EXHIBIT 10.19
ENSERCH CORPORATION
RETIREMENT INCOME RESTORATION TRUST
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This Trust Agreement made this 30th day of September, 1994, by and between
ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), Enserch Exploration,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, New Enserch Exploration, Inc., a Texas
corporation, Enserch Development Corporation, a Texas corporation, Lone Star
Energy Company, a Texas corporation, and Enserch Gas Company, a Texas
Corporation, and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, a national banking
association (the "Trustee");
WHEREAS, the Company and the participating subsidiaries enumerated on
the attached Appendix A (the Company and such participating subsidiaries
are hereinafter referred to as the "Employers") have adopted or may adopt a
nonqualified deferred compensation plan known as the Retirement Income
Restoration Plan of ENSERCH Corporation and Participating Subsidiary
Companies (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Employers have incurred or expect to incur liability
under the terms of such Plan with respect to their respective eligible
employees participating in such Plan and their beneficiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Employers wish to establish a trust (hereinafter called
"Trust"), pursuant to which each Employer will contribute assets that shall
be held therein in a Separate Account, as herein defined, subject to the
claims of such Employer's creditors in the event of the Employer's
Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to Plan Participants and their
beneficiaries in such manner and at such times as specified in the Plan;
and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the parties that this Trust shall
constitute an unfunded arrangement and shall not affect the status of the
Plan as an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
employees for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the Employers to make contributions to
the Trust to provide a source of funds to assist them in the meeting of
their liabilities under the Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby establish the Trust and agree that
the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:
Section 1. Establishment Of Trust.
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(a) The Employers hereby deposit with the Trustee in trust $1,000.00, which
shall become the principal of the Trust to be held, administered and disposed of
by the Trustee as provided in this Trust Agreement.
(b) The Trust hereby established shall be irrevocable.
(c) The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, of which each Employer is
the grantor with respect to its Separate Account, within the meaning of subpart
E, part I, subchapter J, chapter 1, subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and shall be construed accordingly.
(d) The principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon shall be held
separate and apart from other funds of the Employers and shall be used
exclusively for the uses and purposes of Plan Participants and general creditors
as herein set forth. Plan Participants and their beneficiaries shall have no
preferred claim on, or any beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the
Trust. Any rights created under the Plan and this Trust Agreement shall be mere
unsecured contractual rights of Plan Participants and their beneficiaries
against the Employers. Any assets held in an Employer's Separate Account under
the Trust will be subject to the claims of such Employer's general creditors
under federal and state law in the event of Insolvency, as defined in Section
4(a) herein.
(e) The Employers, in their sole discretion, may at any time, or from time
to time, make additional deposits of cash or other property in trust with the
Trustee to augment the principal to be held, administered and disposed of by the
Trustee as provided in this Trust Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor any Plan
Participant or beneficiary shall have any right to compel such additional
deposits.
(f) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
upon a Change of Control of the Company, as defined in the Plan, each Employer
shall (i) as soon as possible, but in no event more than 30 days following the
date of such Change of Control, make an irrevocable contribution to the Trust in
an amount, as determined by an Independent Committee, as defined below, which
when added to the total value of the assets of the Employer's Separate Account
under the Trust at such time equals the total present value of all benefits
accrued under the Plan with respect to such Employer's respective Plan
Participants and beneficiaries as of the date on which the Change of Control
occurred, and (ii) during the two-year period following the date of the Change
of Control, make monthly contributions to the Trust in amounts sufficient, as
determined by the Independent Committee, to maintain the total value of the
assets in the Employer's Separate Account under the Trust at an amount equal to
the total present value of all benefits accrued under the Plan with respect to
such Employer's respective Plan Participants and beneficiaries.
(g) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
in the event that a Participant transfers employment between Employers
participating in this Trust, (i) the Employer from which the Participant is
transferred shall as soon as possible, but in no event more than 30 days
following the date of such transfer, make an irrevocable contribution to the
Trust in an amount, as determined by the Company, which equals the total present
value of the benefits accrued under the Plan with respect to such transferring
Participant as of the date on which the transfer occurred or, if less, an amount
equal to the total present value of all benefits accrued under the Plan with
respect to such Employer's respective Plan Participants and beneficiaries, and
(ii) immediately following the Employer's contribution described in (i), the
Trustee shall transfer assets from the transferring Employer's Separate Account
to the Separate Account of the Employer to which the Participant is being
transferred in an amount equal to the total present value of the benefits
accrued under the Plan with respect to such transferring Participant as of the
date on which the transfer occurred.
