Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMB 2005
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS |
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“ Account Balance” |
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“ Accounts” |
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“ Administrator” |
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“ Annual Bonus” |
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“ Annual Company Contribution
Amount” |
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“ Annual Company Matching
Amount” |
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“ Annual Deferral
Amount” |
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“ Annual Installment
Method” |
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“ Base Annual
Salary” |
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“ Beneficiary” |
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“ Beneficiary Designation
Form” |
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“ Board” |
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“ Change in Control” |
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“ Change in Control
Benefits” |
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“ Claimant” |
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“ Code” |
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“ Committee” |
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“ Company” |
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“ Company Contribution
Account” |
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“ Company Matching
Account” |
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“ Deduction
Limitation” |
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“ Deferral Account” |
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“ Director” |
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“ Directors Fees” |
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“ Disability” |
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“ Disability
Benefits” |
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“ Election Form” |
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“ Employee” |
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“ Employer(s)” |
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“ ERISA” |
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“ Equity Plan” |
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“ Exchange Act” |
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“ Fair Market Value” |
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“ First Plan Year” |
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“ Fixed Date Payout” |
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“ Fixed Date Payout Account
Balance” |
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“ 401(k) Plan” |
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“ Measurement Fund” |
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“ Non-Employee
Director” |
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“ Officer” |
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“ Participant” |
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“ Partnership” |
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“ Plan” |
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“ Plan Year” |
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“ Pre-Retirement Survivor
Benefits” |
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“ Quarterly Installment
Method” |
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“ Restricted Stock” |
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“ Restricted Stock
Account” |
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“ Restricted Stock
Amount” |
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“Retirement,”
“Retire(s)” or “Retired” |
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“Retirement
Benefits” |
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“Rule 16b-3” |
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“Securities Act” |
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“Separation from
Service” |
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“Stock” |
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“Stock Unit” |
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“Termination
Benefits” |
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“Termination of
Employment” |
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“Trust” |
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“Unforeseeable Financial
Emergency” |
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“Vesting Date” |
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“Years of Service” |
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| ARTICLE 2. SELECTION, ENROLLMENT,
ELIGIBILITY |
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Selection by Administrator |
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Enrollment Requirements |
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Eligibility Requirements;
Commencement of Participation |
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Termination of Participation and/or
Deferrals |
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| ARTICLE 3. DEFERRAL
COMMITMENTS/COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS/CREDITING/TAXES |
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Election to Defer; Effect of Election
Form |
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Redeferral |
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Special Elections During Transition
Period |
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Annual Minimum |
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Maximum Deferral |
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Accounts; Crediting of Deferrals |
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Vesting |
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Earnings Credits or Losses |
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Distributions |
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| ARTICLE 4. FIXED DATE
PAYOUTS |
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Fixed Date Payout |
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Other Benefits Take Precedence Over
Fixed Date |
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| ARTICLE 5. DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Retirement Benefit |
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Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit |
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Termination Benefit |
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Change in Control Benefit |
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Disability Benefit |
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Stock Distributions |
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Delayed Distributions for Employee
Participants |
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| ARTICLE 6. UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL
EMERGENCIES |
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Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for
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| ARTICLE 7. BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATION |
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Beneficiary |
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Beneficiary Designation; Change;
Spousal Consent |
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Acknowledgment |
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No Beneficiary Designation |
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Doubt as to Beneficiary |
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Discharge of Obligations |
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| ARTICLE 8. LEAVE OF
ABSENCE |
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| ARTICLE 9. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT
OR MODIFICATION |
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Termination With Respect to Account
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Amendment |
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Effect of Payment |
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| ARTICLE 10. ADMINISTRATION |
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Administrator Duties |
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Binding Effect of Decisions |
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Committee |
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Indemnification |
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Employer Information |
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| ARTICLE 11. CLAIMS
PROCEDURES |
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Presentation of Claim |
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Notification of Decision |
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Review of a Denied Claim |
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Decision on Review |
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Designation |
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Arbitration |
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| ARTICLE 12. TRUST |
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Establishment of the Trust |
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Interrelationship of the Plan and the
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Investment of Trust Assets |
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Distributions From the Trust |
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Limitations on Stock Distributed from
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| ARTICLE 13. PROVISIONS RELATING TO
SECURITIES LAWS |
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Designation of Participants |
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Action by Committee |
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Compliance with Section 16 |
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Committee Approval |
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| ARTICLE 14. CERTAIN CORPORATE
EVENTS |
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| ARTICLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Status of Plan |
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Unsecured General Creditor |
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Employer’s Liability |
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Nonassignability |
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Sources of Stock |
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Tax Withholding |
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Coordination with Other Benefits |
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Compliance |
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Not a Contract of Employment |
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Furnishing Information |
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Governing Law |
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Notice |
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Successors |
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Spouse’s Interest |
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Validity |
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Incompetent |
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Court Order |
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Accelerated Distributions, Trust
Distributions and Plan Interpretation |
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Insurance |
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Status of Company as a REIT |
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AMB 2005
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
Purpose
AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”) established the AMB
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan effective September 1,
1999, as amended and restated September 1, 2002 (the
“Grandfathered Plan”) under which all deferred amounts
were vested on or before December 31, 2004 and not subject to
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”). In order to preserve the exemption from
Section 409A of the Code for the Grandfathered Plan, the
vested amounts deferred thereunder and the earnings on such vested
amounts so deferred, deferrals for amounts vested on or after
January 1, 2005 shall no longer be allowed under the
Grandfathered Plan.
