Plan.
“Plan” shall mean this
ONEOK, Inc. Annual Officer Incentive Plan set forth herein and
as amended from time to time.
“Plan Year” shall mean the Fiscal
Year of the Company.
“Retirement” shall mean a voluntary
termination of employment of the Participant with the Corporation
and/or a division or subsidiary thereof by the Participant if at
the time of such termination of employment the Participant has both
completed five (5) years of service with the Corporation and/or a
division or subsidiary thereof and attained age fifty
(50).
4. Eligible Plan
Participants . Participation in the Plan shall
include Employees who are Executive Officers of the Company, but
shall exclude:
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Participants in
other designated annual cash incentive plans, which are designated
by the Committee and communicated to Employees prior to the Plan
Year, or as otherwise determined by the Committee; and
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Except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Plan, Employees whose
employment is terminated before December 31 of the Plan
Year.
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Except as otherwise provided herein, only
Participants who are eligible Employees and Executive Officers on
the active payroll of the Company on January 1, and who remain
as eligible Employees and Participants throughout the entire Plan
Year, shall be entitled to receive an Incentive Award for that Plan
Year; provided, however, that an individual who becomes an Employee
and Executive Officer after January 1 of the Plan Year may be made
eligible to participate in the Plan and receive a prorated
Incentive Award for that Plan Year, as determined by the
Committee.
5. Participant
Classifications and Awards . Participants in the
Plan shall be eligible to receive Incentive Awards for a Plan Year,
but shall not receive incentive awards under the Annual Employee
Incentive Plan (an “Employee Incentive Award”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an individual who is an Employee
but not an Executive Officer on January 1 of a Plan Year, and
thereafter is elected to be an Executive Officer at a subsequent
date during such Plan Year, that individual be entitled to receive
a prorated Incentive Award and a prorated Employee Incentive Award
as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
6.
Administration . The Plan shall be administered
by the Committee which shall be composed of at least three members
of the Board of Directors. The Committee is hereby
vested with full powers of administration of the Plan, subject only
to the provisions herein set forth. Members of the
Committee shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Awards or any
other financial benefit under the Plan. The Committee
shall act by a vote of a majority of a quorum or by unanimous
written consent. A majority of its members shall
constitute a quorum. The Board of Directors may, from
time to time, remove members from or add members to the
Committee. Vacancies on the Committee, arising for any
reason, shall be filled only by the Board of
Directors. Subject to Section 7, the Committee shall
have the authority to define, prescribe, amend and rescind rules,
regulations, procedures, terms and conditions relating to the
Plan. The Committee shall also have the authority to
make all other determinations necessary or advisable, in its sole
discretion, for the administration of the Plan, including but not
limited to interpreting the Plan, correcting defects, reconciling
inconsistencies and resolving ambiguities and determining all
questions that shall arise under the Plan, including questions as
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