Exhibit 99.1
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
VOLUNTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Amended and Restated
Effective as of January 1, 2005
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Account(s) |
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Basic Deferral |
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Benchmark Fund |
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Beneficiary |
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Benefit(s) |
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Board of Directors |
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Bonus Deferral |
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Change in Control |
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Code |
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Committee |
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Company |
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Deferrals |
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Deferral Subaccount |
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Disability |
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Distribution Date |
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Effective Date |
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Election |
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Eligible Individual |
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Employer |
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Entry Date |
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In-Service Distribution Date |
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Investment Return |
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Open Enrollment Period |
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Ownership Change Event |
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Participant |
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Performance Based Compensation |
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Plan |
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Plan Year |
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Retirement |
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Service |
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Specified Employee |
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Trust |
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Trust Agreement |
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Trustee |
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Year of Service |
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ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY |
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Eligibility |
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Commencement of Participation |
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Cessation of Participation |
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Cessation of Eligibility |
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ARTICLE III DEFERRALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Basic Deferrals |
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Bonus Deferrals and Performance Based Compensation |
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Deferrals |
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Limitations on Deferrals |
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No Withdrawal |
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ARTICLE IV VESTING |
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Vesting of Participants Accounts |
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ARTICLE V ACCOUNTS |
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Accounts |
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Investment Return Credited to Accounts at Least Monthly |
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Determination of Investment Return |
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ARTICLE VI BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNT WITHDRAWALS |
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Benefit Amount |
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Timing of Distributions |
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Method of Distribution |
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Election of In-Service Distribution Date |
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Distribution Upon Death of Participant |
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Distribution Upon Retirement or Disability of Participant |
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Specified Employees |
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Limitation on Distributions to Covered Employees |
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Tax Withholding |
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ARTICLE VII BENEFICIARIES |
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Designation of Beneficiary |
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No Designated Beneficiary |
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ARTICLE VIII TRUST OBLIGATION TO PAY BENEFITS |
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Deferrals Transferred to the Trust |
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Source of Benefit Payments |
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Investment Discretion |
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No Secured Interest |
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ARTICLE IX PLAN ADMINISTRATION |
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Committee Powers and Responsibilities |
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Decisions of the Committee |
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Indemnification |
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Claims Procedure |
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ARTICLE X AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION |
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Right to Amend |
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Amendments to Ensure Proper Characterization of Plan |
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Changes in Law Affecting Taxation of Participants |
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Plan Termination or Plan Suspension |
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Successor to Company |
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PLAN TRANSFERS |
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Transfers to Other Plans |
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Transfers in from Other Plans |
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Effect of Section |
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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS |
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No Assignment |
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No Secured Interest |
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Successors |
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No Employment Agreement |
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Attorneys Fees |
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Governing Law |
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Entire Agreement |
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Severability |
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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
VOLUNTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Amended and Restated
Effective as of January 1, 2005
The QUALCOMM INCORPORATED VOLUNTARY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION PLAN (the Plan)
originally adopted on December 1, 1995 is hereby amended and restated effective as of January 1,
2005, by QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Company), primarily for the purpose
of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees
of the Company. Accordingly, it is intended that this Plan be exempt from the requirements of
Parts II, III and IV of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(ERISA) pursuant to Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. This Plan is intended to
be an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan. Plan participants shall have the status
of unsecured creditors of the Company with respect to the payment of Plan benefits. This Plan is
intended to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the Code) and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein, the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include the feminine, and the
singular to include the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and the following
definitions shall govern the Plan:
1.1 Account(s) means the book entry account(s) established under the Plan for each
Participant to which are credited the Participants Basic Deferrals, Bonus Deferrals and the
Investment Return with respect thereto. Account balances shall be reduced by any distributions
made to the Participant or the Participants Beneficiary(ies) therefrom and any charges that may be
imposed on such Account(s) pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Separate Subaccounts may be
established to which shall be credited a Participants Deferrals for each separate Plan Year and
the Investment Return with respect thereto. Where Subaccounts have been established, Account shall
refer to all of the Participants Subaccounts, collectively, as the context may require.
1.2 Basic Deferral means the percentage of a Participants annual base salary or director
fees and retainers, which the Participant elects to defer pursuant to Article III.
1.3 Benchmark Fund shall mean one or more of the mutual funds or contracts selected by the
Committee pursuant to Article V.
1.4 Beneficiary means one, some, or all (as the context shall require) of those persons,
trusts or other entities designated by a Participant to receive the undistributed value of his or
her Account following the Participants death.
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1.5 Benefit(s) means the total vested amount credited to a Participants Account or
Subaccount.
1.6 Board of Directors or Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.
1.7 Bonus Deferral means the percentage of a Participants bonus and/or Performance Based
Compensation which the Participant elects to defer pursuant to Article III.
