EXHIBIT 10.18
INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT
COMPANY SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
AND TRUST AGREEMENT FOR A SELECT
GROUP OF MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 1999)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 3
Section 1.01. Accrued Benefit 3
Section 1.02. Actuarial Equivalent 4
Section 1.03. Adjusted Accrued Benefit 4
Section 1.04. Adjusted Preretirement Surviving Spouse
Death Benefit 4
Section 1.05. Administrator 5
Section 1.06. Board 5
Section 1.07. Break In Service 5
Section 1.08. Company 6
Section 1.09. Company Retirement Plan 6
Section 1.10. Compensation 6
Section 1.11. Effective Date 8
Section 1.12. Employer 8
Section 1.13. ERISA 8
Section 1.14. Hour of Service 8
Section 1.15. Maximum Benefit Liability 8
Section 1.16. Normal Retirement Age 13
Section 1.17. Participant 13
Section 1.18. Participant Account 14
Section 1.19. Plan 14
Section 1.20. Plan Year 14
Section 1.21. Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit 14
Section 1.22. Preretirement Surviving Spouse
Death Benefit 17
Section 1.23. Prior Plan 17
Section 1.24. Service 17
Section 1.25. Tax Distributions 18
Section 1.26. Total Disability 18
Section 1.27. Trust Fund 18
Section 1.28. Trustee 19
Section 1.29. Valuation Date 19
Section 1.30. Vested Portion 19
Section 1.31. Participating Employers 20
Section 1.32. Available Net Income 20
Section 1.33. Compensation Committee 21
ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION 21
Section 2.01. Participants 21
Section 2.02. Reemployment 27
ARTICLE III MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION BENEFITS 28
Section 3.01. Senior Executive Officer's
Monthly Supplemental Pension
Benefits 28
Section 3.02. Other Executive Officer's Monthly
Supplemental Pension Benefits 29
Section 3.03. Special Monthly Supplemental
Pension Benefits 30
ARTICLE IV PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS 31
Section 4.01. Entitlement to Retirement Benefits 31
Section 4.02. Non-Vested Benefits 35
Section 4.03. Tax Distribution Payments 36
Section 4.04. Reduction in Accrued Benefit and
Preretirement Surviving Spouse
Death Benefit 41
Section 4.05. Distribution and Recontribution
of Income 46
Section 4.06. One-Time Lump Sum Distribution Election 47
ARTICLE V MONTHLY DEATH BENEFITS 48
ARTICLE VI CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND 50
Section 6.01. Initial Company Contribution 50
Section 6.02. Annual Company Contribution 50
Section 6.03. Additional Company Contributions 51
Section 6.04. Form of Contribution 51
ARTICLE VII ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND 52
Section 7.01. Trust Fund 52
Section 7.02. Establishment of Participant Accounts 52
Section 7.03. Allocation of Contributions 53
Section 7.04. Valuations 53
Section 7.05. Reallocation of Excess Participant
Account Balances 54
Section 7.06. Payment of Expenses 55
Section 7.07. Accounting and Record Keeping 56
Section 7.08. Limitation on Liability 57
Section 7.09. Consultation and Indemnification 57
Section 7.10. Litigation 58
Section 7.11. Waiver of Bond 58
ARTICLE VIII INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND 58
Section 8.01. Management of Trust Fund and
Appointment of Investment Manager 58
Section 8.02. Powers of Trustee 60
ARTICLE IX RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, AND APPOINTMENT
OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE 65
Section 9.01. Resignation 65
Section 9.02. Removal 65
Section 9.03. Successor Trustee 66
Section 9.04. Accounting by Trustee 66
Section 9.05. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee 67
ARTICLE X NON-DIVERSION OF TRUST FUND 67
ARTICLE XI ADMINISTRATION 68
Section 11.01. Delegation of Responsibility 68
Section 11.02. Construction of Plan 68
Section 11.03. Tax Information to Participants 69
Section 11.04. Determinations 69
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS 70
Section 12.01. Amendment or Termination of Plan 70
Section 12.02. Right to Merge Plan 71
Section 12.03. Successors and Assigns 72
Section 12.04. Choice of Law 72
Section 12.05. No Employment Contract 72
Section 12.06. Non-Alienation 72
Section 12.07. Gender and Number 73
Section 12.08. Headings 73
Section 12.09. Payment to Incompetents 73
Section 12.10. Illegal or Invalid Provisions 74
INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN AND TRUST
AGREEMENT FOR A SELECT GROUP OF MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999)
Pursuant to Section 12.01 of the Indianapolis Power & Light
Company Supplemental Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement for a Select Group
of Management Employees (the "Plan") which was originally executed on
November 1, 1988 by and between Indianapolis Power & Light Company, Inc.
(the "Company") and National City Bank, Indiana (the "Trustee") and last
amended and restated effective March 1, 1996, the Company hereby amends
and completely restates the Plan, effective as of January 1, 1999, as
follows:
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, effective May 1, 1983, the Company established the Unfunded
Supplemental Retirement Plan for a Select Group of Management Employees
(the "Prior Plan") which was designed to meet applicable exemptions under
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1) and 4021(b)(6) of ERISA (as hereinafter
defined) and under Department of Labor Regulation Section 2520.104-23; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide the active participants in the Prior Plan
with greater assurance that the benefits provided under such Prior Plan will
be duly made, the Company desires to establish a successor plan and trust
(the "Plan") for the active participants in the Prior Plan (and has
contemporaneously limited their participation in the Prior Plan to preclude
a duplication of benefits) and to transfer thereto sufficient assets to be
held therein and applied against the benefit obligations of the Company under
the terms of the Plan, until paid or returned in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the management services and other benefits
provided to the Employer (as hereinafter defined) by the key employees who
are Participants (as hereinafter defined) under the Plan, it is the intention
of the Company to make contributions to the Plan in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Plan is not intended to be a tax qualified plan under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), but is intended to meet and comply with the requirements of
ERISA and shall be interpreted accordingly to effect the intent of the
parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the services which have been and
shall be performed by such Plan Participants, of the premises and of the
mutual covenants herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby expressly acknowledged, the parties do hereby covenant and agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Accrued Benefit. The term "Accrued Benefit" means the
monthly amount payable to a Participant at age sixty-five (65), based on such
Participant's average Compensation at the date of determination, under
Section 3.01 or Section 3.02, whichever is applicable, multiplied by a
fraction (not to exceed one (1)), the numerator of which is such
Participant's Service at the date of determination and the denominator of
which is the lesser of thirty (30) or the total Service such Participant
would have completed if his employment by the Employer had continued until
his attainment of the Normal Retirement Age; provided, however, that if the
Participant's employment with the Employer is terminated by reason of his
incurring a Total Disability, the fraction described above shall be one (1),
regardless of his Service at the date he incurs a Total Disability.
Section 1.02. Actuarial Equivalent. The term "Actuarial Equivalent"
means the equivalent in value of the aggregate amounts expected to be paid
under different forms of payment under this Plan, on the basis of an assumed
rate of interest of seven percent (7%) and mortality rates under the
Unisex Pension 1984 Mortality Table (UP-84) with no age set back for the
Participant and a three (3) year age set back for the Participant's spouse.
Section 1.03. Adjusted Accrued Benefit. The term "Adjusted Accrued
Benefit" means the Accrued Benefit of each Participant after it is adjusted
in accordance with Section 4.04(a) to reflect any Tax Distributions made to
such Participant and in accordance with Section 4.04(b) to reflect any
distributions made under Section 4.05 and not recontributed to the Plan.
Section 1.04. Adjusted Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit.
The term "Adjusted Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit" means the
Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit of a surviving spouse of a
deceased Participant after it is adjusted in accordance with Section 4.04(a)
to reflect any Tax Distributions made to such deceased Participant or to such
surviving spouse and in accordance with Section 4.04(b) to reflect any
distributions made under Section 4.05 and not recontributed to the Plan.
Section 1.05. Administrator. The term "Administrator" means the
Company, which shall have the sole authority to manage and to control the
operation and administration of this Plan.
Section 1.06. Board. The term "Board" means the Board of Directors
of the Company. Whenever the provisions of this Plan require action by the
Board, it may be taken by the Executive Committee of the Board with the same
force and effect as though taken by the entire Board.