The Company previously adopted the
AMB 2005 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan for the benefit of
a select group of management and highly compensated Employees and
Directors who contribute materially to the continued growth,
development and future business success of AMB Property, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and
the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor the plan.
This plan was intended to comply with the provisions of and the
Department of Treasury proposed and final rules, regulations and
other guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code and
not result in a penalty tax thereunder. In April 2007, the
Department of Treasury issued final regulations pursuant to
Section 409A of the Code. To conform with the final
regulations, the Company hereby amends and restates the AMB 2005
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated,
the “Plan”). Any deferred amounts under the
Grandfathered Plan which were not earned and vested as of
December 31, 2004 shall automatically transfer to this Plan.
This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA.
This Plan shall consist of two plans,
one for the benefit of a select group of management and highly
compensated employees of the Employers as described in
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, and one for
the benefit of Non-Employee members of the boards of directors of
any Employer. To the extent required by law, the terms of this Plan
applicable to Directors shall also constitute a separate written
plan document with its terms set forth in the applicable portions
of this Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
As used within this document, the
following words and phrases have the meanings described in this
Article 1 unless a different meaning is required by the
context. Some of the words and phrases used in the Plan are not
defined in this Article 1, but for convenience, are defined as
they are introduced into the text. Words in the masculine gender
shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. Any headings used
are included for ease of reference only and are not to be construed
so as to alter any of the terms of the Plan.
1.1 “ Account Balance
” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the
records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral
Account balance, (ii) the vested Company Contribution Account
balance, (iii) the vested Company Matching Account balance,
and (iv) the Restricted Stock Account balance. The Account
Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a
bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for
the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a
Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this
Plan.
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1.2 “ Accounts ”
of a Participant shall mean, as the context indicates, either or
all of his or her Deferral Account, Company Contribution Account,
Company Matching Account and Restricted Stock Account.
1.3 “ Administrator
” shall mean the Committee appointed pursuant to
Article 10 to administer the Plan, or such other person or
persons to whom the Committee has delegated its duties pursuant to
Article 10.
1.4 “ Annual Bonus
” shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual
Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year,
whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the
Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a
Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s annual bonus
and cash incentive plans, excluding stock options and restricted
stock.
1.5 “ Annual Company
Contribution Amount ” shall mean, for any one Plan Year,
the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6(b).
1.6 “ Annual Company
Matching Amount ” for any one Plan Year shall be the
amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6(c).
1.7 “ Annual Deferral
Amount ” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s
Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and Directors Fees that a
Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with
Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a
Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a Termination
of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s
Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to
such event.
1.8 “ Annual Installment
Method ” shall be an annual installment payment over the
number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with this
Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant
(or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed
Date Payout) shall be calculated as of the close of business three
business days prior to the last business day of the fourth quarter
preceding the distribution. The annual installment shall be
calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator
of which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining
number of yearly payments due the Participant. By way of example,
if the Participant elects a ten year Annual Installment Method, the
first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance (or the Fixed
Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout),
calculated as described in this definition. The following year, the
payment shall be 1/9 of the Account Balance (or the Fixed Date
Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout),
calculated as described in this definition.
1.9 “ Base Annual Salary
” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to
services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in
such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2
for such calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime,
fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, incentive
payments, non-monetary awards, directors fees and other fees,
automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for
employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are
included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Annual Salary
shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily
deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all
qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be
calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the
Participant’s gross income under Code Sections 125,
132(f), 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established
by any Employer; provided , however , that all such
amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that,
had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in
cash to the Employee.
1.10 “ Beneficiary
” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other
entities, designated in accordance with Article 7, that are
entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a
Participant.
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1.11 “ Beneficiary
Designation Form ” shall mean the form established from
time to time by the Administrator that a Participant completes,
signs and returns to the Administrator to designate one or more
Beneficiaries.
1.12 “ Board ”
shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
1.13 “ Change in Control
” shall mean any of the following events:
(a) the complete liquidation of the
Company or the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets, or the disposition
by the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of its interest in
the Partnership;
(b) any Person (as defined below) is
or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s
then outstanding securities. For purposes of this definition,
(i) the term “Person” is used as such term is used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided ,
however , that the term shall not include the Company, any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, and any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company, in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company,
and (ii) the term “Beneficial Owner” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act;
(c) during any period of twelve
(12) consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than
a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses (a),
(b) or (d)) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office
who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;
or
(d) the consummation of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation (or other
entity); provided , that , a Change in Control shall
not be deemed to occur (i) as the result of a merger or
consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities
of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (ii) where more than
fifty percent (50%) of the directors of the Company or the
surviving entity after such merger or consolidation were directors
of the Company immediately before such merger or
consolidation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Change in Control shall be limited to such transactions as
constitute a change in the ownership or effective control of the
Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets
of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v)
of the Code and the proposed and final Department of Treasury
rules, regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder,
1.14 “ Change in Control
Benefits ” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Section 5.4.
