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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (As amended and restated effective January 1, 2005)

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Title: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (As amended and restated effective January 1, 2005)
Governing Law: Connecticut     Date: 2/11/2009
Industry: Conglomerates     Sector: Conglomerates

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (As amended and restated effective January 1, 2005), Parties: united technologies corporation
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Exhibit 10.5

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(As amended and restated effective January 1, 2005)

ARTICLE I—PREAMBLE

United Technologies Corporation established the United Technologies Deferred Compensation Plan effective April 1, 1985. Pursuant to such Plan, certain eligible executives of the Corporation, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates deferred all or a portion of their compensation earned with respect to 1985 and 1986. No compensation earned after 1986 was deferred under the Plan until the Plan was amended and restated effective December 15, 1993 to offer eligible executives the opportunity to defer all or a portion of Compensation earned or otherwise payable in 1994 and subsequent years. The Plan has been amended from time to time since 1993.

The Plan is hereby amended and restated, effective January 1, 2005, to reflect the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan, as amended and restated, applies to deferrals that were earned or vested after December 31, 2004. Amounts that were earned and vested (within the meaning of Section 409A) before January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A, are subject to and shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Prior Plan as set forth in Appendix A.

From January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008, the Plan has been operated in good faith compliance with Section 409A in accordance with guidance provided by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

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ARTICLE II—DEFINITIONS

Beneficiary means the person, persons or entity designated on an electronic or written form by the Participant to receive the value of his or her Plan Account in the event of the Participant’s death. If the Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, or the Beneficiary (and any contingent Beneficiary) does not survive the Participant, the value of the Participant’s Plan Account will be paid to the estate of the Participant.

Benefit Reduction Contribution means a contribution by the Corporation to the Participant’s Plan Account to recognize the reduction in the value of employer matching or other contributions under any of the Corporation’s savings or other tax qualified defined contribution retirement plans as a result of the reduction of such Participant’s Compensation pursuant to this Plan.

Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto. Reference to any section of the Internal Revenue Code shall include any final regulations or other published guidance interpreting that section.

Committee means the United Technologies Corporation Deferred Compensation Committee, which is responsible for the administration of the Plan. The Corporation’s Pension Administration Committee shall appoint the Committee’s members.

Compensation means base salary and Incentive Compensation Payments otherwise payable to a Participant by a UTC Company and considered to be wages for purposes of federal income tax withholding, but before any deferral of Compensation pursuant to the Plan. Compensation does not include foreign service premiums and allowances, compensation realized from Long Term Incentive Plan awards or other types of awards.

 

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Corporation means United Technologies Corporation.

Credited Interest Account means the Investment Fund that is valued in the manner set forth in Section 5.2.

Deferral Period means the period prior to the receipt of Compensation deferred hereunder.

“Disability” means permanent and total disability as determined under the Corporation’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant, or if there is no such plan applicable to the Participant, “Disability” means a determination of total disability by the Social Security Administration; provided that, in either case, the Participant’s condition also qualifies as a “disability” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

Election Form means the enrollment form provided by the Committee to Participants electronically or in paper form for the purpose of deferring Compensation under the Plan. Each Participant’s Election Form must specify: the amount to be deferred from base salary and/or from any Incentive Compensation Payment with respect to the following calendar year; the respective amounts to be allocated to the Participant’s Retirement Account and/or Special Purpose Account or Accounts; the percentage allocation among the Investment Funds with respect to each such Account; and if not previously elected for an Account, the method of distribution of each such Account; and the Deferral Period for each Special Purpose Account. There will be a separate Election Form for each calendar year.

Incentive Compensation Payment means amounts awarded to a Participant pursuant to the Corporation’s Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

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Investment Fund means the Credited Interest Account, the S&P 500 Account, the UTC Stock Unit Account or such other investment option as may be established by the Committee from time to time. The value of Participants’ Accounts shall be adjusted to replicate the performance of the applicable Investment Funds. Amounts allocated to any Investment Fund do not result in any investment in actual assets corresponding to the Investment Fund.

Participant means an executive of a UTC Company who is paid from a US payroll, files a U.S. income tax return, and who elects to defer Compensation under the Plan.

