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HALLIBURTON COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 5, 2019
























    




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Table of Contents


		
	ARTICLE I
	Purpose of the Plan.................................................................................................    2


		
	ARTICLE II
	Definitions..............................................................................................................    2


		
	ARTICLE III
	Administration of the Plan......................................................................................    4


		
	ARTICLE IV
	Allocations Under the Plan, Participation in the Plan and Selection for Awards...    5


		
	ARTICLE V
	Non-Assignability of Awards.................................................................................    7


		
	ARTICLE VI
	Vesting....................................................................................................................    7


		
	ARTICLE VII
	Distribution of Awards............................................................................................    7


		
	ARTICLE VIII
	Nature of Plan.........................................................................................................    8


		
	ARTICLE IX
	Funding of Obligation.............................................................................................    8


		
	ARTICLE X
	Amendment or Termination of Plan........................................................................    9


		
	ARTICLE XI
	General Provisions..................................................................................................9


		
	ARTICLE XII
	Effective Date........................................................................................................10


		
	APPENDIX A
	GRANDFATHERED PLAN.......................................................................    ............11


		
	ARTICLE IV
	Allocations Under the Plan, Participation in the Plan and Selection for Awards..11


		
	ARTICLE VI
	Vesting...................................................................................................................12


		
	ARTICLE VII
	Distribution of Awards.............................................................................................12






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HALLIBURTON COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, Halliburton Company (“Halliburton”) adopted and maintains the Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as most recently amended and restated effective January 1, 2008 (the “Plan”), for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its subsidiaries to aid such employees in making more adequate provision for their retirement; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to update the Plan and continue to provide participants with an opportunity to participate in the Plan, consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to preserve the material terms of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004 (the “Grandfathered Plan”) in order that the Grandfathered Plan qualify as a grandfathered plan for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended; and
WHEREAS, certain provisions applicable solely to the Grandfathered Plan are preserved in Appendix A, for purposes of determining the terms applicable to amounts under the Grandfathered Plan, which provisions shall be substituted for the corresponding provisions contained herein.
NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended and restated to read as follows, effective as of December 5, 2019:




































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ARTICLE I


Purpose of the Plan


The purpose of the Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan is to provide supplemental retirement benefits to Participants in order to promote growth of the Company and provide additional means of attracting and holding qualified competent executives.
ARTICLE II


Definitions


Where the following words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly indicates to the contrary.
A.Account:  An individual account for each Participant on the books of such Participant’s Employer to which is credited amounts allocated for the benefit of such Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraph (D) and interest credited pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Paragraph (G).


B.Administrative Committee:  The administrative committee appointed by the Compensation Committee to administer the Plan.


C.Allocation Year:  The calendar year for which an allocation is made to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Article IV.


D.Board:  The Board of Directors of the Company.


E.Code:  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.


F.Compensation Committee:  The Compensation Committee of the Board.


G.Company:  Halliburton Company.


H.Employee:  Any employee of an Employer.  The term does not include independent contractors or persons who are retained by an Employer as consultants only.


I.Employer:  The Company and any Subsidiary designated as an Employer in accordance with the provisions of Article III of the Plan.


J.ERISA:  The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.


K.Grandfathered Plan:  The Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, the material terms of which have not been materially modified (within the meaning of Section 409A) after October 3, 2004, and are preserved and continued in the Plan as reflected in Appendix A.




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L.Grandfathered Plan Account:  An individual account for each Participant on the books of such Participant’s Employer to which is credited amounts allocated prior to January 1, 2005 for the benefit of such Participant pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of Appendix A.


M.Participant:  A Senior Executive who is selected as a Participant for an Allocation Year.  The Compensation Committee shall be the sole judge of who shall be eligible to be a Participant for any Allocation Year.  The selection of a Senior Executive to be a Participant for a particular Allocation Year shall not constitute him or her being a Participant for another Allocation Year unless he or she is selected to be a Participant for such other Allocation Year by the Compensation Committee.


N.Plan:  The Halliburton Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated December 5, 2019, and as the same may thereafter be amended from time to time.


