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YUM! BRANDS
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DIRECTOR DEFERRED
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COMPENSATION PLAN
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Plan Document for the 409A
Program
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Amended and Restated Effective as
of January 1, 2005
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(with Revisions through November
14, 2008)
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE I
– INTRODUCTION
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1
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ARTICLE II
– DEFINITIONS
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2
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2.01
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Account:
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2
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2.02
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Act:
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2
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2.03
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Annual
Retainer:
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2.04
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Beneficiary:
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2.05
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Code:
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2
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2.06
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Company:
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2.07
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Compensation
Year:
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3
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2.08
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Deferral
Subaccount:
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2.09
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Director:
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2.10
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Director
Compensation:
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2.11
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Disability:
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2.12
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Distribution Valuation
Date:
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4
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2.13
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Election
Form:
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2.14
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Eligible
Director:
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2.15
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ERISA:
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2.16
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Fair Market
Value:
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2.17
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409A Program:
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2.18
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Initial
Retainer:
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2.19
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Key Employee:
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2.20
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Participant:
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2.21
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Plan:
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2.22
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Plan
Administrator:
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2.23
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Plan Year:
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2.24
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Pre-409A
Program:
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2.25
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Second Look
Election:
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2.26
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Section 409A:
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2.27
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Separation from
Service:
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2.28
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Specific Payment
Date:
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2.29
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Unforeseeable
Emergency:
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7
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2.30
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Valuation
Date:
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2.31
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YUM! Brands
Organization:
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ARTICLE III
– ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3.01
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Eligibility to
Participate:
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3.02
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Termination of
Eligibility to Defer:
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3.03
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Termination of
Participation:
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TABLE OF
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ARTICLE IV
– DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION
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4.01
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Deferral
Election:
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4.02
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Time and Manner of
Deferral Election:
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4.03
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Period of Deferral; Form
of Payment:
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4.04
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Second Look
Election:
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4.05
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Deferral of Initial
Retainer
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ARTICLE V
– INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS
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5.01
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Accounting for
Participants’ Interests:
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5.02
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Phantom Investment of
Account:
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5.03
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Vesting of a
Participant’s Account:
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ARTICLE VI
– DISTRIBUTIONS
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6.01
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General:
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6.02
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Distributions Based on a
Specific Payment Date:
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6.03
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Distributions on Account
of a Separation from Service:
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6.04
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Distributions on Account
of Death:
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6.05
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Distributions on Account
of Unforeseeable Emergency:
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6.06
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Distributions of Initial
Retainers:
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6.07
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Valuation:
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6.08
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Impact of Section 16 of
the Act on Distributions:
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6.09
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Actual Payment
Date:
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ARTICLE VII
– PLAN ADMINISTRATION
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7.01
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Plan
Administrator:
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7.02
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Action:
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7.03
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Powers of the Plan
Administrator:
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7.04
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Compensation, Indemnity
and Liability:
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7.05
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Withholding:
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7.06
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Section 16
Compliance:
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7.07
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Conformance with Section
409A:
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ARTICLE VIII
– CLAIMS PROCEDURE
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8.01
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Claims for
Benefits:
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8.02
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Appeals of Denied
Claims:
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8.03
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Special Claims
Procedures for Disability Determinations:
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ARTICLE IX
– AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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9.01
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Amendment of
Plan:
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9.02
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Termination of
Plan:
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ARTICLE X
– MISCELLANEOUS
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10.01
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Limitation on
Participant's Rights:
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10.02
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Unfunded Obligation of
the Company:
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10.03
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Other Plans:
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10.04
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Receipt or
Release:
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10.05
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Governing
Law:
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10.06
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Gender, Tense and
Examples:
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10.07
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Successors and Assigns;
Nonalienation of Benefits:
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10.08
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Facility of
Payment:
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ARTICLE XI
– AUTHENTICATION
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ARTICLE I –
INTRODUCTION
YUM! Brands, Inc. (the "Company") established
the YUM! Brands Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”) to permit Eligible Directors to defer certain
compensation paid to them as Directors.
