exv10w7






Exhibit 10.7



Amendment 2009-1




Dole Food Company, Inc. Excess Savings Plan

(Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2009)




     This amendment to the Dole Food Company, Inc. Excess Savings Plan, as last amended and
completely restated, effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Plan”), as described below, is intended
to reduce the rate of Matching Credits under the Plan for Matching Credits made with respect to
Deferral Credits made from and Plan Compensation paid on and after July 1, 2009, and before July 1,
2010, to correspond to changes made to the rate of matching contributions under the 401(k) Plan
for Salaried Employees of Dole Food Company, Inc. and Participating Divisions and Subsidiaries.



     The changes in this amendment are effective July 1, 2009.




	1.	 	The first sentence of Section 5.2(a) is amended as follows:




“Except for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009, and the Plan Year beginning January 1,
2010, Matching Credits for each Plan Year shall be determined under this Section 5.2(a). If a
Participant is eligible, under Section 5.1(b), to be credited with Matching Credits for a Plan
Year, then Matching Credits shall be credited for that Plan Year to the Participant’s Account equal
to the amount in Section 5.2(a)(l) minus the amount in Section 5.2(a)(2) where the amounts in
Section 5.2(a)(l) and Section 5.2(a)(2) are as follows:”





	2.	 	Section 5.2 is amended by renumbering current Section 5.2(b) to be Section 5.2(d) and adding new
Sections 5.2(b) and 5.2(c) to read as follows:






	“(b)	 	Matching Credits for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009, shall be determined under this
Section 5.2(b). If a Participant is eligible, under Section 5.1(b), to be credited with Matching
Credits for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2009, then Matching Credits shall be credited for
that Plan Year to the Participant’s Account equal to the amount in Section 5.2(b)(l) plus the
amount in Section 5.2(b)(2).






	 	(1)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(l) is equal to the
amount in Section 5.2(b)(1)(A)
minus the amount in 5.2(b)(1)(B) where the




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	 	 	 	amounts in Section 5.2(b)(1)(A) and Section 5.2(b)(1)(B) are as follows:






	 	(A)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(1)(A) is equal to 100 percent of the amount of the
First Half of 2009 Matched Deferrals. For purposes of this Section 5.2(b)(1)(A), the
amount of the “First Half of 2009 Matched
Deferrals” equals the sum of the amounts in Section 5.2(b)(1)(A)(i), Section
5.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) and Section 5.2(b)(1)(A)(iii) that are contributed with respect to
elective deferrals deducted from compensation otherwise payable during the period January
1 to June 30, 2009, but only to the extent that this sum does not exceed 6 percent of the
Participant’s Plan Compensation for that period. The amounts in Section 5.2(b)(1)(A)(i)-(iii) are as follows:






	 	(i)	 	The total of the Salaried 401(k) Plan Pre-Tax Contributions that the
Participant makes to the Salaried 401(k) Plan with respect to compensation
otherwise payable during the period January 1 to June 30, 2009. However, Salaried
401(k) Plan Catch-Up Contributions are not taken into account in this Section
5.2(b)(1)(A).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The total of the Base Pay Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to Base Pay otherwise payable during the period January 1
to June 30, 2009.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The total of the Bonus Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to any Bonus otherwise payable during the period January
1 to June 30, 2009, even if the Deferral Election with respect to that Bonus was
made in a prior period.






	 	(B)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(1)(B) is equal to the amount of the Salaried 401(k)
Plan Matching Contributions allocated to the Participant on account of elective deferrals
made with respect to compensation otherwise payable during the period January 1 to June
30,2009.




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	 	(2)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(2) is equal to the amount in Section 5.2(b)(2)(A) minus the
amount in 5.2(b)(2)(B) where the amounts in Section 5.2(b)(1)(A) and Section 5.2(b)(2)(B) are as
follows:






	 	(A)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(2)(A) is equal to 50 percent of the amount of the
Second Half of 2009 Matched Deferrals. For purposes of this Section 5.2(b)(2)(A), the
amount of the “Second Half of 2009 Matched Deferrals” equals the sum of the amounts in
Section 5.2(b)(2)(A)(i), Section 5.2(b)(2)(A)(ii) and Section 5.2(b)(2)(A)(iii) that are
contributed with respect to elective deferrals deducted from compensation otherwise payable
during the period July 1 to December 31, 2009, but only to the extent that this sum does
not exceed 6 percent of the Participant’s Plan Compensation
for that period. The amounts in Section 5.2(b)(2)(A)(i)-(iii) are as
follows:






	 	(i)	 	The total of the Salaried 401(k) Plan Pre-Tax Contributions that the
Participant makes to the Salaried 401(k) Plan with respect to compensation otherwise
payable during the period July 1 to December 31, 2009. However, Salaried 401(k) Plan
Catch-Up Contributions are not taken into account in this Section 5.2(b)(2)(A).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The total of the Base Pay Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to Base Pay otherwise payable during the period July 1 to
December 31,2009.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The total of the Bonus Deferral Credits that were credited to the Participant
with respect to any Bonus otherwise payable in the period July 1 to December 31,
2009, even if the Deferral Election with respect to that Bonus was made in a prior
period.






