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EXHIBIT 10.1




TESORO CORPORATION




AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE SECURITY PLAN




EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009




 









 





TESORO CORPORATION




AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE SECURITY PLAN




PREAMBLE



The principal objective of this Amended and Restated Executive Security Plan (the “Plan”) is to
ensure the payment of a competitive level of retirement income in order to attract, retain and
motivate selected executives. The plan is designed to provide a benefit which, when added to other
retirement income of the executive, will meet the objective described above. This Plan is a
complete amendment and restatement of the Plan, which was originally established as a restatement
and amendment of the Tesoro Executive Post Retirement Benefit Plan and Tesoro Executive Death
Benefit Plan, and subsequently amended and restated, effective January 1, 2005. The Plan, as
amended and restated, effective January 1, 2009 (except as otherwise specifically noted herein), is
intended to conform to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, together with the Regulations,
and is intended to qualify as an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing
benefits for a select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.




SECTION I

DEFINITIONS





	1.1	 	“Affiliate” means each entity that would be considered a single employer with the Company
under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code, except that the phrase “at least 50%”
shall be substituted for the phrase “at least 80%” as used therein.
	 
	1.2	 	“Aggregated Plan” means all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements that are
aggregated with this Plan under Section 1.409A-1(c) of the Regulations.
	 
	1.3	 	“Basic Compensation” shall have the meaning of such term, as set forth in the Tesoro
Corporation Retirement Plan, as in effect on the date of a Participant’s Retirement, but
determined without regard to any compensation limits imposed by the Code, and, further
provided, a normal bonus otherwise includible as Basic Compensation shall be credited in the
calendar year in which such bonus is earned and not in the calendar year when paid, if
different.
	 
	1.4	 	“Beneficiary” means the person or legal entity designated in writing by a Participant to
receive, after his death, any death benefits provided by the Plan. If no designation is in
effect at the time of the Participant’s death, or if no designated person shall survive the
Participant, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.
	 
	1.5	 	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
	 
	1.6	 	“Change in Control” means (i) there shall be consummated (A) any consolidation or merger of
Company in which Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which
shares of Company’s common stock would be converted into cash,




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	 	 	securities or other property, other than a merger of Company where a majority of the board of
directors of the surviving corporation are, and for a one-year period after the merger continue to be,
persons who were directors of Company immediately prior to the merger or were elected as directors, or
nominated for election as director, by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in
office who were directors of Company immediately prior to the merger, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange
or transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of Company, or (ii) the shareholders of Company shall approve any plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of Company, or (iii) (A) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than Company or a Subsidiary thereof
or any employee benefit plan sponsored by Company or a Subsidiary thereof, shall become the beneficial
owner (within the meaning of Rule 13c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of securities of
Company representing 35 percent or more of the combined voting power of Company’s then outstanding
securities ordinarily (and apart from rights accruing in special circumstances) having the right to
vote in the election of directors, as a result of a tender or exchange offer, open market purchases,
privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, and (B) at any time during a period of one-year
thereafter, individuals who immediately prior to the beginning of such period constituted the Board
shall cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless election or the
nomination by the Board for election by Company’s shareholders of each new director during such period
was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors
at the beginning of such period.
	 
	1.7	 	“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
	 
	1.8	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
	 
	1.9	 	“Committee” means the Tesoro Corporation Employee Benefits Committee appointed by the
Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee designated by the Compensation
Committee of the Board to discharge the duties of the Committee hereunder.
	 
	1.10	 	“Company” means Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.
	 
	1.11	 	“Disabled” or “Disability” means that a Participant is entitled to benefits under the
long-term disability plan of the Company or an Affiliate.
	 
	1.12	 	“Distribution Schedule” means the method of distributions elected (or deemed elected) by a
Participant, which method may be either a lump sum payment or an annuity, pursuant to which
distribution of the Participant’s benefit hereunder shall be made or shall commence. Such
election shall be made at the time and in the manner described in Section 3.2 hereof and shall
be subject to the provisions thereof.
	 
