Exhibit 10(g)
WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
OFFICER DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
(Amended and Restated Effective
March 31, 2003)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I -
GENERAL
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1.1
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Purpose
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1.2
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Applicability
to Prior Deferred Compensation Agreements; Effective
Date
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1.3
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Nature of
Plan
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ARTICLE II -
DEFINITIONS
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2.1
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Definitions
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ARTICLE III -
DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND BONUSES — ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCOUNTS
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3.1
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Deferred
Compensation
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3.2
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Deferred
Bonuses
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3.3
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Establishment
of Accounts
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3.4
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Nature of
Accounts
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3.5
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Annual
Valuation of Accounts
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ARTICLE IV -
ADDITIONS TO ACCOUNTS — CREDITED EARNINGS AND INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS
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4.1
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Credited Annual
Earnings
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4.2
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Incentive
Payments
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ARTICLE V -
PAYMENT OF PLAN BENEFITS
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5.1
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Distribution
Restrictions
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5.2
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Termination
Benefits
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5.3
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Retirement,
Early Retirement and Disability Benefits
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5.4
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Death
Benefits
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5.5
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Designation of
Beneficiary
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5.6
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Form of
Distribution
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5.7
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Reductions
Arising from a Participant’s Gross Misconduct
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5.8
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Distributions
for Unforeseeable Emergencies
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ARTICLE VI -
ADMINISTRATION
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6.1
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General
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ARTICLE VII -
CLAIMS PROCEDURES
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7.1
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General
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7.2
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Appeals
Procedure
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ARTICLE VIII -
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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8.1
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Amendment,
Suspension or Termination of Plan
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8.2
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Non-Alienability
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8.3
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No Employment
Rights
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8.4
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No Right to
Bonus
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8.5
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Withholding and
Employment Taxes
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8.6
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Income and
Excise Taxes
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8.7
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Successors and
Assigns
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8.8
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Governing
Law
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WAL-MART STORES,
INC.
OFFICER DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1 Purpose.
The purpose of the Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. Officer Deferred Compensation Plan (“Plan”) is to:
(a) attract and retain the valuable services of certain officers;
(b) recognize, reward, and encourage contributions by such officers
to the success of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”)
and its Related Affiliates; and (c) enable such officers to defer
certain compensation and bonuses, and to be credited with earnings
and Incentive Payments with respect to such amounts.
1.2 Applicability to Prior
Deferred Compensation Agreements; Effective Date.
This Plan was initially effective
February l, 1996 with respect to compensation and bonuses deferred
(and credited earnings thereon) under the Plan on or after February
1, 1996. In addition, prior to February 1, 1995, certain Eligible
Officers entered into deferred compensation agreements
(“Prior Agreements”) with Wal-Mart containing terms
similar to those contained in this Plan. Except as expressly
provided herein, effective February 1, 1996 the Prior Agreements
were amended and restated in the form of this Plan.
The Plan as initially adopted
effective February 1, 1996, was amended from time-to-time, most
recently by Amendment No. Three to the February 1, 1997 amended and
restated Plan. The effective date of this amended and restated Plan
is March 31, 2003, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein.
1.3 Nature of
Plan.
The Plan is intended to be (and will
be administered as) an unfunded employee pension plan benefiting a
select group of management or highly compensated employees under
the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (“ERISA”). It is intended that the Plan be
“unfunded” for federal tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA. Any and all payments to a Participant under the
Plan will be made solely from the general assets of Wal-Mart and,
to the extent such payments or benefits are attributable to
services with a respective Related Affiliate or Related Affiliates,
such Related Affiliate or Related Affiliates. For this purpose,
payments or benefits under the Plan are deemed to be attributable
to services with the last Related Affiliate by whom the Participant
was employed at or prior to the time benefits become payable under
Article V. A Participant’s interests under the Plan do not
represent or create a claim against specific assets of Wal-Mart or
any Related Affiliate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create a
trust of any kind or create any fiduciary relationship between
Wal-Mart, any Related Affiliate or the Committee, and a
Participant, the Participant’s beneficiary or any other
person. To the extent any person acquires a right to receive
payments from Wal-Mart or a Related Affiliate under this Plan, such
right is no greater than the right of any other unsecured general
creditor of Wal-Mart or such Related Affiliate.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
2.1 Definitions.
Whenever used in this Plan, the
following words and phrases have the meaning set forth below unless
the context plainly requires a different meaning:
(a) Account means the
bookkeeping account established by the Committee to reflect a
Participant’s Deferred Compensation, Deferred Bonuses,
Incentive Payments, and credited earnings thereon.
