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Exhibit 10.10
SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
PHOENIX HOME LIFE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
EXCESS INVESTMENT PLAN
(as amended and restated effective January 1, 1994)
BY THIS AGREEMENT, the Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company
Excess Investment Plan (the "Plan"), as amended and restated effective January
1, 1994, is amended by this Second Amendment, effective as provided herein.
1. Effective January 1, 1997, Section 2.03 of the Plan is amended to
read as follows:
"Basic Contribution's shall have the meaning provided under the Savings
and Investment Plan."
2. Effective January 1, 1997, the term "Non-Benefits Employee" is
substituted for the term "Temporary Employee" in Section 2.10 of the Plan;
Section 2.24 of the Plan is deleted in its entirety; the following new
definitions are added as Sections 2.18 and 2.25 of the Plan and the succeeding
Sections are renumbered accordingly:
"2.18 Non-Benefits Employee' means any Employee designated by the
Employer as a 'Non-Benefits Employee' and any individual that the
Employer considers to be an independent contractor, regardless of
whether such individual may be determined to be an Employee by
administrative, judicial or other decision."
"2.25 Supplemental Contribution's shall have the meaning provided under
the Savings and Investment Plan."
3. Effective January 1, 1994, Section 3.01 of the Plan is amended to
read as follows:
"With respect to any Plan Year, any Employee of the Company shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan provided such Employee's Basic
Contributions and Supplemental Contributions to the Savings and
Investment Plan for such Plan Year are limited by the maximum amount of
Earnings permitted to be taken into account under Code Section 401 (a)
(17)."
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4. Effective January 1, 1997, Section 4.02 of the Plan is amended to
read as follows:
"4.02 Excess Investment Credits. A Participant's Excess Investment
Credits for any Plan Year shall consist of the sum of the following
amounts:
(a) The percentage of the Participant' Earnings for such Plan
Year in excess of the limitation contained in Code Section 401(a)(17),
from two percent (2%) to sixteen percent (16%), that the Participant
has elected to defer as provided in Section 4.03(b); and
(b) For each Plan Year with respect to an Employee of Phoenix
Duff ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation has a deferral election in effect under this
Plan, a matching Company credit equal to one hundred percent (100%) of
the Earnings such Employee has elected to defer under this Plan from
two percent (2%) of such Earnings through and including three (3%) of
such Earnings. For each Plan Year with respect to which an Employee of
Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company or any Participating
Employer other than Phoenix Duff ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Corporation has a deferral
election in effect under this Plan, a matching Company credit equal to
fifty percent (50%) of the Earnings the Participant has elected to
defer under this Plan, from two percent (2%) of such Earnings through
and including six percent (6%) of such Earnings."
5. Effective January 1, 1997, Section 8.04 of the Plan is amended in
its entirety to read as follows:
"(a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) hereof, the
Participating Employer hereby delegates to the Named Fiduciary the
right at any time to amend the Plan in accordance with the terms of the
Plan, provided that any such amendment could not affect the
Participating Employer's share of the cost of the Plan. If an amendment
could affect the Participating Employer's share of the cost of the
Plan, then such amendment shall not be effective with respect to the
Participating Employer until approved by the Participating Employer.
Any such amendment shall be adopted by the Participating Employer's
Benefit Plans Committee unless such amendment could significantly
affect the Participating Employer's share of the cost of the Plan, as
determined by the Participating Employer's Benefit Plans Committee, in
which case such amendment shall be adopted by the Participating
Employer's Board of Directors in accordance with the Participating
Employer's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and applicable law and
shall become effective as provided therein upon its execution.
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(b) No amendment to the Plan shall be effective with respect
to the Participating Employer until 45 days after a copy of the
amendment shall have been delivered to the Participating Employer,
unless the Participating Employer shall have waived its right to
receive such advance copy of the amendment."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amendment has been executed this
13th day of December, 1996.
Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance
Company
Benefit Plans Committee
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Witness Secretary
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