1.8 Change in Control shall mean an Ownership Change Event or a series of related Ownership
Change Events (collectively, a Transaction) wherein the stockholders of the Company immediately
before the Transaction do not retain immediately after the Transaction, in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of shares of the Companys voting stock immediately before the
Transaction, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or, in the case of a
Transaction described in Section 1.25(iii) below, the corporation or other business entity to which
the assets of the Company were transferred (the Transferee), as the case may be. The Board shall
determine in its sole discretion whether multiple sales or exchanges of the voting securities of
the Company or multiple Ownership Change Events are related.
1.9 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.10 Committee means the Deferred Compensation Committee composed of such individuals as may
be appointed by the Board which shall function as the administrator of the Plan.
1.11 Company means QUALCOMM Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and any successor
organization thereto.
1.12 Deferrals means that percentage of a Participants base salary, bonuses and/or director
fees or retainer which is deferred pursuant to this Plan.
1.13 Deferral Subaccount means the Subaccount to which a Participants Deferrals for a
particular year are credited.
1.14 Disability means a determination by the insurer under the Companys long-term
disability insurance policy or the United States Social Security Administration, that the
Participant is disabled and eligible for disability benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
should regulations or other Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance interpret this definition as
not meeting the minimum requirements of Section 409A of the Code, Disability under this Plan
shall automatically and without further action or amendment, be determined to exist if the
Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
1.15 Distribution Date means the date on which distribution of a Participants Benefits is
made or commenced pursuant to Article VI.
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1.16 Effective Date means the date on which this amended and restated Plan shall be
effective, which is January 1, 2005.
1.17 Election means the form on which a Participant (i) elects to make Deferrals pursuant to
Article III, and (ii) elects a Distribution Date, and (iii) elects the method by which his or her
Benefits will be distributed. The Election shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the
Committee, including specifically an electronic form.
1.18 Eligible Individual means (i) an employee of the Employer who is a member of the select
group of management and highly compensated employees as more particularly described in Article II
and who has been designated by the Committee, in its sole discretion, as eligible to participate in
the Plan and notified of his eligibility and (ii) members of the Board.
1.19 Employer means the Company and any subsidiary thereof unless otherwise specifically
excluded by the Company as an Employer.
1.20 Entry Date means the first day of any Plan Year and, as to an Eligible Individual, the
date which is thirty (30) days from the date on which such Eligible Individual is first determined
to be eligible to participate in the Plan by the Committee.
1.21 In-Service Distribution Date means the date on which distribution of a Participants
Deferral Subaccount is made or commenced pursuant to Section 6.4.
1.22 Investment Return means the investment return or loss determined in accordance with
Article V which shall be credited to the Participants Accounts.
1.23 Open Enrollment Period means such period as the Committee may specify which for all
Plan Years beginning after the Effective Date, shall be the period selected by the Committee which
ends no later than the first day of each subsequent Plan Year, or, with respect to an Eligible
Individual who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a Plan Year, the period
which ends no later than thirty (30) days after becoming an Eligible Participant. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Open Enrollment Period for deferrals of Performance Based Compensation may be
different than that for Basic Deferrals and may end no later than six (6) months prior to the end
of the performance period for which services are to be rendered.
1.24 Ownership Change Event shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occurs
with respect to the Company: (i) the direct or indirect sale or exchange in a single or series of
related transactions by the stockholders of the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of the
voting stock of the Company; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is a party; (iii)
the sale, exchange, or transfer of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board in its
discretion, of the assets of the Company; or (iv) a liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
1.25 Participant means (i) an Eligible Individual who has elected to participate in the Plan
by executing and submitting an Election to the Committee; or (ii) an Eligible Individual who has
ceased active participation in accordance with Section 2.3 and has not received all of the vested
Benefits to which he or she is entitled.
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1.26 Performance Based Compensation means any compensation which may be paid to an Eligible
Individual based on services performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, or such other
definition as may be required by applicable regulations.
1.27 Plan means the QUALCOMM Incorporated Voluntary Executive Retirement Contribution Plan,
as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2005, and which may be amended from time to
time.
1.28 Plan Year means the 12-month period beginning on each January 1 and ending on the
following December 31.
1.29 Retirement means the Participants termination of Service with the Employer after
obtaining either (i) age sixty-five (65) or (ii) age sixty-two and one-half (62 1/2) with at least
ten (10) Years of Service.
1.30 Service means the Participants employment or service with the Employer in the capacity
of an employee or a member of the Board. A Participants Service shall include periods of
employment or service with the Company and any subsidiary, regardless of whether the Company has
determined that such a subsidiary will not be an Employer. A Participants Service shall not be
deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity under which the Participant
renders Service to the Company, provided there is no interruption or termination of Participants
Service. A Participants Service shall terminate upon an actual termination of Service, whether by
death, Retirement, Disability, or otherwise. Subject to the foregoing, the Committee, in its
discretion, shall determine whether Participants Service has terminated and the effect of such
termination.
1.31 Specified Employee means any Participant who would be considered a Specified Employee
as that term is defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code.
1.32 Trust means the legal entity created by the Trust Agreement.
1.33 Trust Agreement means the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Fidelity
Management Trust Company, effective as of June 1, 1998, and any amendments thereto.