(b) Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(c) Committee means,
effective October 1, 2003, the Compensation, Nominating and
Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc.
(d) Deferred Bonuses means
the amount deferred from bonuses payable to a Participant under the
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Management Incentive Plan for
Officers.
(e) Deferred Compensation
means: (1) the compensation deferred by a Participant under Section
3.1 below; and (2) amounts deferred by a Participant under a Prior
Agreement(s).
(f) Disability means a Total
and Permanent Disability as from time to time defined in the
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (or any successor plan
thereto). A Participant must establish to the satisfaction of the
Committee that a Disability exists. A Participant shall be treated
as having a Disability only if such illness or injury results in
the Participant’s Termination of Employment.
(g) Early Retirement means a
Participant’s Termination of Employment on or after the date
the Participant has been continuously employed with Wal-Mart or a
Related Affiliate twenty (20) or more years.
(h) Eligible Officer means an
individual who is a corporate officer of Wal-Mart or a Related
Affiliate designated by Wal-Mart as a participating employer, and
who holds the title of Vice President or above, Treasurer,
Controller, or an officer title of similar rank as determined by
the Committee. In addition, Eligible Officer shall include a
divisional officer of Wal-Mart or a Related Affiliate designated by
Wal-Mart as a participating employer, and who holds the title of
Vice President or above or an officer title of similar rank as
determined by the Committee. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentences, the term “Eligible Officer” shall not
include an individual who entered into a Prior Agreement with
Wal-Mart unless such individual consents to participation in the
Plan on the terms and conditions herein set forth.
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(i) Fiscal Year means the
twelve (12)-month period commencing on February 1 and ending on
January 31.
(j) A Participant is deemed to have
engaged in Gross Misconduct if the Committee determines that
the Participant has engaged in conduct inimical to the best
interests of Wal-Mart or any Related Affiliate. Examples of conduct
inimical to the best interests of Wal-Mart or its Related
Affiliates include, without limitation, disclosure of confidential
information in violation of Wal-Mart’s Statement of Ethics,
theft, the commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude,
gross misconduct or similar serious offenses.
(k) Incentive Payments means
the amounts credited to a Participant’s Account: (1) in
accordance with Section 4.2 below; and (2) a Participant’s
Prior Agreement(s).
(l) Participant means any
Eligible Officer who defers compensation or bonuses under the Plan.
An individual remains a Participant in the Plan until the
Participant’s Plan benefits have been fully
distributed.
(m) Plan Year means: (1) for
periods before February 1, 1997, the twelve (12)-month period
commencing on February 1 and ending on January 31; (2) the period
from February 1, 1997 through March 31, 1997; and (3) from and
after April 1, 1997, the twelve (12)-month period commencing on
April 1 and ending on March 31. Notwithstanding the above, for
purposes of the Incentive Payments under Section 4.2, the February
1, 1996 - January 31, 1997 Plan Year and the short February 1, 1997
- March 31, 1997 Plan Year shall be treated as one Plan Year
running from February 1, 1996 - March 31, 1997.
(n) Related Affiliates means
a business or entity that is, directly or indirectly, fifty-one
percent (51%) or more owned by Wal-Mart.
(o) Retirement means a
Participant’s Termination of Employment on or after the
Participant’s attainment of age fifty-five (55).
(p) Termination of Employment
means a Participant ceasing to be actively employed by Wal-Mart and
its Related Affiliates. Termination of Employment does not include
the transfer of a Participant from the employ of Wal-Mart to a
Related Affiliate or vice versa , a transfer between
Wal-Mart’s Related Affiliates, or periods while a Participant
is on an approved leave of absence.