Plan means the United Technologies Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan as amended and restated effective September 1, 2002, and as amended from time to time thereafter.

Plan Account means the aggregate value of all Special Purpose Accounts and the Retirement Account, but excluding accounts under the Prior Plan. Accounts under the Prior Plan will be valued and administered separately in accordance with the terms and procedures in effect under the Prior Plan.

Prior Plan means the United Technologies Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, as in effect on October 3, 2004, as set forth in Appendix A. All amounts earned and vested under the Prior Plan, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A, shall continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Prior Plan and shall not be affected by this amendment and restatement.

Retirement Account means a Plan Account maintained on behalf of the Participant that is targeted for distribution following the Participant’s Retirement.

 

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Retirement means Separation from Service on or after age 50 and attainment of age 65; Separation from Service on or after age 50 and attainment of at least age 55 and a minimum of 10 or more years of “continuous service” (as defined in the UTC Employee Retirement Plan as in effect on January 1, 2008); or a Rule of 65 termination.

Retirement Date means the date of a Participant’s Retirement.

“Rule of 65” Termination means Separation from Service on or after age 50 and before age 55, with a combination of age and years of “continuous service” (as defined in the UTC Employee Retirement Plan as in effect on January 1, 2008) equal to at least 65.

Separation from Service means a Participant’s termination of employment with all UTC Companies, other than by reason of death, or Disability that qualifies as a “separation from service” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. A Separation from Service will be deemed to occur where the Participant and the UTC Company that employs the Participant reasonably anticipate that the bona fide level of services the Participant will perform (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) for UTC Companies will be permanently reduced to a level that is less than thirty-seven and a half percent (37.5%) of the average level of bona fide services the Participant performed during the immediately preceding 36 months (or the entire period the Participant has provided services if the Participant has been providing services to the UTC Companies for less than 36 months). A Participant shall not be considered to have had a Separation from Service as a result of a transfer from one UTC Company to another UTC Company.

S&P 500 Account means an Investment Fund that is valued in the manner set forth in Section 5.4.

 

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Special Purpose Account means a Plan Account maintained on behalf of the Participant with a targeted distribution date in the calendar year specified by the Participant. The minimum Deferral Period is five (5) calendar years following the end of the calendar year in which the Account is established; and the first payment from an Account must commence no later than in the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 72.

Specified Employee means each of the 50 highest-paid executives of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, effective annually as of March 31 st , based on annual salary and incentive compensation paid in the prior year. The term includes both U.S. and non-U.S. employees.

UTC Common Stock means the common stock of United Technologies Corporation.

UTC Company means United Technologies Corporation or any entity controlled by or under common control with United Technologies Corporation within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (but substituting “at least 20 percent” for “at least 80 percent” as the control threshold used in applying Sections 414(b) and (c)).

UTC Stock Unit Account means the Investment Fund that is valued in the manner set forth in Section 5.3.

ARTICLE III—ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

Section 3.1—Eligibility

Each employee of a UTC Company who is classified as an eligible Participant as of December 31 of the current year will be eligible to elect to defer Compensation under the Plan in respect of the immediately following calendar year in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the rules and

 

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procedures established by the Committee. Newly hired executives (or employees promoted to executive level) are eligible to elect to defer base salary during the current calendar year if they make an election within 30 calendar days from their hire date or promotion date.

Section 3.2—Participation

Each eligible Participant may elect to participate in the Plan with respect to any calendar year for which the Committee offers the opportunity to defer Compensation by timely filing with the Committee an Election Form, properly completed in accordance with Section 4.1. Participation in the Plan is entirely voluntary.

ARTICLE IV—PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS AND DESIGNATIONS

Section 4.1—Election

An eligible Participant may,, on or before the election deadline established by the Committee, make an electronic or written election on the Election Form provided by the Committee to defer Compensation for the immediately following calendar year.

Section 4.2—Election Amount

An eligible Participant must designate in the Election Form the dollar amount of base salary that will be deferred during such calendar year, and/or the percentage or dollar amount of any Incentive Compensation Payment otherwise payable with respect to services performed during such calendar year that will be deferred under the Plan. The minimum dollar amount that a Participant may defer under the Plan for any calendar year is $5,000. The maximum amount that a Participant may defer under the Plan for any calendar year is 70% of base salary and/or 100% of any Incentive Compensation Payment.

