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Exhibit 10.1
UNITED RENTALS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(as amended and restated, effective December 16, 2008)
The
United Rentals, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan originally was
adopted effective January 1, 2003, to provide a select group of
management and highly compensated employees of United Rentals, Inc.
with the opportunity to defer the receipt of compensation as
described below. It is amended and restated, effective December 16,
2008, to conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code
and to make other revisions determined by the Board to be
appropriate.
This
Plan is intended to be “a plan which is unfunded and
maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections
201(2) and 301(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, and shall be interpreted and administered in a
manner consistent with that intent. The Plan is intended to comply
with the provisions of section 409A of the Code and shall be
interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with the
requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section
409A.
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
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1.1 “ Account
” means the bookkeeping account or accounts established
and maintained for a Participant under the provisions of Section 3
of this Plan.
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1.2 “ Beneficiary
” means a Participant’s beneficiary or
beneficiaries as designated by the Participant in a manner
prescribed by the Committee. A Participant may change a beneficiary
at anytime. In the absence of a beneficiary designation by the
Participant, the Participant’s beneficiary shall be
deemed to be his legal spouse and, in the event that there is no
legal spouse, the Participant’s estate.
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1.3 “ Board
” means the Board of Directors of United Rentals,
Inc.
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1.4 “ Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
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1.5 “ Committee
” means the committee appointed by the Board to operate
and administer the Plan on behalf of the Company in accordance with
the provisions of Section 8 of this Plan.
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1.6 “ Company
” means United Rentals, Inc. or any company that is a
successor as a result of merger, consolidation, liquidation,
transfer of assets, or other reorganization.
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1.7 “ Compensation
” means a Participant’s (i) Salary, (ii) Annual
Bonus Plan award, (iii) payments under the LTIP and (iv) any other
bonus (whether or not discretionary) paid by the Company to the
Participant in cash and that is designated by the Committee as
eligible for deferral under the Plan.
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1.8 “ Deferral
Contribution ” means Compensation, the payment of
which is deferred by a Participant in accordance with Section 3 of
this Plan.
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1.9 “ Deferral
Election ” means an election made pursuant to a
Deferral Election Agreement to defer Compensation under this
Plan.
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1.10 “ Deferral Election
Agreement ” means the written agreement entered into
between an Eligible Employee and the Company pursuant to which the
Eligible Employee elects to make Deferral Contributions to this
Plan.
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1.11 “ Deferral
Period ” means the period of deferral selected by a
Participant under Section 3.2 of this Plan.
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1.12 “ Discretionary
Contribution ” means the Company contribution
described in Section 3.5 of this Plan.
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1.13 “ Earnings
” means the adjustments to Account balances in accordance
with Section 6 of this Plan.
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1.14 “ Eligible
Employee ” means an employee of the Company who is a
member of select group of management or who is a highly compensated
employee of the Company, and who is designated eligible for Plan
participation by the Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
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1.15 “ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
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1.16 “ Grandfathered
Account ” means a separate sub-account reflecting the
amount, if any, that was credited to a Participant’s
Account and vested before January 1, 2005, together with any
Earnings with respect to such amount.
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1.17 “ LTIP
” means the Company’s Long Term Incentive plan,
as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor
plan.
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1.18 “ Participant
” means any Eligible Employee who meets the requirements
of Section 2.2 of this Plan and, where appropriate according to the
context of the Plan, any former employee who is or may become (or
whose Beneficiaries may become) eligible to receive a benefit under
the Plan.
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1.19 “ Plan
” means the United Rentals, Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan, as amended from time to time.
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1.20 “ Plan Year
” means the twelve-month period commencing January 1,
2003 and each twelve-month period commencing on each January 1
thereafter.
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1.21 “ Salary ”
means fifty percent (50%) of a Participant’s base
bi-weekly cash compensation rate for services paid by the Company
to the Participant. Salary shall not include commissions, bonuses,
overtime pay, incentive compensation, benefits paid under any
qualified plan, any group medical, dental or other welfare benefit
plan, noncash compensation, fringe benefits (cash and noncash),
reimbursements or other expense allowances or any other additional
compensation and shall not include amounts reduced pursuant to a
Participant’s salary reduction agreement under Section
125 or Section 401(k) of the Code (if any) or a nonqualified
elective deferred compensation arrangement (other than this Plan)
or any other deductions for premium payments or offsets with regard
to any health or welfare plan to the extent that in each such case
the reduction is to base cash compensation.
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1.22 “ Termination of
Employment ” means a Participant’s
separation from service with the Company, as defined in applicable
Treasury Regulations pursuant to section 409A, for any reason,
including, without limitation, as result of a
Participant’s disability, retirement or death.
