Exhibit 10.45

 

PROVIDE COMMERCE, INC.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

 

Master Plan Document

 

Originally Effective January 1, 2004

 

Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2004

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

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ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY

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2.1 Selection by Committee

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2.2 Requirements

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2.3 Commencement of Participation

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ARTICLE III VESTING

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3.1 In General

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3.2 Full Vesting in Certain Cases

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3.3 Forfeiture if Cause

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ARTICLE IV BENEFITS

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4.1 Eligibility for, and Payment of, Benefits

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4.2 Benefit Conditioned on Release

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4.3 Effect of Cause

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4.4 Limitation on Benefits

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4.5 Excise Tax Limitation

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4.6 Misuse of Confidential Material

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4.7 Withholding of Payroll Taxes

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ARTICLE V SERP BENEFIT FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

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5.1 Termination Benefit

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5.2 Survivor’s Benefit

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5.3 Vesting

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5.4 Election of Lump Sum Distribution

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ARTICLE VI TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, OR MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN

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6.1 Termination

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6.2 Amendment

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6.3 Termination of Plan Agreement

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ARTICLE VII OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

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8.1 Committee Duties

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8.2 Agents

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8.3 Binding Effect of Decisions

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8.4 Indemnity of Committee

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8.5 Employer Information

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ARTICLE IX CLAIMS PROCEDURES

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9.1 Presentation of Claim

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9.2 Notification of Decision

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9.3 Review Panel

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9.4 Review of a Denied Claim

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9.5 Decision on Review

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9.6 Arbitration

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ARTICLE X BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

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10.1 Beneficiary

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10.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent

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10.3 Acknowledgement

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10.4 No Beneficiary Designation

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10.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary

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10.6 Discharge of Obligations

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ARTICLE XI TRUST

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11.1 Establishment of the Trust

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11.2 Interrelatonship of the Plan and the Trust

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ARTICLE XII ARBITRATION

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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

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13.1 Unsecured General Creditor

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13.2 Employer’s Liability

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13.3 Non-assignability

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13.4 Not a Contract of Employment

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13.5 Furnishing Information

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13.6 Terms

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13.7 Captions

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13.8 Governing Law

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13.9 Validity

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13.10 Notice

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13.11 Successors

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13.12 Spouse’s Interest

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13.13 Incompetent

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13.14 Court Order

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13.15 Distribution in the Event of Taxation

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PROVIDE COMMERCE, INC.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

 

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of
management and highly compensated employees who contribute materially to the
continued growth, development and future business success of PROVIDE COMMERCE,
INC., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this
Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I
of ERISA.

 

This Plan shall consist of two plans, one for the benefit of a select group of
management and highly compensated employees of the Employers as described in
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, and one for the benefit of
Non-Employee members of the boards of directors of any Employer. To the extent
required by law, the terms of this Plan applicable to Directors shall also
constitute a separate written plan document with its terms set forth in the
applicable portions of this Plan.

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes hereof, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the
following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings:

 

1.1 “Actuarial Equivalent” shall mean an actuarial equivalent value of an amount
payable in a different form or at a different date computed on the basis of a
discount rate equal to the long term “applicable federal rate,” as defined in
Section 1274(d) of the Code, compounded annually. As the Committee deems
necessary, in its sole discretion, such actuarial assumptions may be adjusted
from time to time, and no Participant shall be deemed to have any right, vested
or non-vested, regarding the continued use of any previously adopted actuarial
assumption.

 

1.2 “Beneficiary” shall mean the individual designated, in accordance with
Article X that is entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of
a Participant.

 

1.3 “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to
time by the Committee that a Participant completes signs and returns to the
Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 

1.4 “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

 

1.5 “Cause” shall mean the commission of an act of moral turpitude by a
Participant against the business, reputation, or interests of his or her
Employer, the conviction of a felony or a material failure to comply with a
reasonable written direction of the Board and failure to so comply (to the best
of the Participant’s ability) within a reasonable time as determined by the
Board after receiving written notice to do so.

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1.6 “Chairman” shall mean Joel Tomas Citron.

 

1.7 “Change in Control” shall mean a change in ownership or control of the
Company effected through any of the following transactions: (i) a merger,
consolidation or other reorganization approved by the Company’s stockholders,
UNLESS securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total
combined voting power of the voting securities of the successor corporation are
immediately thereafter beneficially owned, directly or indirectly and in
substantially the same proportion, by the persons who beneficially owned the
Company’s outstanding voting securities immediately prior to such transaction;
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly by any person or related group of
persons (other than the Company or a person that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company), of
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, of securities possessing
more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the
Company’s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made
directly to the Company’s stockholders.

 

1.8 “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

1.9 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.

 

1.10 “Committee” shall mean the administrative committee appointed to manage and
administer the Plan in accordance with its provisions pursuant to Article VIII.

 

1.11 “Company” shall mean PROVIDE COMMERCE, INC., a Delaware corporation.