Section 1.07. Break In Service. The term "Break in Service" means
the last calendar day of any consecutive twelve (12) month computation period
as provided in Section 1.24 during which a person completes fewer than five
hundred and one (501) Hours of Service.
Section 1.08. Company. The term "Company" means Indianapolis Power &
Light Company and any successor thereto or predecessor thereof.
Section 1.09. Company Retirement Plan. The term "Company Retirement
Plan" means the Employees'Retirement Plan of Indianapolis Power & Light
Company as now in effect or hereafter amended. The Company Retirement Plan
is not amended or modified in any manner by this Plan, and any benefits
payable to Participants or to their surviving spouses under this Plan shall
have no effect on the benefits payable to Participants or to their surviving
spouses under the Company Retirement Plan.
Section 1.10. Compensation. The term "Compensation" means the base
salary received by a Participant from the Employer for services rendered to
the Employer and bonus payments made to the Participant under the IPALCO
Enterprises, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan; provided, however, that the term
"Compensation" shall also include any current compensation deferred by a
Participant under any qualified or nonqualified plan sponsored or maintained
by the Employer or under any agreement entered into between a Participant and
the Employer, including the IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan;
provided, further, that any deferred compensation included by the immediate
preceding proviso shall be included as Compensation at the time of the
deferral and not again included as Compensation at the time of payment to the
Participant. For purposes of determining a Participant's Compensation for
a calendar month and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, each bonus paid under the IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. Annual Incentive
Plan shall be deemed paid in equal amounts over each of the twelve (12)
calendar months occurring in the calendar year for which such bonus relates
(or, if the Participant was not employed for the entire twelve (12) months of
the calendar year, over each month occurring in the calendar year for which
the bonus relates and during which he completed at least one (1) Hour of
Service). For example, if a bonus of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) is
paid to a Participant under the IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. Annual Incentive
Plan for the calendar year ending on December 31, 2000, the Participant's
Compensation for each month in 2000 shall include the amount of five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for such bonus, and no amount of such bonus attributable
to the 2000 calendar year shall be included in 2001, regardless of when such
bonus is paid.
Section 1.11. Effective Date. The term "Effective Date" means November
1, 1988.
Section 1.12. Employer. The term "Employer" means the Company, any
entity which is affiliated with the Company within the meaning of Sections
210(b) and 210(c) of ERISA, and any successor thereto or predecessor thereof.
Section 1.13. ERISA. The term "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as now in effect or hereinafter amended and
shall also include any regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 1.14. Hour of Service. The term "Hour of Service" means the
hours which are recognized as such under the Company Retirement Plan.
Section 1.15. Maximum Benefit Liability. The term "Maximum Benefit
Liability" means with respect to each Participant Account established
hereunder the lesser of (a) or (b) below:
(a) The greater of:
(i) the present value (as of the date of determination) of
the Vested Portion of a Participant's Adjusted Accrued Benefit (or,
if the payment of monthly benefits has already commenced, the
remaining payments) due under Article IV to the Participant for
whom such Participant Account is established or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse, and
(ii) with respect to a married Participant or the surviving
spouse of a deceased Participant, the present value (as of the date
of determination) of the Adjusted Preretirement Surviving Spouse
Death Benefit (or, if the payment of death benefits has already
commenced, the remaining payments) due under Article V to the
surviving spouse of the Participant for whom such Participant
Account is established.
(b) The present value (as of the date of determination) of the
Vested Portion of a Participant's or, if applicable, his surviving
spouse's Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit (or, if the payment of monthly
benefits has already commenced, the remaining payments) due under
Article IV to the Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse
for whom such Participant Account is established.
In calculating the Maximum Benefit Liability as of a determination date, the
following rules are applicable:
(c) Any reductions in the Accrued Benefits and Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefits of Participants or their surviving
spouses, where applicable, which are to be made as of the date of
determination under Section 4.04 shall be given effect, whether or
not the Tax Distribution payments (or distributions of Available Net
Income not recontributed under Section 4.05) attributable to such
reduction have been made as of the date of calculation; provided,
however, that if such Tax Distribution payment is not ultimately made
by the Company under Section 4.03 (or such distribution of Available
Net Income is not ultimately made under Section 4.05), the reduction
shall not be given effect in any calculations of the Maximum Benefit
Liability of a Participant's Accrued Benefit or Preretirement Surviving
Spouse Death Benefit which are made after the due date of the Tax
Distribution payment (or distribution of Available Net Income); and
(d) The Participant's Adjusted Accrued Benefit and Adjusted
Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefits shall be calculated
based on the Participant's Compensation and Service at the date of
determination and, if the Participant is less than age sixty-five
(65) at the date of determination, shall be calculated based on
the Company Retirement Plan benefit, payable at age sixty-five (65),
accrued on the date of determination.
(e) Once a Participant reaches age sixty-five (65) or he or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse commences pay status under the Plan,
the Maximum Benefit Liability shall be determined based on Subsection
(b) of this Section and without regard to Subsection (a) of this Section
even if it results in a greater amount than the amount determined under
Subsection (a) of this Section.
(f) Unless a Participant or, if deceased, his Surviving Spouse
elects under Section 4.06 to receive the present value of the
Participant's Adjusted Accrued Benefit or Adjusted Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefits, whichever is applicable, in a single
lump sum payment, the Maximum Benefit Liability shall be determined
without regard to the amount necessary to fund the present value of
such Benefits in a single lump sum payment; provided, however, that
upon the Participant or, if applicable, his Surviving Spouse electing
to receive payments in the form of a single lump sum in accordance with
Section 4.06, the Maximum Benefit Liability shall be recalculated no
later than the fifteenth (15th) calendar day immediately following the
date of the Participant's termination of employment with the Employers
or, if later, from the date on which the election is received by the
Company.
For purposes of making the calculation of present value, the present value
discount rate shall be eight percent (8%), and the mortality assumption
shall be computed in accordance with the 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table;
provided, however, that for purposes of making a calculation of the required
lump sum amount to be paid under Section 4.06, the applicable interest rate
shall be equal to the product of:
(g) the average annual rate of interest on thirty (30) year
Treasury securities for the twelve (12) month period immediately
preceding the calendar month in which the single lump sum is to be paid,
times
(h) one (1) minus the percentage determined under Section 4.03(b)
for such Participant or, if applicable, his Surviving Spouse.
The Maximum Benefit Liability shall be calculated and certified by an actuary
designated by the Company who is acceptable to the Trustee and who is
enrolled by the Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries.
Section 1.16. Normal Retirement Age. The term "Normal Retirement Age"
means for each Participant age sixty-five (65).
Section 1.17. Participant. The term "Participant" means any individual
designated in Article II of this Plan who is eligible for benefits under this
Plan.
Section 1.18. Participant Account. The term "Participant Account"
means the separate account maintained by the Trustee for each Participant.
Section 1.19. Plan. The term "Plan" means the Indianapolis Power &
Light Company Supplemental Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement for a Select
Group of Management Employees, which is intended to be a continuation of the
Prior Plan with respect to the active participants in the Prior Plan at the
Effective Date.
Section 1.20. Plan Year. The term "Plan Year" means a consecutive
twelve (12) month period beginning on November 1 and ending on October 31.
Section 1.21. Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit. The term "Post-Tax Adjusted
Benefit" means with respect to each Participant or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse the monthly amount that would be needed to be paid to a
Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse in any calendar year
for which payments are due under this Plan so that the net amount (without
regard to any applicable withholding) available to the Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse after taking into account applicable
federal, state and local income taxes would be equal to what the net amount
would be if this Plan was a tax-qualified retirement plan under Section
401(a) of the Code and the amount payable to the Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse would be fully taxable and equal to the
amounts determined under Article III or Article V, whichever is applicable,
without regard to the Section 4.04 reductions (other than the reductions
described in Subsection (c) below). A Participant's or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse's Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit shall be redetermined each
January 1 in accordance with the following rules:
(a) For purposes of determining the amount of federal, state and
local income taxes applicable on the amounts payable under this Plan,
it shall be assumed that the Participant or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse
(i) will receive no additional income from any source
during such calendar year and,
(ii) has no personal exemptions and no deductions available,
(iii) if married, will be filing a joint return, and
(iv) if the payment is to be made in a lump sum, the taxes
shall be determined as if the lump sum was spread equally over
the life expectancy of the Participant or Surviving Spouse,
whichever is applicable.
(b) For purposes of determining state and local taxes, the
Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse shall be deemed
to be a resident of Xxxxxx County, Indiana.
