Exhibit 10.08
SCANA
CORPORATION
SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE
PLAN
(As Amended and Restated
Effective January 1,
2009)
SCANA
CORPORATION
SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE
PLAN
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
1.
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PURPOSE AND
EFFECTIVE DATE
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1.1
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Purpose of the
Plan
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1
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1.2
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Effective Date
of the Plan
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1
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SECTION
2.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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2.1
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Definitions
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2
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2.2
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Gender and
Number
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4
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SECTION
3.
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ELIGIBILITY
AND PARTICIPATION
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5
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3.1
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Eligibility
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5
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3.2
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Participation
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5
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SECTION
4.
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INCENTIVE
AWARDS
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6
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4.1
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General
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6
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4.2
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Target
Incentive Awards
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6
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4.3
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Performance
Criteria and Measurement
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6
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4.4
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Preliminary
Determination
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6
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4.5
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Discretionary
Adjustment
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6
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4.6
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Final
Determination
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6
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4.7
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Last Day Worked
Rule
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7
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4.8
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Partial Year of
Participation
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7
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4.9
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No Guarantee of
Award
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7
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SECTION
5.
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FORM AND
TIMING OF PAYMENT
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8
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5.1
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Form and Timing
of Payment
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8
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5.2
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Termination of
Employment Due to Death, Disability or Retirement
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8
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5.3
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Termination of
Employment for Reasons Other Than Death, Disability or
Retirement
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8
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SECTION
6.
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BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATION
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9
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6.1
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Designation of
Beneficiary
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9
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6.2
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Death of
Beneficiary
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9
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6.3
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Ineffective
Designation
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9
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SECTION
7.
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CHANGE IN
CONTROL DISTRIBUTIONS
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11
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7.1
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Change in
Control Distributions
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11
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SECTION
8.
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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13
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8.1
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Contractual
Obligation
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13
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8.2
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Unsecured
Interest
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13
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8.3
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“Rabbi” Trust
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13
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8.4
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Employment/Participation Rights
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13
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8.5
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Nonalienation
of Benefits
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13
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8.6
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Severability
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14
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8.7
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No Individual
Liability
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14
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8.8
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Applicable
Law
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14
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SECTION
9.
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PLAN
ADMINISTRATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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15
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9.1
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In
General
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15
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9.2
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Claims
Procedure
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15
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9.3
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Finality of
Determination
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15
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9.4
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Delegation of
Authority
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15
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9.5
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Expenses
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15
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9.6
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Tax
Withholding
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15
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9.7
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Incompetency
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15
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9.8
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Notice of
Address
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16
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9.9
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Amendment and
Termination
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16
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SECTION
10.
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EXECUTION
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APPENDIX
A
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SCANA
CORPORATION
SHORT-TERM ANNUAL INCENTIVE
PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009)
SECTION
1. PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE
1.1
Purpose of the Plan . The SCANA Corporation
Short-Term Annual Incentive Plan (“Plan”) is an annual
incentive compensation plan having as its purpose the rewarding of
superior performance with a variable component of
pay. The Plan provides as an element of compensation an
award amount tied to certain annual performance
goals. The Plan is intended to support the achievement
of the Corporation’s strategic business and financial goals
in order to increase shareholder value by attracting and retaining
a high caliber of employees who are capable of improving the
Corporation’s business results. In furtherance of
this purpose, the Plan is intended to produce a competitive
incentive bonus package that correlates the compensation of such
employees with the performance of the Corporation.
1.2
Effective Date of the Plan . The original
effective date of the Plan was January 1, 2007. The
effective date of this amended and restated Plan shall be January
1, 2009.
2.1
Definitions . Whenever used herein, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless otherwise
expressly provided herein or unless a different meaning is plainly
required by the context, and when the defined meaning is intended,
the term is capitalized:
(a) “
Beneficial Owner ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Exchange Act.
(b) “
Beneficiary ” means any person or entity who, upon a
Participant’s death, is entitled to receive the
Participant’s benefits under the Plan in accordance with
Section 6 hereof.
(c) “
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
(d) “
Change in Control ” means a change in control of the
Corporation of a nature that would be required to be reported in
response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated
under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Corporation is then
subject to such reporting requirements; provided that, without
limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have
occurred if:
(1) Any
Person (as defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a
“group” as defined in Section 13(d)) is or becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Corporation;
(2) During
any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period
prior to December 18, 1996) there shall cease to be a majority of
the Board comprised as follows: individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board and any new director(s) whose
election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either
were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved;
(3) The
issuance of an Order by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under Section 9(a)(2) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935 (the “1935 Act”), authorizing a third party to
acquire five percent (5%) or more of the Corporation’s voting
shares of capital stock;
(4) The
shareholders of the Corporation approve a merger or consolidation
of the Corporation with any other corporation, other than a merger
or consolidation which would result in the voting shares of capital
stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting shares of capital stock of the
surviving entity) at least eighty percent (80%) of the combined
voting power of the voting shares of capital stock of the
Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after
such merger or consolidation; or the shareholders of the
Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s
assets; or
(5) The
shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete
liquidation, or the sale or disposition of South Carolina Electric
& Gas Company (hereinafter SCE&G), South Carolina Pipeline
Corporation, or any subsidiary of SCANA designated by the Board of
Directors of SCANA as a “Material Subsidiary,” but such
event shall represent a Change in Control only with respect to a
Participant who has been exclusively assigned to SCE&G, South
Carolina Pipeline Corporation, or the affected Material
Subsidiary.
