Exhibit 10.1


 


Amended effective August 18, 2010


 


HOSPIRA, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’
FEE PLAN


 


SECTION 1

PURPOSE


 


Hospira, Inc.
Non-Employee Directors’ Fee Plan (the “Plan”) has been established by Hospira, Inc.
(the “Company”), effective as of April 30, 2004 (the “Effective Date”) to
attract and retain as members of its Board of Directors persons who are not
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries but whose business
experience and judgment are a valuable asset to the Company and its subsidiaries.  The Plan provides for the payment to
Directors of fees in the form of some or all of the following: Annual Retainer
Fees, Committee Chairman Fees, Meeting Fees and Restricted Stock awards
(generally, the “Director Fees”).


 


SECTION 2

DIRECTORS COVERED


 


As
used in the Plan, the term “Director” means any person who is elected to the
Board of Directors of the Company as of the Effective Date or at any time
thereafter, and is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.


 


SECTION 3

FEES PAYABLE TO DIRECTORS


 


3.1           Annual Board Retainer Fee.  Each Director shall be entitled to an annual
retainer fee (the “Annual Board Retainer Fee”) to be paid quarterly, on the
last business day of each calendar quarter for which the Director served in the
capacity as a Director (excluding, on a pro rata basis, any portion of the
quarter in which he did not serve in such capacity).  The amount of the Annual Board Retainer Fee
shall be as determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Board”), with such amount currently set at
Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000) per year.


 


3.2           Annual Committee Retainer
Fee.  A director who serves on any
committee created by the Board shall be entitled to an additional annual retainer
fee (the “Annual Committee Retainer Fee”) to be paid quarterly, on the last
business day of each calendar quarter for which the Director served in the
capacity as a committee member (excluding, on a pro rata basis, any portion of
the quarter in which he did not serve in such capacity).  The amount of the Annual Committee Retainer
Fee shall be as determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the
Board, with such amount currently set as follows: (i) Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) per year for each of the Science, Technology and Quality
Committee, Governance and Public Policy Committee, and any other permanent or
temporary committee established by the Board; (ii) Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000) per year for the Compensation Committee; and (iii) Seventeen
Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars ($17,500) per year for the Audit Committee.


 


3.3           Committee Chairman Fee.  A Director who serves as Chairman of any
committee created by the Board shall be entitled to an additional annual
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“Committee Chairman Fee”) to
be paid quarterly, on the last business day of each calendar quarter for which
the Director served in the capacity as a committee chairman (excluding, on a
pro rata basis, any portion of the quarter in which he did not serve in such
capacity).  The amount of the Committee
Chairman Fee shall be as determined from time to time in the sole discretion of
the Board, with such amount currently set as follows: (i) Twelve Thousand
and Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500) per year for each of the Science, Technology
and Quality Committee, Governance and Public Policy Committee, and any other
permanent or temporary committee established by the Board; (ii) Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000) per year for the Compensation Committee; and (ii) Twenty
Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) per year for the Audit Committee.


 


3.4           Global Travel Allowance Fee.  A global travel allowance fee (the “Global
Travel Allowance Fee”) shall be paid to compensate a Director for international
travel to attend a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof.  The Global Travel Allowance Fee shall be paid
on the last business day of the calendar quarter in which the meeting was
held.  International travel shall be
deemed to occur whenever the Director is required to fly from his or her
principal domicile over either the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean, or to
another country in which the flight is greater than six (6) hours.  The amount of the Global Travel Allowance Fee
shall be as determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board,
with such amount currently set at Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000).


 


3.5           Lead Director Fees.  A Director who serves as Lead Director of the
Board shall be entitled to an additional annual retainer fee (the “Lead
Director Fee”) to be paid quarterly, on the last business day of each calendar
quarter for which the Director served in the capacity as Lead Director
(excluding, on a pro rata basis, any portion of the quarter in which he did not
serve in such capacity).  The amount of
the Lead Director Fee shall be as determined from time to time in the sole
discretion of the Board, with such amount currently set at Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000) per year.  This amount
is in addition to the Annual Board Retainer Fee set forth in Section 3.1.


 


SECTION 4

RESTRICTED STOCK


 


4.1           Annual Restricted Stock
Award.


 


(i)                                     As of January 1,
2008, each Director, who is elected a Non-Employee Director at the annual
shareholders meeting (or who retains such position if they were not subject to
election at such meeting), shall be granted shares of Company’s Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”), with such stock subject to certain
restrictions set forth below (the “Restricted Stock”).  The Restricted Stock shall be granted
automatically to the Director on the last business day of the calendar quarter
in which the annual shareholder meeting occurs. 
If more than one shareholder meeting occurs in a given calendar year,
only a single Restricted Stock award shall be granted for such year and such
award shall be granted as of the last business day of the calendar quarter in
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(ii)                                  The number of
shares covered by the Restricted Stock award shall be equal to that number of
shares whose aggregate value (based on the Fair Market Value of a share of
Stock on the date of grant) equals One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($150,000), rounded down to the next whole share.