 

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Section 4.3—Election Date

For an election to defer base salary, an electronic or written Election Form must be completed and submitted to the Committee no later than the December 31 immediately preceding the calendar year to which the election applies, or such earlier date as the Committee may specify. A deferral election shall be effective only if the individual making the election is still an eligible Participant at the election deadline. Except as provided below in Section 4.8 (Change in Election), the choices reflected on the Participant’s Election Form shall be irrevocable on the election deadline. If an eligible executive fails to submit a properly completed Election Form by the election deadline, the executive will be ineligible to defer base salary under the Plan for the immediately following calendar year.

For an election to defer any Incentive Compensation Payment with respect to services to be performed in the current calendar year and otherwise payable in the immediately following calendar year, an electronic or written Election Form must be completed and submitted to the Committee no later than the June 30 of the current calendar year, or such earlier date as the Committee may specify. A deferral election shall be effective only if the individual making the election is still an eligible Participant as of the election deadline. Except as provided below in Section 4.8 (Change in Election), the choices reflected on the Participant’s Election Form shall be irrevocable on the election deadline. If an eligible executive fails to submit a properly completed Election Form by the election deadline, the executive will be ineligible to defer Incentive Compensation under the Plan with respect to services to be performed in the current calendar year.

 

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Section 4.4—Deferral Period

Each Participant shall specify in the Election Form, in whole percentages, how the amounts to be deferred in the immediately following calendar year are to be allocated among the Participant’s Retirement Account and any Special Purpose Accounts established for the Participant. To the extent that the Participant fails to make an effective allocation among the available accounts, the deferral shall be allocated entirely to the Participant’s Retirement Account. A Participant may elect to defer into a Special Purpose Account that has not previously been established, with a Deferral Period ending on a Specific Deferral Date that is at least five (5) calendar years following the end of the calendar year in which the Account is established (but not later than the Participant’s 72nd birthday). If the Participant’s 72nd birthday falls prior to the completion of this five (5) year period, the Participant must defer into the Retirement Account only.

Section 4.5—Distribution Election

At the time the Participant first elects to defer an amount to the Participant’s Retirement Account or to a Special Purpose Account, the Participant must further make an election to have the Participant’s Retirement or Special Purpose Account distributed in a lump sum or in two to fifteen annual installments. The Participant may elect a different form of distribution for the Retirement Account and for each Special Purpose Account. If no distribution election is made with respect to a Participant’s Retirement Account or Special Purpose Account, the Account will be distributed in a lump sum.

 

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Section 4.6—Investment Fund Allocations

When completing the Election Form, the Participant must allocate the amounts to be deferred, in whole percentages, among the available Investment Funds. To the extent that the Participant fails to make an effective allocation among the available Investment Funds, the deferral shall be allocated entirely to the Credited Interest Account.

Participants may reallocate their existing Plan Accounts among the available Investment Funds as permitted by the Committee, generally once per year. Such reallocations shall be in whole percentages and, unless otherwise specified by the Committee, shall be effective the first business day of the calendar year following the date of the reallocation election.

Section 4.7—Change in Election

A Participant who has made an election to defer Compensation under the Plan may make a one time irrevocable election to extend the Deferral Period for a Retirement Account and/or any Special Purpose Account. A Participant may also make a one time irrevocable election to change the form of distribution for the Retirement and/or any Special Purpose Account. A Participant may change his or her election, as provided in this Section 4.8, for some accounts and not for others; provided that the Participant may change his or her election only once for the Retirement Account and only once for each Special Purpose Account. With respect to each Special Purpose Account, the extended Deferral Period shall end not less than five (5) years following the date on which distribution would otherwise have occurred. With respect to the Retirement Account, the extended Deferral Period is five years form the date on which the Retirement Account would otherwise have commenced payment.