Section 2. Payments to Plan Participants and their Beneficiaries.
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(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee a schedule (the "Payment
Schedule") that indicates the amounts payable with respect to each Plan
Participant (and his or her beneficiaries) and the Separate Account of the
Employer from which such amounts
are payable, that provides a formula or other instructions acceptable to the
Trustee for determining the amounts so payable, the form in which such amount is
to be paid (as provided for or available under the Plan), and the time of
commencement for payment of such amounts. An updated Payment Schedule shall be
provided by the Company to the Trustee periodically, but no less frequently than
once each calendar year. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall
make payments to the Plan Participants and their beneficiaries in accordance
with such Payment Schedule. The Trustee shall make provision for the reporting
and withholding of any federal, state or local taxes that may be required to be
withheld with respect to the payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the
Plan and shall pay amounts withheld to the appropriate taxing authorities or
determine that such amounts have been reported, withheld and paid by the
Employer.
(b) The entitlement of a Plan Participant or his or her beneficiaries to
benefits under the Plan shall be determined by the Company or such other party
as may be designated under the Plan, and any claim for such benefits shall be
considered and reviewed under the procedures set out in the Plan.
(c) The Employers may make payments of benefits directly to Plan
Participants or their beneficiaries as they become due under the terms of the
Plan in lieu of payment from the Trust. The Company shall notify the Trustee of
an Employer's decision to make payments of benefits directly prior to the time
amounts are payable to Participants or their beneficiaries. In addition, if the
assets of an Employer's Separate Account under the Trust are not sufficient to
make payments of benefits to its respective Plan Participants and beneficiaries
in accordance with the terms of the Plan, such Employer shall make the balance
of each such payment as it falls due, and the Separate Accounts of other
Employers hereunder shall not be liable for the payment of such benefits. The
Trustee shall notify the Company immediately when the assets in an Employer's
Separate Account under the Trust are not sufficient to satisfy all payments due.
(d) Any provision of this Section 2 to the contrary notwithstanding, upon
and after a Change of Control of the Company, the Trustee shall make payments to
Plan Participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with the direction of the
Independent Committee rather than the Company, regardless of whether the Trustee
has received a Payment Schedule or any other form of direction from the Company
to make such payments.
Section 3. Appointment of Independent Committee. Any provision of this
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Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, upon a Change of Control of the
Company, an Independent Committee consisting of at least three members shall be
appointed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
(the "Compensation Committee") subject to the approval of a majority of the
Participants in the Plan on the date of such Change of Control. The Independent
Committee shall:
(a) determine the amount of the irrevocable contributions to be made
by each Employer pursuant to Section 1(f) hereof;
(b) determine in accordance with the Plan the amounts payable with
respect to each Plan Participant (and his or her beneficiaries), the form
in which such amounts are to be paid, and the time of commencement for
payment of such amounts pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof;
(c) determine the entitlement of Plan Participants and beneficiaries
to benefits under the terms of the Plan pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof;
(d) direct the Trustee to make payments to Plan Participants and their
beneficiaries pursuant to Section 2 hereof; and
(e) select a successor Trustee for the Trust if a Trustee resigns or
is removed on or within two years following the date of a Change of Control
of the Company pursuant to Section 12.
Section 4. Trustee Responsibility Regarding Payments to Trust Beneficiary
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when an Employer Is Insolvent.
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(a) The Trustee shall cease payment of benefits to Plan Participants and
their beneficiaries if the Participants' Employer is Insolvent. An Employer
shall be considered "Insolvent" for purposes of this Trust Agreement if (i) the
Employer is unable to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) the Employer is
subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy
Code.