 

1.12 (a) “Compensation” shall mean annual salary before reduction for
compensation deferred pursuant to the non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
and before reduction for compensation deferred pursuant to all tax-qualified
retirement plans, and Code Section 125 or 401(k) plans of any Employer, but
excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, relocation expenses, incentive
payments, non-monetary award, directors fees and other fees, and automobile
allowances and other fringe benefits paid to a Participant for employment
services rendered to any Employer.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Compensation” for the Company’s CEO shall
mean annual salary and annual bonus before reduction for compensation deferred
pursuant to the non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan and before reduction
for compensation deferred pursuant to all tax-qualified retirement plans, and
Code Section 125 or 401(k) plans of any Employer, but excluding commissions,
overtime, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary award, directors
fees and other fees, and automobile allowances and other fringe benefits paid to
the Company’s CEO for employment services rendered to any Employer.

 

1.13 “Deferred Compensation Plan” shall mean the Provide Commerce, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan as it may be amended from time to time.

 

1.14 “Director” shall mean any member of the board of directors of any Employer.

 

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1.15 “Disability” shall mean where, because of injury or sickness, a Participant
cannot perform each of the material duties of his or her regular occupation, as
determined by the Committee.

 

1.16 “Early Retirement” shall mean, with respect to an employee, severance from
employment from all Employers, and, with respect to a Director who is not an
employee, severance of his or her directorships with all Employers, in either
case on or after his or her attainment of both age fifty-five (55) and ten
(10) Years of Service, for any reason other than a leave of absence, Normal
Retirement, death, Disability, or Termination of Employment for Cause. If a
Participant is both an employee and a Director, Early Retirement shall not occur
until he or she retires as both an employee and a Director from all Employers.

 

1.17 “Employer(s)” shall mean the Company and any Subsidiaries of the Company
that have been selected by the Board to participate in the Plan.

 

1.18 “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.

 

1.19 “Final Average Compensation” shall mean the average of a Participant’s
Compensation for his or her five (5) highest consecutive years of plan
participation during the Participant’s final ten (10) years of employment (or
service) (or, if less, the actual number of Years of Service) which would yield
the highest average. The Participant’s Compensation for the calendar year in
which the event that entitled the Participant to a distribution of benefits
under this Plan occurs shall be determined by annualizing such Participant’s
monthly Compensation for such year.

 

1.20 “Normal Retirement” shall mean, with respect to an employee, severance from
employment from all Employers, and, with respect to a Director who is not an
employee, severance of his or her directorships with all Employers, in either
case on or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65) plus ten (10) Years of
Plan Participation for any reason other than a leave of absence, death,
Disability, or Termination of Employment for Cause. If a Participant is both an
employee and a Director, Retirement shall not occur until he or she retires as
both an employee and a Director from all Employers.

 

1.21 “Participant” shall mean any employee or Director (i) who is selected to
participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who
signs a Plan Agreement and a Beneficiary Designation Form, (iv) whose signed
Plan Agreement Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the
Committee, (v) who commences participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan
Agreement has not terminated.

 

1.22 “Plan” shall mean the Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan,
which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as
amended from time to time.

 

1.23 “Plan Agreement” shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from
time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a
Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant shall provide for the
entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the Plan, and the
Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Committee shall
govern such entitlement. Plan Agreements shall contain such terms and conditions
as the Committee may deem appropriate, and need not be uniform among
Participants.

 

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1.24 “Plan Year” shall, for the first Plan Year, begin on January 1, 2004, and
end on December 31, 2004. For each Plan Year thereafter, the Plan Year shall
begin on January 1 of each year and continue through December 31.

 

1.25 “Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit” shall mean one hundred percent (100%) of
Compensation (at the time of the Participant’s death) for one year following
death plus fifty percent (50%) of Compensation for each year of the next four
years.

 

1.26 “Retirement,” “Retire,” “Retires” “or “Retired” shall mean Early Retirement
or Normal Retirement.

 

1.27 “SERP Benefit” shall mean an annuity, payable annually over fifteen
(15) years, and commencing at Normal Retirement, that is determined as follows:
(i) the product of (a) .015, (b) the number of the Participant’s Years of
Service up to a maximum of forty (40) Years of Service, and (c) the
Participant’s Final Average Compensation; less (ii) the Participant’s Company
Contribution Account (as defined under the Deferred Compensation Plan)
calculated as an annuity over fifteen (15) years based on an annual rate of five
percent (5%).

 

1.28 “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation (other than the Employer) in an
unbroken chain of corporations or other entities beginning with the Employer, if
each of the entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain owns
stock, partnership rights or other ownership interest possessing fifty percent
(80%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock,
partnership rights or other ownership interest in one of the other entities in
such chain.

 

1.29 “Termination of Employment” shall mean the ceasing of employment with all
Employers, or service as a Director of all Employers, voluntary or involuntary,
for any reason other than Retirement, death, Disability or an authorized leave
of absence. If a Participant is both an employee and a Director, a Termination
of Employment shall occur only upon the termination of the last position held
with any Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Termination of Employment
shall occur merely by reason of the transfer of employment of a Participant from
an Employer to any entity directly or indirectly controlled by or under common
control with the Company and which is not an Employer (a “Non-Participating
Entity”). Rather, such a Participant’s Termination of Employment shall occur on
the ceasing of the Participant’s employment with all Non-Participating Entities
and all Employers.

