Exhibit 10a(1)

LIMITED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PLAN

FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF

PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED

AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

Amended April 2007, Effective as of January 1, 2006

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LIMITED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PLAN
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

1.

PURPOSE

1

 

 

 

2.

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THE PLAN

1

 

 

 

3.

DEATH BENEFIT

5

 

 

 

4.

RETIREMENT BENEFIT

5

 

 

 

5.

ADMINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTS

9

 

 

 

6.

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES

10

 

 

 

7.

LIMITATION OF BENEFITS

11

 

 

 

8.

PLAN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

11

 

 

 

9.

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

11

 

 

 

10.

WHAT CONSTITUTES NOTICE

11

 

 

 

11.

ADVANCE DISCLAIMER OF WAIVER

12

 

 

 

12.

EFFECT OF INVALIDITY OF ANY PART OF THE PLAN

12

 

 

 

13.

PLAN BINDING ON ANY SUCCESSOR

12

 

 

 

14.

FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE

12

 

 

 

15.

LAW GOVERNING THE PLAN

12

 

 

 

16.

MISCELLANEOUS

12

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LIMITED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PLAN
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

1.

PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to assist the Company in attracting and
retaining a stable pool of key managerial talent and to encourage long-term key
employee commitment to the Company by providing selected employees of the
Company with certain limited supplemental death and retirement benefits as
defined herein. The Plan is intended to provide such benefits to a select group
of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of ERISA who
terminate employment with the Company and its ERISA Affiliates after becoming
eligible for immediately payable periodic benefits under the Pension Plan or for
early or normal retirement benefits under the Cash Balance Plan.

 

 

 

The Plan was last amended, effective as of January 1, 2006, to conform the Plan
to certain requirements of Code Section 409A, as well as to provide for lump sum
payments of deminimus benefits and the terms contained herein shall supersede
all prior iterations of the Plan.

 

 

2.

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED IN THE PLAN. As used in the Plan, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:

 

 

 

 

(a)

“Account” — Any account established pursuant to Paragraph 3(b) or 4(f) of the
Plan.

 

 

 

 

(b)

“Assets” — All amounts that have been credited to an Employee’s Account in
accordance with Paragraph 3(b), 4(f), or 5(b) of the Plan.

 

 

 

 

(c)

“Beneficiary” — The individual(s) and/or entity(ies) designated in writing by a
Participant in the form attached to the Plan as Schedule A.

 

 

 

 

(d)

“Cash Balance Plan” — The Cash Balance Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise
Group Incorporated.

 

 

 

 

(e)

“Change in Control” — For the purposes of the Plan, a Change in Control of the
Company shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

 

 

 

(i)

any “person” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended from time to time (the “Act”)) is or becomes the beneficial
owner within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Act (a “Beneficial Owner”),
directly or indi­rectly, of the Company’s securities of (not including in the
securities beneficially owned by such person any securities

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acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing 25% or more
of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securi­ties,
excluding any person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a
transaction described in clause (A) of paragraph (iii) below; or

 

 

 

 

(ii)

the following individuals cease for any reason to consti­tute a majority of the
number of directors then serving: individuals who, on December 15, 1998,
constitute the board of directors of the Company (“Board”) and any new director
(other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with
an actual or threatened election contest, includ­ing but not limited to a
consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company)
whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors
on December 15, 1998 or whose appointment, election or nomination for election
was previously so approved or recom­mended; or

 

 

 

 

(iii)

there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation,
other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or
consoli­dation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent
thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company, at least 75% of the combined voting power of the
securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or
consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or
similar transaction) in which no person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 25% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

 

 

 

(iv)

the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or
dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets,
other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of
the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 75% of the combined voting power of
the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders

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of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their own­ership of the
Company immediately prior to such sale.

 

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), a “Change
in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation
of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following
which the record holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior to
such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the
same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of
transactions.

 

 

 

 

(f)

“Code” — The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

 

 

 

(g)

“Committee” — The Employee Benefits Committee of the Company as selected by its
Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

(h)

“Company” — Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated.