(b) At all times during the continuance of this Trust, as provided in
Section 1(d) hereof, the principal and income of each Employer's Separate
Account under the Trust shall be subject to
claims of general creditors of the Employer under federal and state law as set
forth below.
(1) The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of an
Employer shall have the duty to inform the Trustee in writing of the
Employer's Insolvency. If a person claiming to be a creditor of an Employer
alleges in writing to the Trustee that the Employer has become Insolvent,
the Trustee shall determine whether the Employer is Insolvent and, pending
such determination, the Trustee shall discontinue payment of benefits to
the Employer's respective Plan Participants or their beneficiaries.
(2) Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of an Employer's
Insolvency, or has received notice from the Employer or a person claiming
to be a creditor alleging that the Employer is Insolvent, the Trustee shall
have no duty to inquire whether the Employer is Insolvent. The Trustee may
in all events rely on such evidence concerning the Employer's solvency as
may be furnished to the Trustee and that provides the Trustee with a
reasonable basis for making a determination concerning the Employer's
solvency.
(3) If at any time the Trustee has determined that an Employer is
Insolvent, the Trustee shall discontinue payments to the Employer's
respective Plan Participants or their beneficiaries and shall hold the
assets of the Employer's Separate Account under the Trust for the benefit
of the Employer's general creditors. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall
in any way diminish any rights of Plan Participants or their beneficiaries
to pursue their rights as general creditors of an Employer with respect to
benefits due under the Plan or otherwise.
(4) The Trustee shall resume the payment of benefits to an Employer's
respective Plan Participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with
Section 2 of this Trust Agreement only after the Trustee has determined
that the Employer is not Insolvent (or is no longer Insolvent).
(c) Provided that there are sufficient assets in an Employer's Separate
Account under the Trust, if the Trustee discontinues the payment of benefits
from the Trust pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof and subsequently resumes such
payments, the first payment following such discontinuance shall include the
aggregate amount of all payments due to Plan Participants or their beneficiaries
under the terms of the Plan for the period of
such discontinuance, less the aggregate amount of any payments made to Plan
Participants or their beneficiaries by the Employer in lieu of the payments
provided for hereunder during any such period of discontinuance.
Section 5. Payments to the Employers.
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(a) Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5(b) hereof, the Employers shall
have no right or power to direct the Trustee to return to the Employers or to
divert to others any of the Trust assets before payment of all benefits have
been made to Plan Participants and their beneficiaries pursuant to the terms of
the Plan.
(b) To the extent that an Employer determines that the value of the assets
in its Separate Account under the Trust based upon information provided to the
Employer by the Trustee, at any time, exceeds 110% of the present value of the
benefits accrued under the Plan by the Employer's respective Plan Participants,
the Trustee shall pay such excess to the Employer upon receipt of written
request therefor from the Company; provided, however, that no such payment of
excess assets to the Employer shall be made on or within two years following the
date of a Change of Control of the Company.
Section 6. Investment Authority.
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(a) The Trustee shall establish and maintain a separate account within the
Trust for each Employer (the "Separate Account"). All amounts deposited with
the Trustee by an Employer shall be allocated to such Employer's Separate
Account. The Trustee shall invest, reinvest and administer the assets allocated
to each Employer's Separate Account under the Trust as an individual, separate
fund. At the end of each calendar year and at such other times as the Company
may determine, the Trustee shall determine the fair market value of the assets
of each Employer's Separate Account. The Separate Account of each Employer
shall be adjusted to reflect the income collected, realized and unrealized
profits and losses, expenses and all other transactions affecting such Separate
Account for the valuation period then ended.
(b) The Trustee shall have full power and authority to invest and reinvest
the assets of each Employer's Separate Account, or any part thereof, in such
stocks (common or preferred), bonds, mortgages, notes, interest-bearing deposits
(including such deposits with any corporate trustee acting
hereunder), options and contracts for the future or immediate receipt or
delivery of property of any kind, or other securities, producing or nonproducing
oil and gas royalties and payments and other producing and nonproducing
interests in minerals, or in commodities, life insurance policies, annuity
contracts or other property of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether real,
personal or mixed, as the Trustee, in the Trustee's absolute discretion and
judgment, deems appropriate for the Trust, and to hold cash uninvested at any
time and from time to time in such amounts and to such extent as the Trustee, in
the Trustee's absolute discretion and judgment, deems appropriate for the Trust.
