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WHEREAS, PPL
Services Corporation ("PPL") assumed sponsorship of the PPL
Corporation Directors Deferred Compensation Plan ("Plan") effective
July 1, 2000; and
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WHEREAS, the
Plan was most recently amended and restated effective February 14,
2000, and subsequently amended by Amendments No. 1, 2 and 3;
and
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WHEREAS, PPL
desires to further amend the Plan and the PPL Corporation Employee
Benefit Plan Board has authorized the following changes;
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NOW, THEREFORE,
the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
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I. Effective May 1, 2008, Paragraphs
2, 6, 7, 8 and 11 are amended to read:
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"Mandatory
Deferral Amount" means a
portion of the retainer fee payable to the Participant equal to an
amount established by resolution of the Committee from time to
time, but in no event later than December 31 of the calendar year
preceding the calendar year in which the retainer fee is earned by
the Participant.
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“Section 409A”
means Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and final Treasury Regulations
issued thereunder.
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“Separation from Service”
means a “separation from
service” as defined in Section 409A.
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"Stock
Account" means the
account of Deferred Compensation established for each Participant
solely as a bookkeeping entry and described in Paragraph 7.1 of
this Plan.
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"Stock
Unit" means a unit equal
in value from time-to-time to the Fair Market Value of one share of
Common Stock.
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"Total
Amount Payable" means the
amount credited to a Participant's Cash Account and the
Participant's Stock Account.
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“Unforeseeable Emergency”
means “unforeseeable
emergency” as defined in Section 409A.
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Deferred
Cash Compensation.
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Any election to
defer or change the amount of Cash Compensation to be deferred for
any subsequent calendar year after the first calendar year of
eligibility may be made by Participant not later than December 31
of the year preceding such calendar year by filing with the EBPB an
election form; provided, however, that an election once made will
be presumed to continue with respect to subsequent years unless
timely changed or revoked by Participant in accordance with
Sections 6 (c) and (d). Participant, may, prior to
December 31, 1994, elect to defer some or all of his Cash
Compensation otherwise payable after July 1, 1995 to this Stock
Account.
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Participant may
revoke his election to defer Cash Compensation for any calendar
year by so notifying the EBPB in writing not later than December 31
of the year preceding the year for which the revocation will be
effective. In order for such notification to be
effective, it must be actually received by PPL Services Corporation
Payroll Section by such date. For any subsequent
calendar year, Participant may resume his election to defer if he
files with the EBPB an election form not later than December 31 of
the year preceding such subsequent calendar year.
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The deferral of
Cash Compensation remain effective for all years, unless the
election is revoked pursuant to paragraph (d). An
election, once made, will be irrevocable except as provided in
Sections 6 (c) and (d).
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Cash
Account . PPL
Corporation shall maintain a Cash Account in the name of each
Participant. Such Cash Account shall be maintained as
follows:
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Participant's
Cash Account shall be credited in substantially equivalent
frequency and with a calculated rate of return substantially
equivalent to the rate of return that would have been realized had
the Cash Account been invested in one or more mutual fund choices
offered by the PPL Deferred Savings Plan, but not the Fidelity
Brokerage Link. The mutual fund or funds utilized to
calculate the rate of return on the Participant’s Cash
Account shall be that mutual fund or funds elected by the
Participant in writing on an election form submitted to the
EBPB. The Participant may change investment choices in
the same manner as may be permitted by the Deferred Savings Plan
for similar mutual fund choices in that Plan. If a
Participant fails to elect any mutual fund, the rate of return
shall be calculated as if the Blended Interest Rate Fund was
elected.
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The Total
Amount Payable shall be payable at the election of the Participant
within thirty (30) days after the later of the following
events:
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Participant
experiences a Separation from Service; or
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the age elected
by the Participant, provided such age is not greater than
75.
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Such election
shall apply to the payment of b
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