The Plan consists of two primary components,
each of which is subject to separate documentation: (i)
deferrals under the Plan that were earned and vested prior to the
2004-2005 Compensation Year (the “Pre-409A Program”),
and (ii) and deferrals under the Plan that were not earned and
vested prior to the 2004-2005 Compensation Year (the “409A
Program”). The 409A Program is governed by this
document. The Pre-409A Program is governed by a separate
set of documents. Except as otherwise provided herein,
this document reflects the provisions in effect from and after
January 1, 2005 (the “Effective Date”), and the rights
and benefits of individuals who are Participants in the Plan from
and after that date (and of those claiming through or on behalf of
such individuals) shall be governed by the provisions of this
document in the case of actions and events occurring on or after
January 1, 2005, with respect to deferrals that are subject to the
409A Program. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
the term “actions and events” shall include all
distribution trigger events and dates. The rights and
benefits with respect to persons who only participated in the Plan
prior to January 1, 2005 shall be governed by the applicable
provisions of the Pre-409A Program documents that were in effect at
such time, and shall not be governed by the 409A Program
documents.
Together, the documents for the 409A Program and
the documents for the Pre-409A Program describe the terms of a
single plan. However, amounts subject to the terms of
this 409A Program and amounts subject to the terms of the Pre-409A
Program shall be tracked separately at all times. The preservation
of the terms of the Pre-409A Program, without material
modification, and the separation between the 409A Program amounts
and the Pre-409A Program amounts are intended to permit the
Pre-409A Program to remain exempt from Section 409A and the
administration of the Plan shall be consistent with this
intent.
For federal income tax purposes, the Plan is
intended to be a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan
that is unfunded and unsecured. For purposes of ERISA,
the Plan is intended to be exempt from ERISA coverage as a plan
that solely benefits non-employees (or alternatively, a plan
described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA
providing benefits to a select group of management or highly
compensated employees).
ARTICLE II –
DEFINITIONS
When used in this Plan, the following underlined
terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless a different
meaning is plainly required by the context:
2.01
Account :
The account maintained for a Participant on the
books of the Company to determine, from time to time, the
Participant's interest under this Plan. The balance in
such Account shall be determined by the Plan
Administrator. Each Participant's Account shall consist
of at least one Deferral Subaccount for each separate deferral
under Section 4.01. The Plan Administrator may also
establish such additional Deferral Subaccounts as it deems
necessary for the proper administration of the Plan. The
Plan Administrator may also combine Deferral Subaccounts to the
extent it deems separate accounts are not needed for sound
recordkeeping. Where appropriate, a reference to a
Participant’s Account shall include a reference to each
applicable Deferral Subaccount that has been established
thereunder.
2.02
Act :
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
2.03
Annual Retainer :
An Eligible Director’s annual stock grant
retainer received as compensation for service on the
Company’s Board of Directors. Subject to the next
sentence, the Annual Retainer shall be limited to the amount due an
Eligible Director for the discharge of his or her duties as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company, and shall be
reduced for any applicable tax levies, garnishments and other
legally required deductions. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, an Eligible Director’s Annual Retainer
may be reduced by an item described in the preceding sentence only
to the extent such reduction does not violate Section
409A.
2.04
Beneficiary :
The person or persons (including a trust or
trusts) properly designated by a Participant, as determined by the
Plan Administrator, to receive the amounts in one or more of the
Participant’s Deferral Subaccounts in the event of the
Participant’s death in accordance with Section
4.02(c).
2.05
Code :
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
2.06
Company :
YUM! Brands, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of North Carolina, or its
successor or successors.
2.07
Compensation Year :
The 12-month period of time for which Directors
are compensated for their services on the Board of Directors,
commencing with the annual retainer payable on October 1 in one
calendar year and concluding on September 30 of the following
calendar year.
