Deferred Compensation PLan



 Exhibit 10.28 
  
 RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC. 
  
 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 







 Exhibit 10.28 
  

					
	ARTICLE I             TITLE AND DEFINITIONS	  	1
			
	            1.1  	  	 Definitions.
	  	1
		
	ARTICLE II            PARTICIPATION	  	5
			
	2.1  	  	 Requirements for Participation.
	  	5
			
	2.2  	  	 Application to Previous Deferral Elections.
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	ARTICLE III           DEFERRAL ELECTIONS	  	5
			
	3.1  	  	 Elections to Defer Compensation.
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	3.2  	  	 Investment Elections.
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	ARTICLE IV           DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS	  	7
			
	4.1  	  	 Deferral Accounts.
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	4.2  	  	 Company Contribution Account.
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	ARTICLE V            VESTING	  	8
		
	ARTICLE VI           DISTRIBUTIONS	  	8
			
	6.1  	  	 Distribution of Deferred Compensation and Discretionary Company Contributions.
	  	8
			
	6.2  	  	 Early Non-Scheduled Distributions.
	  	9
			
	6.3  	  	 Hardship Distribution.
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	6.4  	  	 Inability to Locate Participant.
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	ARTICLE VII         ADMINISTRATION	  	11
			
	7.1  	  	 Committee.
	  	11
			
	7.2  	  	 Committee Action.
	  	11
			
	7.3  	  	 Powers and Duties of the Committee.
	  	11
			
	7.4  	  	 Construction and Interpretation.
	  	12
			
	7.5  	  	 Information.
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	            7.6  	  	 Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity.
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	7.7  	  	 Quarterly Statements; Delegation of Administrative Functions.
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	7.8  	  	 Disputes.
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	ARTICLE VIII         MISCELLANEOUS	  	14
			
	8.1  	  	 Unsecured General Creditor.
	  	14
			
	8.2  	  	 Insurance Contracts or Policies.
	  	14
			
	8.3  	  	 Restriction Against Assignment.
	  	14
			
	8.4  	  	 Withholding.
	  	14
			
	8.5  	  	 Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination.
	  	15
			
	8.6  	  	 Governing Law.
	  	15
			
	8.7  	  	 Receipt or Release.
	  	15
			
	8.8  	  	 Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity.
	  	15
			
	8.9  	  	 Limitation of Rights and Employment Relationship
	  	15
			
	8.10	  	 Headings.
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 Exhibit 10.28 
  
 RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS 
  
 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 
  
 WHEREAS, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) desires to adopt this Deferred Compensation Plan (“Plan”) which applies to a
select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company and its affiliates; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company intends that the Plan shall govern the elections to defer compensation made in 2002 by Michael E. Woods, James P. McCloskey and Robert Merullo pursuant to a nonqualified deferred compensation plan
that became effective in 2001; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, as of the
Effective Date set forth herein, the Company adopts the Plan that follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
  
 TITLE
AND DEFINITIONS 
  

	 	1.1	Definitions. 

  
 Whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the first letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified below.

  
 (a) “Account” or “Accounts” shall mean all
of such accounts as are specifically authorized for inclusion in this Plan. 
  
 (b) “Affiliate” shall mean each corporation (other than the Company) that is a member of the affiliated group filing consolidated federal income tax returns of which the Company is the common parent.

  
 (c) “Base Salary” shall mean a Participant’s
annual base salary, excluding bonus, commissions, incentive and all other remuneration for services rendered to Company and prior to reduction for any salary contributions to a plan established pursuant to Section 125 of the Code or qualified
pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Code. 
  