(q) Unforeseeable Emergency
means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from
a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a
Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)),
the loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising
as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. An
Unforeseeable Emergency does not exist to the extent such hardship
is or may be relieved:
(1) through reimbursement or
compensation by insurance or otherwise;
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(2) by liquidation of the
Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such
assets would itself not cause severe financial hardship;
or
(3) by cessation of deferrals under
this Plan.
The need to send a
Participant’s child to college or the desire to purchase a
home does not constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. The existence
of an Unforeseeable Emergency will be determined by the Committee,
in its sole discretion, based upon the Participant’s facts
and circumstance and in accordance with restrictions imposed by the
Code or guidance thereunder.
(r) Valuation Date means the
last day of each Plan Year.
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ARTICLE III
DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND
BONUSES—
ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCOUNTS
3.1 Deferred
Compensation.
For each Plan Year, each Eligible
Officer may elect to defer all or a portion of what would otherwise
be the Eligible Officer’s federal taxable base compensation,
net of employment taxes and estimated bi-weekly deductions as are
determined to be in effect on the first day of the deferral period,
to be paid for such Plan Year by Wal-Mart or a Related Affiliate
designated by Wal-Mart as a participating employer. Amounts
deferred (the “Deferred Compensation”) will be deferred
pro ratably for each payroll period of the Plan Year. All deferral
elections made under this Section 3.1 must be filed with the
Committee on forms approved by the Committee. Deferral elections
must be (a) filed no later than the day preceding the Plan Year for
which the deferral election is to be effective; or (b) with respect
to an Eligible Officer appointed during the Plan Year, within
thirty (30) days of such appointment. Individuals appointed as
Eligible Officers on or after April 1, 2003 and before October 1,
2003 shall have thirty (30) days from such latter date to file a
deferral election for the balance of the Plan Year.
Once made for a Plan Year, a
deferral election may not be revoked, changed or modified.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event an Eligible
Officer ceases to be employed as an Eligible Officer, such former
Eligible Officer’s deferral election shall automatically
cease with respect to compensation earned on or after the
individual ceases to be an Eligible Officer. A deferral election
for one (1) Plan Year will not automatically be given effect for a
subsequent Plan Year, so that if deferrals are desired for a
subsequent Plan Year, a separate election must be made by the
Eligible Officer for such Plan Year. An Eligible Officer’s
deferral election shall remain in effect with respect to any
portion of base compensation paid while on a leave of absence, and,
if the leave of absence is unpaid, shall resume upon return from
the leave of absence during the same Plan Year and shall continue
in effect for the balance of such Plan Year.
3.2 Deferred
Bonuses.
Each Eligible Officer may elect to
defer all or a portion of the Eligible Officer’s bonus (if
any) for a Fiscal Year under the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Management
Incentive Plan for Officers. All bonus deferral elections made
under this Section 3.2 must be made on forms approved by the
Committee, and be filed with the Committee: (a) for the 1996-1997
Fiscal Year, no later than January 31, 1996; (b) for Fiscal Years
beginning on or after February 1, 1997, no later than the March 31
of the Fiscal Year for which such bonus (if any) is payable; and
(c) within thirty (30) days of the individual’s appointment
as an Eligible Officer if the Eligible Officer is newly appointed
after March 31 of the Fiscal Year. Individuals appointed as
Eligible Officers on or after April 1, 2003 and before October 1,
2003 shall have thirty (30) days from such latter date to file a
bonus deferral election with respect to the February 1, 2003 -
January 31, 2004 Fiscal Year.
Once made for a Fiscal Year, a bonus
deferral election may not be revoked, changed or modified.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event an Eligible
Officer ceases to be employed as an Eligible Officer but remains
employed by Wal-Mart or by one of its Related Affiliates, such
former Eligible Officer’s bonus deferral election shall
automatically cease with
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respect to that portion of a bonus earned on or
after the date the individual ceases to be an Eligible Officer. For
this purpose, the portion of a bonus earned on or after ceasing to
be an Eligible Officer shall be determined by multiplying the bonus
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar
days in such Fiscal Year in which the individual ceased to be an
Eligible Officer, and the denominator of which is the total
calendar days in such Fiscal Year. Effective for those bonuses
payable for Fiscal Years beginning on or after February 1, 2003, in
the event an Eligible Officer ceases to be employed as an Eligible
Officer due to a Termination of Employment, or if an Eligible
Officer takes an approved leave of absence, such Eligible
Officer’s bonus deferral election shall remain in effect with
respect to that portion of a bonus earned while an Eligible
Officer, even if such bonus is awarded after a Termination of
Employment or while an Eligible Officer is on an approved leave of
absence.