	1.13	 	“Early Retirement Date” means the date on which a Participant has either: (i) both attained
age 55 and is credited with at least 5 years of Service or (ii) attained age 50 and




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	 	 	is credited with at least eighty (80) points, with points credited for this purpose by
adding the aggregate of a Participant’s age and Service, each of which shall be determined
in years and completed months rather than completed years only, and including “deemed years
of age” granted pursuant to an employment agreement, change in control agreement, separation
agreement or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate.
	 
	1.14	 	“Earnings” shall mean the amount determined by dividing a Participant’s aggregate Basic
Compensation for the three (3) calendar years out of the last seven (7) calendar years
(including the year of such Participant’s Retirement) for which the Participant’s Basic
Compensation was the greatest by the number of full calendar months of employment during such
three (3)-calendar year period.
	 
	1.15	 	“Funded Plan” means the Tesoro Petroleum Corporation Funded Executive Security Plan.
	 
	1.16	 	“Lump Sum Interest Rate” means the discount rate used for the Company’s financial disclosure
purposes under Financial Accounting Standards Statement No. 158 for the December 31 prior to
or coincident with the Participant’s Retirement Date.
	 
	1.17	 	“Lump Sum Mortality Table” means the mortality table used for the Company’s financial
disclosure purposes under Financial Accounting Standards Statement No. 158 for the December 31
prior to or coincident with the Participant’s Retirement Date. For this purpose, the
mortality table will be a unisex table based on 95% of the male rates and 5% of the female
rates.
	 
	1.18	 	“Other Retirement Income” means the retirement income payable to a Participant from the
following sources and assumed to commence at the earliest date possible coincident with or
immediately following the Participant’s Retirement Date:






	 	•	 	Qualified and nonqualified retirement benefits from a prior employer of the
Participant if said prior employer or employer facility was acquired by or merged into
the Company or any Affiliate at any time and benefit service with the prior employer is
recognized by the Company for any retirement plan, qualified or nonqualified, pursuant
to the terms of an acquisition agreement or as otherwise provided under a separate
agreement with the Company or an Affiliate.
	 
	 	•	 	Social Security Benefit as defined in Section 1.28 hereof.






	1.19	 	“Participant” means an officer of the Company or an Affiliate with the title of Senior Vice
President or above who is recommended for participation by the Chief Executive Officer and
approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board as eligible to participate.
	 
	1.20	 	“Plan” means the Tesoro Corporation Amended and Restated Executive Security Plan, effective
January 1, 2009 (except as otherwise specifically noted herein), as amended from time to time.




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	1.21	 	“Regulations” means the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
	 
	1.22	 	“Retirement” means a Participant’s Separation from Service on or after the earlier of:
(i) his Early Retirement Date or (ii) a Change in Control.
	 
	1.23	 	“Retirement Date” means the date of a Participant’s Retirement.
	 
	1.24	 	“Retirement Plan” means the Tesoro Corporation Retirement Plan, as amended from time to time.
	 
	1.25	 	“Retirement Plan Benefit” means the amount of monthly benefit payable from the Retirement
Plan to a Participant in the form of a straight life annuity and assumed to commence at the
earliest date possible coincident with or immediately following the Participant’s Retirement
Date.
	 
	1.26	 	“Separation from Service” means a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of
bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Company and its Affiliates to 20% or
less of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Company
and its Affiliates (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) in the immediately
preceding thirty-six (36) months (or the full period of service to the Company and its
Affiliates if the Participant has been providing services to the Company and its Affiliates
for fewer than thirty-six (36) months). The determination of whether a Separation from
Service has occurred shall be made by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 409A of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder.
	 
	1.27	 	“Service” means a Participant’s “Vesting Service,” as such term is defined in the Retirement
Plan, but calculated in years and completed months rather than completed years only, and
including “deemed service” granted pursuant to an employment agreement, change in control
agreement, separation agreement or any other agreement between a Participant and the Company
or an Affiliate.
	 