The Trustee shall have full power and authority to manage, handle, invest,
reinvest, sell for cash or credit, or for part cash or part credit, exchange,
hold, dispose of, lease for any period of time (whether or not longer than the
life of the Trust), improve, repair, maintain, work, develop, use, operate,
mortgage, or pledge, all or any part of the assets and property from time to
time constituting any part of the trust funds held in trust under the Trust;
borrow or loan money or securities; write options and sell securities or other
property short or for future delivery; engage in hedging procedures; buy and
sell futures contracts; execute obligations, negotiable and nonnegotiable; vote
shares of stock in person and by proxy, with or without power of substitution;
register investments in the name of a nominee; sell, convey, lease and/or
otherwise deal with any producing or nonproducing oil, gas and mineral leases or
mineral rights, payments and royalties; pay all reasonable expenses; execute and
deliver any deeds, conveyances, leases, contracts, or written instruments of any
character appropriate to any of the powers or duties of the Trustee, and shall,
in general, have as broad power respecting the management, operation and
handling of the Trust assets and property as if the Trustee were the owner of
such assets and property in the Trustee's own right. The preceding provisions
of this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall have the
right and power at any time and from time to time to give the Trustee broad
guidelines within which it shall invest the assets of the Trust; provided,
however, that upon a Change of Control of the Company and continuing for two
years thereafter, the Independent Committee, rather than the Company, shall have
the sole authority to exercise such right.
(c) All rights associated with assets of the Trust shall be exercised by
the Trustee or the person designated by the Trustee, and shall in no event be
exercisable by or rest with Plan Participants.
(d) Each Employer shall have the right, at any time, and from time to time
in its sole discretion, to substitute assets of equal fair market value for any
asset held in its Separate Account under the Trust provided, however, that
effective upon a Change of Control of the Company and for a period of two years
thereafter, any assets transferred to the Trust in substitution for assets held
in an Employer's Separate Account under the Trust must consist of cash or
marketable securities and the fair market value of the respective assets shall
be determined by the Trustee. This right is exercisable by the Employer in a
nonfiduciary capacity without the approval or consent of any person in a
fiduciary capacity.
Section 7. Disposition of Income. During the term of this Trust, all
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income received by the Trust, net of expenses and taxes, shall be accumulated
and reinvested.
Section 8. Accounting by Trustee. The Trustee shall keep accurate and
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detailed records of all investments, receipts, disbursements, and all other
transactions required to be made, including such specific records as shall be
agreed upon in writing between the Company and the Trustee. Within 30 days
following the close of each calendar year and within 30 days after the removal
or resignation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company a
written account of its administration of the Trust and to each Employer a
written account of its administration of the Employer's Separate Account during
such year or during the period from the close of the last preceding year to the
date of such removal or resignation, setting forth all investments, receipts,
disbursements and other transactions effected by it, including a description of
all securities and investments purchased and sold with the cost or net proceeds
of such purchases or sales (accrued interest paid or receivable being shown
separately), and showing all cash, securities and other property held in the
Trust at the end of such year or as of the date of such removal or resignation,
as the case may be.
Section 9. Responsibility of the Trustee.
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(a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence and diligence
under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like
capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an
enterprise of a like character and with like aims; provided, however, that the
Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to
a direction, request or approval given by an Employer
which is contemplated by, and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this
Trust and is given in writing by the Employer. In the event of a dispute between
an Employer and a party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction to resolve the dispute.
(b) If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in
connection with this Trust, the Employers agree to indemnify the Trustee against
the Trustee's costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for
such payments. If the Employers do not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities
in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust.
(c) The Trustee may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel for
the Employers generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations
hereunder.
(d) The Trustee may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment
advisors, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in
performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on
trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein;
provided, however, that except as provided in Sections 5(b) and 6(d) hereof, if
an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust, the Trustee shall have no
power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than the Trust, to assign the
policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a different form) other
than to a successor Trustee, or to loan to any person the proceeds of any
borrowing against such policy.