 

 

 

 

(i)

“Compensation” —

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

For the purposes of calculating the Death Benefit pursuant to Paragraph 3 of the
Plan, as to any Participant, Compensation shall be equal to the annual rate of
salary of the Participant in effect at the date of death; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

For the purposes of calculating the Retirement Benefit pursuant to Paragraph 4
of the Plan, as to any Participant, Compensation shall be equal to the average
of the total remuneration paid to such Participant for services rendered to the
Company, excluding i) the Company’s cost for any public or private employee
benefit plan but including all elective contributions that are made by the
Company on behalf of a Participant which are not includable in income under Code
Sections 125 or 401(k) and ii) all awards to the Participant under the Company’s
Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, for the five years ending at the earlier
of such Participant’s date of Retirement or attainment of normal retirement age
under the Pension Plan; provided, however, that for the purposes of Paragraph 4
of the Plan, Compensation with respect to any Participant who is also a
participant in the Company’s Management Incentive Compensation Plan or the PSEG
Power LLC Incentive Compensation Program for PSEG Energy Resources and Trade LLC
Employees shall not exceed the amount which is 150% of the average annual base
salary of the Participant for the applicable five-year period.

 

 

 

 

(j)

“ERISA” — The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

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(k)

“ERISA Affiliate” — any organization which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which includes the Company; or
any trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common
control (as defined in Code Section 414(c), as modified by Code Section 415(h))
with the Company; or a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code
Section 414(m)) which includes the Company or any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Company as required by regulations promulgated pursuant to
Code Section 414(o).

 

 

 

 

(l)

“Participant” — Each employee of the Company or an ERISA Affiliate nominated by
the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and designated by the Company’s
Employee Benefits Policy Committee. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company
shall nominate such select and key employees of the Company and its ERISA
Affiliates upon such terms as he shall deem appropriate due to the employee’s
responsibilities and opportunity to contribute substantially to the financial
and operating objectives of the Company.

 

 

 

 

(m)

“Pension Plan” — The Pension Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group
Incorporated.

 

 

 

 

(n)

“Plan” — The Limited Supplemental Benefits Plan for Certain Employees of Public
Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and its Subsidiaries, the terms of which
are contained herein

 

 

 

 

(o)

“Retirement” — For the purposes of the Plan, Retirement shall mean either (i) or
(ii), as the case may be:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

in the case of a Participant who participates in the Pension Plan, the
Participant shall incur a Retirement for purposes of the Plan if he or she
incurs a termination of service with the Company and its ERISA Affiliates after
having attained the right to receive an immediately payable periodic benefit
under the Pension Plan or when the sum of Participant’s age and service are
equal to or exceed 80. In determining whether the Participant has attained the
right to an immediately payable periodic benefit under the Pension Plan, he or
she shall receive additional years of age and service in accordance with any
employment, change in control, or similar arrangement applicable to the
Participant, provided the Participant incurs a termination of service from the
Company and its ERISA Affiliates during the two-year period commencing upon the
date of a Change in Control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

in the case of a Participant who participates in the Cash Balance Plan, the
Participant shall incur a Retirement for purposes of the Plan if he or she
incurs a termination of service with the Company and its ERISA Affiliates after
his or her Early Retirement Date or Normal Retirement Date (as those terms are
defined in the Cash Balance Plan). In determining whether the Participant has
attained his or her Early Retirement Date or Normal

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Retirement Date, he or she shall receive additional years of age and service in
accordance with any employment, change in control, or similar arrangement
applicable to the Participant, provided the Participant incurs a termination of
service from the Company and its ERISA Affiliates during the two-year period
commencing upon the date of a Change in Control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retirement shall not include termination of service with the right to a deferred
pension under the Pension Plan or a deferred retirement benefit or early
commencement of payment of a participant’s Cash Balance Account under the Cash
Balance Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

(p)

“Retirement Plan” — Any pension plan within the meaning of ERISA, excluding (i)
the Pension Plan, the Cash Balance Plan and all defined contribution plans
maintained by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, except insofar as any such
defined contribution plan may provide supplementary benefits to the Pension Plan
or the Cash Balance Plan, (ii) this Plan and (iii) all deferred compensation
plans, tax credit employee stock ownership plans and thrift plans, and all other
profit-sharing plans which are not the principal retirement benefit of a plan
sponsor, maintained by sponsors other than the Company.

 

 

 

 

(q)

“Voting Stock” — Outstanding stock of a corporation entitled to vote in the
election of the directors of that corporation.

 

 

 

3.

DEATH BENEFIT.

 

 

 

(a)

Amount of Benefit — If a Participant dies while in the active employment of the
Company or an ERISA Affiliate, the Company shall provide a death benefit to such
Participant’s Beneficiary in an amount equal to 150% of the Participant’s
Compensation, adjusted to the nearest $1,000, or to the next highest $1,000 if
such Compensation is a multiple of $500 but not of $1,000.

