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Title: WAL-MART STORES, INC. OFFICER DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Arkansas     Date: 4/9/2004
Industry: Retail (Department and Discount)     Sector: Services

WAL-MART STORES, INC.  OFFICER DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: wal mart stores inc
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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

 

Purpose

  

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1.2

 

Applicability to Prior Deferred Compensation Agreements; Effective Date

  

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1.3

 

Nature of Plan

  

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ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS

  

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2.1

 

Definitions

  

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ARTICLE III - DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND BONUSES — ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS

  

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3.1

 

Deferred Compensation

  

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3.2

 

Deferred Bonuses

  

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3.3

 

Establishment of Accounts

  

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3.4

 

Nature of Accounts

  

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3.5

 

Annual Valuation of Accounts

  

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ARTICLE IV - ADDITIONS TO ACCOUNTS — CREDITED EARNINGS AND INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

  

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4.1

 

Credited Annual Earnings

  

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4.2

 

Incentive Payments

  

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ARTICLE V - PAYMENT OF PLAN BENEFITS

  

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5.1

 

Distribution Restrictions

  

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5.2

 

Termination Benefits

  

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5.3

 

Retirement, Early Retirement and Disability Benefits

  

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5.4

 

Death Benefits

  

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5.5

 

Designation of Beneficiary

  

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5.6

 

Form of Distribution

  

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5.7

 

Reductions Arising from a Participant’s Gross Misconduct

  

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5.8

 

Distributions for Unforeseeable Emergencies

  

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ARTICLE VI - ADMINISTRATION

  

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6.1

 

General

  

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ARTICLE VII - CLAIMS PROCEDURES

  

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7.1

 

General

  

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7.2

 

Appeals Procedure

  

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ARTICLE VIII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

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8.1

 

Amendment, Suspension or Termination of Plan

  

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8.2

 

Non-Alienability

  

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8.3

 

No Employment Rights

  

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        8.4

 

No Right to Bonus

  

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8.5

 

Withholding and Employment Taxes

  

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8.6

 

Income and Excise Taxes

  

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8.7

 

Successors and Assigns

  

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8.8

 

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


 
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