With respect to those Eligible
Officers appointed on or after the first day of a Plan Year and who
elect to defer all or a portion of their bonus (if any) for that
initial Fiscal Year, such deferral elections shall apply only to
that portion of the bonus earned after the date of such election,
by multiplying the bonus by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of calendar days in such Fiscal Year in which the
individual elected to defer all or a portion of their bonus after
first becoming appointed as an Eligible Officer, and the
denominator of which is the total calendar days in such Fiscal
Year. A bonus deferral election for one (1) Fiscal Year will not
automatically be given effect for a subsequent Fiscal Year, so that
if deferrals are desired for a subsequent Fiscal Year, a separate
election must be made by the Eligible Officer for such Fiscal
Year.
3.3 Establishment of
Accounts.
The Deferred Compensation, Deferred
Bonuses, and Incentive Payments will be credited to a bookkeeping
account (“Account”) established by the Committee on
behalf of each Participant. The Deferred Compensation will be
credited to the Participant’s Account as of the last day of
the Plan Year during which the Deferred Compensation would
otherwise be payable to the Participant. The Deferred Bonus will be
credited to the Participant’s Account as of the date the
bonus would have otherwise been paid in cash. The Incentive
Payments will be credited to the Participant’s Account as of
the last day of the Plan Year specified in Section 4.2. A
Participant’s Account, including earnings credited thereto,
will be maintained by the Committee until the Participant’s
Plan benefits have been paid in full.
3.4 Nature of
Accounts.
Each Participant’s Account
will be used solely as a measuring device to determine the amount
to be paid a Participant under this Plan. The Accounts do not
constitute, nor will they be treated as, property or a trust fund
of any kind. All amounts at any time attributable to a
Participant’s Account will be, and remain, the sole property
of Wal-Mart and its Related Affiliates. A Participant’s
rights hereunder are limited to the right to receive Plan benefits
as provided herein. The Plan represents an unsecured promise by
Wal-Mart and the applicable Related Affiliate to pay the benefits
provided by the Plan.
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3.5 Annual Valuation of
Accounts.
Each Participant’s Account
will be valued annually as of each Valuation Date. The value of an
Account as of any applicable Valuation Date is the sum of the
Account value as of the immediately preceding Valuation Date, the
Deferred Compensation, Deferred Bonuses and Incentive Payments
allocated as of the applicable Valuation Date, and the equivalent
of interest credited to the Account under Section 4.1 as of the
applicable Valuation Date, less any distributions for Unforeseeable
Emergencies since the preceding Valuation Date but on or before the
applicable Valuation Date.
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ARTICLE IV
ADDITIONS TO ACCOUNTS —
CREDITED EARNINGS
AND INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS
4.1 Credited Annual
Earnings.
For each Plan Year a
Participant’s Account will be credited with the equivalent of
interest at the per annum rate established for such Plan Year by
the Committee; provided, however, for the February 1, 1997 - March
31, 1997 Plan Year, the equivalent of interest shall be credited at
one-sixth (1/6) of the per annum rate so established for such
period. The per annum rate may be increased or decreased for any
Plan Year to reflect changes in prevailing interest rates, as
determined at the sole discretion of the Committee. Except for a
Plan Year in which a Participant receives a distribution due to an
Unforeseeable Emergency, the amount to be credited to a
Participant’s Account as of any Valuation Date is the sum of:
(a) the applicable per annum rate multiplied by the
Participant’s Account value as of the immediately preceding
Valuation Date; (b) fifty percent (50%) of the Participant’s
Deferred Compensation for the Plan Year ending on the Valuation
Date multiplied by the applicable full annum rate; and (c)
effective for Deferred Bonuses attributable to Fiscal Years
beginning on or after February 1, 2003, a pro rata amount of
interest equivalent at the applicable per annum rate based upon the
number of days from the date such bonus would have otherwise been
paid in cash through the applicable Valuation Date.