 

 

 

 

(b)

Establishment of Account — Upon the death of a Participant during employment
with the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, the Company shall establish an Account
for the benefit of such Participant’s Beneficiary. Such Account shall initially
be credited with an amount equal to the benefit provided under Paragraph 3(a)
and shall be held and administered as provided in Paragraph 5 of the Plan.

 

 

 

4.

RETIREMENT BENEFIT.

 

 

 

(a)

General — At Retirement, the Company shall provide each Participant with a
retirement benefit calculated as provided in this Paragraph 4.

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(b)

Determination of Benefit —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

Pension Plan Participants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A)

The Participant’s Compensation shall be multiplied by an amount equal to one
one-hundredth of the sum of (x) the number of the Participant’s years of
credited service under the Pension Plan at Retirement (including any additional
years of age and service provided to the Participant in accordance with any
employment, change in control, or similar arrangement applicable to the
Participant so long as the Participant incurs a termination of service from the
Company and its ERISA Affiliates during the two-year period commencing upon the
date of a Change in Control), (y) the number of any additional years of service
credit to which the Participant may be entitled from the Company under the
Mid-Career Supplemental Retirement Income Plan of Public Service Enterprise
Group Incorporated and its Affiliates or any written arrangement with the
Company or an ERISA Affiliate Company (excluding any written arrangement between
the Company or ERISA Affiliate and the Participant relating to a Change in
Control), and (z) 30; but, in no event, shall the multiple be greater than 0.75.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

The amount determined under subparagraph (A) of this Paragraph 4(b)(i) shall be
reduced by the sum of (x) the amount the Participant would be entitled to at
Retirement as an annual pension benefit under the Pension Plan and any
supplemental retirement plan (other than this Plan) maintained by the Company or
an ERISA Affiliate calculated as a single life annuity without reduction for any
pre-retirement survivor’s option coverage or any reduction for early retirement,
(y) 100% of the amount of the unreduced annual Social Security benefit to which
the Participant would be entitled at age 65 (or such other age which may be
established by the Social Security Administration from time to time as the
earliest age at which a Participant may receive an unreduced benefit
thereunder), assuming that the Participant has no earnings from the date of
Retirement to age 65 (or such other applicable age), or, if greater, any
disability benefit under Social Security to which the Participant may be
entitled, and (z) the aggregate of the annual benefits to which the Participant
is entitled under all Retirement Plans as of the date the Participant is
employed by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, the such Social Security Benefits
and benefits under all Retirement Plans to be calculated as single life
annuities without any reductions, under rules, procedures and equivalents
determined by the Committee. To determine the amounts referred to under (y) and
(z) above, the

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Participant shall file a declaration of all such amounts with the Performance
and Rewards Department of the Company’s subsidiary, PSEG Services Corporation,
in such form as the Committee may require from time to time. No benefit shall be
paid under the Plan until such a declaration, in satisfactory form, shall be
filed with the Performance and Rewards Department. If a Participant is granted a
disability Social Security benefit, he shall notify the Performance and Rewards
Department thereof within 30 days thereof, and the Participant’s retirement
benefit under this Plan shall be adjusted accordingly. The Company shall be
entitled to rely on such statements in making payment, and if any such statement
is incorrect or is not furnished, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement
from the Participant, the Beneficiary or their legal representatives for any
overpayment and may reduce or suspend future payments to recover any such
overpayment. In the event it is established to the satisfaction of the
Committee, in its sole discretion, that any such statement was intentionally
false or omitted, the Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to no further
payments under the Plan, and the Company shall be entitled to recover any
payments made hereunder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Cash Balance Plan Participants:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A)

The Participant’s Compensation shall be multiplied by an amount equal to one
one-hundredth of the sum of (x) the number of the Participant’s years of service
under the Pension Plan with which such Participant would have been credited at
Retirement had the Participant participated in the Pension Plan from his/her
date of hire and including any additional years of age and service provided to
the participant in accordance with any employment, change in control, or similar
arrangement applicable to the Participant so long as the Participant incurs a
termination of service from the Company and its ERISA Affiliates during the
two-year period commencing upon the date of a Change in Control, (y) the number
of any additional years of service credit to which the Participant may be
entitled from the Company under the Mid-Career Supplemental Retirement Income
Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and its Affiliates or any
written arrangement with the Company or an ERISA Affiliate (excluding any
written arrangement between the Company or ERISA Affiliate relating to a Change
in Control) the , and (z) 30; but, in no event, shall the multiple be greater
than 0.75.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B)

