Exhibit 10.16
BB&T
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION
PLAN FOR HIGHLY COMPENSATED
EMPLOYEES
(January 1, 2009
Restatement)
BB&T
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
PLAN
FOR HIGHLY COMPENSATED
EMPLOYEES
(January 1, 2009
Restatement)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF
PLAN
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1.1
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Establishment of Plan
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1.2
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Purpose of Plan
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1
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ARTICLE II
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DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
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2.1
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Defined Terms
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2.2
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Construction
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ARTICLE III
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CREDITS TO ACCOUNT
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3.1
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Salary Reduction Credits
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3.2
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Company Discretionary Credits
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ARTICLE IV
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NONFORFEITABILITY OF
ACCOUNTS
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ARTICLE V
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PAYMENT OF
BENEFITS
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5.1
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Distributions
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5.2
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Payment of Benefits Upon Separation from
Service
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11
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5.3
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Payment of Death Benefit
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5.4
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Rules
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ARTICLE VI
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UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY
PAYMENTS
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6.1
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Conditions for Request
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6.2
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Written Request
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6.3
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Processing of Request
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6.4
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Rules
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ARTICLE VII
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DEEMED INVESTMENTS AND ADJUSTMENT
OF ACCOUNTS
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7.1
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Account Administration
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7.2
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Deemed Investment of Accounts in Investment
Funds
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7.3
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Adjustment of Investment Fund
Accounts
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7.5
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Rules
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ARTICLE VIII
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ADMINISTRATION BY
COMMITTEE
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8.1
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Membership of Committee
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8.2
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Committee Officers; Subcommittee
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8.3
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Committee Meetings
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8.4
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Transaction of Business
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8.5
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Committee Records
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8.6
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Establishment of Rules
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8.7
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Conflicts of Interest
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8.8
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Correction of Errors
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8.9
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Authority to Interpret Plan
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8.10
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Third-Party Advisors
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8.11
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Compensation of Members
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8.12
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Committee Expenses
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8.13
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Indemnification of Committee
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ARTICLE IX
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FUNDING
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ARTICLE X
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ALLOCATION OF
RESPONSIBILITIES
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ARTICLE XI
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BENEFITS NOT ASSIGNABLE; FACILITY
OF PAYMENTS
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11.1
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Benefits Not Assignable
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11.2
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Payments to Minors and Others
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ARTICLE XII
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BENEFICIARY
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ARTICLE XIII
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF
PLAN
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ARTICLE XIV
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COMMUNICATION TO
PARTICIPANTS
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ARTICLE XV
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CLAIMS PROCEDURE
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15.1
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Filing of a Claim for Benefits
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15.2
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Notification to Claimant of Decision
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15.3
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Procedure for Review
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15.4
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Decision on Review
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15.5
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Action by Authorized Representative of
Claimant
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ARTICLE XVI
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PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYERS
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16.1
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Adoption by Affiliate
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16.2
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Single Plan
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16.3
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Service; Allocation of Costs
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16.4
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Committee
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16.5
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Authority to Amend and Terminate
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ARTICLE XVII
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COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16 OF THE
1934 ACT AND
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RULE 16B-3 TRADING
RESTRICTIONS
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ARTICLE XVIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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18.1
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Notices
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18.2
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Lost Distributees
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18.3
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Reliance on Data
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18.4
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Receipt and Release for Payments
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18.5
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Headings
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18.6
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Continuation of Employment
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18.7
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Construction
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18.8
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Nonliability of Employer
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18.9
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Severability
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18.10
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Merger and Consolidation
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18.11
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Withholding Taxes
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18.12
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Timing of 2005 Deferrals
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18.13
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Compliance with Section 409A
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Appendix A
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Investment Funds
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A-1
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Appendix B
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Participants
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B-1
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Appendix C
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Participating Affiliates
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C-1
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Appendix D
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Special Provisions Relating to Scott &
Stringfellow, Inc. and Stringfellow Financial, Inc. Deferral
Plan
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D-1
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BB&T
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION
PLAN
FOR HIGHLY COMPENSATED
EMPLOYEES
(January 1, 2009
Restatement)
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF
PLAN
1.1 Establishment of Plan
. Effective as of
January 1, 1998, BB&T Corporation (the
“Company”) adopted the BB&T Corporation
Supplemental Defined Contribution Plan for Highly Compensated
Employees (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain
eligible highly compensated employees of the Company and
participating Affiliates. As of November 1, 2001, the Plan was
amended and restated. As of the date of execution of this Plan
document, effective January 1, 2009, the Plan is hereby
amended and restated for compliance with Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
and the guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department
of Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service (collectively
“Section 409A”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and
after January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008, the Plan
has been operated, to the extent applicable, in good faith
compliance with Section 409A. Moreover, to the extent
applicable, the Company intends that the Plan comply with
Section 409A, and the Plan shall be construed consistently
with such intent.
