Exhibit 10.49
EXELON CORPORATION
ANNUAL INCENTIVE
PLAN
FOR SENIOR
EXECUTIVES
(Effective January 1, 2004)
EXELON CORPORATION
ANNUAL INCENTIVE
PLAN
FOR SENIOR
EXECUTIVES
(Effective January 1, 2004)
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Establishment . The Exelon Corporation Annual Incentive Plan
for Senior Executives (the “Plan”) was established by
Exelon Corporation (the “Company”) effective January 1,
2004, subject to the approval by an affirmative vote of a majority
of the shares of common stock of the Company present in person or
represented by proxy at the 2004 annual meeting of stockholders,
and shall terminate as of December 31, 2008, unless terminated
earlier by the Board of Directors of the Company
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II.
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Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to reward
achievement of key annual goals, to enhance the Company’s
ability to attract, motivate, reward and retain certain officers
and key executive employees, to strengthen their commitment to the
success of the Company, to promote the near-term objectives of the
Company, and to ensure annual incentive compensation payable to the
Company’s Section 162(m) Executives can be eligible to be
tax-deductible by the Company.
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A.
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Award means the annual incentive award payable to a
Participant hereunder with respect to a Plan Year.
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B.
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Committee means the members of the Compensation Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company who qualify as
“outside directors” within the meaning of Section
162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code; provided that if there are not
at least two such members, then the Committee shall be a committee
of at least two “outside directors” as so defined,
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company and which
satisfies any other applicable requirements of the principal stock
exchange on which the common stock of the Company is then traded to
constitute a compensation committee.
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C.
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Company means Exelon Corporation and any successor
thereto.
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D.
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Disability means a physical or mental condition on account
of which benefits under the long-term disability plan of the
Company or Subsidiary, whichever covers the Participant, have
commenced.
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E.
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Eligible
Executive means an
Employee who is a member of the Company’s strategy and policy
committee (or any successor committee) or whose level is senior
vice president (or any equivalent successor level) or
higher.
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F.
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Employee means an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary
employed in an executive or officer level position.
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G.
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Incentive
Pool means an amount,
expressed either as a dollar value or pursuant to an objective
formula or performance measure, that is designated by the Committee
as available to fund Awards for a Plan Year pursuant to Section
VI.A.
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H.
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Internal
Revenue Code means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all applicable
regulations and rulings thereunder as in effect from time to
time.
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I.
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Participant means an Eligible Executive who has been
selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan for a
particular Plan Year. Unless the context requires otherwise, the
term “Participant” shall include “Part-Year
Participants” as defined in Section IV.B.
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J.
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Performance
Goals means the objective
performance goal(s) designated by the Committee pursuant to Section
VI.B. with respect to an Incentive Pool.
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K.
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Plan means this Exelon Corporation Annual Incentive
Plan for Senior Executives as set forth herein and as amended from
time to time.
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L.
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Plan
Year means the
Company’s fiscal year which, as of the effective date of the
Plan, is the calendar year.
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M.
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Pro-ration
Fraction means with
respect to a Plan Year the number of days a Part-Year Participant
was an Eligible Executive during the Plan Year, divided by 365 (or
in the case of a Plan Year of more or less than 365 days, the
number of days in the Plan Year).
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N.
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Required
Period means at a time
(1) when the outcome of the performance goals established pursuant
to Article VI is substantially uncertain and (2) either (a) before
the commencement of the Plan Year or, (b) (i) in the case of a
12-month Plan Year, not later than 90 days after the commencement
of such Plan Year, (ii) in the case of a Plan Year shorter than 12
months, after no more than 25% of such Plan Year has elapsed, and
(iii) in the case of a Participant who became an Eligible Executive
after the first day of the Plan Year, after no more than 25% of the
remainder of such Plan Year has elapsed after the Participant
became an Eligible Executive. Any action required to be taken
within the Required Period may be taken at a later date to the
extent permissible under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
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O.
