Exhibit 10.14
NACCO MATERIALS HANDLING GROUP, INC.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2000 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007
(As Amended and Restated as of December 1, 2007)
The general Effective Date of this
amendment and restatement of the NACCO Materials Handling Group,
Inc. Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”)
is December 1, 2007.
For periods prior to January 1,
2008, the purpose of this Plan and the Prior Plan was to further
the long-term profits and growth of NACCO Materials Handling Group,
Inc. (the “Company”) by enabling the Company and its
Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Employers”) to attract
and retain key executive employees by offering long-term incentive
compensation to those key executive employees who will be in a
position to make significant contributions to such profits and
growth. This incentive is in addition to annual compensation and is
intended to reflect growth in the value of the Company’s
stockholders’ equity. For all purposes other than the
crediting of interest, the Plan shall be frozen effective
December 31, 2007.
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Code Section 409A |
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All Awards payable hereunder are subject to the provisions of
Code Section 409A. It is intended that the compensation
arrangements under the Plan be in full compliance with the
requirements of Code Section 409A. The Plan shall be
interpreted and administered in a manner to give effect to such
intent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employers and their
affiliates do not guarantee to Participants or Beneficiaries any
particular tax treatment under Code Section 409A. |
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“Account” shall mean the record maintained by the
Employer in accordance with Section 7 to reflect the
Participant’s Awards under the Plan and the Prior Plan (plus
interest thereon). The Account shall be further sub-divided into
the Sub-Accounts as described in Sections 7 and 8. |
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“Award” shall mean the award of Book Value Units
that were granted to a Participant under this Plan and the Prior
Plan for the pre-2007 Award Terms or the cash award granted to a
Participant under this Plan for the 2007 Award Term. |
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(c) |
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“Award Units” shall mean Book Value Units that were
issued pursuant to this Plan and the Prior Plan and the Guidelines
for the pre-2007 Award Terms. |
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(d) |
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“Award Term” shall mean the period of one or more
years on which an Award is based, as specified in the Guidelines.
The last Award Term hereunder shall be the 2007 calendar year. |
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“Beneficiary” shall mean the person(s) designated
in writing (on a form acceptable to the Committee) to receive the
payment of all amounts hereunder in the event of the death of a
Participant. In the absence of such a designation and at anytime
when there is no existing Beneficiary hereunder,
Participant’s Beneficiary shall be his surviving legal spouse
or, if none, his estate. |
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“Book Value” as to any Book Value Unit shall mean
an amount determined by the Committee or, if no amount is set by
the Committee, as of any date (i) the stockholders’
equity (as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis) allocable to
the Common Stock of the Company, as set forth on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Quarter
Date coincident with or immediately preceding such date, divided by
(ii) the number of Notional Shares existing as of such Quarter
Date; provided, however, that Book Value and/or the number of
Notional Shares may be adjusted to such an extent as may be
determined by the Committee to preserve the benefit of the
arrangement for holders of Book Value Units and the Company, if in
the opinion of the Committee, after consultation with the
Company’s independent public accountants, changes in the
Company’s accounting policies, acquisitions or other unusual
or extraordinary items have materially affected the
stockholders’ equity allocable to the Notional Shares. |
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“Book Value Unit” or “Unit” shall mean
a right previously granted under the Prior Plan or prior versions
of the Plan for the pre-2007 Award Terms. |
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“Change in Control.” The term “Change in
Control” shall mean the occurrence of an event described in
Appendix A hereto; provided that such occurrence occurs on or
after January 1, 2008 and meets the requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) (or any successor or
replacement thereto). |
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“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. |
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“Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee
of the Company’s Board of Directors or any other committee
appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors to administer
this Plan in accordance with Section 5. |
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(k) |
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“Disability” or “Disabled.” A
Participant shall be deemed to have a “Disability” or
be “Disabled” if the Participant is determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or if the
Participant (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
Employer sponsored accident and health plan |
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“Fixed Income Fund” shall mean the Vanguard
Retirement Savings Trust IV under the Company’s qualified
401(k) plan or any equivalent fixed income fund which is designated
as the successor to such fund. |
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“Grant Date” shall mean the effective date of an
Award, which is the January 1 st following the
end of the Award Term. |
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(n) |
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“Guidelines” shall mean the guidelines that are
approved by the Committee for each Award Term for the
administration of the Awards granted under the Plan or the Prior
Plan. To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the
Guidelines and this restated Plan on matters other than the time
and form payment of the Awards, the Guidelines shall control. If
there is any inconsistency between the Guidelines and this restated
Plan document regarding the time and form of payment of the Awards,
this Plan document shall control. |
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" Hay Salary Grade” shall mean the salary grade or
points assigned to a Participant by the Company pursuant to the Hay
Salary System, or any successor salary system subsequently adopted
by the Company. |
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“Key Employee.” Effective April 1, 2008, a