1.34 Trustee means the Trustee named in the Trust Agreement and any duly appointed successor
or successors thereto.
1.35 Year of Service means 12 consecutive months of Service.
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Eligibility. Eligibility for participation in the Plan shall be limited to a
select group of management (which shall include specifically members of the Board) or highly
compensated employees of the Employer, who are designated by the Committee, in its sole discretion,
as eligible to participate in the Plan. Eligible Individuals shall be notified as to their
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eligibility to participate in the Plan. Participation in the Plan is voluntary. Until
changed by the Committee, an Eligible Individual shall be any member of the Board and any employee
who holds the title of Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President,
Senior Vice President, Division President, Vice President, or any other position of equal seniority
or responsibility.
2.2
Commencement of Participation. An Eligible Individual may begin participation in
the Plan upon any Entry Date, subject to the execution and submission of an Election pursuant to
Article III.
2.3 Cessation of Participation. Active participation in the Plan shall end when a
Participants Service terminates or at such time as a Participant is notified by the Committee,
pursuant to Section 2.4, below, that he or she is no longer eligible to participate in the Plan.
Upon termination of Service or eligibility, a Participant shall remain an inactive Participant in
the Plan until all of the vested Benefits to which he or she is entitled under this Plan have been
paid in full.
2.4 Cessation of Eligibility. The Committee may at any time, and in its sole
discretion, notify any Participant that he or she is not eligible to participate in the Plan.
ARTICLE III
DEFERRALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1
Basic Deferrals.
3.1.1 An Eligible Individual may elect to reduce his or her annual base salary and/or director
fees and retainers, as applicable, by the percentage set forth in a written and signed Election
filed with the Committee, subject to the provisions of this Article III. The Basic Deferrals shall
not be paid to the Participant, but shall be withheld from such amounts otherwise to be paid to the
Participant and an amount equal to the Basic Deferrals shall be credited to the Participants
applicable Deferral Subaccount.
3.1.2 The Election must be filed with the Committee during the Open Enrollment Period for the
Plan Year to which such Election applies. Unless regulations or other guidance is provided by the
IRS which specifically authorizes revocation of Elections, each Participant Election shall be
irrevocable. Unless increased, decreased or terminated during any subsequent Open Enrollment
Period, an Election shall remain in effect until so changed by the Participant during such
subsequent Open Enrollment Period.
3.1.3 Each Election to make Basic Deferrals shall apply only to such amounts earned after the
effective date of such Election.
3.1.4 For the purpose of determining an Eligible Individuals Basic Deferrals: (i) base
salary shall mean the base salary paid by the Employer, and shall include any other source of
income determined by the Committee to be appropriate, but shall not include, unless specifically
authorized by the Committee, bonuses, overtime, distributions from this Plan or from the Companys
Executive Retirement Matching Contribution Plan, commissions, the value of
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any proceeds from the exercise of any qualified or non-qualified stock option, the proceeds
from any stock purchase right under the Companys employee stock purchase plans, incentive
payments, non-monetary awards, auto allowances and other forms of additional compensation, or any
other form of compensation, whether taxable or non-taxable; and (iii) director fees and retainers
shall mean such amounts paid to directors of the Company pursuant to director compensation policies
of the Company.
3.2 Bonus Deferrals and Performance Based Compensation Deferrals.
3.2.1 In addition to the Basic Deferral Election described above, each Eligible Individual may
elect to defer a percentage of each bonus, including specifically any Performance Based
Compensation, earned in the Plan Year with respect to which such Bonus and/or Performance Based
Compensation Deferral Election is made by filing a written Election with the Committee, subject to
the provisions of this Article III. The Bonus Deferrals and/or Performance Based Compensation
Deferrals shall not be paid to the Participant, but shall be withheld from the applicable payment
and an amount equal to the Bonus Deferrals and/or Performance Based Compensation Deferrals, as
applicable, shall be credited to the Participants applicable Deferral Subaccount.
3.2.2 The Bonus and/or Performance Based Compensation Deferral Election must be filed with the
Committee during the Open Enrollment Period for the Plan Year to which the Election applies. A
Bonus and/or Performance Based Compensation Deferral Election shall remain in effect only for the
specific Plan Year in which it applies. In order to continue to participate in the Plan for each
successive Plan Year, a Participant must make a new Bonus and/or Performance Based Compensation
Deferral Election each Plan Year during the appropriate Open Enrollment Period.
3.2.3 For the purposes of determining an Eligible Individuals Bonus Deferrals: bonus shall
mean amounts, if any, payable under the bonus policies maintained by the Employer. A Participants
Bonus/Performance Based Compensation Deferral Election shall apply to any bonus or other
performance based compensation which is earned in the Plan Year to which such Election applies,
regardless of when the amounts are paid.
3.3
Limitations on Deferrals. A Participants Deferral Elections shall be subject to
the following:
3.3.1 A Participant may elect to defer up to a maximum of one hundred percent (100%) of his or
her annual base salary, bonuses, Performance Based Compensation and/or director fees and retainers.
