EXECUTIVE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
EXECUTIVE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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2.3 Continuation of Participation
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ARTICLE 3 EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS
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3.1 Participation Election
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3.2 Alternative Exercise of Qualifying
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3.3 Deferral of Special Awards
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ARTICLE 4 MATCHING CREDITS
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ARTICLE 5 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
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ARTICLE 6 RETIREMENT BENEFITS
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6.2 Form of Retirement Benefits
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6.3 Commencement of Benefits
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ARTICLE 7 TERMINATION BENEFITS
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7.2 Form of Termination Benefits
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ARTICLE 8 SURVIVOR BENEFITS
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8.1 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
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EXECUTIVE
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8.2 Post-Retirement Survivor Benefit
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8.3 Post-Termination Survivor Benefit
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8.4 Changing Form of Benefit
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8.5 Small Benefit Exception
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ARTICLE 10 CHANGE OF CONTROL
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ARTICLE 11 SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED
WITHDRAWALS
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11.1 Scheduled Withdrawals
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11.2 Unscheduled Withdrawals
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ARTICLE 12 CONDITIONS RELATED TO
BENEFITS
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12.2 Financial Hardship Distribution
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12.4 Protective Provisions
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ARTICLE 13 PLAN ADMINISTRATION
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ARTICLE 14 BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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ARTICLE 15 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF
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15.3 Amendment or Termination After Change of
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15.4 Exercise of Power to Amend or
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15.5 Constructive Receipt Termination
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ARTICLE 16 CLAIMS AND REVIEW
PROCEDURES
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16.1 Claims Procedure for Claims other than for
Vesting due to Disability
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16.2 Claims Procedure for Claims due to
Disability
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EXECUTIVE
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17.4 Employment Not Guaranteed
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17.5 Gender, Singular and Plural
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EXECUTIVE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended
December 31, 2008
Plan
benefits are available to eligible executives and key management
employees of Edison International and its participating affiliates.
Amounts of compensation deferred by Participants pursuant to this
Plan accrue as liabilities of the participating affiliate at the
time of the deferral under the terms and conditions set forth
herein. By electing to defer compensation under the Edison
International Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, Participants
consent to Edison International sponsorship of the Plan, but
acknowledge that Edison International is not a guarantor of the
benefit obligations of other participating affiliates. Each
participating Edison International affiliate is responsible for
payment of the accrued benefits under the Plan with respect to its
own executives and key management employees subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
This Plan
is hereby amended and restated to reflect that it only applies to
deferrals of compensation that were earned and vested prior to
January 1, 2005 in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.6 and 4.2 hereof. This amendment and restatement
also includes provisions that were set forth in the Edison
International Severance Plan as of October 3, 2004 but that
applied to this Plan and are thus not material modifications of the
Plan that would cause it to be subject to Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Capitalized
terms in the text of the Plan are defined as follows:
Administrator
means the
Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board of
Directors of EIX.
Affiliate
means EIX
or any corporation or entity which (i) along with EIX, is a
component member of a “controlled group of
corporations” within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code, and (ii) has approved the participation of its
executives in the Plan.
Alternative
Exercise means the
exercise of all or a portion of a Qualifying Award in exchange for
an amount equal to the gain that would otherwise have been realized
by the Participant being credited under this Plan.
Alternative
Exercise Agreement means an
agreement entered into between EIX and an Eligible Employee in
accordance with Article 2 pursuant to which the Eligible
Employee elects to defer under this Plan the gain resulting from
any subsequent exercise of the Qualifying Award.
Annual
Deferral means the
amount of Compensation which the Participant elects to defer for a
calendar year pursuant to Articles 2 and 3 of the Plan.
Base
Salary means the
Participant’s annual basic rate of pay from the Employer
(excluding Bonus, special awards, commissions, severance pay, and
other non-regular forms of compensation) before reductions for
deferrals under the Plan or the SSPP.
Beneficial
Owner shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General
Rules and Regulations under the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Beneficiary
means the
person or persons or entity designated as such in accordance with
Article 14 of the Plan.
Board
means the
Board of Directors of the Company.
Bonus
means the
amount paid in cash to the Participant by the Employer in the form
of an annual incentive award before reductions for deferrals under
the Plan.
