NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
As Amended and Restated Through
July 29, 2009
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Article I
HISTORY, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
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Article II
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
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Definitions.
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Eligibility
to Participate.
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Purpose.
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Construction.
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Article III PARTICIPANT
DEFERRALS
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Election to
Participate.
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Amount of
Participant’s Deferrals.
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Payment of
Deposits to Trustee.
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Article IV
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
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Employer
Discretionary Contribution.
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Employer
Matching Contribution.
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Limit on
Compensation for Purposes of Employer Contributions.
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Payment of
Deposits to Trustee.
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Article V
TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT
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Appointment.
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Fees and
Expenses.
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Use of
Trust.
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Responsibility and Authority for Fund
Management.
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Trust
Assets.
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Article VI
INVESTMENT; PARTICIPANT’S ACCOUNTS
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Allocation
and Reallocation of Before-Tax Deposits and Employer
Contributions.
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Allocation
of Deferred Equity Awards.
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Investment
of Deposits and Employer Contributions.
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Participant’s Accounts.
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Beneficiaries.
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Article VII PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
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Time and
Form of Payments.
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Distribution
Due to Death.
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Payment of
Employer Contributions.
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Later
Payment Deferral Elections.
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Miscellaneous.
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Article VIII EMERGENCY
WITHDRAWALS
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Restricted
Withdrawals.
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Article IX
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
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Committee.
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Organization
and Procedure.
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Delegation
of Authority and Responsibility.
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Use of
Professional Services.
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Fees and
Expenses.
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Communications.
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Claims.
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Article X
PLAN AMENDMENTS, PLAN TERMINATION, AND MISCELLANEOUS
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Amendments
and Termination.
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Non-Guarantee of Employment.
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Rights to
Trust Asset.
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Suspension
of Rules.
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Requirement
of Proof.
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Indemnification.
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Non-Alienation and Taxes.
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Not
Compensation Under Other Benefit Plans.
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Savings
Clause.
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Facility of
Payment.
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Requirement
of Releases.
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Board
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Computational Errors .
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Unclaimed
Benefits.
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Communications.
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Article XI
TRANSITIONAL RULES
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Introduction.
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Amounts
Deferred Under Prior Plan.
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NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
ARTICLE I
HISTORY, PURPOSE AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
Effective
January 1, 1993, Pentair, Inc. (“Pentair”)
established a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the
“Plan”) for the benefit of certain management and
highly compensated employees of Pentair and various companies in
the Pentair controlled group. Under the Plan as so initially
established, eligible participants could elect to defer receipt of
base and bonus compensation in exchange for the unfunded, unsecured
promise of the participant’s employing company to pay the
amounts deferred, plus earnings, at the time and in the manner
selected by the participant when making a deferral election. Until
the time of payment, the amounts deferred under the Plan, adjusted
for any earnings credited with respect to those amounts, remain
subject to the claims of the general creditors of the
participant’s employing company.
Pentair
amended and restated the Plan, effective January 1, 1996,
January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2002. As so amended and
restated, the Plan continued to permit eligible employees of
Pentair and its affiliates to defer receipt of base and bonus
compensation in exchange for the unsecured promise of the
participant’s employing company to pay these amounts, as
adjusted for earnings or losses by reference to deemed investment
options selected by each participant, and commencing
January 1, 1996 provided for the replacement of benefits no
longer available to certain participants under the Pentair
Retirement Savings and Stock Incentive Plan due to certain
limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
Pentair
amended the Plan in 2005 to reflect the 2004 acquisition of the
WICOR, Inc. group of companies, and the extension of the Plan in
2005 to eligible employees of such group, and to qualify generally
the Plan, the elections made thereunder, and the Plan’s
administration, for amounts deferred and contributed for periods
after 2004, by the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and guidance thereunder issued by the Internal
Revenue Service.
Pentair
now hereby amends and restates the Plan effective January 1,
2009. This document reflects changes made to the Plan to reflect
final Treasury Regulations under Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as well as certain other changes. This
document governs amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2005.
Amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005, are governed by
terms of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, which are
contained in a separate document.