(c) If a Participant or his surviving spouse fails to recontribute
to the Plan the entire amount of Available Net Income distributed to him
under Section 4.05 with respect to a calendar year, the Post-Tax
Adjusted Benefit shall be adjusted in accordance with Subsection (b) of
Section 4.04.
(d) If tax rates are modified in a calendar year after the January
1 determination date, the change in tax rates will not be reflected in
the determination of a Participant's or, if applicable, his surviving
spouse's Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit until the next following January 1;
provided, however, that if on an applicable January 1 determination
date tax rate changes for future calendar years are already established
in the Code, rate changes shall be taken into account for purposes of
Section 1.15.
Section 1.22. Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit. The term
"Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit" means the monthly amount
payable to a surviving spouse of a deceased Participant under Article V.
Section 1.23. Prior Plan. The term "Prior Plan" means the Indianapolis
Power & Light Company Unfunded Supplemental Retirement Plan for a Select
Group of Management Employees, as amended through October 31, 1988. The
retired participants or, if applicable, the surviving spouses of deceased
participants in the Prior Plan shall continue to receive their benefits in
accordance with the Prior Plan.
Section 1.24. Service. The term "Service" means the period of
employment of an individual by the Employer and, for purposes of vesting and
benefit accrual, shall be measured in consecutive twelve (12) month
computation periods (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "years") beginning
on the first (1st) calendar day of an individual's employment by the Employer
and anniversaries thereof and disregarding any such periods in which such
individual completes fewer than one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service.
Notwithstanding the above, upon termination of his employment with the
Employer, an individual shall receive credit for a fractional year of Service
for the period from the last such anniversary date.
Section 1.25. Tax Distributions. The term "Tax Distributions"
means the cash payments made by the Company under Section 4.03.
Section 1.26. Total Disability. The term "Total Disability" means a
physical or mental condition which prevents a Participant from performing
his duties for the Employer; provided, however, that a Participant shall not
be deemed to have incurred a Total Disability unless such Participant is
eligible for Disability Retirement under the Company Retirement Plan.
Section 1.27. Trust Fund. The term "Trust Fund" means the trust fund
created hereunder.
Section 1.28. Trustee. The term "Trustee" means the initial Trustee of
the Trust Fund, and any successor acting as Trustee of the Trust Fund.
Section 1.29. Valuation Date. The term "Valuation Date" means each
and every October 31 and December 31.
Section 1.30. Vested Portion. The term "Vested Portion" means the
portion of a Participant's Accrued Benefit, Adjusted Accrued Benefit or Post-
Tax Adjusted Benefit, whichever is applicable, which is vested and
nonforfeitable as determined based on that Participant's Service in
accordance with the following schedule:
Years of Service
Completed by Participant Vested Portion
Less than one (1) year 0%
One (1) year 20%
Two (2) years 40%
Three (3) years 60%
Four (4) years 80%
Five (5) years or more 100%
provided, however, that notwithstanding the above, the Accrued Benefit or, if
applicable, Adjusted Accrued Benefit or Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit of a
Participant shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested and nonforfeitable
upon the Participant's attainment of age sixty-five (65) or upon his
incurring a Total Disability.
Section 1.31. Participating Employers. The term "Participating
Employers" means the Company, IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., Mid-America Capital
Resources, Inc. and any other Employer who has adopted this Plan, whose
participation has been approved by the Company and who has agreed to
reimburse the Company for their pro-rata costs of the benefits provided
under the Plan to their respective employees.
Section 1.32. Available Net Income. The term "Available Net Income"
means, with respect to a Participant for a calendar year, the taxable income
(including all items of ordinary income and capital gains recognized for
federal income tax purposes in that calendar year and reduced by all ordinary
and capital losses recognized for federal income tax purposes in that
calendar year) of the Trust Fund for that calendar year multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the value of that Participant's
Participant Account at the Valuation Date immediately preceding that calendar
year and the denominator of which is the value of all Participant Accounts
at the Valuation Date immediately preceding that calendar year; provided,
however, that for purposes of these allocations, the value of each
Participant Account shall be decreased by fifty percent (50%) of any
distributions from such Participant Account under Article V and under
Section 4.01 since the applicable Valuation Date. The term "Available Net
Income" shall not include income or loss attributable to any portion of the
Trust Fund that is treated as being owned by a Participant under Sections
671-678 of the Code.
Section 1.33. Compensation Committee. The term "Compensation
Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
Section 2.01. Participants. The individuals eligible to participate in
this Plan on the Effective Date shall include only the Senior Executive
Officers and the Other Executive Officers of the Company who are designated
in this Section. Effective January 1, 1999, the Senior Executive Officers
selected to participate in this Plan are as follows:
Name Current Title
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer; IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Chairman of the Board and President
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- President and Chief Operating Officer; IPALCO
Enterprises, Inc. Vice Chairman
Xxxx X. Xxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Senior Vice President, Finance and
Information Services; IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Vice President and Treasurer
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Senior Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel; IPALCO Enterprises,
Inc. - Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Senior Vice President, Customer Services
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Senior Vice President, Energy Supply
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Senior Vice President, External Affairs
N. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. - Vice
President, Public Affairs
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light Company -
Senior Vice President, Business
Development (Retired 5-1-98)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light Company -
Senior Vice President, Electric
Production (Retired 5-1-98)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Former IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
(Retired 5-1-96)
Xxxx X. Xxxx Former IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. and
Indianapolis Power & Light Company -
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer (Retired 5-01-89)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Former IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Vice Chairman (Retired 5-01-91)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Surviving Spouse of Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx - Former Indianapolis Power &
Light Company - Senior Vice President,
Steam System (Retired 5-01-89
and Deceased 4-19-94)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Surviving Spouse of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx - Former
Indianapolis Power & Light Company - Senior
Vice President, Planning and
Engineering (Deceased 12-05-93)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Former IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
(Terminated 8/31/92)
Effective January 1, 1999, the Other Executive Officers selected to
participate in this Plan are as follows:
Name Current Title
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Information Services
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Financial Strategy
Xxx Xxxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Human Resources
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Business Development
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.- Vice
President, Corporate Affairs
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. - Vice
President, Strategic Business Initiatives
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Fuel Supply
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Treasurer; IPALCO Enterprises,
Inc. - Assistant Treasurer
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Controller; IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Controller
Xxxxxx X. Slash Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Community and Corporate
Effectiveness
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. -
Assistant Secretary; Indianapolis Power &
Light Company - Assistant Secretary;
Mid-America Capital Resources, Inc. - Vice
President, Secretary and General Counsel
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Internal Audit
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Vice President, Thermal Systems
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx Indianapolis Power & Light Company
- Assistant General Counsel, Washington,
D.C. Office
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Store Heat and Produce Energy, Inc.
- President and IPL, Vice President,
Transmission & Distribution
(Terminated August 14, 1998)
Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Xx. Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Major
Project Management (Retired 4-1-97)
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Information
Services (Retired 5-1-98)
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Resource
Planning and Rates (Retired 8-1-98)
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Assistant Secretary (Terminated
9-1-97)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, General
Services (Retired 2-01-96)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Marketing
(Terminated 4-30-95)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel; IPALCO Enterprises,
Inc. - Secretary and General Counsel
(Retired 1-01-95)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Assistant Vice President,
Environmental Affairs (Retired 4-30-94)
Xxxxxx X. Blue Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President,
Power Production (Retired 5-01-89)
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President,
Community Affairs and Residential Sales
(Terminated 2/1/91)
Jan E. Lower Former Indianapolis Power & Light
Company - Vice President, Community Affairs
(Terminated 4/30/93)
An Other Executive Officer who is listed above and who subsequently
becomes a Senior Vice President, an Executive Vice President, the President,
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board of
the Company or who subsequently becomes a Vice President or Vice Chairman
of the Board of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. shall be deemed to be a Senior
Officer under this Plan without the necessity of a Plan amendment.
Additional management employees of the Company or officers and
management employees of any other Participating Employer may be added as
Participants to this Plan by action of the Compensation Committee, provided
such corporations have adopted this Plan and each has agreed to reimburse the
Company for their pro-rata costs of the benefits provided under the Plan to
their respective employees. The Committee shall specify whether such
officers or management employees are to be considered Senior Officers or
Other Executive Officers under this Section 2.01.