3.3.2 The Basic and/or Bonus Deferrals elected by the Participant shall be reduced by the
amount(s), if any, which may be necessary:
3.3.2.1 To satisfy all applicable income and employment taxes withholding and FICA
contributions;
3.3.2.2 To pay all contributions elected by the Participant pursuant to any Employer benefit
plans; and
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3.3.2.3 To satisfy all garnishments or other amounts required to be withheld by applicable law
or court order.
3.3.3 Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, and in order to be precise, any
withholding or salary deferral elections made under this Plan shall be determined after
such withholdings or salary deferrals under the Companys (i) 401(k) plan, (ii) Section 125 plan
(and all other applicable ERISA welfare benefit plans) and (iii) employee stock purchase plan.
3.4 No Withdrawal. Amounts credited to a Participants Account may not be withdrawn
by a Participant and shall be paid only in accordance with the provisions of this Plan.
ARTICLE IV
VESTING
4.1 Vesting of Participants Accounts Amounts credited to a Participants Deferral
Subaccounts shall always be 100% vested.
ARTICLE V
ACCOUNTS
5.1 Accounts. Separate Subaccounts shall be established and maintained for each
Participant. Each Participants applicable Subaccounts shall be credited with the Participants
Basic Deferrals and Bonus Deferrals made for such Participant. Participants Accounts shall be
credited (debited) with the applicable Investment Return, as set forth in this Article V.
Participants Accounts shall be reduced by distributions therefrom and any charges which may be
imposed on the Accounts pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
5.2 Investment Return Credited to Accounts at Least Monthly. Each Subaccount shall be
credited (debited) monthly, or more frequently as the Committee may specify, in an amount equal to
the Subaccount balance on the first day of the prior month as adjusted for the applicable
Investment Return applicable to such Subaccount.
5.3
Determination of Investment Return.
5.3.1 The Committee shall designate the particular funds or contracts which shall constitute
the Benchmark Funds, and may, in its sole discretion, change or add to the Benchmark Funds;
provided, however, that the Committee shall notify Participants of any such change prior to the
effective date thereof.
5.3.2 Each Participant may select among the Benchmark Funds and specify the manner in which
each of his or her Subaccounts shall be deemed to be invested, solely for purposes of determining
the Participants Investment Return. Each years salary, bonus and/or commission deferrals may
have a separate investment election. The Committee shall establish and communicate the rules,
procedures and deadlines for making and changing Benchmark Fund
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selections. Company shall have no obligation to acquire investments corresponding to the
Participants Benchmark Fund selections.
5.3.3 The Investment Return is based on the asset unit value, net of administrative fees and
investment management fees and other applicable fees or charges, of the Benchmark Fund(s)
designated by the Board and other applicable fees or charges. The Investment Return may be
negative if the applicable Benchmark Fund(s) sustain a loss.
ARTICLE VI
BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNT WITHDRAWALS
6.1
Benefit Amount. The value of the Participants Benefit shall be equal to the
vested value of the Participants Subaccount(s) on the last day of the calendar month prior to the
Distribution Date, or such other date as the Committee may specify, adjusted for Deferrals and/or
withdrawals which have been subsequently credited thereto or made therefrom prior to the
Distribution Date.
6.2
Timing of Distributions. In accordance with the Participants Election made at the
time of the original deferral (or such later Election if applicable), Benefits shall be paid (or,
payments shall commence) as soon as practicable after the earliest of:
6.2.1 A date which is as soon as administratively practicable after the Participants
employment with the Employer terminates; or
6.2.2 The In-Service Distribution Date designated by the Participant; or
6.2.3 The date the Committee is notified that a Participant has died or after the Committee
has determined that a Participant has incurred a Disability; or
6.2.4 The date the Committee is notified of a Participants Retirement, if so designated by
the Participant in applicable Elections; or
6.2.5 The date of a Change in Control of the Company, if so designated by the Participant in
applicable Elections. The definition of an applicable Change in Control, as set forth in Section
1.8 of the Plan, shall be deemed to be amended automatically and without any action by the Company
or consent needed from any Participant to reflect any additional guidance or regulations issued by
the IRS.
6.3
Method of Distribution.
6.3.1 Distribution Methods. A Participants Benefits shall generally be paid in a
single lump sum payment. However, any distribution based on Retirement or Disability or any
In-Service Distribution may be paid in one of the following methods, as specified in his or her
most recent effective Election:
6.3.1.1 A single lump sum payment;
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period as provided below:
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6.3.1.3 A Participant may amend his or her Election to take a distribution based on
Retirement, Disability or any In-Service Distribution from a single lump sum to installments by
filing an amended Election at least twelve (12) months in advance of the date that the first
distribution specified in the original Election being amended. The amended new distribution date
must be in a Plan Year five (5) years after the year of the first distribution specified in the
original Election. No amendment may accelerate the date that any distribution would be made from
the Plan.
6.3.1.4 The Participants method of distribution selected in his or her Election shall remain
in effect for all future similar deferrals until changed or revoked by the Participant during a
subsequent Open Enrollment Period. The Participants method of distribution may be revoked or
changed only during an Open Enrollment Period and such revocation or change may be prospective
only.