2.08
Deferral Subaccount :
A subaccount of a Participant's Account
maintained to reflect his or her interest in the Plan attributable
to each deferral (or separately tracked portion of a deferral) of
Director Compensation, and earnings or losses credited to such
subaccount in accordance with Section 5.01(b).
2.09
Director :
A person who is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company and who is not currently an employee of
the YUM! Brands Organization.
2.10
Director Compensation :
The Annual Retainer, Initial Retainer or both as
the context may require.
2.11
Disability :
A Participant shall be considered to suffer from
a Disability, if, in the judgment of the Plan Administrator (based
on the provisions of Section 409A and any guidelines established by
the Plan Administrator for this purpose), the Participant
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(a) Is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, or
(b) By
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, is receiving
income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months
under an accident and health plan of the Company.
Solely for those Participants who are otherwise
eligible for Social Security, a Participant who is determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration will be
deemed to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a), and a
Participant who has not been determined to be totally disabled by
the Social Security Administration will be deemed to not meet the
requirements of Subsection (a).
2.12
Distribution Valuation Date :
Each date as specified by the Plan Administrator
from time to time as of which Participant Accounts are valued for
purposes of a distribution from a Participant’s
Account. The current Distribution Valuation Dates are
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31. Any
current Distribution Valuation Date may be changed by the Plan
Administrator, provided that such change does not result in a
change in when deferrals are paid out that is impermissible under
Section 409A. Values are determined as of the close of a
Distribution Valuation Date or, if such date is not a business day,
as of the close of the preceding business day.
2.13
Election Form :
The form prescribed by the Plan Administrator on
which a Participant specifies the amount of his or her Annual
Retainer to be deferred and the timing and form of his or her
deferral payout, pursuant to the provisions of Article
IV. An Election Form need not exist in a paper format,
and it is expressly authorized that the Plan Administrator may make
available for use such technologies, including voice response
systems, Internet-based forms and any other electronic forms, as it
deems appropriate from time to time.
2.14
Eligible Director :
The term “Eligible Director” shall
have the meaning given to it in Section 3.01(b).
2.15
ERISA :
Public Law 93-406, the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
2.16
Fair Market Value :
For purposes of converting a Participant’s
deferrals to phantom YUM! Brands Common Stock as of any date, the
Fair Market Value of such stock is the average of the high and low
price on such date (or if such date is not a trading date, the
first date immediately following such date that is a trading date)
for YUM! Brands Common Stock as reported on the composite tape for
securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., rounded to
four decimal places. For purposes of determining the
value of a Plan distribution, the Fair Market Value of phantom YUM!
Brands Common Stock is determined as the closing price on the
applicable Distribution Valuation Date for YUM! Brands Common Stock
as reported on the composite tape for securities listed on the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc., rounded to four decimal
places.
2.17
409A Program :
The term “409A Program” shall have
the meaning given to it in Article I, which shall be effective as
of January 1, 2005, except as otherwise noted herein.
2.18
Initial Retainer :
An Eligible Director’s one-time initial
stock grant retainer paid on the date the Eligible Director joins
the Company’s Board of Directors. Subject to the
next sentence, the Initial Retainer shall be limited to the amount
due an Eligible Director for the discharge of his or her duties as
a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, and shall be
reduced for any applicable tax levies, garnishments and other
legally required deductions. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, an Eligible Director’s Initial Retainer
may be reduced by an item described in the preceding sentence only
to the extent such reduction does not violate Section
409A.
2.19
Key Employee :
The individuals identified in accordance with
the principles set forth below.
(a)
General . Any Participant who at any time during
the applicable year is –
(1) An
officer of any member of the YUM! Brands Organization having annual
compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted for the applicable
year under Code Section 416(i)(1));
(2) A
5-percent owner of any member of the YUM! Brands Organization;
or
(3) A
1-percent owner of any member of the YUM! Brands Organization
having annual compensation of more than $150,000.