Section 2.02. Reemployment. Any former Participant whose employment
with the Employer is terminated and who subsequently returns to work for
the Employer after he has a Break in Service shall be reinstated as a
Participant and shall have his prior Service restored in determining his
vested rights and his Accrued Benefits under this Plan; provided, however,
that if a reemployed Participant is receiving monthly benefits under Section
4.01 at the time of his reemployment, such monthly benefits shall cease for
such period as he shall remain employed by the Employer and complete at least
forty (40) Hours of Service per month, and any monthly benefits payable to
him or to his surviving spouse thereafter under Article IV or V, whichever
is applicable, shall be adjusted to reflect any payments previously made to
such Participant before the date he returned to work for the Employer and
any payments made subsequent to the date he returned to work for the Employer
with respect to months in which he fails to complete at least forty (40)
Hours of Service; provided, further, that suspension of benefit payments to
any such reemployed Participant shall be made only after written notice has
been given to him by the Company by personal delivery or certified mail,
and such benefit suspensions shall comply with all requirements imposed
pursuant to Section 2530.203-3 of the Department of Labor regulations
which are incorporated herein by reference.
ARTICLE III
MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION BENEFITS
Section 3.01. Senior Executive Officer's Monthly Supplemental Pension
Benefits. Except as provided by Section 3.03, the monthly supplemental
pension benefits for any Senior Executive Officer shall be equal to sixty
percent (60%) of the average monthly Compensation paid to that Senior
Executive Officer with respect to the thirty-six (36) calendar months, not
necessarily consecutive, during which his Compensation is the highest (or,
if his period of employment with the Employer is less than thirty-six (36)
months, his entire period of employment with the Employer), less the benefits
that would be payable to him for the month he attains age fifty-five (55) or,
if later, the first (1st) month following the date his employment with the
Employer is terminated under the Company Retirement Plan on a single-life
basis regardless of the form in which such benefits are actually paid;
provided, however, that if the Senior Executive Officer's benefits under the
Company Retirement Plan are not payable until his attainment of age
sixty-five (65) because of his not meeting the requirements for early
retirement under the Company Retirement Plan and his employment with the
Employers is terminated before his attainment of age sixty-five (65), his
Company Retirement Plan benefit offset under this Section shall be equal to
the monthly amount payable at the later of his attainment of age fifty-five
(55) or the date on which his employment with the Employers is terminated on a
single life basis which is the Actuarial Equivalent to the monthly amount
payable to him at age sixty-five (65) on a single life basis under the Company
Retirement Plan.
Section 3.02. Other Executive Officer's Monthly Supplemental Pension
Benefits. Except as provided by Section 3.03, the monthly supplemental
pension benefits for any Other Executive Officer shall be equal to fifty
percent (50%) of the average monthly Compensation paid to that Other
Executive Officer with respect to the thirty-six (36) calendar months, not
necessarily consecutive, during which his Compensation is the highest (or,
if his period of employment with the Employer is less than thirty-six (36)
months, his entire period of employment with the Employer), less the benefits
that would be payable to him for the month he attains age fifty-five (55) or,
if later, the first (1st) month following the date his employment with the
Employer is terminated under the Company Retirement Plan on a single-life
basis regardless of the form in which such benefits are actually paid;
provided, however, that if the Other Executive Officer's benefits under the
Company Retirement Plan are not payable until his attainment of age
sixty-five (65) because of his not meeting the requirements for early
retirement under the Company Retirement Plan and his employment with the
Employers is terminated before his attainment of age sixty-five (65), his
Company Retirement Plan benefit offset under this Section shall be equal to
the monthly amount payable at the later of his attainment of age fifty-five
(55) or the date on which his employment with the Employers is terminated on
a single life basis which is the Actuarial Equivalent to the monthly amount
payable to him at age sixty-five (65) on a single life basis under the
Company Retirement Plan.
Section 3.03. Special Monthly Supplemental Pension Benefits. From
time to time the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide
for alternative supplemental pension benefits under this Section 3.03 for any
Senior Executive Officer or Other Executive Officer in lieu of, and (in some
cases) not in addition to, the benefits described in Section 3.01 or Section
3.02, whichever Section is applicable, because of special circumstances
relating to such Executive's employment with the Employer. If the
Compensation Committee takes action to add new Participants or to modify the
benefits of current Participants, the action shall designate the name of the
individual and the applicable benefit to be provided for such individual. If
the benefits provided under this Section are offset by the Company Retirement
Plan benefit, the offsets shall be calculated consistent with and in
accordance with the manner the offsets are determined under Sections 3.01 and
3.02.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Section 4.01. Entitlement to Retirement Benefits. A Participant who
retires or otherwise terminates his employment with the Employer for reasons
other than his death shall be entitled to receive monthly supplemental
pension benefits under this Plan only if:
(a) his employment with the Employer terminates on or after his
attainment of the Normal Retirement Age,
(b) his employment with the Employer terminates by reason of his
incurring a Total Disability, or
(c) his employment with the Employer terminates after his
completion of at least one (1) Year of Service.
The amount of the monthly supplemental pension benefits to which an eligible
Participant is entitled upon his retirement or other termination of
employment shall be equal to the Vested Portion of his Post-Tax Adjusted
Benefit; provided, however, that the amount of a Participant's Post-Tax
Adjusted Benefit shall be redetermined each January 1; provided, further,
that under no circumstances may the Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit payable to a
Participant be less than the Vested Portion of his Adjusted Accrued Benefit
as determined on February 29, 1996. The non-Vested Portion of a
Participant's Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit shall be governed by Section 4.02.
The monthly payments shall begin on the first (1st) calendar day of the
month coinciding with or next following the date on which a Participant
attains his Normal Retirement Age or, if later, the date his employment with
the Employer is terminated and shall continue through the month in which his
death occurs; provided, however, that if a Participant's employment with
the Employer is terminated before his attainment of the Normal Retirement
Age, he may elect with the consent of the Company to have his benefits begin
on the first (1st) calendar day of the month following the date on which his
employment with the Employer is terminated or, if later, the first (1st) day
of the calendar month immediately following his attainment of age fifty-five
(55). If benefit payments to a Participant begin before his attainment of
the Normal Retirement Age, the amount of such Participant's monthly
supplemental pension benefits shall be reduced to the extent and in the same
manner as such payments would be reduced if made from the Company Retirement
Plan; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything contained in this
Section to the contrary, a Participant:
(a) who is:
(i) a Senior Executive Officer or
(ii) an Other Executive Officer specifically designated by
the Compensation Committee, and
(b) who at the date of his employment termination with the
Employer is at least age fifty-five (55) and has completed at least
thirty (30) years of Service shall be eligible to elect the immediate
commencement of his monthly supplemental pension benefits without
reduction; provided, further, that a Participant whose combined age and
Service at the date of his employment termination with the Employer is
at least eighty-five (85) and who has not as of his employment
termination date reached age sixty-two (62) shall under no circumstances
have a reduction in his monthly supplemental pension benefit greater
than twenty-five one-hundredths (0.25) for each calendar month in which
the benefit commencement date precedes the date on which the Participant
would have reached age sixty-two (62). If a Participant is married at
the date his benefit payments are to commence and notwithstanding
anything contained in this Plan to the contrary, his monthly benefits
shall be paid in the form of an actuarially equivalent joint and
survivor annuity determined in the same manner as the Joint and Survivor
Annuity Option under Section 205.50 of the Company Retirement Plan,
unless such Participant, with the written consent of his spouse
witnessed by a Notary Public, elects not to have his benefits paid in
such form.
Payment of benefits under this Section 4.01 shall be made in accordance
with and consistent with the requirements set forth in Section 205 of ERISA;
provided, however, that subject to the applicable spousal consent
requirements contained in Section 205 of ERISA, a Participant may elect for
his benefits to be paid in any actuarially equivalent form of payment which
is available under the Company Retirement Plan (other than a single lump
sum payment).
Section 4.02. Non-Vested Benefits. If a Participant's employment with
the Employer is terminated before his completion of at least five (5) years
of Service, before his attainment of his Normal Retirement Age and not by
reason of his incurring a Total Disability, such Participant shall only be
entitled to the Vested Portion of his Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit, the
non-Vested Portion of his Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit shall be forfeited and
the portion of his Participant Account attributable to the non-Vested Portion
of his Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit shall be reallocated as provided in Section
7.05; provided, however, that if such Participant subsequently returns to
work for the Employer, the non-Vested Portion of his Post-Tax Adjusted
Benefit shall be immediately reinstated, his Participant Account shall be
reestablished and funded in accordance with Section 6.02 and he shall be
entitled to receive monthly supplemental pension benefits upon his subsequent
termination of employment with the Employer to the extent otherwise provided
under this Plan, less any benefits already paid to him under this Plan before
his reemployment with the Employer.
