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Compensation Deferral Plan |
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2008 |
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68KB total |
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$44 |
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#3273159 |
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE |
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ARTICLE I ? DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
?Account? |
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1.2 |
?Affiliate? |
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1.3 |
?Base Salary? |
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1.4 |
?BellSouth? |
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1.5 |
?Beneficiary? |
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1.6 |
?Board? |
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1.7 |
?Business Day? |
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1.8 |
?Code? |
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1.9 |
?Company Stock? |
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1.10 |
?Compensation? |
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1.11 |
?Credited Interest Rate? |
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1.12 |
?Deferral Contributions? |
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1.13 |
?Deferral Election? |
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1.14 |
?Effective Date? |
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1.15 |
?Election Deadline? |
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1.16 |
?Election Package? |
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1.17 |
?Eligible Employee? |
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1.18 |
?ERISA? |
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1.19 |
?Interest Income Option? |
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1.20 |
?Interest Income Subaccount? |
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1.21 |
?Investment Election? |
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1.22 |
?Investment Options? |
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1.23 |
?Merger? |
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1.24 |
?Participant? |
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1.25 |
?Participating Company? |
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1.26 |
?Plan? |
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1.27 |
?Plan Administrator? |
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1.28 |
?Plan Year? |
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1.29 |
?Rabbi Trust Agreements? |
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1.30 |
?Section 409A? |
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1.31 |
?Senior Manager? |
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1.32 |
?Short Term Bonus Plan? |
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1.33 |
?Stock Unit? |
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1.34 |
?Stock Unit Option? |
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1.35 |
?Stock Unit Subaccount? |
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1.36 |
?Valuation Date? |
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ARTICLE II ? ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION |
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2.1 |
Annual Participation |
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2.2 |
Election Procedures |
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2.3 |
Cessation of Eligibility |
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2.4 |
Limitations on New Elections |
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ARTICLE III ? PARTICIPANTS? ACCOUNTS; DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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3.1 |
Participants? Accounts |
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(a) |
Establishment of Accounts |
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(b) |
Nature of Contributions and Accounts |
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(c) |
Several Liabilities |
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(d) |
General Creditors |
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3.2 |
Deferral Contributions |
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(a) |
Effective Date |
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(b) |
Term |
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(c) |
Deferral Election Amount |
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(d) |
Revocation |
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(e) |
Crediting of Deferred Compensation |
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3.3 |
Deferral Elections and Multiple Participating Companies |
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3.4 |
Vesting |
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3.5 |
Debiting of Distributions |
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ARTICLE IV - DETERMINATION AND CREDITING OF INVESTMENT RETURN |
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4.1 |
General Investment Parameters |
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4.2 |
Participant Direction of Deemed Investments |
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(a) |
Nature of Participant Direction |
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(b) |
Investment of Contributions |
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(c) |
Investment of Existing Account Balances |
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(d) |
Investment Subaccounts |
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4.3 |
Stock Unit Option |
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(a) |
Stock Unit Subaccount |
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(b) |
Cash Dividends |
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(c) |
Adjustments |
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4.4 |
Interest Income Option |
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(a) |
Interest Income Subaccount |
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(b) |
Crediting of Deemed Interest |
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(i) Amount Invested |
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(ii) Determination of Amount |
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4.5 |
Good Faith Valuation Binding |
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4.6 |
Errors and Omissions in Accounts |
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ARTICLE V - PAYMENT OF ACCOUNT BALANCES |
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5.1 |
Benefit Amounts |
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(a) |
Benefit Entitlement |
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(b) |
Valuation of Benefit |
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(c) |
Conversion of Stock Units into Dollars |
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5.2 |
Elections of Timing and Form |
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(a) |
Timing |
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(b) |
Form of Distribution |
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(c) |
Multiple Selections |
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5.3 |
Benefit Payments to a Participant |
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(a) |
Timing |
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(b) |
Form of Distribution |
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(c) |
Valuation of Single Lump-Sum Payments |
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(d) |
Valuation of Installment Payments |
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(e) |
One-Time Modification of Certain Elections |
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(f) |
Distributions to Section 409A Specified Employees |
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5.4 |
Death Benefits |
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(a) |
General |
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(b) |
Valuation |
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5.5 |
Beneficiary Designation |
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(a) |
General |
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(b) |
No Designation or Designee Dead or Missing |
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(c) |
Death of Beneficiary |
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5.6 |
Taxes |
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ARTICLE VI ? CLAIMS |
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6.1 |
Initial Claim |
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6.2 |
Appeal |
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6.3 |
Satisfaction of Claims |
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ARTICLE VII ? SOURCE OF FUNDS |
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ARTICLE VIII - PLAN ADMINISTRATION |
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8.1 |
Action by the Plan Administrator |
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(a) |
Individual Administrator |
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