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Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan

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Title: Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
Date: 2/27/2009

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, Parties: baltimore gas & electric co , constellation energy group  inc
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Exhibit No. 10(b)

 

Constellation Energy

Group, Inc.

Nonqualified Deferred

Compensation Plan

 

Amended and Restated Effective

January 1, 2009

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Purpose and Nature of the Plan

1

 

 

Part I: FOR BENEFITS EARNED AND VESTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2005

 

 

 

 

1.

Definitions

2

2.

Plan Administration

3

3.

Eligibility and Participation

4

4.

Basic Compensation Deferral Election

4

5.

Incentive Award Deferral Election

5

6.

Other Award Deferral Election

5

7.

Matching Contributions

6

8.

Plan Accounts

6

9.

Distribution of Plan Accounts

7

10.

Beneficiaries

9

11.

Valuation of Interest

9

12.

Withdrawals

10

13.

Compliance with Code Section 409A

10

14.

Miscellaneous

11

 

 

 

 

 

Part II: FOR BENEFITS EARNED AND VESTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2005

 

 

 

 

1.

Definitions

13

2.

Plan Administration

14

3.

Eligibility and Participation

14

4.

Basic Compensation Deferral Election

15

5.

Incentive Award Deferral Election

15

6.

Other Award Deferral Election

16

7.

Matching Contributions

16

8.

Death Benefit Contribution

16

9.

Rollover Contributions

16

10.

Plan Accounts

16

11.

Distribution of Plan Accounts

17

12.

Beneficiaries

19

13.

Valuation of Interest

20

14.

Withdrawals

20

15.

Miscellaneous

21

 



 

PURPOSE AND NATURE OF THE PLAN

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the “Company”) established the Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (“Plan”) and maintains the Plan as an unfunded retirement plan for a select group of management or highly compensation employees.  The purpose of this Plan is to enable certain management and key employees of Constellation Energy Group and its subsidiaries to accumulate additional retirement income through deferral of compensation and receipt of matching contributions in excess of those permitted by the Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan.  The Plan is  divided into two parts: the first applicable to benefits earned and vested on or after January 1, 2005, which are subject to Internal Revenue Code section 409A, and the second applicable to benefits earned and vested before January 1, 2005, which are “grandfathered” under Internal Revenue Code section 409A.

 

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PART I:                                                    FOR BENEFITS EARNED AND VESTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2005

 

1.                                        Definitions .  All words beginning with an initial capital letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Savings Plan.  All singular terms defined in this Plan will include the plural and vice versa .  As used herein, the following terms will have the meaning specified below:

 

“Basic Compensation” means such compensation as set forth in the Employee Savings Plan, without regard to the Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) annual compensation limitation.

 

“Code” means Internal Revenue of 1986, as amended.

 

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy Group.

 

“Constellation Energy Group” means Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or its successor.

 

“Death Benefit Contributions” means the death benefit contributions described in Section 8.

 

“Deferred Compensation” means any compensation payable by Constellation Energy Group or its subsidiaries to a participant that is deferred under the provisions of this Plan.

 

“Eligibility Date” means the date Plan Administrator designates as the date that an employee becomes eligible for the plan, generally a hire or promotion date.

 

“Employee Savings Plan” means the Constellation Energy Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan.

 

“Executive Annual Incentive Plan” means the Executive Annual Incentive Plan of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan, and/or any other incentive plan designated in writing by the Plan Administrator.

 

“Incentive Award” means an award granted under the Executive Annual Incentive Plan or the Senior Management Annual Incentive Plan.

 

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“Key Employee” means an employee listed each year by Constellation Energy Group on the Key Employee List as required by Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(i), which shall generally be comprised of officers, and shall include but not be limited to: the 50 most highly paid officers having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted from time to time); 5% owners; and 1% owners that have annual compensation from Constellation Energy Group greater than $150,000 (as adjusted from time to time). Key Employees shall be identified as of December 31 of each year, and the List shall take effect on April 1 of the year following.

 

“Matching Contributions” means the matching contributions described in Section 7.

 

“Plan Accounts” means amounts of a participant’s and employer’s contributions, and earnings under the Plan.

 

“Plan Administrator” means, as set forth in Section 2, the senior human resources executive of Constellation Energy Group, Inc..

 

“Rabbi Trust” means the trust established by Constellation Energy Group pursuant to Grantor Trust Agreement dated as of April 30, 1999 between Constellation Energy Group and T. Rowe Price Trust Company.

 

“Senior Management Annual Incentive Plan” means the Senior Management Annual Incentive Plan of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan, and/or any other incentive plan designated in writing by the Plan Administrator.

