FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA,
INC. THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 SENIOR MANAGEMENT
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Flextronics
International USA, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends
and restates in its entirety the Flextronics International USA,
Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2005 Senior Management Deferred
Compensation Plan (as amended and restated herein, the
“Plan”). The Plan sets forth the terms of an unfunded
deferred compensation plan for a select group of management, highly
compensated employees, directors and persons who have been part of
a select group of management, highly compensated employees or
directors of the Company who may agree, pursuant to the Deferral
Agreements, to defer certain compensation. It is intended that the
Plan constitute an unfunded “top hat plan” for purposes
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”). The Plan shall be administered and construed
in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and any
administrative guidance issued thereunder.
The
following terms used in the Plan shall have the meanings set forth
below:
(a)
“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to the
Company, any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by, or under common control with the Company or any other entity
designated by the Board in which the Company or an Affiliate has an
interest.
(b)
“ Award Agreement ” shall mean any agreement
between the Company and a Participant for the payment to the
Participant of compensation that is deferred under this
Plan.
(c)
“ Beneficiary ” shall mean any person, persons,
trust or other entity designated by a Participant to receive
benefits, if any, under the Plan upon such Participant’s
death. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary
shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by
the Committee or Plan Administrator.
(d)
“ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of
FIL
(e)
“ Change in Control ” shall mean a change in the
ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership
of a substantial portion of its assets, within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) and Treasury Regulations
thereunder.
(f)
“ Claimant ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9(a).
(g)
“ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulations issued
thereunder.
(h)
“ Committee ” shall mean the Compensation
Committee appointed by the Board.
(i)
“ Company ” shall mean Flextronics International
USA, Inc., and, for purposes of determining the benefits provided
under the Plan or as applicable under ERISA or the Code, any
successor to all or a major portion of the Company’s assets
or business that assumes the obligations of the Company, and any
other corporation or unincorporated trade or business that has
adopted the Plan with the approval of the Company, and is a member
of the same controlled group of corporations or the same group of
trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of
Code Sections 414(b) and 414(c) as modified by Code
Section 415(h)) as the Company, or an affiliated service group
(as defined in Code Section 414(m)) which includes the
Company, or any other entity required to be aggregated with the
Company pursuant to regulations under Code Sections 414(o) and 409A
or any other affiliated entity that is designated by the Company as
eligible to adopt the Plan.
(j)
“ Deferral Account ” shall mean the
recordkeeping account, and any sub-accounts if determined by the
Committee or the Plan Administrator to be necessary or appropriate
for the proper administration of the Plan, established and
maintained by the Company in the name of a Participant as provided
in Section 4(c) for compensation payable to a Participant pursuant
to a Deferral Agreement.
(k)
“ Deferral Agreement ” shall mean an agreement
executed by the Participant and the Company, in such form as
approved by the Committee or the Plan Administrator, and as may be
revised from time to time with respect to any one or more
Participants by or at the direction of the Committee or Plan
Administrator, whereby (A) the Participant (i) agrees to
receive certain types of compensation in the future pursuant to the
provisions of this Plan, (ii) elects to defer future
compensation such Participant would otherwise be entitled to
receive in cash from the Company, including an amount or percentage
of compensation to be deferred, and/or (iii) makes such other
elections as are permitted and provides such other information as
is required under the Plan, and (B) the Participant specifies
a schedule according to which the Participant will receive payout
of his or her compensation that is payable in the future under this
Plan. Each Deferral Agreement shall be consistent with this Plan
and shall incorporate by its terms the provisions of this
Plan.
(l)
“ Deferral Day ” shall mean, for each
Participant, the day on which the Company is required, by the terms
of the applicable Deferral Agreement form or any other agreement
between the Participant and the Company, to credit an amount to the
Participant’s Deferral Account under this Plan.
(m)
“ Disabled ” shall mean a Participant who
(i) 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
(ii) is, 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, receiving income replacement benefits for a period
of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan
covering employees of the Participant’s employer. This
definition shall be construed and administered in accordance with
the requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(C) and Treasury
Regulations thereunder.
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(n)
“ ERISA ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.
(o)
“ Fair Market Value ” shall mean, on a given
date of valuation, (i) with respect to any mutual fund, the
closing net asset value as reported in The Wall Street Journal with
respect to the date of valuation and (ii) with respect to a
security traded on a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ
National Market, the closing price on the date of valuation as
reported in The Wall Street Journal.
(p)
“ FIL ” shall mean Flextronics International
Ltd.
