Exhibit 10.26
BUNGE LIMITED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(as Amended as of December 31, 2008)
1.
Purpose
The Plan is established for the
purpose of providing members of the Board who are not employees of
Bunge Limited or any Subsidiary with the opportunity to defer
receipt of all or a portion of their Director Fees and, if
applicable, Other Deferral Amounts, as such terms are defined
below.
All amounts credited to Accounts
under the Plan shall be subject to Section 409A and no portion
of any Non-Employee Director’s Account shall be grandfathered
for purposes of Section 409A. The Plan shall be
construed and administered in all respects in a manner that is
intended to result in Section 409A Compliance.
2.
Defined Terms
As used in the Plan, the following
terms shall have the indicated meanings:
“ Account
” means a bookkeeping account maintained on the books and
records of Bunge Limited to record the number of Share Units
credited to a Non-Employee Director.
“ Beneficiary
” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by a
Non-Employee Director (on such form and in accordance with such
rules and procedures as the Committee shall approve) to
receive distribution of the Non-Employee Director’s Deferred
Amounts in the event of the Non-Employee Director’s
death. A Non-Employee Director may revoke or change such
designation at any time, except that no Beneficiary designation
shall be effective unless it is in writing and received by Bunge
Limited prior to the date of the Non-Employee Director’s
death.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Directors of Bunge Limited.
“ Bunge Limited
” means Bunge Limited, a company organized under the laws of
Bermuda.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(a)
the acquisition by any person of beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of
35% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not
include any such acquisition by any employee benefit plan of Bunge
Limited, or any person or entity organized, appointed or
established by Bunge Limited for or pursuant to the terms of any
such employee benefit plan;
(b)
consummation after approval by the shareholders of Bunge Limited of
either (A) a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of
Bunge Limited or (B) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation
of Bunge Limited with any other corporation, the issuance of voting
securities of Bunge Limited in connection with a merger,
amalgamation or consolidation of Bunge Limited or sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Bunge
Limited or the acquisition of assets of another corporation (each,
a “ Business
Combination ”), unless, in each
case of a Business Combination, immediately following such Business
Combination, all or substantially all of the individuals and
entities who were the beneficial owners of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more
than 50% of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock and 50% of the combined
voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of
the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including,
without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction
owns Bunge Limited or all or substantially all of Bunge
Limited’s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the
Common Stock; or
(c)
within any 24
month period, the persons who were directors immediately before the
beginning of such period (the “ Incumbent Directors ”) shall cease (for any
reason other than death) to constitute at least a majority of the
Board or the board of directors of a successor to Bunge
Limited. For this purpose, any director who was not a
director at the beginning of such period shall be deemed to be an
Incumbent Director if such director was elected to the Board by, or
on the recommendation of or with the approval of, at least
two-thirds of the directors who then qualified as Incumbent
Directors (so long as such director was not nominated by a person
who has expressed an intent to effect a Change of Control or engage
in a proxy or other control contest);
; provided , however ,
that with respect to any distribution that is subject to
Section 409A and payment is to be accelerated in connection
with the Change of Control, no event(s) set forth in clauses
(a), (b) or (c) above shall constitute a Change of
Control for purposes of the Plan unless such event(s) also
constitutes a “change in the ownership”, “change
in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership
of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company as
defined under Section 409A.
“ Code ”
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any
applicable rulings and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Committee
” means the committee appointed from time to time by the
Chief Executive Officer of Bunge Limited to administer the
Plan.
“ Common Stock
” means the common shares of Bunge Limited, par value U.S.
$0.01 per share.
“ Crediting Date
” means, unless the Committee determines otherwise,
(i) with respect to Deferred Amounts, the date on which such
Deferred Amounts would have been paid to a Non-Employee Director
but for the Non-Employee Director’s Deferral Election and
(ii) with respect to dividend equivalents on Share Units, the
date that corresponding dividends are paid on shares of Common
Stock, as set by Bunge Limited.
“ Deferral
Election ” means (i) a Non-Employee
Director’s annual written election on an Election Date to
defer payment of all or a portion of his Director Fees, subject to
the terms and conditions of the Plan and/or (ii) a
Non-Employee Director’s election on an Election Date to defer
payment of any Other Deferral Amount, in accordance with the terms
of the Plan, and any other applicable plan, program or
arrangement. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may
permit a Non-Employee Director to make a separate Deferral Election
with respect to his annual retainer fees and committee fees.
Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Deferral Election
shall be irrevocable.