	1.28	 	“Social Security Benefit” means the monthly primary insurance amount estimated by the
Committee to be payable to the Participant at age 65 under the federal Social Security Act,
provided, however, that:






	 	(a)	 	the Social Security Benefit for a Participant who terminates employment prior
to age 65 will be calculated assuming:






	 	(i)	 	the Participant will not receive any future wages which would
be treated as wages for purposes of the federal Social Security Act, and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Participant will elect to begin receiving his Social
Security Benefit as of the earliest age then allowable under said Social
Security Act, or if later, at actual date of Retirement.






	 	(b)	 	the Social Security Benefit, once calculated, will be frozen as of the date the
Participant terminates employment.




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	1.29	 	“Subsidiary” means any entity in which the Company owns or otherwise controls, directly or
indirectly, stock or other ownership interests having the voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors, or other governing group having functions similar to a board of
directors, as determined by the Committee.





          The masculine gender, where appearing in the Plan, will be deemed to include the feminine
gender, and the singular may include the plural, unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary.



SECTION II

ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS





	2.1	 	Each Participant is eligible to receive a benefit under this Plan upon his Retirement. Such
benefit shall commence as provided in Section 4.1 hereof. Except as provided in Section V
hereof, no benefit is payable hereunder in the event of a Participant’s Separation from
Service prior to Retirement except in the event of such Participant’s Disability, as provided
in Section 2.2 below, or a Change in Control, as provided in Section 4.5 below.
	 
	2.2	 	In the event a Participant becomes Disabled while in the active employment of the Company or
an Affiliate and eligible to participate hereunder, he shall be entitled to the retirement
benefit determined under Section 3.1 payable on the first day of the month following the date
on which such Participant has both attained the age of 65 and is credited with at least 5
years of Service, but based upon the Service the Participant would have accrued had he
remained in active employment until such date and continued at the same rate of Earnings until
that date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant shall be entitled to credit for
Service after the date on which such Participant is no longer considered Disabled.
	 
	2.3	 	Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Participant who is receiving, or may be
entitled to receive, a benefit hereunder, engages in competition with the Company (without
prior authorization given by the Committee in writing) or is discharged for cause, or performs
acts of willful malfeasance or gross negligence in a matter of material importance to the
Company, payments thereafter payable hereunder to such Participant or such Participant’s
Beneficiary will, at the discretion of the Committee, be forfeited and the Company will have
no further obligation hereunder to such Participant or Beneficiary.





SECTION III

AMOUNT AND FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT





	3.1	 	The monthly retirement benefit under this Plan will equal 4% of Earnings times the first 10
years of Service, plus 2% of Earnings times the next 10 years of Service, plus 1% of Earnings
times the next 10 years of Service, actuarially reduced by seven percent (7%) per year from
age sixty (60) for Participants who have not attained age 55 with ten (10) years of Service by
December 31, 2005 and who retire prior to age sixty (60), and offset by any Retirement Plan
Benefit and any Other Retirement Income. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no credit will be
included under this Plan formula for Service in excess of 30




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		 	years. The amount payable under this Plan shall also be reduced by the amount of the vested
Basic Pension paid or payable under the Funded Plan (without regard to whether a smaller,
adjusted amount is in fact paid from such Funded Plan after retirement because of prior
distributions made from such Funded Plan to enable the Participant to pay taxes resulting
from his participation in such Funded Plan).
	 
	3.2	 	Each Participant may, within thirty (30) days of the date on which he is notified of his
eligibility to participate in the Plan, irrevocably elect the Distribution Schedule pursuant
to which benefits hereunder will be paid, subject to the restrictions of the Plan. The
Participant’s election shall become effective immediately following the Committee’s receipt of
the Participant’s executed participation agreement. A Participant’s failure to elect a
Distribution Schedule in accordance with this Section 3.2 shall be deemed an election by the
Participant to receive his benefits hereunder in the form of a single life annuity, payable
for the Participant’s lifetime, unless the Participant elects an actuarially equivalent life
annuity, as provided below. The Participant’s election (or deemed election) shall become
irrevocable as of the last day of the 30-day period during which the Participant is permitted
to make an election in accordance with this Section 3.2, except as provided below. If a
Participant has timely elected an annuity form of payment, or if the Participant has failed to
elect a Distribution Schedule, resulting in a deemed election of a single life annuity, the
benefit determined under this Plan will be paid in the form of a single life annuity, payable
for the Participant’s lifetime, unless, prior to the date on which an annuity payment has been
made, and within the time and in the manner determined by the Committee, the Participant
elects an actuarially equivalent life annuity, within the meaning of Section
1.409A-2(b)(2)(ii) of the Regulations. Subject to the preceding sentence. actuarially
equivalent life annuities shall be calculated by using the applicable actuarial assumptions
set forth in the Retirement Plan. The actuarially equivalent life annuity forms available
hereunder shall be those forms of life annuity set forth in the Retirement Plan as in effect
on the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service. Lump sum amounts shall be
determined by using the Lump Sum Interest Rate and the Lump Sum Mortality Table.
	 