(f) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Trust Agreement or applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that
could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the
gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and
Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 10. Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee. The Trustee shall
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be paid such reasonable compensation commensurate with the services and
responsibilities involved hereunder as shall from time to time be agreed upon by
the Trustee and the Company. The Employers shall pay all administrative and the
Trustee's fees and expenses, but, if not so paid, the fees and expenses shall be
paid from the Trust.
Section 11. Resignation and Removal of the Trustee.
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(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to the Company,
which shall be effective 30 days after receipt of such notice unless the Company
and the Trustee agree otherwise.
(b) The Trustee may be removed by the Company on 30 days notice or upon
shorter notice accepted by the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may
not be removed by the Company on or within two years following a Change of
Control of the Company except with the written consent of a majority of the
Participants entitled to payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan
on the date of such Change of Control.
(c) Upon resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee, all assets shall subsequently be transferred to the successor
Trustee. The transfer shall be completed within 30 days after receipt of notice
of resignation, removal or transfer, unless the Company extends the time limit.
(d) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, a successor shall be appointed,
in accordance with Section 12 hereof, by the effective date of resignation or
removal under paragraph(s) (a) or (b) of this section. If no such appointment
has been made, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for
appointment of a successor or for instructions. All expenses of the Trustee in
connection with the proceeding shall be allowed as administrative expenses of
the Trust.
Section 12. Appointment of Successor.
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(a) If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with Section 11(a)
or (b) hereof, the Company may appoint any third party, such as a bank trust
department or other party that may be granted corporate trustee powers under
state law, as a successor to replace the Trustee upon resignation or removal;
provided, however, that if the Trustee resigns or is removed on or within two
years following the date of a Change of Control of the Company, the Independent
Committee shall select a successor Trustee in accordance with this Section 12.
The appointment shall be effective when accepted in writing by the new Trustee,
who shall have all of the rights and powers of the former Trustee, including
ownership rights in the Trust assets. The former Trustee shall execute any
instrument necessary or
reasonably requested by the Company or the successor Trustee to evidence the
transfer.
(b) The successor Trustee need not examine the records and acts of any
prior Trustee and may retain or dispose of existing Trust assets, subject to
Sections 8 and 9 hereof. The successor Trustee shall not be responsible for and
the Employers shall indemnify and defend the successor Trustee from any claim or
liability resulting from any action or inaction of any prior Trustee or from any
other past event, or any condition existing at the time it becomes successor
Trustee.
Section 13. Amendment or Termination.
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(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended by a written instrument executed by
the Trustee and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment
shall conflict with the terms of the Plan or shall make the Trust revocable.
(b) The Trust shall not terminate until the date on which Plan Participants
and their beneficiaries are no longer entitled to benefits pursuant to the terms
of the Plan. Upon termination of the Trust any assets remaining in an
Employer's Separate Account under the Trust shall be returned to such Employer.
(c) Upon written approval of at least two-thirds of the Participants and
beneficiaries entitled to payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan,
the Company may terminate this Trust prior to the time all benefit payments
under the Plan have been made. All assets in an Employer's Separate Account
under the Trust at termination shall be returned to such Employer.
(d) The Company may terminate this Trust with respect to the Separate
Account of any Employer with the written approval of at least two-thirds of the
Employer's respective Plan Participants and beneficiaries who are entitled to
payment of benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan. All assets in an
Employer's Separate Account under the Trust on the date of such termination
shall be returned to such Employer.
(e) This Trust Agreement may not be amended by the Company on or within two
years following the date of a Change of Control of the Company, without the
written consent of a majority of the Participants entitled to payment of
benefits pursuant to the terms of the Plan on the date of such Change of
Control.
Section 14. Miscellaneous.
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(a) Any provision of this Trust Agreement prohibited by law shall be
ineffective to the extent of any such prohibition, without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.
(b) Benefits payable to Plan Participants and their beneficiaries under
this Trust Agreement may not be anticipated, assigned (either at law or in
equity), alienated, pledged, encumbered or subjected to attachment, garnishment,
levy, execution or other legal or equitable process.
