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| Nature of Arrangement. The Arrangement is intended to be an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan that complies with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. While the Company will maintain and fund an insurance policy pursuant to Section 4 of the Arrangement, that policy will be an asset of the Company subject to claims of its general creditors, and all ownership rights under the policy will belong to the Company. The Employee and the Employee's beneficiaries will have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, that insurance policy. Any rights of the Employee created under the Arrangement will be mere unsecured, contractual rights.
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| Commencement of Arrangement. Deferrals under the Arrangement will commence in the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Employee and the Company enter into the Arrangement. For avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Employee elects to defer all or a portion of the Employee's annual bonus pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Arrangement, the first annual bonus subject to this Arrangement will be the annual bonus earned with respect to the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the election is made.
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| | Disability. The employee shall not be considered "permanently disabled" under the Arrangement unless the Employee is also considered "Disabled" within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(4).
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| | Lump Sum. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Arrangement, all amounts payable under the Arrangement shall be payable in a lump sum within 60 days following the earliest to occur of: (i) the date the Employee becomes "permanently disabled." (ii) the date of the Employee's death, or (iii) the date of the Employee's Separation from Service. However, if the first of such events to occur is the Employee's Separation from Service, then to the extent required to comply with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(i)(2), payment hereunder will be delayed until the first day of the seventh month following the date of such Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the date of the Employee's death), and amounts payable hereunder shall continue to be adjusted for deemed investment gain and loss incurred during the period of such delay. "Separation from Service" has the meaning set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(h). "Specified Employee" as the meaning set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(i). |
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| | Acceleration Generally Prohibited. Notwithstanding anything in the Arrangement to the contrary, to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the Company may accelerate payment under the Arrangement only to the extent such acceleration is permitted under Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(j)(4). |
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| | Amendment and Termination. The Company may, at any time, and in its discretion, alter, amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Arrangement or any portion thereof; provided, however, that no such amendment, modification, suspension or termination shall, without the consent of the Employee, reduce the amount credited to the Employee under the Arrangement as of the date of such amendment, modification, suspension or termination; and provided, further, that to the extent necessary to maintain compliance with Section 409A of the Code, any termination of the Arrangement will be conducted in a manner intended to comply with Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). |
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| | Tax Withholding. The Company and its affiliates shall have the right to deduct from any amounts otherwise payable under the Arrangement any federal, state, local, or other applicable taxes required to be withheld.
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| | Section 409A of the Code. The Arrangement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and should be interpreted consistent with that intent. Nonetheless, the Company does not guaranty the tax treatment of the Arrangement. Statutory and regulatory citations herein will be deemed to include successors to the provisions cited.
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| | Benefits Not Assignable. Other than a beneficiary designation made in accordance with the Arrangement, no right of the Employee under the Arrangement will be subject to anticipation, alienation, transfer, sale, assignment, pledge or encumbrance.
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