O.Section 409A:  Section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury authorities.


P.Senior Executive:  An Employee who is a senior executive, including an officer, of an Employer (whether or not he or she is also a director thereto), who is employed by an Employer on a full-time basis, who is compensated for such employment by a regular salary and who, in the opinion of the Compensation Committee, is one of the key personnel of an Employer in a position to contribute materially to its continued growth and development and to its future financial success.


Q.Subsidiary:  At any given time, a company (whether a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other form of entity) in which the Company or any other of the Subsidiaries or both owns, directly or indirectly, an aggregate equity interest of 80% or more. 


R.Termination of Service:  “Separation from service”, as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h), with an Employer for any reason other than a transfer between Employers.


S.Trust:  Any trust created pursuant to the provisions of Article IX.


T.Trust Agreement:  The agreement establishing the Trust.


U.Trustee:  The trustee of the Trust.


V.Trust Fund:  Assets under the Trust as may exist from time to time.


























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ARTICLE III


Administration of the Plan


A.The Compensation Committee shall appoint an Administrative Committee to administer, construe and interpret the Plan.  Such Administrative Committee, or such successor Administrative Committee as may be duly appointed by the Compensation Committee, shall serve at the pleasure of the Compensation Committee.  Decisions of the Administrative Committee, with respect to any matter involving the Plan, shall be final and binding on the Company, its shareholders, each Employer and all officers and other executives of the Employers.  For purposes of ERISA, the Administrative Committee shall be the Plan “administrator” and shall be the “named fiduciary” with respect to the general administration of the Plan.


B.The Administrative Committee shall maintain complete and accurate records pertaining to the Plan, including but not limited to Participants’ Accounts, amounts transferred to the Trust, reports from the Trustee and all other records which shall be necessary or desirable in the proper administration of the Plan.  The Administrative Committee shall furnish the Trustee such information as is required to be furnished by the Administrative Committee or the Company pursuant to the Trust Agreement.


C.The Company (the “Indemnifying Party”) hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Administrative Committee (the “Indemnified Parties”) against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any of the Indemnified Parties may become subject to the extent that such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or actions in respect thereof arise out of or are based upon any act or omission of the Indemnified Party in connection with the administration of this Plan (including any act or omission of such Indemnified Party constituting negligence, but excluding any act or omission of such Indemnified Party constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct), and will reimburse the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.


D.Promptly after receipt by the Indemnified Party under the preceding paragraph of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding with respect to any loss, claim, damage or liability against which the Indemnified Party believes he or she is indemnified under the preceding paragraph, the Indemnified Party shall, if a claim with respect thereto is to be made against the Indemnifying Party under such paragraph, notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof, provided, however, that the omission so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party to the extent the Indemnifying Party is not prejudiced by such omission.  If any such action or proceeding shall be brought against the Indemnified Party, and it shall notify the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and, after notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party under the preceding paragraph for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation or reasonable expenses of actions taken at the written request of the Indemnifying Party.  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any compromise or settlement of any such action or proceeding effected without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.


E.The Administrative Committee may designate any Subsidiary as an Employer by written instrument delivered to the Secretary of the Company and the designated Employer.  Such written instrument shall specify the effective date of such designated participation, may incorporate specific 


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provisions relating to the operation of the Plan which apply to the designated Employer only and shall become, as to such designated Employer and its employees, a part of the Plan.  Each designated Employer shall be conclusively presumed to have consented to its designation and to have agreed to be bound by the terms of the Plan and any and all amendments thereto upon its submission of information to the Administrative Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan may be modified so as to increase the obligations of an Employer only with the consent of such Employer, which consent shall be conclusively presumed to have been given by such Employer upon its submission of any information to the Administrative Committee required by the terms of or with respect to the Plan.  Except as modified by the Administrative Committee in its written instrument, the provisions of this Plan shall be applicable with respect to each Employer separately, and amounts payable hereunder shall be paid by the Employer which employs the particular Participant, if not paid from the Trust Fund.