 


(iii)                               Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 4.1 to the contrary, a Non-Employee
Director, who is elected between any annual shareholders meetings, shall
automatically be granted Restricted Stock on the last business day of the
calendar quarter in which such Director is elected; provided, however, that the
number of shares of the Restricted Stock granted to such Director shall be
equal to that number of shares (rounded to the next whole share) whose
aggregate value (based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date
of grant) equals One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), multiplied by
the fraction of A over 12, with “A” 
being the number of whole calendar months between the first day of the
month coinciding with or immediately following such Director’s election and
first day of the month during which the next annual shareholders meeting is
scheduled to occur.  The term “Fair
Market Value” shall be as defined in the 2004 Plan (as defined in Section 6.6
below).


 


4.2           Issuance of Certificates.  Each certificate issued in respect of the
Restricted Stock Award shall be registered in the name of the Director and
shall be deposited in a bank designated by the Company or retained by the
Company.  The certification of shares is
conditioned upon the Director endorsing in blank a stock power for the covered
shares.  During the Restricted Period,
all certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock will be imprinted with the
following legend: “The securities evidenced by this certificate are subject to
the transfer restrictions, forfeiture restrictions and other provisions of the
Restricted Stock Agreement dated [insert
date] between Hospira, Inc. and [insert Director name].” 
Upon lapse of the Restriction Period, the Director shall be entitled to
have the legend removed from certificates representing the shares.


 


4.3           Rights.  Upon issuance of the certificates, the
Directors in whose names they are registered shall, subject to the restrictions
of this Section 4, have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to
the shares represented by the certificate, including the right to vote such
shares and to receive cash dividends and other distributions thereon.


 


4.4           Forfeiture Period.  All Restricted Stock granted under this Section 4
shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to Section 4.5 for a period (the “Forfeiture
Period”) commencing with the date of the award and ending on the earliest
of the following events:


 


(i)                                     The one-year
anniversary of the date of grant of Restricted Stock;


 


(ii)                                  The first
regularly scheduled annual shareholders meeting following the date of grant;


 


(iii)                               The date of the
Director’s death or disability; or


 


(iv)                              The date of a
Change in Control (as defined in Section 5 of the 2004 Plan).


 


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4.5           Forfeiture.  In the event that the Director’s date of
termination occurs during the Forfeiture Period, the Director shall forfeit any
and all rights and interests with respect to such unvested Restricted Stock (or
Restricted Stock Units, if a Deferral Election, under Section 10 below, is
applicable) and the Company shall have the right to cancel any such
certificates evidencing such Restricted Stock.


 


4.6.     
Restrictions on Sale.  All Restricted Stock granted under this Section 4
shall be subject to the following restrictions on sale beginning on the date of
grant and continuing, except as
otherwise provided below in this Section 4.6, for all periods while
the Director is actively serving as a Director of the Company (the “Restricted
Period”):


 


(i)                                     The shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, except: (a) to the extent
that after the Forfeiture Period such sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation or other disposal does not cause a Director to fail to meet the
minimum holding requirements under the Company’s then existing Company share
retention and ownership guidelines for Directors; or (b) if upon the end
of the Forfeiture Period of a Director’s Restricted Stock, the Restricted Stock
becomes taxable to the Director, the Company may withhold or arrange for the
sale of the number of shares of such Stock that have an aggregate Fair Market
Value equal to the amount of tax required to be withheld by the Company under
applicable law.


 


(ii)                                  Except as
provided in paragraph (i) of this Section 4.6, any additional common shares of the
Company issued with respect to shares covered by Awards granted under this Section 4
as a result of any stock dividend, stock split or reorganization, shall be
subject to the restrictions and other provisions of this Section 4.


 


(iii)                               A Director shall not be entitled to
receive any shares prior to completion of all actions deemed appropriate by the
Company to comply with federal or state securities laws and stock exchange
requirements.


 


SECTION 5

CHANGE IN CONTROL


 


In
the event of a Change in Control, (i) all Restricted Stock awards shall
become fully vested and shall no longer be subject to the restrictions set
forth in Section 4 of this Plan, and (ii) all Deferred Fees shall be
paid to the Director at such time and in such form as set forth in the Director’s
Deferral Election.