 (d)
“Beneficiary” or “Beneficiaries” shall mean the person or persons, including a trustee, personal representative or other fiduciary, last designated in writing by a Participant in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee to receive the benefits specified hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death. No beneficiary designation shall become effective until it is filed with the Committee. Any designation shall be revocable at any time through a
written instrument filed by the Participant with the Committee with or without the consent of the previous Beneficiary. No designation of a Beneficiary other than the Participant’s spouse shall be valid unless consented to in writing by such
spouse. If there is no such designation or if there is no surviving designated Beneficiary, then the Participant’s surviving spouse shall be the Beneficiary. If there is no surviving spouse to receive any benefits payable in accordance with the
preceding sentence, the duly appointed and currently acting personal 
  

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 representative of the Participant’s estate (which shall include either the Participant’s probate estate or living trust) shall be the Beneficiary. In any case
where there is no such personal representative of the Participant’s estate duly appointed and acting in that capacity within 90 days after the Participant’s death (or such extended period as the Committee determines is reasonably necessary
to allow such personal representative to be appointed, but not to exceed 180 days after the Participant’s death), then Beneficiary shall mean the person or persons who can verify by affidavit or court order to the satisfaction of the Committee
that they are legally entitled to receive the benefits specified hereunder. In the event any amount is payable under the Plan to a minor, payment shall not be made to the minor, but instead be paid (a) to that person’s living parent(s) to act
as custodian, (b) if that person’s parents are then divorced, and one parent is the sole custodial parent, to such custodial parent, or (c) if no parent of that person is then living, to a custodian selected by the Committee to hold the funds
for the minor under the Uniform Transfers or Gifts to Minors Act in effect in the jurisdiction in which the minor resides. If no parent is living and the Committee decides not to select another custodian to hold the funds for the minor, then payment
shall be made to the duly appointed and currently acting guardian of the estate for the minor or, if no guardian of the estate for the minor is duly appointed and currently acting within 60 days after the date the amount becomes payable, payment
shall be deposited with the court having jurisdiction over the estate of the minor. Payment by Company pursuant to any unrevoked Beneficiary designation, or to the Participant’s estate if no such designation exists, of all benefits owed
hereunder shall terminate any and all liability of Company. 
  
 (e) “Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  
 (f) “Bonuses” shall mean the bonuses earned as of the last day of the Plan Year, provided a Participant is in the employ of the Company on the
last day of the Plan Year. 
  
 (g) “Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 (h)
“Committee” shall mean the committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Article VII; provided that, if the Board has not appointed a committee in accordance with Article VII, the Committee shall be the
Compensation Committee of the Board. 
  
 (i) “Company”
shall mean Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. 
  
 (j) “Company
Contribution Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by Company for each Participant that is credited with an amount equal to the Company Discretionary Contribution Amount, if any, and earnings and losses on such amounts pursuant
to Section 4.2. 
  
 (k) “Company Discretionary Contribution
Amount” with respect to a Participant shall mean such amount, if any, contributed by the Company, on a purely discretionary basis, under the Plan for the benefit of Participant for a Plan Year. Such amount may differ from Participant to
Participant both in amount, if any, and as a percentage of Compensation. 
  
 (l) “Compensation” shall be base salary, bonus and commissions. 
  

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 (m) “Deferral Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee for each Participant that is credited with amounts equal
to (1) the portion of the Participant’s Compensation that he or she elects to defer, and (2) earnings and losses pursuant to Section 4.1. 
  
 (n) “Deferral Election Form” shall mean a form provided by the Committee pursuant to which an Eligible Employee may elect to defer or redefer
compensation in accordance with the Plan. The form and content of the Deferral Election Form may be revised from time to time consistent with the Plan, by or at the direction of the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer or
chief legal officer. 
  
 (o) “Distributable Amount” at
any time shall mean the vested balance in the Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account at such time. 
  
 (p) “Distribution Election Form” shall mean a form provided by the Committee pursuant to which an Eligible Employee may elect an Elected
Withdrawal Schedule and/or an Elected Termination Schedule in accordance with the Plan. The form and content of the Distribution Election Form may be revised from time to time consistent with the Plan, by or at the direction of the Company’s
chief executive officer, chief financial officer or chief legal officer. 
  
 (q) “Early Distribution” shall mean an election by Participant in accordance with Section 6.2 to receive a withdrawal of amounts from his or her Deferral Account and Company Contribution Account prior to the
time at which such Participant would otherwise be entitled to such amounts. 
  
 (r) “Effective Date” shall be January 1, 2003. 
  
 (s) “Elected Termination Schedule” shall mean a distribution schedule elected by a Participant, as set forth on the Distribution Election Form for such Plan Year or as otherwise elected by the Participant
pursuant to the Plan, which shall govern certain withdrawals in accordance with Section 6.1(a) in the case of a Participant who retires or terminates employment. Each Elected Termination Schedule shall satisfy the requirements of Section 6.1(a).