F.No member of the Administrative Committee shall have any right to vote or decide upon any matter relating solely to himself or herself under the Plan or to vote in any case in which his or her individual right to claim any benefit under the Plan is particularly involved. In any case in which an Administrative Committee member is so disqualified to act and the remaining members cannot agree, the Compensation Committee shall appoint a temporary substitute member to exercise all the powers of the disqualified member concerning the matter in which he or she is disqualified.


ARTICLE IV


Allocations Under the Plan,
Participation in the Plan and Selection for Awards


A.Each Allocation Year the Compensation Committee shall, in its sole discretion, determine what amounts shall be available for allocation to the Accounts of the Participants pursuant to Paragraph (D) below.


B.No award shall be made to any person while he or she is a voting member of the Compensation Committee.


C.The Compensation Committee from time to time may adopt, amend or revoke such regulations and rules as it may deem advisable for its own purposes to guide in determining which of the Senior Executives it shall deem to be Participants for a particular Allocation Year and the method and manner of payment thereof to the Participants.


D.The Compensation Committee, during the Allocation Year involved or during the next succeeding Allocation Year, shall determine which Senior Executives it shall designate as Participants for such Allocation Year and the amounts allocated to each Participant for such Allocation Year.  In making its determination, the Compensation Committee shall consider such factors as the Compensation Committee may in its sole discretion deem material.  The Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may notify a Senior Executive at any time during a particular Allocation Year or in the Allocation Year following the Allocation Year for which the award is made that he or she has been selected as a Participant for all or part of such Allocation Year, and may determine and notify him or her of the amount which shall be allocated to such Participant for such Allocation Year.  The decision of the Compensation Committee in selecting a Senior Executive to be a Participant or in making any allocation to him or her shall be final and conclusive, and nothing herein shall be deemed to give any Senior Executive or his or her legal representatives or assigns any right to be a Participant for such Allocation Year or to be allocated any amount except to the extent of 


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the amount, if any, allocated to a Participant for a particular Allocation Year, but at all times subject to the provisions of the Plan.


E.A Senior Executive whose service is terminated during the Allocation Year may be selected as a Participant for such part of the Allocation Year prior to his or her Termination of Service and be granted such award with respect to his or her services during such part of the Allocation Year as the Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion and under any rules it may promulgate, may determine.


F.Allocations to Participants pursuant to Paragraph (D) above shall be made by crediting their respective Accounts on the books of their Employers as of the last day of the Allocation Year. Accounts of Participants shall also earn interest at the rate set forth in Paragraph (G) below which shall be credited to the Account at the end of each month, and if determination of the Account balance pursuant to Article VII, Paragraph (A) does not occur at the end of a month, upon the date of the determination of the Account balance pursuant to Article VII, Paragraph (A). Prior to Termination of Service, the annual interest shall accumulate as a part of the Account balance.  After Termination of Service, the annual interest for such Allocation Year may be paid as more particularly set forth hereinafter in Article VII, Paragraph (D).


G.Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Accounts at the rate of 5% per annum for periods prior to Termination of Service and at the rate of 10% per annum for periods subsequent to Termination of Service.
H.Within 30 days of the date a Senior Executive is designated as a Participant in the Plan, such Participant may make a written election, in the form as approved by the Administrative Committee, as to the form of payment of the Participant’s Account from the following alternatives:


1.Monthly installments over five (5) years;


2.Monthly installments over ten (10) years; or


3.A single lump sum payment.


In addition, a Participant may make a written election, in the form as approved by the Administrative Committee, as to the form of payment of allocations to the Participant’s Account that may be made in a future Allocation Year; provided that such election shall be irrevocable as of December 31 of the year immediately prior to the future Allocation Year.  If a Participant fails to make a timely election as provided under this Paragraph (H) with respect to one or more Allocation Years, such Participant’s Account for such Allocation Years shall be paid in the form of a lump sum.  The above notwithstanding, if the total vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account and Grandfathered Plan Account upon Termination of Service is less than $100,000, such amount shall always be paid in a single lump sum payment.
I.A Participant may subsequently change a prior election, whether made affirmatively or by default, under Article IV, Paragraph (H), to change the form of payment (a “Subsequent Election”) for any Allocation Year after 2004 provided that (i) the Subsequent Election shall not become effective until the date that is 12 months after the date the Subsequent Election is made, (ii) the earliest payment commencement date elected in the Subsequent Election must be 5 years or more after the date the payment is scheduled to be made, except for a distribution event due to the Participant’s death, and (iii) the Subsequent Election must be made at least 12 months before the date the payment is scheduled to be made or commence.  A Subsequent Election shall be made in the form as approved by the Administrative Committee.




