Exhibit No. 10(b)
Constellation
Energy
Group, Inc.
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation Plan
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Purpose and Nature of the Plan
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Part I: FOR BENEFITS EARNED AND VESTED
ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2005
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1.
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Definitions
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2.
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Plan Administration
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3.
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Eligibility and Participation
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4.
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Basic Compensation Deferral Election
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5.
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Incentive Award Deferral Election
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6.
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Other Award Deferral Election
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7.
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Matching Contributions
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8.
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Plan Accounts
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9.
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Distribution of Plan Accounts
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10.
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Beneficiaries
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11.
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Valuation of Interest
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12.
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Withdrawals
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13.
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Compliance with Code
Section 409A
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14.
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Miscellaneous
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Part II: FOR BENEFITS EARNED AND
VESTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2005
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1.
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Definitions
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2.
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Plan Administration
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3.
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Eligibility and Participation
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4.
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Basic Compensation Deferral Election
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5.
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Incentive Award Deferral Election
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6.
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Other Award Deferral Election
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7.
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Matching Contributions
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8.
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Death Benefit Contribution
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Rollover Contributions
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10.
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Plan Accounts
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11.
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Distribution of Plan Accounts
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12.
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Beneficiaries
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13.
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Valuation of Interest
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14.
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Withdrawals
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15.
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Miscellaneous
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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