6.3.2 Failure to Specify a Form of Distribution or Failure to Qualify for Installment Term
Elected. If, at the time of his or her Distribution Date, a Participant has failed to elect a
form of distribution or who elects an installment distribution does not satisfy the requirements
for the installment term elected, then such Participants Benefits shall be distributed either (i)
in a single lump sum payment (if no form selected) or (ii) in the case of installments, over the
longest installment term for which the Participant is qualified on his or her Distribution Date.
6.3.3 Installment Amounts. For purposes of this Section 6.3, installment
distributions shall be paid in substantially equal quarterly or annual payments under an
installment methodology established by the Committee.
6.3.4 Reemployed After Installments Begin. If a former Participant is reemployed
after having begun to receive installment distributions from the Plan, then such former
Participant, upon once again becoming an Eligible Individual, may begin a new period of
participation in the Plan, provided, however, that the installment distributions previously
commenced will continue to be paid to the Participant over the specified term.
6.3.5
Minimum Account Balance Necessary for Installments. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in Section 6.4, if a Participants Account balance is less than $25,000 at
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the time elected to begin installment distributions, the Participants Benefit will
automatically be distributed in a single lump sum.
6.4
Election of In-Service Distribution Date.
6.4.1 Initial Election. Upon filing the deferral Election for any Plan Year, a
Participant may specify an In-Service Distribution Date for the Subaccount to which such Deferrals
are credited, subject to the following:
6.4.1.1 A Participant may elect an In-Service Distribution Date for all of the Benefits
credited to such Subaccount.
6.4.1.2 The In-Service Distribution Date for any Deferral Subaccount must be at least two (2)
years after the end of the Plan Year for which Deferrals to such Subaccount are made.
6.4.1.3 Benefits shall be paid (or payments shall commence) on the In-Service Distribution
Date.
6.4.2 Revocation or Amendment of Election. A Participant who has elected an
In-Service Distribution Date may revoke and/or amend the In-Service Distribution Date Election by
filing a revocation or an amended Election at least twelve (12) months in advance of the In-Service
Distribution Date specified in the Election being revoked or amended. The amended In-Service
Distribution Date must be in a Plan Year five (5) years after the In-Service Distribution Date
specified in the prior Election or at termination of employment. If a Participant revokes an
In-Service Distribution Date Election and does not provide another In-Service Distribution Date,
the Participant shall be deemed to have elected to have the Benefit distributed at termination of
employment, provided that in no event shall a distribution commence prior to the date five (5)
years after the date of the revocation of such earlier election. An In-Service Distribution Date
Election for any Deferral Subaccount may be amended only once. Nothing in this Section 6.4.2 shall
preclude a Participant from amending his or her Election as to the method of distribution in
accordance with Section 6.3.1.3, above.
6.4.3 Termination Before the Planned Distribution Date. If the Participant terminates
employment with the Employer before his In-Service Distribution Date for any reason (other than
Retirement or Disability, to the extent of a valid Retirement or Disability Election), distribution
of the Participants Account shall be made as soon as administratively practicable after the date
of such Participants termination of employment and such distribution shall be made in a single
lump sum payment.
6.4.4 Termination After Commencement of Installment In-Service Distributions.
Notwithstanding any prior Election, if the Participant terminates employment with the Employer for
any reason (other than Retirement or Disability, to the extent of a valid Retirement or Disability
Election) while receiving installment In-Service Distributions, distribution of the Participants
remaining installments shall be made in a single lump sum payment as soon as administratively
practicable after the Participants termination of employment.
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6.4.5 Absence of In-Service Distribution Election. If a Participant does not elect an
In-Service Distribution Date in his or her initial Election, or if the Participant revokes an
In-Service Distribution Date Election, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to have the
Benefits credited to the relevant Subaccount distributed upon his or her termination of employment.
6.5 Distribution Upon Death of Participant. If a Participant dies before his or her
Benefit payments have commenced, then such Participants Benefits shall be paid to his or her
designated Beneficiary in a single lump sum cash distribution as soon as administratively feasible
after the Committee is notified of the Participants death and receives evidence satisfactory to it
thereof. If a Participant dies after his or her Benefit distribution has commenced, his or her
remaining Benefits shall be paid to the deceased Participants Beneficiary in a single lump sum
cash distribution as soon as administratively feasible after the Committee is notified of the
Participants death and receives evidence satisfactory to it thereof.
6.6 Distribution Upon Retirement or Disability of Participant. If a Participants
Service terminates due to Retirement or a Participant suffers a Disability before or after his or
her Benefit payments have commenced, then such Participants Benefits shall be paid in the optional
form of distribution previously selected as soon as administratively feasible after the Committee
is notified of the Participants Retirement or Disability and receives evidence satisfactory to it
thereof.
6.7 Specified Employees. In the event of a distribution to a Specified Employee based
upon such individuals termination of Service with the Employer, no distributions will be made,
irrespective of any Election to the contrary, before the date which is six (6) months after the
date of termination of Service, or if earlier the date of the death of the Specified Employee.