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1.23 “ Trust
” means any trust fund established pursuant to Section 10
of this Plan.
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1.24 “ Valuation
Date ” means the day as soon as administratively
practicable following a distribution request.
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SECTION 2 - ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
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2.1 ELIGIBILITY. An individual shall
be eligible to participate in the Plan effective as of the first of
the month coinciding with or next following the date on which the
individual first becomes an Eligible Employee. An individual who
was eligible to participate in the Plan and subsequently was
ineligible to participate in the Plan for a period of less than 24
consecutive months, whether or not the individual remained employed
by the Company while ineligible, shall again be eligible to
participate as of the first day of the Plan Year coinciding with or
next following the date such individual again becomes an Eligible
Employee.
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2.2 PARTICIPATION. Participation in
this Plan shall be limited to Eligible Employees. An Eligible
Employee shall become a Participant upon the timely filing of a
completed Deferral Election Agreement and acceptance of such form
by the Company in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof. An individual
who becomes a Participant in the Plan shall remain a Participant
until the benefits payable to the individual under the Plan have
been fully distributed to or on behalf of the
individual.
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2.3 SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY. The
Committee (or the Board of Directors if the affected Participant is
a Committee member) may, in its sole and absolute discretion,
terminate an individual’s participation in the Plan,
which termination shall be effective as of the beginning of the
next Plan Year. The Account of any such terminated Participant
shall continue to be adjusted in accordance with Section 6 until
fully distributed.
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2.4 CHANGE IN STATUS. A Participant
who ceases to be an Eligible Employee but who continues to be an
employee of the Company shall continue to make Deferral
Contributions pursuant to his or her Deferral Election until the
end of such Plan Year. The Account of any such ineligible employee
shall continue to be adjusted in accordance with Section 6 until
fully distributed.
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2.5 RE-EMPLOYMENT. A Participant who
becomes an employee of the Company subsequent to any earlier
termination of employment with the Company, shall again become a
Participant in the Plan only in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.
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SECTION 3 - PLAN ELECTIONS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1 ELECTION TO DEFER COMPENSATION.
An election to defer Compensation under this Plan shall be made
pursuant to a Deferral Election Agreement filed with the Company on
or before the December 15 of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year
to which the salary or bonus payments relate. With respect to LTIP
payments, the Deferral Election Agreement must be filed with the
Company within 30 days following the grant of the LTIP award,
provided that such date is at least 12 months before the award
vests. Other than with respect to deferral of LTIP payments, a
timely filed Deferral Election Agreement shall remain in effect for
all subsequent Plan Years until a new Deferral Election Agreement
is delivered by the Participant to the Company pursuant to this
Section 3.1. The Deferral Election Agreement shall indicate the
percentage of Compensation to be deferred under the Plan for the
Plan Year, subject to a minimum annual Deferral Contribution amount
of $5,000. A Deferral Election Agreement shall also indicate the
date on which the payment of deferred Compensation for the year
shall begin and the period over which the amount shall be paid, as
described in Section 7.1 hereof. Except as otherwise provided
herein, a Deferral Election shall be irrevocable.
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3.2 CREDITING OF DEFERRAL
CONTRIBUTIONS. Deferral Contributions shall be credited to a
Participant’s Account as a book entry concurrently with
the date the Participant would have been paid the Compensation, but
for the Deferral Election.
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3.3 CANCELLATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferral
Election shall be cancelled at any time that (i) contributions must
be suspended in accordance with Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(iv)(B)(4)
of the Income Tax Regulations as a condition of the
Participant’s receipt of a hardship withdrawal from any
plan of the Company that includes a qualified cash or deferred
arrangement under Code Section 401(k), or (ii) that a distribution
is made pursuant to Section 7.2. In such a case, the Participant
must make a new Deferral Election pursuant to Section 3.1 in order
to again make Deferral Contributions.
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3.4 COMPANY DISCRETIONARY
CONTRIBUTIONS. The Company may elect to make Discretionary
Contributions to the Account of one or more Participants in such
amounts and to such Participants as the Committee may determine, in
its sole and absolute discretion. Nothing in this Plan shall
obligate the Company to make Discretionary Contributions for the
benefit of Participants in any Plan Year, nor to make identical
Discretionary Contributions for the benefit of selected
Participants in any Plan Year. The Company expressly reserves the
right to make Discretionary Contributions to such Participants and
in such amount or such proportions as it deems warranted or
appropriate; provided, however, the Company shall not discriminate
against any Participant in making such contributions under this
provision on the basis of such Participant’s race,
nationality, religion, gender, marital status or disability.