The
Plan is for the benefit of a select group of management and highly
compensated employees. Benefits under the Plan are unfunded and
unsecured general obligations of Pentair and its participating
affiliates. Plan participants have the status of unsecured general
creditors of their employing company. Any assets acquired or set
aside for purposes of providing or measuring, or both, this
deferred compensation may be held in a grantor
trust as the
property of the participant’s employing company and subject
to the claims of its general creditors. To the extent any assets
are held in a grantor trust, the terms and provisions of the trust
document will control in all cases where it is in conflict with the
Plan.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
Section 2.1. Definitions. Unless the context clearly or
necessarily indicates the contrary, when capitalized the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings shown when used in this
Article or other parts of the Plan.
(1)
“Accounts” are the accounts under the Plan to be
maintained for each Participant or the Beneficiary of a deceased
former Participant.
(2)
“Administrator” is the person assigned by the
Company or Committee to handle the day-to-day administration of the
Plan.
(3)
“Base Compensation” is remuneration from which
an Employee may elect before-tax deposits under the RSIP, with such
remuneration determined without regard to the dollar limit imposed
under Code section 401(a)(17), but excluding amounts included in
Bonus Compensation; plus, if not taken into account as such
remuneration under the RSIP but without duplication of an amount
described in the immediately preceding sentence, any Before-tax
Deposits. If and during the period an Employee is not eligible to
participate in the RSIP, his or her Base Compensation shall be
determined as through he or she were eligible to participate in the
RSIP.
(4)
“Before-tax Deposits” are compensation deferrals
of Base Compensation and/or Bonus Compensation made under the Plan
at the election of a Participant pursuant to
Article III.
(5)
“Beneficiary” is the individual, trust or other
entity designated as such in writing by a Participant in accordance
with applicable Plan provisions, or such person as otherwise
determined under the Plan, to receive benefits accumulated
hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death. If a
Participant is married at the time of death, the sole Beneficiary
shall be the Participant’s Spouse at such time unless the
Spouse has otherwise waived or released the right to be named as a
beneficiary hereunder, or to be considered as the
Participant’s surviving Spouse for such purposes (e.g., an
enforceable prenuptial agreement), as determined in the discretion
of the Committee, or the Spouse has consented in writing to the
designation of a different Beneficiary and such consent is
witnessed by an authorized Plan representative or a notary
public.
(6)
“Bonus Compensation” is compensation awarded to
an Employee pursuant to the Employer’s annual
performance-based management bonus plan or plans, and may also
include other bonuses or other non-periodic items or
performance-based compensation for services rendered, as determined
by the Committee. Bonus Compensation includes only items from which
an Employee may elect before-tax deposits under the RSIP determined
without regard to the dollar limit imposed under Code section
401(a)(17). Bonus Compensation shall not include Equity
Awards.
(7)
“Change in Control” or “CIC”
is any one of the following:
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When a person, or more than one
person acting as a group, acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of
the total fair market value or total voting power of the
Company’s stock;
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(ii)
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When a person, or more than one
person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month
consecutive period, ending with the date of the most recent stock
acquisition, stock of the Company possessing at least thirty
percent (30%) of the total voting power of the Company’s
stock;
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(iii)
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When a majority of the members of
the Company’s board of directors is replaced within a twelve
(12) month period by directors whose appointment or election
is not endorsed by a majority of the members of such board as
constituted before such appointment or election; or
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(iv)
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When a person, or more than one
person acting as a group, acquires within a twelve (12) month
consecutive period assets from the Company or an entity controlled
by the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to
seventy-five percent (75%) of the total fair market value of the
assets of the Company and all such entities.
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Once a person
or group acquires stock meeting the thresholds set forth in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) immediately preceding, additional
acquisitions of such stock by that person or group shall be ignored
in determining whether another CIC has occurred. Asset transfers
between or among controlled entities as determined before such
transfers shall not be considered in applying paragraph
(iv) immediately preceding. This provision shall be
interpreted and administered in a manner consistent with the
definition of a “change of control” under Code section
409A.
(8)
“Code” is the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended and in effect from time to time. Any reference to a
specific provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to
successor provisions thereto and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(9)
“Committee” is the Committee described in
Article IX.
(10)
“Company” is Pentair, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation, or any successor thereto.
