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Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

Executive Compensation Plan Agreement

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Title: Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
Governing Law: Washington     Date: 3/5/2004
Industry: Forestry and Wood Products     Sector: Basic Materials

Weyerhaeuser 
Company 
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, Parties: weyerhaeuser co
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EXHIBIT 10(i)

Weyerhaeuser
Company
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

 

 

 

 

 

Approved by shareholders on April 16, 1992 and including all amendments through February 12, 1998

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I. GENERAL

 

 

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1. Name of Plan

 

 

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2. Purposes

 

 

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3. Effective Date

 

 

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4. Number of Shares

 

 

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4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

 

 

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4.2 Reuse of Shares

 

 

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4.3 Adjustment of Shares

 

 

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5. Administration

 

 

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5.1 Administration and Interpretation by the Committee

 

 

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5.2 Interpretation; Change of Control Adjustments

 

 

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ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

 

 

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2. Definitions

 

 

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ARTICLE III. STOCK OPTIONS; STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

 

 

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3.1 Types of Stock Options

 

 

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3.1.1 Types of Options

 

 

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3.1.2 Stock Appreciation Rights

 

 

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3.1.3 Exercise/Sell Election

 

 

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3.2 Option Price

 

 

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3.3 Maximum Annual Award of Shares

 

 

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3.4 Vesting; Exercise Upon Termination of Employment

 

 

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3.4.1 Initial Vesting Period

 

 

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3.4.2 Term of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

 

 

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3.4.3 Exercise by Personal Representative

 

 

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3.4.4 Exercises of Options and Rights

 

 

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3.4.5 Post-Termination Exercises

 

 

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3.5 Payment for Shares

 

 

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3.5.1 Form of Payment

 

 

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3.6 Acquired Company Options

 

 

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ARTICLE IV. STOCK AWARDS

 

 

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4. Stock Awards

 

 

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4.1 Committee Authority

 

 

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4.2 Issuance of Shares

 

 

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4.3 Waiver of Restrictions

 

 

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4.4 Maximum Annual Stock Awards

 

 

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ARTICLE V. PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

 

 

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5. Performance Share Awards

 

 

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5.1 Performance Share Awards Authority

 

 

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5.2 Payout Upon Termination

 

 

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5.3 Maximum Amount of Performance Share Awards

 

 

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ARTICLE VI. GENERAL

 

 

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6.1 Amendment and Termination of Plan

 

 

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6.2 Continued Employment; Rights in Options and Awards

 

 

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6.3 Other Compensation Plans

 

 

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6.4 Certificates for Shares; Registration

 

 

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6.5 No Rights as Shareholder

 

 

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6.6 No Assignment or Transfer of Interests

 

 

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6.7 Compliance with Laws and Regulations

 

 

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6.8 Withholding of Taxes

 

 

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6.9 No Trust or Fund

 

 

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6.10 Governing Law

 

 

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6.11 Severability

 

 

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Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
ARTICLE I. GENERAL

1 . Name of Plan

     The name of the plan set forth herein is the “Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan,” herein called the “Plan.”

2. Purposes

     The purposes of the Plan are to enhance the long-term profitability and shareholder value of Weyerhaeuser Company by offering stock based incentives to those employees of the Company and Subsidiaries who are key to the growth and success of Weyerhaeuser, to attract and retain executives with experience and ability on a basis competitive with industry practices and to encourage executives to acquire and maintain stock ownership in Weyerhaeuser Company.

3. Effective Date

The effective date of the Plan is the date on which it is approved by the shareholders of the Company, in accordance with the Washington Business Corporation Act, at the annual meeting of shareholders on April 16, 1992 or any adjournment thereof The Plan shall have no fixed expiration date.

4. Number of Shares

     4.1 Authorized Number of Shares . The number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed ten (10) million. Shares issued pursuant to the Plan will be authorized and unissued Shares which may includes Shares which from time to time have been reacquired by the Company.

     4.2 Reuse of Shares . To the extent that (a) any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right expires, or is terminated, canceled or surrendered, without being exercised (including, without limitation, in connection with the grant of a replacement option); (b) Shares are not issued upon exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right; (c) the underlying Shares are not issued because the Award is forfeited, terminated, surrendered or canceled; or (d) Shares are not issued pursuant to any Performance Share Award, shares underlying or subject to such Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Award shall again be available for issuance in connection with future grants of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Awards under the Plan.