Participant shall be classified as a Key Employee if he meets the
following requirements: |
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The Participant, with respect to the Participant’s
relationship with the Employers and their affiliates, met the
requirements of Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or
(iii) of the Code (without regard to Section 416(i)(5)
thereof) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder at any time
during the 12-month period ending on the most recent Identification
Date (defined below) and his Termination of Employment occurs
during the 12-month period beginning on the most recent Effective
Date (defined below). When applying the provisions of Code
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416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii) for this purpose:
(i) the definition of “compensation”
(A) shall be as defined under 1.415(c)-2(d)(4) (i.e., the
wages and other compensation for which the Employer is required to
furnish the Employee with a Form W-2 under Code Sections 6041,
6051 and 6052, plus amounts deferred at the election of the
Employee under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4) or 401(k)) and
(B) shall apply the rule of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(g)(5)(ii) which excludes
compensation of non-resident alien employees and (ii) the
number of officers described in Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i)
shall be 60 instead of 50. |
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The Identification Date for Key Employees is each
December 31 st and the
Effective Date is the following April 1 st . As such, any
Employee who is classified as a Key Employee as of December 31
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particular calendar year shall maintain such classification for the
12-month period commencing on the following April 1 st . |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall not be
classified as a Key Employee unless the stock of NACCO Industries,
Inc. (or a related entity) is publicly traded on an established
securities market or otherwise on the date of the
Participant’s Termination of Employment. |
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“Maturity Date” shall mean the date established
under Section 10(a) of the Plan. |
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“Notional Shares” shall mean the number of assumed
shares of Common Stock of the Company as determined by the
Committee from time to time in order to implement the purposes of
the Plan. The number of Notional Shares under the Plan (including
the Plan as in effect prior to the Effective Date) shall equal
20 million shares. |
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“Participant” shall mean any person who meets the
eligibility criteria set forth in Section 6 and who is granted
an Award under the Plan or the Prior Plan or a person who maintains
an Account balance hereunder. |
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“Prior Plan” shall mean the NACCO Materials
Handling Group, Inc. Senior Executive Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan, which was frozen effective January 1, 2006.
The Prior Plan was merged into the Plan effective as of the close
of business on November 30, 2007. |
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“Quarter Date” shall mean the last business day of
each calendar quarter. The final Quarter Date hereunder shall be
December 31, 2007. |
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“Retirement” or “Retire” shall mean the
(i) termination of a U.S. Participant’s employment with
the Employers after the Participant has reached age 60 and
completed at least 15 years of service, or
(ii) termination of a non-U.S. Participant’s employment
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Participant has reached age 60 and completed at least 15 years
of service or, if earlier, a termination that qualifies as a
retirement under local practices and procedures and/or which
qualifies the non-U.S. Participant for foreign retirement
benefits. |
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“ROTCE Table Rate” shall mean the interest rate
determined under the annual ROTCE Table that is adopted and
approved by the Committee within the first 90 days of each
calendar year. |
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“Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation,
partnership or other entity, the majority of the outstanding voting
securities of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company. |
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“Target Award” shall mean the dollar value of the
Award to be paid to a Participant under the Plan assuming that the
applicable performance targets are met. |
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“Termination of Employment” shall mean, with
respect to any Participant’s relationship with the Employers
and their affiliates, a separation from service as defined in Code
Section 409A (and the regulations and guidance issued
thereunder). |
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This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. A majority of
the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the action of members
of the Committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the act
of the Committee. All acts and decisions of the Committee with
respect to any questions arising in connection with the
administration and interpretation of this Plan, including the
severability of any or all of the provisions hereof, shall be
conclusive, final and binding upon the Employers and all present
and former Participants, all other employees of the Employers, and
their respective descendants, successors and assigns. No member of
the Committee shall be liable for any such act or decision made in
good faith. |
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The Committee shall have complete authority to interpret all
provisions of this Plan, to prescribe the form of any instrument
evidencing any Award granted under this Plan, to adopt, amend and
rescind general and special rules and regulations for its
administration (including, without limitation, the Guidelines) and
to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Plan. |
For periods prior to January 1,
2008, any person who is classified by an Employer as a salaried
employee of an Employer (including any Subsidiary acquired after
adoption of this Plan) generally at a Hay
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Salary
Grade of 25 or above (or a compensation level equivalent thereto),
who in the judgment of the Committee occupies an officer or other
key executive position in which his efforts may significantly
contribute to the profits or growth of an Employer, may be eligible
to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that leased
employees (as defined in Code Section 414) shall not be
eligible to participate in the Plan. A person shall become a
Participant in the Plan when granted an Award hereunder. No new
Participants shall be added to the Plan for periods after the 2007
Award Term.