	3.3	 	Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, effective December 12, 2008, each
Participant who is actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate and who remains actively
employed through the 31st day of December, 2008, may elect to modify an existing
election (or deemed election) provided that such election: (i) may apply only to amounts that
would not otherwise be payable in 2008, (ii) may not cause an amount to be paid in 2008 that
would not otherwise be payable in 2008, (iii) shall be made no later than December 31, 2008
and prior to such earlier date as may be established by the Committee, and (iv) shall be made
in the manner and subject to such restrictions as shall be determined by the Committee. If a
Participant modifies an election (or deemed election) pursuant to this Section 3.3 and thereby
elects a lump sum form of payment, such Participant will not later be eligible to elect an
actuarially equivalent life annuity form of payment.




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SECTION IV

PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS





	4.1	 	Benefits payable in accordance with Section III will be calculated as of the first day of the
month next following the month of the Participant’s Retirement and shall commence, or in the
case of a lump sum payment, be distributed in full on the first day of the seventh
(7th) calendar month beginning after the Participant’s Retirement Date. Benefits
payable in the form of an annuity will continue to be paid on the first day of each succeeding
month. The last such payment will be on the first day of the month in which the retired
Participant dies unless another annuity form of payment that contemplates payments made
subsequent to the Participant’s death, is elected in accordance with Section 3.2. The first
payment will include all amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the period
commencing on the first day of the month next following the month of the Participant’s
Retirement and ending on such payment date.
	 
	4.2	 	The Company shall be liable for all benefits due the Participants under the Plan.
	 
	4.3	 	Under all circumstances, the rights of the Participants to the assets held in a rabbi trust,
if any, created with respect to the Plan shall be no greater than the rights expressed in this
Plan. Nothing contained in the trust agreement which creates any such rabbi trust shall
constitute a guarantee by the Company that the amounts transferred by it to the trust shall be
sufficient to pay any benefits under the Plan or would place the Participant in a secured
position ahead of judgment and/or general creditors should the Company become insolvent or
bankrupt. Any trust agreement established with respect to the Plan must specifically set out
these principles so it is clear in the trust agreement that the Participants are only
unsecured general creditors of the Company with respect to their benefits under the Plan.
	 
	4.4	 	The Plan is only a general corporate commitment and each Participant must rely upon the
general credit of the Company for the fulfillment of its obligations under the Plan. Under
all circumstances the rights of Participants to any asset held by the Company shall be no
greater than the rights expressed in this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan shall
constitute a guarantee by the Company that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay
any benefits under the Plan or would place the Participant in a secured position ahead of
general creditors and judgment creditors of the Company. Though the Company may establish or
become a signatory to a rabbi trust and may accumulate assets to help fulfill its obligations
at any time, the Plan and any trust created, shall not create any lien, claim, encumbrance,
right, title or other interest of any kind in any Participant in any asset held by the
Company, contributed to any trust created, or otherwise be designated to be used for payment
of any of its obligations created in this agreement. No specific assets of the Company have
been or will be set aside, or will be transferred to a trust or will be pledged for the
performance of the Company’s obligations under the Plan which would remove those assets from
being subject to the general creditors and judgment creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding
the preceding provisions of this Section 4.4 to the contrary, upon a Change in Control, the
Company shall, as soon as possible following the Change in Control, make an irrevocable
contribution to the rabbi trust previously established, or if not so established, to a newly
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	 	 	amount that is sufficient to pay each Plan Participant or Beneficiary the benefits to which
each Plan Participant or Beneficiary would be entitled pursuant to the terms of the Plan as
of the date on which the Change in Control occurred.
	 