1.2 Purpose of Plan
. The primary purpose of
the Plan is to supplement the benefits payable to certain
participants under the qualified BB&T Corporation 401(k)
Savings Plan to the extent that such benefits are curtailed by the
application of certain limits imposed by the Code. The Plan is also
intended to provide certain participants in the Company’s
executive incentive compensation plans with an effective means of
deferring a portion of the payments they are entitled to receive
under such plans on a pre-tax basis. All benefits from the Plan
shall be
payable solely from the general assets of the
Company and participating Affiliates. The Plan is comprised of both
an “excess benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(36) of ERISA and an unfunded plan maintained for the
purposes of providing deferred compensation to a “select
group of highly compensated employees” within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. The Plan,
therefore, is intended to be exempt from the participation,
vesting, funding, and fiduciary requirements of Title I of
ERISA.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
2.1 Defined Terms
. Whenever used in the
Plan, including Article I and this Article II, the following
capitalized terms shall have the meaning set forth below (unless
otherwise indicated by the context) rather than any definition
provided in the Savings Plan:
(1) The term “ Account
” shall mean the aggregate of the unfunded, separate
bookkeeping accounts established and maintained with respect to
each Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, which
may include the following such accounts:
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(i)
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a Salary
Reduction Account
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(ii)
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a Discretionary
Account; and
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(iii)
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a Profit
Sharing Account.
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Separate subaccounts shall be
established and maintained with respect to each separate
bookkeeping account, which shall include one or more
“Investment Fund Accounts” and which shall be adjusted
in the manner provided in Article VII.
(2) The term “ Accrued
Benefit ” shall mean with respect to each Participant the
balance credited to his Account as of the applicable Adjustment
Date following adjustment thereof as provided in Article
VII.
(3) The term “ Adjustment
Date ” shall mean each day securities are traded on the
New York Stock Exchange, except regularly scheduled holidays of the
Company.
(4) The term “
Affiliate ” shall mean any employer which, with the
Company, would be considered to be a single employer under Sections
414(b) and 414(c) of the Code, applied using 50%, rather than 80%,
as the percentage of ownership required with respect to such Code
sections. The status of an entity as an Affiliate relates only to
the period of time during which the entity is so affiliated with
the Company.
(5) The term “
Beneficiary ” shall mean the person, persons, or
entity designated or determined pursuant to the provisions of
Article XII of the Plan to receive the balance of the
Participant’s Account under the Plan, if any, after his
death.
(6) The term “ Board
” shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(7) The term
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder.
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(8) The term
“Committee” shall mean the Employee Benefits
Plan Committee which shall have the powers, duties, and
responsibilities set forth in Article VIII.
(9) The term “ Company
” shall mean BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina
corporation with its principal office at Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, or any successor thereto by merger, consolidation or
otherwise.
(10) The term “ Company
Discretionary Credits ” shall mean the amounts credited
to the Participant’s Discretionary Account by the Committee
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2.
(11) The term “Compensation
Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the
Board or its delegate; provided, however, that the authority to
make any determinations with regard to Employees who are officers
subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act shall at all times be
retained by the Compensation Committee.
(12) The term “ Covered
Compensation ” shall mean all wages within the meaning of
Section 3401(a) of the Code and all other payments of cash
compensation made by the Employer (in the course of the
Employer’s trade or business) to a Participant while a
Participant during a Plan Year for which the Employer is required
to furnish the Participant a written statement (as currently
reportable on Form W-2) under Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3), and
6052 of the Code, including any amounts contributed by the
Participant to an employee benefit plan maintained by the Employer
pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which are not includible
in the gross income of the Participant under Sections 125,
132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b) of the Code as well as any
cash compensation deferred pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the
Plan, but excluding any fringe benefits, welfare benefits; or
amounts paid or reimbursed by the Employer for moving expenses
incurred by the Participant to the extent that at the time of
payment it is reasonable to believe that these amounts are
deductible by the Participant under Section 217 of the Code
and including the following:
(13) The term “Deferral
Election Form ” shall mean the election form (including a
form in electronic, telephonic, or other format) executed by the
Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3 of the
Plan.