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Accounts; Conversion of Outstanding Book Value Units to
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(a) Each Employer shall
establish and maintain on its books an Account for each Participant
who is or was employed by the Employer which shall reflect the
credits described in Sections 7(c) and 8(d) hereof. Such Account
shall also reflect credits for the interest described in Section
10(b) and debits for any distributions therefrom.
(b) Participants in this Plan
and the Prior Plan previously received Awards with Grant Dates of
1/1/01, 1/1/03, 1/1/04, 1/1/05, 1/1/06 and 1/1/07. Those Awards
were previously converted to Book Value Units in accordance with
the terms of the Prior Plan or prior versions of the Plan. The
outstanding Book Value Units shall be converted to cash values
(denominated in U.S. dollars) in accordance with the following
rules. The outstanding Book Value Units of Participants who
incurred a Termination of Employment for reasons other than
Retirement or Disability prior to December 31, 2007 (the
“Frozen Participants”) shall be multiplied by the Book
Value in effect on the Quarter Date preceding the date of their
Termination of Employment to determine a cash value. The
outstanding Book Value Units of all other Participants (the
“Non-Frozen Participants”) shall be multiplied by the
Book Value in effect on December 31, 2007 to determine a cash
value.
(c) As of December 31,
2007, the cash values determined under Subsection (b) above
shall be credited to the Participants’ Accounts established
under Subsection (a) above. Specifically, (i) the cash values
determined from the Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/01, 1/1/03,
1/1/04 and 1/1/05 shall be credited to the “Pre-2006
Sub-Account”, (ii) the cash values determined from the
Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/06 shall be credited to the
“2006 Sub-Account” and (iii) the cash values
determined from the Awards with a Grant Date of 1/1/07 shall be
credited to the “2007 Sub-Account”.
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Granting of Awards for the 2007 Award Term |
The Committee may authorize the
granting of Awards to Participants for the 2007 Award Term, which
shall be consistent with, and shall be subject to all of the
requirements of, the following provisions:
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Not later than the ninetieth day of the 2007 Award Term, the
Committee approved (i) a Target Award to be granted to each
Participant for such Award Term and (ii) a formula for
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the amount of each 2007 Award, which formula was based upon the
Company’s return on total capital employed for the 2007 Award
Term. |
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Effective no later than April 30, 2008 , the Committee
shall approve (i) a preliminary calculation of the amount of
each Award based upon the application of the formula (as in effect
at the calculation date) and actual performance to the Target
Awards previously determined in accordance with Section 8(a);
and (ii) a final calculation of the amount of each Award to be
granted to each Participant for the 2007 Award Term (which Award
shall have a Grant Date of 1/1/08).. The Committee shall have the
power to increase or decrease the amount of any Award above or
below the amount determined in accordance with the foregoing
provisions; provided, however, no 2007 Award, including any Award
equal to the Target Award, shall be payable under the Plan to any
Participant except as determined by the Committee. |
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Calculations of Target Awards for the 2007 Award Term shall
initially be based on the Participant’s Hay Salary Gr |
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