	4.5	 	Upon a Change in Control, each Participant’s benefit hereunder shall be immediately vested.
Payment of such benefit shall commence as of the first day of the seventh (7th)
calendar month following the later of such Participant’s Separation from Service or Early
Retirement Date. Benefits will continue to be paid on the first day of each succeeding month.
The last payment will be on the first day of the month in which the Participant dies unless
another form of payment is elected in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof. The first payment
will include all amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the period commencing on
the first day of the month next following the month of the later of the Participant’s
Separation from Service or Early Retirement Date.
	 
	4.6	 	It is intended that this Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I
of ERISA.
	 
	4.7	 	Notwithstanding any provision of this Section IV to the contrary, the benefits payable
hereunder may, to the extent expressly provided in this Section 4.7, be paid prior to or later
than the date on which they would otherwise be paid to the Participant.






	 	(a)	 	Distribution in the Event of Income Inclusion Under Code Section 409A.
If any portion of a Participant’s benefit hereunder is required to be included in
income by the Participant prior to receipt due to a failure of this Plan or any
Aggregated Plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or the
Regulations, the Committee may determine that such Participant shall receive a
distribution from the Plan in an amount equal to the portion of his or her benefit
required to be included in income as a result of the failure of the Plan or any
Aggregated Plan to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or the
Regulations.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Distribution Necessary to Satisfy Applicable Tax Withholding. If the
Company is required to withhold amounts to pay the Participant’s portion of the Federal
Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) or
3121(v)(2) with respect to amounts that are or will be paid to the Participant under
the Plan before they otherwise would be paid, the Committee may determine that such
Participant shall receive a distribution from the Plan in an amount equal to the lesser
of: (i) the amount of the Participant’s benefit hereunder or (ii) the aggregate of the
FICA taxes imposed and the income tax withholding related to such amount.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Delay for Payments in Violation of Federal Securities Laws or Other
Applicable Law. In the event the Company reasonably anticipates that the payment
of benefits as specified hereunder would violate Federal securities laws or other
applicable law, the Committee may delay the payment of such benefit hereunder until the
earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates that the making of such
payment would not cause such violation.




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	 	(d)	 	Delay for Insolvency or Compelling Business Reasons. In the event the
Company determines that the making of any payment of benefits on the date specified
hereunder would jeopardize the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern,
the Committee may delay the payment of such benefits until the first calendar year in
which the Company notifies the Committee that the payment of benefits would not have
such effect.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Administrative Delay in Payment. The payment of benefits hereunder
shall begin at the date specified in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing
paragraphs of this Section IV; provided that, in the case of administrative necessity,
the payment of such benefits may be delayed up to the later of the last day of the
calendar year in which payment would otherwise be made or the 15th day of
the third calendar month following the date on which payment would otherwise be made.
Further, if, as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant (or following
the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Beneficiary), it is not administratively
practicable for the Committee to calculate the amount of benefits due to the
Participant as of the date on which payment would otherwise be made, the payment may be
delayed until the first calendar year in which calculation of the amount is
administratively practicable.
	 
	 	(f)	 	No Participant Election. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, if
the period during which payment of benefits hereunder will be made occurs, or will
occur, in two calendar years, the Participant shall not be permitted to elect the
calendar year in which the payment shall be made.