  
 (t) “Elected Withdrawal Schedule” shall mean a
distribution schedule elected by a Participant as set forth on the Distribution Election Form for such Plan Year or as otherwise elected by the Participant pursuant to the Plan, which shall govern certain in-service withdrawals in accordance with
Section 6.1(b). Each Elected Withdrawal Schedule shall satisfy the requirements of Sections 6.1(c) and 6.1(d). 
  
 (u) “Eligible Employee” shall be a select group of management and/or highly compensated employees of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., or any of
its Affiliates, designated by the Committee as eligible to participate under the Plan. 
  
 (v) “Fund” or “Funds” shall mean one or more of the investment funds selected by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.2(b). 
  

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 (w) “Hardship Distribution” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident
of the Participant or of his or her Dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code), loss of a Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar or extraordinary and unforseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant. The circumstances that would constitute an unforseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, a Hardship Distribution may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be
relieved (i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (iii) by cessation of
deferrals under this Plan. 
  
 (x) “Initial Election
Period” shall mean the 30-day period prior to the Effective Date of the Plan, or the 30-day period following the time the Committee designates an employee as an Eligible Employee. 
  
 (y) “Interest Rate” shall mean, for each Fund, an amount equal to the net gain or loss on the assets of such Fund
during each month or other period, expressed as a percentage of the balance of the Fund at the beginning of the month or other period. 
  
 (z) “Participant” shall mean any Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with Article II. 
  
 (aa) “Payment Date” shall mean (i) with respect to distributions
pursuant to an Elected Withdrawal Schedule for a Plan Year, the last regularly scheduled pay day during February of the calendar year elected by the Participant on the Distribution Election Form for the Plan Year, provided such year must begin no
earlier than two (2) years after the last day of the Plan Year, and (ii) with respect to distributions upon the termination or retirement of a Participant, the last regularly scheduled pay day during February of the calendar year beginning after the
event of termination or retirement. 
  
 (bb) “Plan”
shall be this Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Deferred Compensation Plan. 
  
 (cc) “Plan Year” shall be January 1 to December 31. 
  
 (dd) “Previous Deferral Elections” shall mean the elections to defer compensation pursuant to a nonqualified deferred compensation plan established in 2001, which elections were made by Michael E. Woods, James P. McCloskey and
Robert Merullo. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
  
 PARTICIPATION 
  

	 	2.1	Requirements for Participation. 

  
 An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan by (i) timely completing and submitting a Deferral Election Form for a Plan Year in accordance
with Section 3.1(a), and all other relevant and appropriate forms as required by the Committee, and (ii) completing any medical examination required pursuant to Section 8.2. 
  

	 	2.2	Application to Previous Deferral Elections. 

  
 The Plan shall apply to the Previous Deferral Elections as if such elections were made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. The Committee shall have
authority to take all actions deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of causing the Previous Deferral Elections to be treated in the same manner as other Deferral Elections under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee shall be
entitled to interpret or vary the Plan with respect to the Previous Deferral Elections to the extent necessary or appropriate to subsume the Previous Deferral Elections without altering any previous commitments to or understandings with the
individuals who made the Previous Deferral Elections. In order to subsume the Previous Deferral Elections within the Plan, the employees who made the Previous Deferral Elections may be asked to execute new Distribution Election Forms, which may be
customized to their particular situations, with respect to compensation deferred under Previous Deferral Elections. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
  
 DEFERRAL ELECTIONS 
  

	 	3.1	Elections to Defer Compensation. 

  
 (a) Initial Election Period. Subject to the provisions of Article II, each Eligible Employee may elect to defer Compensation by filing with the
Committee a signed and completed election that conforms to the requirements of this Section 3.1, on a Deferral Election Form, no later than the last day of his or her Initial Election Period. 
  