Nothing in this Plan or any other agreement or document shall
represent or be construed to represent an obligation or promise of
the Company to make Discretionary Contributions on behalf of a
Participant at any time. With respect to any Discretionary
Contributions, the Company shall (i) permit Participants to elect
the date on which the payment of such Discretionary Contributions
shall begin and the period over which the amount shall be paid,
which election shall be made prior to the beginning of the year for
which the Discretionary Contributions are being made or (ii) prior
to the date such Discretionary Contributions are made, designate
the date on which the payment of such Discretionary Contributions
shall begin and the period over which the amount shall be
paid.
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3.5 ELECTION ADMINISTRATION. All
Deferral Elections, and changes thereto under this Section 3, shall
be made in the form, and in accordance with rules established by
the Committee from time to time.
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SECTION 4 -
VESTING
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4.1 DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS. The
portion of a Participant’s Account balance attributable
to Deferral Contributions, as adjusted in accordance with Section 6
hereof, shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all
times.
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4.2 COMPANY DISCRETIONARY
CONTRIBUTIONS. The portion of a Participant’s Account
balance attributable to any Company Discretionary Contributions, as
adjusted in accordance with Section 6 hereof, shall vest in
accordance with the vesting schedule established by the Company at
the time the contribution is made.
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4.3 FORFEITURES. Any portion of a
Participant’s Account balance that remains unvested upon
a Participant’s Termination of Employment shall be
forfeited by the Participant effective upon such termination and
neither the Participant nor any Beneficiary of the Participant
shall have any right to such forfeited amount. The portion of any
Account balance that is forfeited shall be applied against the
Company’s future obligations under the Plan.
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SECTION 5 - FUNDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE
COMPANY
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5.1 GENERALLY. Benefits are payable
as they become due irrespective of any actual investments the
Company makes to meet its obligations hereunder. Neither the
Company nor the trustee of any Trust (in the event the Company
elects to use a grantor trust to accumulate funds in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10, hereof) shall be obligated to
purchase or maintain any asset. To the extent a Participant or any
other person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company
under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of
any unsecured creditor of the Company. Neither this Plan nor any
action taken pursuant to the terms of this Plan shall be considered
to create a fiduciary relationship between the Company and a
Participant or any other persons, or to establish a trust in which
the assets are beyond the claims of any unsecured creditor of the
Company.
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5.2 LIFE INSURANCE. Notwithstanding
any provision contained herein to the contrary, the Company
expressly reserves the right to acquire life insurance policies on
the lives of Participants to satisfy its obligations to pay
benefits to such Participants and their Beneficiaries. As a
condition of participation in the Plan, each Participant agrees to
cooperate with the Company and the reputable insurance company of
the Company’s choosing in applying for, obtaining and
renewing such policies. In the event that the Company does acquire
such policies, the Company alone shall have the right to exercise
the incidents of ownership over such policies, including the right
to designate a beneficiary and to receive the proceeds of such
policies, and no Participant or Beneficiary shall have any right in
or claim against neither such policies nor the proceeds
thereof.
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SECTION 6 - MEASUREMENT OF
EARNINGS
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6.1 CREDITING OF EARNINGS. The
Committee shall credit Earnings to Account balances on a daily
basis or on such other dates as may be selected by the Committee
from time to time, in accordance with this Section 6.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the Company
shall not be required to invest Account balances amounts in any
particular manner.
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6.2 PARTICIPANT DEEMED INVESTMENT
ELECTION. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit
Participants to select measuring alternatives, in writing on a form
prescribed by the Committee or by telephonic or electronic
transmission, from among the various indices offered by the
Committee from time to time. Subject to rules established by the
Committee, a Participant may elect to measure Earnings based upon
one or more indices in any combination. In the event that various
measuring indices are made available, a Participant may elect to
change measuring indices daily, in whole percentages, or at such
other times as prescribed by the Committee, in its sole discretion,
subject to such notice and other administrative procedures as
established by the Committee. If a Participant fails to make an
initial election under this Section 6.1, the
Participant’s Account Earnings shall be measured as if
the Account balance was invested in a money market fund.
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6.3 RULES AND PROCEDURES. The
Committee shall establish rules and procedures for the crediting of
Earnings and the election of measuring alternatives pursuant to
this Section 6.
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SECTION 7 - DISTRIBUTIONS
7.1
DISTRIBUTIONS.
7.1.1
Generally. Subject to this Section 7, Account balances shall
be distributed at the time or times, and in the form selected by a
Partic
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