 

1.30 “Trust” shall mean the trust established pursuant to that certain Trust
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2004 between the Company and the Trustee named
therein, as amended from time to time.

 

1.31 “Vested” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s benefits under this
Plan in which the Participant has a non-forfeitable right or vested interest as
determined in accordance with Article III below.

 

1.32 “Waiting Period Requirement” shall mean both (i) the attainment of age
twenty-one (21) and (ii) a Participant’s continued employment or service as a
Director for an Employer for ninety (90) days after the Participant’s date of
hire or election or appointment as a Director, as applicable.

 

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1.33 “Years of Plan Participation” shall mean the total number of full Plan
Years a Participant has been a Participant in the Plan prior to his or her
Termination of Employment.

 

1.34 “Years of Service” shall mean (a) with respect to Participants who
participate in this Plan as of January 1, 2004, the total number of full years
in which a Participant has been continuously employed by one or more Employers
and/or serving as a Director of one or more Employers, and (b) with respect to
Participants whose participation commences after January 1, 2004, the total
number of full years in which a Participant has been both continuously employed
by one or more Employers and/or serving as a Director of one or more Employers
and a Participant in this Plan. For purposes of this definition, a year of
employment or service shall be a three hundred sixty-five (365) day period (or
three hundred sixty-six (366) day period in the case of a leap year) that, for
the first year of employment or service, commences on first to occur of (x) the
employee’s date of hire or (y) the Director’s date of election or appointment,
as applicable, and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of
that date. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, credit a Participant with
any partial year of employment or service. Any period during which an employee
or Director is on a paid leave of absence or suffers from a Disability shall be
deemed to be periods of continuous employment or service. The Committee may, in
its sole discretion, credit a Participant with additional Years of Service as of
his or her date of hire, election or appointment, as applicable, or commencement
of participation in this Plan.

 

ARTICLE II.

ELIGIBILITY

 

2.1 Selection by Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a
select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Employers and
Directors who have met the Waiting Period Requirements. From that group, the
Committee shall select, in its sole discretion, employees and Directors to
participate in the Plan.

 

2.2 Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation, each selected
employee and Director shall complete, execute, and return to the Committee a
Plan Agreement and a Beneficiary Designation Form. In addition, the Committee
shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it
determines in its sole discretion are necessary or appropriate.

 

2.3 Commencement of Participation. Provided an employee or Director selected to
participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this
Plan and required by the Committee, that employee or Director shall commence
participation in the Plan on the date on which his or her Plan Agreement first
becomes effective. If a selected employee or Director fails to meet all such
requirements prior to that date, that employee or Director shall not be eligible
to participate in the Plan until the completion of those requirements.

 

ARTICLE III.

VESTING

 

3.1 In General. Except as provided in Sections 3.2, 3.3, 5.3 or 10.4 below, each
Participant shall have a non-forfeitable right or vested interest in his or her
SERP Benefit according to the following vesting schedule:

 

Years of Service  

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Vested

    Percentage    

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Less than 5

   0 %

                5

   20 %

                6

   40 %

                7

   60 %

                8

   80 %

                9

   100 %

 

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3.2 Full Vesting in Certain Cases. Notwithstanding Section 3.1 above, but
subject to Sections 3.3 and 10.4 below, a Participant, or his or her Beneficiary
in the case of a survivor benefit, shall have a non-forfeitable right (vested
interest) in the Participant’s SERP Benefit upon a Change in Control of the
Company or upon the Participant’s Early Retirement, Normal Retirement, death, or
Disability.

 

3.3 Forfeiture if Cause. Notwithstanding Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above, the
Committee may determine, in its sole discretion, that a Participant shall have a
vested interest of zero (0) in his or her SERP Benefit if his or her Termination
of Employment was for Cause, or if Cause existed during his or her employment by
or service to the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV.

BENEFITS

 

4.1 Eligibility for, and Payment of, Benefits. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6:

 

(a) Retirement or Disability Benefit. If a Participant Retires or suffers a
Disability, he or she shall receive the Actuarial Equivalent of his or her
Vested SERP Benefit commencing within ninety (90) days after such Retirement or
Disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is due a SERP
Benefit commencing at any time prior to the first day on which the Participant
could terminate at Normal Retirement, then the Participant’s benefit shall be
the Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant’s SERP Benefit. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the lump sum Actuarial Equivalent of a Participant’s Vested SERP
Benefit on the date of his or her Retirement or Disability is less than twenty
five thousand dollars ($25,000), the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
cause such Vested SERP Benefit to one paid in the form of one lump sum within
ninety (90) days after the date of such Retirement or Disability. If the
Participant dies before receiving all of such installments, the lump sum
Actuarial Equivalent of the remaining installments shall be paid to his or her
Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible after his or her death.