(11)
“Disabled” or “Disability” is
a physical or mental condition, resulting from physical or mental
sickness or injury, which prevents the individual while an Employee
from engaging in any substantial gainful activity, and which
condition can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than twelve (12) months. For purposes of applying
Section 3.2(c), however, the immediately preceding sentence
shall be applied by substituting “six (6) months”
for “twelve (12) months.”
(12)
“Employee” is an individual who is
(i) employed by a Participating Employer, (ii) a highly
compensated or key management employee of a Participating Employer
as determined by the Committee, (iii) in an employment
position or salary grade classified by the Company as eligible to
participate in the Plan, and (iv) eligible to participate in
the RSIP. In the event an individual satisfies the foregoing
requirements except he or she is not eligible to
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participate in
the RSIP (e.g., an individual within an employee group to which the
RSIP has not been extended), such individual may, in the discretion
of the Committee, be considered an Employee solely for purposes of
allowing such individual to elect Before-tax Deposits and not for
purposes of being eligible for Employer Contributions.
(13)
“Employer” is the Company and, except as
prescribed by the Committee, each other corporation or
unincorporated business which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common
control (within the meaning of Code section 414(b) or (c)) which
includes the Company, but with respect to other business entities
during only the periods of such common control with the
Company.
(14)
“Employer Contributions” are amounts contributed
under the Plan by Participating Employers pursuant to
Article IV, and includes Employer Discretionary
Contributions described in Section 4.1 and Employer
Matching Contributions described in
Section 4.2.
(15)
“Equity Awards” are stock-related awards granted
under the Omnibus Incentive Plan that are designated as eligible to
be deferred under this Plan in the award letter or other document
evidencing such award.
(16)
“ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended. Any reference to a specific
provision of the Code shall be deemed to refer to successor
provisions thereto and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(17)
“ Fair Market Value ” has the meaning ascribed
in the Omnibus Incentive Plan.
(18)
“Investment Fund” is a deemed investment made
available by the Committee and selected (or deemed selected) by a
Participant for purposes of crediting investment earnings and
losses to a Participant’s Account.
(19)
“ Omnibus Incentive Plan ” is the Pentair, Inc.
2008 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, or any successor thereto, as it
may be amended from time to time.
(20)
“Participant” is an individual who has validly
elected to participate hereunder and who has elected Before-tax
Deposits, deferrals of Equity Awards or is entitled to receive
Employer Contributions. An individual who has become a Participant
shall continue as a Participant until the earlier of his or her
death and the date the balance in his or her Account has been
paid.
(21)
“Participating Employer” is the Company and each
other Employer, except as otherwise prescribed by the Committee or
the terms of any purchase agreement entered into with respect to
the Company’s or an affiliates acquisition of such
Employer.
(22)
“ Performance-Based Compensation ” is Bonus
Compensation or Equity Awards the amount of which, or the
entitlement to which, is contingent on the satisfaction of
preestablished organizational or individual performance criteria
relating to a performance period of at least twelve
(12) months. Goals are considered preestablished if
established in writing no
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later than
ninety (90) days after the commencement of the performance
period. Performance-Based Compensation does not include any amount
or payment that will be paid either regardless of performance, or
based upon a level of performance that is substantially certain to
be met at the time the criteria is established. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Bonus Compensation or Equity Awards will be considered
Performance-Based Compensation if the compensation will be paid
regardless of satisfaction of the performance goals in the event of
the Participant’s death, Disability or a CIC, provided that
payment under such circumstances without regard to the satisfaction
of the performance criteria will not constitute Performance-Based
Compensation.
(23)
“Plan Year” is the calendar year.
(24)
“Pre-Deferral Compensation” is the combined
amount of Base and Bonus Compensation which would have been paid in
a Plan Year but for a Before-tax Deposit election hereunder or a
before-tax deposit election under the RSIP, or both.
(25)
“Retirement” is an individual’s Separation
from Service on or after the attainment of age fifty-five
(55) and the completion of at least ten (10) years of
service with one or more Employers.
(26)
“RSIP” is the Pentair, Inc. Retirement Savings
and Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, or any successor plan
thereto.