(q)
“ Hypothetical Investments ” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4(d).
(r)
“ Manager ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(d).
(s)
“ Officers ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8(b)(ii).
(t)
“ Participant ” shall mean a present or former
employee of the Company who participates in this Plan and any other
present or former employee designated from time to time by the
Committee.
(u)
“ Plan ” shall mean this Flextronics
International USA, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Senior
Management Deferred Compensation Plan.
(v)
“ Plan Administrator ” shall mean the Plan
Administrator, if any, appointed pursuant to
Section 3(a).
(w)
“ Released Party ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8(b)(iii).
(x)
“ Separation from Service ” shall mean a
Participant’s separation from service from the Company within
the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) and Treasury
Regulations thereunder.
(y)
“ Share Award Deferral ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4(l).
(aa)
“ Specified Employee ” shall mean a key employee
(as defined in Code Section 416(i) without regard to paragraph 5
thereof) of FIL, for so long as any of its stock is publicly traded
on an established securities market or otherwise. This definition
shall be construed and administered in accordance with the
requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and Treasury
Regulations thereunder.
(bb)
“ Stock Unit ” shall mean compensation in the
form of a vested or unvested right to receive shares of FIL in the
future.
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(cc)
“ Trust ” shall mean any trust or trusts
established or designated by the Company pursuant to Section 5(a)
to hold assets in connection with the Plan.
(dd)
“ Trustee ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a).
(ee)
“ Unforeseeable Emergency ” shall mean a severe
financial hardship to a Participant resulting from an illness or
accident of the Participant, the Participant’s Spouse, the
Participant’s beneficiary, or a dependent (as defined in
Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar
extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result
of events beyond the control of the Participant. This definition
shall be construed and administered in accordance with the
requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii) and Treasury
Regulations thereunder.
3. Authority and Administration of the Committee and Plan
Administrator .
(a)
Authorization of Committee or Plan Administrator . The
Committee shall administer the Plan and may select one or more
persons to serve as the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator
shall have authority to perform any act that the Committee is
entitled to perform under this Plan, except to the extent that the
Committee specifies limitations on the Plan Administrator’s
authority. The initial Plan Administrator shall be the
Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Any person selected to
serve as the Plan Administrator may, but need not, be a Committee
member or an officer or employee of the Company. However, if a
person serving as Plan Administrator or a member of the Committee
is a Participant, such person may not decide or vote on a matter
affecting his interest as a Participant.
(b)
Administration by Committee or Plan Administrator . The
Committee or Plan Administrator shall administer the Plan in
accordance with its terms, and shall have all powers necessary to
accomplish such purpose, including the power and authority to
reasonably construe and interpret the Plan, to reasonably define
the terms used herein, to reasonably prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations, agreements, forms, and notices relating to
the administration of the Plan, and to make all other
determinations reasonably necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Committee or Plan Administrator may
appoint additional agents and delegate thereto powers and duties
under the Plan.
4. Deferral Agreements, Deferral Accounts and Share Award
Deferrals .
(a)
Deferral Agreement . The Company and any Participant may
agree to defer all or a portion of his or her compensation, under
the terms provided in any Deferral Agreement form provided to the
Participant in accordance with the Plan, by executing a completed
Deferral Agreement. An election to defer compensation for a taxable
year pursuant to a Deferral Agreement must be made not later than
the close of the preceding taxable year, or at such other time
provided in Treasury Regulations issued under Code
Section 409A (or earlier date specified in the applicable
Deferral Agreement form); provided that, in the case of the first
year in which a Participant becomes eligible to participate in the
Plan within the meaning of Code Section 409A and applicable
administrative guidance, such election may be made with respect to
compensation paid for services to be performed subsequent to the
election within 30 days after the date the Participant becomes
eligible to participate in the Plan (or earlier date
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specified in
the applicable Deferral Agreement form); and, in the case of any
performance-based compensation based on services performed over a
period of at least 12 months, such election may be made no
later than 6 months before the end of the period (or the
earliest of such date, the day immediately prior to the date such
compensation has become reasonably ascertainable, and the date
specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement form) provided that
the Participant is continuously employed from the date that the
applicable performance criteria are established through the date of
the election. Different Deferral Agreements may be used for
different components of compensation payable for a single service
period. Each Deferral Agreement form shall establish for each
Participant the amount and type of compensation that may or shall
be deferred pursuant to the Plan and such determination will be
reflected on the relevant Deferral Agreement form, and may
establish maximum or minimum amounts of aggregate deferrals that
may be elected for a Participant. A Participant shall not be
entitled to vary any term that is set forth in the Deferral
Agreement form except to the extent that the form of Deferral
Agreement itself permits variations.