 

(b) Survivor’s Benefit. If a Participant dies prior to his or her Termination of
Employment, Disability or Retirement, or after such Termination of Employment,
Disability, or Retirement and before receiving any benefit payments, the
Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
commencing within ninety (90) days after the date of death.

 

(c) Termination Benefit. If a Participant experiences a Termination of
Employment prior to his or her death, Disability, or Retirement, he or she shall
receive the Actuarial Equivalent of his or her Vested SERP Benefit as of the
date of termination paid in the form of one lump sum within ninety (90) days
after such Termination of Service.

 

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(d) Change in Control Benefit. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
upon a Change in Control of the Employer, each Participant shall become fully
vested in his or her SERP Benefit.

 

(e) Committee Discretion. Upon the request of a Participant or Beneficiary, the
Committee, in its sole discretion and consistent with its established procedures
and rules, may consider other forms of benefit payments, or the timing of
benefit payments, as it deems necessary and prudent under the circumstances.

 

4.2 Benefit Conditioned on Release. Payment of benefits under Section 4.1 shall
be conditioned on the prior execution by the Participant or Beneficiary of a
release of claims against the Company and the Employer (including, but not
limited to, discrimination claims based on age, gender, race, and similar
factors), in form and substance satisfactory to the Committee.

 

4.3 Effect of Cause. Payment of benefits under Section 4.1 is conditioned on the
absence of Cause, and, if the Committee so determines in its sole discretion, no
benefits shall be payable under this Plan if Cause exists. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if, after a Participant’s Termination of
Employment, Retirement, death, or Disability, the Employer discovers that Cause
existed during such Participant’s employment by or service to the Employer, the
Company and the Employer shall be entitled to refrain from making any payments
under this Plan to such Participant or to his or her Beneficiary, and to recover
any payments theretofore made.

 

4.4 Limitation on Benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Article 4, in no event shall a Participant or his or her Beneficiary receive any
benefit which would not be deductible to the Company or the Employer under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any benefits
which would exceed the limits on deductible compensation under such
Section 162(m) shall be deferred until the earliest time when they could be paid
without exceeding such limits.

 

4.5 Excise Tax Limitation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Plan to
the contrary, in the event that any payment or benefit to a Participant or for a
participant’s benefit paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant
to the terms of this Plan or otherwise in connection with, or arising out of, a
Change of Control, or any other event which constitutes a “Change in Control”
within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (a “Payment” or “Payments”),
would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the
“Excise Tax”), then the benefits payable under this Plan shall be reduced (but
not below zero), but only to the extent necessary so that no portion of the
Payments shall be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code
(the “Section 4999 Limit”). Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its
discretion, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the benefits payable under
this Plan by first reducing or eliminating those benefits beginning with
benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time from the Determination (as
hereinafter defined).

 

(a) All determinations required to be made under this Section 4.5 (each, a
“Determination”) shall be made, at the Company’s expense, by a nationally
recognized accounting firm designated by the Company and reasonable acceptable
to the Participant (the “Accounting Firm”). The Accounting Firm shall provide
its calculations, together with detailed supporting

 

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documentation, both to the Company and to the Participant when requested by the
Company or the Participant (in either case provided that the Company or the
Participant believe in good faith that the any of the Payments may be subject to
the Excise Tax); provided, however, that if the Accounting Firm determines that
no Excise Tax is payable by the Participant with respect to a Payment or
Payments, it shall furnish the Participant with an opinion reasonably acceptable
to the Participant that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to any such
Payment or Payments. Within ten (10) calendar days of delivery of the
Determination to the Participant, the Participant shall have the right to
dispute the Determination (the “Dispute”). The existence of any Dispute shall
not in any way affect the Participant’s right to receive the benefits under this
Plan in accordance with the Determination. If there is no Dispute,, the
Determination by the Accounting Firm shall be final, binding, and conclusive
upon the Company and the Participant, subject to the application of
Section 4.5(b).

 

(b) As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Sections 4999 and 280G
of the Code, it is possible that the Payments either will have been made or will
not have been made by the Company, in either case in a manner inconsistent with
the limitations provided in this Section 4.5 (an “Excess Payment” or
“Underpayment,” respectively). If it is established pursuant to (i) a final
determination of a court for which all appeals have been taken and finally
resolved or the time for all appeals has expired, or (ii) an Internal Revenue
Service (the “IRS”) proceeding which has been finally and conclusively resolved,
that an Excess Payment has been made, such Excess Payment shall be deemed for
all purposes to be a loan to the Participant made on the date the Participant
received the Excess Payment and the Participant shall repay the Excess Payment
to the Company on demand, together with interest on the Excess Payment to the
Company on demand, together with interest on the Excess Payment at one hundred
twenty percent (120%) of the applicable federal rate (as defined in
Section 1274(d) of the Code) compounded semi-annually from the date of the
participant’s receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such repayment.
If it is determined (i) by the Accounting Firm, the Company (which shall include
the position taken by the Company, together with its consolidated group, on its
federal income tax return) or the IRS, (ii) pursuant to a determination by a
court, or (iii) upon the resolution to the Participant’s satisfaction of the
Dispute, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall pay an amount
equal to the Underpayment to the Participant within ten (10) calendar days of
such determination or resolution, together with interest on such amount at one
hundred twenty percent (120%) of the applicable federal rate compounded
semi-annually from the date such amount should have been paid to the Participant
pursuant to the terms of this Plan or otherwise, but for the operation of this
Section 4.5, until the date of payment.