For purposes of (1) above, no more than 50
employees identified in the order of their annual compensation
shall be treated as officers. For purposes of this
Section, annual compensation means compensation as defined in
Treas. Reg. §1.415(c)-2(a), without regard to Treas. Reg.
§§1.415(c)-2(d), 1.415(c)-2(e), and
1.415(c)-2(g). The Plan Administrator shall determine
who is a Key Employee in accordance with Code Section 416(i) and
the applicable regulations and other guidance of general
applicability issued thereunder or in connection therewith
(provided, that Code Section 416(i)(5) shall not apply in making
such determination), and provided further that the applicable year
shall be determined in accordance with Section 409A and that any
modification of the foregoing definition that applies under Section
409A shall be taken into account.
(b)
Applicable Year . The Plan Administrator shall
determine Key Employees as of the last day of each calendar year
(the “determination date”), based on compensation for
such year, and the designation for a particular determination date
shall be effective for purposes of this Plan for the twelve month
period commending on April 1 of the next following calendar year (
e.g., the Key Employees determined by the Plan Administrator
as of December 31, 2008, shall apply to the period from April 1,
2009, to March 31, 2010).
2.20
Participant :
Any Director who is qualified to participate in
this Plan in accordance with Section 3.01 and who has an
Account. An active Participant is one who is currently
deferring under Section 4.01.
2.21
Plan :
The YUM! Brands Director Deferred Compensation
Plan, comprised of (i) the 409A Program set forth herein and (ii)
the Pre-409A Program set forth in a separate set of documents, as
each may be amended and restated from time to time (subject to the
limitations on amendment that are applicable hereunder and under
the Pre-409A Program).
2.22
Plan Administrator :
The Board of Directors of the Company or its
delegate or delegates, which shall have the authority to administer
the Plan as provided in Article VII. As of the Effective
Date, the Company’s Chief People Officer is delegated the
responsibility for the operational administration of the
Plan. In turn, the Chief People Officer has the
authority to re-delegate operational responsibilities to other
persons or parties. As of the Effective Date, the Chief
People Officer has re-delegated certain operational
responsibilities to the Company’s Executive Compensation
Department. However, references in this document to the
Plan Administrator shall be understood as referring to the Board of
Directors, the Chief People Officer and those delegated by the
Chief People Officer, including the Company’s Executive
Compensation Department. All delegations made under the
authority granted by this Section are subject to Section
7.06.
2.23
Plan Year :
The 12-consecutive month period beginning on
January 1 and ending on December 31.
2.24
Pre-409A Program :
The term “Pre-409A Program” shall
have the meaning given to it in Article I.
2.25
Second Look Election :
The term “Second Look Election”
shall have the meaning given to it in Section 4.04.
2.26
Section 409A :
Code Section 409A and the applicable regulations
and other guidance of general applicability that are issued
thereunder.
2.27
Separation from Service :
A Participant’s separation from service as
defined in Section 409A, including the rule that a Participant who
is Disabled incurs a Separation from Service 29 months after the
Participant is no longer actively rendering services to the
Company. In the event the Participant also provides
services to the YUM! Brands Organization other than as a Director
for the Company, such other services shall not be taken into
account in determining when a Separation from Service occurs to the
extent permitted under Treas. Reg. §
1.409A-1(h)(5). The term may also be used as a verb (
i.e. , “Separates from Service”) with no change
in meaning.
2.28
Specific Payment Date :
A specific date selected by an Eligible Director
that triggers a lump sum payment of a deferral or the start of
installment payments for a deferral, as specified in Section 4.03
or 4.04. The Specific Payment Dates that are available
to be selected by Eligible Directors shall be determined by the
Plan Administrator. With respect to any deferral, the
currently available Specific Payment Date(s) shall be the date or
dates reflected on the Election Form or the Second Look Election
form that is made available by the Plan Administrator for the
deferral. In the event that an Election Form or Second
Look Election form only provides for selecting a month and a year
as the Specific Payment Date, the first day of the month that is
selected shall be the Specific Payment Date. As of the
Effective Date, the Specific Payment Dates are January 1, April 1,
July 1 and October 1 of the year specified by the Eligible
Director.