“ Deferral
Period ” means a period elected in writing by a
Non-Employee Director at the time of his Deferral Election for the
voluntary deferral of the Deferred Amounts subject to the
election. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a
Deferral Period shall be a period of not less than thirty-six
months commencing immediately following the first day of the
Service Period to which the Deferral Period relates.
“ Deferred
Amount ” means the U.S. Dollar amount of Director
Fees and Other Deferral Amounts (if applicable) deferred by a
Non-Employee Director pursuant to a Deferral Election. For
purposes of the distribution provisions of the Plan, Deferred
Amount also includes any additional Share Units credited thereon as
a result of the payment of dividends on the Common Stock
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“ Director Fees
” means the annual retainer fees and committee fees paid (or
otherwise payable but for a Deferral Election) to a Non-Employee
Director during an applicable Service Period in connection with his
services as a Non-Employee Director.
“ Election Date
” means (i) with respect to Director Fees, the date
specified by the Committee on a Deferral Election prior to the
commencement of a Service Period as the deadline on which a
Deferral Election must be made and (ii) with respect to Other
Deferral Amounts, the date as may be specified by the Committee on
the Deferral Election applicable to such Other Deferral
Amounts.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
any applicable rulings and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Fair Market
Value ” means the closing price for a share of Common
Stock for the market trading day of the date of determination (or,
if no closing price was reported on that date, on the last trading
date prior to the date of determination on which a closing price
was reported) on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in The
Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems
reliable.
“ Non-Employee
Director ” means a member of the Board who is not
then an officer or employee of Bunge Limited or any
Subsidiary.
“ Other Deferral
Amounts ” means a payment amount (i) that is not
Director Fees, (ii) that, at the election of a Non-Employee
Director may be deferred under the Plan pursuant to the terms of
the pertinent plan, agreement or arrangement through which a
Non-Employee Director becomes entitled to receive such payment,
including, without limitation, the Bunge Limited 2007 Non-Employee
Directors Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, and
(iii) that is otherwise payable to the Non-Employee Director
but for a Deferral Election.
“ Payment
Election ” means an election as to the form and
timing of distribution of a Non-Employee Director’s Deferred
Amounts elected in writing by the Non-Employee Director at the time
of his corresponding Deferral Election made by the Election
Date. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, in its sole
discretion, the form of distribution pursuant to a Payment Election
shall be in the form of either shares of Common Stock or cash, in a
single distribution, or in up to twenty-five (25) annual
installment distributions.
“ Plan ”
means this Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors of
Bunge Limited.
“
Section 409A ” means Section 409A of
the Code
“ Section 409A
Compliance ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Separation from
Service” means
a Non-Employee Director’s “separation from
service” from the Company as determined under the default
provisions included in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(h) or any successor regulation thereto;
provided , however for the purposes of determining
which entity is a service recipient or employer, “at least 20
percent” is substituted for “at least 80 percent”
in each place it appears in Treasury Regulation
§1.414(c)-2.
“ Service Period
” means a calendar year or such other period as the Committee
may specify from time to time.
“ Share Unit
” means a hypothetical share unit purchased and credited to
the Account of a Non-Employee Director that shall be equal, as of
any date of determination, to the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock.
“ Subsidiary
” means any corporation in which Bunge Limited beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the securities
entitled to vote in the election of directors of the
corporation.
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3.
Deferral Elections
(a)
Eligibility.
All
Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to participate in the
Plan.
(b)
Deferral Elections
. Each Non-Employee
Director shall be offered the opportunity to make a Deferral
Election as specified in this Section 3(b). A
Non-Employee Director shall make a Deferral Election for a Service
Period by completing, signing and submitting during a period
specified by the Committee ending on the Election Date a Deferral
Election in the form approved from time to time by the Committee,
in its sole discretion. The Committee may require a
Non-Employee Director, as a condition to submitting a Deferral
Election, to make such representations and warranties, and to agree
to such undertakings and conditions, as the Committee shall
determine, in its sole discretion.
(c)
Payment Elections
.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, at the time a Non-Employee
Director makes a Deferral Election, the Non-Employee Director shall
also make a Payment Election in which he shall specify whether
payment of the Deferred Amount shall be made or commenced
(i) within sixty (60) days following the Non-Employee
Director’s Separation from Service or (ii) the earlier
of within sixty (60) days following (A) the Non-Employee
Director’s Separation from Service or (B) the last day
of the applicable Deferral Period.
4.
Accounts
(a)
Crediting of Share Units . The Deferred Amount
elected pursuant to a Deferral Election shall be credited in the
form of Share Units to the Account maintained in a Non-Employee
Director’s name in the manner contemplated by
Section 6. In addition, if a dividend is distributed to
the shareholders of Common Stoc