Document:

2011 Q4 10K Exhibit 10.20 SJW

EXHIBIT 10.20

SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY

EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL
RETIREMENT PLAN

As Amended and Restated on January 25, 2012

Effective as of January 1, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	
				
	 
	 
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	I.
	DEFINITIONS
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	II.
	PARTICIPATION
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	III.
	RETIREMENT BENEFIT
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	IV.
	VESTING
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	V.
	FUNDING NATURE OF THE PLAN
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	VI.
	ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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	VII.
	BENEFIT CLAIMS
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	VIII.
	AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
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	IX.
	MISCELLANEOUS
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THE SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY
EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
On July 22, 1992 the Board of Directors of the San Jose Water Company (the “Company”) adopted the San Jose Water Company Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan (the “Plan”).  The Plan is designed to supplement the retirement income of a designated select group of management and/or highly compensated executives of the Company.  The Plan has been amended on a number of occasions since its adoption and was further amended and restated, effective January 1, 2008, to conform the provisions of the plan document to the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder. 

The Plan was amended in July 2009 to revise the definition of Compensation in Section 1.11 below and was amended and restated in October 2009 to provide an additional joint and survivor annuity form of payment for a married participant, to clarify the benefit commencement date provisions of the plan with respect to vested participants who separate from service prior to age 55 and to increase the monthly retirement benefit payable to a select group of currently retired participants. 

The Plan was amended in January 2010 to (i) clarify the definition of Year of Service for purposes of applying the benefit formula, and (ii) increase, for each participant credited with an hour of service on or after January 1, 2010, the one and six tenths percent (1.6%) component of the such benefit formula to two and two tenths percent (2.2%) of his or her Final Average Compensation for each Year of Service, whether completed on or before January 1, 2010, in excess of 20 years (but not to exceed in total the additional number of Years of Service necessary to reach the maximum 60% of Final Average Compensation retirement benefit).  

The Plan was amended effective January 1, 2011 to set forth the actuarial equivalency factors that will be applied to any participant who elects to receive his or her accrued benefit under such plan in the form of the ten year term certain and life annuity option.  Exhibit A to the Plan was also amended effective January 26, 2011 to provide Angela Yip with an additional Year of Service credit under the Plan.  

The Plan was further amended and restated on January 25, 2012, effective as of January 1, 2012, to (i) permit the Executive Compensation Committee as the administrator of the Plan to delegate one or more of the day-to-day administrative functions under the Plan to either a plan administrative committee comprised of two or more employees of the Company  or a third-party administrator, (ii) provide the Executive Compensation Committee with the authority to appoint the initial members of any such plan administrative committee and further empower the Executive Compensation Committee or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with the authority to replace members of the plan administrative committee from time to time, (iii) establish a formal claims review process under the Plan and (iv) incorporate into the new restatement the series of individual amendments made to the Plan since the date of the most recent restatement of the Plan.  

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The Plan as so amended and restated shall continue to function solely as a so-called “top hat” plan of deferred compensation subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to such a plan.  

		
	I.
	DEFINITIONS

Wherever used herein the following terms have the meanings indicated:
1.1    “Accrued Benefit” means, at any time, the benefit computed in accordance with Section 3.1 (as adjusted, if applicable, pursuant to Section 3.11).
1.2    “Actuarial Equivalent” has the meaning set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.
1.3     “Affiliated Company” means (i) the Company and (ii) each of the other members of the controlled group that includes the Company, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code. 
1.4    “Beneficiary” means the person or persons entitled, pursuant to Section 3.6, to receive the Participant’s retirement benefit following his or her death. 
1.5    “Benefit Commencement Date” means the date on which the payment of a Participant's retirement benefit is to commence pursuant to Section 3.2; provided, however, that a Participant who wishes to have his or her retirement benefit commence on a Deferred Benefit Commencement Date following his or her Separation from Service must comply with the applicable election procedures set forth in Section 3.3. 
1.6    “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of San Jose Water Company. 
1.7    “Change in Control” means a transaction involving a change in ownership or control of SJW Corp. which constitutes a Change in Control, as such term is defined at the relevant time in the Executive Severance Plan (or any successor plan) or, if the Executive Severance Plan ceases to exist and is not succeeded by another similar plan, as it was last defined in the Executive Severance Plan.  
1.8    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
1.9    “Committee” means the entity or entities which administer the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article V hereof. 
1.10    “Company” means San Jose Water Company and any successor to all or a major portion of the assets or business of the San Jose Water Company.