6.8 Limitation on Distributions to Covered Employees. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article VI and subject to the determination that this Section 6.8 does not result
in a violation of section 409A of the Code, in the event that the Participant is a covered
employee as that term is defined in section 162(m)(3) of the Code, or would be a covered employee
if Benefits were distributed in accordance with his or her Benefit Distribution Election or early
withdrawal request, the maximum amount which may be distributed from the Participants Account in
any Plan Year shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) less the amount of compensation
paid to the Participant in such Plan Year which is not performance-based (as defined in Code
section 162(m)(4)(C)), which amount shall be reasonably determined by the Committee at the time of
the proposed distribution. Any amount which is not distributed to the Participant in a Plan Year
as a result of this limitation shall be distributed to the Participant in the next Plan Year,
subject to compliance with the foregoing limitations set forth in this Section 6.8.
6.9
Tax Withholding. Distribution and withdrawal payments under this Article VI shall
be subject to all applicable withholding requirements for state and federal income taxes and to any
other federal, state or local taxes that may be applicable to such payments.
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ARTICLE VII
BENEFICIARIES
7.1 Designation of Beneficiary. The Participant shall have the right to designate on
such form as may be prescribed by the Committee, one or more Beneficiaries to receive any Benefits
due under the Plan which may remain unpaid on the date of the Participants death. The Participant
shall have the right at any time to revoke such designation and to substitute one or more other
Beneficiaries.
7.2 No Designated Beneficiary. If, upon the death of the Participant, there is no
valid Beneficiary designation, the Beneficiary shall be the Participants surviving spouse. In the
event there is no surviving spouse, then the Participants Beneficiary shall be the Participants
estate.
ARTICLE VIII
TRUST OBLIGATION TO PAY BENEFITS
8.1 Deferrals Transferred to the Trust. The Employer may transfer the Deferrals made
by or on behalf of a Participant to the Trustee to be held pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement.
8.2 Source of Benefit Payments. All benefits payable to a Participant hereunder shall
be paid by the Trustee to the extent of the assets held in the Trust by the Trustee, and by the
Employer to the extent the assets in the Trust are insufficient to pay a Participants Benefits as
provided under this Plan.
8.3 Investment Discretion. The Benchmark Funds established pursuant to Section 5.3
shall be for the sole purpose of determining the Investment Return to be used for determining the
Investment Return credited to the Participants Account. Neither the Trustee nor the Committee
shall have any obligation to invest the Participants Account in accordance with his deemed
investment directions or in any other investment.
8.4 No Secured Interest. Except as otherwise provided by the Trust Agreement, the
assets of the Trust, shall be subject to the claims of creditors of the Employer. Except as
provided in the Trust Agreement, the Participant (or the Participants Beneficiary) shall be a
general unsecured creditor of the Employer with respect to the payment of Benefits under this Plan.
ARTICLE IX
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
9.1
Committee Powers and Responsibilities. The Committee shall have complete control
of the administration of the Plan herein set forth with all powers necessary to enable it properly
to carry out its duties in that respect. Not in limitation, but in amplification of the foregoing,
the Committee shall have the power and authority to:
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9.1.1 Construe the Plan and Trust Agreement to determine all questions that shall arise as to
interpretations of the Plans provisions including determination of which individuals are Eligible
Individuals, which individuals are Specified Employees and the determination of the amounts
credited to a Participants Account, and the appropriate timing and method of Benefit payments;
9.1.2 Establish reasonable rules and procedures which shall be applied in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory manner with respect to Elections, the establishment of Accounts and Subaccounts,
and all other discretionary provisions of the Plan;
9.1.3 Establish rules, procedures and formats for the electronic administration of the Plan,
including specifically the distribution of Participant communication, Elections and tax
information;
9.1.4 Establish the rules and procedures by which the Plan will operate that are consistent
with the terms of the Plan documents;
9.1.5 Establish the rules and procedures by which the Plan shall determine and pay installment
distributions and in-service distributions;
9.1.6 Compile and maintain all records it determines to be necessary, appropriate or
convenient in connection with the administration of the Plan;
9.1.7 Adopt amendments to the Plan document which are deemed necessary or desirable to
facilitate administration of the Plan and/or to bring these documents into compliance with all
applicable laws and regulations, provided that the Committee shall not have the authority to adopt
any Plan amendment that will result in substantially increased costs to the Company unless such
amendment is contingent upon ratification by the Board before becoming effective;
9.1.8 Employ such persons or organizations to render service or perform services with respect
to the administrative responsibilities of the Committee under the Plan as the Committee determines
to be necessary and appropriate, including but not limited to attorneys, accountants, and benefit,
financial and administrative consultants;
9.1.9 Select, review and retain or change the Benchmark Funds which are used for determining
the Investment Return under the Plan;
9.1.10 Direct the investment of the assets of the Trust;
9.1.11 Review the performance of the Trustee with respect to the Trustees duties,
responsibilities and obligations under the Plan and the Trust Agreement;
9.1.12 Take such other action as may be necessary or appropriate to the management and
investment of the Plan assets.