Cause
means the
occurrence of either or both of the following:
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(1)
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The
Participant’s conviction for, or pleading guilty or nolo
contendere to, committing an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or
other act constituting a felony; or
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(2)
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The
willful engaging by the Participant in misconduct that
is:
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(i)
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if
the event giving rise to the termination of the Participant’s
employment does not occur during a Protected Period, in violation
of the Company’s and/or the Participant’s Severance
Employer’s policies and practices applicable to the
Participant from time to time; or
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(ii)
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if
the event giving rise to the termination of the Participant’s
employment occurs during a Protected Period, that would have
resulted in the termination of the Participant’s employment
by the Company or the Participant’s Severance Employer under
the Company’s and/or the Participant’s Severance
Employer’s policies and practices applicable to the
Participant in effect immediately prior to the start of the
Protected Period. However, no act or failure to act, on the
Participant’s part, shall be considered “willful”
unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Participant not in good
faith and without reasonable belief that his or her action or
omission was in the best interest of the Company and his or her
Severance Employer.
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Change of
Control means
either: (i) the dissolution or liquidation of EIX or an
Employer; (ii) a reorganization, merger or consolidation of
EIX or an Employer with one or more corporations as a result of
which EIX or an Employer is not the surviving corporation;
(iii) approval by the stockholders of EIX or an Employer of
any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one or a series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of EIX or
an Employer; (iv) approval by the stockholders of EIX or an
Employer of any merger or consolidation of EIX or an Employer, in
which the holders of voting stock of EIX or an Employer immediately
before the merger or consolidation will not own 50% or more of the
outstanding voting shares of the continuing or surviving
corporation immediately after the merger or consolidation; or
(v) a change of at least 51% (rounded to the next whole
person) in the membership of the Board of
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Directors
of EIX or an Employer within a 24-month period, unless the election
or nomination for election by stockholders of each new director
within the period was approved by the vote of at least 85% (rounded
to the next whole person) of the directors then still in office who
were in office at the beginning of the twenty-four-month period,
except that any replacement of directors who are employees of EIX
or an Employer, with other employees of EIX or an Employer, will be
disregarded and not be considered a change in membership.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any reorganization, merger or
consolidation of an Employer with EIX or another Employer will be
disregarded and not be considered a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of the definition of
Protected Period, “Change of Control” means any one or
more of the following:
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(1)
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Any
Person (other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities
under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a Company
affiliate) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more
of the combined voting power of the Company’s then
outstanding securities. For purposes of this clause,
“Person” (or “group” as used in the
definition of Person) shall not include one or more underwriters
acquiring newly-issued voting securities (or securities convertible
into voting securities) directly from the Company with a view
towards distribution;
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(2)
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On
any day after January 1, 2001 (the “Measurement
Date”) Continuing Directors cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board. A director is a
“Continuing Director” if he or she either:
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was
a member of the Board on the applicable Initial Date (an
“Initial Director”); or
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(ii)
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was
elected to the Board, or was nominated for election by the
Company’s shareholders, by a vote of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the Initial Directors then in office.
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A member of
the Board who was not a director on the applicable Initial Date
shall be deemed to be an Initial Director for purposes of clause
(ii) above if his or her election, or nomination for election
by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds (2/3) of the Initial Directors (including
directors elected after the applicable Initial Date who are deemed
to be Initial Directors by application of this provision) then in
office. For these purposes, “Initial Date” means the
date that is two years before the Measurement Date.
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(3)
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The
Company is liquidated; all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets are sold in one or a series of related
transactions; or the Company is merged, consolidated, or
reorganized with or involving any other corporation, other than a
merger, consolidation, or reorganization that results in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity)
more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company (or a surviving entity)
outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation, or
reorganization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a bankruptcy of the
Company or a sale or spin-off of a Company subsidiary (short of a
dissolution of the Company or a liquidation of
substantially
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all of the
Company’s assets, determined on an aggregate basis) will not
constitute a Change of Control of the Company.
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(4)
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The
consummation of such other transaction that the Board may, in its
discretion in the circumstances, declare to be a Change of Control
for purposes of this Plan.
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Code
means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company
means
Edison International, or any successor thereto.
Compensation
means the
sum of the Participant’s Base Salary and Bonus for a calendar
year before deferral under this Plan or the SSPP.
Crediting
Rate means the
rate at which interest will be credited to Participant Deferral
Accounts. The rate will be determined annually in advance of the
calendar year and will be equal to the average annual Moody’s
Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds for the five
years preceding November 1st of the prior year. EIX reserves the
right to prospectively change the Crediting Rate.
Deferral
Account means the
notional account established for record keeping purposes for a
Participant pursuant to Article 5 of the Plan.
Deferral
Period means the
calendar year covered by a valid Participation Election previously
submitted by a Participant, or in the case of a newly eligible
Participant, the balance of the calendar year following the date of
the Participation Election.