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1.11    “Compensation” means, for any calendar month, the salary earned by a Participant for such month, whether or not actually paid in that month, plus any annual cash performance bonus that is paid to the Participant in such month plus any portion of such bonus that would have been paid in such month in the absence of the Participant’s deferral election or other deferred payment provision applicable to such compensation. Any deferred cash performance bonus taken into account as Compensation for the month in which such bonus would have been paid in the absence of a deferral provision or election shall not again be taken into account as Compensation in the month in which that deferred bonus is actually paid. No other bonus or special compensation will be included, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Code Section 409A, by the Committee administering this Plan.
1.12    “Credited Service” has the meaning set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.
1.13    “Death Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10 of the Plan.
1.14    “Deferred Benefit Commencement Date” means a date, later than the normal Benefit Commencement Date determined under Section 3.2, on which the Participant’s retirement benefit under Article III is to commence pursuant to a timely deferral election made by such Participant pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Plan. 
1.15     “Early Retirement Date” means the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the date when a Participant has both attained the age of fifty-five (55) years and completed at least ten (10) years of Credited Service with the Company.
1.16    “Eligible Employee” means any officer of the Company or any other Employee who:
(a)     first commenced status as an Employee before March 31, 2008; and 
(b)    is part of a select group of management or an otherwise highly compensated employee, as determined by the Committee in accordance with applicable ERISA standards.
1.17    “Employee” means an individual for so long as he or she is in the employ of at least one member of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

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1.18    “Employer Group” means (i) the Company and (ii) each of the other members of the controlled group that includes the Company, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code, except that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section  1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations. 
1.19    “Executive Severance Plan” means SJW Corp. Executive Severance Plan, as amended from time to time.
1.20    “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
1.21    “Final Average Compensation” means, on any date, a Participant’s average monthly Compensation (as such Compensation is determined for each month in accordance with Section 1.11 above) for that consecutive thirty-six (36) calendar month period within the last one hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar months ending on or immediately prior to such measurement date during which such average Compensation is the highest.
1.22    “Normal Retirement Date” means the first day of the calendar month coinciding with or next following the date when a Participant attains sixty-five (65) years of age.
1.23    “Participant” means an Eligible Employee selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that such individual shall not commence actual participation in the Plan or otherwise accrue benefits under the Plan until the date determined under Article II. 
1.24     “Plan” means the San Jose Water Company Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan, as set forth in this document and in any amendments from time to time made hereto. 
1.25    “Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01 of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.  
1.26    “Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity” means the annuity benefit payable to the surviving spouse of a deceased Participant in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3.9 of the Plan. 
1.27    “Retirement Benefit” means the monthly retirement benefit payable under this Plan, calculated in accordance with Article III.
1.28     “San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan” means the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, a tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan under Code Section 401(a) which was adopted November 1, 1950, as such plan may be amended and restated from time to time.

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1.29     “Single Life Annuity” has the meaning set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.
1.30    “Separation from Service” means the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or non-employee consultant) permanently decreases to a level that is not more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such service). Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A. In addition to the foregoing, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to have occurred while an Employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six (6) months or any longer period for which such Employee’s right to reemployment with one or more members of the Employer Group is provided either by statute or contract; provided, however, that in the event of an Employee’s leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and that causes such individual to be unable to perform his or her duties as an Employee, no Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur during the first twenty-nine (29) months of such leave.  If the period of leave exceeds six (6) months (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of disability as indicated above) and the Employee’s right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or contract, then such Employee will be deemed to have a Separation from Service on the first day immediately following the expiration of such six (6)-month or twenty-nine (29)-month period.
1.31    “SJW Corp.” means SJW Corp., a California corporation which is the corporate parent of the Company, or any successor to all or a major portion of the assets or business of the SJW Corp.
1.32    “Specified Employee” means a “key employee” (within the meaning of that term under Code Section 416(i)), as determined by the Executive Compensation Committee of SJW Corp. in accordance with the applicable standards of Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder and applied on a consistent basis to all non-qualified deferred compensation plans of the Employer Group subject to Code Section 409A.  The Specified Employees shall be identified on December 31 of each calendar year and shall have that status or the twelve (12)-month period beginning on April 1 of the following calendar year. 
1.33    “Ten Year Certain and Life Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
1.34     “Year of Service” means a Year of Credited Service, as defined and calculated in accordance with Section 2.74 of the March 31, 2008 restatement of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan (or any predecessor version of such plan).

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	II.
	PARTICIPATION

Each Eligible Employee selected by the Committee for participation in the Plan shall be promptly notified by the Company in writing of such selection and shall become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of the first calendar month next following the date of his or her selection for participation by the Committee or such later date as the Committee shall specify, as set forth in the notification from the Company.
		