2.29
Unforeseeable Emergency :
A severe financial hardship to the Participant
resulting from –
(a) An
illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s
spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary or the
Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)
without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), 152(b)(2) and
152(d)(1)(B));
(b) Loss
of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including,
effective January 1, 2009, the need to rebuild a home following
damage to the home not otherwise covered by insurance);
or
(c) Any
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising
as a result of events beyond the control of the
Participant.
The Plan Administrator shall determine the
occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency in accordance with Treas.
Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(iii) and any guidelines that may be
established by the Plan Administrator.
2.30
Valuation Date :
Each business day, as determined by the Plan
Administrator, as of which Participant Accounts are valued in
accordance with Plan procedures that are currently in effect. The
Plan Administrator may change the Valuation Dates for future
deferrals at any time before the election to make such deferrals
becomes irrevocable under the Plan. The Plan
Administrator may change the Valuation Dates for existing deferrals
only to the extent that such change in permissible under Section
409A.
2.31
YUM! Brands Organization :
The controlled group of organizations of which
the Company is a part, as defined by Code section 414(b) and (c)
and the regulations issued thereunder. An entity shall
be considered a member of the YUM! Brands Organization only during
the period it is one of the group of organizations described in the
preceding sentence.
ARTICLE III – ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
3.01
Eligibility to Participate :
(a) An
individual shall be eligible to defer compensation under the Plan
during the period that he or she is a Director
hereunder.
(b) During
the period an individual satisfies the eligibility requirements of
this Section, he or she shall be referred to as an Eligible
Director.
(c) Each
Eligible Director shall become an active Participant on the earlier
of the date an amount is first withheld from his or her
compensation pursuant to an Election Form submitted by the Director
to the Plan Administrator under Section 4.01 or, the date on which
an Initial Retainer is first deferred and credited to the Plan on
his or her behalf under Section 4.05.
3.02
Termination of Eligibility to Defer :
An individual’s eligibility to participate
actively by making deferrals under Section 4.01 shall cease as soon
as administratively practicable following the date he or she ceases
to be a Director.
3.03
Termination of Participation :
An individual, who has been an active
Participant under the Plan, ceases to be a Participant on the date
his or her Account is fully paid out.
ARTICLE IV – DEFERRAL OF
COMPENSATION
4.01
Deferral Election :
(a) Each
Eligible Director may make an election to defer under the Plan in
10% increments up to 100% of his or her Annual Retainer for a
Compensation Year in the manner described in Section
4.02. Such election to defer shall apply to the Annual
Retainer that is earned for services performed in the corresponding
Compensation Year. A newly Eligible Director may only
defer the portion of his or her eligible Annual Retainer for the
Compensation Year in which he or she becomes an Eligible Director
that is earned for services performed after the date of his or her
election. For this purpose, if a valid Election Form is
received prior to the date on which the Eligible Director becomes a
Director and the Election Form is effective under Section 4.02(a)
as of the date on which the Eligible Director becomes a Director,
then the Director shall be deemed to receive all of his or her
Annual Retainer for the Compensation Year in which he or she
becomes an Eligible Director after the date of the
election. Any Annual Retainer deferred by an Eligible
Director for a Compensation Year will be deducted for each payment
period during the Compensation Year for which he or she would
otherwise be paid the Annual Retainer and is an Eligible
Director. An Annual Retainer paid after the end of a
Compensation Year for services performed during such initial
Compensation Year shall be treated as an Annual Retainer for
services performed during such initial Compensation
Year.
(b) To
be effective, an Eligible Director’s Election Form must set
forth the percentage of the Annual Retainer to be deferred and any
other information that may be requested by the Plan Administrator
from time to time. In addition, the Election Form must
meet the requirements of Section 4.02.
