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ITT Corporation
Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan
The purpose of
this ITT Corporation Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan
(“Plan”) is to assist in occupational transition by
providing severance pay for employees covered by this Plan whose
employment is terminated under conditions set forth in this
Plan.
Covered employees
under this Plan (“Executives”) are full-time, regular
salaried employees of ITT Corporation (“ITT”) and of
any subsidiary company (“ITT Corporation Subsidiary”)
(collectively or individually as the context requires
“Company”) who are United States citizens, or who are
employed in the United States, in Band A at any time within the two
year period immediately preceding the date the Company selects as
the Executive’s last day of active employment
(“Scheduled Termination Date”).
3. Severance
Pay Upon Termination of Employment
If the Company
terminates an Executive’s employment, the Executive shall be
provided severance pay in accordance with the terms of this Plan
except where the Executive:
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terminated for cause,
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accepts employment or refuses
comparable employment with a purchaser as provided in
Section 8, “Divestiture”,
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is
terminated with a Scheduled Termination Date on or after the
Executive’s Normal Retirement Date as defined herein,
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voluntarily terminates employment
with the Company prior to the Scheduled Termination
Date.
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No
severance pay will be provided under this Plan where the Executive
terminates employment by:
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voluntarily resigning,
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voluntarily retiring, or
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failing to return from an approved
leave of absence (including a medical leave of absence).
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No
severance pay will be provided under this Plan upon any termination
of employment as a result of the Executive’s death or
disability.
“Normal
Retirement Date” shall mean the first of the month which
coincides with or follows the Executive’s 65th
birthday.
4. Schedule
of Severance Pay
Severance pay will
be provided in accordance with the following Schedule of Severance
Pay which sets forth the months of Base Pay which is provided to an
Executive based upon the Executive’s Years of Service as of
the Scheduled Termination Date.
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Years of
Service
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Months of Base Pay
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12
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or more
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“Base
Pay” shall mean the annual base salary rate payable to the
Executive at the Scheduled Termination Date divided by twelve
(12) months. Such annual base salary rate shall in no event be
less than the highest annual base salary rate paid to the Executive
at any time during the twenty-four month (24) period
immediately preceding the Scheduled Termination Date.
“Years of
Service” shall mean the total number of completed years of
employment since the Executive’s ITT system service date to
the Scheduled Termination Date, rounded to the nearest whole year.
The ITT system service date is the date from which employment in
the ITT system is recognized for purposes of determining
eligibility for vesting under the applicable Company retirement
plan covering the Executive on the Scheduled Termination
Date.
Notwithstanding
the above Schedule of Severance Pay, (i) in no event shall
months of Base Pay provided to an Executive exceed the number of
months remaining between the Scheduled Termination Date and the
Executive’s Normal Retirement Date or (ii) shall
severance pay exceed the equivalent of twice the Executive’s
total annual compensation during the year immediately preceding the
Scheduled Termination Date.
5. Form of
Payment of Severance Pay
Severance pay
shall be paid in the form of periodic payments according to the
regular payroll schedule (“Severance Pay”).
Severance Pay will
commence within 60 days following the Scheduled Termination
Date.
In the event of an
Executive’s death during the period the Executive is
receiving Severance Pay, the amount of severance pay remaining
shall be paid in a discounted lump sum to the Executive’s
spouse or to such other beneficiary or beneficiaries designated by
the Executive in writing, or, if the Executive is not married and
failings such designation, to the estate of the Executive. Any
discounted lump sum paid under this Plan shall be equal to the
present value of the remaining periodic payments of severance pay
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determined by
ITT using an interest rate equal to the prime rate at Citibank in
effect on the date of the Executive’s death.
If an Executive is
receiving Severance Pay, the Executive must continue to be
available to render to the Company reasonable assistance,
consistent with the level of the Executive’s prior position
with the Company, at times and locations that are mutually
acceptable. In requesting such services, the Company will take into
account any other commitments which the Executive may have. After
the Scheduled Termination Date and normal wind up of the
Executive’s former duties, the Executive will not be required
to perform any regular services for the Company. In the event the
Executive secures other employment during the period the Executive
is receiving Severance Pay, the Executive must promptly notify the
Company.
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