 (b) General Rule. The Compensation that an Eligible Employee may elect
to defer in accordance with Section 3.1(a) shall not exceed seventy-five (75) percent of the Eligible Employee’s base salary; provided that an Eligible Employee may defer up to 100% of bonuses and 100% of commissions for a Plan year; and
provided further that the total amount deferred by a Participant shall be limited in any calendar year, if necessary, to satisfy Social Security Tax (including Medicare), income tax and employee benefit plan withholding requirements as determined in
the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee. The minimum contribution that may be made in any Plan Year by an Eligible Employee shall not be less than $5,000, provided such minimum contribution can be satisfied from any element of
Compensation. An Eligible Employee may elect to change or revoke an election to defer salary during a Plan Year by submitting an executed and completed form to be provided by the Company. 
  
 (c) Duration of Compensation Deferral Election. An Eligible Employee’s initial election to defer Compensation
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 and shall be effective with respect to Compensation received in the applicable Plan Year after such deferral election is processed. A Participant who remains an Eligible
Employee for a subsequent Plan Year may increase, decrease or terminate a deferral election with respect to Compensation for any subsequent Plan Year by filing a new signed and completed Deferral Election Form not less than 15 days prior to the
beginning of the next Plan Year, which election shall be effective on the first day of the next following Plan Year. In the case of an employee who becomes an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year, such Eligible Employee shall have 30 days from the
date he or she has become an Eligible Employee to make an initial election with respect to Compensation for such Plan Year, and such election shall be for the remainder of the Plan Year. 
  
 (d) Elections other than Elections during the Initial Election Period. Subject to the limitations of Section 3.1(b)
above, any Eligible Employee who has previously made a Compensation deferral election may elect to again defer Compensation, by filing a signed and completed Deferral Election Form to defer Compensation as described in Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(c)
above. An election to defer Compensation must be filed in a timely manner in accordance with Section 3.1(c). 
  

	 	3.2	Investment Elections. 

  
 (a) At the time of making the deferral elections described in Section 3.1, the Participant shall designate on a form provided by the Committee the
investment funds or types of investment funds in which the Participant’s Account will be deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the amount of earnings to be credited to that Account. In making the designation pursuant to this Section
3.2, the Participant may specify that all or any percentage (in whole percentage increments) of his or her Account be deemed to be invested in one or more of investment funds or types of investment funds provided under the Plan as communicated from
time to time by the Committee. On a form provided by the Committee, a participant may change each of the investment allocations monthly while employed or after termination. Changes made by the 25th of the month will be effective the first business day of the following month. If a Participant fails to elect a fund or type of fund under this Section 3.2,
he or she shall be deemed to have elected a money market type of investment fund. 
  
 (b) Although the Participant may designate an investment fund or type of investments, the Committee shall not be bound by such designation. The Committee shall select from time to time, in its sole and absolute
discretion, commercially available investments of each of the types communicated by the Committee to the Participant pursuant to Section 3.2(a) above to be the Funds. The Interest Rate of each such commercially available investment fund shall be
used to determine the amount of earnings or losses to be credited to Participant’s Account under Article IV. Participants shall have no ownership interests in any investments made by the Company. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV 
  
 DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS 
  

	 	4.1	Deferral Accounts. 

  
 The Committee shall establish and maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant under the Plan. Each Participant’s Deferral Account shall be
further divided into separate subaccounts (“investment fund subaccounts”), each of which corresponds to an investment fund elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 3.2(a). A Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited as
follows: 
  
 (a) On the third business day after amounts are
withheld and deferred from a Participant’s Compensation, the Committee shall credit the investment fund subaccounts of the Participant’s Deferral Account with an amount equal to Compensation deferred by the Participant in accordance with
the Participant’s election under Section 3.2(a); that is, the portion of the Participant’s deferred Compensation that the Participant has elected to be deemed to be invested in a certain type of investment fund shall be credited to the
investment fund subaccount corresponding to that investment fund; 
  
 (b) Each business day, each investment fund subaccount of a Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by multiplying the balance credited to such investment fund
subaccount as of the prior day plus contributions credited that day to the investment fund subaccount by the Interest Rate for the corresponding fund selected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.2(b); 
  
 (c) In the event that a Participant elects for a given Plan Year’s
deferral of Compensation to have a Elected Withdrawal Schedule, all amounts attributed to the deferral of Compensation for such Plan Year shall be accounted for in a manner which allows separate accounting for the deferral of Compensation and
investment gains and losses associated with such Plan Year’s deferral of Compensation. 
  