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ARTICLE V


Non-Assignability of Awards


No benefit under this Plan may be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated, encumbered, disposed of, or otherwise transferred, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a “qualified domestic relations order” as defined by the Code or Title I of ERISA or similar order.  Attempts to transfer or assign by a Participant (other than in accordance with the preceding sentence) shall, in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee after consideration of such facts as it deems pertinent, be grounds for terminating any rights of such Participant to any awards allocated to but not previously paid over to such Participant.
ARTICLE VI


Vesting
All amounts, including interest, credited to a Participant’s Account, which are attributable to the 2009 Allocation Year and any subsequent Allocation Years in which the Participant may receive an award, shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason, except as provided in Article V, when the Participant (prior to his Termination of Service) has attained 55 years of age with ten full years of service or his or her age and full years of service equal 70.  For purposes of this Article VI, “years of service” shall mean “full years of continuous service as measured from the Participant’s ‘service award date’ in the Company’s official records.”
ARTICLE VII


Distribution of Awards


A.Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Administrative Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, and (ii) shall determine whether the payment of the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund).


B.Any amounts payable under Paragraph (A) above shall be paid in the form pursuant to Article IV, Paragraph (H) on the date that is sixty (60) days after the Participant’s Termination of Service or, if applicable, the time designated in a timely Subsequent Election pursuant to Article IV, Paragraph (I).  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in the case of a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, any payments payable as a result of the Employee’s Termination of Service (other than death) shall be payable on the first to occur of (i) the date that is six months after the Employee’s Termination of Service, (ii) the date of the Employee’s death, or (iii) the date that otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 409A.


C.The Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, shall make payments of awards in the manner designated, subject to all of the other terms and conditions of this Plan and the Trust Agreement, if any.  This Plan shall be deemed to authorize the payment of all or any portion of a Participant’s award from the Trust Fund to the extent such payment is required by the provisions of the Trust Agreement, if any.


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D.Interest on installment payments shall be paid as a part of a level monthly annuity payment calculated for a specific period of time by the Administrative Committee using a constant interest rate as defined in Article IV, Paragraph (G).


E.If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer the vesting provision in Article VI shall not apply to such Participant’s Account.  Each Participant may, from time to time and in the form as approved by the Administrative Committee, name a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable to the Participant under the Plan due to the Participant’s death will be paid.  If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the beneficiary; provided, however, that if no beneficiary designation is on file at the time of death or such designation is not effective for any reason as determined by the Administrative Committee, then the beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive such benefit shall be (1) if the Participant leaves a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse or (2) if the Participant leaves no surviving spouse, such Participant’s estate, or if there is no administration of the estate, to the Participant’s heirs at law.  The Administrative Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the beneficiary or the estate, as applicable, of the Participant all of the awards then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum within sixty (60) days of the Participant’s death.


F.If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article X, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments, provided such distribution is in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A.


ARTICLE VIII


Nature of Plan


This Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Employers to make benefit payments in the future and Participants have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Employers.  Further, the adoption of this Plan and any setting aside of amounts by the Employers with which to discharge their obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to create a trust; legal and equitable title to any funds so set aside shall remain in the Employers, and any recipient of benefits hereunder shall have no security or other interest in such funds.  Any and all funds so set aside shall remain subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Employers, present and future. This provision shall not require the Employers to set aside any funds, but the Employers may set aside such funds if they choose to do so.
ARTICLE IX


Funding of Obligation
Article VIII above to the contrary notwithstanding, the Employers may fund all or part of their obligations hereunder by transferring assets to a domestic trust if the provisions of the trust agreement creating the Trust require the use of the Trust’s assets to satisfy claims of an Employer’s general unsecured creditors in the event of such Employer’s insolvency and provide that no Participant shall at any time have a prior claim to such assets. Any transfers of assets to a trust may be made by each Employer individually or by the Company on behalf of all Employers.  The assets of the Trust shall not be deemed to be assets of this Plan.