SECTION V

PRE-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS





	5.1	 	If a Participant should die before Retirement, the Beneficiary will receive the greatest of
(1), (2) and (3) where (1) is the Participant’s benefit hereunder calculated as of his date of
death and payable for the life of the Beneficiary as a single life annuity, (2) is a benefit
payable for the life of the Beneficiary as a single life annuity equal to the Actuarial
Equivalent of 400% of the amount of the Participant’s rate of annual base pay determined as of
the December 1 immediately preceding the Participant’s date of death, and (3) is the benefit
the Participant would have received under Section 2.2 hereof if he had been determined to be
Disabled on the date of his death (but payable immediately and reduced as provided in Section
3.1 hereof) and payable for the life of the Beneficiary as a single life annuity. “Actuarial
Equivalence” as such term is used in this Section 5.1, shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(ii) of the Regulations and, subject to the foregoing, shall be
calculated by using the applicable actuarial assumptions set forth in the Retirement Plan.
	 
	5.2	 	A Beneficiary’s pre-retirement death benefit will be payable in accordance with the
Participant’s Distribution Schedule; provided, however, that a Participant’s failure to elect
a Distribution Schedule in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof shall be deemed an election by
the Participant for the pre-retirement death benefit hereunder to be paid in the form of a
single life annuity. If a Participant has timely elected an annuity form of




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	 	 	payment, or if the Participant has failed to elect a Distribution Schedule, resulting in a
deemed election of a single life annuity, the pre-retirement death benefit will be paid in
the form of a single life annuity, payable for the Beneficiary’s lifetime, unless, prior to
the date on which an annuity payment has been made, and within the time and in the manner
determined by the Committee, the Beneficiary elects an actuarially equivalent life annuity,
within the meaning of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(ii) of the Regulations. Subject to the
preceding sentence, actuarially equivalent life annuities shall be calculated by using the
applicable actuarial assumptions set forth in the Retirement Plan. The actuarially
equivalent life annuity forms available hereunder shall be those forms of life annuity set
forth in the Retirement Plan as in effect on the date of the Participant’s death. Lump sum
amounts shall be determined by using the Lump Sum Interest Rate and the Lump Sum Mortality
Table. Distribution of a Participant’s pre-retirement death benefit will commence or, in the
case of a lump sum payment, will be made in full within sixty (60) days of the date of the
Participant’s death.
	 
	5.3	 	Amounts otherwise payable under this Section will be reduced by any amount previously funded
through any trust designated for retirement and death benefits from this Plan, and by the
amount of any death benefit payable under the Funded Plan.





SECTION VI

CLAIMS PROCEDURES 





	6.1	 	Claims for Benefits. The Committee shall determine the rights of any Participant to
any deferred compensation benefits hereunder. Any Participant who believes that he has not
received the deferred compensation benefits to which he is entitled under the Plan may file a
claim in writing with the Committee. The Committee shall, no later than 90 days after the
receipt of a claim (plus an additional period of 90 days if required for processing, provided
that notice of the extension of time is given to the claimant with the first 90-day period),
either allow or deny the claim in writing.
	 
	 	 	A denial of a claim by the Committee, wholly or partially, shall be written in a manner
intended to be understood by the claimant and shall include:






	 	(a)	 	the specific reasons for the denial;
	 
	 	(b)	 	specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a description of any additional material or information necessary for the
claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary; and
	 
	 	(d)	 	an explanation of the claim review procedure and the time limits applicable to
such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action
under Section 502(a) of ERISA.






	6.2	 	Appeal Provisions. A claimant whose claim is denied (or his duly authorized
representative) may within 60 days after receipt of denial of a claim file with the Committee
a written request for a review of such claim. If the claimant does not file a




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	 	 	request for review of his claim within such 60-day period, the claimant shall be deemed to
have acquiesced in the original decision of the Committee on his claim, the decision shall
become final and the claimant will not be entitled to bring a civil action under Section
502(a) of ERISA. If such an appeal is so filed within such 60-day period the Company (or
its delegate) shall conduct a full and fair review of such claim. During such review, the
claimant (or the claimant’s authorized representative) shall be given the opportunity to
review all documents that are pertinent to his claim and to submit issues and comments in
writing.






