Exhibit
10.54
SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED
RADIOSHACK
CORPORATION OFFICERS
DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
RadioShack
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“RadioShack”),
hereby amends and restates, effective as of December 31, 2008, the
RadioShack Corporation Officers Deferred Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”) in order to satisfy the requirements of section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”). Unless otherwise indicated, all
“section” or “Code” references are to the
Code and the Treasury Regulations related thereto, as may be
amended from time to time, promulgated under the authority of the
applicable Code section and, in each case, any successor provisions
thereto.
RadioShack
intends that this Plan, as amended and restated, applies solely to
compensation earned or vested on or after January 1, 2005,
including any earnings thereon, to the extent such compensation was
not paid or distributed prior to December 31,
2008. Further, it is the intent of the RadioShack that
this Plan, as amended and restated, shall have no effect whatsoever
on any benefits earned and vested on or before December 31, 2004,
including any earnings thereon, and the parties intend that such
benefits remain exempt from Code section 409A.
ARTICLE
ONE
PURPOSE
Section
1.1 The
purpose of this Plan is to enable RadioShack Corporation and its
subsidiaries to secure and retain the services of outstanding key
executive personnel by providing certain death and retirement
benefits.
ARTICLE
TWO
DEFINITIONS
Section
2.1
Beneficiary. The recipient(s) designated (in
accordance with Article Seven) by a Participant in the Plan to whom
benefits are payable following his death.
Section
2.2
Committee. The Organization and Compensation
Committee of RadioShack which shall administer the Plan in
accordance with Article Nine.
Section
2.3
Disability. A physical or mental condition
which, in the opinion of the Committee, totally and presumably
permanently, prevents a Participant from substantially performing
duties for which such Participant is suited to perform either by
education or training, or if such Participant is on a Leave of
Absence when such condition develops, substantially performing
duties for which such Participant is suited to perform either by
education or training. A determination that Disability
exists shall be based upon competent medical evidence satisfactory
to the Committee. The date that any person’s
Disability occurs shall be deemed to be the date such condition is
determined to exist by the Committee.
Section
2.4
Employee . A regular full-time executive employee
of RadioShack.
Section
2.5
Leave of Absence. Any period during
which:
(a) an
Employee is absent with the prior consent of RadioShack, which
consent shall be granted under uniform rules applied to all
Employees on a nondiscriminatory basis, but only if such person (i)
is an Employee immediately prior to the commencement of such period
of authorized absence and resumes employment with
RadioShack not
later than the first working day following the expiration of such
period of authorized absence; or (ii) enters into a contract with
RadioShack prior to the absence which provides a right for the
Employee to return to work following a leave of absence, upon such
terms and conditions as RadioShack may provide in its sole
discretion. For purposes of clarification, nothing in
this Section 2.5(a) shall obligate or require RadioShack to enter
into any contract with any Employee or other person.
(b) an
Employee is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States and
his reemployment rights are guaranteed by law, but only if such
person is an Employee immediately prior to becoming a member of
such Armed Forces and resumes employment with RadioShack within the
period during which his reemployment rights are guaranteed by
law.
Section
2.6
Participant. An Employee who has been selected
and has accepted a Plan Agreement as provided in
Article Three.
Section
2.7
Plan Agreement. The agreement between RadioShack
and a Participant, entered into in accordance with Article Three,
and in the form of attached Exhibit ”A” (as such form
may be amended from time to time hereunder).
Section
2.8
Plan Benefit Amount. Plan Benefit Amount means
the dollar amount set forth and so designated in a
Participant’s Plan Agreement.
Section
2.9
Retirement. The following classifications of
Retirement as referred to in this Plan are defined as
follows:
(a)
Early Retirement. The voluntary election, as
opposed to involuntary termination by RadioShack, prior to the
Participant’s attaining the age of sixty-five (65) years, by
a Participant to terminate his employment after attaining the age
of fifty-five (55) years.
(b)
Normal Retirement. The termination of a
Participant’s service with RadioShack at the date of
attaining age sixty-five (65) years.
(c)
Late Retirement. The termination of a
Participant’s service with RadioShack after the
Participant’s attaining the age of sixty-five (65)
years.