For a Plan Year in which a
Participant receives a distribution due to an Unforeseeable
Emergency, the amount to be credited to the Participant’s
Account as of the applicable Valuation Date is the sum of: (a) an
equivalent amount of pro rata interest on the Participant’s
Account value as of the preceding Valuation Date based upon the
number of full calendar months in the Plan Year which the Account
was not reduced due to the distribution; (b) an equivalent amount
of pro rata interest on the Account value immediately after the
distribution based upon the number of calendar months in the Plan
Year in which the Participant’s Account was reduced; (c)
fifty percent (50%) of the Participant’s Deferred
Compensation for the Plan Year ending on the Valuation Date
multiplied by the applicable full annum rate; and (d) effective for
Deferred Bonuses attributable to Fiscal Years beginning on or after
February 1, 2003, a pro rata amount of interest equivalent at the
applicable per annum rate based upon the number of days from the
date such bonus would have otherwise been paid in cash through the
applicable Valuation Date.
4.2 Incentive
Payments.
The Incentive Payments described
below will be credited to a Participant’s Account. Incentive
Payments awarded and credited to a Participant’s Account
under a Prior Agreement (such Incentive Payments were previously
referred to as “incentive bonuses” under the Prior
Agreements), and credited interest thereon, will remain credited to
a Participant’s Account hereunder as of January 31, 1996.
Thereafter, a Participant’s entitlement to an Incentive
Payment will be governed by this Section 4.2, including any
Incentive Payment which may be
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awarded with respect to recognized Deferred
Compensation (and credited earnings thereon) deferred under a Prior
Agreement. Incentive Payments hereunder shall not duplicate any
Incentive Payment awarded and credited under a Prior Agreement as
of January 31, 1996.
(a) The Incentive Payments provided
in this Section apply to a Participant’s recognized Deferred
Compensation and Deferred Bonuses for a Plan Year and credited Plan
earnings thereon. For this purpose, Deferred Bonuses shall be
treated as being “for a Plan Year” for the Plan Year in
which Deferred Bonuses are allocated to a Participant’s
Account under Section 3.3. Incentive Payments are separately
awarded based upon a Participant’s recognized Deferred
Compensation and Deferred Bonuses for a given Plan Year and
credited Plan earnings thereon. Solely for purposes of this Section
4.2, the February 1, 1996 - January 31, 1997 Plan Year and the
short February 1, 1997 - March 31, 1997 Plan Year shall be treated
as one Plan Year running from February 1, 1996 - March 31,
1997.
(b) The amount of an Incentive
Payment is based on the Participant’s recognized Deferred
Compensation and Deferred Bonuses for a Plan Year, plus credited
Plan earnings on such sums through and including the Incentive
Payment award date. The amount by which a Participant’s
Deferred Compensation and Deferred Bonuses for a Plan Year exceeds
twenty percent (20%) of the Participant’s base compensation
will not be recognized in computing an Incentive Payment. Base
compensation for this purpose means the Participant’s annual
base rate of compensation for such Plan Year (proportionately
increased for the special Plan Year of February 1, 1996 - March 31,
1997). Credited Plan earnings on such nonrecognized Deferred
Compensation or Deferred Bonuses are likewise not taken into
account in determining the amount of an Incentive
Payment.
(c) If a Participant remains
continuously employed with Wal-Mart or its Related Affiliates for a
period of ten (10) consecutive full Plan Years, beginning with the
first day of the first Plan Year in which the Participant had a
Deferred Compensation or Deferred Bonus election in effect under
this Plan or a Prior Agreement, and ending with the last day of the
tenth (10th) Plan Year of such period, an Incentive Payment will be
credited to the Participant’s Account as of the last day of
such tenth 10th Plan Year. The Incentive Payment will be equal to
twenty percent (20%) of the Participant’s recognized Deferred
Compensation and Deferred Bonuses for ten (10), but not less than
five (5), Plan Years (i.e., the first six (6) Plan Years of such
ten (10)-year period), plus credited Plan earnings thereon through
the award date. For each full Plan Year thereafter in which the
Participant remains continuously employed with Wal-Mart or its
Related Affiliates, an Incentive Payment will be credited to
the