4.02
Time and Manner of Deferral Election :
(a)
Deferral Election Deadlines . An Eligible
Director must make a deferral election for an Annual Retainer
earned for services performed in a Compensation Year no later than
December 31 of the calendar year immediately prior to the
beginning of the Compensation Year (although the Plan Administrator
may adopt policies that encourage or require earlier submission of
Election Forms). If December 31 of such year is not a
business day, then the deadline for deferral elections will be the
first business day preceding December 31 of such
year. In addition, an individual, who has been nominated
for Director status, must submit an Election Form prior to becoming
an Eligible Director or otherwise prior to rendering services as an
Eligible Director, and such Election Form will be effective
immediately upon commencement of the individual’s status as
an Eligible Director or otherwise upon commencement of his or her
services as an Eligible Director.
(b)
General Provisions . A separate deferral election
under subsection (a) above must be made by an Eligible
Director for each Compensation Year’s compensation that is
eligible for deferral. If a properly completed and
executed Election Form is not actually received by the Plan
Administrator by the prescribed time in subsection (a) above,
the Eligible Director will be deemed to have elected not to defer
any portion of the Annual Retainer for the applicable Compensation
Year. Except as provided in the next sentence, an
election is irrevocable once received and determined by the Plan
Administrator to be properly completed (and such determination
shall be made not later than the last date for making the election
in question). Increases or decreases in the amount or percentage a
Participant elects to defer shall not be permitted after the
beginning of the calendar year during which the applicable
Compensation Year begins; provided that if a Participant receives a
distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency pursuant to
Section 6.06, the Plan Administrator may cancel the
Participant’s deferral election for the year in which such
distribution occurs. If an election is cancelled because
of a distribution on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency, such
cancellation shall permanently apply to the deferral election for
such year, and the Participant will only be eligible to make a new
deferral election for the next year pursuant to the rules in
Sections 4.01 and 4.02.
(c)
Beneficiaries . A Participant may designate on
the Election Form (or in some other manner authorized by the Plan
Administrator) one or more Beneficiaries to receive payment, in the
event of his or her death, of the amounts credited to his or her
Account; provided that, to be effective, any Beneficiary
designation must be in writing, signed by the Participant, and must
meet such other standards (including any requirement for spousal
consent) as the Plan Administrator shall require from time to
time. The Beneficiary designation must also be filed
with the Plan Administrator prior to the Participant’s
death. An incomplete Beneficiary designation, as
determined by the Plan Administrator, shall be void and of no
effect. In determining whether a Beneficiary designation
that relates to the Plan is in effect, unrevoked designations that
were received under the Pre-409A Program or prior to the Effective
Date shall be considered. A Beneficiary designation of
an individual by name remains in effect regardless of any change in
the designated individual’s relationship to the
Participant. Any Beneficiary designation submitted to
the Plan Administrator that only specifies a Beneficiary by
relationship shall not be considered an effective Beneficiary
designation and shall be void and of no effect. If more
than one Beneficiary is specified and the Participant fails to
indicate the respective percentage applicable to two or more
Beneficiaries, then each Beneficiary for whom a percentage is not
designated will be entitled to an equal share of the portion of the
Account (if any) for which percentages have not been designated. At
any time, a Participant may change a Beneficiary designation for
his or her Account in a writing that is signed by the Participant
and filed with the Plan Administrator prior to the
Participant’s death, and that meets such other standards as
the Plan Administrator shall require from time to
time. An individual who is otherwise a Beneficiary with
respect to a Participant’s Account ceases to be a Beneficiary
when all payments have been made from the Account.