	 	 	The Company shall mail or deliver to the claimant a written decision on the matter based on
the facts and the pertinent provisions of the Plan within 60 days after the receipt of the
request for review (unless special circumstances require an extension of up to 60 additional
days, in which case written notice of such extension shall be given to the claimant prior to
the commencement of such extension). Such decision shall be written in a manner intended to
be understood by the claimant, shall state the specific reasons for the decision and the
specific Plan provisions on which the decision was based and shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be final and binding on all interested persons.





SECTION VII

MISCELLANEOUS





	7.1	 	The Board, or its delegate, may, in its sole discretion, terminate, suspend or amend this
Plan at any time, in whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment to the
Plan which may result in a material financial impact to the Company will require review and
approval by the Board. However, the termination, amendment or suspension of this Plan will
not operate to decrease the benefit of (i) a retired Participant, (ii) a Participant who has
reached his Early Retirement Date, or (iii) a Beneficiary who is entitled to receive a
pre-retirement death benefit hereunder.
	 
	 	 	To the extent provided by the Board or its delegate, the Plan may be liquidated
following a termination under any of the following circumstances:






	 	(a)	 	the termination and liquidation of the Plan within twelve (12) months of a
complete dissolution of the Company taxed under Section 331 of the Code or with the
approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(1)(A); provided that the
amounts deferred under this Plan are included in the Participants’ gross incomes in the
latest of the following years (or, if earlier, the taxable year in which the amount is
actually or constructively received): (i) the calendar year in which the Plan is
terminated; (ii) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture; or (iii) the first calendar year in which the payment
is administratively practicable.
	 
	 	(b)	 	the termination and liquidation of the Plan pursuant to irrevocable action
taken by the Company within the thirty (30) days preceding or the twelve (12) months
following a change of control within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code; provided
that all Aggregated Plans are terminated and liquidated with respect to each
Participant that experienced such change of control, so that under the terms




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	 		 	of the termination and liquidation, all such Participants are required to receive
all amounts of deferred compensation under this Plan and any other Aggregated Plans
within twelve (12) months of the date the Company irrevocably takes all necessary
action to terminate and liquidate this Plan and such other Aggregated Plans;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the termination and liquidation of the Plan, provided that: (i) the termination
and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the Company’s financial
health; (2) the Company terminates and liquidates all Aggregated Plans; (3) no payments
in liquidation of this Plan are made within twelve (12) months of the date the Company
irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate and liquidate this Plan, other than
payments that would be payable under the terms of this Plan if the action to terminate
and liquidate this Plan had not occurred; (4) all payments are made within twenty four
(24) months of the date on which the Company irrevocably takes all action necessary to
terminate and liquidate this Plan; and (5) the Company does not adopt a new Aggregated
Plan at any time within three (3) years following the date on which the Company
irrevocably takes all action necessary to terminate and liquidate the Plan.






	 	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan shall automatically terminate, without further
action of the Company, upon Insolvency of the Company. For this purpose, Insolvency shall
mean the inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
	 
	7.2	 	Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may at any time
(without the consent of any Participant) modify, amend or terminate any or all of the
provisions of this Plan to the extent necessary to conform the provisions of the Plan with
Section 409A of the Code, regardless of whether such modification, amendment or termination of
this Plan shall adversely affect the rights of a Participant under the Plan.
	 
	7.3	 	Nothing contained herein will confer upon any Participant the right to be retained in the
service of the Company, nor will it interfere with the right of the Company to discharge or
otherwise deal with a Participant without regard to the existence of this Plan.
	 
	7.4	 	No benefit under this Plan shall be assignable or subject to any manner of alienation, sale,
transfer, claims of creditors, pledge, attachment or encumbrances of any kind.
	 
	7.5	 	The Committee may adopt rules and regulations to assist it in the administration of the Plan
and may delegate such of its duties hereunder as it may deem advisable.
	 
	7.6	 	This Plan is established under and will be construed according to the laws of the State of
Texas.
	 
	7.7	 	The effective date of this amended and restated Plan, as signed this 12th day of December,
2008, is January 1, 2009 (except as otherwise specifically noted herein).





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	 	TESORO CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ SUSAN A. LERETTE	 
	 	Name:  	Susan A. Lerette	 
	 	Title:  	SVP, Administration	 
	 




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