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Exhibit 4.5
TRANE INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
(As Amended and Restated
as of June 5, 2008, except where otherwise
stated)
This document constitutes
part of a Prospectus covering securities that have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1993.
Section 1.
Purpose
The purpose of this Trane
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), as
amended as of June 5, 2008, is to provide a select group of
management or highly compensated employees of Trane Inc. (the
“Company”) and its subsidiaries with the opportunity to
defer receipt of certain compensation, and for the Company to defer
payment of certain compensation to such individuals, into future
years. The Plan covers employees of the Company and subsidiaries of
the Company which, with the consent of the Company, elect to
participate in the Plan (the “Employer”). The Plan has
been amended as of January 1, 2005 to conform to
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section
409A”) for all amounts deferred on or after January 1,
2005 as defined in Section 409A and applicable regulations
(such amounts hereinafter referred to as
“Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals”). All amounts
deferred hereunder which are not subject to Section 409A shall
be referred to herein as “Pre-2005 Deferrals”. The
provisions in the Plan with respect to Post-December 31, 2004
Deferrals are subject to the transition rules set forth in guidance
from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”),
including, without limitation, Notice 2005-1 and subsequent notices
issued by the IRS providing for transitional relief with respect to
Section 409A. The Company reserves the right to allow
Participants to take advantage of any such transitional relief with
respect to their Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals.
Section 2 .
Eligibility
Each employee of the Employer
who is a U.S. taxpayer and who either (i) participates in the
Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan of the Company or any
equivalent plan of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (“Ingersoll
Rand”)or (ii) is a district sales manager for the Trane
Commercial Sales business is eligible to participate in the Plan,
or (iii) effective July 7, 2006 is a territory sales
manager for the Trane Commercial Sales Business. All
those
who are eligible to participate in the
Plan are considered to be Participants. The Plan Administrator
shall provide a copy of the Plan to each Participant together with
a form of letter which the Participant may use to notify the
Company of his or her election to defer compensation under the
Plan.
Section 3.
Participation
a. Deferral
Election . On or before the date chosen from time to time
by the Plan Administrator, a Participant may elect to defer receipt
of certain forms of compensation which, but for such election,
would have been paid to him or her, and to have such amounts
credited, in whole or in part, to a memorandum account credited
with a fixed annual return (the “Interest Account”)
and/or a memorandum account deemed to be invested in notional
Common Shares of Ingersoll Rand (the “Stock Account”).
A Participant may elect to defer up to (i) 50% of base pay,
(ii) 100% of payments under the Company’s Annual
Incentive Program or an equivalent Ingersoll Rand program,
(iii) 100% of payments under the Company’s Long Term
Incentive Compensation Program or an equivalent Ingersoll Rand
program, and (iv) 100% of such other sources as are determined
from time to time by the Plan Administrator; provided,
however, that the total amount deferred by a Participant shall
be limited in any calendar year, if necessary, to satisfy Social
Security Tax (including Medicare), income tax and employee benefit
plan withholding requirements as determined in the sole and
absolute discretion of the Plan Administrator.
b. Form and Duration of
Deferral Election . A deferral election shall be made by a
Participant in the form of a written notice filed on a designated
form with the Plan Administrator (the “Deferral
Election”). The Deferral Election shall specify the amount
being deferred under that election and how much, if any, of the
deferral amount is going to each of the Interest Account and the
Stock Account. The minimum amount that each Participant may defer
under the Plan for each year shall be $5,000 (or such other amount
as the Plan Administrator shall determine from time to time). For
Pre-2005 Deferrals, any such election shall be effective solely
with respect to payments that would otherwise be made in the
calendar year following the year in which such election is filed,
except that with respect to individuals who first become
Participants during a calendar year, such election shall apply to
compensation to be earned
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and paid in that calendar year. For
Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals that are not deferrals of
performance based compensation based on services provided over a
period of at least twelve (12) months within the meaning of
Section 409A (hereinafter, “Performance Based
Compensation”), any deferral election with respect to
compensation for services to be performed during a taxable year
must be made not later than the close of the preceding taxable year
or at such other times as provided under the regulations governing
Section 409A. For Post-December 31, 2004 Deferrals of
Performance Based Compensation, such deferral election may be made
no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance
period to which the Performance Based Compensation applies.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Post-December 31, 2004
Deferrals by individuals who first become Participants during a
calendar year, elections to defer shall be made with respect to
compensation for services to be performed subsequent to the
election within thirty (30) days after the date such
individual becomes a Participant. All deferral elections shall
remain in effect for future years until it is modified or revoked
. Any revocation or modification of a Deferral Election
shall become effective only with respect to compensation payable in
the calendar year following receipt of such revocation or
modification by the Plan Administrator.