1.15 “ Claimant ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
1.16 “ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended
from time to time.
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1.17 “ Committee ”
shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or another
committee or subcommittee of the Board appointed to administer the
Plan pursuant to Article 10.
1.18 “ Company ”
shall mean AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and
any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets or business.
1.19 “ Company Contribution
Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
Participant’s Annual Company Contribution Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account.
1.20 “ Company Matching
Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
Participant’s Annual Company Matching Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Matching Account, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant’s
Company Matching Account.
1.21 “ Deduction
Limitation ” shall mean the following described
limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable
pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as otherwise
provided, this limitation shall be applied to all distributions
that are “subject to the Deduction Limitation” under
this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a
Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any
compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the
Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason
of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the
extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire
amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan
prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may
defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any
amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be
credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with
Section 3.8 below, even if such amount is being paid out in
installments. The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon
shall be distributed to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
(in the event of the Participant’s death) at the earliest
possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on
which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the
Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the
distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the
Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made
after a Change in Control.
1.22 “ Deferral Account
” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant’s
Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in
accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this
Plan that relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her
Deferral Account.
1.23 “ Director ”
shall mean any member of the board of directors of the
Company.
1.24 “ Directors Fees
” shall mean the annual fees paid by the Company, including
retainer fees and meetings fees, as compensation for serving on the
board of directors.
1.25 “ Disability
” shall mean that a Participant (a) is unable to engage
in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than twelve (12) months, or (b) is, by reason
of any medically undeterminable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to result in
death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement
benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under
an accident or health plan covering employees of such
Participant’s Employer, or (c) is determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. The
existence
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of a
Disability under clause (a) and (b) shall be determined
by the Administrator on the advice of a physician chosen by the
Administrator.
1.27 “ Disability
Benefit s” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Section 5.5.
1.28 “ Election Form
” shall mean the form established from time to time by the
Administrator that a Participant completes, signs and returns to
the Administrator to make an election under the Plan.
1.29 “ Employee ”
shall mean a person who is an officer and employee of any
Employer.
1.30 “ Employer(s)
” shall initially mean AMB Property, L.P., but shall also
include the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in
existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected
by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan
as a sponsor.
1.31 “ ERISA ”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
it may be amended from time to time.
1.32 “ Equity Plan
” shall mean any stock option or other incentive compensation
plan which is maintained by the Company or AMB Property, L. P. and
which provides for grants of restricted stock.
1.33 “ Exchange Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
1.34 “ Fair Market Value
” of a share of Stock as of a given date shall be
(a) the closing price of a share of Stock on the principal
exchange on which shares of Stock are then trading, if any (or as
reported on any composite index which includes such principal
exchange), on such date, or if shares were not traded on such date,
then on the next following date on which a trade occurred, or
(b) if Stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on
NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean between the
closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such
date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or
(c) if Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not
quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock as established by the Administrator
acting in good faith. In determining the Fair Market Value of the
Stock, the Administrator may rely on the closing price as reported
in the New York Stock Exchange composite transactions published in
the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal.
1.35 “ First Plan Year
” shall mean the period beginning January 1, 2005 and
ending December 31, 2005.
1.36 “ Fixed Date Payout
” shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.
1.37 “ Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance ” shall mean, with respect to a
Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the
sum of (i) the amount deferred by the Participant pursuant to
an Election Form and with respect to which a Fixed Date Payout was
elected, plus (ii) amounts credited or debited in the manner
provided in Section 3.8 on such amount. The Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be
utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination
of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her
designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
1.38 “ 401(k) Plan
” shall mean that certain AMB Property, L.P. Savings and
Retirement Plan, effective October 1, 1983, initially adopted
by the Company’s predecessor-in-interest and as subsequently
amended.
1.39 “ Measurement Fund
” shall mean the investment fund or funds selected by the
Administrator from time to time.
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1.40 “ Non-Employee
Director ” shall mean a Director who is not an Employee
of any Employer.
1.41 “ Officer ”
shall mean a person who is an officer of the Company and an
employee of the Partnership or a U.S. affiliate of the Partnership,
as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
1.42 “ Participant
” shall mean (i) an Officer or Director who is subject
to United States income tax or (ii) any Employee designated to
participate in the Plan by the Administrator and who is subject to
United States income tax who (A) elects to participate in the
Plan, (B) signs an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
Form, (C) whose signed Election Form and Beneficiary
Designation Form are accepted by the Administrator, and
(D) who commences participation in the Plan. A spouse or
former spouse of a Participant shall not be treated as a
Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the Plan,
even if he or she has an interest in the Participant’s
benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property
settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.
1.43 “ Partnership
” shall mean AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, and any successor to all or substantially all of the
Partnership’s assets or business.
1.44 “ Plan ”
shall mean the AMB 2005 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan,
which shall be evidenced by this instrument, as amende

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