(c) This Trust Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the internal laws (and not the principles relating to conflicts of laws) of the
State of Texas, except where superseded by federal law.
(d) Except where otherwise defined, capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meaning given to them in the Plan.
(e) In the event that a dispute arises between a Plan Participant or
beneficiary and the Participant's Employer, the Company or the Trustee with
respect to the payment of amounts from the Trust and the Participant or
beneficiary is successful in pursuing a benefit to which he or she is entitled
under the terms of the Plan and this Trust against the Participant's Employer,
the Company, the Trustee or any other party in the course of litigation or
otherwise and incurs attorneys' fees, expenses and costs in connection
therewith, the Participant's Employer shall reimburse the Plan Participant or
beneficiary for the full amount of any such attorneys' fees, expenses and costs.
(f) Upon the written consent of the Company delivered to the Trustee, any
other affiliate of the Company which adopts the Plan may become a party to this
Trust by delivering to the Trustee a certified copy of a resolution of its board
of directors or other governing authority adopting this Trust. For purposes of
this Trust, any such affiliate which adopts this Trust with the written consent
of the Company shall be an Employer hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed this 30th day of
September, 1994, to be effective as of October 1, 1994.
ENSERCH CORPORATION
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman, President
and Chief Executive
Officer
ENSERCH EXPLORATION, INC.
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
NEW ENSERCH EXPLORATION, INC.
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
ENSERCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxx
Title: Chairman
LONE STAR ENERGY COMPANY
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
ENSERCH GAS COMPANY
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
Title:
THE STATE OF TEXAS )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said ENSERCH CORPORATION, a
Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same as the act of such
corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the
capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Cherry X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
October 31, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said ENSERCH EXPLORATION,
INC., a Delaware corporation, and that he/she executed the same as the act of
such
corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the
capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Cherry X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
October 31, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said NEW ENSERCH
EXPLORATION, INC., a Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same as the
act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed,
and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Cherry X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
October 31, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X.
Xxxxx, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said ENSERCH
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same
as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
February 28, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said LONE STAR ENERGY
COMPANY, a Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same as the act of
such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in
the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Cherry X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
October 31, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to
be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said ENSERCH GAS COMPANY, a
Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same as the act of such
corporation for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the
capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 23rd day of September, 1994.
/s/ Cherry X. Xxxxxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
October 31, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared Xxxxx Xxxx, known to me to be
the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged
to me that the same was the act of the said TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, and that he/she executed the same
as the act of such banking association for the purposes and consideration
therein expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 7th day of October, 1994.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Notary Public, State of Texas
My Commission expires:
January 30, 1997
APPENDIX A
TO THE
ENSERCH CORPORATION
RETIREMENT INCOME RESTORATION TRUST
PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIES
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1. Enserch Exploration, Inc., a Delaware corporation
2. New Enserch Exploration, Inc., a Texas corporation
3. Enserch Development Corporation, a Texas corporation
4. Lone Star Energy Company, a Texas corporation
5. Enserch Gas Company, a Texas Corporation
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
ENSERCH CORPORATION
RETIREMENT INCOME RESTORATION TRUST
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 13(a) thereof, the ENSERCH
Corporation Retirement Income Restoration Trust (the "Trust") is hereby amended
in the following respects only: FIRST: Section l(f) of the Trust is hereby
amended by restatement in its entirety to read as follows:
(f) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, upon a Change of Control of the Company, as defined in the
Plan, each Employer shall (i) as soon as possible, but in no event more
than 30 days following the date of such Change of Control, make an
irrevocable contribution to the Trust in an amount, as determined by an
Independent Committee, as defined below, which when added to the total
value of the assets of the Employer's Separate Account under the Trust at
such time equals the total present value of all benefits accrued under the
Plan with respect to such Employer's respective Plan Participants and
beneficiaries as of the date on which the Change of Control occurred, and
(ii) on and after the date of the Change of Control, make monthly
contributions to the Trust in amounts sufficient, as determined by the
Independent Committee, to maintain the total value of the assets in the
Employer's Separate Account under the Trust at an amount equal to the total
present value of all benefits accrued under the Plan with respect to such
Employer's respective Plan Participants and beneficiaries. Any provision of
this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, on and after the date
of a Change of Control of the Company, such portion of the assets in each
Separate Account of an Employer under this Trust as of the date of the
Change of Control equal in value to the total present value of such
Employer's Plan Participants' accrued benefits under the Plan as of such
date shall be segregated into a subaccount of such Separate Account to be
used and held exclusively for the benefit of such Employer's Plan
Participants (and their beneficiaries) as of the date immediately prior to
the date of such Change of Control, subject to the claims of general
creditors of the Employer under federal and state law as set forth below.