     4.3 Adjustment of Shares . In the event that at any time or from time to time a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or other change in capitalization of the Company, or a sale by the Company of all or part of its assets, or any distribution to shareholders other than a cash dividend, results in (a) the outstanding Shares, or any securities exchanged therefore or received in their place being exchanged for a different number or class of securities of the Company or of any other corporation, or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other corporation being received by the holders of Shares of the Company, then:

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     (i) the limitation to 10,000,000 Shares set forth in Section 4.1 of Article I;

 

 

 

     (ii) the number and class of Shares that may be made subject to Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Awards;

 

 

 

     (iii) the Option Price of unexercised Stock Options and Stock appreciation Rights; and

 

 

 

     (iv) Share values or prices used for calculation purposes shall in each case be equitably adjusted as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

5. Administration

     5.1 Administration and Interpretation by the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Members of the Committee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan, and no member of the Committee shall have been, during the period of one year prior to Committee service, granted or awarded equity securities of the Company pursuant to the Plan or pursuant to any other plan of the Company. Members of the committee must be “Outside Directors” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which section was adopted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, or any successor provision. The Committee shall have exclusive authority to designate the employees of the Company and Subsidiaries who are eligible to participate in the Plan as Participants. The Committee shall also have exclusive authority to interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt, and change, rules and regulations of general application for the administration of the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to the manner of exercise and settlement of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, issuance and custody of Restricted Stock and the manner of settlement of Performance Share Awards. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan and its rules and regulations, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the Plan, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties involved or affected. The Committee may delegate administrative duties to such of the officers of the Company as it so determines.

     5.2 Interpretation; Change of Control Adjustments . Without limiting the preceding Section 5.1, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to take such action as it determines to be necessary or advisable, and fair and equitable to Participants, with respect to Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Awards in the event of. a merger of the Company with, consolidation of the Company into, or the acquisition of the Company by, another corporation, or a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation or any other person or entity, a tender or exchange offer for Shares made by any corporation, person or entity (other than the Company), or other reorganization, as a result of which the Company is not likely to continue as an independent, publicly-owned corporation. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions, or duration of, or restrictions on, Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional times for exercise, payments or settlement or lifting of restrictions, differing methods for calculating payments or settlements and other modifications, and the Committee may take such actions by adopting rules and regulations applicable to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Committee may take such actions before or after making the grants of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or

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Stock Awards to which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such merger, consolidation, acquisition, sale or transfer of assets, tender or exchange offer or other reorganization that is the reason for such action.

ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

2. Definitions

     For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

     2.1 “Award” means any award or grant of Shares under Section 4 of Article IV and any award or grant of Performance Shares under Section 5 of Article V.

     2.2 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code as amended from time to time.

     2.3 “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

     2.4 “Company” means Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington corporation.

     2.5 “Disability” means “disability” as that term is defined for purposes of the Company’s Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees.

     2.6 “Early Retirement” means retirement pursuant to the Company’s Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees on a date prior to the individual’s normal retirement date..

     2.7 “Exercise/Sell Election” means the election set forth in Section 3.1.3 of Article

     2.8 “Fair Market Value” means the arithmetic average of the highest and lowest sales prices per Share on a day as reported on the consolidated transaction reporting system for New York Stock Exchange issues for the day.

     2.9 “Grant Date” means the date designated in a resolution of the Committee as the date the Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Award is granted, which date shall not be earlier than the date the Committee completed the act of adoption of the resolution. If the Committee does not designate a Grant date in the resolution, the Grant Date shall be the date the Committee completed the act of adoption of the resolution.

     2.10 “Holder” means the Participant to whom is granted a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Award, or the personal representative of the Holder who has died.

     2.11 “Incentive Stock Option” means an option to purchase Shares granted under Article III of the Plan with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code.

     2.12 “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an option to purchase Shares granted under Article III of the Plan other than an Incentive Stock Option.

     2.13 “Option Price” means the purchase price of Shares, as prescribed by the Committee, in respect to any Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

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     2.14 “Participant” means an individual who is a Holder of Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and/or Awards or, as the context may require, any employee of the Company or a Subsidiary who has been designated by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan.

     2.15 “Performance Measures” means objective criteria specifically defined by the Committee on a Company-specific basis, business-unit basis or in comparison with peer group performance, which may include or exclude specified items of an unusual or nonrecurring nature, and are based on one or more of the following: earnings before interest and taxes, net earnings, earnings per share, return on equity, return on assets, return on capital employed, cash flow, cost reduction, stock price appreciation, total shareholder return, economic value added, cash flow return on investment, and cash value added.

     2.16 “Performance Share” means a unit of value, equal on the Grant Date to the Fair Market Value of a Share on such Date or such greater value as the Committee shall prescribe, used to calculate the total value of a Performance Share Award.

     2.17 “Performance Share Award” means an award granted under Article V of the Plan the payout of which is subject to achievement through a performance period of performance goals prescribed by the Committee.

     2.18 “Restricted Stock Award” means an award of Shares granted under Article IV of the Plan the rights of ownership of which are subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

     2.19 “Retirement” means retirement as of the individual’s normal retirement date under the Company’s Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees.

     2.20 “Shares” means the common shares (par value $1.25 per share) of the Company.

     2.21 “Stock Appreciation Right” means a right, granted under Section 3.1.2 of Article III, to surrender to the Company all or a portion of the related Stock Option, if any, and to receive an amount (in Shares or cash or any combination of Shares and cash, as the Committee shall determine) equal to the excess of the Window Period Fair Market Value per Share for the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised over the Option Price per Share,


 
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