	 	(B)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(b)(2)(B) is equal to the amount of the Salaried 401(k)
Plan Matching Contributions allocated to the Participant with respect to elective deferrals
made with respect to compensation otherwise payable during the period July 1 to December
31, 2009.





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	(c)	 	Matching Credits for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2010, shall be determined under this
Section 5.2(c). If a Participant is eligible under Section 5.1(b) to be credited with Matching
Credits for the Plan Year beginning January 1, 2010, then Matching Credits shall be credited for
that Plan Year to the Participant’s Account equal to the amount in Section 5.2(c)(l) plus the
amount in Section 5.2(c)(2).






	 	(1)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(l) is equal to the
amount in Section 5.2(c)(1)(A)
minus the amount in 5.2(c)(1)(B) where the amounts in
Section 5.2(c)(1)(A) and Section
5.2(c)(1)(B) are as follows:






	 	(A)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(1)(A) is equal to 50 percent of the
amount of the First Half of 2010 Matched Deferrals. For purposes of this Section
5.2(c)(1)(A), the amount of the “First Half of 2010 Matched Deferrals”, equals the
sum of the amounts in Section 5.2(c)(1)(A)(i),
Section 5.2(c)(1)(A)(ii) and Section
5.2(c)(1)(A)(iii) ) that are contributed with respect to elective deferrals deducted
from compensation otherwise payable during the period January 1 to June 30, 2010,
but only to the extent that this sum does not exceed 6 percent of the Participant’s
Plan Compensation for that period. The amounts in
Section 5.2(c)(1)(A)(i)-(iii) are
as follows:






	 	(i)	 	The total of the Salaried 401(k) Plan Pre-Tax Contributions that the
Participant makes to the Salaried 401(k) Plan with respect to compensation otherwise
payable during the period January 1 to June 30, 2010. However, Salaried 401(k) Plan
Catch-Up Contributions are not taken into account in this
Section 5.2(c)(1)(A).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The total of the Base Pay Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to Base Pay otherwise payable during the period
January 1 to June 30, 2010.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The total of the Bonus Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to any Bonus otherwise payable
during the period January 1 to June 30, 2010, even if the Deferral Election
with respect to that Bonus was made in a prior period.




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	 	(B)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(1)(B) is equal to the amount of the Salaried 401(k)
Plan Matching Contributions allocated to the Participant on account of elective deferrals
made with respect to compensation otherwise payable during the period January 1 to June
30, 2010.






	(2)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(2) is equal to the amount in Section 5.2(c)(2)(A) minus the
amount in 5.2(c)(2)(B) where the amounts in Section 5.2(c)( l)(A) and Section 5.2(c)(2)(B) are as
follows:






	 	(A)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(2)(A) is equal to 100 percent of the amount of the Second
Half of 2010 Matched Deferrals. For purposes of this Section 5.2(c)(2)(A), the amount of the
“Second Half of 2010 Matched Deferrals”
equals the sum of the amounts in Section 5.2(c)(2)(A)(i), Section 5.2(c)(2)(A)(ii) and
Section 5.2(c)(2)(A)(iii) that are contributed with respect to elective deferrals
deducted from compensation otherwise payable during the period July 1 to December 31,
2010, but only to the extent that this sum does not exceed 6 percent of the
Participant’s Plan Compensation for that period. The amounts in Section
5.2(c)(2)(A)(i)-(iii) are as follows:






	 	(i)	 	The total of the Salaried 401(k) Plan Pre-Tax Contributions that the
Participant makes to the Salaried 401(k) Plan with respect to compensation otherwise
payable during the period July 1 to December 31, 2010. However, Salaried 401(k) Plan
Catch-Up Contributions are not taken into account in this Section 5.2(c)(2)(A).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The total of the Base Pay Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to Base Pay otherwise payable during the period July 1 to
December 31,2010.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The total of the Bonus Deferral Credits that were credited to the
Participant with respect to any Bonus otherwise payable during the period July 1
to December 31, 2010, even if the Deferral Election with respect to that Bonus was
made in a prior period.





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	 	(B)	 	The amount in this Section 5.2(c)(2)(B) is equal to the amount of the
Salaried 401(k) Plan Matching Contributions allocated to the Participant on
account of elective deferrals made with respect to compensation otherwise payable
during the period July 1 to December 31, 2010.






	(d)	 	Any Matching Credits with respect to a Plan Year shall be credited to the Participant’s
Account as soon as is practicable after December 31 of that Plan
Year and after all information required to compute the amount of the Matching Credits is
available.”
	 
	3.	 	Subsection 5.5(c) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:




“Plan Compensation taken into account under the first sentences of Sections 5.2(b)(1)(A),
5.2(b)(2)(B), 5.2(c)(1)(A), and 5.2(c)(2)(A), respectively, (relating to the percentage caps on
Matching Credits) shall include all Plan Compensation for the period stated therein, including Plan
Compensation paid after the date on which the Participant ceased to be an Eligible Employee.”




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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment 2009-1 to be signed on its behalf
and attested by its duly authorized officer this 181st day (June 30th) of 2009.




	 	 	 
	 

	 	







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