 

“Severance from Service Date” means the date that the employee dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment such that it is reasonably anticipated that the employee will perform no additional services, or the level of bona fide services performed would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed in the immediately preceding 36-month period.

 

2.                                        Plan Administration .  The senior human resources executive of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. is the Plan Administrator and has the sole authority (except as specified otherwise herein) to interpret the Plan, and, in general, to make all other determinations advisable

 

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for the administration of the Plan to achieve its stated objective.

 

Appeals of written decisions by the Plan Administrator may be made to the Committee.  Decisions by the Committee shall be final and not subject to further appeal.  The Plan Administrator shall have the power to delegate all or any part of his/her duties to one or more designees, and to withdraw such authority, by written designation.

 

3.                                        Eligibility and Participation .  Each officer, management or key employee of Constellation Energy Group or its subsidiaries, may be designated in writing by the Plan Administrator as eligible to participate with respect to one or more of the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, which designation will also indicate whether all or part of such participant’s Plan Accounts will be held in the Rabbi Trust and shall identify the Eligibility Date.  Once designated, eligibility shall continue until such designation is withdrawn at the discretion and by written order of the Plan Administrator.  Notwithstanding subsequent withdrawal of eligibility of an employee, such an employee with Plan Accounts will remain a participant of the Plan, except that no further deferrals of compensation under the Plan are permitted.  While designated as eligible with respect to one or more of the provisions of Sections 5, 6, or 7, an employee may participate in the Plan to the extent set forth in such designation. A newly eligible employee shall begin participating in the Plan no earlier than the January 1 of the year following the date that is 31 days after the employee’s Eligibility Date.

 

4.                                        Basic Compensation Deferral Election .  Unless otherwise designated in writing by the Plan Administrator, a participant may defer Basic Compensation as set forth in this Section 4.  A participant may elect to defer up to 15% of monthly Basic Compensation.  A participant may also elect to defer up to 85% of monthly Basic Compensation, if any, after cumulative monthly Basic Compensation for the calendar year exceeds the dollar limitation set forth in Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17) (as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)).  Any deferrals shall be in 1% multiples, or in such other manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, subject to adjustment as necessary to provide for any required withholding taxes.

 

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(a)                                   Initial election :  The initial election shall be made by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, but no later than December 31 of the year in which the date that is 31 days after the Eligibility Date occurs.  Such election shall be effective as of the beginning of the year following the date that is 31 days after the Eligibility Date.

 

(b)                                  Annual election :  An election shall be made by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, but no later than December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the Basic Compensation is earned.  The election shall be effective as of the beginning of the year in which the services connected with the Basic Compensation are to be performed.

 

(c)                                   Revocation : An election may be revoked by notification in the form established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, and shall be effective as of the beginning of the year following the year during which the revocation is received by the Plan Administrator

 

5.                                        Incentive Award Deferral Election .  Unless otherwise designated in writing by the Plan Administrator,  a participant may elect to defer Incentive Award compensation in 1% multiples, or in such other manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, subject to adjustment as necessary to provide for any required withholding taxes.  Such election shall be made annually by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time, but no later than December 31 of the year preceding the Incentive Award performance year.  Such election shall be effective as of the first day of the performance year.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan Administrator may permit a deferral election of Incentive Award compensation up to a date no later than 6 months before the end of the performance year. Such election shall be effective as of the first day of the performance year.

 

6.                                        Other Deferral Election .  Unless otherwise designated in writing by the Plan Administrator, a participant may elect to defer, in 1% multiples, other forms of compensation that are designated in writing by the Plan Administrator.  Such election must be made prior to the date upon which there is a legally binding right to payment, by notification in the form and manner

 

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established by the Plan Administrator from time to time.  Such election is effective upon execution.  All elections under this Section are irrevocable once effective.

 

7.                                        Matching Contributions . Matching Contributions are made by Constellation Energy Group to the Plan, after a participant’s cumulative monthly Basic Compensation for the calendar year exceeds the dollar limitation set forth in Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a) (17) (as adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a) (17) (B)), in an amount equal to the rate of Company Matching Contributions under the Employee Savings Plan multiplied by a participant’s monthly Basic Compensation deferral.