Section 4.03. Tax Distribution Payments. On or before December 20 of
each calendar year in which a Participant or, if applicable, his surviving
spouse is required to take amounts into income for Federal income tax
purposes by reason of his participation in, or eligibility for benefits
(including benefits received under an annuity contract purchased in
accordance with Article X) under this Plan, the Company shall make a Tax
Distribution payment to each Participant or, if applicable, to the surviving
spouse of each deceased Participant equal to the product of:
(a) the amount (excluding amounts paid by the Company under this
Section) which such Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse
is required to recognize as income for Federal income tax purposes by
reason of his participation in, or eligibility for benefits under, this
Plan in such calendar year; and
(b) the Participant's marginal individual composite Federal,
Indiana and Xxxxxx County income tax rate (based on the Participant's
estimated aggregate Compensation from the Employer during the calendar
year and taking into account the deductibility for Federal income tax
purposes of state and local income taxes, if then allowable, and, except
as otherwise provided below, without regard to Section 1(g) of the Code)
in effect for the calendar year during which the amount described in (a)
above is required to be recognized as income by such Participant; and
(c) one hundred percent (100%) divided by the amount by which
one hundred percent (100%) exceeds the rate in (b) above expressed as a
percent.
The amount of the required Tax Distribution payments shall be certified to
the Company on or before December 10 of each calendar year by the actuary
designated by the Company to calculate the Maximum Benefit Liability under
Section 1.15. For purposes of determining the amount of each Tax
Distribution payment, the amount described in (a) above shall be estimated
by assuming that each Participant, if applicable, shall continue his
employment with the Employer for the remainder of the calendar year, each
Participant's rate of Compensation shall remain unchanged for the remainder
of such calendar year and, if applicable, that the Trust Fund (including the
portion of the Trust Fund attributable to Company contribution made in such
calendar year) shall earn investment income, both realized and unrealized,
for the period of October 31 to December 31 (or, with respect to Company
contributions made after October 31 but before December 31, for the
remainder of period beginning on the date of contribution and ending on
such December 31) of such calendar year at the same rate of return earned
by the Trust Fund for the Plan Year ending on October 31 of such calendar
year; provided, however, that the assumed rate of interest to be applied
against the initial Company contribution made under Section 6.01 shall be
ten percent (10%). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, if before November 1 of a calendar year a Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse files a statement with the Company
certifying that to the best of his or her knowledge all or a portion of his
or her taxable income by reason or his or participation in this Plan shall be
subject to the additional Federal income tax under Section 1(g) of the Code
and provides the Company with information which will enable the actuary
designated by the Company to calculate the additional Federal income tax
under Section 1(g) of the Code resulting from his participation in this
Plan, including his or her estimated taxable income for such calendar year,
the table in Section 1 of the Code to be used by the Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse for his Federal income tax return for such
calendar year and the number of personal exemptions that the Participant or,
if applicable, his surviving spouse intends to claim on his or her Federal
income tax return for such calendar year, the Company shall have its
actuary recalculate the amount of the Tax Distribution payment required
under this Section based on the information provided by the Participant or,
if applicable, his surviving spouse, so that the amount of the Tax
Distribution payment made to the Participant or, if applicable, his surviving
spouse shall equal the estimated tax liability of the Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse for such calendar year by reason of his
participation in this Plan; provided, however, that any adjustments in the
Tax Distribution payments under this sentence shall be limited to adjustments
reflecting the applicability of Section 1(g) of the Code. If the amount
described in (a) above which was estimated for purposes of calculating the
amount of any Tax Distribution payment to a Participant or, if applicable,
his surviving spouse is less than the actual (a) amount, the Company shall
pay to such Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse as soon as
practicable after the end of such calendar year and in no event later than
the March 15 immediately following such calendar year during which such
amount was recognized as income an amount equal to the product of:
(d) the amount by which the actual (a) amount exceeded the
estimated (a) amount; and
(e) the rate described in (b) above; and
(f) one hundred percent (100%) divided by the amount by which
one hundred percent (100%) exceeds the marginal individual composite
Federal, Indiana and Xxxxxx County income tax rate expressed as a
percent (based on the Participant's estimated aggregate Compensation
from the Employer during the calendar year and taking into account the
deductibility for Federal income tax purposes of state and local income
taxes, if then allowable) in effect for the calendar year during which
such additional Tax Distribution payment is to be made.
If the amount described in (a) above which was estimated for purpose of
calculating the amount of any Tax Distribution payment to a Participant or,
if applicable, his surviving spouse is greater than the actual (a) amount,
the amount of the Tax Distribution payment shall be recalculated by
substituting for the estimated (a) amount the actual (a) amount, and the
amount by which the Tax Distribution payment exceeds the recalculated
amount shall be offset against future Tax Distribution payments due until
exhausted. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Tax
Distribution payments shall not be made by the Company to a married
Participant without the written consent of his spouse witnessed by a Notary
Public.
Section 4.04. Reduction in Accrued Benefit and Preretirement Surviving
Spouse Death Benefit. Each Participant's Accrued Benefit and Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall be adjusted as follows:
(a) As of the Effective Date and as of each Valuation Date, a
Participant's Accrued Benefit and the Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death
Benefit payable to the surviving spouse of a deceased Participant who dies
while still employed by the Employer shall be reduced to the extent provided
below to reflect the value of each Tax Distribution payment made under
Section 4.03 attributable to his initial Accrued Benefit and the initial
Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit at the Effective Date and
attributable to increases in the amount of his vested Accrued Benefit or
Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit. The amount of the Accrued
Benefit and Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit reduction to be
effected as of the Effective Date shall be determined by multiplying the
Accrued Benefit of a Participant or, if applicable, Preretirement Surviving
Spouse Death Benefit as of the Effective Date which such Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse is required to recognize as income for
Federal income tax purposes in 1988 by a percentage equal to the rate
described in Section 4.03(b) or, if the amount of the 1988 Tax Distribution
payment for the Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse was
recalculated in accordance with Section 4.03 based on tax information
provided by the Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse, a
percentage equal to the individual composite Federal, Indiana and Xxxxxx
County income tax rate used in recalculating the amount of the Tax
Distribution payment under Section 4.03 in 1988 in effect on the Effective
Date. The amount of each Accrued Benefit and Preretirement Surviving Spouse
Death Benefit reduction for each Valuation Date shall be determined by
multiplying any increase in the Adjusted Accrued Benefit of a Participant or,
if applicable, Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit which as of the
preceding Valuation Date has not yet been recognized as income for Federal
income tax purposes and which such Participant or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse is required to recognize as income for Federal income tax
purposes in the calendar year during which such Valuation Date falls by a
percentage equal to the rate described in Section 4.03(b) in effect on the
Valuation Date as of which the adjustment under this Section is made or, if
the amount of the Tax Distribution payment made in the calendar year during
which the Valuation Date occurs for the Participant or, if applicable, his
surviving spouse was recalculated in accordance with Section 4.03 based on
tax information provided by the Participant or, if applicable, his surviving
spouse, a percentage equal to the individual composite Federal, Indiana and
Xxxxxx County income tax rate used in recalculating the amount of the Tax
Distribution payment under Section 4.03 for such calendar year. No reduction
in the Accrued Benefits and Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefits of
a Participant or, if applicable, his surviving spouse shall be made under
this Section with respect to Tax Distribution payments which are not
attributable to increases in the Accrued Benefits or Preretirement Surviving
Spouse Death Benefits. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, if the Tax Distribution payments required under Section 4.03
attributable to such Participant's Accrued Benefit or Preretirement Surviving
Spouse Death Benefit, or increase therein, are not timely paid by the
Company, the amount of the reduction in such Participant's Accrued Benefit
or Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall be retroactively
reinstated as of the date on which the reduction was made.