4.03
Period of Deferral; Form of Payment :
(a)
Period of Deferral . An Eligible Director making
a deferral election shall specify a deferral period on his or her
Election Form by designating a Specific Payment Date and/or the
date he or she incurs a Separation from Service. In no
event shall an Eligible Director’s Specific Payment Date be
later than his or her 80 th birthday (and the specification of such a later
date shall be deemed instead to specify the Director’s
80 th
birthday as the Specific Payment
Date). In addition, an Eligible Director shall be deemed
to have elected a period of deferral of not less than the first day
of the second Plan Year after the end of the Plan Year during which
the Annual Retainer would have been paid absent the deferral. If
the Specific Payment Date selected by an Eligible Director would
result in a period of deferral that is less than the minimum, the
Eligible Director shall be deemed to have selected a Specific
Payment Date equal to the minimum period of deferral as provided in
the preceding sentence. If an Eligible Director fails to
affirmatively designate a period of deferral on his or her Election
Form, he or she shall be deemed to have specified the date on which
he or she incurs a Separation from Service.
(b)
Form of Payment . An Eligible Director making a
deferral election shall specify a form of payment on his or her
Election Form by designating either a lump sum payment or annual
installment payments to be paid over a period of not more than 20
years but not later than the Eligible Director’s 80th
birthday. If the Eligible Director elects installment
payments and the installments would otherwise extend beyond the
Eligible Director’s 80th birthday, such election shall be
treated as an election for installments over a period of whole and
partial years that ends on the Eligible Director’s 80th
birthday; provided that the amounts to be distributed in connection
with the installments prior to the Eligible Director’s 80th
birthday shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.08 by
assuming that the installments shall continue for the full number
of installments with the entire remaining amount of the relevant
Deferral Subaccount distributed on the Eligible Director’s
80th birthday. If an Eligible Director fails to make a
form of payment election for a deferral as provided above, he or
she shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum
payment. The initial form of payment for the Initial
Retainer are governed by Section 4.05.
4.04
Second Look Election :
(a)
General . Subject to Subsection (b) below, a
Participant who has made a valid initial deferral in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this Article may subsequently make
another one-time election regarding the time and/or form of payment
of his or her deferral. This opportunity to modify the
Participant’s initial election is referred to as a
“Second Look Election.” A Second Look
Election may be made for an Annual Retainer or an Initial
Retainer.
(b)
Requirements for Second Look Elections . A Second
Look Election must comply with all of the following
requirements:
(1) If
a Participant’s initial election specified payment based on a
Specific Payment Date, the Participant may only make a Second Look
Election if the election is made at least 12 months before the
Participant’s original Specific Payment Date. In
addition, in this case the Participant’s Second Look Election
must provide for a new Specific Payment Date that is at least 5
years after the original Specific Payment Date. The
Specific Payment Date applicable pursuant to a Second Look Election
may not be after the Participant’s 80
th birthday, and if this would be necessary to
comply with 5-year rule stated above, then a Second Look Election
may not be made.
(2) Subject
to subsection (d), if a Participant’s initial election
specified payment based on the Participant’s Separation from
Service (including mandatory deferrals under Section 4.05), the
Participant may only make a Second Look Election if the election is
made at least 12 months before the Participant’s Separation
from Service. In addition, in this case the
Participant’s Second Look Election must delay the payment of
the Participant’s deferral to a new Specific Payment Date
that turns out to be at least 5 years after the Participant’s
Separation from Service. If the Specific Payment Date
selected in a Second Look Election turns out to be less than 5
years after the Participant’s Separation from Service, the
Second Look Election is void.
(3) Subject
to subsection (d), if a Participant’s initial election
specified payment based on the earlier of the Participant’s
Separation from Service or a Specific Payment Date, the Participant
may only make a Second Look Election if the election is made at
least 12 months before the Specific Payment Date and at least 12
months before the Participant’s Separation from
Service. In addition, in this case the Participant must
elect a new Specific Payment Date that is at least 5 years after
the prior Specific Payment Date. Then the Second Look
Election will only include the new Specific Payment Date as the
payment trigger and the separate Separation from Service trigger in
the original election will be void.