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EXHIBIT 10.01


FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA, INC. AMENDED AND

RESTATED 2005 SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEFERRED

COMPENSATION PLAN




            1.           Purpose.



                          Flextronics International USA, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends and restates in its entirety
the Flextronics International USA, Inc. 2005 Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan (as
amended and restated, the “Plan”). The Plan sets forth the terms of an unfunded deferred
compensation plan for a select group of management, highly compensated employees, directors and
persons who have been part of a select group of management, highly compensated employees or
directors of Company who may agree, pursuant to the Deferral Agreements, to defer certain
compensation. It is intended that the Plan constitute an unfunded “top hat plan” for purposes of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The Plan shall be
administered and construed in accordance with Section 409A of Code and any administrative guidance
issued thereunder.



            2.           Definitions.



                          The following terms used in the Plan shall have the meanings set forth below:



                          (a)            “Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any entity directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company or any other entity designated
by the Board in which the Company or an Affiliate has an interest.



                          (b)            “Award Agreement” shall mean any agreement between the Company and a Participant
for the payment to the Participant of compensation that is deferred under this Plan.



                          (c)           “Beneficiary” shall mean any person, persons, trust or other entity designated by a
Participant to receive benefits, if any, under the Plan upon such Participant’s death. No
designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and
acknowledged in writing by the Committee or Plan Administrator.



                          (d)           “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of FIL



                          (e)           “Change in Control” shall mean a change in the ownership or effective control of
the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of its assets, within the meaning of
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and administrative guidance issued under Code Section 409A.



                          (f)           “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).



                          (g)           “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulations
issued thereunder.



 









 





                          (h)            “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee appointed by the Board.



                          (i)            “Company” shall mean Flextronics International USA, Inc., any successor to
all or a major portion of the Company’s assets or business that assumes the obligations of the
Company, and any other corporation or unincorporated trade or business that has adopted the Plan
with the approval of the Company, and is a member of the same controlled group of corporations or
the same group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of Code sections
414(b) and 414(c)) as the Company, or 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
pursuant to regulations under Code sections 414(o) and 409A or any other affiliated entity that is
designated by the Company as eligible to adopt the Plan.



                          (j)            “Deferral Account” shall mean the recordkeeping account, and any
sub-accounts if determined by the Committee or the Plan Administrator to be necessary or
appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, established and maintained by the Company in
the name of a Participant as provided in Section 4(b) for compensation payable to a Participant
pursuant to a Deferral Agreement.



                          (k)            “Deferral Agreement” shall mean an agreement executed by the Participant and
the Company, in such form as approved by the Committee or the Plan Administrator, and as may be
revised from time to time with respect to any one or more Participants by or at the direction of
the Committee or Plan Administrator, whereby (A) the Participant (i) agrees to receive certain
types of compensation in the future pursuant to the provisions of this Plan, (ii) elects to defer
future compensation such Participant would otherwise be entitled to receive in cash from the
Company, including an amount or percentage of compensation to be deferred, and/or (iii) makes such
other elections as are permitted and provides such other information as is required under the Plan,
and (B) the Participant specifies a schedule according to which the Participant will receive payout
of his or her compensation that is payable in the future under this Plan. Each Deferral Agreement
shall be consistent with this Plan and shall incorporate by its terms the provisions of this Plan.



                          (l)            “Deferral Day” shall mean, for each Participant, the day on which the
Company is required, by the terms of the applicable Deferral Agreement form or any other
agreement between the Participant and the Company, to credit an amount to the Participant’s
Deferral Account under this Plan.



                          (m)            “Disabled” shall mean a Participant who (i) is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than 12 months; or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous
period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less
than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer.
This definition shall be construed and administered in accordance with the requirements of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(C).



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                          (n)            “Fair Market Value” shall mean, on a given date of valuation, (i) with
respect to any mutual fund, the closing net asset value as reported in The Wall Street Journal with
respect to the date of valuation and (ii) with respect to a security traded on a national
securities exchange or the NASDAQ National Market, the closing price on the date of valuation as
reported in The Wall Street Journal.



                          (o)            “FIL” shall mean Flextronics International Ltd.



                          (p)            “Hypothetical Investments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).



                          (q)            “Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(d).



                          (r)           
“Officers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8(b)(ii).



                          (s)           “Participant” shall mean a present or former employee of the Company who
participates in this Plan and any other present or former employee designated from time to time by
the Committee.



