Exhibit 10(q)

ONCOR

SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

Effective as of January 1, 2010

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Contents

 

 

 

ARTICLE ONE Purposes of the Plan

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ARTICLE TWO Definitions

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ARTICLE THREE Allocation of Costs

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ARTICLE FOUR Benefits

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ARTICLE FIVE Miscellaneous

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ONCOR

SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

(Effective as of January 1, 2010)

ARTICLE ONE

Purposes of the Plan

1.1 The Oncor Supplemental Retirement Plan (“Plan”) is hereby established
effective as of January 1, 2010. The Plan is being established as a combination
of two separate spin-off plans: (1) the EFH Second Supplemental Retirement Plan
(“EFH Plan”); and (2) the Retirement Income Restoration Plan of ENSERCH
Corporation and Participating Subsidiaries (“ENSERCH Plan”). The Plan,
therefore, will assume and provide for the satisfaction of benefit liabilities
accrued under the EFH Plan and the ENSERCH Plan as of December 31, 2008, with
respect to certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and certain
other individuals as designated by the Company. The principal purpose of the
Plan is to provide benefits for Participants in excess of the limitations on
contributions and benefits imposed by relevant provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), on qualified defined benefit
plans.

1.2 The Plan is established for the benefit of Participants as an unfunded
compensation arrangement; provided, however, Supplemental Retirement Benefits
for Participants shall be provided, in whole or in part, under the Trust
Agreement. Any Supplemental Retirement Benefit not paid under the Trust
Agreement shall be paid by the Participating Employer under the provisions of
the Plan.

1.3 The Plan does not give Participants any rights not expressly granted them in
the Plan.

 

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ARTICLE TWO

Definitions

The following definitions apply to the Plan unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:

2.1 “Adjusted Retirement Benefit” shall mean the Retirement Income Allowance
which would have been payable under the provisions of Article VI or VII of the
Retirement Plan without regard to the benefit limitations of Article IX of the
Retirement Plan (or its successor provision) and without excluding from
Earnings: (i) amounts awarded under the EFH Executive Annual Incentive Plan or
the Oncor Executive Annual Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Executive AIP”) or
amounts deferred under nonqualified executive compensation plans and
arrangements adopted from time to time by Participating Employers (including any
amounts deferred by any Participant under the Oncor Salary Deferral Program;
provided, however, that any such amounts shall not be taken into account more
than once in calculating a Participant’s benefit hereunder); and (ii) amounts in
excess of the dollar maximum imposed on Earnings, as defined in the Retirement
Plan. Adjusted Retirement Benefit shall also mean and include special retirement
compensation not payable under the Retirement Plan that a Participating Employer
is contractually committed to pay to a Participant pursuant to an individually
negotiated agreement between the Participating Employer and the Participant. For
purposes of this Plan, such special retirement compensation shall be referred to
as “Special Contractual Retirement Compensation.”

2.2 “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.3 “Affiliated Entity” shall mean any entity, more than 50% of the equity
interest or profit interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly by the
Company; any company which is in a controlled group of corporations (within the
meaning of Code section 414(b)) that includes any such Affiliated Entity; any
entity that is under common control (within the meaning of Code section 414(c))
that includes any such Affiliated Entity; and any entity that is within an
affiliated service group (determined in accordance with Code section 414(m))
that includes any such Affiliated Entity.

 

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2.4 “Committee” means the Plans Administrative Committee whose members are
appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive of
the Company.

2.5 “Company” shall mean Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, its successors and
assigns.

2.6 “EFH” shall mean Energy Future Holdings Corp.

2.8 “Participant” shall mean (a) an employee of a Participating Employer who is
entitled to receive a benefit under the Retirement Plan and whose Retirement
Benefit is less than his Adjusted Retirement Benefit; and (b) an individual
whose benefits under the EFH Plan or the ENSERCH Plan have been assumed by this
Plan.

2.9 “Participating Employer” shall mean the Company or any Affiliated Entity
which has been approved for participation in, and which has adopted, the Plan.
“Participating Employers” shall be used to refer to such entitles jointly or
severally.

2.10 “Plan” shall mean this Oncor Supplemental Retirement Plan, as amended from
time to time.

2.11 “Plan Administrator” shall mean the Committee.

2.12 “Plan Year” shall be the calendar year.

2.13 “Retirement Benefit” shall mean the Retirement Income Allowance payable to
a Participant under the Retirement Plan.

2.14 “Retirement Plan” shall mean the EFH Retirement Plan, as amended from time
to time.

 

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2.15 “Separation from Service” shall mean termination of employment under
circumstances that would qualify as a separation from service for purposes of
Code section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder.