(e) “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(f) “
Committee ” means the Human Resources Committee of the
Board. Any references in this Plan to the
“Committee” shall be deemed to include references to
the designee appointed by the Committee under Section
9.4.
(g) “
Corporation ” means SCANA Corporation, a South
Carolina corporation, or any successor thereto, or any of its
subsidiaries.
(h) “
Employee ” means a person who is actively employed by
the Corporation and who falls under the usual common law rules
applicable in determining the employer-employee
relationship.
(i) “
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(j) “
Incentive Award ” means a payment made pursuant to the
Plan at the end of a Performance Period.
(k) “
Officer ” means an Employee who serves as an
administrative executive and who is classified on the employment
records of the Corporation as an officer.
(l) “
Participant ” means an individual satisfying the
eligibility requirements of Section 3.
(m) “
Performance Period ” means each Year.
(n) “
Plan ” means this Amended and Restated Short-Term
Annual Incentive Plan.
(o) “
Senior Staff ” means those Officers who are classified
on the employment records of the Corporation as senior
staff.
(p) “
Target Incentive Award ” refers to a specified
percentage of annual base salary.
(q) “
Year ” means a calendar year.
2.2
Gender and Number . Except when otherwise
indicated by the context, any masculine terminology used herein
also shall include the feminine and the feminine shall include the
masculine, and the use of any term herein in the singular may also
include the plural and the plural shall include the
singular.
SECTION
3. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
3.1
Eligibility . Eligibility in the Plan is
restricted to (a) Employees eligible to participate in the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005; and (b) effective January 1, 2005: (i)
Employees with an annual base salary that is greater than or equal
to $90,000; (ii) Senior Staff of the Corporation; or (iii) Officers
of the Corporation.
3.2
Participation . Participation in the Plan is
restricted to (a) those Employees and Officers of the Corporation
who are eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1
of the Plan (automatic participation), and (b) those Employees who
are determined to be eligible for participation in the Plan, in the
discretion of the Committee based on its review of those eligible
for participation. Participation will be reevaluated
and determined at least once during the Performance
Period.
SECTION
4. INCENTIVE AWARDS
4.1
General . The objective of the Plan is to link
compensation to the achievement of certain performance goals
established by the Corporation. The Target Incentive
Award is payable to the Participant after the end of the
Performance Period, provided the performance goals as described in
Section 4.3 have been met.
4.2
Target Incentive Awards . Upon selection for
participation in the Plan pursuant to Section 3.2, Participants are
granted Target Incentive Awards equal to a percentage of their
annual base salary at the end of the Performance
Period. Target Incentive Awards for each Performance
Period are designated for each Participant as an amount equal to a
designated percentage of the Participant’s annual base
salary. The Target Incentive Award for Senior Staff and
Officers of the Corporation shall be determined by the Committee in
accordance with the specific salary grade as reflected in Appendix
A hereof. The Target Incentive Award for all other
Participants shall be determined by Senior Staff, in its
discretion.
4.3
Performance Criteria and Measurement . Senior
Staff shall establish the specific performance criteria for each
Participant; provided, however, that the Board shall establish the
performance criteria for the Chief Executive
Officer. Performance criteria shall include performance
goals based on Corporation earnings per share, business unit and/or
individual goals. Performance goals for each business
unit are reviewed annually by the Committee following a review of
the annual performance for the prior Year. Except with
respect to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the
Participant’s direct supervisor determines whether individual
performance goals have been met. The Board determines
whether the individual performance goals for the Chief Executive
Officer have been met.
4.4
Preliminary Determination . Subject to Sections
4.5 and 4.6, the performance achieved during each Performance
Period will preliminarily indicate a determination of the actual
amount payable under this Plan as a percentage of the Target
Incentive Award otherwise determined under Section 4.2 in
accordance with following:
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If Earnings Per Share Goal is
met,
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If Business Unit and/or Individual Goals are
met,
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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50% of Target Incentive Award is
Payable
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Only if both
Earnings Per Share Goals and Business Unit and/or Individual Goals
are met will 100% of the Target Incentive Award be
payable.
4.5
Discretionary Adjustment . After calculation of
the amount determined under Section 4.4, the Committee (or the
Board in the case of the Chief Executive Officer), in its sole
discretion may increase or decrease any award otherwise payable
hereunder to any or all Participants by an amount up to 20% of the
otherwise payable Incentive Award. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Committee may redefine for any Performance Period
the above category levels of performance as well as the respective
payout percentages of Target Incentive Awards.
4.6
Final Determination . The Committee will review
the award amounts determined based on the performance achieved and,
in its sole discretion, adjust the final payout amounts, not to
exceed plus or minus 50% of Target Incentive Award, for all
Participants in accordance with the purposes of this Plan to
reflect individual performance and/or extraordinary
circumstances.
In making
adjustments, the Committee may consider factors such as, but not
limited to, the following:
(a) Significant
acquisitions (or divestitures) within the Corporation’s
affiliated group;
(b) Significant
acquisitions or divestitures among peer group companies;
and
(c) Other
unusual items of material consequence.
4.7
Last Day Worked Rule . In order to receive a
payment of a Target Incentive Award hereunder, the Participant must
be employed on the last working day of the Performance Period,
unless the Participant has terminated employment during the Year on
account of death, disability or attainment of normal or early
retirement age (as determined under the SCANA Corporation
Retirement Plan). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Participant has terminated employment during the Year on account of
death, disability or attainment of normal or early
retirement age (as determined under the SCANA Cor