 


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SECTION 6

OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION


 


6.1           Administration.


 


(i)                                     The Plan and
all benefits pursuant hereto shall be administered by the full Board.


 


(ii)                                  The Board shall
have the authority and discretion to interpret and administer the Plan, to
establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the
Plan and to determine the terms and provisions of any award agreement made pursuant
to the Plan.  All questions of
interpretation with respect to the Plan, the benefits established herein, the
number of shares of Stock, or other security, or rights granted and the terms
of any agreements evidencing any of the Director Fees (the “Award Agreements”),
including the timing, pricing, and amounts of Awards, shall be determined by
the Board, and its determination shall be final and conclusive upon all parties
in interest.  In the event of any
conflict between an Award Agreement and this Plan, the terms of this Plan shall
govern.


 


(iii)                               Except to the
extent prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of a stock
exchange, the Board may delegate to the officers or employees of the Company
and its subsidiaries the authority to execute and deliver such instruments and
documents, to do all such acts and things, and to take all such other steps
deemed necessary, advisable or convenient for the effective administration of
the Plan in accordance with its terms and purpose, except that the Board may
not delegate any discretionary authority with respect to substantive decisions
or functions regarding the Plan or benefits and awards thereunder, including,
but not limited to, decisions regarding the timing, eligibility, pricing,
amount or other material terms of such benefits or awards. Any such delegation
may be revoked by the Board at any time.


 


(iv)                              To the extent
that the Board determines that the restrictions imposed by the Plan preclude
the achievement of the material purposes of the benefit provided herein in
jurisdictions outside the United States, if applicable, the Board will have the
authority and discretion to modify those restrictions as the Board determines
to be necessary or appropriate to conform to applicable requirements or practices
of jurisdictions outside of the United States.


 


6.2           Limits of Liability.


 


(i)                                     Any liability
of the Company or a subsidiary to any Director with respect to an Award shall
be based solely upon contractual obligations created by the Plan and the
applicable Award Agreement.


 


(ii)                                  Neither the
Company nor a subsidiary, nor any member of the Board or any other person
participating in any determination of any question under the Plan, or in the
interpretation, administration or application of the Plan, shall have any
liability to any party for any action taken or not taken in good faith under
the Plan except as may be expressly provided by statute.


 


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6.3           Rights of Director.  Nothing contained in this Plan or in any
Award Agreement (or in any other documents related to this Plan or to any award
or Award Agreement) shall confer upon any Director any right to continue in the
service of the Company or a subsidiary, constitute any contract or limit in any
way the right of the Company or a subsidiary to change such person’s
compensation or other benefits or to terminate the service of such person with
or without cause or confer any right on the part of such person to be nominated
for reelection to the Board, to be reelected to the Board or to be appointed to
any committee of the Board.


 


6.4           Form and Time of
Elections.  Any
election required or permitted shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to be
filed when timely delivered to the Secretary of the Company.


 


6.5           Action by Company.  Any action required or permitted to be taken
by the Company shall be by resolution of the Board, or by action of one or more
members of the Board (including a committee of the Board) who are duly
authorized to act for the Board or (except to the extent prohibited by the
provisions of Rule 16b-3, applicable local law, the applicable rules of
any stock exchange, or any other applicable rules) by a duly authorized officer
of the Company.


 


6.6           Hospira, Inc. 2004
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.  Any shares of Stock awarded to, or subject to
Awards granted to Directors under this Plan as Director Fees shall be issued
pursuant to the Hospira, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004
Plan”), subject to all of the terms and conditions herein.  Except in the event of conflict, all
provisions of the 2004 Plan shall apply to this Plan.  In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of the 2004 Plan and this Plan, this Plan shall control, provided
that the Director Fees granted provided may not exceed the share limitations
set forth in the 2004 Plan.


 


SECTION 7

MISCELLANEOUS


 


7.1           Beneficiaries.  Each Director or former Director entitled to
payment of Director Fees hereunder, from time to time may name any person or
persons (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any Director
Fees earned by him and payable to him are to be paid in case of his death
before he receives any or all of such Director Fees.  Each designation will revoke all prior
designations by the same Director or former Director, shall be in form
prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the
Director or former Director in writing with the Secretary of the Company during
his lifetime. If a deceased Director or former Director shall have failed to
name a beneficiary in the manner provided above, or if the beneficiary named by
a Director or former Director dies before him or before payment of all the
Director’s or former Director’s Director Fees, the Company, in its discretion,
may direct payment in a single sum of any remaining Director Fees to either:


 


(i)                                     any one or more
or all of the next of kin (including the surviving spouse) of the Director or
former Director, and in such proportions as the Company determines; or


 


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(ii)                                  the legal
representative or representatives of the estate of the last to die of the
Director or former Director and his last surviving beneficiary.