2.16 “Specified Employee” shall have the meaning as defined in Code section
409A, and the regulations issued thereunder.

2.17 “Supplemental Retirement Benefit” or “Benefit” shall mean the benefit equal
in amount to: (a) the difference between the Participant’s Adjusted Retirement
Benefit and the Participant’s Retirement Benefit; and (b) any Special
Contractual Retirement Compensation applicable to the Participant, if any. The
Supplemental Retirement Benefit shall be determined by the actuary for the
Retirement Plan using assumptions consistent with those used in determining
benefits under the Retirement Plan.

2.18 “Trust Agreement” shall mean the Oncor Supplemental Retirement Plan Trust,
established as of January 1, 2010, for the purpose of funding benefits under the
Plan.

2.19 “Trustee” shall mean the entity appointed by the Plan Administrator to
serve as trustee of the Trust.

ARTICLE THREE

Allocation of Costs

3.1 The cost of providing the benefits payable under the Plan shall be allocated
to the Participating Employer which is the employer of the Participant.

3.2 If a Participant has service with more than one of the Participating
Employers which is relevant to benefits provided thereunder, the costs of
providing the benefits payable to such Participant shall be apportioned in a
manner determined by the Participating Employers.

3.3 The Company, as agent for the Participating Employers, will pay all Benefits
provided hereunder and administer all transactions relating to the Plan, except
Benefits payable under the Trust Agreement shall be paid by the respective
Trustee of each such trust in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

Benefits

4.1 A Participant shall be entitled to receive a Supplemental Retirement
Benefit, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan; provided, however, Benefits
payable to Participants under the Trust Agreement shall be subject to additional
provisions set forth in the Trust Agreement, as applicable, which provisions
shall be controlling.

4.2 Supplemental Retirement Benefits shall be payable in the form, and at such
times, as follows:

(a) With respect to a Participant entitled to a benefit under the Traditional
Retirement Plan Formula or under Appendix B of the Retirement Plan, in the form
of a single life annuity or any other actuarially equivalent life annuity form
available under the Retirement Plan (which shall specifically exclude payment in
a lump sum or any Social Security leveling option), commencing upon the later of
(i) the first day of the second month following such Participant’s Separation
from Service (i.e., separation on April 30 with first payment on June 1), or
(ii) the earliest date at which such Participant would be eligible to commence
benefits under the Retirement Plan; or

(b) With respect to a Participant entitled to a benefit under the Cash Balance
Plan Formula of the Retirement Plan, a single, lump-sum payment, payable upon
the later of (i) such Participant’s Separation from Service, or (ii) the date
such Participant would have achieved ten (10) years of Accredited Service under
the Retirement Plan (as defined therein) if such Participant had remained in
continuous employment and not experienced a Separation from Service.

 

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4.3 Special Contractual Retirement Compensation shall be paid at such time and
in such form as provided in the underlying agreement or as elected by the
Participant pursuant to the terms thereof; provided, however that if the Plan
Administrator determines that the terms of such agreement, or the circumstances
of such election, do not meet the requirements of Code section 409A or any
applicable transition relief, such Special Contractual Retirement Compensation
shall be paid pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section 4.2 above, or, if
no provision of said sections is otherwise applicable, such Special Contractual
Retirement Compensation shall be paid in the form of a single lump-sum payment
as of the date of such Participant’s Separation from Service.

4.4 With respect to any Participant who is a Specified Employee, payment of any
benefit shall not commence earlier than the date that is six (6) months
following the date of such Specified Employee’s Separation from Service. In the
event that any benefit payable in the form of a life annuity is delayed by
application of this Section 4.4, then, upon commencement, the monthly benefit
payable to the Participant shall be determined based upon the Participant’s age
at his Separation from Service, and the first payment shall include all payments
that would have otherwise become payable during the period of such delay.

4.5 The provisions of Section 4.4 shall not apply (a) with respect to any
distribution made on account of the death of the Participant, or (b) if, at the
time of such Participant’s Separation from Service, no stock of either the
Company or the Participant’s employer is publicly traded on an established
securities market or otherwise.

4.6 Any Benefit payable under the Plan shall constitute a general unsecured
obligation of the Company, and shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s
creditors.

 

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ARTICLE FIVE

Miscellaneous

5.1 The Board of Directors shall be vested with full power and authority to
amend the Plan or to terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no act of
amendment or termination shall reduce any Benefit accrued to the date such act
is adopted.