(14) The term
“Discretionary Account” shall mean the
bookkeeping account to be kept for each Participant to which
Company Discretionary Credits are credited.
(15) The term “ Eligible
Employee ” shall mean each Employee who is determined by
the Compensation Committee to be a highly compensated employee and
who is selected by the Compensation Committee to participate in the
Plan. In no event may an Employee whose annual compensation is less
than the dollar amount specified in Code
Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) be considered highly compensated for
purposes of the Plan. An Employee shall cease to be an Eligible
Employee immediately upon the first to occur of the following:
(i) the Employee’s Separation from Service;
(ii) the end of the Plan Year in which occurs the
determination by the Compensation Committee that the Employee
is
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no longer a highly compensated
employee; or (iii) the end of the Plan Year in which the
Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, determines that the
Employee shall no longer be eligible to participate in the
Plan.
(16) The term “
Employee ” shall mean an individual in the Service of
the Employer, provided that the relationship between him and the
Employer is the legal relationship of employer and
employee.
(17) The term “
Employer ” shall mean the Company and participating
Affiliates; Article XVI sets forth the special provisions
concerning participating Affiliates.
(18) The term “ Entry
Date ” shall mean January 1 of each Plan Year;
provided, however, that under special circumstances, such as the
acquisition of an Affiliate and in accordance with
Section 409A, the Committee may designate a date other than
January 1 of a Plan Year as an Entry Date.
(19) The term “ ERISA
” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder.
(20) The term “Former
S&S Participant” shall have the meaning provided in
Appendix D.
(21) The term “ Investment
Funds ” shall mean the mutual funds described in Appendix
A attached hereto; provided, however, that the Compensation
Committee shall determine from time to time the mutual funds to be
described in Appendix A and shall notify the Participants in
writing of the available Investment Funds from time to
time.
(22) The term “ Investment
Fund Credit ” shall mean, with respect to each Investment
Fund, a bookkeeping unit used for the purpose of crediting deemed
shares of such Investment Fund to the corresponding investment
subaccounts of each Participant’s Account. Each Investment
Fund Credit shall be equal to one share of the Investment Fund. The
value of each Investment Fund Credit shall be equivalent to the net
value of a share of the Investment Fund as of any Adjustment
Date.
(23) The term “1934
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(24) The term “
Participant ” shall mean with respect to any Plan Year
an Eligible Employee who has commenced participation in the Plan
and any former Eligible Employee who has an Accrued Benefit
remaining under the Plan. An Eligible Employee shall become a
Participant as of the Entry Date determined by the Committee;
provided, that an Eligible Employee shall not become a Participant
in the Plan unless the contributions to his Salary Reduction
Contribution (Before-Tax) Account, his Employer Basic Matching
Contribution Account, and his Employer Supplemental Matching
Contribution Account under the Savings Plan are less than such
contributions would otherwise be under the Savings Plan due to:
(A) the limitations described in Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k),
402(g) and 415 of the Code, or (B) the exclusion of deferrals
under
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Sections 3.1 and 3.3 of the Plan in
its definition of Compensation. A Participant shall cease to be an
active Participant as of the date he ceases to be an Eligible
Employee or as of the end of the Plan Year in which he ceases to be
a participant in the Savings Plan and any Incentive Compensation
Plan. A Participant who incurs a Separation from Service and who
later returns to Service will not be eligible to reenter the Plan
and become a Participant except upon satisfaction of the terms and
conditions established by the Committee in accordance with
Section 409A. The Committee shall maintain a list of the
Participants in the Plan, which shall be amended from time to
time.
(25) The term
“Performance-Based Compensation” shall mean
compensation the amount of which, or the entitlement to which, is
contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or
individual performance criteria relating to a performance period of
at least 12 consecutive months in which Participants perform
services. Performance criteria shall be established in writing not
later than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service
to which the criteria relate; provided that the outcome is
substantially uncertain at the time the criteria are established.
Performance-Based Compensation shall not include any amount or
portion of any amount that will be paid regardless of performance
or that is based upon a level of performance that is substantially
certain to be met at the time the criteria are
established.
(26) The term “ Plan
” shall mean the BB&T Corporation Supplemental Defined
Contribution Plan for Highly Compensated Employees, an unfunded,
non-qualified deferred compensation plan as herein restated or as
duly amended from time to time.
(27) the term “Plan
Administrator” shall mean the plan administrator as
provided in Section 8.2.
(28) The term “ Plan
Year ” shall mean the 12-calendar-month period ending on
December 31 of each year.