 


The
person or persons to whom any deceased Director’s or former Director’s Director
Fees are payable under this section will be referred to as his “beneficiary.”


 


7.2           Alienation of
Rights.  Payment of Director Fees will
be made only to the person entitled thereto in accordance with the terms of the
Plan, and Director Fees are not in any way subject to the debts or other
obligations of persons entitled thereto, and may not be voluntarily or
involuntarily sold, transferred or assigned.


 


7.3           Facility of
Payment.  When a person entitled to a
payment under the Plan is under legal disability or, in the Company’s opinion,
is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs,
the Company may direct that payment be made to such person’s legal representative,
or to a relative or friend of such person for his benefit, and with respect to
the Director’s Stock Unit Account (defined in Section 9 below), if any,
any distribution shall be pursuant to the Director’s beneficiary designation
form, as may be on file with the Company. Any payment made in accordance with
the preceding sentence shall be in complete discharge of the Company’s
obligation to make such payment under the Plan.


 


7.4           Unfunded Plan.  Any obligation to pay cash or Deferred Fees
under this Plan shall constitute an unfunded unsecured obligation of the
Company.  The Company may, but shall not
be obligated to, establish a trust to hold assets for the purpose of satisfying
obligations under this Plan.


 


7.5           Adjustment
Provisions.  In the event of a corporate
transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock
dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or
exchange of shares), in addition to any adjustments made pursuant to Section 3.4
of the 2004 Plan, the Board may adjust the Director Fees (including Deferred
Fees) to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of participation in the
Plan.


 


7.6           Gender and Number.   Where the context admits, words in any gender
shall include any other gender, words in the singular shall include the plural
and the plural shall include the singular.


 


SECTION 8

AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE


 


The
Board may, at any time, amend or terminate the Plan, and may amend any Award
Agreement, provided that no amendment or termination may, in the absence of
written consent to the change by the affected Director (or, if the Director is
not then living, the affected beneficiary), adversely affect the rights of any
Director or beneficiary under any Award granted under the Plan prior to the
date such amendment is adopted by the Board; and further provided, that
adjustments pursuant to Section 9.4 shall not be subject to the foregoing
limitations of this Section 8. 
Subject to Section 9.4, any amendment or discontinuance of the Plan
shall be prospective in operation only, and shall not affect the payment of any
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earned
by any Director, or the conditions under which any such fees are to be paid or
forfeited under the Plan.


 


SECTION 9

ELECTIVE DEFERRALS


 


9.1           DEFERRAL ELECTION


 


(i)                                     Annual Deferral
Election.  A Director
who would otherwise be entitled to receive Director Fees in the form of shares
of Stock or a cash payment under the terms of the Plan may instead elect to
defer delivery of all or a portion of such fees, subject to the following terms
of this Section 9 (once deferred, the “Deferred Fees”).  An election to defer the Director Fees shall
be made on an election form (the “Deferral Election”).  The form of distribution of the Deferred Fees
shall be elected by the Director on the Deferral Election form, which may be
either (a) a lump sum payment on the first business day following the
quarter within which the Director’s service on the Board terminates (the “Distribution
Commencement Date”) or (b) annual installments for a number of years, not
exceeding 10, payable on the Distribution Commencement Date and each
anniversary thereof. Except as provided in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of
this Section 9.1, any Deferral Election shall be made in the calendar year
before the year in which the Director Fees are payable and shall be irrevocable
as of the first day of the year for which it is to be effective.  Deferral Elections shall remain in effect
with respect to any future year unless a new election with respect to such year
is filed in accordance with paragraph (iii) of this Section 9.1.


 


(ii)                                  Deferral
Election for New Directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Deferral
Election by a Director upon first becoming a member of the Board must be
submitted within 30 days after becoming a Director and shall be effective for
all fees paid for services performed following the date on which the election
is received by the Company. Any such Deferral Elections shall be irrevocable as
of its effective date and shall remain in effect with respect to the calendar
year in which it was made and any future year unless a new election with
respect to Deferral Election is filed in accordance with paragraph (iii) of
this Section 9.1.


 


(iii)                               Subsequent
Changes to Initial Deferrals.