c. Renewal . A
Participant who has revoked an election to participate in the Plan
may file a new election to defer compensation payable in the
calendar year following the year in which such election is filed,
if the Participant continues to meet the Plan’s eligibility
criteria as are then in effect.
d. Discretionary
Company Contributions; Change of Control . The Employer may
from time to time elect to make fully discretionary contributions
(“Discretionary Company Contributions”) to the Interest
Accounts of some or all Participants, in such amounts as it, in its
sole discretion, elects. Such Discretionary Company Contributions
may be subject to a vesting schedule, as determined by the Plan
Administrator. Notwithstanding the vesting schedule, such amounts
will become fully vested upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control, or upon the death or disability (as defined below) of the
Participant (while actively employed by the Employer as an
employee). “Change of Control” shall have the same
meaning as set forth in the Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited 2007
Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, or any successor plan
thereto.
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e. Matching
Contributions . The Employer may from time to time elect to
make fully discretionary matching contributions (“Matching
Contributions”) to the Interest Accounts of some or all
Participants, in such amounts as it, in its sole discretion,
elects. Such Matching Contributions shall be fully vested at all
times.
Section 4 .
Participant’s Accounts
a. Establishment of
Account . The Company shall maintain an Interest Account
and a Stock Account for each Participant, and shall make additions
to and subtractions from such Accounts as provided in this Plan.
For each amount credited to the Interest Account, such Account
shall note the date the amount was credited to the Account, any
interest accrued pursuant to this Section 4, as well as the
date that distribution is to commence. For each amount credited to
the Stock Account, the Account shall note the date the amount was
credited to the Account, the number of notional shares credited on
such date, the Market Value per Share used to determine the
notional shares credited, as well as the date distribution is to
commence.
b. Interest Account
. Compensation allocated to the Interest Account pursuant to
this Section 4 shall be credited to such Account as of the
date such compensation would otherwise have been paid to the
Participant, and for Matching Contributions and Discretionary
Company Contributions, as of the date on which such amounts are
credited to the Interest Account. Any amounts credited to the
Interest Account shall earn interest on an annual basis at the
Applicable Interest Rate in effect for each calendar year, as
defined below, which interest shall be credited on the last
business day of each calendar month.
The Applicable Interest Rate
for amounts credited prior to January 1, 2002, shall mean the
percentage equal to the prime rate of interest in effect at Chase
Manhattan Bank (or any successor thereto) on the last business day
of the previous calendar year, plus one percent.
For amounts credited to the
Interest Account after December 31, 2001, Applicable Interest
Rate shall mean the rate of interest to be determined by the Plan
Administrator from time to time.
c. Stock Account
. Any compensation allocated to the Stock Account pursuant to
this Section 4 shall be deemed to be invested in a number of
notional Common Shares (including fractional shares) of Ingersoll
Rand (the “Shares”) equal to the quotient of
(i) the dollar amount
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of such compensation divided by
(ii) the Market Value Per Share (as defined below) on the date
the compensation being allocated to the Stock Account would
otherwise have been payable to the Participant. The Market Value
Per Share on any date shall mean the closing price per share for a
Class A common share of Ingersoll Rand (“Common
Share”) as reported on the Consolidated Tape of the New York
Stock Exchange on such date. If such date is not a business day or
if no sale occurs on such date, Market Value Per Share shall be
determined, in the manner described above, as of the first
preceding business day on which a sale occurs.