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Retirement
means a Participant’s
termination of employment other than for “cause” (as
defined in the Exelon Corporation Senior Management Severance Plan
as in effect from time to time, or such other employment or
severance plan or agreement governing the terms of the
Participant’s termination of employment) after attaining age
50 with 10 years of service under the Company’s applicable
defined benefit pension plan (including for this purpose any deemed
pension service granted to the Participant under an employment or
change in control agreement to the extent any
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applicable vesting or other
conditions to such deemed service have been satisfied upon such
termination of employment).
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P.
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Section
162(m) Executive means an
Eligible Executive who is a “covered employee” as
defined in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Q.
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Subsidiary means a business which is affiliated through
common ownership with the Company, and which is designated by the
Committee as an employer whose employees may be eligible to
participate in the Plan, but only with respect to such period of
affiliation.
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A.
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Generally . Within the Required Period at the beginning of
each Plan Year, the Committee shall designate the Participants (if
any) for such Plan Year. Any individual who is an Eligible
Executive as of the first day of the Plan Year may be designated as
a Participant.
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B.
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Individuals
Who Become Eligible Executives During a Plan Year
. An individual who becomes an
Eligible Executive after the first day of a Plan Year may be
designated as a Participant for the remainder of the Plan Year (a
“Part-Year Participant”) at any time within the
Required Period after becoming an Eligible Executive.
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A.
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The Committee
shall administer the Plan.
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B.
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The Committee
shall have full and complete authority to establish any rules and
regulations it deems necessary or appropriate relating to the Plan,
to interpret and construe the Plan and those rules and regulations,
to correct defects and supply omissions, to determine the who shall
become Participants for any Plan Year, to determine the performance
goals and other terms and conditions applicable to each Award
(including the extent to which any payment shall be made under an
Award in the event of a change in control of the Company), to
certify the achievement of performance goals and approve all Awards
(subject to Section VII.B.), to determine whether and to what
extent Awards may be paid on a deferred basis, to make all factual
and other determinations arising under the Plan, and to take all
other actions the Committee deems necessary or appropriate for the
proper administration of the Plan.
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C.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Committee shall not be authorized to increase
the amount of the Award payable to a Section 162(m) Executive that
would otherwise be payable under the terms of the Plan or an
Award.
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The Committee may from time to
time delegate the performance of its ministerial duties under the
Plan to the Company’s Vice President of Corporate
Compensation or
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such other person or persons as
the Committee may select ; except that the power or
authority of the Committee shall not be delegated to the extent
such delegation would cause any Award payable to a Section 162(m)
Executive to fail to be tax-deductible under Section 162(m) of the
Code, including but not limited to the responsibility to certify
the extent to which performance goals have been
attained.
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E.
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Subject to
Section VII.B., the Committee’s administration of the Plan,
including all such rules and regulations, interpretations and
construals, selections, factual and other determinations,
approvals, decisions, delegations, amendments, terminations and
other actions, as the Committee shall see fit shall be final and
binding on the Company and its Subsidiaries, stockholders and all
employees, including Participants and their beneficiaries. Any
decision made by the Committee in good faith in connection with its
administration of or responsibilities under the Plan shall be
conclusive on all persons.
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F.
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The Committee
may, subject to the limitations described in paragraph D. above,
engage and rely on the advice of such advisors, consultants or data
as it considers necessary or desirable in selecting eligible key
employees, in designating applicable Performance Goals, and in
determining attainment of performance goals and the amount of
incentive awards under the Plan, and in performing its other duties
under the Plan.
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G.
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The Company
and/or its participating Subsidiaries shall pay the costs of Plan
administration.
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A.
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Establishment of Incentive
Pool(s) . Within the
Required Period for each Plan Year, the Committee shall establish
in writing one or more Incentive Pools from which Awards (if any)
will be paid for such Plan Year, and shall designate the
Participants eligible to share in each such Incentive Pool (subject
to the Committee’s right to add new Participants during the
Plan Year in accordance with Section IV.B. above). The amount
available under each Incentive Pool (or portion thereof) shall be
based on the attainment of one or more specified Performance Goals,
weighted in such manner as the Committee determines, and may, but
need not be based on or contingent upon the level of achievement of
threshold or target or maximum performance (as set by the
Committee) of the stated
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