 

4.6 Misuse of Confidential Material. Payment of benefits under Section 4.1 is
conditioned on the absence of Misuse of Confidential Material (as defined below)
by the Participant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if, during
the time when a Participant or his Beneficiary would otherwise be entitled to
receive benefits under Section 4.1, the Participant Misuses Confidential
Material, the Company and the Employer shall be entitled to refrain from making
any payments and to recover any payments theretofore made. The provisions of
this Section 4.6 shall not prejudice or limit any rights the Company or the
Employer may have to legal or equitable relief for such Misuse of Confidential
Material under this Plan or otherwise. If, at the time of enforcement of this
Section 4.6, an arbitrator (or court) should hold that the duration or scope of
the restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then
existing, the maximum duration or scope which is reasonable under such
circumstances shall be substituted for the stated duration or scope. Similarly,
if, at the time of enforcement, an arbitrator (or court) should hold that the
area of the restriction stated herein is unreasonable under the circumstances
then existing, the maximum area which is reasonable under such circumstances
shall be substituted for the stated area.

 

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(a) For purposes of this Plan, a Participant “Misuses” Confidential Material if
the Participant directly or indirectly, for any reason whatsoever except in the
performance of the Participant’s duties to the Company or the Employer, uses or
discloses such Confidential Material, or refuses or fails promptly to deliver to
the Company or the Employer, upon request of the Company or the Employer, any
and all of the Confidential Material and copies thereof in the Participant’s
possession or under the Participant’s control. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
disclosure of Confidential material shall not constitute “Misuse” if the
Confidential Material (i) has been publicly disclosed or was within the
Participant’s possession prior to its being furnished to the Participant by the
Company or the Employer or becomes available to the Participant on a
non-confidential basis from a third party (in any of such cases, not due to a
breach by the Participant of the Participant’s obligations to the Company or the
Employer or by breach of any other person of a confidential or fiduciary
obligation), (ii) is required to be disclosed by the Participant pursuant to
applicable law, and the Participant provides notice to the Company and the
Employer of such requirement as promptly as possible, or (iii) was independently
acquired or developed by the Participant without violating any of the
Participant’s obligations to the Company or the Employer and without relying on
Confidential Material.

 

(b) For purposes of this Plan, “Confidential Material” means confidential
records and information, including, but not limited to, development, marketing,
purchasing, organizational, strategic, financial, managerial, administrative,
manufacturing, production, distribution and sales information, data,
specifications, and processes presently owned or at any time hereafter developed
by the Company or an Employer or their agents or consultants or used presently
or at any time hereafter in the course of their business, that are not otherwise
part of the public domain.

 

4.7 Withholding and Payroll Taxes. The Employers shall withhold from any and all
benefits paid under this Article IV, or, in the discretion of the Employers,
from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant or Beneficiary,
all federal, state and local income, employment, and other taxes required to be
withheld by the Employer in connection with the benefits hereunder, in amounts
to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer.

 

ARTICLE V.

SERP BENEFIT FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

 

5.1 Termination Benefit. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4,
4.5, and 4.6, if the Chairman experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers
a Disability at any time, he shall receive:

 

(i) Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($232,448),
payable annually over twenty (20) years commencing within ninety (90) days after
the later of (x) the date on which the Chairman experiences a Termination of
Employment or suffers a Disability, as applicable, or (y) the date on which the
Chairman attains age fifty-five (55) (the “Chairman Benefit”); or

 

(ii) if the Chairman has elected a lump sum distribution pursuant to Section 5.4
below, the Actuarial Equivalent of the Chairman Benefit, which shall in no event
be less than One

 

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Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000), which benefit shall be
paid in a lump sum within ninety (90) days after the later of (x) the date on
which the Chairman experiences a Termination of Employment or suffers a
Disability, as applicable, or (y) the date on which the Chairman attains age
fifty-five (55).

 

If the Chairman dies before receiving all of the installments pursuant to
Section 5.1, the lump sum Actuarial Equivalent of the remaining installments
shall be paid to his Beneficiary as soon as administratively feasible after his
death; provided, however, that the total payments made to the Chairman and/or
his Beneficiary pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall in no event be less than One
Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000).

 

5.2 Survivor’s Benefit. If the Chairman dies prior to his Termination of
Employment or Disability, or after such Termination of Employment or Disability
and before receiving any benefit payments, the Chairman’s Beneficiary shall
receive the lump sum Actuarial Equivalent of the Chairman Benefit within ninety
(90) days following his death; provided, however, that the total payments made
to the Chairman’s Beneficiary pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall in no event be
less than One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000).