Any Retirement
occurring on or after January 1, 2005, with respect to that portion
of the Plan that is subject to Code section 409A, is deemed to be a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Code
section 409A (a “Separation from Service”) and,
notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the date
on which such Separation from Service takes place shall be the date
of Retirement.
Section
2.10
RadioShack. RadioShack Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and those subsidiary corporations in which RadioShack
owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock entitled to vote.
Section
2.11
RadioShack Subsidiary. Any corporation in which
RadioShack owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote.
ARTICLE
THREE
SELECTION OF
PARTICIPANTS AND
AGREEMENT TO
PARTICIPATE
Section
3.1 The
Committee, in its sole and exclusive discretion, shall select from
among the key executive employees of RadioShack, candidates for
participation in the Plan. A candidate shall become a
Participant only upon his execution of a Plan Agreement and a
Beneficiary Designation Form.
ARTICLE
FOUR
LIFE
INSURANCE
Section
4.1 RadioShack
may obtain permanent life insurance insuring the life of any
Participant as a means of funding RadioShack’s obligations to
his Beneficiary in whole or part. RadioShack shall be
the sole owner and beneficiary of all such policies of insurance so
obtained and of all incidents of ownership therein, including
without limitation, the rights to all cash and loan values,
dividends (if any), death benefits and the right to
terminate. No Beneficiary or Participant shall be
entitled to any rights, interests or equities in such policies or
to any specific asset of RadioShack of any type, and on the
contrary, their rights against RadioShack under the Plan shall be
solely as general creditors.
Section
4.2 If
as a result of misrepresentations made by a Participant in any
application for life insurance upon his life obtained by RadioShack
hereunder, the insurance carrier or carriers or any reinsurance
thereof successfully avoid(s) payment to RadioShack of the proceeds
of its or their policy or policies, or such proceeds are not
payable because the Participant’s death results from suicide
within two (2) years of the issuance of such policy or within two
(2) years of the issuance to RadioShack of additional policies
obtained by RadioShack hereunder, then, in any of said events,
notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or of the Plan
Agreement with such Participant, RadioShack shall have no
obligation to his Beneficiary to provide any of the death benefits
otherwise payable under the terms thereof.
Section
4.3 Each
Participant shall cooperate in the securing of life insurance on
his life by furnishing such information as the insurance
company may require, taking such physical examinations as may be
necessary, and taking any other action which may be requested by
RadioShack or the insurance company to obtain such insurance
coverage. If a Participant refuses to cooperate in the
securing of life insurance, or if RadioShack is unable to secure
life insurance at standard rates on a Participant, then the Plan
Agreement shall be of no force and effect as to a Participant
unless RadioShack waives such requirement in writing.
Section
4.4 All
benefits under the Plan or Plan Agreement represent an unsecured
promise to pay by RadioShack Corporation. The Plan shall
be unfunded and the benefits hereunder shall be paid only from the
general assets of RadioShack Corporation resulting in the
Participants having no greater rights than RadioShack
Corporation’s general creditors; provided, however,
nothing herein shall prevent or prohibit RadioShack Corporation
from establishing a trust or other arrangement for the purpose of
providing for the payment of the benefits payable under the Plan or
Plan Agreement.
ARTICLE
FIVE
BENEFITS
PAYABLE TO PARTICIPANTS AND
TO
BENEFICIARIES OF PARTICIPANTS
Section
5.1 Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan, upon the Retirement of a
Participant, RadioShack agrees to pay to Participant a Retirement
benefit as follows:
(a)
Normal Retirement. If a Participant retires at
the date of Normal Retirement, then RadioShack agrees to pay to
Participant or to the designated Beneficiary of Participant in the
event of the death of Participant prior to the termination of
payment of Retirement benefits hereunder, all from its general
assets, an amount equal to such Participant’s Plan Benefit
Amount, such sum to be paid as set forth in Section 5.3
hereof.