                          (t)            “Plan” shall mean this Flextronics International USA, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2005 Senior Management Deferred Compensation Plan.



                          (u)            “Plan Administrator” shall mean the Plan Administrator, if any, appointed
pursuant to Section 3(a).



                          (v)            “Released Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8(b)(iii).



                          (w)            “Separation from Service” shall mean the cessation of employment with the
Company. This definition shall be construed and administered in accordance with the requirements of
Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i).



                          (x)            “Share Award Deferral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(k).



                          (y)            “Stock Unit” shall mean compensation in the form of a vested or unvested
right to receive shares of FIL in the future.



                          (z)            “Specified Employee” shall mean a key employee (as defined in Code Section
416(i) without regard to paragraph 5 thereof) of FIL, for so long as any of its stock is publicly
traded on an established securities market or otherwise. This definition shall be construed and
administered in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i).



                          (aa)            “Trust” shall mean any trust or trusts established or designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 5(a) to hold assets in connection with the Plan.



                          (bb)            “Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).



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                          (cc)            “Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship to a
Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s Spouse, or
a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. This definition
shall be construed and administered in accordance with the requirements of Code Section
409A(a)(2)(B)(ii).



            3.            Authority and Administration of the Committee and Plan Administrator.



                          (a)           Authorization of Committee or Plan Administrator. The Committee shall administer
the Plan and may select one or more persons to serve as the Plan Administrator. The Plan
Administrator shall have authority to perform any act that the Committee is entitled to perform
under this Plan, except to the extent that the Committee specifies limitations on the Plan
Administrator’s authority. The initial Plan Administrator shall be the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer. Any person selected to serve as the Plan Administrator may, but need not, be a Committee
member or an officer or employee of the Company. However, if a person serving as Plan Administrator
or a member of the Committee is a Participant, such person may not decide or vote on a matter
affecting his interest as a Participant.



                          (b)           Administration by Committee or Plan Administrator. The Committee or Plan
Administrator shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms, and shall have all powers
necessary to accomplish such purpose, including the power and authority to reasonably construe and
interpret the Plan, to reasonably define the terms used herein, to reasonably prescribe, amend and
rescind rules and regulations, agreements, forms, and notices relating to the administration of the
Plan, and to make all other determinations reasonably necessary or advisable for the administration
of the Plan. The Committee or Plan Administrator may appoint additional agents and delegate thereto
powers and duties under the Plan.



            4.            Deferral Agreements, Deferral Accounts and Share Award Deferrals.



                          (a)            Deferral Agreement. The Company and any Participant may agree to
defer all or a portion of his or her compensation, under the terms provided in any Deferral
Agreement form provided to the Participant in accordance with the Plan, by executing a completed
Deferral Agreement. An election to defer compensation for a taxable year pursuant to a Deferral
Agreement must be made not later than the close of the preceding taxable year, or at such other
time provided in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A (or earlier date specified in
the applicable Deferral Agreement form); provided that, in the case of the first year in which a
Participant becomes eligible to participate in the Plan within the meaning of Code Section 409A and
applicable administrative guidance, such election may be made with respect to services to be
performed subsequent to the election within 30 days after the date the Participant becomes eligible
to participate in the Plan (or earlier date specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement form);
and, in the case of any performance-based compensation based on services performed over a period of
at least 12 months, such election may be made no later than 6 months before the end of the period
(or earlier date specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement form). The Deferral Agreement form
shall establish for each Participant the amount and type of compensation that may or shall be
deferred pursuant to the Plan and such determination will be reflected on the relevant Deferral
Agreement form, and may establish



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maximum or minimum amounts of aggregate deferrals that may be elected for a Participant. A
Participant shall not be entitled to vary any term that is set forth in the Deferral Agreement form
except to the extent that the form of Deferral Agreement itself permits variations.



                          (b)           Establishment of Deferral Accounts. The Committee or Plan
Administrator shall establish a Deferral Account for each Participant. Each Deferral Account shall
be maintained for the Participant solely as a bookkeeping entry by the Company to evidence unfunded
obligations of the Company. The Participant shall be 100% vested in the Participant’s Deferral
Account at all times, except to the extent otherwise specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement
or in any other agreement between the Company and the Participant. The provisions with respect to
vesting in any such Deferral Agreement or other agreement shall be incorporated in this Plan and
given effect as if fully set forth herein. A Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with
the amounts required to be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account pursuant to the
Participant’s initial Deferral Agreement or pursuant to any subsequent Deferral Agreement entered
into by that Participant and the Company, in each case, less the amount of federal, state or local
tax required by law to be withheld with respect to such amounts, unless such withholding is
provided from another source, and shall be adjusted for Hypothetical Investment results as
described herein.



                          (c)           Hypothetical Investments and Managers. Subject to the provisions of Section 4(g),
amounts credited to a Deferral Account shall be deemed to be invested in one or more hypothetical
investments (“Hypothetical Investments”). Each Participant may select an investment manager from a
list selected from time to time by the Committee or Plan Administrator (a “Manager”), who will then
select Hypothetical Investments on the Participant’s behalf. A Participant who selects a Manager
may select a successor Manager from such list of Managers from time to time. Rather than appoint a
Manager, a Participant may select Hypothetical Investments on his or her own behalf. The Committee
or Plan Administrator may establish limitations on permissible allocations of Deferral Accounts
among groups of Hypothetical Investments. Except in accordance with Section 4(k), no Hypothetical
Investments may be made in any debt or equity issued by FIL or its Affiliates.



                          (d)           List of Hypothetical Investments and Managers. An initial list of Managers and
investments available for Hypothetical Investments shall be established by the Board, the Committee
or the Plan Administrator and each such list shall be provided to each Participant in connection
with the initial Deferral Agreement. The Committee or Plan Administrator shall consider requests
from any Participant to add to the list of Managers, and shall satisfy such requests if they are
reasonably acceptable to the Committee or Plan Administrator. The Committee or Plan Administrator
may change or discontinue any Hypothetical Investment or Manager if reasonably necessary to satisfy
business objectives of the Company or its Affiliates; provided that, following a Change in Control,
neither the Committee nor the Plan Administrator may change or modify the investment options
existing immediately prior to such Change in Control in any manner that is adverse to the
Participants.



                          (e)            Investment of Deferral Accounts. As provided in Sections 4(d) and 5(b), each
Deferral Account shall be deemed to be invested in one or more Hypothetical Investments as of the
date of the deferral or credit, as the case may be. The amounts of hypothetical income,
appreciation and depreciation in value of the Hypothetical Investments shall be credited and



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debited to, or otherwise reflected in, such Deferral Account from time to time in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee or Plan Administrator. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee or Plan Administrator, amounts credited to a Deferral Account shall be deemed invested in
Hypothetical Investments as of the date so credited.



                          (f)           Allocation and Reallocation of Hypothetical Investments. A Participant, or a
Manager who selects Hypothetical Investments for a Participant, may allocate and reallocate amounts
credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account to one or more of the Hypothetical Investments
authorized under the Plan with such frequency as permitted by the Committee or Plan Administrator.
Subject to the rules established by the Committee or Plan Administrator, a Participant or Manager
may reallocate amounts credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account to other Hypothetical
Investments by filing with the Committee or Plan Administrator a notice, in such form as may be
specified by the Committee or Plan Administrator. No Participant shall have the right, at any time,
to direct a Manager to enter into specific transactions in connection with his or her Deferral
Account; provided that this provision shall not prohibit the Participant from communicating
with the Manager regarding Hypothetical Investments, including communication regarding preferred
Hypothetical Investment objectives. Each Manager shall have the power to acquire and dispose of
such Hypothetical Investments as the Manager determines necessary in connection with its portfolio.
The Committee or Plan Administrator may restrict or prohibit reallocation of amounts deemed
invested in specified Hypothetical Investments or invested by specified Managers to comply with
applicable law or regulation.



                          (g)           No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be
interpreted to the contrary, the Hypothetical Investments are to be used for measurement purposes
only. A Participant’s election of any such Hypothetical Investments, the allocation of such
Hypothetical Investments to his or her Deferral Account, the calculation of additional amounts and
the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall not be
considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her Deferral Account in any
such Hypothetical Investments. In the event that the Company or the Trustee, in its own discretion,
decides to invest funds in any or all of the Hypothetical Investments, no Participant shall have
any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s
Deferral Account shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any
investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or the Trust. The Participant shall at all
times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.



                          (h)            Forfeiture of Unvested Portions of Deferral Accounts Upon Termination of
Employment. Upon the termination of a Participant’s employment with the Company, any unvested
portion of the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be forfeited and terminated in accordance with
the applicable Deferral Agreement except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole and
absolute discretion.



                          (i)            Change in Law. If a future change in law would, in the judgment of the
Committee or Plan Administrator, likely accelerate taxation to a Participant of amounts that would
be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account in the future under the Participant’s Deferral
Agreement, the Company and the Participant will attempt to amend the Plan to satisfy the
requirements of the change in law and, unless and until such an amendment is agreed to, Company
shall cease deferrals under this Deferral Agreement on the effective date of such



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change in law; provided however, the Company shall not cease deferrals if such cessation would
violate the provisions of Code Section 409A.



                          (j)            Separate Maintenance of Vested Subaccounts. The Committee or Plan
Administrator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, allow Participants to defer portions of
their base salary and/or cash bonuses to be earned after such election under the Plan. If and when
such deferrals are allowed and a Participant elects to defer amounts of salary and/or cash bonus
pursuant to a Deferral Agreement that are vested at the time of the deferral, and other amounts
that are unvested are also deferred in accordance with the Participant’s Deferral Agreement, a
separate subaccount of the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be established and maintained for
the vested deferred salary and cash bonus, and hypothetical earnings and losses thereon shall be
recorded in such separate subaccount.



                          (k)            Share Award Deferrals. Pursuant to an applicable Award Agreement,
compensation in the form of a Stock Unit may be deferred under this Plan (any such deferral, a
“Share Award Deferral”). If a Share Award Deferral is made for a Participant, a separate subaccount
of the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be established and maintained in order to account for
the Participant’s rights under the Share Award Deferral, and any hypothetical earnings and losses
thereon shall be recorded in such separate subaccount. Any such subaccount shall be unvested to the
extent attributable to an unvested Stock Unit, and from the time the Stock Unit vests shall be
deemed to be initially solely in shares of FIL stock. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary, a Participant shall not be entitled to reallocate any portion of a subaccount
that is deemed invested in a Stock Unit or FIL shares to another Hypothetical Investment.



            5.            Establishment of Trust.



                          (a)           The Trust Agreement. The Company has entered into a Trust Agreement for the
Plan, providing for the establishment of a trust to be held and administered by a trustee (the
“Trustee”) designated in the Trust Agreement (the “Trust”). The Trustee shall be the agent for
purposes of such duties delegated to the Trustee by the Committee or Plan Administrator as set
forth in the Trust Agreement. The Trust shall be irrevocable.



                          (b)            Funding the Trust. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5(d) with respect to
Share Award Deferrals, on the relevant Deferral Day, the Company shall deposit into the Trust cash
or other assets, as specified in the applicable Deferral Agreement, equal to the aggregate amount
required to be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account for that Deferral Day, less
applicable taxes required to be withheld, if any. The assets of the Trust shall remain subject to
the claims of the general creditors of the Company in the event of an insolvency of the Company.
Assets of the Trust shall at all times be located within the United States.



                          (c)            Taxes and Expenses of the Trust. The Committee and the Plan Administrator shall
make all investment decisions for the Trust, and no Participant shall be entitlement to direct any
investments of the Trust. All taxes on any gains and losses from the investment of the assets of
the Trust shall be recognized by the Company and the taxes thereon shall be paid by the Company and
shall not be recovered from the Deferral Accounts or the Trust. The third-party administrative
expenses of the Plan and the Trust, including expenses



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charged by the Trustee to establish the Trust and the Trustee’s annual fee per Deferral Account,
shall be paid by the Company, and shall neither be payable by Trustee from the Trust nor reduce any
Deferral Accounts; provided that any Managers’ fees or other expenses incurred with respect to
particular Hypothetical Investment or any asset of the Trust which corresponds to a particular
Hypothetical Investment shall be charged to the Deferral Account that is deemed invested in such
Hypothetical Investment. No part of the Company’s internal expenses to administer the Plan,
including overhead expenses, shall be charged to the Trust or the Deferral Accounts.



                          (d)            Trust for Share Award Deferrals. In connection with a Share Award Deferral,
the Company shall be required to deposit shares of FIL into trust only if required to do so under
the terms of the applicable Award Agreement and in no event earlier than the time that the related
Stock Unit vests. If shares of FIL are to be transferred into trust under a Share Award Deferral,
the shares may be transferred either into the Trust (as may be amended to provide for such
transfer) or into another trust established for the benefit of the Participants. To the extent
practicable, the terms of any trust used or established for a Share Award Deferral shall resemble
the terms of the Trust Agreement as of the date hereof; provided that any FIL shares that FIL
contributes to the trust shall be subject to the claims of the general creditors of both the
Company and FIL and shall revert to FIL if they are not payable to a Participant upon termination
of the trust or (if earlier) at the time of the forfeiture of the corresponding deemed investment
in accordance with Section 4(h).



            6.            Settlement of Deferral Accounts.



                          (a)           Payout Elections. The Company shall pay or direct the Trustee to pay the
net amount credited to a Deferral Account as specified in the Participant’s Deferral Agreement or
in an Award Agreement. The Committee or Plan administer may, in its sole discretion, allow a
Participant to redefer the payout of his Deferral Account one or more times; provided, that
(i) such redeferral may not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which such
election is made; (ii) in the case of an election related to any payment other than a payment that
would be made upon the Participant’s death, Disability, or the occurrence of an Unforeseeable
Emergency, the first payment with respect to which such election is made must be deferred for a
period of not less than 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made; and
(iii) any election that would affect a scheduled payout may be made not less than 12 months prior
to the date of the first scheduled payout date. The preceding restrictions on redeferrals shall
be construed and administered in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(4)(C). No
Participant shall be entitled to accelerate the time or schedule of any payment under the Plan,
except where an acceleration would not result in the imposition of additional tax under Code
Section 409A.



                          (b)           Payment in Cash or Securities. The Company shall settle a Participant’s Deferral
Account, and discharge all of its obligations to pay deferred compensation under the Plan with
respect to such Deferral Account, by payment of cash in an amount equal to or, at the option of the
Committee or Plan Administrator, in marketable securities selected by the Committee or Plan
Administrator with a Fair Market Value equal to the net amount credited to the applicable Deferral
Account; provided that a Hypothetical Investment of a subaccount that is allocated to shares of
stock of FIL in accordance with Section 4(1) shall be settled only in shares of stock of FIL. Any
such distributions to a Participant shall reduce the Company’s obligations



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under the Plan to such Participant. The Company’s obligation under the Plan may be satisfied by
distributions from the Trust.



                          (c)            Timing of Payments.



                                          (i)            Payments in settlement of a Participant’s Deferral Account shall be payable as set
forth in the applicable Deferral Agreement, and no earlier than the Participant’s Separation from
Service, Disability, death, a specified time (or pursuant to a fixed schedule) specified in the
applicable Deferral Agreement, Change in Control, or the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency.
In the case of a Participant who is a Specified Employee, a payment on account of Separation from
Service may not be made before the date which is 6 months after the date of Separation from Service
(or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death). In such event, the single lump sum payment
or any installment payments that otherwise would have been payable within such six (6) month
period, will be paid as soon as administratively practicable after such six (6) month period.



                                          (ii)            Payments in settlement of a Deferral Account shall be made as
soon as practicable after the date or dates (including upon the occurrence of specified events),
set forth in the Participant’s Deferral Agreement, unless otherwise provided in this Section 6. All
amounts needed for a payment shall be deemed withdrawn from the Hypothetical Investments as close
in time as is practicable to the designated payment date. If a Participant has elected to receive
installment payments, the amount of the distribution payable is based upon the value of the
Deferral Account at the time of the installment payment date and shall act to reduce Hypothetical
Investments in the following order: (A) cash and money market accounts, and (B) each other
Hypothetical Investment on a pro rata basis, based on the value of the Participant’s Deferral
Account. For purposes of a redeferral election as permitted under this Section 6, an election to
receive installment payments shall be treated as an election to receive a series of separate
payments. If a Participant has elected to receive partial payments of the amount in his or her
Deferral Account, unpaid balances shall continue to be deemed to be invested in the Hypothetical
Investments that such Participant has designated pursuant to Section 4(d) or 4(f).



                                          (iii)            In the event of a Participant’s death prior to the payment of all net amounts
credited to his or her Deferral Account, such amounts shall be paid to the Participant’s designated
Beneficiary in a single lump sum as soon as practicable after the Participant’s death. If a
Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the
Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, the Participant’s
designated Beneficiary shall be the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s
estate, if a probate proceeding is open at the time for the distribution(s), and otherwise shall be
the person(s) who would be entitled to the distribution(s) under the Participant’s last will and
/or revocable trust (if such will distributes the residuary estate to such trust) and otherwise to
the person(s) who would inherit the Participant’s property under the law of the Participant’s last
domicile. If the Committee or Plan Administrator has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to
receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee or Plan Administrator shall have the right,
exercisable in its discretion, to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the
Committee’s or Plan Administrator’s satisfaction. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a
Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge the Company from all further obligations under



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this Plan with respect to the Participant, and such Participant’s interest in the Plan shall
terminate upon such full payment of benefits.



                                          (iv)            Irrespective of any elections made by a Participant, if the
Committee or Plan Administrator determines that a Participant has become Disabled, the net vested
amount credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall be paid out in a single lump sum to the
Participant.



                          (d)            Unforeseeable Emergency. Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, if the
Committee or Plan Administrator determines that the Participant has an Unforeseeable Emergency, the
Committee or Plan Administrator shall direct the immediate lump sum payment to the Participant of
vested amounts that the Committee or Plan Administrator determines to be necessary to satisfy such
Unforeseeable Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of
the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such Unforeseeable Emergency is or
may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation
of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause
severe financial hardship). The preceding sentence shall be construed and administered in
accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii). If a Participant has suffered
an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Plan Administrator shall authorize the cessation of deferrals by
such Participant under the Plan.



                          (e)           Distribution upon Income Inclusion under Code Section 409A. If, for any reason, it
has been determined that the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, the Committee or the Plan Administrator shall distribute to the
Participant the portion of the Participant’s Deferral Account that is required to be included in
income as a result of the failure of the Plan to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.



                          (f)            Effect on Deferral Account. A Participant’s Deferral Account shall be
debited to the extent of any distributions to the Participant pursuant to this Section 6.



            7.            Amendment and Termination.



                          (a)           Amendment. The Committee, Plan Administrator or the Board may, with prospective or
retroactive effect, amend or alter the Plan (i) if the Internal Revenue Service determines that any
amounts deferred under the Plan are includible in the Participant’s gross income prior to being
paid out to the Participant, (ii) any time, if determined to be necessary, appropriate or advisable
in response to administrative guidance issued under Code Section 409A or to comply with the
provisions of Code Section 409A, or (iii) if no Participant is materially adversely affected by
such action with respect to amounts required to be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account
under any previously executed Deferral Agreement; provided that, upon an event described in
clause (i), the Company may accelerate distributions under this Plan but may not otherwise alter
any Participant’s rights under this Plan; provided further that, following a Change in Control, the
Plan will not be subject to amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination
without the prior written consent of each Participant who would be materially adversely affected by
such action; and provided further that, the Company may



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accelerate distributions under this Plan only where doing so will not result in the imposition of
additional tax under Code Section 409A.



                          (b)           Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary and except as may
otherwise be provided by the Committee or Plan Administrator, the Plan shall terminate as soon as
possible following the payment of all amounts in respect of all Deferral Accounts.



            8.            General Provisions.



                          (a)           Limits on Transfer of Awards. Other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution, or by appointing a Beneficiary, no right, title or interest of any kind in the Plan
shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary) or be
subject to alienation, anticipation, encumbrance, garnishment, attachment, levy, execution or other
legal or equitable process, nor subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities or engagements, or
torts of any Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, garnish, attach or take any other action subject to legal or equitable process or
encumber or dispose of any interest in the Plan shall be void.



                          (b)           Waiver, Receipt and Release.



                                          (i)            As between the Participant and the Company, a Participant and the Participant’s
Beneficiary shall assume all risk (other than gross negligence of the Company or the Committee or
Plan Administrator, or breach by the Company of the terms of this Plan) in connection with the
Plan, Trust design, implementation or administration, Hypothetical Investment decisions made by the
Participant or the Participant’s Manager and the resulting value of the Participant’s Deferral
Account, the selection and actions of the Trustee or any other third party providing services to
the Company or the Trust in connection with the Plan or Trust (including their administrative and
investment expenses), including any income taxes of the Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary
relating to or arising out of his or her participation in the Plan, and neither the Company nor the
Committee or Plan Administrator shall be liable or responsible therefor other than as provided in
Section 5(c); provided, however, that the Company shall indemnify each Participant for any
additional 20% tax imposed under Code Section 409A and any additional interest resulting from an
inclusion in income under Code Section 409A as a result of any actions of the Company in
administering or carrying out the purposes of the Plan.



                                          (ii)            As a condition of being a Participant in the Plan, each Participant must sign a
waiver (which may be a part of the Deferral Agreement) releasing the Company and its Affiliates,
the Committee, the Plan Administrator, officers of the Company or its Affiliates (the “Officers”)
and the Board from any claims and liabilities regarding the matters to which the Participant has
assumed the risk as set forth in this Section. Payments (in any form) to any Participant or
Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall, to the extent thereof, be in full
satisfaction of all claims for compensation deferred and relating to the Deferral Account to which
the payments relate against the Company or any Affiliate or the Committee or Plan Administrator,
and the Committee or Plan Administrator may require such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition
to such payments, to execute a waiver, receipt and release to such effect.



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                                          (iii)            As a condition of being a Participant in the Plan, each Participant must sign a
waiver releasing the Trustee and each of its Affiliates (each, a “Released Party”) against any and
all loss, claims, liability and expenses imposed on or incurred by any Released Party as a result
of any acts taken or any failure to act by the Trustee, where such act or failure to act is in
accordance with the directions from the Committee or Plan Administrator or any designee of the
Committee or Plan Administrator.



                                          (iv)            Subject only to the Company’s indemnification of Participants
provided in Section 8(b)(i), each Participant agrees to pay any taxes, penalties and interest such
Participant or Beneficiary may incur in connection with his or her participation in this Plan, and
further agrees to indemnify the Company and its Affiliates, the Committee, the Plan Administrator,
Officers, the Board and the Company’s agents for such taxes, penalties and interest the Participant
or Participant’s Beneficiary incurs and fails to pay and for which the Company is made liable by
the appropriate tax authority.



                          (c)          
Unfunded Status of Awards, Creation of Trusts. The Plan is intended to constitute
an unfunded plan for deferred compensation and each Participant shall rely solely on the unsecured
promise of the Company for payment hereunder. With respect to any payment not yet made to a
Participant under the Plan, nothing contained in the Plan shall give a Participant any rights that
are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.



                          (d)           Participant Rights. No provision of the Plan or transaction hereunder shall confer
upon any Participant any right or impose upon any Participant any obligation to be employed by the
Company or an Affiliate, or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company or an Affiliate
to increase or decrease the amount of any compensation payable to such Participant. Subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 8(c) hereof, the Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and be
binding upon, the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.



                          (e)            Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct from amounts otherwise
credited to or paid from a Deferral Account any sums that federal, state, local or foreign tax law
requires to be withheld.



                          (f)            Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules
and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State
of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws to the extent not preempted by federal law.



                          (g)           Limitation. A Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary shall assume all risk
in connection with (i) the performance of the Managers, (ii) the performance of the Hypothetical
Investments and (iii) the tax treatment of amounts deferred under or paid pursuant to the Plan, and
the Company, the Committee, the Plan Administrator, and the Board shall not be liable or
responsible therefor.



                          (h)            Construction. The captions and numbers preceding the sections of the Plan
are included solely as a matter of convenience of reference and are not to be taken as limiting or
extending the meaning of any of the terms and provisions of the Plan. Whenever



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appropriate, words used in the singular shall include the plural or the plural may be read as
the singular.



                          (i)            Severability. In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be declared
illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining
provisions of the Plan but shall be fully severable, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced
as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.



                          (j)            Status. The establishment and maintenance of, or allocations and credits
to, the Deferral Account of any Participant shall not vest in any Participant any right, title or
interest in or to any Plan or Company assets or benefits except at the time or times and upon the
terms and conditions and to the extent expressly set forth in the Plan and in accordance with the
terms of any Trust.



                          (k)            Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a Participant’s
spouse 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 pass under the laws of intestate succession.



                          (1)            Successors. The provisions of the Plan shall bind the Company and its
successors.



            9.          Claims Procedures.



                          (a)           Presentation of Claim. If any person does not believe that he or she has
received Plan benefits to which the person is entitled or believes that fiduciaries of the Plan
have breached their duties or that the Plan is not being operated properly or that his or her legal
rights have been or are being violated with respect to the Plan, such person (a “Claimant”) must
file a written claim with the Committee or Plan Administrator under the procedures set forth in
this Article. The procedures in this Article shall apply to all claims that any person has with
respect to the Plan, including claims against fiduciaries and former fiduciaries, unless the
Committee or Plan Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that it does not have the power
to grant, in substance, all relief reasonably being sought by the Claimant. 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. 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 benefit or other determination desired by the Claimant. The claim
must be accompanied with sufficient supporting documentation for the benefit or other determination
requested by the Claimant.



                          (b)           Notification of Decision. The Committee or Plan Administrator shall consider a
Claimant’s claim and shall notify the Claimant in writing within twenty-five (25) days of receipt
of the claim that either:



                                          (i)           the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim for benefits
has been allowed in full (or if the claim was not filed for benefits, those steps the Company
has taken or will take in connection with the determination); or



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                                          (ii)            the Committee or Plan Administrator 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:




            (A)           specific reason or reasons the claim was denied;




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




            (C)           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




            (D)           an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth below.



                          (c)            Review of a Denied Claim. Within sixty (60) days (180 days for a Disability claim)
after receiving a notice from the Committee or Plan Administrator that a claim has been denied in
whole or in part, but not thereafter, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative)
may file with the Committee or Plan Administrator a written request for a review of the denial of
the claim. Thereafter, but not later than thirty (30) days after the request for review is filed,
the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):



                                          (i)            may upon reasonable request and free of charge, have reasonable access to, and
copies of, all pertinent documents, records and other information in the Company’s possession; and



                                          (ii)            will be informed of such other matters as the Committee or Plan Administrator deems
relevant.



            The Committee or Plan Administrator shall conduct a full and fair review of the claim and the
initial adverse benefit determination and notify the Claimant in writing of its decision within
sixty (60) days (45 days for a Disability claim) after receipt of Claimant’s request for a review.
In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the notification shall set forth (1) the specific
reason or reasons for the adverse determination, (2) reference to the specific Plan provisions on
which the determination is based, (3) 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, and (4) a statement describing the
voluntary arbitration procedures offered under the Plan and the right to bring an action under
Section 502(a) of ERISA.



                          (d)           Elective Arbitration. If a Claimant’s claim described in Section 9(a) is denied
pursuant to Sections 9(b) and 9(c) (an “Arbitrable Dispute”), the Claimant may, in lieu of the
Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA, and as the Claimant’s only
further recourse, submit the claim to final and binding arbitration in the city of San Jose, State
of California, before an experienced employment arbitrator selected in accordance with the
Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Except as otherwise
provided in this Section 9(d) or Section 9(f), each party shall pay the fees of their



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respective attorneys, the expenses of their witnesses and any other expenses connected with the
arbitration, but all other costs of the arbitration, including the fees of the arbitrator, costs of
any record or transcript of the arbitration, administrative fees and other fees and costs shall be
paid in equal shares by each party (or, if applicable, each group of parties) to the arbitration.
In any Arbitrable Dispute in which the Claimant prevails, the Company shall reimburse the
Claimant’s reasonable attorneys fees and related expenses. Arbitration in this manner shall be the
exclusive remedy for any Arbitrable Dispute for which an arbitration is elected. The arbitrator’s
decision or award shall be fully enforceable and subject to an entry of judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction. Should any party attempt to resolve an Arbitrable Dispute for which an
arbitration is elected by any method other than arbitration pursuant to this Section, the
responding party shall be entitled to recover from the initiating party all damages, expenses and
attorneys fees incurred as a result.



                          (e)          
Legal Action. Prior to a Change in Control, except to enforce an arbitrator’s award, no
actions may be brought by a Claimant in any court with respect to an Arbitrable Dispute that is
arbitrated.



                          (f)           Following a Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, an
independent party selected jointly by the Participants in the Plan prior to the Change in the
Control and the Committee or the Plan Administrator or other appropriate person shall assume all
duties and responsibilities of the Committee or Plan Administrator under this Article 9 and actions
may be brought by a Claimant in any appropriate court with respect to an Arbitrable Dispute that is
arbitrated. After a Change in Control, if any person or entity has failed to comply (or is
threatening not to comply) with any of its obligations under the Plan, or takes or threatens to
take any action to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be
provided thereunder, the Company shall reimburse the Participant for reasonable attorneys fees and
related costs incurred in the pursuance or defense of the Participant’s rights. If the Participant
does not prevail, attorneys fees shall also be payable under the preceding sentence to the extent
the Participant had reasonable justification for pursuing its claim, but only to the extent that
the scope of such representation was reasonable.



           10.            Effective Date.



                            The Plan shall be effective as of July 1, 2005.



 



	 	 	 	 	 
	Flextronics International USA, Inc.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	/s/ Thomas J. Smach 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	Thomas J. Smach	 	 
	Chief Financial Officer	 	 







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