 

5.3 Vesting. The Chairman shall at all times be fully-vested in the Chairman
Benefit.

 

5.4 Election of Lump Sum Distribution. The Chairman may elect to receive his
benefits under Section 5.1 in a lump sum by submitting a written election on a
form acceptable to the Committee providing for such election; provided, however,
that all of the following requirements are met:

 

(a) Such change shall not be given any effect until at least twelve (12) months
following the date on which the changed election is made and accepted by the
Committee; and

 

(b) Such election shall be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the date of
the first scheduled payment under Section 5.1.

 

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ARTICLE VI.

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, OR MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN

 

6.1 Termination. Each Employer reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any
time with respect to its participating employees and/or Directors by the actions
of its board of directors. The termination of the Plan shall not adversely
affect any Participant or his or her Beneficiary who has become entitled to the
payment of any benefits under the Plan as of the date of termination; provided,
however, that the Employer shall have the right to accelerate payments by paying
the Actuarial Equivalent value of such payments. For all other Participant’s
upon the termination of the Plan, all Plan Agreements shall terminate and the
Actuarial Equivalent of a Participant’s Vested SERP Benefits shall be paid out
in a lump sum.

 

6.2 Amendment. Any Employer may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole
or in part with respect to its participating employees and/or Directors by the
actions of its board of directors; provided, however, that no amendment or
modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict a Participant’s then
Vested SERP Benefit, determined on an Actuarial Equivalent basis. The amendment
or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or his or her
Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as
of the date of the amendment or modification; provided, however, that the
Employer shall have the right to accelerate installment payments by paying the
Actuarial Equivalent value of such payments either in a lump sum or in some
other accelerated form of payment.

 

6.3 Termination of Plan Agreement. Absent the earlier termination, modification,
or amendment of the Plan, the Plan Agreement of any Participant shall terminate
upon the full payment of the applicable Vested SERP Benefit as provided under
Article IV.

 

ARTICLE VII.

OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

 

The benefits provided for a Participant under this Plan are in addition to any
other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for
employees of the Employers. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede,
modify, or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be
expressly provided.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

8.1 Committee Duties. This Plan shall be administered by a Committee, which
shall consist of the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other
committee of at least three (3) members as the Board may appoint. Members of the
Committee may be Participants under this Plan. The Committee shall have the full
and sole discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all
appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan,
(ii) decide or resolve any and all questions arising in connection with the
interpretation, enforcement, administration, and operation of this Plan, and
(iii) determine the entitlement of Participants and Beneficiaries to benefits
hereunder, and compute the amount of such benefits. Any Committee member must
rescue himself or herself on any matter of personal interest to such member that
comes before the Committee.

 

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8.2 Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may employ agents
and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit, (including
acting through a duly appointed representative), and may from time to time
consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer.

 

8.3 Binding Effect of Decisions. The decision or action of the Committee with
respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration,
interpretation, and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations
promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons
having any interest in the Plan.

 

8.4 Indemnity of Committee. All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless the
members of the Committee against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses,
or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this
Plan, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the
Committee or any of its members.

 

8.5 Employer Information. To enable the Committee to perform its function, each
Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all
matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and
circumstances of the retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment
of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may
reasonably require.

 

ARTICLE IX.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES

 

9.1 Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a
“Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination
with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If
such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the
claim must be made within sixty (60) days after such notice was received by the
Claimant. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by
the Claimant. All other claims must be made within one hundred eighty (180) days
of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The
claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

 

9.2 Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim
within a reasonable time, but not more than ninety (90) days, after the claim is
filed, unless the Committee determines special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim. If such extension is required,
written notice shall be furnished to the Claimant within ninety (90) days of the
date the claim was filed stating the special circumstances requiring an
extension of time and the date by which a decision on the claim can be expected,
which shall be no more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the
claim was filed. Following processing of the claim within the time periods
described above, the Committee shall notify the Claimant in writing:

 

(a) That the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the
claim has been allowed in full; or

 

(b) That the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part,
to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a
manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

 

(i) the specific reason(s) for the denial if the claim, or any part of it;

 

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(ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such
denial was based;

 

(iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the
Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or
information is necessary; and

 

(iv) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes
to submit his or her claim for review, including the time limits applicable to
such procedures, and a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action
under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse decision upon review.

 

9.3 Review Panel. The Committee may from time to time appoint a review panel
that may consist of two (2) or more individuals who may, but need not, be
employees of the Company (the “Review Panel”). If no such Review Panel is named,
the Company shall be deemed to be the Review Panel for purposes of this
Section 9.3. The Review Panel shall be the named fiduciary that has the
authority to act with respect to any appeal from a denial of benefits or a
determination of benefit rights.

 

9.4 Review of a Denied Claim. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a notice
from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant
(or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee a
written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, the
Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

 

(a) may review pertinent documents;

 

(b) may submit written issues, comments, documents, records and other
information relating to the claim;

 

(c) may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
grant; and

 

(d) will be provided, upon request, reasonable access to, and copies of, all
documents, records and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim.