(b)
Early Retirement. If a Participant retires at a
time that constitutes an Early Retirement, then RadioShack agrees
to pay to Participant or to the designated Beneficiary of
Participant in the event of the death of Participant prior to the
termination of payment of Early Retirement benefits hereunder, all
from its general assets, an amount equal to such
Participant’s Plan Benefit Amount, reduced by five percent
(5%) per year for each year that Early Retirement precedes the date
of Normal Retirement. Such year shall be a fiscal year
beginning on the date a Participant attains age fifty-five
(55). Any reduction for a part of a year shall be
prorated on a daily basis assuming a 365-day year. Such
amount shall be paid as set forth in Section 5.3 hereof.
(c)
Late Retirement. If a Participant retires at a
date that constitutes Late Retirement, then RadioShack agrees to
pay to Participant or to the designated Beneficiary of Participant
in the event of the death of Participant prior to the termination
of payment of Late Retirement benefits hereunder, all from its
general assets, an amount equal to such Participant’s Plan
Benefit Amount, reduced by a percentage determined as
follows:
|
Age on Date
of
|
|
Percent of
Reduction
|
|
Late
Retirement
|
|
of Plan Benefit
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
66
|
|
0%
|
|
67
|
|
0%
|
|
68
|
|
0%
|
|
69
|
|
0%
|
|
70
|
|
0%
|
|
71
|
|
20%
|
|
72
|
|
40%
|
|
73
|
|
60%
|
|
74
|
|
80%
|
|
75
|
|
100%
|
The percent of
reduction of a Participant’s Plan Benefit Amount shall be
measured on a fiscal year beginning on the date of
Participant’s date of birth and shall commence on the day
after the date a Participant attains age 70, and any reduction for
a part of a year shall be prorated on a daily basis at the
applicable percentage assuming a 365-day year. Such
amount shall be paid as set forth in Section 5.3 hereof.
Section
5.2 Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Plan, upon the death of a
Participant, but only if the Participant is an Employee of
RadioShack at his death (except as set forth in Section 5.2(c)
below) and is not being paid benefits pursuant to a Plan Agreement
at such time, RadioShack agrees to pay to his Beneficiary from its
general assets an amount equal to such Participant’s Plan
Benefit Amount as reflected in Employee’s Plan Agreement or,
as the case may be, in the last amendment to his Plan
Agreement. With respect to such benefits, however, it is
further provided that:
(a) no
benefits shall be payable to the Beneficiary of a Participant in
those instances covered by Section 4.2;
(b) if
a Participant dies while an Employee of RadioShack after the date
of his Normal Retirement, then the amount payable to his
Beneficiary upon a Participant’s death shall be reduced as
set forth in Section 5.1(c) hereof.
(c) The
death of a Participant within the first year after involuntary
termination of employment with RadioShack as provided in Section
8.6 shall not defeat the right of such Participant’s
Beneficiary to receive benefits under this Section 5.2 so long as
an event described in Section 8.5(a), (b) or (c) occurs within one
year of the date of termination of the Participant’s
employment.
Section
5.3 Except
as provided in Section 8.5, the aggregate amount payable upon the
Normal Retirement, Early Retirement, Late Retirement benefits due
and payable under Section 8.5 or 8.6 hereof, or death of a
Participant to a Participant or his Beneficiary shall be paid in
one hundred twenty (120) equal monthly installments commencing on
the first day of the month next following thirty (30) days after
Retirement or after the Participant’s death, or at the time
stated in Section 8.5 or 8.6 hereof.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if a Participant is a “specified
employee,” within the meaning of Code section 409A on the
date of his or her Retirement, then payment pursuant to this
Section 5.3 solely with respect to that portion of the Plan that is
subject to Code section 409A, shall be made on the first business
day of the seventh month following the date of the
Participant’s Retirement (or, if earlier, the date of the
Participant’s death) to the extent such delayed payment date
is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution
under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code (the “Delayed Payment
Date”). On the Delayed Payment Date, all
payments deferred pursuant to this Section 5.3 (whether they would
have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in
the absence of such deferral) shall be paid in a lump sum to the
Participant, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be
paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them
herein.