 


(a)                                  Deferral
Elections shall remain in effect with respect to Director Fees to be paid in
any future year unless a new election with respect to such year is filed by the
Director making the change prior to the year to which it is intended to apply;
and


 


(b)                                 A Director may
elect to change the timing or form of distribution for his or her Deferred Fees
(a “Subsequent Election”), provided the Subsequent Election is made at least 12
months before the date of the first scheduled payment, if any; the Subsequent
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months after the date of the
election; and the first payment under the Subsequent Election must be delayed
for at least five years from the date it otherwise would have been paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph (b), payment of
the Deferred Fees shall begin under the terms of a Director’s most current
Deferral Election as of first business day following the quarter within which
the Director’s services on the Board terminates due to a death or disability.
For this purpose, “disability” shall mean that the Director 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 12 months.


 


(c)                                  During 2007 and 2008, a
Director may elect to change the timing or form of distribution for his
Deferred Fees without meeting the foregoing requirements, provided that no
Director whose Distribution Commencement Date occurs (or would otherwise occur)
within 2007 may make or change a payment election during 2007 and no Director
whose Distribution Commencement Date occurs (or would otherwise occur) within
2008 may make or change a payment election during 2008.


 


(iv)                              Conversion of
Cash or Restricted Stock to Stock Units.  Deferred Fees shall be credited to a Stock
Unit Account (as defined below) under this Section 9 as follows:


 


(a)                                  Cash-based
Deferred Fees shall be converted to Stock Units by dividing the cash-based fees
the Director elected to defer by the Fair Market Value of the Stock as of the
date the Director would have had a right to payment of such Director Fees had
the Director not made a Deferral Election.


 


(b)                                 Stock-based
Deferred Fees shall be converted to that number of Stock Units equal to that
number of shares of Restricted Stock the Director elected to defer.


 


9.2           ACCOUNTS


 


(i)                                     Stock Unit
Account.  A “Stock Unit Account” shall
be maintained on behalf of each Director who elects to defer all or a portion
of his Director Fees under this Section 9, for the period during which
delivery of such fees is deferred. A Director’s Stock Unit Account shall be
subject to the following adjustments:


 


(a)                                  The Stock Unit
Account will be credited with Stock Units as of the date on which the Director
would have been entitled to payment of the cash-based fees or the date on which
the Director would have been granted the Restricted Stock award, both as if the
Director had not made a Deferral Election with respect to such fees.


 


(b)                                 As of each
dividend payment date for the Stock, the Director’s Stock Unit Account shall be
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Stock Units) equal to (i) the
amount of the dividend that would be payable with respect to the number of
shares of Stock equal to the number of Stock Units credited to the Director’s
Stock Unit Account on the dividend record date, divided by (ii) the
Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the dividend payment date.


 


(c)                                  As of the date
of any distribution with respect to a Director’s Stock Unit Account under Section 9.3,
the Stock Units credited to a Director’s Stock Unit Account shall be reduced by
the amounts distributed to the Director.


 


(ii)                                  Statement of
Accounts.  As soon as
practicable after the end of each Plan Year, the Company shall provide each
Director having an Stock Unit Account under the Plan with a statement of the
transactions in his Stock Unit Account during that year and his account balance
as of the end of the year.


 


9.3           DISTRIBUTIONS


 


(i)                                     General.  Subject to the terms of this Section 9.3,
a Director shall specify, as part of his Deferral Election with respect to
Deferred Fees, the time and form of the distribution of the amounts deferred
pursuant to such election.  In the event
that an election with respect to the timing or form of distribution is not in
effect as of the date of the Director’s termination (including a termination
due to the Director’s death), the Director’s entire Stock Unit Account shall be
distributed in a single lump sum stock payment within 60 days following the
first anniversary of the Director’s date of termination or death.


 


(ii)                                  If a scheduled
distribution date would otherwise occur after a dividend record date but before
the payment of the dividend, the distribution may, in the discretion of the
Board, be deferred (but not more than 30 days) until the dividend payment date.


 


(iii)                               In determining
a Director’s right to distributions under this Section 9.3, the vesting
provisions of Section 4 of the Plan shall apply to the Stock Units
credited to the Director’s Stock Unit Account as though each unit represented
one share of Stock, and with all units attributable to payment of dividends
being fully vested as of the date they are credited to the Director’s Stock
Unit Account.


 


9.4           Termination of Deferral by
Company.  The Board shall retain the
right to terminate, at any time, for any reason, or no reason, the deferral
provisions under this Section 9 (which may, but need not, be in
conjunction with a termination of the Plan), and shall distribute all Stock
Unit Accounts to Directors provided (i) the Company terminates all
non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements of the same type as this Plan
at the same time that the Plan is terminated; (ii) except for payments
that would be payable if the termination had not occurred, the Company makes no
payments to Directors for 12 months but makes all payments within 24 months;
and (iii) the Company adopts no new non-qualified deferred compensation
arrangement of the same type as this Plan for five years.


 


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