	 	4.2	Company Contribution Account. 

  
 The Committee shall establish and maintain a Company Contribution Account for each Participant under the Plan. Each Participant’s Company
Contribution Account shall be further divided into separate investment fund subaccounts corresponding to the investment fund elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 3.2(a). A Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be credited
as follows: 
  
 (a) On the third business day after a Company
Discretionary Contribution Amount, the Committee shall credit the investment fund subaccounts of the Participant’s Company Contribution Account with an amount equal to the Company Discretionary Contribution Amount, if any, applicable to that
Participant, that is, the proportion of the Company Discretionary Contribution Amount, if any, which the Participant elected to be deemed to be invested in a certain type of investment fund shall be credited to the corresponding investment fund
subaccount; and 
  
 (b) Each business day, each investment fund
subaccount of a Participant’s Company Contribution Account shall be credited with earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by multiplying the balance credited to such investment fund subaccount as of the prior day plus
contributions credited that day to the investment fund subaccount by the Interest Rate for the corresponding Fund selected by the Company pursuant to Section 3.2(b). 
  

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 ARTICLE V 
  
 VESTING 
  
 A Participant shall be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Account. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
  
 DISTRIBUTIONS 
  

	 	6.1	Distribution of Deferred Compensation and Discretionary Company Contributions. 

  
 (a) Distribution upon Termination of Employment. In the case of a Participant who retires or terminates employment
with Company or an Affiliate (and, as a result of such retirement or termination is no longer employed by the Company or its Affiliates) and has an Account balance of more than $50,000 at the time of such retirement or termination, the Distributable
Amount shall be paid to the Participant in substantially equal annual installments over ten (10) years commencing on the Participant’s Payment Date, or as otherwise set forth in a properly and timely completed and filed Election Termination
Schedule. A Participant may elect an optional form of Elected Termination Schedule on the Distribution Election Form provided by Company during his or her enrollment period for the Plan Year to which the election applies, provided that the Elected
Termination Schedule provides for one of the following alternatives: 
  
 (1) A lump sum distribution beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 (2) Substantially equal annual installments over five (5) years beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 (3) Substantially equal annual installments over fifteen (15) years beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 A Participant may modify the Elected Termination Schedule that he or she has
previously elected, provided such modification occurs at least one (1) year before the Participant terminates employment with the Company or an Affiliate. If an attempted modification does not occur at least one (1) year before the Participant
terminates employment, it shall be void, and the Elected Termination Schedule in effect prior to such attempted modification shall remain effective. 
  
 In the case of a Participant who terminates employment with Company or an Affiliate and has an Account balance of $50,000 or less the Distributable
Amount shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum distribution on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 The Participant’s Account shall continue to be credited with earnings pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Plan until all amounts credited to his or her
Account under the Plan have been distributed. 
  

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 (b) Distribution Under Elected Withdrawal Schedule. In the case of a Participant who has elected an Elected Withdrawal Schedule for a distribution
while still in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, such Participant shall receive his or her Distributable Amount, as has been elected by the Participant to be subject to the Elected Withdrawal Schedule. A Participant may initially elect an
Elected Withdrawal Schedule for deferrals made during a Plan year by submitting a completed and signed Distribution Election Form by the due date for the Deferral Election Form for the same Plan Year. 
  
 (c) Permitted Withdrawal Schedules. A Participant’s Elected
Withdrawal Schedule with respect to deferrals of Compensation deferred in a given Plan Year can be no earlier than two (2) years from the last day of the Plan Year for which the deferrals of Compensation, are made. A Participant’ Elected
Withdrawal Schedule shall otherwise conform with the choices available on the applicable Distribution Election Form. In the case of a Participant with an Account balance of more than $25,000, an Elected Withdrawal Schedule shall provide for the
Distributable Amount to be paid to the Participant from among the following alternatives: 
  
 (1) A lump sum distribution beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 (2) Annual installments over two (2) to five (5) years beginning on the Participant’s Payment Date. 
  
