Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit. Upon termination of the Executive's employment with the Company and all affiliates other than for Cause (as defined in Section 5(b) of this Agreement), a supplemental retirement benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(g). The annual supplemental retirement benefit, expressed in the form of a single life annuity beginning at the Executive's Normal Retirement Date as defined in The United Illuminating Company Pension Plan (the “Company's Pension Plan”), shall be the excess, if any, of (A) less (B), where (A) is 2.0% (.020) of the Executive's highest three-year average Total Compensation times his number of years of service as an employee of the Company (including any deemed service credited under this Agreement or the CIC Plan II) at termination (not to exceed thirty), and (B) is the benefit payable under the Company's Pension Plan expressed as a single life annuity commencing as of the Executive’s Normal Retirement Date. For purposes of this Section, Total Compensation shall mean the Executive’s Base Salary, and any amount payable to the Executive as short-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Company’s annual executive incentive compensation plan. Subject to the requirements of Section 6(f), distribution of the supplemental retirement benefit shall be made in the month of January following the Executive’s termination of service with the Company and its affiliates, but in no event earlier than six months following the Executive’s termination of service. The benefit provided in this Section 4(g) shall be paid in an actuarially equivalent lump sum equal to the present value of the immediate life annuity payable as of such distribution date, unless the Executive shall have elected at least 12 months in advance of such distribution date to commence distributions in one of the other actuarially equivalent forms of benefits permitted under the Company’s Pension Plan, in which case the commencement of the supplemental executive retirement benefit provided under this Section 4(g) shall be deferred, except in the case of termination due to death or disability, for a period of at least five years from the date on which such distribution otherwise would have been made. The provisions of this subsection are intended to comply with all laws applicable to the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation, and the Company and Executive agree to revise this subsection as necessary or advisable from time to time in order to comply with changes in such laws. With the exception of the lump sum methodology noted above (i.e., the present value of an immediate annuity), the benefits payable under this Section 4(g) shall be calculated using the same definitions of actuarial equivalence, and the same early retirement reduction factors that are specified in the Pension Plan in the event that the Executive becomes entitled to payment of the supplemental retirement benefit prior to what would have been his Normal Retirement Date, except that, in the event that the Executive is credited with deemed years of service, the reductions shall be based on the Executive's service deemed as an employee of the Company. If the form of payment provides for a death benefit, such benefit shall be payable to the Executive's estate, unless another beneficiary has been designated by the Executive. If the Executive dies prior to the commencement of benefit payments, then the pre-retirement death benefit provisions of the Pension Plan shall apply to the supplemental retirement benefit payable pursuant to this Section (4)(g).
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit. Upon termination of the Executive's employment with the Company and all affiliates other than for Cause (as defined in Section 5(b) of this Agreement), a supplemental retirement benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(g). The annual supplemental retirement benefit, expressed in the form of a single life annuity beginning at the Executive's Normal Retirement Date as defined in The United Illuminating Company Pension Plan (the “"Company's Pension Plan”"), shall be the excess, if any, of (A) less (B), where (A) is 2.01.9% (.020.019) of the Executive's highest three-year average Total Compensation times his number of years of service as an employee of the Company (including any deemed service and/or deemed age credited under this Agreement or the CIC Plan II) at termination (not to exceed thirtytwenty-five years), plus 0.1% (.001) of the Executive's highest three-year average Total Compensation times the number of years at termination in excess of twenty-five (not to exceed five) of the Executive's service as an Employee of the Company (including deemed service), and (B) is the benefit payable under the Company's Pension Plan Plan, where (A) and (B) are both expressed as a single life annuity commencing as of the Executive’s 's Normal Retirement Date. For purposes of this Section, Total Compensation shall mean the Executive’s 's Base Salary, and any amount payable to the Executive as short-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Company’s 's annual executive incentive compensation plan. Subject to the requirements of Section 6(f), distribution of the supplemental retirement benefit shall be made in the month of January following the Executive’s 's termination of service with the Company and its affiliates, but in no event earlier than six months following the Executive’s 's termination of service. The benefit provided in this Section 4(g) shall be paid in an actuarially equivalent lump sum equal to the present value of the immediate life annuity payable as of such distribution datesum, unless the Executive shall have elected at least 12 months in advance of such distribution date to commence distributions in one of the other actuarially equivalent forms of benefits permitted under the Company’s 's Pension Plan, in which case the commencement of the supplemental executive retirement benefit provided under this Section 4(g) shall be deferred, except in the case of termination due to death or disability, for a period of at least five years from the date on which such distribution otherwise would have been made. The provisions of this subsection are intended to comply with all laws applicable to the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation, and the Company and Executive agree to revise this subsection as necessary or advisable from time to time in order to comply with changes in such laws. With the exception of the lump sum methodology noted above (i.e., the present value of an immediate annuity), the The benefits payable under this Section 4(g) shall be calculated using the same definitions of actuarial equivalence, and the same early retirement reduction factors that are specified in the Pension Plan in the event that the Executive becomes entitled to payment of the supplemental retirement benefit prior to what would have been his Normal Retirement Date, except that, in the event that the Executive is credited with deemed years of serviceservice and/or age, the reductions shall be based on the Executive's service deemed as an employee age and years of the Companyservice. If the form of payment provides for a death benefit, such benefit shall be payable to the Executive's estate, unless another beneficiary has been designated by the Executive. If the Executive dies prior to the commencement of benefit payments, then the pre-retirement death benefit provisions of the Pension Plan shall apply to the supplemental retirement benefit payable pursuant to this Section (4)(g).