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ARTICLE X


Amendment or Termination of Plan


The Board shall have the power and right from time to time to modify, amend, supplement, suspend or terminate the Plan as it applies to each Employer, provided that no such change in the Plan may deprive a Participant of the amounts allocated to his or her Account or be retroactive in effect to the prejudice of any Participant and the interest rate applicable to amounts credited to Participants’ Accounts for periods subsequent to Termination of Service shall not be reduced below 6% per annum.  Any such modification, amendment, supplement suspension or termination shall be in writing.
ARTICLE XI


General Provisions


A.No Participant shall have any preference over the general creditors of an Employer in the event of such Employer’s insolvency.


B.Nothing contained herein shall be construed to give any person the right to be retained in the employ of an Employer or to interfere with the right of an Employer to terminate the employment of any person at any time.
C.If the Administrative Committee receives evidence satisfactory to it that any person entitled to receive a payment hereunder is, at the time the benefit is payable, physically, mentally or legally incompetent to receive such payment and to give a valid receipt therefor, and that an individual or institution is then maintaining or has custody of such person and that no guardian, committee or other representative of the estate of such person has been duly appointed, the Administrative Committee may direct that such payment thereof be paid to such individual or institution maintaining or having custody of such person, and the receipt of such individual or institution shall be valid and a complete discharge for the payment of such benefit.


D.All deferrals and payments provided for hereunder shall be subject to applicable withholding and other deductions as shall be required of the Employer under any applicable local, state or federal law.  Payments to be made hereunder may, at the written request of the Participant, be made to a bank account designated by such Participant, provided that deposits to the credit of such Participant in any bank or trust company shall be deemed payment into his or her hands.


E.Wherever any words are used herein in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in another gender in all cases where they would so apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or plural form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the other form in all cases where they would so apply.


F.THIS PLAN SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW.


G.It is intended that the provisions of this Plan satisfy the requirements of Section 409A and that the Plan be operated in a manner consistent with such requirements to the extent applicable.  Therefore, the Administrative Committee may make adjustments to the Plan and may construe the provisions of the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.




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ARTICLE XII
    
Effective Date


This amendment and restatement of the Plan shall be effective from and after December 5, 2019 and shall continue in force during subsequent years unless amended or revoked by action of the Board.
HALLIBURTON COMPANY




By:  /s/ Jeffrey A. Miller    
       Jeffrey A. Miller
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer 


 






































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APPENDIX A


  GRANDFATHERED PLAN


The Grandfathered Plan contains the provisions governing the deferrals of accounts earned and vested by Participants on or before December 31, 2004.  This Appendix A preserves the material terms of the Grandfathered Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004, and is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A as to grandfathered amounts.  The provisions of this Appendix A shall apply to, and be effective only with respect to, the deferral of earned and vested amounts under the Grandfathered Plan before January 1, 2005, and the amounts earned on such deferrals credited at any time.  The Plan provides for separate accounting of such amounts deferred, earned, and vested before January 1, 2005, and the interest credited thereon.
No amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to amend this Appendix A and the relevant provisions of the Plan in effect prior to such amendment unless otherwise specifically set forth therein.  Pursuant to Section 1.409A-6(a)(4) of the Treasury Regulations, a modification is material “if a benefit or right existing as of October 3, 2004 is materially enhanced or a new material benefit or right is added.”
The provisions of the Plan applicable to the Grandfathered Plan Accounts shall be administered in a manner consistent with the Grandfathered Plan and Appendix A.  Wherever the Plan has added, changed, or otherwise altered any terms of the Grandfathered Plan that were in effect on December 31, 2004, in a manner that would constitute a material modification, as described above, such changes will be disregarded in the administration of the Grandfathered Plan Accounts herein.
APPLICABLE GRANDFATHERED PLAN TERMS
With respect to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005, and the interest on such amounts credited at any time, the following definitions and Articles in this Appendix A shall be substituted for the corresponding definitions and Articles of the Plan:
Termination of Service:  Severance from employment with an Employer for any reason other than a transfer between Employers.
ARTICLE IV
Allocations Under the Plan,
Participation in the Plan and Selection for Awards
(A)    Other than the crediting of interest pursuant to Article IV, Paragraph (B) below, there shall be no further allocations to any Participant under the Grandfathered Plan.
(B)    Interest shall be credited on amounts allocated to Participants’ Grandfathered Plan Accounts at the rate of 5% per annum for periods prior to Termination of Service and at the rate of 10% per annum for periods subsequent to Termination of Service.