Section
5.4 Until
actually paid and delivered to the Participant or to the
Beneficiary entitled to same, none of the benefits payable by
RadioShack under any Plan Agreement shall be liable for the debts
or liabilities of either the Participant or his Beneficiary, nor
shall the same be subject to seizure by any creditor of the
Participant or his Beneficiary under any writ or proceeding at law,
in equity or in Bankruptcy. Further, no Participant or
Beneficiary shall have power to sell, assign, transfer, encumber,
or in any manner anticipate or dispose of the benefits to which he
is entitled or may become entitled under a Plan
Agreement.
(a) During
the period that Participant is receiving benefits under a Plan
Agreement and for one (1) year after cessation of payment of
benefits, Participant agrees that he will not, either directly or
indirectly, within the United States of America or in any country
of the world that RadioShack (or a RadioShack Subsidiary) or one of
its dealers or franchisees sells Consumer Electronic Products (as
hereinafter defined) at retail, own, manage, operate, join,
control, be employed by, be a consultant to, be a partner in, be a
creditor of, engage in joint operations with, be a
stockholder, officer or director of any corporation, sole
proprietorship or business entity of any type, or participate in
the ownership, management, direction, or control or in any other
manner be connected with, any business selling Consumer Electronic
Products at retail which is at the time of Participant’s
engaging in such conduct competitive with such products sold by
RadioShack at retail, except as a stockholder owning less than five
percent (5%) of the shares of a corporation whose shares are traded
on a stock exchange or in the over-the-counter market by a member
of the National Association of Securities
Dealers. “Consumer Electronic Products” are
those type of products sold at the retail level to the ultimate
customer as are advertised by RadioShack in its most recently
published annual catalogs and monthly
flyers. Manufacturing of Consumer Electronic Products
and sale of Consumer Electronic Products at levels of distribution
other than the retail level are not considered a violation of this
covenant.
(b) In
the event that a Participant engages in any of the activities
described in Section 5.5(a) RadioShack will give notice to the
Participant specifying in detail the alleged violation of Section
5.5(a). Participant will be allowed ninety (90) days to
cure such default. If the Committee feels there is
continuing competition, then, without any further notice or
opportunity to cure, and upon determination by the Board of
Directors that such a Participant is engaged in such activities,
such Board’s decision to be conclusive and binding upon all
concerned, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan or
of the Plan Agreement with such Participant, RadioShack’s
obligation to a Participant to pay any benefits hereunder shall
automatically cease and terminate and RadioShack shall have no
further obligation to such Participant or Beneficiary pursuant to
the Plan or the Plan Agreement. RadioShack may also
enforce this provision by suit for damages which shall include but
not be limited to all sums paid to Participant hereunder, or for
injunction, or both.
Section
5.6 RadioShack
may liquidate out of the interest of a Participant hereunder, but
only as Retirement or death benefits become due and payable
hereunder, any outstanding loan or loans or other indebtedness of a
Participant, provided that the entire amount of reduction in such
benefit in any taxable year of RadioShack shall not exceed $5,000
and the reduction shall be made at the same time and in the same
amount as the loan or other indebtedness otherwise would have been
due and collected from the Participant.
Section
5.7 Subject
to termination or amendment of the Plan, Plan Agreement, or both, a
and subject to the requirements of Code section 409A,
Participant’s participation in the Plan shall continue during
his Disability or his taking a Leave of Absence. Subject
to the requirements of Section 409A, a Participant who is Disabled
or on Leave of Absence shall notify RadioShack of his date of
Retirement by hand delivery or by certified or registered mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, of a written notice of
Retirement specifying the effective date of Retirement, such
written notice to be addressed to: Insurance Committee
of the Board of Directors, RadioShack Corporation, 300 RadioShack
Circle, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. Such notice shall be
deemed to be received when actually received by said Insurance
Committee at said address as may be changed from time to time in
the Plan Agreements, as amended.
Section
5.8 Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
accelerate or delay the payment of any benefits under the Plan
under the circumstances, and to the extent required or permitted
under Code section 409A.
ARTICLE
SIX
AMENDMENTS OF
PLAN AGREEMENTS
Section
6.1 The
Committee may enter into amendments to the Plan Agreement with any
Participant for the purpose of increasing the benefits payable to
the Participant or his Beneficiary in view of increases in his
compensation following the execution of such Plan Agreement or the
last amendment thereto and for the purpose of