SECOND: Section 3 of the Trust is hereby amended by restatement in its
entirety to read as follows:
Section 3. Appointment of Independent Committee.
(a) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, upon a Change of Control of the Company, an Independent
Committee consisting of at least three members shall be appointed by the
Board of Directors of ENSERCH Corporation (the "Board") subject to the
written approval of a majority of the Plan Participants. The Independent
Committee shall:
(i) determine the assumptions to be used in calculating present
values of benefits accrued for purposes of this Trust;
(ii) determine the amount of the irrevocable contributions to be
made by each Employer pursuant to Section l(f) hereof;
(iii) determine in accordance with the Plan the amounts payable
with respect to each Plan Participant (and his or her beneficiaries),
the form in which such amounts are to be paid, and the time of
commencement for payment of such amounts pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof;
(iv) determine the entitlement of Plan Participants and
beneficiaries to benefits under the terms of the Plan pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof;
(v) direct the Trustee to make payments to Plan Participants and
their beneficiaries pursuant to Section 2 hereof; and
(vi) select a successor Trustee for the Trust if a Trustee
resigns or is removed on or after the date of a Change of Control of
the Company pursuant to Section 12.
(b) Each member of the Independent Committee so appointed shall serve
in such office until his or her death, resignation or removal. The Board
may remove any member of the Independent Committee by giving written notice
thereof to all Plan
Participants and all members of the Independent Committee; provided,
however, that no member of the Independent Committee may be removed by the
Board on or after a Change of Control of the Company except with the
written consent of a majority of the Plan Participants. Vacancies on the
Independent Committee shall be filled from time to time by the Board
subject to the written approval of a majority of the Plan Participants on
the date such vacancy is filled.
(c) The Independent Committee shall act by a majority of its members
at the time in office and such action may be taken either by a vote at a
meeting or in writing without a meeting. The Independent Committee may by
such majority action authorize any one or more of its members to execute
any document or documents on behalf of the Independent Committee, in which
event the Independent Committee shall notify the Trustee in writing of such
action and the name or names of its member or members so authorized to act.
Every interpretation, choice, determination or other exercise by the
Independent Committee of any power or discretion given either expressly or
by implication to it shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties
having or claiming to have an interest under the Trust or otherwise
directly or indirectly affected by such action, without restriction,
however, on the right of the Independent Committee to reconsider and
redetermine such action.
(d) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that (i) the Board shall not appoint an
Independent Committee within 30 days following a Change of Control of the
Company or a majority of the Participants in the Plan do not approve in
writing at least three members selected by the Board to serve on an
Independent Committee within such 30-day period or (ii) the Board does not
fill a vacancy on the Independent Committee within 30 days of the date such
office becomes vacant or a majority of the Participants in the Plan do not
approve in writing the Board's selection to fill a vacancy on the
Independent Committee within such 30-day period, then the Participants in
the Plan shall elect, by majority vote, up to three individuals to the
extent necessary to ensure that the Independent Committee consists of three
members.
THIRD: Section 5(b) of the Trust is hereby amended by restatement in its
entirety to read as follows:
(b) To the extent that an Employer determines that the value of the
assets in its Separate Account under the Trust based upon information
provided to the Employer by the Trustee, at any time, exceeds 110` of the
present value of the benefits accrued under the Plan by the Employer's
respective Plan Participants, the Trustee shall pay such excess to the
Employer upon receipt of written request therefor from the Company;
provided, however, that no such payment of excess assets to the Employer
shall be made on or after the date of a Change of Control of the Company
without the written approval of the Participants in the Plan.