(29) The term “Profit
Sharing Account” shall mean the separate bookkeeping
account to be kept for each Former S&S Participant that is
attributable to the profit sharing credits made on behalf of such
Former S&S Participant to the S&S Plan.
(30) The term “Salary
Reduction Election Form” shall mean the election form
(including a form in electronic, telephonic, or other format)
executed by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.1 of the Plan.
(31) The term “Salary
Reduction Account” shall mean the separate bookkeeping
account to be kept for each Participant to which Salary Reduction
Credits shall be credited.
(32) The term “ Salary
Reduction Credits ” shall mean the amounts credited to
the Participant’s Salary Reduction Account by the Committee
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1 of the
Plan.
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(33) The term “ Savings
Plan ” shall mean the BB&T Corporation 401(k) Savings
Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
(34) The term “Section
409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the
guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of
Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.
(35) The term “Separation
from Service ” shall mean a termination of employment
with the Company and all Affiliates that is a “separation
from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A.
(36) The term “ Service
” shall mean employment by the Employer as an
Employee.
(37) The term “Specified
Employee” shall mean a “specified employee”
within the meaning of Section of Section 409A and the
Company’s Specified Employee identification policy, if
any.
(38) The term “ Spouse
” or “ Surviving Spouse ” shall mean,
except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the legally married or
surviving spouse of a Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
same-gender spouse shall not be deemed to be the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse of a Participant for any purpose under the
Plan.
(39) The term “S&S
Plan ” shall have the meaning provided in Appendix
D.
(40) The term
“Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean a severe
financial hardship as more fully defined in
Section 6.1.
2.2 Construction
. Wherever appropriate,
words used in the Plan in the singular may include the plural, or
the plural may be read as the singular. References to one gender
shall include the other. A capitalized term used, but not defined
in the Plan, shall have the same meaning given in Section 1 of
the Savings Plan, depending on the context in which the term is
used.
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ARTICLE III
CREDITS TO
ACCOUNTS
3.1 Salary Reduction
Credits
3.1.1 Amount of Salary
Reduction Credits . Each Participant who is a participant in the
Savings Plan may elect, by executing a Salary Reduction Election
Form prior to the applicable Entry Date, to reduce on a pre-tax
basis his Covered Compensation from the Employer for any Plan Year
by an amount equal to (a) minus (b), where:
(a) is the amount determined by
multiplying the Participant’s Covered Compensation by a
integral percentage that is set forth in his effective Salary
Reduction Form; and
(b) is an amount equal to the Salary
Reduction Contributions credited to the Participant’s Salary
Reduction Contribution (Before-Tax) Account under the Savings Plan
(determined under the Savings, including and the limitations
described in Sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g) and 415 of
the Code) for such Plan Year.
In the event that a
Participant’s first Entry Date is other than January 1
and it is his first year of eligibility under the Plan (taking into
consideration eligibility under all other nonqualified account
balance plans of the Company and of any Affiliate that are required
to be aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A in
determining whether such Plan Year is in fact the first year of
eligibility, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-2(a)(7)(ii), under a “plan” that
includes the Plan), such Participant may make an initial deferral
election in accordance with this Section 3.1.1 within 30 days
of becoming first eligible to participate under the Plan, but only
with respect to that portion of his Covered Compensation to be
earned for services to be performed subsequent to the election and
ending on December 31 of such Plan Year.
3.1.2 Time for Crediting
Accounts . Salary
Reduction Credits shall be credited to a Participant’s Salary
Reduction Credit Account as of the same time, and in the same
manner, that Salary Reduction Contributions are credited to the
Participant’s Salary Reduction Contribution (Before-Tax)
Account under the Savings Plan.
3.1.3 Administrative Rules
. An election pursuant to
this Section 3.1.1 shall be made by the Participant by
executing and delivering to the Committee a Salary Reduction
Election Form in accordance with such rules and procedures as are
adopted by the Committee from time to time. Except for the first
year of eligibility, the Salary Reduction Election Form must be
received by the Committee prior to the beginning of
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each Plan Year in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee. The Salary Reduction
Election Form of a Participant shall be irrevocable and shall
remain in effect for the Plan Year for which it is first made and
for all future Plan Years until it is revoked or changed by a new
election submitted pursuant to the rules of this Section 3.1
or the Participant ceases participation in the Plan. Any such
election with respect to Covered Compensation that is
Performance-Based Compensation must be received by the Committee in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee; provided,
however, that:
(i) the Committee does not receive
such election later than a date that is six months prior to the end
of the applicable performance period to which the services
relate;
(ii) the Participant has
continuously performed services from the later of the beginning of
the performance period or the date the performance criteria are
established through the date on which the deferral election is
made; and
(iii) in no event shall such
election be made after such Incentive Compensation has become
readily ascertainable.