 

The decision on review shall be made by the Review Panel, which may, in its
discretion, hold a hearing on the denied claim. The review shall take into
account all comments, documents, records and other information submitted by the
claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was
submitted or considered in the initial benefit claim determination.

 

9.5 Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on review
promptly, and not later than sixty (60) days after the filing of a written
request for review of the denial, unless special circumstances require
additional time, in which case the Committee’s decision must be rendered within
one hundred twenty (120) days after such date. In any event, the decision on
review will be delivered

 

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to the Claimant as soon as possible, but not later than five (5) days after the
claim determination is made. Such decision must be written in a manner
calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:

 

(a) specific reasons for the decision;

 

(b) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the
decision was based;

 

(c) a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive upon request and free
of charge reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records and other
information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits, as well as a
statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of
ERISA; and

 

(d) such other matters as the Review Panel deems relevant.

 

9.6 Arbitration. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this
Article IX is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any
arbitration proceeding with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.

 

ARTICLE X.

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

 

10.1 Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to
designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to
receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a
Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or
different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer
in which the Participant participates.

 

10.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent. A Participant shall
designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary
Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated agent. A
Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing,
and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and
the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. If the
Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, a
spousal consent, in the form designated by the Committee, must be signed by that
Participant’s spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by the
Committee of a new Beneficiary designation Form, all Beneficiary designations
previously filed shall be cancelled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on
the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by
the Committee prior to his or her death.

 

10.3 Acknowledgement. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary
shall be effective until received, accepted, and acknowledged in writing by the
Committee or its designated agent.

 

10.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a
Beneficiary as provided in Sections 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 above or, if all
designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete
distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Participant’s spouse shall
be the designated Beneficiary. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the
benefits remaining under the Plan shall be forfeited.

 

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10.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary. If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper
Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have
the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant’s Employer to
withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee’s
satisfaction.

 

10.6 Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the plan to a
Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee
from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant,
and that Participant’s Plan Agreement shall terminate upon such full payment of
benefits.

 

ARTICLE XI.

TRUST

 

11.1 Establishment of the Trust. The Company shall establish the Trust. The
Employers shall transfer over to the Trust such assets, if any, as the Employers
determine, in their sole discretion.

 

11.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the Plan and
the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive
distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the
rights of the Employers, Participants, and the creditors of the Employers to the
assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at all times remain liable
to carry out its obligations under the Plan. Each Employer’s obligations under
the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of
the Trust. And any such distribution shall reduce the Employer’s obligations
under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XII.

ARBITRATION

 

12.1 Arbitration. Any claim or controversy between the parties which the parties
are unable to resolve themselves, and which is not resolved through the claims
procedure set forth in Article IX, including any claim arising out of a
Participant’s employment or the termination of that employment, and including
any claim arising our of, connected with, or related to the formation,
interpretation, performance, or breach of any provision of this Plan, and any
claim or dispute as to whether a claim is subject to arbitration, shall be
submitted to and resolved exclusively by expedited arbitration by a single
arbitrator in accordance with the following procedures:

 

12.2 In the event of a claim or controversy subject to this arbitration
provision, the complaining party shall promptly send written notice to the other
party identifying the matter in dispute and the proposed remedy. Following the
giving of such notice, the parties shall meet and attempt in good faith to
resolve the matter. In the event the parties are unable to resolve the matter
within twenty one (21) days, the parties shall meet and attempt in good faith to
select a single arbitrator acceptable to both parties. If a single arbitrator is
not selected by mutual consent within ten (10) business days following the
giving of the written notice of dispute, an arbitrator shall be selected from a
list of nine (9) persons each of whom shall be an attorney who is either engaged
in the active practice of law or a recognized arbitrator and who, in either
event, is experienced in serving as an arbitrator in disputes between employers
and employees, which list shall be provided by the main San Diego office

 

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of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) or of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service. If, within three (3) business days of the parties’ receipt
of such list, the parties are unable to agree upon an arbitrator from the list,
then the parties shall each strike name alternatively from the list, with the
first to strike being determined by the flip of a coin. After each party has had
four strikes, the remaining name on the list shall be the arbitrator. If such
person is unable to serve for any reason, the parties shall repeat this process
until an arbitrator is selected.

 

12.3 Unless the parties agree otherwise, within sixty (60) days of the selection
of the arbitrator, a hearing shall be conducted before such arbitrator at a time
and a place in a San Diego County agreed upon by the parties. In the event the
parties are unable to agree upon the time or place of the arbitration, the time
and place within San Diego County shall be designated by the arbitrator after
consultation with the parties. Within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the
arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall issue an award, accompanied by a
written decision explaining the basis for the arbitrator’s award.