The amount determined under subparagraph (A) of this Paragraph 4(b)(ii) shall be
reduced by the sum of (x) the amount the Participant would be entitled to at
Retirement as an annual

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pension benefit under the Cash Balance Plan and any supplemental retirement plan
(other than this Plan) maintained by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate the
calculated as a single life annuity payable at the Participant’s Normal
Retirement Date (as defined under the Cash Balance Plan), (y) 100% of the amount
of the unreduced annual Social Security benefit to which the Participant would
be entitled at age 65 (or such other age which may be established by the Social
Security Administration from time to time as the earliest age at which a
Participant may receive an unreduced benefit thereunder), assuming that the
Participant has no earnings from the date of Retirement to age 65 (or such other
applicable age), or, if greater, any disability benefit under Social Security to
which the Participant may be entitled, and (z) the aggregate of the annual
benefits to which the Participant is entitled under all Retirement Plans as of
the date the Participant is employed by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, such
Social Security Benefits and benefits under all Retirement Plans to be
calculated as single life annuities without any reductions, under rules,
procedures and equivalents determined by the Committee. To determine the amounts
referred to under (y) and (z) above, the Participant shall file a declaration of
all such amounts with the Performance and Rewards Department in such form as the
Committee may require from time to time. No benefit shall be paid under the Plan
until such a declaration, in satisfactory form, shall be filed with the
Performance and Rewards Department. If a Participant is granted a disability
Social Security benefit, he shall notify the Performance and Rewards Department
thereof within 30 days thereof, and the Participant’s retirement benefit under
this Plan shall be adjusted accordingly. The Company shall be entitled to rely
on such statements in making payment, and if any such statement is incorrect or
is not furnished, the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Participant, the Beneficiary or their legal representatives for any overpayment
and may reduce or suspend future payments to recover any such overpayment. In
the event it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee, in its sole
discretion, that any such statement was intentionally false or omitted, the
Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to no further payments under the
Plan, and the Company shall be entitled to recover any payments made hereunder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Forms of Benefit — The annual amount determined under paragraph (b) of this
Paragraph 4 shall be paid in the form of a life annuity; either a single life
annuity in monthly installments or a joint and survivor annuity in monthly
installments based upon such annual amount and calculated in accordance with the
form of benefit option selected by the Participant; provided, however, that if
the Participant has selected a lump-sum distribution under the Pension Plan or
the

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Cash Balance Plan, distribution under this Plan shall be made in the form of a
single life annuity.

 

 

 

 

 

Provided, further, that that if the vested Plan benefit of a participant or
beneficiary, as presently valued at the time of commencement of the payment of
such benefit, does not exceed $10,000, such person shall be paid a lump sum
distribution of the actuarial equivalent of his/her vested plan benefit (in
determining the amount of a lump sum distribution under this Plan, actuarial
equivalence shall be determined by using the Applicable Mortality Table and the
Applicable Interest Rate as those terms are defined in Section 1 of the Pension
Plan of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated as then in effect).

 

 

 

 

(d)

Commencement of Benefit – The benefit to be paid pursuant to this Paragraph 4
shall commence at the same time as the Participant’s benefit under the Pension
Plan or Cash Balance Plan except that for any Participant who is a “Key
Employee,” as defined in the Code, commencement of his/her benefit may not occur
earlier than six months following his/her Retirement.

 

 

 

5.

ADMINISTRATION OF ACCOUNTS.

 

 

 

 

(a)

General — Accounts shall be established under the Plan only pursuant to
Paragraph 3(b) hereof. All Accounts shall be administered in accordance with the
provisions of this Paragraph 5.

 

 

 

 

(b)

Interest on Assets in the Account — The Assets credited to an Account shall
accrue interest at a market rate of interest as may be determined from time to
time by the Committee.

 

 

 

 

(c)

Timing of the Distribution(s) — A Beneficiary shall receive the distribution of
the Account in the form of monthly distributions over a ten-year period
commencing in the month following the month of the Participant’s death. The
amount of each installment shall be determined by dividing the then unpaid
balance in the Account, including accrued and unpaid interest, by the number of
installments remaining to be paid.

 

 

 

 

(d)

Request for Change in Distribution — A Beneficiary or legal representative may
request a change in the timing, frequency or amount of payments made from a
Account by filing a written request therefor with the Committee. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, grant such request only if the Committee determines
that an emergency beyond the control of the Beneficiary or legal representative
exists and which would cause such Beneficiary or legal representative severe
financial hardship if the payment of such benefits were not approved. Any such
distribution for hardship shall be limited to the amount needed to meet such
emergency. The Committee shall inform the Beneficiary or legal representative of
its decision within sixty (60) days of receipt of the written request.