(b)
Code Section 409A Transition Rules . The Committee or
Plan Administrator, in its sole and absolute discretion, may offer
to any Participant the option to make new elections in 2008 as to
time and form (but not medium) of payment for deferrals of
compensation that would not otherwise be payable under the Plan in
2008 (as applicable), provided the elections are consistent with
the requirements of Code Section 409A. Any elections made
under this Section shall be administered by the Committee or the
Plan Administrator in accordance with applicable administrative
guidance under Code Section 409A.
(c)
Establishment of Deferral Accounts . The Committee or Plan
Administrator shall establish a Deferral Account for each
Participant. Each Deferral Account shall be maintained for the
Participant solely as a bookkeeping entry by the Company to
evidence unfunded obligations of the Company. The Participant shall
be 100% vested in the Participant’s Deferral Account at all
times, except to the extent otherwise specified in the applicable
Deferral Agreement or in any other agreement between the Company
and the Participant. The provisions with respect to vesting in any
such Deferral Agreement or other agreement shall be incorporated in
this Plan and given effect as if fully set forth herein. A
Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with the
amounts required to be credited to the Participant’s Deferral
Account pursuant to the Participant’s initial Deferral
Agreement or pursuant to any subsequent Deferral Agreement entered
into by that Participant and the Company, in each case, less the
amount of federal, state or local tax required by law to be
withheld with respect to such amounts, unless such withholding is
provided from another source, and shall be adjusted for
Hypothetical Investment results as described herein.
(d)
Hypothetical Investments and Managers . Subject to the
provisions of Section 4(g), amounts credited to a Deferral
Account shall be deemed to be invested in one or more hypothetical
investments (“Hypothetical Investments”). Each
Participant may select an investment manager from a list selected
from time to time by the Committee or Plan Administrator (a
“Manager”), who will then select Hypothetical
Investments on the Participant’s behalf. A Participant who
selects a Manager may select a successor Manager from such list of
Managers from time to time. Rather than appoint a Manager, a
Participant may select Hypothetical Investments on his or her own
behalf. The Committee or Plan Administrator may establish
limitations on permissible allocations of Deferral Accounts among
groups of Hypothetical Investments. Except in accordance with
Section 4(l), no Hypothetical Investments may be made in any
debt or equity issued by FIL or its Affiliates.
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(e)
List of Hypothetical Investments and Managers . An initial
list of Managers and investments available for Hypothetical
Investments shall be established by the Board, the Committee or the
Plan Administrator and each such list shall be provided to each
Participant in connection with the initial Deferral Agreement. The
Committee or Plan Administrator shall consider requests from any
Participant to add to the list of Managers, and shall satisfy such
requests if they are reasonably acceptable to the Committee or Plan
Administrator. The Committee or Plan Administrator may change or
discontinue any Hypothetical Investment or Manager if reasonably
necessary to satisfy business objectives of the Company or its
Affiliates; provided that, following a Change in Control, neither
the Committee nor the Plan Administrator may change or modify the
investment options existing immediately prior to such Change in
Control in any manner that is adverse to the
Participants.
(f)
Investment of Deferral Accounts . As provided in
Section 4(d), each Deferral Account shall be deemed to be
invested in one or more Hypothetical Investments as of the date of
the deferral or credit, as the case may be. The amounts of
hypothetical income, appreciation and depreciation in value of the
Hypothetical Investments shall be credited and debited to, or
otherwise reflected in, such Deferral Account from time to time in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee or Plan
Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or Plan
Administrator, amounts credited to a Deferral Account shall be
deemed invested in Hypothetical Investments as of the effective
date of the credit.
(g)
Allocation and Reallocation of Hypothetical Investments . A
Participant, or a Manager who selects Hypothetical Investments for
a Participant, may allocate and reallocate amounts credited to a
Participant’s Deferral Account to one or more of the
Hypothetical Investments authorized under the Plan with such
frequency as permitted by the Committee or Plan Administrator.