 

12.4 In any arbitration hereunder, the Company shall pay all administrative fees
of the arbitration and all fees of the arbitrator, except that the Participant
or Beneficiary may, if he wishes, pay up to one-half of those amounts. Each
party shall pay its own attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, unless the
arbitrator orders otherwise. The prevailing party in such arbitration, as
determined by the arbitrator, and in any enforcement or other court proceedings,
shall be entitled, to the extent permitted by law, to reimbursement from the
other party for all of the prevailing party’s costs (including but not limited
to the arbitrator’s compensation), expenses, and attorneys’ fees. The arbitrator
shall have no authority to add to or to modify this Plan, shall apply all
applicable law, and shall have no lesser and no greater remedial authority than
would a court of law resolving the same claim or controversy. The arbitrator
shall, upon an appropriate motion, dismiss any claim without an evidentiary
hearing if the party bringing the motion establishes that it would be entitled
to summary judgment if the matter had been pursued in court litigation. The
parties shall be entitled to reasonable discovery subject to the discretion of
the arbitrator.

 

12.5 The decision of the arbitrator shall be final, binding, and non-appealable,
and may be enforced as a final judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

12.6 This arbitration provision of the Plan shall extend to claims against any
parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of each party, and, when acting within such
capacity, any officer, director, shareholder, Participant, Beneficiary, or agent
of each party, or of any of the above, and shall apply as well to claims arising
out of state and federal statutes and local ordinances as well as to claims
arising under the common law or under this Plan.

 

12.7 Notwithstanding the foregoing, and unless otherwise agreed between the
parties, either party may, in an appropriate matter, apply to a court for
provisional relief, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary
injunction, on the ground that the arbitration award to which the applicant may
be entitled may be rendered ineffectual without provisional relief.

 

12.8 Any arbitration hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with the
employment rules and procedures of the AAA then in effect; provided, however,
that, in the even of any inconsistency between the rules and procedures of the
AAA and the terms of this Plan, the terms of this Plan shall prevail.

 

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12.9 If any of the provisions of this Article XII are determined to be unlawful
or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, such determination shall not
affect the validity of the remainder of this Plan, and this Article XII shall be
reformed to the extent necessary to carry out its provisions to the greatest
extent possible and to insure that the resolution of all conflicts between the
parties, including those arising out of statutory claims, shall be resolved by
neutral, binding arbitration. If a court should find that the provisions of this
Article XII are not absolutely binding, then the parties intend any arbitration
decision and ward to be fully admissible in evidence in any subsequent action,
given great weight by any finder of fact, and treated as determinative to the
maximum extent permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE XIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1 Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries successors
and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests, or claims in any
property or assets of any Employer. Any and all of each Employer’s assets shall
be, and remain, the general, un-pledged, unrestricted assets of the Employer and
the sole interest of a Participant and a Participant’s beneficiaries shall be as
a general creditor of the Company and any Employer. An Employer’s obligation
under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay
money in the future.

 

13.2 Employer’s Liability. An Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits
shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into
between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall have no obligation to
a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and his or
her Plan Agreement.

 

13.3 Non-assignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have
any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or
otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, or convey in advance of actual
receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are,
and all rights to which are, expressly declared to be, un-assignable and
non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment,
be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments,
alimony, or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, nor
be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other
person’s bankruptcy or insolvency.

 

13.4 Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall
not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and
the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “at will”
employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, with
or without cause, unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement.
Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be
retained in the service of any Employer or to interfere with the right of any
Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

 

13.5 Furnishing Information. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will
cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by
the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to
facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits
hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the
Committee may deems necessary.

 

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13.6 Terms. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be
construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so
apply; and wherever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural,
they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular,
as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.

 

13.7 Captions. The captions of the articles, sections, and paragraphs of this
Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or
construction of any of its provisions.

 

13.8 Governing Law. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be
construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of
California without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

 

13.9 Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid
for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the reaming parts
hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal and
invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

 

13.10 Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the
Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered,
or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:

 

PROVIDE COMMERCE, INC.

5005 WATERIDGE VISTA DRIVE

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121

Attn: GENERAL COUNSEL

 

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is
made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for
registration or certification.

 

Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under
this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail,
to the last known address of the Participant.

 

13.11 Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the
benefit of the Participant’s Employer and, to the extent not otherwise provided
in the Plan, its successors and assigns and the Participant and the
Participant’s Beneficiary.

 

13.12 Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a
Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the
Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner,
including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pas
under the laws of intestate succession.

 

13.13 Incompetent. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit
under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent, or to a
person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the
Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal
representative, or person having the care and custody of such minor,
incompetent, or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority,
in competency, incapacity, or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to
distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the
account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may
be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such
payment amount.

 

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13.14 Court Order. The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by
court order in any action in which the Plan or Committee has been named as a
party.

 

13.15 Distribution in the Event of Taxation. If, for any reason, all or any
portion of a Participant’s benefit under this Plan becomes taxable to the
Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee for a
distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become taxable. Upon
the grant of such a petition, which the Committee may grant or refrain from
granting in its sole discretion, a Participant’s Employer shall distribute to
the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable
portion of his or her benefit (which amount shall not exceed the lump sum
Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant’s unpaid Vested SERP Benefit). Such a
distribution shall effect and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Plan document on

December 4, 2005, to be effective as of January 1, 2004.

 

“Company”

PROVIDE COMMERCE, INC.

a Delaware corporation

By:

 

/s/ Blake T. Bilstad

Title:

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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