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6.

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

General — To designate an individual(s) and/or entity(ies) to receive the
benefits of the Plan with respect to a Participant, such Participant must file a
written designation in the form of Schedule A to the Plan with the Committee.
Subject to the restrictions of this Paragraph 6, a Participant may change such
designation by filing a subsequent written designation.

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Death Benefit — By designation on Section 1 of a Schedule A filed with the
Committee, a Participant may name an individual(s) and/or entity(ies) to receive
a death benefit under Paragraph 3 of the Plan with respect to such Participant.
A Participant may change such designation by filing a subsequent notification in
the form of Schedule A.

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Retirement Benefits —

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i)

Single Life Annuity. If a Participant’s retirement benefit under the Plan is
paid as a single life annuity under Paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Plan, there shall
be no Beneficiary with respect to such benefit and all retirement benefits shall
cease upon the Participant’s death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Joint and Survivor Annuity. If a Participant’s retirement benefit under
Paragraph 4(c)(ii) of the Plan is paid as joint and survivor annuity, the
post-retirement survivorship shall be paid to the Participant’s spouse. If the
Participant’s spouse predeceases the Participant within five years from the date
of Participant’s Retirement, the Participant’s retirement benefit hereunder will
automatically revert and return to a single life annuity commencing the first
day of the month following the month in which the spouse died. If, however, the
spouse predeceases the Participant more than five years after Participant’s
Retirement, the Participant’s reduced retirement benefit shall continue during
his life and no survivor benefit shall be paid.

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Designation by Last Remaining Beneficiary — After a Participant’s death, if
there is only one remaining Beneficiary with respect to a death benefit under
Paragraph 3 of the Plan, such Beneficiary shall be entitled to designate in
writing to the Committee an individual to be paid any remainder of such benefit
under the Plan at such Beneficiary’s death. If no such further designation is
made, such remainder shall be paid to such Beneficiary’s estate. In the event of
such Beneficiary’s death, and regardless of whether any such further designation
has been made, the Committee in its sole discretion may require any such
remainder to be paid as a lump sum.

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7.

LIMITATION OF BENEFITS.

 

 

 

(a)

The Plan shall be unfunded with respect to all benefits to be paid hereunder. In
addition, the Company shall not be required to segregate any amounts credited to
any Account, which shall be established merely as an accounting convenience;
title to and beneficial ownership of any Assets credited to any Account shall at
all times remain in the Company, and no Participant, Beneficiary or legal
representative shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific assets of the
Company.

 

 

 

 

(b)

The payment of any death or survivorship benefit under this Plan shall be
contingent upon such evidence of death as may be required by the Committee.

 

 

 

 

(c)

If the Company should terminate the Plan pursuant to Paragraph 9 hereof, the
Company’s obligation to pay any benefits under the Plan shall likewise
terminate; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in said
Paragraph 9, the Company may not terminate the Plan with respect to any
Participant subsequent to that Participant’s Retirement or death.

 

 

8.

PLAN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. The Plan shall not constitute
a contract for the continued employment of any Participant by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate reserves the right to
modify a Participant’s Compensation at any time and from time to time as it
considers appropriate and to terminate any Participant’s employment for any
reason at any time notwithstanding the Plan.

 

 

9.

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN. The Board of Directors of the Company may,
in its sole discretion, amend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time,
provided, however, that no such amendment, modification or termination shall
deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of a previously acquired right unless
such Participant or his Beneficiary or his legal representative shall consent to
such change. Provided, further, however, that after a Change in Control, this
Plan may not be terminated nor the benefit calculation reduced with respect to
any Participant in the Plan on the date of such Change in Control unless such
Participant or his Beneficiary or his legal representative shall consent to such
change. No right to a death benefit under the Plan shall accrue until a
Participant’s death and no right to a retirement benefit shall accrue until a
Participant’s Retirement.

 

 

10.

WHAT CONSTITUTES NOTICE. Any notice to a Participant, a Beneficiary or any legal
representative hereunder shall be given in writing, by personal delivery,
overnight express service or by United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed
to such person’s last known address. Any notice to the Company or the Committee
hereunder (including the filing of Schedule A) shall be given by delivering it
in person or by overnight express service, or depositing it in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Employee Benefits Committee,
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, 80 Park Plaza, T10B, P.O. Box
1171, Newark, New Jersey, 07101.