Disability
means the
permanent and total disability of the Participant as determined by
the Employer except that for purposes of Sections 3.6, 4.2(ii)
and 6.5, “Disability” means the Participant’s
eligibility for benefits under his or her Severance
Employer’s long-term disability plan applicable to the
Participant, as determined by the Severance Employer.
EIX
means
Edison International.
Eligible
Employee means a key
employee of an Affiliate, who (i) is a U.S. employee or an
expatriate who is based and paid in the U.S., (ii) is
designated by the Administrator as eligible to participate in the
Plan (subject to the restriction in Sections 10.2 and 12.2 of
the Plan), and (iii) qualifies as a member of the
“select group of management or highly compensated
employees” under ERISA.
Employer
means the
Affiliate employing the Participant.
ERISA
means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
Excess
SSPP shall mean
the amount of Base Salary deferred under Section 3.5 of the
Plan.
Financial
Hardship means an
unexpected and unforeseen financial disruption arising from an
illness, casualty loss, sudden financial reversal, or other such
unforeseeable occurrence as determined by the Administrator or its
designee. Needs arising from foreseeable events such as the
purchase of a residence or education expenses for children will
not, alone, be considered a Financial Hardship.
Matching
Credit means the
credit added to the Participant’s Deferral Account under
Article 4.
Matching
Base means
(i) the amount of the Primary Salary Deferral or (ii) the
difference between the Participant’s Base Salary and the Code
Section 401(a)(17) compensation limit, or
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(iii) the
difference between the Participant’s Base Salary and the Code
402(g) limitation divided by 0.06, whichever is greater.
Participant
means an
Eligible Employee who has elected to participate and has completed
a Participation Election or Alternative Exercise Agreement pursuant
to Article 2 of the Plan.
Participation
Election means the
Participant’s written election to defer Compensation under
the Plan submitted on the form prescribed by the Administrator for
that purpose.
Person
shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and used
in Section 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as
contemplated by Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2)
thereof.
Plan
means the
EIX Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Primary
Salary Deferral means the
amount deferred from Base Salary that is not Excess SSPP. The
Primary Salary Deferral is subtracted from Base Salary before SSPP
Contributions and Excess SSPP deferrals are calculated.
Protected
Period means the
period related to a Change of Control that is deemed to commence on
the date that is six months before the date of the actual Change of
Control and end on the date that is two years after the Change in
Control.
Qualifying
Award means an
award granted to an Eligible Employee under the EIX Management
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, the EIX Officer Long-Term
Incentive Compensation Plan or the EIX Equity Compensation Plan,
other than an EIX nonqualified stock option, and evidenced in
writing that provides (or is amended to provide) that the award may
be Alternatively Exercised under this Plan; provided, however, that
an award will not be a Qualifying Award if it will expire, by its
terms, before the end of the six-month period commencing with the
date that the Alternative Exercise Agreement is submitted to and
received by the Administrator.
Retirement
means a
separation from service under terms constituting a retirement for
purposes of the nonqualified executive retirement plan covering the
Participant.
Scheduled
Withdrawal means a
distribution of all or a portion of the vested amount of deferrals
and earnings credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account
as elected by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of
Article 11 of the Plan.
Severance
Employer means the
Company or any affiliated business of the Company that has adopted
this Plan with the written consent of the Company, including but
not limited to Southern California Edison, Edison Capital, Edison
Mission Energy or Edison O&M (or any such entity’s
successor). As the context may require, a Participant’s
Severance Employer means the Severance Employer that employs or
last employed the Participant.
Severance
Plan Benefit Election means a
special election under Section 6.5.
SSPP
means the
Southern California Edison Company Stock Savings Plus Plan as
amended from time-to-time.
Termination
Date means the
last day that the Participant is actually employed by a Severance
Employer in connection with the event that entitles the Participant
to severance benefits.
Termination
for Cause means the
Termination of Employment of the Participant upon willful failure
by the Participant to substantially perform his or her duties for
the Employer or the willful
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engaging by
the Participant in conduct which is injurious to the Employer,
monetarily or otherwise.
Termination
of Employment means the
voluntary or involuntary cessation of the Participant’s
employment with the Employer for any reason other than death or
Retirement. Termination of Employment will not be deemed to have
occurred for purposes of this Plan if the Participant is reemployed
by an Affiliate within 30 days of ceasing work with the
Employer.
Unscheduled
Withdrawal means a
distribution of all or a portion of the vested amount and earnings
credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account as requested
by the Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of
the Plan.
Valuation
Date means the
last day of the month in which Termination of Employment,
Retirement, or death occurs, or the day before a Scheduled
Withdrawal or Unscheduled Withdrawal occurs.
