Exhibit 10.18
BRUNSWICK
CORPORATION
2005 AUTOMATIC DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended and Restated
(Effective January 1, 2009)
SECTION 1
General
1.1. Purpose
. The Brunswick Corporation 2005 Automatic Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) was previously
established by Brunswick Corporation (the “Company”) to
provide for the deferral of compensation payable to Covered
Executives by the Company and Related Companies that would
otherwise be non-deductible by reason of section 162(m) of the
Code, and thereby avoid the loss of such deduction, and to
compensate the Covered Executives for such deferral. The
Plan applies to the deferral of amounts that are earned or become
vested after December 31, 2004. The Brunswick
Corporation Automatic Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Prior
Plan”) shall apply to the deferral of amounts that are earned
or become vested on or before December 31, 2004. The following
provisions constitute an amendment and restatement of the Plan,
effective as of January 1, 2009.
1.2. Code
. For purposes of the Plan, the term “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. References to sections of the Code also refer
to any successor provisions thereof. If, after the
Effective Date, there is a change in the provisions or
interpretation of Code sections 162(m) or 409A which would have a
material effect on the benefits of the Plan to a Covered Executive
or the Company, the Company shall revise the Plan in good faith to
preserve the benefits of the Plan for the Company, the Related
Companies, and the Covered Executives; provided, however, that if
any change to the Plan pursuant to this sentence is adverse to a
Covered Executive, the Covered Executive shall be provided with
reasonable compensation therefore.
1.3. Effective
Date . The “Effective Date” of this
amendment and restatement of the Plan is January 1,
2009.
1.4. Related
Companies . The term “Related Companies”
means any company during any period in which compensation paid to a
Covered Executive by such company would be required to be
aggregated with compensation paid to the Covered Executive by the
Company, in accordance with the affiliated group rules applicable
to Code section 162(m). The Company shall enter into
such arrangements with the Related Companies as it shall deem
appropriate to implement the terms of the Plan, and shall inform
the Covered Executive of any material failure to provide for such
implementation.
1.5. Operation and
Administration . The authority to control and manage
the operation and administration of the Plan shall be vested in the
Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the
“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Board”). In controlling and managing
the operation and administration of the Plan, the Committee shall
have the rights, powers and duties set forth in Section
6. Capitalized terms in the Plan shall be defined as set
forth in the Plan.
1.6. Applicable
Law . The Plan shall be construed and
administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois
to the extent that such laws are not preempted by the laws of the
United States of America.
1.7. Number
. Where the context admits words in the singular shall
include the plural and the plural shall include the
singular.
1.8. Notices
. Any notice or document required to be filed with the
Committee under the Plan will be properly filed if delivered or
mailed to the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, in care
of the Company, at its principal executive offices. The
Committee may, by advance written notice to affected persons,
revise such notice procedure from time to time. Any
notice required under the Plan may be waived by the person entitled
to notice.
1.9. Benefits Under
Qualified Plans . Compensation of any Covered
Executive that is deferred under the Plan, and benefits payable
under the Plan, shall be disregarded for purposes of determining
the benefits under any plan that is intended to be qualified under
section 401(a) of the Code.
1.10. Other Costs and
Benefits . The Plan is intended to defer, but not to
eliminate, payment of compensation to a Covered
Executive. Accordingly, if any compensation or benefits
that would otherwise be provided to a Covered Executive in the
absence of the Plan are reduced or eliminated by reason of deferral
under the Plan, the Company shall equitably compensate the Covered
Executive for such reduction or elimination, and the Company shall
reimburse the Covered Executive for any increased or additional
penalty taxes which the Covered Executive may incur by reason of
deferral under the Plan which would not have been incurred in the
absence of such deferral. In the event a Covered
Executive is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to the preceding
sentence, such reimbursement shall be made no later than the
last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which
the penalty taxes are paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, no reimbursement will be made for taxes
resulting from an increase or decrease in individual income tax
rates, or resulting from an increase in the amount of compensation
payable to the Covered Executive by reason of the accrual of
earnings or any other provision of the Plan.
1.11. Evidence
. Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be by
certificate, affidavit, document or other information which the
person acting on it considers pertinent and reliable, and signed,
made or presented by the proper party or parties.
1.12. Action by
Company . Any action required or permitted to be
taken by the Company or any Related Company shall be by resolution
of its board of directors, or by a duly authorized officer of the
Company or Related Company, as the case may be.
1.13. Withholding
. Except as otherwise provided by the
Committee, (i) the deduction of withholding and any other taxes
required by law will be made from all amounts paid in cash and (ii)
in the case of payments in shares of common stock of the Company
(“Company Stock”), the Participant shall be required to
pay in cash the amount of any taxes required to be withheld prior
to receipt of such Company Stock, or alternatively, a number of
shares of Company Stock the Fair Market Value (defined below) of
which equals the amount required to be withheld may be deducted
from the payment; provided, however, that the number
of shares of Company Stock so deducted may not have an aggregate
Fair Market Value in excess of the amount determined by applying
the minimum statutory withholding rate. “Fair
Market Value” means the closing price on the New York Stock
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the next preceding date on which a closing price was quoted;
provided, however, that the Committee may specify some other
definition of Fair Market Value.
1.14. Adjustments
. In the event of any increase or decrease in the number
of issued shares of Company Stock resulting from a subdivision or
consolidation of shares or other capital adjustment, or the payment
of a stock dividend or other increase or decrease in shares,
effected without receipt of consideration by the Company, or other
change in corporate or capital structure, the number and class of
securities distributable under this Plan and the number of share
units in Participants’ Automatic Stock Deferral Accounts
shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee; provided,
however, that any fractional shares resulting from any such
adjustment shall be eliminated. The decision of the
Committee regarding any such adjustment shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
SECTION 2
Participation
2.1. Covered
Executives . Subject to the terms of the Plan, an
individual shall be a “Covered Executive” subject to
the deferral requirements of the Plan for any year, if, for that
year, the individual is a “covered employee” with
respect to the Company, as that term is used in Code section
162(m)(3) and Treas. Reg. section 1.162-27(c)(2). The
provisions of the Plan shall not apply to any employee to the
extent that the employee is subject to an individual agreement with
the Company providing for automatic deferral of compensation to
avoid non-deductibility of compensation by reason of Code section
162(m).
2.2. Plan Not
Contract of Employment . The Plan does not
constitute a contract of employment, and participation in the Plan
will not give any employee the right to be retained in the employ
of the Company nor any right or claim to any benefit under the
Plan, unless such right or claim has specifically accrued under the
terms of the Plan.
SECTION 3
Automatic Deferral
3.1. Deferred
Amount . If a Covered Executive’s total
compensatio