 

8.                                        Plan Accounts . Contributions shall be (a) credited to participant Plan Accounts as soon as practicable; (b) to the extent designated by the Plan Administrator, held for the benefit of the participant in the Rabbi Trust; and (c) credited with earnings at the T. Rowe Price Summitt Cash Reserves Fund rate, or such other fund as shall replace this fund in the Employee Savings Plan.  However, a participant may elect (by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time) to have all or a portion of his/her Plan Accounts credited with earnings at a rate equal to the T. Rowe Price Summitt Cash Reserves Fund rate, the T. Rowe Price New Income Fund rate, or one or more of the rates earned by investment options available under the Employee Savings Plan, except the Common Stock Fund and the Interest Income Fund.  Earnings are credited to Plan Accounts commencing on the day the contributions are credited to the Plan Accounts.   Plan Accounts will be valued daily in the same manner as for Investment Funds under the Employee Savings Plan.

 

A participant may elect to change the investment options for future contributions, which election shall be effective when the next contributions are credited to the participant’s Plan Accounts.  A participant may elect to reallocate to other investment options current Plan Accounts, which election shall be effective at the same time as, and valued in accordance with, the interfund transfer provisions under the Employee Savings Plan.  Such elections shall be made by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time.

 

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Earnings are credited to Plan Accounts through the date of distribution, and amounts held for installment payments shall continue to be credited with earnings, as specified in this Section 8.

 

9.                                        Distributions of Plan Accounts .  Distributions of Plan Accounts shall be made in cash only, and to the extent designated by the Plan Administrator, from the Rabbi Trust. Subject to Section 9(c), distribution elections shall be effective as of the date received by the Plan Administrator.

 

(a)                                   Elections as to timing.

 

(i)                                      Timing of distribution.   At the time of the participant’s initial deferral election pursuant to Section 4(a), the participant shall elect (in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time) to begin distributions (A) in the calendar year following the calendar year of the participant’s Severance from Service Date; (B) in the year following the year in which a participant attains age 70-1/2, if later, or (C) any calendar year between (A) and (B). The single payment or the first installment payment, whichever is applicable, shall be made within the first sixty (60) days of the calendar year elected for distribution. Subsequent installments, if any, shall be made within the first sixty (60) days of each succeeding calendar year until the participant’s Plan Accounts are distributed.  In the event no timely election is made, a participant shall receive the distribution within the first sixty (60) days of the year following the participant’s Severance from Service Date.

 

(ii)                                   Six-month delay for Key Employees . Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participant who is also a Key Employee shall receive no benefit payments before the date that is six months after the participant’s Severance From Service Date.

 

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(b)                                  Elections as to form . At the time of the participant’s initial deferral election pursuant to Section 4(a), the participant shall elect (in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time) to receive distributions in a single payment or in annual installments during a period not to exceed ten (10) years.   Such annual installments shall be made on a ratable basis, except the participant may elect a different initial installment payment (expressed as a percentage of the participant’s Plan Account balance).  In the event no timely election is made, a participant shall receive a distribution in a single payment.

 

(c)                                   Change of election . A participant can make a subsequent distribution election as to timing or form.  However, such election shall take effect no earlier than 12 months from the date the subsequent election is received by the Plan Administrator, and will delay the benefit commencement date five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been paid.  If the participant elects a distribution pursuant to Section 9(a)(i) or (b), a participant may revoke the election no later than 12 months before the scheduled payment date.

 

(d)                                  Benefits payable upon death : If the participant dies without designating a beneficiary in accordance with Section 10, or if the designated beneficiaries predeceases the participant, the entire unpaid balance of his/her Plan Accounts shall be paid to the participant’s estate within 60 days after notification to the Plan Administrator of the participant’s death.

 

If the participant dies, the entire unpaid balance of the participant’s Plan Accounts shall be paid to the beneficiary(ies) designated by the participant. Payment shall be in the form of a lump sum, and shall be made within sixty (60) days after notice of death is received by the Plan Administrator.

 

In the event a participant’s deferred Incentive Award is credited to the Plan after the participant’s death, such Incentive Award shall be paid to the participant’s beneficiary(ies) in the form of lump sum as soon as administratively feasible.

 

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In the event that a participant’s beneficiary dies prior to the distribution of the participant’s Plan Account, the entire unpaid balance of the participant’s Plan Accounts shall be paid in a lump sum to the beneficiary(ies) designated by the participant’s beneficiary by notification in the form and manner established by the Plan Administrator from time to time or, if no designation was made, to the estate of the participant’s beneficiary.  Payment shall be made within sixty (60) days after notice of death is received by the Plan Administrator.

 

10.                                  Beneficiaries .  A participant shall have the right to designate a beneficiary(ies) who is to receive a distribution pursuant to Section 9 in the event of the death of the participant.

 

Any designation, change or rescission of the designation of beneficiary shall be made by notification in the form and mann


 
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