 (d) Extensions. A Participant may extend the Elected Withdrawal
Schedule for any Plan Year, provided such extension occurs at least one year before the initial payment is due under the Elected Withdrawal Schedule in effect prior to the extension and extends the Payment Date under the Elected Withdrawal Schedule
for at least two (2) years. The Participant shall have the right to twice modify any Elected Withdrawal Schedule in accordance with the preceding sentence. In the event a Participant terminates employment with Company or an Affiliate prior to the
last scheduled distribution under an Elected Withdrawal Schedule, other than by reason of death, the portion of the Participant’s Account associated with a Elected Withdrawal Schedule, which has not occurred prior to such termination, shall be
distributed in accordance with Section 6.1(a). 
  
 (e)
Distribution for Termination of Employment due to Death. A Participant who dies while employed by the Company or an Affiliate will receive the total undistributed account balance in a lump sum. 
  

	 	6.2	Early Non-Scheduled Distributions. 

  
 A Participant shall be permitted to elect an Early Distribution from his or her Account prior to the Payment Date, subject to the following restrictions:

  
 (a) The election to take an Early Distribution shall be made
by filing a form provided by and filed with the Committee prior to the end of any calendar month. 
  
 (b) The amount of the Early Distribution shall equal up to 90% of his vested Account balance. 
  

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 (c) The amount described in subsection (b) above shall be paid in a single cash lump sum as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in
which the Early Distribution election is made. 
  
 (d) If a
Participant requests an Early Distribution of his or her entire vested Account, the remaining balance of his or her Account (10% of the Account) shall be permanently forfeited and the Company shall have no obligation to the Participant or his
Beneficiary with respect to such forfeited amount. If a Participant receives an Early Distribution of less than his or her entire vested Account, such Participant shall forfeit ten percent (10%) of the gross amount by which the Participant’s
account will be reduced, and shall receive a distribution of the remaining 90% of such gross amount, and the Company shall have no obligation to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary with respect to such forfeited amount. 
  
 (e) If a Participant receives an Early Distribution of either all or a part
of his or her Account, the Participant will be ineligible to participate in the Plan for the balance of the Plan Year and the following Plan Year. All distributions shall be made on a pro rata basis from among a Participant’s Accounts.

  

	 	6.3	Hardship Distribution. 

  
 A Participant shall be permitted to elect a Hardship Distribution from his or her vested Accounts prior to the Payment Date, subject to the following
restrictions: 
  
 (a) The election to take a Hardship
Distribution shall be made by filing a form provided by and filed with Committee prior to the end of any calendar month. 
  
 (b) The Committee shall have made a determination that the requested distribution constitutes a Hardship Distribution in accordance with Section 1.1(w) of
the Plan. 
  
 (c) The amount determined by the Committee as a
Hardship Distribution shall be paid in a single cash lump sum as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in which the Hardship Distribution election is made and approved by the Committee. 
  
 (d) If a Participant receives a Hardship Distribution, the Participant will
be ineligible to participate in the Plan for the balance of the Plan Year and the following Plan Year. 
  

	 	6.4	Inability to Locate Participant. 

  
 In the event that the Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary within two (2) years following the required Payment Date, the amount
allocated to the Participant’s Deferral Account shall be forfeited. If, after such forfeiture, the Participant or Beneficiary later claims such benefit, such benefit shall be reinstated without interest or earnings. 
  

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 ARTICLE VII 
  
 ADMINISTRATION 
  

	 	7.1	Committee. 

  
 The Board may appoint a committee to serve, at the pleasure of the Board, as the Committee. The number of members comprising such committee shall be
determined by the Board, which may from time to time vary the number of members. A member of the Committee appointed pursuant to this Section 7.1 may resign by delivering a written notice of resignation to the Board. The Board may remove any member
by delivering a certified copy of its resolution of removal to such member. 
  

	 	7.2	Committee Action. 

  
 The Committee shall act at meetings by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Committee. A majority of the members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum in any meeting of the Committee. Any action permitted to be taken at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if, prior to such action, a written consent to the action is signed by all members of the Committee and such written
consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Committee. A member of the Committee shall not vote or act upon any matter which relates solely to himself or herself as a Participant. The Chairman or any other member or members of the
Committee designated by the Chairman may execute any certificate or other written direction on behalf of the Committee. 
  