(27)
“Separation from Service” is the termination of
employment as an employee, from all business entities that comprise
the Employer, for reasons other than death or Disability. A
Participant will be deemed to have incurred a Separation from
Service when the level of bona fide services performed by the
Participant for the Employer permanently decreases to a level equal
to twenty percent (20%) or less of the average level of services
performed by the Participant for the Employer during the
immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or such
lesser period of service). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Participant on a bona fide leave of absence from an Employer shall
be considered to have incurred a Separation from Service no later
than the six (6) month anniversary of the absence (or twenty-nine
(29) months in the event of an absence due to a Disability
described in the last sentence of Section 2.1(11)) or the end
of such longer period during which the individual has the right by
law or agreement to return to employment upon the expiration of the
leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the
Participant’s termination of employment from the Employer the
Participant becomes a non-employee director or becomes or remains a
consultant to the Employer, then the date of the
Participant’s Separation from Service may be delayed until
the Participant ceases to provide services in such capacity to the
extent required by Code section 409A.
(28)
“ Share ” is a share of the Company’s
Common Stock, par value of $0.16-2/3. No Shares have been
authorized for issuance under this Plan. All Shares payable under
this Plan are issued from the Omnibus Incentive Plan.
(29)
“ Share Unit Fund ” is the Investment Fund
described in Section 6.2(b), which is deemed invested in
Shares. The Share Unit Fund shall be used solely as a means to
track deferrals of Equity Awards.
(30)
“ Share Unit ” is a unit that has a value equal
to one Share.
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(31)
“Specified Employee” is a Participant who is a
key employee for a Plan Year, with such status as to that period
becoming effective as of April 1st next following such Plan Year
and lasting until the following April 1st. A key employee is an
employee of an Employer who (i) at any time during the Plan
Year owns at least five percent (5%) of the stock (or capital or
profits interest) of an Employer, (ii) owns one percent (1%)
of the stock (or capital or profits interest) of an Employer and
whose compensation exceeds the dollar limit for such period
described in Code section 416(1)(iii), or (iii) is an officer
of an Employer and whose compensation exceeds the dollar limit for
such period described in Code section 416(1)(i), as adjusted. No
more than the lesser of fifty (50) employees or ten percent
(10%) of all employees shall be treated as officers for that period
by reason of clause (iii) immediately preceding. In the event
the number of officers exceeds such number, the employees included
in such number will be those with the highest compensation for that
period.
(32)
“Spouse” is an individual, of a sex opposite to
that of a Participant, whose marriage to a Participant is
recognized under the laws of the United States (or one of the
United States) or any other generally recognized
jurisdiction.
(33)
“Trust” is the Pentair, Inc. Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Plan Trust.
(34)
“Trustee” is the person appointed as the trustee
under the Trust.
(35)
“Unforeseeable Emergency” is a severe financial
hardship to the Participant resulting from: an illness or accident
to the Participant or his or her Spouse or tax-dependent; the loss
of a home due to an uncompensated (by insurance or otherwise)
casualty; and other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances beyond the control of the Participant.
(36)
“Valuation Date” is, with respect to Investment
Funds which correspond to funds available under the RSIP, a date as
of which such corresponding funds are valued under the RSIP; with
respect to other Investment Funds, it is the last day of each Plan
Year and such other dates as are prescribed by the
Committee.
Section 2.2. Eligibility to Participate.
(a)
Eligibility to Make Before-tax Deposits and Deferrals of Equity
Awards . Subject to the provisions of Article III, all
Employees are eligible to elect Before-tax Deposits and to defer
Equity Awards.
(b)
Eligibility for Employer Contributions . Employees eligible
to receive an Employer Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year
are described in Section 4.1(a), and Employees eligible to
receive an Employer Matching Contribution for a Plan Year are
described in Section 4.2(a).
(c)
Suspension of Eligibility . (1) Failure to Qualify as an
Employee . Once an individual becomes an Employee, such
individual shall remain an Employee, regardless of the identity of
his or her Participating Employer, so long as he or she continues
to be described in Section 2.1(12). In the event an individual
becomes an Employee and thereafter remains
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employed by an
Employer but not as an Employee or such Employer is not then a
Participating Employer, except as directed by the Committee such
individual’s eligibility to elect Before-tax Deposits or
deferrals of Equity Awards shall be suspended at the end of the
Plan Year in which such status change occurs and such
individual’s eligibility to receive an allocation of Employer
Contributions shall be suspended immediately on

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