DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, between TDS and XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX, entered into on
November 30, 1995 (to supersede the Agreement dated August 28, 1995), by and
between Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx (hereinafter referred to as "Executive") and
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Company"), an Iowa
Corporation, located at 00 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
00000.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive is now and will in the future be rendering valuable
services to the Company, and the Company desires to assure the continued
loyalty, service and counsel of the Executive;
WHEREAS, the Executive desires to defer a portion of his monthly salary until
retirement, resignation, disability or death;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein set
forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT. The Company agrees to establish and
maintain a book reserve (the "Deferred Compensation Account") for the
purpose of measuring the amount of deferred compensation payable under this
Agreement. Credits shall be made to the Deferred Compensation Account as
follows:
a) On September 30, 1995, and at the end of each month during the
Executive's continued employment with the Company, there shall be
deducted from the Executive's payroll check and credited to the
Deferred Compensation Account the sum of $3,000.00.
b) Commencing on October 31, 1995, and on the last day of each month
thereafter during the Executive's continued employment with the
Company, there shall be credited to the Deferred Compensation Account
(before any amount is credited for the month then ending pursuant to
paragraph 1(a)), interest, compounded monthly on the balance in the
Deferred Compensation Account multiplied by the average 30-year
Treasury Bond rate of interest (as published in the Wall Street
Journal for the last day of the preceding month) plus 1.25% times 1/12
(monthly interest).
Monthly reports which specify the amount credited to the Executive's
Deferred Compensation Account during the previous month (amount
deferred plus interest) and the then current balance, shall be
provided to the Executive.
2. PAYMENT OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION.
a) In the event the Executive terminates his employment for whatever
reason ("Termination Event"), the Company will compute the balance in
the Deferred Compensation Account as of the last day of the preceding
month (the "Ending Balance"). In the event that the Executive becomes
disabled, his employment shall for these purposes be deemed to
terminate on the first day of the month which he begins to receive
long term disability payments provided by the Company's insurance
carrier (thus, the Ending Balance shall be computed as of the
preceding month). Payment of deferred compensation under these events
will be in accordance with the Executive's payment method election in
paragraph 2(e).
b) The Executive will elect the payment method for receiving his Ending
Balance either in a lump sum or in an indicated number of
installments. This determination will be made at the time of
execution of the agreement in section 2(e). Any amendment changing
the payment method to defer income over a longer period of time must
be made at least two years prior to a Termination Event to be
considered effective.
c) In the event the Executive chooses the installment option, he will
inform the Company of the number of installment he wishes to receive.
The installments will be paid quarterly (not to exceed 20
quarters)commencing with the fifteenth day of the quarter following
the quarter in which the Executive's service with the Company
terminates. Installments will then be paid on the fifteenth day of
each succeeding calendar quarter until the Ending Balance and accrued
interest has been paid.
d) If the Executive dies prior to the total distribution of the Ending
Balance, the Company shall pay an amount equal to the then current
balance including accrued interest in the Deferred Compensation
Account. Such payment shall be made in a lump sum within 30 days
following the Executive's death to the Executive's Designated
Beneficiary (as hereinafter defined). However, if the Executive is
married at the time of death, the Executive may designate (at the time
of entering this agreement) that the payments specified in 2(c)
continue to the spouse. If such spouse dies before all payments are
made, the procedures in 3(a) and 3(b) shall apply.
e) Payment of Deferred Compensation Election (Executive must choose one
option):
i) Lump sum distribution; or
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ii) X Installment Method. The amount of each installment shall
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twentieth) of the Ending Balance plus accrued interest compounded
monthly for the preceding calendar quarter.
If the Executive does not fully complete the blanks shown in paragraph
2(e), it will be assumed that he has chosen the lump sum option.
3. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES.
a) The Executive may designate a beneficiary to receive any amount
payable pursuant to paragraph 2(c) (the "Designated Beneficiary") by
executing or filing with the Company during his lifetime, a
Beneficiary Designation in the form attached hereto. The Executive
may change or revoke any such designation by executing and filing with
the Company during his lifetime a new Beneficiary Designation.
b) If any Designated Beneficiary pre-decease's the Executive, or if any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity which is a Designated
Beneficiary is terminated or dissolved or becomes insolvent or is
adjudicated bankrupt prior to the date of the Executive's death, or if
the Executive fails to designate a beneficiary, then the following
persons in the order set forth below shall receive the amount
specified in paragraph 2(c) above:
i) his wife, if she is living; otherwise
ii) his then living descendants, per stirpes; and otherwise
iii) his estate.
4. MISCELLANEOUS.
a) The right of the Executive or any other person to any payment of
benefits under this Agreement shall not be assigned, transferred,
pledged or encumbered.
b) If the Company shall find that any person to whom any amount is
payable under this Agreement is unable to care for his/her affairs
because of illness or accident, or is under any legal disability, any
payment due (unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a
duly appointed guardian, committee or other legal representative) may
be made to the spouse, a child, a parent, or a brother or sister of
such person, or to any party deemed by the Company to have incurred
expense for such person otherwise entitled to payment, in such manner
and proportions as the Company may determine. Any such lump sum
payment, as discussed in 2(d), shall be a complete discharge of the
liability of the Company under this Agreement for such payment.
c) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Illinois.
d) The Executive is considered to be a general unsecured creditor of the
Company with regard to the deferred compensation amounts to which this
Agreement pertains.
e) The deferred amounts under this Agreement are unfunded for tax and
ERISA purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC. ("Company")
By: /s/ XxXxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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XXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX.
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXX ("Executive")
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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EXECUTIVE