 

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A deferral extension election and/or change to the form of distribution must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) The new election must be made at least twelve months prior to the date on which payments will commence under the current election (and the new election shall be ineffective if the payment commencement date under the current election occurs within twelve months after the date of the new election);

(b) The new election will not take effect until at least twelve months after the date when the new election is submitted in a manner acceptable to the Committee;

(c) The new payment commencement date must be five years later than the date on which payments would commence under the current election; and

(d) In no case may a Participant extend the Deferral Period for a Special Purpose Account beyond the Participant’s 72nd birthday. If the Participant’s 72nd birthday falls less than five (5) years after the date on which payments would commence under the current election, the Participant is not eligible to extend his or her Deferral Period or to change the form of distribution for the Special Purpose Account.

Section 4.8—Designation of Beneficiary

Each Participant shall designate a Beneficiary for his or her Plan Account on an electronic or written form provided by the Committee. A Participant may change such designation on an electronic or written form acceptable to the Committee and received by the Committee at any time before the Participant’s death. In the event that no Beneficiary designation is filed with the Committee, or if the

 

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Beneficiary (and any contingent Beneficiary) does not survive the Participant, all amounts deferred hereunder will be paid to the estate of the Participant. If a Participant designates the Participant’s spouse as the Participant’s Beneficiary, that designation shall not be revoked or otherwise altered or affected by any: (a) change in the marital status of the Participant; (b) agreement between the Participant and such spouse; or (c) judicial decree (such as a divorce decree) affecting any rights that the Participant and such spouse might have as a result of their marriage, separation, or divorce; it being the intent of the Plan that any change in the designation of a Beneficiary hereunder may be made by the Participant only in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.8. In the event of the death of a Participant, distributions shall be made in accordance with Section 6.5.

ARTICLE V—PLAN ACCOUNTS

Section 5.1—Accounts

Deferred amounts that were earned and vested before January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A of the Code, shall be maintained in separate accounts and shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of the Prior Plan. The Prior Plan accounts are not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code. No amendment to Appendix A that would constitute a “material modification” for purposes of Section 409A shall be effective unless the amending instrument states that it is intended to materially modify Appendix A and to cause the Prior Plan to become subject to Section 409A. Although the Prior Plan accounts are not intended to be subject to Section 409A, neither the UTC Companies nor any director, officer, or other representative of a UTC Company shall be liable for any adverse tax consequence suffered by a Participant or Beneficiary if a Prior Plan account becomes subject to Section 409A.

 

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Deferred amounts that were earned or vested after December 31, 2004, will be allocated to a Retirement Account and/or one or more Special Purpose Accounts as elected by the Participant. The Committee will establish the maximum number of Special Purpose Accounts.

Participants’ Plan Accounts shall be allocated or reallocated among Investment Funds in accordance with each Participant’s instructions in the manner set forth in Section 4.6.

Section 5.2—Valuation of Credited Interest Account

Deferred amounts allocated to the Credited Interest Account will be credited daily with a rate of interest equal to the average interest rate on 10-Year Treasury Bonds as of the last business day of each month from January through October in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the interest is credited, plus 1%.

Section 5.3—Valuation of UTC Stock Unit Account

Deferred Compensation allocated to the UTC Stock Unit Account will be converted to Stock Units, including fractional Stock Units. A UTC Stock Unit is equal to the closing price of one share of UTC Common Stock as reported on the composite tape of the New York Stock Exchange. The number of Stock Units will be calculated by dividing the amount of Compensation deferred by the closing price of UTC Common Stock on the date when the deferred amount is credited to the Participant’s UTC Stock Unit Account. UTC Stock Units held in the UTC Stock Unit Account on a dividend payment date will be credited with dividend equivalent payments equal to the Corporation’s declared dividend on UTC Common Stock (if any). Such dividend equivalent payments will be converted to additional UTC Stock Units and fractional units using the closing price of UTC Common Stock as of the date such dividends are credited to the Participant’s UTC Stock Unit Account.

 

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Section 5.4—Valuation of S&P 500 Account

Deferred amounts allocated to the S&P 500 Account will be converted to S&P Account units based on the closing share price of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund as of date the deferred amount is credited to the Participant’s S&P 500 Account. The value of the S&P 500 Account units will fluctuate on each business day based on the performance of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund.

Section 5.5—Allocation to Accounts

During the year of deferral, deferred amounts will be allocated to the Participant’s Plan Account and Investment Funds as of the date the deferred amounts would otherwise have been paid to the Participant.