5.2 The Plan Administrator shall have the same powers, duties and
responsibilities with respect to the administration of the Plan as provided to
the Plan of Administrator under the Retirement Plan for purposes of
administering the terms thereof. Furthermore, the Plan Administrator may appoint
one or more persons to assist in carrying out the day-to-day operation of the
Plan or the Trust Agreement. The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Plan
Administrator shall include specifically, but not by way of limitation, the
authority to carry out the policy of the Company that applicable remuneration
for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 1993, with respect to a
Participant, shall not exceed the level of deductibility provided for in
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code or any successor provision.

5.3 Notwithstanding Section 5.1 or any other provision of the Plan or the Trust
to the contrary, the Plan Administrator may authorize the Trustee to make the
following payments even if they would otherwise not be permitted by the Trust,
and a Participating Employer may refrain from making any contributions or
payments otherwise required or permitted to be made by the Plan or the Trust, to
the extent necessary to satisfy the following requirements.

(a) No amount shall be set aside or reserved directly or indirectly (under the
Trust or otherwise), during any restricted period (as defined in
Section 409A(b)(3)(B) of the Code) for the purpose of paying a Benefit under the
Plan to any Participant who is an applicable covered employee (as defined in
Section 409A(b)(3)(D) of the Code). It is understood that a restricted period
will generally occur in a Plan Year if any single-employer

 

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defined benefit plan (an “Applicable Plan”) maintained by the Company or any
company that is in a controlled group that includes the Company (within the
meaning of Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and guidance issued by the
Internal Revenue Service) is “at risk” within the meaning of Section 430(i) of
the Code for the preceding Plan Year. “Applicable covered employee” generally
includes any Participant who is, with respect to the Company or any entity under
common control with the Company, described in section 162(m)(3) of the Code or
subject to the requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. All such persons are referred to herein as “Covered Employees.”

(b) The Plan Administrator shall monitor the funding status of each Applicable
Plan and will determine whether a restricted period exists with respect to any
such plan. If the Plan Administrator determines that a restricted period exists
for a Plan Year, it shall determine whether any amount, including earnings, has
been set aside or reserved during that period for the purpose of paying a
Benefit to any Covered Employee or would be set aside but for the action of the
Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator may request the Trustee to pay such
amount to the Company or to any other person designated by the Plan
Administrator or to otherwise segregate such amount from the assets of the
Trust. The foregoing shall not apply, however, to the extent that the Company
elects to treat the amount set aside or reserved as a transfer of property for
tax purposes and taxable to the Covered Employee accordingly.

(c) Subject to any guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan
Administrator may use any method it deems appropriate to calculate the amount
set aside or reserved for any Covered Employee during a restricted period. The
determination

 

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made by the Plan Administrator shall be binding on the Trustee and each Covered
Employee and any person claiming any interest in or payment from the Trust
related to such Covered Employee. The Plan Administrator may also utilize any
program approved by the Internal Revenue Service to correct any amount that was
improperly set aside under the Trust, and may adopt such rules and procedures as
it deems necessary to comply with Section 409A(b)(3) of the Code.

(d) The Plan Administrator shall maintain a record of any amount transferred
from the Trust pursuant to paragraph (b), or that a Participating Employer does
not contribute to the Trust. Such amount shall be credited with interest or
earnings based on what would have been allocable to such amounts if they had
been held in the Trust. Such amount shall be paid to the Trust as soon as
possible after the Plan Administrator determines that no Applicable Plan remains
in a restricted period. If any payment from the Trust to a Covered Employee or
the Covered Employee’s beneficiary has been reduced or withheld as a result of
the restrictions of this Section, such amount shall be paid to such employee in
a lump sum as soon as possible after the amount contemplated in the foregoing
sentence is paid to the Trustee. The Company may also make such payments
directly.

(e) The purpose of this Section is to comply with the restrictions of
Section 409A(b)(3) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. This
provision is intended to impose only those restrictions that are required by
that Section and only on the persons covered by the Section. The Plan
Administrator shall interpret and apply this Section accordingly.

 

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5.4 Any Participating Employer, as defined herein, may participate under this
Plan upon approval of the Board of Directors and approval of the appropriate
governing body of such Participating Employer. Any Participating Employer may,
by action of its appropriate governing body, withdraw from participation in the
Plan upon thirty (30) days prior notice to the Company.

5.5 The Plan is intended to satisfy the requirements of Code section 409A and
the regulations adopted thereunder, and shall be construed to that end. Except
as otherwise preempted by Federal law, the Plan shall be construed under the
laws of Texas.

Executed effective as of the effective date first set forth above.

 

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC By:  

/s/ Debra L. Elmer

  Debra L. Elmer   Vice President, Human Resources

 

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