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11.

ADVANCE DISCLAIMER OF WAIVER. Failure by the Company or the Committee to insist
upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof
shall not be deemed a waiver of any such term, covenant or condition, nor shall
any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power hereunder at any one or more
times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any such right or power at any
other time or times.

 

 

12.

EFFECT OF INVALIDITY OF ANY PART OF THE PLAN. The invalidity or unenforceability
of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision of the Plan.

 

 

13.

PLAN BINDING ON ANY SUCCESSOR. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Plan
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, its successors
and assigns, including but not limited to any corporation which may acquire all
or substantially all of the Company’s assets and business or with or into which
the Company may be consolidated or merged.

 

 

14.

FUNCTION OF THE COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee and
the Committee shall be the final arbiter of any question that may arise under
the Plan.

 

 

15.

LAW GOVERNING THE PLAN. Except to the extent federal law applies, the Plan shall
be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of law. This Plan is specifically intended to comply
with the provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “AJCA”) and
Section 409A of the Code and it shall automatically incorporate all applicable
restrictions of the AJCA, the Code and its related regulations, and the Company
will amend the Plan to the extent necessary to comply with those requirements.
The timing under which a Participant will have a right to receive any payment
under this Plan will be deemed to be automatically modified, and a Participant’s
rights under the Plan limited to conform to any requirements under, the AJCA,
the Code and its related regulations.

 

 

16.

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

 

 

 

(a)

The masculine pronoun shall mean the feminine wherever appropriate.

 

 

(b)

The headings are for convenience only. In the event of a conflict between the
headings of a paragraph and its contents, the contents shall control.

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LIMITED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PLAN
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE A

 

 

Section 1.

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY(IES) FOR DEATH AND 10-YEAR CERTAIN ANNUITY BENEFITS

In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following individuals,
fiduciaries or other entities, either in their own right or in their
representative capacity, in the proportions and in the priority of interest
designated, to be the beneficiaries of any death benefits owing to me under
Paragraph 3 or 4, and any 10-year certain annuity retirement benefits owing to
me under Paragraphs 5(c)(iii) and (iv), of the Limited Supplemental Death
Benefits and Retirement Plan of Public Service Electric and Gas Company (Plan).

PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES -The following beneficiary(ies) shall receive all such
benefits payable under the Plan in the event of my death in the proportions
designated hereunder. If any one or more of the primary beneficiaries designated
hereunder shall predecease me, such beneficiary’s share(s) shall be divided
equally among the remaining primary beneficiaries.

 

 

 

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Section 1 (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME AND PRESENT ADDRESS
PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES

 

PROPORTIONATE
INTEREST OF PRIMARY
BENEFICIARY (IES)

 

RELATIONSHIP TO
EMPLOYEE

 

 

 

 

 

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SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES -The following beneficiary(ies) shall receive all such
benefits payable under the Plan in the event of my death in proportions
designated hereunder only if all of my primary beneficiaries have predeceased
me. If all primary beneficiaries have predeceased me and if any one or more of
the secondary beneficiaries designated hereunder shall predecease me, such
secondary beneficiary’s share(s) shall be divided equally among the remaining
secondary beneficiaries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME AND PRESENT ADDRESS
SECONDARY BENEFICIARIES

 

PROPORTIONATE
INTEREST OF SECONDARY
BENEFICIARY (IES)

 

RELATIONSHIP TO
EMPLOYEE

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 1 (Continued)

ESTATE - In the event I have declined to designate a beneficiary under this
Section 1 with respect to any such benefits payable under the Plan, or if all of
the beneficiaries that I have designated predecease me, then all such benefits
payable under the Plan shall be payable to my estate.

 

 

Section 2.

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FOR JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY.

In the event of my death, if I am not paid a joint and survivor annuity under
the Pension Plan of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, I hereby designate
the following individual to be the beneficiary with respect to any joint and
survivor annuity paid to me under Paragraph 5(c) (ii) of the Plan. If I am paid
a joint and survivor annuity under the Pension Plan, I understand my beneficiary
for a survivor benefit under Paragraph 5(c)(ii) of the Plan will be the same as
under the Pension Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

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Address:

 

 

 

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Relationship
to Employee:

 

 

 

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Date of Birth:

 

 

 

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Date:

 

 

 

 

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EMPLOYEE’S SIGNATURE

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