Whenever a dividend other
than a dividend payable in the form of Ingersoll Rand’s
Common Shares is declared with respect to Ingersoll Rand’s
Common Shares, the number of Shares in the Participant’s
Stock Account shall be increased by the number of Shares determined
by dividing (i) the product of (A) the number of Shares
in the Participant’s Stock Account on the related dividend
record date and (B) the amount of any cash dividend declared
by Ingersoll Rand on a Common Share (or, in the case of any
dividend distributable in property other than Common Shares, the
per share value of such dividend, as determined by Ingersoll Rand
for purposes of income tax reporting) by (ii) the Market Value
Per Share on the related dividend payment date. In the case of any
dividend declared on Ingersoll Rand’s Common Shares which is
payable in Common Shares, the Participant’s Stock Account
shall be increased by the number of Shares equal to the product of
(i) the number of Shares credited to the Participant’s
Stock Account on the related dividend record date and (ii) the
number of shares of Common Shares (including any fraction thereof)
distributable as a dividend on a Common Share.
In the event of any change in
the number or kind of outstanding Common Shares by reason of any
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, stock
split or any similar change affecting the Common Shares, other than
a stock dividend as provided above, the Administrator shall make an
appropriate adjustment in the number of Shares credited to each
Participant’s Stock Account and, to the extent such
adjustment results in a cash credit to such Stock Account, may
cause such cash credit to be deemed reinvested in Shares or may
effect a transfer of such cash credit to the Participant’s
Interest Account. Solely for purposes of determining the amount of
any interest to be credited thereon, any amount transferred to a
Participant’s Interest Account pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence shall be treated in the same manner as though
such transfer were a deferral, at the election of the Participant,
of compensation otherwise payable as of the effective date of the
corresponding adjustment to the Participant’s Stock
Account.
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(d) Investment
Elections for Deferrals and Other Contributions . At the
time a Participant elects to defer compensation pursuant to
Section 3(a), the Participant shall designate in writing the
portion of such compensation, stated as a whole percentage, to be
credited to the Interest Account and the portion to be credited to
the Stock Account. Any compensation to be credited to either
Account shall be rounded to the nearest whole cent. If a
Participant fails to designate how the deferrals and/or other
contributions are to be allocated between the two Accounts, 100% of
such amounts shall be credited to the Interest Account.
Participants may not elect to transfer from the Interest Account to
the Stock Account, or vice versa . In addition, any
Discretionary or Matching Company Contributions shall be invested
in the Interest Account.
Section 5.
Distributions from the Accounts
a. Distribution
Elections for Pre-2005 Deferrals . This Section 5.a
applies to Pre-2005 Deferrals only. At the time a Participant makes
a Deferral Election with respect to a particular calendar year,
such Participant shall also file with the Plan Administrator a
written election (a “Distribution Election”) with
respect to the timing and manner of distribution of the aggregate
amount, if any, credited to the Interest Account and/or the Stock
Account for that year’s deferrals and matching contributions.
In all cases, the Plan Administrator will determine the time and
form of distributions with respect to Discretionary Company
Contributions, if any. A Distribution Election shall specify that a
distribution for that year’s deferrals and Matching
Contributions shall be made in one of the following
manners:
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Distributions
to be made upon termination of employment (as an employee of the
Employer or as a member of the then existing Company board) or
disability. Disability, for this purpose, shall mean the
Participant’s permanent inability to perform each and every
duty of his or her occupation or position of employment due to
illness or injury as determined in the sole and absolute discretion
of the Plan Administrator. The normal form of distribution under
this method will be installments paid over 10 years, but the
Participant may elect instead to be paid in
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annual installments over a
period of less than 10 years, or in the form of a lump sum.
Distributions under this methodology will commence the month
immediately following the month in which the Participant terminates
employment or becomes disabled; or
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(2) |
Distributions commence either one, two, or three years
following termination of employment (as an employee of the Employer
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