9.2
Decisions of the Committee. Decisions of the Committee made in good faith upon any
matter within the scope of its authority shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons,
including Participants and their legal representatives or Beneficiaries. Any discretion
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granted to the Committee shall be exercised in accordance with rules and policies established
by the Committee.
9.3 Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each
member of the Committee, and any other Employee or member of the Board with duties under the Plan,
against losses and expenses (including any amount paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with any claims against such person by reason of such persons conduct in the
performance of duties under the Plan, except in relation to matters as to which such person has
acted fraudulently or in bad faith in the performance of duties. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not indemnify any person for any expense incurred through any settlement or
compromise of any action unless the Company consents in writing to the settlement or compromise.
9.4 Claims Procedure. Benefits shall be provided from this Plan through procedures
initiated by the Committee, and the Participant need not file a claim. However, if a Participant
or Beneficiary believes he or she is entitled to a Benefit different from the one received, then
the Participant or Beneficiary may file a claim for the Benefit by writing a letter to the
Committee.
9.4.1 If any claim for Benefits under the Plan is wholly or partially denied, the claimant
shall be given notice in writing of such denial within 90 days of the date the letter claiming
benefits is received by the Committee. If special circumstances require an extension of time,
written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant within the initial 90-day
period.
9.4.2 Notice of the denial shall set forth the following information: (a) the specific reason
or reasons for the denial; (b) specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which denial is
based; (c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to
perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; (d) an
explanation that a full review by the Committee of the decision denying the claim may be requested
by the claimant or his or her authorized representative by filing with the company, within 60 days
after such notice has been received, a written request for such review; and (e) if such request is
so filed, the claimant or his or her authorized representative may review pertinent documents and
submit issues and comments in writing within the same 60 day period specified in the preceding
subparagraph.
9.4.3 The decision of the Committee upon review shall be made promptly, and not later than 60
days after the Committees receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require
an extension of time for processing, in which case the claimant shall be so notified and a decision
shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for
review. If the claim is denied, wholly or in part, the claimant shall be promptly given a copy of
the decision. The decision shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for the denial,
specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based and shall be
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant. No further legal action may be
initiated claiming benefits under this Plan until the claims procedure set forth in this Article IX
is completed.
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ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
10.1 Right to Amend. The Committee or the Company, by action of the Board, shall have
the right to amend the Plan, at any time and with respect to any provisions hereof, and all parties
hereto or claiming any interest hereunder shall be bound by such amendment; provided, however, that
no such amendment shall deprive a Participant of a right accrued hereunder prior to the date of the
amendment unless such an amendment is required by applicable law or deemed necessary to preserve
the preferred tax treatment of the Plan.
10.2 Amendments to Ensure Proper Characterization of Plan. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 10.1, the Plan may be amended by the Committee or the Company, by action of
its Board, at any time, retroactively if required, if found necessary, in the opinion of the
Committee or the Board, in order to ensure that the Plan is characterized as a top-hat plan of
deferred compensation maintained for a select group of management or highly compensated employees
as described under ERISA sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1), and to conform the Plan to the
provisions and requirements of any applicable law (including specifically Section 409A of the Code,
and other applicable portions of ERISA and the Code). No such amendment shall be considered
prejudicial to any interest of a Participant hereunder.
10.3
Changes in Law Affecting Taxation of Participants. The Plan and any Election may
also be amended as provided in this Section 10.3.
10.3.1
Operation. This Section 10.3 shall become operative upon the enactment of any
change in applicable statutory law or the promulgation by the IRS of a final regulation or other
pronouncement having the force of law, which statutory law, as changed, or final regulation or
pronouncement, as promulgated, would cause any Participant to include in his or her federal gross
income amounts accrued by the Participant under the Plan on a date (an Early Taxation Event)
prior to the date on which such amounts are made available to him or her hereunder.
10.3.2 Affected Right or Feature Nullified. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Plan to the contrary (but subject to Section 10.3.3 below), as of an Early Taxation Event, the
feature or features of this Plan that would cause the Early Taxation Event shall be null and void,
to the extent, and only to the extent, required to prevent the Participant from being required to
include in his or her federal gross income amounts accrued by the Participant under the Plan prior
to the date on which such amounts are made available to him or her hereunder. If only a portion of
a Participants Account is impacted by the change in the law, then only such portion shall be
subject to this Section 10.3, with the remainder of the Account not so affected being subject to
such rights and features as if the law were not changed. If the law only impacts Participants who
have a certain status with respect to the Employer, then only such Participants shall be subject to
this Section 10.3.
10.3.3 Tax Distribution. If an Early Taxation Event is earlier than the date on which
the statute, regulation or pronouncement giving rise to the Early Taxation Event is enacted or
promulgated, as applicable (i.e., if the change in the law is retroactive), there shall be
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distributed to each Participant, as soon as practicable following such date of enactment or
promulgation, the amounts that became taxable on the Early Taxation Event.