	 	7.3	Powers and Duties of the Committee. 

  
 (a) The Committee, on behalf of the Participants and their Beneficiaries, shall enforce the Plan in accordance with its terms, shall be charged with the
general administration of the Plan, and shall have all powers necessary to accomplish its purposes, including, but not by way of limitation, the following: 
  
 (1) To select the Funds in accordance with Section 3.2(b) hereof; 
  
 (2) To construe and interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan; 
  
 (3) To compute and certify to the amount and kind of benefits payable to
Participants and their Beneficiaries; 
  
 (4) To maintain all
records that may be necessary for the administration of the Plan; 
  
 (5) To provide for the disclosure of all information and the filing or provision of all reports and statements to Participants, Beneficiaries or governmental agencies as shall be required by law; 
  
 (6) To make and publish such rules for the regulation of the Plan and
procedures for the administration of the Plan as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof; 
  
 (7) To appoint one or more Plan administrators or any other agent, and to delegate to them such powers and duties in connection with the administration of the Plan as the Committee may from time to time prescribe; and

  

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 (8) To take all actions necessary for the administration of the Plan, including determining whether to hold or discontinue the Policies. 
  

	 	7.4	Construction and Interpretation. 

  
 The Committee shall have full discretion to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan, which interpretations or construction shall be
final and binding on all parties, including but not limited to the Company and any Participant or Beneficiary. The Committee shall administer such terms and provisions in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner and in full accordance with any and all
laws applicable to the Plan. 
  

	 	7.5	Information. 

  
 To enable the Committee to perform its functions, the Company shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the
Compensation of all Participants, their death or other events which cause termination of their participation in this Plan, and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require. 
  

	 	7.6	Compensation, Expenses and Indemnity. 

  
 (a) The members of the Committee shall serve without compensation for their services hereunder. 
  
 (b) The Committee is authorized at the expense of the Company to employ such
legal counsel as it may deem advisable to assist in the performance of its duties hereunder. Expenses and fees in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Company. 
  
 (c) To the extent permitted by applicable state law, the Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Committee and each member thereof, the Board of Directors and any delegate of the Committee who is an employee of the Company against any and all expenses, liabilities and claims, including legal fees to defend
against such liabilities and claims arising out of their discharge in good faith of responsibilities under or incident to the Plan, other than expenses and liabilities arising out of willful misconduct. This indemnity shall not preclude such further
indemnities as may be available under insurance purchased by the Company or provided by the Company under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise, as such indemnities are permitted under state law. 
  

	 	7.7	Quarterly Statements; Delegation of Administrative Functions. 

  
 (a) Under procedures established by the Committee, a Participant shall receive a statement with respect to such Participant’s Accounts on a quarterly
basis. 
  
 (b) The Committee may delegate administrative duties
under the Plan to any one or more persons or companies selected by the Committee. 
  

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	 	7.8	Disputes. 

  

	 	(a)	Claim. 

  
 A person who believes that he or she is being denied a benefit to which he or she is entitled under this Plan (hereinafter referred to as
“Claimant”) must file a written request for such benefit with the Company, setting forth his or her claim. The request must be addressed to the President of the Company at its then principal place of business. 
  

	 	(b)	Claim Decision. 

  
 Upon receipt of a claim, the Company shall advise the Claimant that a reply will be forthcoming within ninety (90) days and shall, in fact, deliver such
reply within such period. The Company may, however, extend the reply period for an additional ninety (90) days for special circumstances. 
  
 If the claim is denied in whole or in part, the Company shall inform the Claimant in writing, using language calculated to be understood by the Claimant,
setting forth: (A) the specified reason or reasons for such denial; (B) the specific reference to pertinent provisions of this Plan on which such denial is based; (C) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant
to perfect his or her claim and an explanation of why such material or such information is necessary; (D) appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to submit the claim for review; and (E) the time limits for
requesting a review under subsection (c). 
  

	 	(c)	Request For Review. 

  
 Within sixty (60) days after the receipt by the Claimant of the written opinion described above, the Claimant may request in writing that the Committee
review the determination of the Company. Such request must be addressed to the Secretary of the Company, at its then principal place of business. The Claimant or his or her duly authorized representative may, but need not, review the pertinent
documents and submit issues and comments in writing for consideration by the Committee. If the Claimant does not request a review within such sixty (60) day period, he or she shall be barred and estopped from challenging the Company’s
determination. 
  