(b) In the event a Participant fails to recontribute to the Plan the
entire amount of Available Net Income distributed to him under Section 4.05
with respect to a calendar year, his Accrued Benefit and Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall be reduced as of the date such
distribution is treated under Section 4.05 as having been made to him by an
amount equal to the product of:
(i) his Accrued Benefit (or Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death
Benefit, as the case may be) as of the December 31 Valuation Date of the
calendar year to which the distribution of Available Net Income relates,
but before any adjustment has been made under Section 4.04(a) with
respect to such calendar year;
times
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of
Available Net Income distributed to the Participant (and not
recontributed by him to the Plan) and the denominator of which is the
amount of his Participant Account that has, as of the date of
distribution, been taxed to the Participant for federal income tax
purposes;
provided, however, that a Participant's Accrued Benefit and Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefit shall not be reduced under this Section
4.04(b) below the Adjusted Accrued Benefit and Adjusted Preretirement
Surviving Spouse Death Benefit accrued by that Participant as of October 31,
1992 without regard to this Section 4.04(b).
Section 4.05. Distribution and Recontribution of Income. The
Administrator shall, as of each January 1 (or the first business day
thereafter if January 1 falls on a weekend), distribute to each Participant
the entire amount of that Participant's Available Net Income for the
immediately preceding calendar year; provided, however, that the amount of
distribution to which a Participant shall be entitled under this Section 4.05
shall be reduced (but not below zero (0)) by the amount of monthly pension
benefits paid to that Participant under this Plan during that immediately
preceding calendar year. Each Participant to whom a distribution is made
under the preceding sentence shall be deemed to have immediately
recontributed such distribution to his Participant Account unless such
Participant elects (by completing, signing and delivering the appropriate
form to the Administrator on the date such distribution is made) to receive
such distribution in a single lump sum cash payment. A Participant who
elects to receive the entire amount of his Available Net Income in a single
lump sum cash payment shall receive a distribution of such amount as soon
after the Administrator receives his election as is administratively
feasible (but no later than sixty-five (65) days after the end of the
immediately preceding calendar year) and shall have his Adjusted Accrued
Benefit and Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefit and his Post-Tax
Adjusted Benefit reduced in accordance with Section 4.04(b). For all
purposes of this Plan, any distribution under the preceding sentence shall
be treated as having been made on January 1 (or the first business day
thereafter if January 1 falls on a weekend) regardless of when the
Participant actually receives a lump sum payment of such distribution.
The Trustee may, in its sole discretion, elect each year on the appropriate
Internal Revenue Service form to have each distribution under this Section
4.05 treated as having been made in the taxable year of the Trust Fund that
ends within sixty-five (65) days prior to the date on which such distribution
is actually made.
Section 4.06. One-Time Lump Sum Distribution Election. In lieu of
receiving the monthly retirement benefits otherwise payable under this
Article IV or, if applicable, benefits payable to his Surviving Spouse under
Article V, a Participant who has completed at least one (1) Hour of Service
on or after January 1, 1999 or, if applicable, his Surviving Spouse shall, on
a one-time basis, be entitled to receive the present value of his Post-Tax
Adjusted Benefit in a single lump sum payment. The lump sum election must be
made within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of the Participant's
termination of employment with the Employers or, if applicable, the
Participant's death. The lump sum payment shall be required to be made
within thirty (30) calendar days of the date on which the election is
received by the Company.
ARTICLE V
MONTHLY DEATH BENEFITS
If any Participant shall die while still employed by the Employer, such
deceased Participant's surviving spouse, if any, shall be entitled to receive
monthly death benefits ("Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefits")
under this Plan equal to fifty percent (50%) of such deceased Participant's
average monthly Compensation with respect to the last thirty-six (36)
consecutive months (or, if lesser, the deceased Participant's entire period
of employment with the Employer) ending on or before his death, less the
monthly benefits payable to such deceased Participant's surviving spouse for
that month under the Company Retirement Plan; provided, however, that the
monthly Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefits shall be reduced,
where applicable, so that they are actuarially equivalent to the monthly
death benefits that would be payable for the life of an individual who is the
same age and sex as the Participant at the date of his death; provided,
further, that the amount of the monthly Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death
Benefits shall be adjusted to a Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit (as determined in
accordance with Section 1.21). For purposes of determining actuarial
equivalency under this Article V, a seven percent (7%) interest assumption
and the 1971 Group Annuity Mortality Table shall be used. The monthly
payments shall begin on the first (1st) calendar day of the month coinciding
with or next following a Participant's death and shall continue through the
month in which the surviving spouse's death occurs. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article V to the contrary, the surviving spouse
of a deceased Participant who immediately before his death met the
requirements for benefits under Section 4.01 shall be entitled to a
qualified preretirement survivor annuity (as such term is defined in Section
205(e) of ERISA) with respect to such deceased Participant's Adjusted
Accrued Benefit in lieu of the monthly death benefits otherwise provided
under this Article if payment in such form would result in a greater monthly
benefit to such surviving spouse.
ARTICLE VI
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRUST FUND
Section 6.01. Initial Company Contribution. On or before December 10,
1988, the Company contributed to the Trust Fund with respect to each
Participant Account established hereunder as of the Effective Date an amount
equal to the Maximum Benefit Liability of such Participant Account
(determined as of the Effective Date).
Section 6.02. Annual Company Contributions. The Maximum Benefit
Liability for each Participant Account established hereunder shall be
re-computed as of each October 31. If the balance credited to a Participant
Account as of any October 31 is less than the Maximum Benefit Liability of
such Participant Account as of such date after the allocation of income and
the reallocation of excess Participant Account balances are completed for
such Valuation Date under Sections 7.04 and 7.05 respectively, the Company
shall within forty (40) calendar days after such October 31 contribute to the
Trust Fund the amount of the deficiency. In addition, the Company shall fund
within fifteen (15) calendar days any increase in the Maximum Benefit
Liability of a Participant Account as a result of a lump sum election made
under Section 4.06.
Section 6.03. Additional Company Contributions. The Company may
at any time or from time to time make additional contributions of cash or
other property to the Trust Fund.
Section 6.04. Form of Contribution. The Company's contributions
under Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03 shall be paid directly by the Company to
the Trustee in cash or, at the option of the Company, in any other form
permissible under ERISA and acceptable to the Trustee; provided, however,
that the Company shall be permitted to meet all or any portion of its funding
requirements by transferring to the Trust Fund insurance policies insuring
the life of one (1) or more Participants in which case the value of the
insurance policies shall be determined based on their respective cash
surrender values.
ARTICLE VII
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND
Section 7.01. Trust Fund. The Trustee shall hold all assets contributed
to, or earned by it, under the terms and conditions of this Plan and subject
to applicable requirements under ERISA.
Section 7.02. Establishment of Participant Accounts. The Trustee shall
establish and maintain a Participant Account for each Participant. The
Participant Accounts as established hereunder shall be adjusted as provided
in this Plan. Payment of benefits under Article V and Section 4.01 shall be
charged against the Participant Account of the Participant for whom the
payments are attributable. The maintenance of the Participant Accounts is
for accounting purposes only, and a segregation of Trust Fund assets shall
not be required. Any insurance policies held by the Trust Fund in accordance
with this Plan shall be commingled with the other assets of the Trust Fund
and shall not be credited to the Participant Account of the Participant on
whose life the policy is based.
Section 7.03. Allocation of Contributions. Any contributions made
pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of this Plan shall be credited to the
Participants Accounts upon which the contribution was based; provided,
however, that if the amount of the Company contribution is less than the
aggregate required contribution for the Participant Accounts for which the
contribution relates, the amount of the contribution to be allocated to each
Participant Account shall be determined by multiplying the amount of the
contribution by a fraction, the numerator of which is the required
contribution for such Participant Account at the date of contribution and
the denominator of which is the aggregate required contributions for all
Participants Accounts (for which the contribution relates) at the date of
contribution; provided, further, that if the amount of Company contribution
is greater than the aggregate required contributions for all Participant
Accounts, the amount of the excess shall be allocated proportionately among
all Participant Accounts in accordance with the respective Maximum Benefit
Liabilities of such Participant Accounts as of the Valuation Date for which
the contribution relates.