10.4
Plan Termination or Plan Suspension. The Company reserves the right to terminate
the Plan by action of its Board. The Company also reserves the right to suspend the operation of
the Plan for a fixed or indeterminate period of time, by action of its Board.
10.5 Successor to Company. Any corporation or other business organization which is a
successor to the Company by reason of a consolidation, merger or purchase of substantially all of
the assets of the Company, or any other Change in Control, shall have the right to become a party
to the Plan by adopting the same by resolution of the entitys board of directors or other
appropriate governing body. If, within ninety (90) days from the effective date of such
consolidation, merger or sale of assets, or Change in Control such new entity does not become a
party hereto, as above provided, the Plan automatically shall be terminated.
ARTICLE XI
PLAN TRANSFERS
11.1
Transfers to Other Plans. In the event that a Participant becomes employed by any
affiliated company, subsidiary corporation, parent corporation or unrelated corporation which the
Company enters into a transaction to acquire the assets or stock of such unrelated corporation, the
Committee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Trustee to transfer funds in
an amount equal to the amount credited to such Participants Account (the Transferred Account) to
a trust established under a Transferee Plan. The Committee shall determine, in its sole
discretion, whether such transfer shall be made and the timing of such transfer. Such transfer
shall be made only if, and to the extent that, approval of such transfer is obtained from the
Trustee.
11.1.1 Transferee Plan. For purposes of this Section 11.1, Transferee Plan shall
mean an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3)
and 401(a)(l) of ERISA maintained by any of the Companys affiliated entities, subsidiary
corporations, parent corporations or any corporation unrelated to the Company which the Company has
successfully closed a transaction in which the Company acquired the assets or the outstanding stock
of such an unrelated corporation.
11.1.2 Waiver. No transfer shall be made under this Section 11.1 unless the
Participant for whose benefit the Transferred Account is held executes a written waiver of all of
such Participants rights and benefits under this Plan in such form as shall be acceptable to the
Committee and the Committee determines that such a transfer is permissible under applicable law,
including specifically Section 409A of the Code, and would not result in the recognition of current
income by any Plan Participant.
11.2 Transfers in from Other Plans. There may be transferred directly from the
trustee of another nonqualified, funded, deferred compensation plan (an Other Plan) to the
Trustee, subject to the approval of the transferor corporation maintaining the Other Plan, the
Committee, and the Eligible Individual, funds in an amount not to exceed the amount credited to the
Other Plan accounts maintained for the benefit of that Eligible Individual. Amounts transferred
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pursuant to this Section 11.2, and any gains or losses allocable thereto, (i) shall be
accounted for separately (Transfer Account) from amounts otherwise allocable to the Eligible
Individual under this Plan, and (ii) the Transfer Account shall be distributed in accordance with
the Eligible Individuals deferral election under the Other Plan, as such election may be amended
pursuant to the terms of the Other Plan. Subsequent earnings on the amount in the Transfer Account
shall be credited to a separate account for the Eligible Individual established pursuant to this
Plan and shall be determined under the Plans investment procedures in Article V.
11.3 Effect of Section. This Section shall only be operable, to the extent the
Committee determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, at the time of any proposed transfer,
that such transfer will not impact the Plan and any deferred amounts in a tax disadvantageous
manner under Section 409A of the Code.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1
No Assignment. The right of any Participant, any Beneficiary or any other person
to the payment of any benefits under this Plan shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged or
encumbered.
12.2 No Secured Interest. The obligation of the Company to Participants under this
Plan shall not be funded or otherwise secured, and shall be paid out of the general assets of the
Company. Participants are general unsecured creditors of the Company with respect to the
obligations hereunder and shall have no legal or equitable interest in the assets of the Company,
including any assets as the Company may set aside or reserve against its obligations under this
Plan.
12.3 Successors. This Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Employee, its successors and assigns and the Participant and his or her heirs, executors,
administrators and legal representatives.
12.4 No Employment Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
conferring upon any Participant the right to continue in the employ of the Employer as an employee.
12.5
Attorneys Fees. If the Employer, the Participant, any Beneficiary, and/or a
successor in interest to any of the foregoing, brings legal action to enforce any of the provisions
of this Plan, the prevailing party in such legal action shall be reimbursed by the other party, the
prevailing partys costs of such legal action including, without limitation, reasonable fees of
attorneys, accountants and similar advisors and expert witnesses.
12.6 Governing Law. This Plan shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of California.
12.7
Entire Agreement. This Plan constitutes the entire understanding and agreement
with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and there are no agreements, understandings,
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restrictions, representations or warranties among any Participant and the Employer other than
those as set forth or provided for herein.
12.8 Severability. If any provision of this Plan is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provision of this Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not
been included. In addition, if such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable due to changes
in applicable law, the Company may amend the Plan, without the consent and without providing any
advance notice to any Participant, as may be necessary or desirable to comply with changes in the
applicable law or financial accounting of deferred compensation plans.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Plan has been adopted by the Company effective as of the Effective
Date.
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/s/ Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D.
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