FOURTH: Section 6(b) of the Trust is hereby amended by restating the last
sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
The preceding provisions of this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall have the right and power at any time and from time to
time to give the Trustee broad guidelines within which it shall invest the
assets of the Trust; provided, however, that on and after the date of a
Change of Control of the Company, the Independent Committee, rather than
the Company, shall have the sole authority to exercise such right.
FIFTH: Section 6(d) of the Trust is hereby amended by restating the first
sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
Each Employer shall have the right, at any time, and from time to time in
its sole discretion, to substitute assets of equal fair market value for
any asset held in its Separate Account under the Trust; provided, however,
that on and after the date of a Change of Control of the Company, any
assets transferred to the Trust in substitution for assets held in an
Employer's Separate Account under the Trust must consist of cash or
marketable securities acceptable to the Independent Committee and the fair
market value of the respective assets shall be determined by the Trustee.
SIXTH: Section 9(b) of the Trust is hereby amended by restating the last
sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
If the Employers do not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities in a
reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust;
provided, however, that in the event any such costs, expenses and
liabilities are paid from the Trust, the Trustee shall notify the Employers
in writing that such payment has been made and the Employers shall
reimburse the Trust for such payment within 15 days from the date of such
notice.
SEVENTH: Section 10 of the Trust is hereby amended by restating the last
sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
The Employers shall pay all administrative and the Trustee's fees and
expenses, but, if not so paid, such fees and expenses shall be paid from
the Trust; provided, however, that in the event any such fees and expenses
are paid from the Trust, the Trustee shall notify the Employers in writing
that such payment has been made and the Employers shall reimburse the Trust
for such payment within 15 days from the date of such notice.
EIGHTH: Section ll(b) of the Trust is hereby amended by restatement in its
entirety to read as follows:
(b) The Trustee may be removed by the Company on 30 days notice or
upon shorter notice accepted by the Trustee; provided, however, that the
Trustee may not be removed by the Company on or after the date of a Change
of Control of the Company except with the written consent of a majority of
the Plan Participants.
NINTH: Section 12(a) of the Trust is hereby amended by restating the first
sentence thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with Section ll(a) or
(b) hereof, the Company may appoint any third party, such as a bank trust
department or other party that may be granted corporate trustee powers
under state law, as a successor to replace the Trustee upon resignation or
removal; provided, however, that if the Trustee resigns or is removed on or
after the date of a Change of Control of the Company, the Independent
Committee shall select a successor Trustee in accordance with this Section
12.
TENTH: Section 13(e) of the Trust is hereby amended by restatement in its
entirety to read as follows:
(e) Any provision of this Trust Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
this Trust Agreement may not be amended on or after the date of a Change of
Control of the Company without the written consent of a majority of the
Plan Participants.
ELEVENTH: The Trust is hereby amended by spinning off to a new trust to be
known as the Enserch Exploration, Inc. Retirement Income Restoration Trust, the
assets held in the Separate Accounts of Enserch Exploration, Inc. and its
subsidiaries effective as of the date of the distribution of all shares of stock
of Enserch Exploration, Inc. owned by ENSERCH Corporation to the shareholders of
ENSERCH Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed this day ______ of
__________, 1996, to be effective as of January 1, 1996.
ENSERCH CORPORATION
By: /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Chairman and President
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
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Title:
THE STATE OF TEXAS )
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COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and Stake, on this day personally appeared
X. X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the
said ENSERCH CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, and that he/she executed the same
as the act of such corporation for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed, and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this 6th day of November, 1996.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Notary Public,
State of Texas
My Commission expires:
January 23, 0000
XXX XXXXX XX XXXXX )
)
COUNTY OF DALLAS )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for said
County and State, on this day personally appeared _____________________________,
known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the said TEXAS
COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, and that
he/she executed the same as the act of such banking association for the
purposes and consideration therein expressed, and in the capacity therein
stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this ____ day of ___________, 1996.
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Notary Public,
State of Texas
My Commission expires:
