exv10w5






Exhibit 10.5




EDISON INTERNATIONAL




2008 DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN




Effective

December 31, 2008









 









 











TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 
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	ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
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	ARTICLE 2 DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
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	2.1 Elections
	 	 	3	 
	2.2 Vesting
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	ARTICLE 3 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
	 	 	4	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	3.1 Deferral Accounts
	 	 	4	 
	3.2 Timing of Credits
	 	 	4	 
	3.3 Statement of Accounts
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	ARTICLE 4 PAYMENT ELECTIONS
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	4.1 Primary Payment Election
	 	 	5	 
	4.2 Contingent Payment Election
	 	 	6	 
	4.3 Changes to Payment Elections
	 	 	7	 
	4.4 Small Benefit Exception
	 	 	7	 
	4.5 Six-Month Delay in Payment for Specified Employees
	 	 	7	 
	4.6 Conflict of Interest Exception, Etc.
	 	 	7	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5 SURVIVOR BENEFITS
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	5.1 Payment
	 	 	8	 
	5.2 Special Increase
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6 BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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	ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS RELATED TO BENEFITS
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	7.1 Nonassignability
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	7.2 Unforeseeable Emergency Distribution
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	7.3 No Right to Assets
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	7.4 Protective Provisions
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	7.5 Constructive Receipt
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	7.6 Withholding
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	7.7 Incapacity
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	ARTICLE 8 PLAN ADMINISTRATION
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	8.1 Plan Interpretation
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	8.2 Limited Liability
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	ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN
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	9.1 Amendment of Plan
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	9.2 Termination of Plan
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	9.3 Amendment or Termination after Change in Control
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	9.4 Exercise of Power to Amend or Terminate
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	ARTICLE 10 CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES
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	10.1 Claims Procedure
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	10.2 Dispute Arbitration
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	ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS
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	11.1 Successors
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	11.2 Trust
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	11.3 Service Not Guaranteed
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	11.4 Gender, Singular and Plural
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	11.5 Captions
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	11.6 Validity
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	11.7 Waiver of Breach
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	11.8 Applicable Law
	 	 	14	 
	11.9 Notice
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	11.10 Statutes and Regulations
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EDISON INTERNATIONAL




2008 DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN




Effective December 31, 2008




PREAMBLE



The purpose of this Plan is to provide Eligible Directors of participating Affiliates with the
opportunity to defer payment and taxation of some elements of their compensation.



This Plan applies to amounts arising from board compensation earned after December 31, 2004, and is
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations issued
thereunder.




ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS




     Capitalized terms in the text of the Plan are defined as follows:


Administrator means the Compensation and Executive Personnel Committee of the Board of Directors of
EIX.



Affiliate means EIX or any corporation or entity which (i) along with EIX, is a component member of
a “controlled group of corporations” within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, and (ii) has
approved the participation of its directors in the Plan.



Beneficiary means the person or persons or entity designated as such in accordance with Article 6
of the Plan.



Board means the Board of Directors of EIX.



Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.



Company means the Affiliate the Participant serves as a director.



Contingent Event means the Participant’s Disability or death while serving on an Affiliate board or
Separation from Service for other reasons if such event occurs prior to the Participant’s
Retirement.



Contingent Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payment made or deemed
made in accordance with Section 4.2.



Crediting Rate means the rate at which interest will be credited to Deferral Accounts. The rate
will be determined annually in advance of the calendar year and will be equal to the average
monthly Moody’s Corporate Bond Yield for Baa Public Utility Bonds for the 60 months


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preceding November 1st of the prior year. EIX reserves the right to prospectively change the
definition of Crediting Rate.



Deferral Account means the notional account established for record keeping purposes for a
Participant pursuant to Article 3 of the Plan.



Deferral Election means the Participant’s written election to defer amounts under the Plan,
submitted to the Administrator.



Deferral Period means the Plan Year covered by a valid Deferral Election previously submitted by a
Participant, or in the case of a newly eligible Participant, the balance of the Plan Year following
the date of the Deferral Election.



Deferred Stock Unit means a bookkeeping entry linked to shares of EIX Common Stock on a one-for-one
basis. Deferred Stock Units may be credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account as a result of an
award under the Equity Compensation Plan, 2007 Performance Incentive Plan or any successor plan or
Dividend Equivalents on such an award. Deferred Stock Units will be payable in shares of EIX
Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, or to the extent determined by the Board in the terms
applicable to a particular Deferred Stock Unit award, in cash equal to the value of such shares of
EIX Common Stock.



Disability means the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death
or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months.



Dividend Equivalent means an amount equal to the dividend declared by the Board on one share of EIX
common stock for any calendar quarter.



EIX means Edison International.



Eligible Director means a non-employee director of an Affiliate who (i) is a U.S. director or an
expatriate who is based and paid in the U.S., and (ii) is designated by the Company as eligible to
participate in the Plan (subject to the restrictions in Section 7.2 of the Plan).



Participant means an Eligible Director who has completed a Deferral Election with respect to future
payments pursuant to Article 2 of the Plan, or a director or former director who has a Deferral
Account balance.



Payment Election means a Primary Payment Election or a Contingent Payment Election.



Plan means the EIX 2008 Director Deferred Compensation Plan.



Plan Year means the calendar year.



Primary Payment Election means an election regarding the time and form of payments made or deemed
made in accordance with Section 4.1.




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Retainers and Fees means retainers and meeting fees which would be paid to a Participant as an
Eligible Director for the Plan Year before reductions for deferrals under the Plan.



Retirement means a Separation from Service after attaining age 55 with at least 5 years of board
service.



Separation from Service occurs when a Participant dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination of
service from all Affiliate boards of directors that constitutes a “separation from service” within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h), without regard to the optional alternative
definitions available thereunder.



Similar Plan means a plan required to be aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(c)(2)(i).



Termination of Service means the voluntary or involuntary Separation from Service for any reason
other than Retirement or death.



Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an
illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s spouse
or dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and
(d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a
home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, not as a result of
a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the Participant’s control.



Valuation Date means the last day of the month in which the final day of board service falls prior
to Separation from Service, unless distribution is scheduled or required to commence on a date
other than the first day of the month following Separation from Service, in which latter case
Valuation Date means the day before a distribution is scheduled or required to commence.




ARTICLE 2

DEFERRAL ELECTIONS





	2.1	 	Elections




(a) Retainers and Fees. An Eligible Director may elect to participate in the Plan and defer
Retainers and Fees by filing with the Administrator a completed and fully executed Deferral
Election specifying the whole percentage of Retainers and Fees to be deferred prior to the
beginning of the Plan Year during which the Eligible Director performs the services for which such
Retainers and Fees are to be earned. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual who first
becomes an Eligible Director during a Plan Year may make an initial Deferral Election for deferral
of Retainers and Fees under this Plan within thirty days after the date the individual becomes an
Eligible Director, provided that such Eligible Director has not previously become eligible to
participate in this or any Similar Plan. Any such election will apply to Retainers and Fees earned
for services performed after the election is filed with the Administrator. Once made, a Deferral
Election (including any election regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for
subsequent Deferral Periods unless the Participant submits a new Deferral Election




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form during a subsequent enrollment period changing the deferral amount or revoking the existing
election.



(b) Deferred Stock Units. If upon initial election to the Board, an Eligible Director receives an
award of Deferred Stock Units made under the EIX Equity Compensation Plan, 2007 Performance
Incentive Plan or any successor plan, such Deferred Stock Units shall be credited to this Plan. An
Eligible Director may elect to receive Deferred Stock Units rather than shares of Common Stock upon
board re-election by filing with the Administrator a Deferral Election prior to the beginning of
the Plan Year in which re-election occurs. Once made, a Deferral Election (including any election
regarding time and form of payment) will continue to apply for subsequent Deferral Periods unless
the Participant submits a new Deferral Election form during a subsequent enrollment period changing
the deferral percentage or revoking the existing election.



(c) Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents associated with stock options granted to
Participants are credited under the Plan and subject to the payment election provisions of
Article 4.





	2.2	 	Vesting




Amounts deferred under this Article 2 and any earnings thereon will be 100% vested at all times.




ARTICLE 3

DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS





	3.1	 	Deferral Accounts




Solely for record keeping purposes, the Administrator will maintain a Deferral Account for each
Participant with such subaccounts as the Administrator or its record keeper finds necessary or
convenient in the administration of the Plan.





	3.2	 	Timing of Credits




(a) Retainer and Fee Deferrals. The Administrator will credit to the Participant’s Deferral
Account the Retainer and Fee Deferrals at the time such amounts would otherwise have been paid to
the Participant but for the Deferral Election.



(b) Deferred Stock Units. The Administrator will credit Deferred Stock Units to the Participant’s
Deferral Account as of the effective date of any award of Deferred Stock Units under the EIX Equity
Compensation Plan, 2007 Performance Incentive Plan or any successor plan.



(c) Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents associated with stock options will be credited as
of the ex-dividend date for the related dividend on EIX common stock.



(d) Earnings Crediting Dates.





	 	(i)	 	The Administrator will credit interest at the Crediting Rate to the
Participant’s Deferral Account on a daily basis, compounded annually.




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	 	(ii)	 	The Administrator will credit a Dividend Equivalent for each Deferred Stock
Unit credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account on the EIX common stock ex-dividend
date each quarter. Dividend Equivalents so credited will be converted into additional
Deferred Stock Units based on the closing price of EIX Common Stock on that date as
reported by Bloomberg Professional Service. Fractional Dividend Equivalents and
Deferred Stock Units will be credited.






	3.3	 	Statement of Accounts




The Administrator will periodically provide to each Participant a statement setting forth the
balance of the Deferral Account maintained for the Participant.




ARTICLE 4

PAYMENT ELECTIONS





	4.1	 	Primary Payment Election




As part of a Deferral Election, a Participant may make a Primary Payment Election specifying the
payment schedule for each subaccount that will be created as a result of the Deferral Election. On
or before December 31, 2008, a Participant may make a special Primary Payment Election in
accordance with the transition rule under Section 409A of the Code for Plan benefits previously
scheduled to commence payment after the calendar year in which the special Primary Payment Election
is made. The choices available for a Primary Payment Election are as follows:





	(a)	 	Monthly installments for 60 to 180 months; or
	 
	(b)	 	A single lump sum; or
	 
	(c)	 	Two to fifteen installments paid annually; or
	 
	(d)	 	Any combination of the preceding three choices.




Payments under this Primary Payment Election may commence upon (i) the first day of a specified
month and year that may be no later than the month and year in which the Participant attains age
75; (ii) the Participant’s Retirement; or (iii) the first day of the month that is a specified
number of months following the Participant’s Retirement or the first day of a specified month a
specified number of years following the calendar year in which Retirement occurs (provided that if
the date otherwise determined pursuant to this clause (iii) is later than the month and year in
which the Participant attains age 75, the date pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be the later of
the Participant’s Retirement or the month and year in which the Participant attains age 75).



Subject to Section 4.5, lump sum payments or initial installment payments will be made within 60
days of the scheduled dates. Interest will be added to the payment amount for the days elapsed
between the scheduled payment date and the actual date of payment. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in a Participant Deferral Election, payments from a Participant’s Deferral Account
will be subject to the following earliest payment date rules effective for payments scheduled to
commence in 2009 or later: (i) no subaccount other than a Dividend Equivalent subaccount may be
scheduled to commence payment or be paid until the first month


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of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the last possible deferral credit can be
made to the account and (ii) no Dividend Equivalent subaccount may be scheduled to commence payment
or be paid until the first month of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which
the last possible deferral credit can be made to the account. (For example, if pursuant to a
Deferral Election, a Participant elects to defer Retainers and Fees earned for services performed
during the 2009 calendar year, the earliest payment date for the subaccount derived from such
Retainer and Fee deferrals would be January 2011, as the final possible deferral credit to that
account is in January 2010; or, for example, payment of the 2004 Dividend Equivalent subaccount may
commence no sooner than January 2010, as the final possible deferral credit to that account is in
December 2008.)



If paid in installments of cash, the installments will be paid in amounts that will amortize the
Deferral Account or subaccount balance with interest credited at the Crediting Rate over the period
of time benefits are to be paid. For purposes of calculating installments, the Deferral Account or
subaccount will be valued as of December 31 each year, and the subsequent installments will be
adjusted for the next calendar year according to procedures established by the Administrator.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, distribution in installments shall be treated as a
single payment as of the date of the initial installment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
If paid in monthly installments, the installments may be paid in a single check each month or in
more than one check for any given month, provided that in either such case the total amount of the
monthly payment shall not change.



If no Primary Payment Election has been made, the Primary Payment Election shall be deemed to be a
single lump sum upon the Participant’s Retirement (or, if earlier, the Participant’s death or
Disability), except that the Primary Payment Election for deferred Dividend Equivalents associated
with stock options shall be deemed to be annual payments each January to the extent the Dividend
Equivalents have been credited and vested.





	4.2	 	Contingent Payment Election




As part of a Deferral Election, a Participant may make a Contingent Payment Election for each of
the Contingent Events of (1) the Participant’s death during service on an Affiliate board, (2) the
Participant’s Disability during service on a Affiliate board and (3) Termination of Service, for
each subaccount that will be created as a result of the Deferral Election, which Contingent Payment
Election will take effect upon the first Contingent Event, if any, that occurs before the
Participant’s Retirement (if the Participant specified a payment schedule determined by reference
to Retirement in Section 4.1) or the first day of a specified month and year elected by the
Participant pursuant to Section 4.1. The choices available for the Contingent Payment Election are
those specified in Section 4.1 except that the references to Retirement shall instead refer to the
applicable Contingent Event.



If the Participant has made no Contingent Payment Election and a Contingent Event occurs prior to
Retirement (if the Participant specified a payment schedule determined by reference to Retirement
in Section 4.1) or the first day of a specified month and year elected by the Participant pursuant
to Section 4.1, the Administrator will pay the benefit as specified in the Participant’s Primary
Payment Election, except that payments scheduled for payment or commencement of payment “upon
Retirement,” or with a payment date determined by reference to “Retirement,” will be paid, commence
or have payment determined by reference to the first


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day of the month following the month in which the Contingent Event occurs. If the Participant has
made neither a Contingent Payment Election nor a Primary Payment Election and a Contingent Event
occurs prior to Retirement, the Payment Election shall be deemed to be a single lump sum upon the
Participant’s Contingent Event, except that the payment election for deferred Dividend Equivalents
associated with stock options shall be deemed to be annual payments each January to the extent the
deferred Dividend Equivalents have been credited and vested.





	4.3	 	Changes to Payment Elections




Participants may change a Primary Payment Election or Contingent Payment Election, including a
deemed Payment Election, after the period allowed for the initial Deferral Election by submitting a
new written Payment Election to the Administrator, subject to the following conditions: (1) the
new Payment Election shall not be effective unless made at least twelve months before the payment
or commencement date scheduled under the prior Payment Election; (2) the new Payment Election must
defer a lump sum payment or commencement of installment payments for a period of at least five
years from the date that the lump sum would have been paid or installment payments would have
commenced under the prior Payment Election and (3) the election shall not be effective until twelve
months after it is filed with the Administrator. If at the time a new Payment Election is filed,
the Administrator determines that imposition of the five-year delay would require that a
Participant’s payments begin after he or she has attained age 75, then the Participant will not be
permitted to make a new Payment Election. The payment schedules available under a new Payment
Election are those specified in Section 4.1 and 4.2 (as applicable), subject to the conditions
specified in this paragraph.





	4.4	 	Small Benefit Exception




Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion and as determined by
it in writing, pay the benefits in a single lump sum if the sum of all benefits payable to the
Participant under this Plan and all Similar Plans is less than or equal to the applicable dollar
amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code.





	4.5	 	Six-Month Delay in Payment for Specified Employees




Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is reasonably
determined to be a “specified employee” as defined in Code Section 409A and is entitled to a
distribution from the Plan due to the Participant’s Separation from Service, the lump sum payment
or the commencement of installment payments, as the case may be, may not be scheduled to occur or
occur before the date that is the earlier of (1) six months following the Participant’s Separation
from Service for reasons other than death or (2) the Participant’s death.





	4.6	 	Conflict of Interest Exception, Etc.




Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, pay benefits in a
single lump sum if permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(iii). In addition,
the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, accelerate benefits if and to the extent permitted
under any of the other exceptions specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) to the
general rule in Code Section 409A prohibiting accelerated payments, provided that the terms of
Section 4.4 of the Plan shall govern whether benefits will be paid in a single lump sum pursuant to
the small benefit exception contained in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(v).




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ARTICLE 5

SURVIVOR BENEFITS





	5.1	 	Payment




Following the Participant’s death, payment of the Participant’s Deferral Account will be made to
the Participant’s Beneficiary or Beneficiaries according to the payment schedule elected or deemed
elected according to Article 4.





	5.2	 	Special Increase




This Section 5.2 applies as to any Participant who was first an Eligible Director in this Plan on
or before December 31, 2008. If any such Participant’s death occurs within the first ten years
following the date on which he or she was first an Eligible Director, the balance existing on the
date of the Participant’s death, but excluding the portion of the balance derived from Deferred
Stock Units and from Dividend Equivalents associated with stock options, shall be doubled. The
doubled balance will be paid out according to the payment schedule elected or deemed elected
according to Article 4. For the avoidance of doubt, the death benefit provided in this Section 5.2
is intended as a separate plan within the meaning of Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(c).




ARTICLE 6

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION



The Participant will have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons or entity as
Beneficiary (both primary and contingent) to whom payment under the Plan will be made in the event
of the Participant’s death. The Beneficiary designation will be effective when it is submitted in
writing to the Administrator during the Participant’s lifetime on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.



The submission of a new Beneficiary designation will cancel all prior Beneficiary designations.
Any finalized divorce or marriage of a Participant subsequent to the date of a Beneficiary
designation will revoke such designation, unless in the case of divorce the previous spouse was not
designated as a Beneficiary, and unless in the case of marriage the Participant’s new spouse has
previously been designated as Beneficiary. The spouse of a married Participant must consent in
writing to any designation of a Beneficiary other than the spouse.



If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if the Beneficiary
designation is revoked by marriage, divorce, or otherwise without execution of a new designation,
or if every person designated as Beneficiary predeceases the Participant, then the Administrator
will direct the distribution of the benefits to the Participant’s estate. If a primary Beneficiary
dies after the Participant’s death but prior to completion of benefits under this Plan and no
contingent Beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, any remaining payments will be paid
to the primary Beneficiary’s Beneficiary, if one has been designated, or to the Beneficiary’s
estate.




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ARTICLE 7

CONDITIONS RELATED TO BENEFITS





	7.1	 	Nonassignability




The benefits provided under the Plan may not be alienated, assigned, transferred, pledged or
hypothecated by or to any person or entity, at any time or any manner whatsoever. These benefits
will be exempt from the claims of creditors of any Participant or other claimants and from all
orders, decrees, levies, garnishment or executions against any Participant to the fullest extent
allowed by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the benefit payable to a Participant may be
assigned in full or in part, pursuant to a domestic relations order of a court of competent
jurisdiction.





	7.2	 	Unforeseeable Emergency Distribution




A Participant may submit a hardship distribution request to the Administrator in writing setting
forth the reasons for the request. The Administrator will have the sole authority to approve or
deny such requests. Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered an Unforeseeable Emergency,
the Administrator may in its discretion, permit the Participant to cease any on-going deferrals and
accelerate distributions of benefits under the Plan in the amount reasonably necessary to alleviate
the Unforeseeable Emergency. If a distribution is to be made to a Participant on account of an
Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may not make deferrals under the Plan until one entire
Plan Year following the Plan Year in which a distribution based on an Unforeseeable Emergency was
made has elapsed.





	7.3	 	No Right to Assets




The benefits paid under the Plan will be paid from the general funds of the Company, and the
Participant and any Beneficiary will be no more than unsecured general creditors of the Company
with no special or prior right to any assets of the Company for payment of any obligations
hereunder. Neither the Participant nor the Beneficiary will have a claim to benefits from any
other Affiliate. Amounts of compensation deferred by Participants pursuant to this Plan accrue as
liabilities of the participating Affiliate at the time of the deferral under the terms and
conditions set forth herein. By electing to defer compensation under the Plan, Participants
consent to EIX sponsorship of the Plan, but acknowledge that EIX is not a guarantor of the benefit
obligations of other participating Affiliates. Each participating Affiliate is responsible for
payment of the accrued benefits under the Plan with respect to its own Eligible Directors subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein.





	7.4	 	Protective Provisions




The Participant will cooperate with the Administrator by furnishing any and all information
requested by the Administrator, in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, taking
such physical examinations as the Administrator may deem necessary and signing such consents to
insure or taking such other actions as may be requested by the Administrator. If the Participant
refuses to cooperate, the Administrator and the Company will have no further obligation to the
Participant under the Plan.




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	7.5	 	Constructive Receipt




Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, in the event the Administrator determines
that amounts deferred under the Plan have failed to comply with Section 409A and must be recognized
as income for federal income tax purposes, distribution of the amounts included in a Participant’s
income will be made to such Participant. The determination of the Administrator under this Section
7.5 will be binding and conclusive.





	7.6	 	Withholding




The Participant or the Beneficiary will make appropriate arrangements with the Administrator for
satisfaction of any federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements and Social Security
or other director tax requirements applicable to the payment of benefits under the Plan. If no
other arrangements are made, the Administrator may provide, at its discretion, for such withholding
and tax payments as may be required.





	7.7	 	Incapacity




If any person entitled to payments under this Plan is incapacitated and unable to use such payments
in his or her own best interest, EIX may direct that payments (or any portion) be made to that
person’s legal guardian or conservator, or that person’s spouse, as an alternative to payment to
the person unable to use the payments. EIX will have no obligation to supervise the use of such
payments, and court-appointed guardianship or conservatorship may be required.




ARTICLE 8

PLAN ADMINISTRATION





	8.1	 	Plan Interpretation




The Administrator will administer the Plan and interpret, construe and apply its provisions in
accordance with its terms and will provide direction and oversight as necessary to management,
staff, or contractors to whom day-to-day Plan operations may be delegated. The Administrator will
establish, adopt or revise such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. All decisions of the Administrator will be final and binding.





	8.2	 	Limited Liability




Neither the Administrator, nor any of its members or designees, will be liable to any person for
any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of this Plan.




ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN





	9.1	 	Amendment of Plan




Subject to the terms of Section 9.3, EIX may at any time amend the Plan in whole or in part,
provided, however, that the amendment (i) will not decrease the balance of the Participant’s
Deferral Account at the time of the amendment and (ii) will not retroactively decrease the
applicable Crediting Rates of the Plan prior to the time of the amendment. EIX may amend the
Crediting Rates of the Plan prospectively, in which case the Administrator will notify the
Participant of the amendment in writing within 30 days after the amendment.




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	9.2	 	Termination of Plan




Subject to the terms of Section 9.3, EIX may at any time terminate the Plan. If EIX terminates the
Plan, distributions to the Participants or their Beneficiaries shall be made on the dates on which
the Participants or Beneficiaries would receive benefits hereunder without regard to the
termination of the Plan except that payments may be made upon termination of the Plan if the
requirements for accelerated payment under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(C) are
satisfied.





	9.3	 	Amendment or Termination after Change in Control




Notwithstanding the foregoing, EIX will not amend or terminate the Plan without the prior written
consent of affected Participants for a period of two calendar years following a Change in Control
of EIX (as defined in the EIX 2008 Executive Severance Plan) and will not thereafter amend or
terminate the Plan in any manner which affects any Participant (or Beneficiary of a deceased
Participant) who commences receiving payment of benefits under the Plan prior to the end of the
two-year period following a Change in Control.





	9.4	 	Exercise of Power to Amend or Terminate




EIX’s power to amend or terminate the Plan will be exercisable by the Board.




ARTICLE 10

CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES





	10.1	 	Claims Procedure




(a) The Administrator will notify a Participant or his or her Beneficiary (or person submitting a
claim on behalf of the Participant or Beneficiary) (a “claimant”) in writing, within 90 days after
his or her written application for benefits, of his or her eligibility or noneligibility for
benefits under the Plan. If the Administrator determines that a claimant is not eligible for
benefits or full benefits, the notice will set forth (1) the specific reasons for the denial, (2) a
specific reference to the provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, (3) a description of
any additional information or material necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claim, and
a description of why it is needed, and (4) an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedure and
other appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to have the claim
reviewed. If the Administrator determines that there are special circumstances requiring
additional time to make a decision, the Administrator will notify the claimant of the special
circumstances and the date by which a decision is expected to be made, and may extend the time for
up to an additional 90-day period.



(b) If a claimant is determined by the Administrator not to be eligible for benefits, or if the
claimant believes that he or she is entitled to greater or different benefits, the claimant will
have the opportunity to have the claim reviewed by the Administrator by filing a petition for
review with the Administrator within 60 days after receipt of the notice issued by the
Administrator. Said petition will state the specific reasons which the claimant believes entitle
him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits. Within 60 days after receipt by the
Administrator of the petition, the Administrator will afford the claimant (and counsel, if any) an
opportunity to present his or her position to the Administrator in writing, and the claimant (or
counsel) will have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Administrator will notify the
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its decision in writing within the 60-day period, stating specifically the basis of its decision,
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and the specific provisions of the
Plan on which the decision is based. If, due to special circumstances (for example, because of the
need for a hearing), the 60-day period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to
another 60-day period at the election of the Administrator, but notice of this deferral will be
given to the claimant. In the event of the death of the Participant, the same procedures will
apply to the Participant’s Beneficiaries.





	10.2	 	Dispute Arbitration




Notwithstanding the foregoing, and because it is agreed that time will be of the essence in
determining whether any payments are due to the claimant under the Plan, a claimant may, if he or
she desires, submit any claim for payment under the Plan to arbitration. This right to select
arbitration will be solely that of the claimant and claimant may decide whether or not to arbitrate
in his or her discretion. The “right to select arbitration” is not mandatory on the claimant, and
the claimant may choose in lieu thereof to bring an action in an appropriate civil court. Once an
arbitration is commenced, however, it may not be discontinued without the mutual consent of both
parties to the arbitration. During the lifetime of the Participant only he or she can use the
arbitration procedure set forth in this Section.



Any claim for arbitration may be submitted as follows: if a claimant has submitted a request to be
paid under the Plan and the claim is finally denied by the Administrator in whole or in part, the
claim may be filed in writing with an arbitrator of the claimant’s choice who is selected by the
method described in the next four sentences. The first step of the selection will consist of the
claimant submitting a list of five potential arbitrators to the Administrator. Each of the five
arbitrators must be either (1) a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators located in the State
of California or (2) a retired California Superior Court or Appellate Court judge. Within one week
after receipt of the list, the Administrator will select one of the five arbitrators as the
arbitrator for the dispute in question. If the Administrator fails to select an arbitrator within
one week after receipt of the list, the claimant will then designate one of the five arbitrators
for the dispute in question.



The arbitration hearing will be held within seven days (or as soon thereafter as possible) after
the picking of the arbitrator. No continuance of said hearing will be allowed without the mutual
consent of the claimant and the Administrator. Absence from or nonparticipation at the hearing by
either party will not prevent the issuance of an award. Hearing procedures which will expedite the
hearing may be ordered at the arbitrator’s discretion, and the arbitrator may close the hearing in
his or her sole discretion when he or she decides he or she has heard sufficient evidence to
satisfy issuance of an award.



The arbitrator’s award will be rendered as expeditiously as possible and in no event later than one
week after the close of the hearing.



In the event the arbitrator finds that the Administrator or the Company has breached the terms of
the Plan, he or she will order the Company to pay to the claimant within two business days after
the decision is rendered the amount then due the claimant, plus, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Plan, an additional amount equal to 20% of the amount actually in dispute. The
award of the arbitrator will be final and binding upon the Parties.




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The award may be enforced in any appropriate court as soon as possible after its rendition. The
Administrator will be considered the prevailing party in a dispute if the arbitrator determines
(1) that neither the Administrator nor the Company has breached the terms of the Plan and (2) the
claim by the claimant was not made in good faith. Otherwise, the claimant will be considered the
prevailing party. In the event that the Administrator is the prevailing party, the fee of the
arbitrator and all necessary expenses of the hearing (excluding any attorneys’ fees incurred by the
Administrator) including the fees of a stenographic reporter, if employed, will be paid by the
losing party. In the event that the claimant is the prevailing party, the fee of the arbitrator
and all necessary expenses of the hearing (including all attorneys’ fees incurred by the claimant
in pursuing his or her claim and the fees of a stenographic reporter, if employed) will be paid by
the Company by March 15 of the year following the year in which the arbitrator determines who is
the prevailing party.




ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS





	11.1	 	Successors




The rights and obligations of EIX and the Companies under the Plan will inure to the benefit of,
and will be binding upon, the successors and assigns of EIX and the Companies, respectively.





	11.2	 	Trust




The Companies will be responsible for the payment of all benefits under the Plan. At their
discretion, the Companies may establish one or more grantor trusts for the purpose of providing for
payment of benefits under the Plan. The trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but a Company’s share
of the assets thereof will be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors. Benefits paid to
the Participant from any such trust will be considered paid by the Company for purposes of meeting
the obligations of the Company under the Plan.





	11.3	 	Service Not Guaranteed




Nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken hereunder will be construed as a contract of
service or as giving any Participant any right to continue in service as a director of EIX or any
other Affiliate.





	11.4	 	Gender, Singular and Plural




All pronouns and variations thereof will be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter,
as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may
be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.





	11.5	 	Captions




The captions of the articles and sections of the Plan are for convenience only and will not control
or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.




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	11.6	 	Validity




If any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void or unenforceable, the same will not affect, in
any respect whatsoever, the validity of any other provisions of the Plan.





	11.7	 	Waiver of Breach




The waiver by EIX or the Administrator of any breach of any provision of the Plan by the
Participant will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the
Participant.





	11.8	 	Applicable Law




The Plan will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of California.





	11.9	 	Notice




Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Administrator under the Plan will be
sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by first class mail to the principal office of
EIX, directed to the attention of the Administrator. The notice will be deemed given as of the
date of delivery, or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark.





	11.10	 	Statutes and Regulations




Any reference to a statute or regulation herein shall include any successor to such statute or
regulation.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EIX has adopted this Plan effective the 31st day of December, 2008.



EDISON INTERNATIONAL




	 	 	 
	/s/ Diane L. Featherstone
 

     Diane L. Featherstone

	 	 







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