Subject to the rules established by the Committee or Plan
Administrator, a Participant or Manager may reallocate amounts
credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account to other
Hypothetical Investments by filing with the Committee or Plan
Administrator a notice, in such form as may be specified by the
Committee or Plan Administrator. No Participant shall have the
right, at any time, to direct a Manager to enter into specific
transactions in connection with his or her Deferral Account;
provided that this provision shall not prohibit the
Participant from communicating with the Manager regarding
Hypothetical Investments, including communication regarding
preferred Hypothetical Investment objectives. Each Manager shall
have the power to acquire and dispose of such Hypothetical
Investments as the Manager determines necessary in connection with
its portfolio. The Committee or Plan Administrator may restrict or
prohibit reallocation of amounts deemed invested in specified
Hypothetical Investments or invested by specified Managers to
comply with applicable law or regulation.
(h)
No Actual Investment . Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the
Hypothetical Investments are to be used for measurement purposes
only. A Participant’s election of any such Hypothetical
Investments, the allocation of such Hypothetical Investments to his
or her Deferral Account, the calculation of additional amounts and
the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s
Deferral Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner
as an actual investment of his or her
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Deferral
Account in any such Hypothetical Investments. In the event that the
Company or the Trustee, in its own discretion, decides to invest
funds in any or all of the Hypothetical Investments, no Participant
shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without
limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferral Account
shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not
represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company
or the Trust. The Participant shall at all times remain an
unsecured creditor of the Company.
(i)
Forfeiture of Unvested Portions of Deferral Accounts Upon
Separation from Service . Upon a Participant’s Separation
from Service, any unvested portion of the Participant’s
Deferral Account (excluding the portion, if any, that vests as a
result of such termination) shall be forfeited and terminated in
accordance with the applicable Deferral Agreement except as
otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(j)
Change in Law . If a future change in law would, in the
judgment of the Committee or Plan Administrator, likely accelerate
taxation to a Participant of amounts that would be credited to the
Participant’s Deferral Account in the future under the
Participant’s Deferral Agreement , the Company and the
Participant will attempt to amend the Plan to satisfy the
requirements of the change in law and, unless and until such an
amendment is agreed to, Company shall cease deferrals under the
Participant’s Deferral Agreement on the effective date of
such change in law; provided however, the Company shall not cease
deferrals if such cessation would violate the provisions of Code
Section 409A.
(k)
Separate Maintenance of Vested Subaccounts . The Committee
or Plan Administrator may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
allow Participants to defer portions of their base salary and/or
cash bonuses to be earned after such election under the Plan. If
and when such deferrals are allowed and a Participant elects to
defer amounts of salary and/or cash bonus pursuant to a Deferral
Agreement that are vested at the time of the deferral, and other
amounts that are unvested are also deferred in accordance with the
Participant’s Deferral Agreement, a separate subaccount of
the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be established and
maintained for the vested deferred salary and cash bonus, and
hypothetical earnings and losses thereon shall be recorded in such
separate subaccount.
(l)
Share Award Deferrals . Pursuant to an applicable Award
Agreement, compensation in the form of a Stock Unit may be deferred
under this Plan (any such deferral, a “Share Award
Deferral”). If a Share Award Deferral is made for a
Participant, a separate subaccount of the Participant’s
Deferral Account shall be established and maintained in order to
account for the Participant’s rights under the Share Award
Deferral, and any hypothetical earnings and losses thereon shall be
recorded in such separate subaccount. Any such subaccount shall be
unvested to the extent attributable to an unvested Stock Unit, and
from the time the Stock Unit vests shall be deemed to be invested
solely in shares of FIL stock. Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant shall not be entitled to
reallocate any portion of a subaccount that is deemed invested in a
Stock Unit or FIL shares to another Hypothetical
Investment.
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5. Establishment of Trust.
(a)
The Trust Agreement . The Company has entered into a Trust
Agreement for the Plan, providing for the establishment of a trust
to be held and administered by a trustee (the
“Trustee”) designated in the Trust Agreement (the
“Trust”). The Trustee shall be the agent for purposes
of such duties delegated to the Trustee by the Committee or Plan
Administrator as set forth in the Trust Agreement. The Trust shall
be irrevocable.
(b)
Funding the Trust . Except as otherwise provided in Section
5(d) with respect to Share Award Deferrals, on the relevant
Deferral Day, the Company shall deposit into the Trust cash or
other assets, as specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement,
equal to the aggregate amount required to be credited to the
Participant’s Deferral Account for that Deferral Day, less
applicable taxes required to be withheld, if any. The assets of the
Trust shall remain subject to the claims of the general creditors
of the Company in the event of an insolvency of the Company. Assets
of the Trust shall at all times be located within the United
States.
(c)
Taxes and Expenses of the Trust . The Committee and the Plan
Administrator shall make all investment decisions for the Trust,
and no Part
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