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit. Upon termination of the Executive's employment with the Company and all affiliates other than for Cause (as defined in Section 5(b) of this Agreement), a supplemental retirement benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(g). The annual supplemental retirement benefit, expressed in the form of a single life annuity beginning at the Executive's Normal Retirement Date as defined in The United Illuminating Company Pension Plan (the “"Company's Pension Plan”"), shall be the excess, if any, of (A) less (B), where (A) is 2.0% (.020) of the Executive's highest three-year average Total Compensation times his number of years of service as an employee of the Company (including any deemed service credited under this Agreement or the CIC Plan II) at termination (not to exceed thirty), and (B) is the benefit payable under the Company's Pension Plan expressed as a single life annuity commencing as of the Executive’s 's Normal Retirement Date. For purposes of this Section, Total Compensation shall mean the Executive’s 's Base Salary, and any amount payable to the Executive as short-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Company’s 's annual executive incentive compensation plan. Subject to the requirements of Section 6(f), distribution of the supplemental retirement benefit shall be made in the month of January following the Executive’s 's termination of service with the Company and its affiliates, but in no event earlier than six months following the Executive’s 's termination of service. The benefit provided in this Section 4(g) shall be paid in an actuarially equivalent lump sum equal to the present value of the immediate life annuity payable as of such distribution datesum, unless the Executive shall have elected at least 12 months in advance of such distribution date to commence distributions in one of the other actuarially equivalent forms of benefits permitted under the Company’s 's Pension Plan, in which case the commencement of the supplemental executive retirement benefit provided under this Section 4(g) shall be deferred, except in the case of termination due to death or disability, for a period of at least five years from the date on which such distribution otherwise would have been made. The provisions of this subsection are intended to comply with all laws applicable to the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation, and the Company and Executive agree to revise this subsection as necessary or advisable from time to time in order to comply with changes in such laws. With the exception of the lump sum methodology noted above (i.e., the present value of an immediate annuity), the The benefits payable under this Section 4(g) shall be calculated using the same definitions of actuarial equivalence, and the same early retirement reduction factors that are specified in the Pension Plan in the event that the Executive becomes entitled to payment of the supplemental retirement benefit prior to what would have been his Normal Retirement Date, except that, in the event that the Executive is credited with deemed years of service, the reductions shall be based on the Executive's service deemed as an employee of the Company. If the form of payment provides for a death benefit, such benefit shall be payable to the Executive's estate, unless another beneficiary has been designated by the Executive. If the Executive dies prior to the commencement of benefit payments, then the pre-retirement death benefit provisions of the Pension Plan shall apply to the supplemental retirement benefit payable pursuant to this Section (4)(g).
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Benefit. Upon termination of the Executive's employment with the Company and all affiliates other than for Cause (as defined in Section 5(b) of this Agreement), a supplemental retirement benefit shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Section (4)(g). The annual supplemental retirement benefit, expressed in the form of a single life annuity beginning at the Executive's Normal Retirement Date as defined in The United Illuminating Company Pension Plan (the “"Company's Pension Plan”"), shall be the excess, if any, of (A) less (B), where (A) is 2.0% (.020) of the Executive's highest three-year average Total Compensation times his number of years of service as an employee of the Company (including any deemed service credited under this Agreement or the CIC Plan II) at termination (not to exceed thirty), and (B) is the benefit payable under the Company's Pension Plan expressed as a single life annuity commencing as of the Executive’s 's Normal Retirement Date. For purposes of this Section, Total Compensation shall mean the Executive’s 's Base Salary, and any amount payable to the Executive as short-term incentive compensation pursuant to the Company’s 's annual executive incentive compensation plan. For purposes of this Section, the Executive's deemed service as an employee of the Company will be calculated by adding two additional years of service for each actual year of service worked on each of the first five anniversaries of February 23, 1998, so that as of February 23, 2003, the Executive will be deemed to be credited with fifteen years of service for purposes of calculating his supplemental retirement benefit under this Section. Subject to the requirements of Section 6(f), distribution of the supplemental retirement benefit shall be made in the month of January following the Executive’s 's termination of service with the Company and its affiliates, but in no event earlier than six months following the Executive’s 's termination of service. The benefit provided in this Section 4(g) shall be paid in an actuarially equivalent lump sum equal to the present value of the immediate life annuity payable as of such distribution date, unless the Executive shall have elected at least 12 months in advance of such distribution date to commence distributions in one of the other actuarially equivalent forms of benefits permitted under the Company’s 's Pension Plan, in which case the commencement of the supplemental executive retirement benefit provided under this Section 4(g) shall be deferred, except in the case of termination due to death or disability, for a period of at least five years from the date on which such distribution otherwise would have been made. The provisions of this subsection are intended to comply with all laws applicable to the taxation of non-qualified deferred compensation, and the Company and Executive agree to revise this subsection as necessary or advisable from time to time in order to comply with changes in such laws. With the exception of the lump sum methodology noted above (i.e., the present value of an immediate annuity), the benefits payable under this Section 4(g) shall be calculated using the same definitions of actuarial equivalence, and the same early retirement reduction factors that are specified in the Pension Plan in the event that the Executive becomes entitled to payment of the supplemental retirement benefit prior to what would have been his Normal Retirement Date, except that, in the event that the Executive is credited with deemed years of service, the reductions shall be based on the Executive's service deemed as an employee of the Company. If the form of payment provides for a death benefit, such benefit shall be payable to the Executive's estate, unless another beneficiary has been designated by the Executive. If the Executive dies prior to the commencement of benefit payments, then the pre-retirement death benefit provisions of the Pension Plan shall apply to the supplemental retirement benefit payable pursuant to this Section (4)(g).
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