Section 7.04. Valuations. As of each Valuation Date, the Trustee
shall adjust the Participant Accounts to reflect contributions,
distributions, income earned, expenses not paid by the Company, increases or
decreases in the value of the Trust Fund assets and all other transactions
since the last preceding Valuation Date. Any income or losses with respect
to the Trust Fund and appreciation or depreciation in Trust Fund assets shall
be allocated proportionally among all Participant Accounts in accordance with
the value of such Participant Accounts at the last preceding Valuation Date;
provided, however, that for purposes of these allocations, each Participant
Account shall be decreased by fifty percent (50%) of any distributions from
such Participant Account under Article V and under Section 4.01 since the
last preceding Valuation Date; provided, further, that gains or losses from
the sale or exchange of capital assets shall be treated as items of income or
loss and shall be allocated to Participant Accounts accordingly.
Section 7.05. Reallocation of Excess Participant Account Balances. If
any Participant Account is liquidated because payments from such Participant
Account have been made in full or because the Participant on whose behalf
the Participant Account was established has terminated his employment with
the Employer before meeting the vesting requirements described in Section
4.01, the entire remaining balance in the liquidated Participant Account
shall be re-allocated as of such Valuation Date as follows:
(a) first, to the extent that other Participant Accounts on such
Valuation Date have balances less than their Maximum Benefit
Liabilities, the amount available for reallocation under this Section
shall be re-allocated proportionally among the Participant Accounts not
fully funded based on the respective amount of the deficiency of each
such Participant Account at such Valuation Date; and
(b) second, any remaining amount to be re-allocated under this
Section shall be allocated proportionally among all outstanding
Participant Accounts based on their Maximum Benefit Liabilities at such
Valuation Date.
Section 7.06. Payment of Expenses. The Trustee shall be entitled to
receive such reasonable annual compensation for its services as shall be
agreed upon between the Company and the Trustee. The Trustee shall also be
entitled to receive payment of all reasonable and necessary expenses in
administering the affairs of the Trust Fund including, without limitation,
all expenses which may be incurred in connection with the establishment and
administration of the Trust Fund, the employment of such administrative,
legal, accounting, actuarial or other expert and clerical assistance as the
Trustee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or appropriate in the
performance of its duties, unless the Company elects to pay such
compensation or expenses. Any compensation or expenses for which the
Trustee is entitled to payment or reimbursement under this Section shall be
paid out of the Trust Fund to the fullest extent then permitted under ERISA,
unless the Company elects to pay such compensation or expenses.
Section 7.07. Accounting and Record Keeping. The Trustee shall keep
accurate and detailed accounts of all investments, receipts, disbursements
and other transactions relating to each Participant Account, and all such
records shall be open to inspection and audit at all reasonable times by any
person designated by the Company. As soon as practicable after each
Valuation Date, the Trustee shall file with the Company a written report for
each Participant Account setting forth all gains or losses (both realized
and unrealized) and other transactions relating to the Trust Fund since the
last preceding Valuation Date. As soon as practicable after each Valuation
Date, the Trustee shall provide each Participant with a statement of the
balance credited to his Participant Account at such Valuation Date.
Section 7.08. Limitation on Liability. As long as the Trustee has
performed its duties and met its obligations pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Plan, it shall have no liability whatsoever to pay any
claims for benefits or expenses or other payments authorized hereunder from
any Participant Accounts, if the assets of such Participant Account shall at
any time be depleted. Except as otherwise provided by ERISA, the duties and
responsibilities of the Trustee shall be governed solely by the terms and
conditions of this Plan, and any amendments thereto.
Section 7.09. Consultation and Indemnification. The Trustee may
consult with counsel, who may, but need not, be counsel to the Company, and
the Trustee shall not be deemed imprudent by taking or refraining from taking
any action in accordance with the opinion of such counsel. The Company
agrees, to the fullest extent then permitted by law, to indemnify and hold
the Trustee harmless from and against any liability which the Trustee may
incur in the administration of the Trust Fund, unless such liability arises
from the Trustee's willful breach of the provisions of this Plan.
Section 7.10. Litigation. The Trustee shall not be required to
commence or defend any litigation or dispute arising in connection with this
Plan, unless the Trustee is first indemnified by the Company against its
prospective costs, expenses and liability, and the Company hereby agrees to
indemnify the Trustee for any such costs, expenses and liability.
Section 7.11. Waiver of Bond. The Trustee shall not be required to
give bond or any other security for the faithful performance of its duties
under this Plan, except such as may be required by a law which prohibits the
waiver thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND
Section 8.01. Management of Trust Fund and Appointment of Investment
Manager. The Trust Fund shall be managed, invested, and reinvested by the
Trustee, subject, however, to the right of the Company to designate in
writing an investment manager in accordance with Section 402(c)(3) of ERISA
to manage or invest or reinvest the Trust Fund or any part thereof, in which
event the Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of such
investment manager or have any authority to manage or invest the assets of
the Trust Fund which are subject to management by such investment manager
until said investment manager is dismissed by the Company. Any such
investment manager so designated shall have the same powers and duties with
respect to the management and investment of that portion of the Trust Fund
managed by such investment manager as those granted to the Trustee hereunder,
except to the extent otherwise provided in the instrument designating such
investment manager. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to the
contrary, the Company shall have the right to direct the Trustee to take the
following action with respect to insurance policies:
(a) to maintain or hold insurance policies which are transferred
to the Trust Fund by the Company;
(b) to apply Company contributions to the Trust Fund towards the
purchase of insurance policies or the payment of premiums with respect
to insurance policies transferred to, or purchased by, the Trust Fund;
or
(c) to convert to paid-up form, to surrender for the cash value
thereof or to terminate any insurance policies held by the Trust Fund.
Section 8.02. Powers of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided by
ERISA, the Trustee shall have the following powers in investing the Trust
Fund:
(a) To invest or reinvest all or any part of the Trust Fund in
any real or personal property as the Trustee may deem advisable,
including but not limited to:
(i) any securities normally traded by and obtainable
through a stockbroker or "over the counter" dealer or on a
recognized exchange;
(ii) any shares of an investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(iii) any insurance contracts or annuities;
(iv) the deposit of all or any part of the Trust Fund with an
insurer for the payment of interest thereon;
(v) any securities issued or guaranteed by the United States
of America or any of the instrumentalities or states thereof or of
any county, city, town, village, school district or other political
subdivision of any of said states;
(vi) certificates of deposit, time deposits or savings
accounts including, but not limited to, those issued by its own
departments or divisions or related financial institutions;
(vii) commercial paper, money market funds, treasury bills and
similar investments; and
(viii) any combination of (i) through (vii) above and, except
as otherwise provided by ERISA, without being restricted by any
statute or rule of law governing the investments in which a
trustee may invest funds held by it.
(b) To sell or exchange any part of the assets of the Trust Fund.
(c) To vote in person or by proxy the securities and investment company
shares which its holds as Trustee and to delegate such power.
(d) To consent to or participate in dissolutions, reorganizations,
consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers, or other changes in securities
and investment company shares which it holds as Trustee, and, in such
connection, to delegate its powers and to pay all assessments, subscriptions,
and other charges relating thereto.
(e) To exercise all rights, privileges, options and elections with
respect to any insurance policies and to pay the premiums thereon; provided,
however, that any action taken by the Trustee with respect to any such
insurance contracts, including the payment of premiums, shall be subject to
the approval of the Company.
(f) To retain in cash and keep unproductive of income such amount as
the Trustee may deem advisable in its sole discretion, and the Trustee shall
not be required to pay interest on such cash balances or on cash in its hands
pending investment.
(g) To sell, exchange, convey or transfer any property at any time held
by the Trustee upon such terms as it may deem advisable, and no person
dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to the application of the
purchase money or to inquire into the propriety of any such transaction.
(h) To enter into, compromise, compound and settle any debt or
obligation due to or from the Trustee and to reduce the rate of interest on,
to extend or otherwise modify or to foreclose upon, default or otherwise
enforce any such obligation.
(i) To cause any bonds, stocks or other securities held by the Trustee
to be registered in or transferred into its name as Trustee or the name of
its nominee or nominees or to hold them unregistered or in form permitting
transferability by delivery, but at all times with full responsibility
therefor as Trustee.
(j) To manage, administer, operate, repair, improve and mortgage or
lease for any number of years, regardless of any restrictions on leases made
by trustees, or otherwise to deal with any real property or interest therein;
to renew or extend or to participate in the renewal or extension of any
mortgage, and to agree to the reduction in the interest on any mortgage or
other modification or change in terms of any mortgage or guarantee thereof
in any manner and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable; to waive any
defaults whether in performance of any covenant or condition of any mortgage
or in the performance of any guarantee or to enforce any such default in such
manner as may be deemed advisable, including the exercise and enforcement of
any and all rights of foreclosure.