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ARTICLE VI


Vesting
All amounts, including interest, credited to a Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account shall be fully vested and not subject to forfeiture for any reason, except as provided in Article V, regardless of the number of years of participation in the Plan by such Participant.
ARTICLE VII


Distribution of Awards


(A)    Upon Termination of Service of a Participant the Administrative Committee (i) shall certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account on the books of each Employer for which the Participant was employed at a time when he or she earned an award hereunder, (ii) shall determine whether the payment of the amount credited to the Participant’s Account under the Plan is to be paid directly by the applicable Employer, from the Trust Fund, if any, or by a combination of such sources (except to the extent the provisions of the Trust Agreement if any, specify payment from the Trust Fund) and (iii) shall determine and certify to the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, the method of payment of the amount credited to a Participant’s Account, selected by the Administrative Committee from among the following alternatives:
(1)    A single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service;
(2)    A payment of one-half of the Participant’s balance upon Termination of Service, with payment of the additional one-half to be made on or before the last day of a period of one year following Termination of Service; or
(3)    Payment in monthly installments over a period not to exceed ten years with such payments to commence upon Termination of Service.
The above notwithstanding, if the total vested amount credited to the Participant’s Grandfathered Plan Account upon Termination of Service is less than $50,000, such amount shall always be paid in a single lump sum payment upon Termination of Service.
(B)    The Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, shall thereafter make payments of awards in the manner and at the times so designated, subject, however, to all of the other terms and conditions of this Plan and the Trust Agreement if any. This Plan shall be deemed to authorize the payment of all or any portion of a Participant’s award from the Trust Fund to the extent such payment is required by the provisions of the Trust Agreement, if any.
(C)    Interest on the second half of a payment under Paragraph (A)(2) above shall be paid with the final payment, while interest on payments under Paragraph (A)(3) above may be paid at each year end or may be paid as a part of a level monthly payment computed by the Administrative Committee through the use of such methodologies as the Administrative Committee shall select from time to time for such purpose.
(D)    Each Participant may, from time to time and in the form as approved by the Administrative Committee, name a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable to the Participant under the Plan due to the Participant’s death will be paid.  If a Participant shall die while in the service of an Employer, or after Termination of Service and prior to the time when all amounts payable to him or her under the Plan 


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have been paid to such Participant, any remaining amounts payable to the Participant hereunder shall be payable to the beneficiary; provided, however, that if no beneficiary designation is on file at the time of death or such designation is not effective for any reason as determined by the Administrative Committee, then the beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive such benefit shall be (1) if the Participant leaves a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse or (2) if the Participant leaves no surviving spouse, such Participant’s estate, or if there is no administration of the estate, to the Participant’s heirs at law.  The Administrative Committee shall cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to the beneficiary of the Participant all of the awards then standing to his or her credit in a lump sum or in such other form of payment consistent with the alternative methods of payment set forth above as the Administrative Committee shall determine after considering such facts and circumstances relating to the Participant and his or her beneficiary as it deems pertinent.
(E)    If the Plan is terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article X, the Compensation Committee may, at its election and in its sole discretion, cause the Trustee or the treasurer of the Employer, as applicable, to pay to all Participants all of the awards then standing to their credit in the form of lump sum payments.






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