3.2 Company Discretionary
Credits
3.2.1 Company Discretionary
Credits . The
determination of which Participant or Participants shall be
credited with a Company Discretionary Credit and the amount of such
credit shall be determined solely by the Company.
3.2.2 Time for Crediting
Accounts . Company
Discretionary Credits shall be credited by the Committee to a
Participant’s Discretionary Account at such time or times as
the Committee so designates.
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ARTICLE IV
NONFORFEITABILITY OF
ACCOUNTS
Upon Separation from Service, the
interest of a Participant in his Salary Reduction Account,
Discretionary Account and Profit Sharing Account, if any, shall not
be subject to forfeiture; provided, however, that in the event that
the Participant has engaged in misconduct, including, but not
limited to, embezzlement, larceny, theft, and other dishonest acts
affecting the Employer, or his engaged in direct competition with
the Employer while a Participant, such Participant shall forfeit
the entire interest in his Discretionary Account.
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ARTICLE V
PAYMENT OF
BENEFITS
5.1
Distributions
5.1.1 In General
. Except as otherwise
provided in Article VI relating payments in the events of an
Unforeseeable Emergency, the vested Accrued Benefit of a
Participant shall be distributed to, or with respect to, a
Participant only upon the Participant’s Separation from
Service or death. Payment of benefits on account of a Separation
from Service shall be made in accordance with Section 5.2.
Payment of benefits on account of the death of a Participant shall
be made in accordance with Section 5.3.
5.1.2 No Acceleration
. Except as otherwise
provided in Article VI relating payments in the events of an
Unforeseeable Emergency, and permitted under Section 409A, no
acceleration of the time and form of payment of a
Participant’s Accrued Benefit, or any portion thereof, shall
be permitted.
5.2 Payment of Benefits upon
Separation from Service
5.2.1 Form of Distribution
. The vested Accrued
Benefit of a Participant who has incurred a Separation from Service
shall be paid to the Participant, or applied for his benefit, under
one of the following options:
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Option A
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Term Certain
Option . Payment in
approximately equal monthly installments over a term certain not to
exceed 180 months; or
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Option B
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Lump Sum
Option . Payment in a
lump sum.
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The election of the distribution
option with respect to his vested Accrued Benefit (“Form
Election”) shall be made by the Participant on a form
approved by the Committee and filed with the Committee as provided
in Section 5.2.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Form
Elections are subject to the provisions of Section 5.2.2(b).
In the event that a Participant fails to elect a distribution
option or fails to make a timely election, his vested Accrued
Benefit shall be paid to him under the Lump Sum Option. The amount
of a Participant’s vested Accrued Benefit for purposes of any
distribution made pursuant to this Article V shall be determined as
of the Adjustment Date that such distribution is actually processed
by the Committee or its designee.
5.2.2 Commencement and Timing
of Distributions
(a) In General .
Except as otherwise provided in Article VI relating to payments in
the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, no benefit payments will
be made to the Participant from the Plan
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under this Section 5.2 until
the Participant has incurred a Separation from Service. Subject to
the provisions of Section 5.2.2(b) and Article XVII relating
to Specified Employees, payment of a Participant’s vested
Accrued Benefit shall commence within one of the following
periods:
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Option 1
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Distribution
shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the
Participant incurs a Separation from Service; provided that if such
60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the
Participant shall not have a right to designate the calendar year
of payment.
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Option 2
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Distribution
shall commence within the period beginning on the first day of
January of the Plan Year which next follows the Plan Year in which
the Participant incurred a Separation from Service and ending on
the last day of February of such Plan Year.
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Option 3
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Distribution
shall commence within the 60-day period next following the date the
Participant attains age 65 (provided that the Participant has
incurred a Separation from Service); provided that if such 60-day
period begins in one calendar year and ends in another, the
Participant shall not have a right to designate the calendar year
of payment.
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Option 4
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Distribution
shall commence within the period beginning on the first day of
January of the Plan Year which next follows the Plan Year in which
the Participant attains age 65 and ending on the last day of
February of such Plan Year (provided that the Participant has
incurred a Separation from Service).
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The election of the date as of which
distribution shall commence (the “Timing Election”)
shall be made by the Participant on a form approved by the
Committee and filed with the Committee as provided in
Section 5.2.3. If