Section 5.6—Crediting of Benefit Reduction Contribution

At the end of each calendar year, the Committee will determine if any Benefit Reduction has been incurred with respect to any of the Corporation’s savings plans or other tax qualified defined contribution retirement plans, and will credit the amount of such Benefit Reduction to the affected Participant’s Plan Account as of the last business day of the calendar year. Any such amounts will be allocated on a pro-rata basis to the Participant’s Retirement Account and Special Purpose Accounts and Investment Funds in accordance with the Participant’s deferral elections on file for that calendar year.

Section 5.7—Reports to Participants

The Committee will provide or make available detailed information to Participants regarding the value of Plan Accounts, distribution elections, Beneficiary designations, Investment Fund allocations and credited values for Retirement and Special Purpose Accounts, not less than once per year. Such information may be provided via electronic media as determined by the Committee.

 

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ARTICLE VI—DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS

Section 6.1—Timing of Plan Distributions

Except as provided in Section 4.8 (concerning the five-year delay following a Change in Election), Section 6.3 (concerning Separation from Service before Attaining Age Fifty), and Section 6.4 (concerning distributions to Specified Employees), the value of a Participant’s Retirement Account will be distributed (or begin to be distributed) to the Participant in April of the calendar year following the Retirement Date. The value of a Participant’s Special Purpose Account will be distributed (or begin to be distributed) to the Participant in April of the year specified in the Participant’s initial election or in any change in election under Section 4.8. This means, for example, that if a deferral election specifies a Deferral Period until 2015, distribution will occur in April of 2015.

Section 6.2—Method of Distribution

Except as provided in Section 6.3 (concerning Separation from Service before Attaining Age Fifty), each Retirement and Special Purpose Account will be distributed to the Participant in a single lump-sum cash payment, or in a series of annual cash installment payments, in accordance with the Participant’s election with respect to each such account. Annual installments shall be payable to the Participant beginning as of the payment commencement date and continuing as of each anniversary of the payment commencement date thereafter until all installments have been paid. To determine the amount of each installment, the value of the Participant’s Plan Account on the payment date will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of scheduled installments that remain unpaid.

 

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Section 6.3—Separation from Service before Attaining Age Fifty

If a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs before the Participant attains age fifty (50), the full value of the Participant’s Plan Account will be distributed to the Participant in a lump-sum payment in April following the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, if the Participant is a Specified Employee at the time of his or her Separation from Service, on the date provided in Section 6.4, below, if later) regardless of the distribution option elected.

If a Participant has a Separation from Service and is later re-hired by a UTC Company, the Participant’s age at the time of the Participant’s first Separation from Service will determine how the Participant’s Plan Account at the time of the first Separation from Service is distributed. If the Participant accumulates any additional deferrals after the Participant is re-hired, the Plan shall separately account for the additional deferrals (and related investment gains or losses), and the Participant’s age at the time of the Participant’s second Separation from Service will determine how the additional amounts are distributed.

Section 6.4—Separation from Service of Specified Employees

If the Participant is a Specified Employee on the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service, any distribution of the Participant’s Plan Account to the Participant that is made on account of the Participant’s Separation from Service will not be made or commence earlier than the first day of the seventh month following the date of Separation from Service. The Plan Account shall continue to accrue hypothetical investment gains and losses as provided in Article V until the distribution date.

 

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Section 6.5—Distribution in the Event of Death

In the event of the death of a Participant, the full value of the Participant’s Plan Account will be distributed to the designated Beneficiary in a lump sum on the first business day of the month following the Participant’s death.

Section 6.6—Accelerated Distribution in the Case of an Unforeseeable Emergency

(a) Unforeseeable Emergency. The Committee may, upon a Participant’s written application, agree to an accelerated distribution of some or all of the value of Participant’s Plan Account upon the showing of an unforeseeable emergency. An “unforeseeable emergency” is a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (1) an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in IRC Section 152, without regard to Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); (2) loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or (3) other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. Whether a Participant is faced with an unforeseeable emergency permitting a distribution is to be determined based on the relevant facts and circumstances of each case. Acceleration will not be granted if the emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liq


 
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