Vesting
means the
Participant’s right to receive any amount deferred, Matching
Credits, and/or earnings thereon as provided in
Article 4.
(a) Salary
and Bonus. An Eligible Employee will become a Participant in the
Plan on the first day of the calendar year or the first day of the
pay period coincident with or next following the date the employee
became an Eligible Employee, provided the Eligible Employee has
submitted to the Administrator a Participation Election prior to
that date. Except for employees who become newly eligible during
the calendar year, the Participation Election must be submitted to
the Administrator during the enrollment period designated by the
Administrator which will always be prior to the commencement of the
calendar year.
(b) Qualifying
Awards. An Eligible Employee may also become a Participant in the
Plan by electing to alternatively exercise all or a portion of a
Qualifying Award as provided in Section 3.2.
Subject to
the restrictions in Article 3, the Eligible Employee will
designate his or her Annual Deferral for the covered calendar year
on the Participation Election.
2.3
Continuation of Participation
A
Participant may not elect to defer Compensation under the Plan
unless the Participant is an Eligible Employee for the calendar
year for which the election is made. Once a Deferral Account
balance has been established, the individual will continue as a
Participant in the Plan until the Participant no longer has a
Deferral Account balance under the Plan. In the event a Participant
is later employed by an affiliated company that does not
participate in the Plan, the Participant’s Annual Deferral
will cease, and the Participant’s Deferral Account will
remain in effect until such time as the benefits are distributed as
elected on the Participant’s last valid Participation
Election or Alternative Exercise Agreement.
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ARTICLE
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EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS
3.1
Participation Election
(a) Annual
Deferral. Eligible Employees may elect to make an Annual Deferral
under the Plan by submitting a Participation Election during the
applicable enrollment period. The Participant may designate a
specified amount or a percentage of Base Salary to be deferred as a
Primary Salary Deferral. The Participant may designate a specified
amount, a percentage, or a whole percentage in excess of a
specified amount of Bonus to be deferred. The Participant may also
designate a percentage rate, up to the maximum deferral rate
permitted under the SSPP, at which to defer additional amounts of
Base Salary as Excess SSPP once the limits of SSPP contributions
are reached as provided in Section 3.5. Once made, this
Participation Election will continue to apply for subsequent
Deferral Periods unless the Participant submits a new Participation
Election form during a subsequent enrollment period changing the
deferral amount or revoking the existing election. A Participation
Election may be revoked by the Participant upon 30 days
written notice to the Administrator; however, such Participant will
be ineligible to make an Annual Deferral under the Plan for the
following calendar year.
(b) Minimum
Annual Deferral. The minimum amount of Base Salary that may be
designated as Primary Salary Deferral is $2,000. The minimum amount
of Bonus that may be designated for deferral is $2,000. There is no
minimum percentage.
(c) Maximum
Annual Deferral. The maximum Primary Salary Deferral from Base
Salary for a calendar year is 75% of Base Salary. The maximum
deferral from Bonus for a calendar year is 100% of the
Bonus.
3.2
Alternative Exercise of Qualifying Awards
(a) Form
of Agreement. Eligible Employees may elect to defer gains on future
exercises of Qualified Awards by completing and executing an
Alternative Exercise Agreement and submitting it to the
Administrator. Such an election is irrevocable. The Alternative
Exercise Agreement must specify the portion of the Qualifying Award
that the Participant will alternatively exercise under this Plan.
Acting through any of its officers, EIX will execute the
Alternative Exercise Agreement and return a copy to the
Participant. Subject to the limitations of Section 3.2(b), the
Qualifying Award may be exercised by submitting a notice of
Alternative Exercise on the form approved by the Administrator for
that purpose.
(b) Limited
Ability to Exercise Qualifying Award. Any Qualifying Award (or
portion thereof) which is subject to an Alternative Exercise
Agreement may not be exercised at all during the six-month period
following the date the Administrator receives the
Participant’s Alternative Exercise Agreement. Upon any
exercise thereafter, gains will be credited as provided under
Section 5.2(c). The Qualifying Award remains subject to all
applicable limitations as to the time or times during which it may
be exercised as provided in the terms and conditions of the
Qualifying Award.
(c) Termination
of Alternative Exercise Agreements. If, prior to the end of the
six-month period described above, (i) a Participant’s
employment with the Company (including any Subsidiary) is
terminated, or (ii) unless the Committee otherwise provides, a
Change of Control event occurs, the Participant’s Alternative
Exercise Agreement will terminate and the related
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Qualifying
Award may then be exercised in accordance with the terms and
con
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