(k) To make, execute and deliver as Trustee any and all deeds,
leases, mortgages, advances, contracts, waivers, releases or other
instruments in writing necessary or proper in the employment of any of the
foregoing powers.
(l) To settle, compromise or abandon all claims and demands in favor
of or against the Trust Fund.
(m) To exercise, generally, any of the powers which an individual
owner might exercise in connection with any property, either real, personal
or mixed, held by the Trust Fund, and to do all other acts which the Trustee
may deem necessary or proper to carry out any of the powers set forth in this
Article or otherwise in the best interests of the Trust Fund and the
Participants.
ARTICLE IX
RESIGNATION, REMOVAL, AND APPOINTMENT
OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
Section 9.01. Resignation. The Trustee may resign upon sixty (60)
calendar days' prior notice in writing to the Company. Such prior written
notice may be waived by the Company.
Section 9.02. Removal. The Company may remove the Trustee, with or
without cause, upon sixty (60) calendar days' prior written notice to the
Trustee. Such prior written notice may be waived by the Trustee.
Section 9.03. Successor Trustee. Upon the resignation or removal of
the Trustee or inability of the Trustee for any reason to perform its duties
hereunder, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, which
shall be a national bank or a state bank having its deposits insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, having capital and surplus of at least
fifty million dollars ($50,000,000). Any such successor Trustee shall have
the same powers and duties as those conferred upon the initial Trustee
hereunder and shall evidence its acceptance of such appointment by written
instrument addressed to the Company. Upon written notice from the Company of
the acceptance of such appointment by the successor Trustee, the Trustee
shall promptly assign, transfer and pay over the Trust Fund to such successor
Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may reserve such sum of money as
it shall deem advisable for payment of its fees and expenses in connection
with the settlement of its account or otherwise.
Section 9.04. Accounting by Trustee. Within sixty (60) calendar days
after the date or resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Trustee shall
furnish a written accounting of the Trust Fund with respect to the period
since the last Valuation Date to the Company, and to the successor Trustee,
which report shall set forth all investments, receipts, disbursements, and
other transactions during such period.
Section 9.05. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. If the Trustee
shall at any time merge or consolidate with or shall sell or transfer all or
substantially all of its assets and business to another corporation, state
or federal, the corporation resulting therefrom shall be Trustee hereof in
lieu of its predecessor in interest without the execution of any instrument
and without action on the part of the Company; provided, however, that such
successor corporation shall be qualified under the laws of the State of
Indiana to undertake the duties of the Trustee hereunder.
ARTICLE X
NON-DIVERSION OF TRUST FUND
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Plan and then permitted
by ERISA, the Company shall not have the right or power to direct the Trustee
to return all or any part of the Trust Fund to the Company or to divert to
others any of the assets held in the Trust Fund until all Accrued Benefits
or Preretirement Surviving Spouse Death Benefits under this Plan have been
paid in full or satisfied by the purchase and delivery of single premium
non-transferable deferred annuity contracts.
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
Section 11.01. Delegation of Responsibility. The Administrator may
delegate duties involved in the administration of this Plan to the
Compensation Committee or to the Executive Committee of the Board or to such
other person or persons whose services are deemed necessary or convenient.
However, the ultimate responsibility for the administration of this Plan
shall remain with the Administrator.
Section 11.02. Construction of Plan. The Compensation Committee shall
have the power to construe this Plan and to determine all questions of fact
or law arising under it. It may correct any defect, supply any omission or
reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan in such manner and to such extent as
it may deem expedient. Except as otherwise permitted by ERISA, all acts and
determinations of the Compensation Committee shall be final and conclusive on
the Participants and on the surviving spouses of any deceased Participants
and shall not be subject to appeal or review except in those instances where
the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, refers such matter to the
Board.
Section 11.03. Tax Information to Participants. The Administrator
shall timely provide necessary tax information to the Plan Participants
relating to their participation in this Plan to enable the Participants to
report properly any income required to be recognized by the Participants.
Section 11.04. Determinations. The Company shall make all
determinations as to the right of any person to a benefit. Any denial by
the Company of a claim for benefits under this Plan by a Participant or by
any deceased Participant's surviving spouse shall be stated in writing by the
Company and delivered or mailed within ninety (90) calendar days to the
Participant or to such deceased Participant's surviving spouse; and such
notice shall comply with all requirements imposed by ERISA and shall set
forth the specific reasons for the denial, written to the best of the
Company's ability in a manner that may be understood without legal or
actuarial counsel. In addition, the Company shall afford a reasonable
opportunity to any Participant or to such deceased Participant's surviving
spouse whose claim for benefits has been denied for a review of its decision
denying the claim in accordance with Section 503 of ERISA.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Amendment or Termination of Plan. This Plan may be
amended, modified, supplemented in any respect or terminated by action of the
Compensation Committee if the continued operation of this Plan is deemed
imprudent by the Compensation Committee as a result of changes in the law or
other circumstances outside of the control of the Company; provided, however,
that no amendment, modification, supplement or termination of this Plan shall
have the effect of:
(a) discontinuing, reducing or eliminating:
(1) the Post-Tax Adjusted Benefit of a Participant or, if
applicable, his surviving spouse, or
(2) any optional form of distribution permitted under this
Plan;
(b) substantially increasing the duties of the Trustee without its
prior written consent;
(c) permitting a reversion of Trust Fund assets to the Company
before the benefits provided under this Plan have been paid in full or
otherwise satisfied as provided in Article X; or
(d) discharging the Company from its obligation to make the Tax
Distribution payments provided under Section 4.03.
Section 12.02. Right to Merge Plan. The Company reserves the right,
by action of its Board, to merge or to consolidate this Plan with, or to
transfer the assets or liabilities of this Plan to, any other similar
retirement plan at any time, except that no such merger, consolidation or
transfer shall be authorized unless each Participant would receive a benefit
immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer (if the merged,
consolidated or transferred plan then terminated) equal to or greater than
the benefit to which he would have been entitled immediately before the
merger, consolidation or transfer (if this Plan then terminated).
Section 12.03. Successors and Assigns. This Plan shall be binding upon
the successors and assigns of the Company.
Section 12.04. Choice of Law. Except as otherwise required by ERISA,
this Plan shall be construed and interpreted pursuant to, and in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Indiana.
Section 12.05. No Employment Contract. This Plan shall not be
construed as an agreement, consideration or inducement of employment or as
affecting in any manner the rights or obligations of the Employer or of any
Participant to continue or to terminate the employment relationship any time.
Section 12.06. Non-Alienation. Neither a Participant nor his spouse
shall have any right to anticipate, to pledge, to alienate or to assign any
rights under this Plan, and any effort to do so shall be null and void. The
monthly benefits payable under this Plan shall be exempt from the claims of
creditors or other claimants and from all orders, decrees, levies and
executions and any other legal process to the fullest extent then permitted
by law. The preceding sentences shall also apply to the creation, assignment
or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a
Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is
determined to be a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Section
206(d) of ERISA.
Section 12.07. Gender and Number. Words in the masculine gender shall
be construed to include the feminine gender in all cases where appropriate;
words in the singular or plural shall be construed as being in the plural or
singular in all cases where appropriate.
Section 12.08. Headings. The headings in this Plan are solely for
convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
Section 12.09. Payment to Incompetents. If any Participant or
surviving spouse of a deceased Participant, entitled to benefits under this
Plan is, in the judgment of the Company, legally, physically or mentally
incapable of personally receiving and receipting for any payment due
hereunder, payment may be made to the guardian or other legal representative
of such Participant or such surviving spouse.
Section 12.10. Illegal or Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this
Plan or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance
shall be invalid under any law of the United States of America or of any
State or any political subdivision thereof, neither the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which such
provision is invalid nor any other provisions of this Plan shall be affected
thereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment and
Restatement of the Plan to be signed on this 31st day of December, 1998 and
to be effective as of January 1, 1999. The terms of this Amendment and
Restatement only apply to Employees who have completed at least one (1) Hour
of Service on or after January 1, 1999; provided, however, that under no
circumstances shall this Amendment and Restatement reduce the Accrued Benefit
of a Participant to an amount less than the Accrued Benefit in effect for the
Participant as determined on December 31, 1998.
INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx III
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx III, Chairman
of the Compensation Committee
of the Board