	 	(d)	Review of Decision. 

  
 Within sixty (60) days after the Committee’s receipt of a request for review, after considering all materials presented by the Claimant, the
Committee will inform the Participant in writing, in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, the decision setting forth the specific reasons for the decision containing specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Plan on
which the decision is based. If special circumstances require that the sixty (60) day time period be extended, the Committee will so notify the Claimant and will render the decision as soon as possible, but no later than one hundred twenty (120)
days after receipt of the request for review. 
  
 (e) Legal
Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article VII is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan. 
  

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 ARTICLE VIII 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	 	8.1	Unsecured General Creditor. 

  
 Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, claims, or interest in any specific property
or assets of the Company. No assets of the Company shall be held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of the Company under this Plan. Any and all of the Company’s assets shall be, and remain, the general
unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Company. The Company’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to pay money in the future, and the rights of the Participants and Beneficiaries
shall be no greater than those of unsecured general creditors. It is the intention of the Company that this Plan be unfunded for purposes of the Code and for purposes of Title 1 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”). 
  

	 	8.2	Insurance Contracts or Policies. 

  
 Amounts payable hereunder may be provided through insurance contracts or policies, the premiums for which are paid by the Company from its general assets,
and which contracts or policies are issued by an insurance company or similar organization. In order to become a Participant under the Plan, an Eligible Participant may be required to complete such insurance application forms and insurance
application worksheets and to undergo such medical examinations as requested by the Committee in connection with the acquisition of any such insurance contract or policy. 
  

	 	8.3	Restriction Against Assignment. 

  
 The Company shall pay all amounts payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not to any other person or corporation. No
part of a Participant’s Accounts shall be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any Participant, his or her Beneficiary, or successors in interest, nor shall a Participant’s Accounts be subject to execution by levy,
attachment, or garnishment or by any other legal or equitable proceeding, nor shall any such person have any right to alienate, anticipate, sell, transfer, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments hereunder in any manner
whatsoever. If any Participant, Beneficiary or successor in interest is adjudicated bankrupt or purports to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, commute, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any distribution or payment from the Plan, voluntarily or
involuntarily, the Committee, in its discretion, may cancel such distribution or payment (or any part thereof) to or for the benefit of such Participant, Beneficiary or successor in interest in such manner as the Committee shall direct. 

 

	 	8.4	Withholding. 

  
 There shall be deducted from each payment made under the Plan or any other Compensation payable to the Participant (or Beneficiary) all taxes which are
required to be withheld by the Company in respect to such payment or this Plan. The Company shall have the right to reduce any payment (or compensation) by the amount of cash sufficient to provide the amount of said taxes. 
  

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	 	8.5	Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination. 

  
 The Committee may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part, except that no amendment, modification, suspension or termination
shall have any retroactive effect to reduce any amounts allocated to a Participant’s Accounts. In the event that this Plan is terminated, the amounts allocated to a Participant’s Accounts shall be distributed to the Participant or, in the
event of his or her death, his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following the date of termination. 
  

	 	8.6	Governing Law. 

  
 This Plan shall be construed, governed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State in which the Company is incorporated, except where
pre-empted by federal law. 
  

	 	8.7	Receipt or Release. 

  
 Any payment to a Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall, to the extent thereof, be in full
satisfaction of all claims against the Committee and the Company. The Committee may require such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release to such effect. 
  

	 	8.8	Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity. 

  
 In the event that any amount becomes payable under the Plan to a person who, in the sole judgment of the Committee, is considered by reason of physical or
mental condition to be unable to give a valid receipt therefore, the Committee may direct that such payment be made to any person found by the Committee, in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of such person. Any payment made pursuant to
such determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of the Committee and the Company. 
  

	 	8.9	Limitation of Rights and Employment Relationship 

  
 Neither the establishment of the Plan nor any modification thereof, nor the creating of any fund or account, nor the payment of any benefits shall be
construed as giving to any Participant, or Beneficiary or other person any legal or equitable right against the Company or any Affiliate except as provided in the Plan; and in no event shall the terms of employment of any Employee or Participant be
modified or in any way be affected by the provisions of the Plan. 
  

	 	8.10	Headings. 

  
 Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions
hereof. 
  

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