	III.
	RETIREMENT BENEFIT

3.1    Retirement Benefit Formula. The actual Retirement Benefit to be paid under this Plan to a vested Participant beginning on his or her Benefit Commencement Date determined in accordance with Section 3.2 shall be calculated on the basis of the following formula for determining a Participant’s normal retirement benefit and shall be adjusted so that it is the Actuarial Equivalent of such normal retirement benefit after taking into account any Benefit Commencement Date prior to the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date and/or any form of payment other than a Single Life Annuity for the Participant:
-    The normal retirement benefit is a Single Life Annuity for the Participant commencing on his or her Normal Retirement Date in a monthly dollar amount equal to two and two tenths percent (2.2%) of the Final Average Compensation of such Participant multiplied by his or her Years of Service (including any partial Year of Service determined in accordance with Section 2.74 of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, but not to exceed twenty (20) Years of Service in total) plus one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) of the Final Average Compensation of such Participant multiplied by his or her Years of Service in excess of 20 years (including any partial Year of Service determined in accordance with Section 2.74 of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, but not to exceed an additional ten (10) years in total), up to a total not to exceed fifty-five percent (55%) of such Participant’s Final Average Compensation; less the monthly retirement benefit payable to such Participant from the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.  However, the following percentage increases shall be in effect with respect to such benefit formula:
(a)    The one and one-tenth percent (1.1%) and fifty-five percent (55%) of Final Average Compensation percentages of such formula shall be increased to one and six tenths percent (1.6%) and sixty percent (60%) of Final Average Compensation respectively for Participants who are credited with an Hour of Service, as defined in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, on or after November 1, 1999.  
(b)    For each Participant credited with an Hour of Service, as defined in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, on or after January 1, 2010, the one and six tenths percent (1.6%) component of the revised benefit formula in subparagraph (a) above shall be further increased to two and two tenths percent (2.2%) of Final Average Compensation for each Year of Service, whether completed on or before January 1, 2010, in excess of 20 years 

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(including any partial Year of Service determined in accordance with Section 2.74 of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, but not to exceed in total the additional number of Years of Service necessary to reach the maximum 60% of Final Average Compensation retirement benefit). Accordingly, the maximum retirement benefit for any such Participant under the Plan shall continue to be limited to sixty percent (60%) of his or her Final Average Compensation.  
The amount of the offset for the monthly retirement benefit paid from the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan shall be calculated on the basis of the single life monthly annuity under such Plan commencing on the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date which is the Actuarial Equivalent of his or her normal retirement benefit under such plan.
3.2    Benefit Commencement Date.  The following provisions shall govern the date on which a vested Participant’s Retirement Benefit as calculated under Section 3.1 shall commence, subject to the elective deferral provisions of Section 3.3 and the mandatory deferral provisions of Section 3.12.  In the absence of any deferral effected pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.12, such date shall constitute the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date under the Plan. 
(a)        The Benefit Commencement Date for a vested Participant whose Separation from Service occurs on or after satisfying the requirements for a Normal Retirement Date shall be the first day of the first calendar month following such Separation of Service. The monthly retirement benefit which shall commence at that time shall be in the amount calculated under Section 3.1 and payable in the form of a Single Life Annuity. There shall be no actuarial increase to the dollar amount of the Participant’s monthly retirement benefit should the Benefit Commencement Date occur after his or her Normal Retirement Date. 
(b)        The Benefit Commencement Date for a vested Participant whose Separation from Service occurs on or after satisfying the requirements for an Early Retirement Date but before his or her Normal Retirement Date shall be the first day of the first calendar month following such Separation from Service. The monthly retirement benefit which shall commence at that time under Section 3.1 shall be payable in the form of a Single Life Annuity.  However, the dollar amount of that monthly retirement benefit as calculated pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be reduced for the commencement of such benefit before the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date in accordance with the early retirement reduction factors set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan as in effect on the Benefit Commencement Date.
(c)        The Benefit Commencement Date for a vested Participant whose Separation from Service occurs before satisfying the requirements for an Early Retirement Date shall be the first day of the first calendar month following the later of (i) such Participant’s attainment of age fifty five (55) or (ii) the date of his or her Separation from Service. The monthly retirement benefit which shall commence at that time under Section 3.1 shall be payable in the form of a Single Life Annuity. However, the dollar amount of that monthly retirement benefit as calculated pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be reduced, in accordance with the early retirement reduction factors set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan as in effect on the Benefit Commencement Date, should such retirement benefit commence before the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date.

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3.3    Election of Deferred Benefit Commencement Date. The following provisions shall govern any election by a Participant to receive his or her Retirement Benefit on a Deferred Benefit Commencement Date that is later than the date on which his or her Retirement Benefit would otherwise commence in accordance with Section 3.2:
(i)    An Eligible Employee participating in the Plan during the 2007 calendar year may elect a Deferred Benefit Commencement Date at any time on or before December 31, 2007 by filing the appropriate deferral election form with the Committee.

(ii)    An Eligible Employee who is first selected for participation in the Plan after December 31, 2007 may elect a Deferred Benefit Commencement Date by filing the appropriate election form with the Committee at any time prior to the date his or her participation in the Plan becomes effective, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after his or her selection date. 

(iii)    Should a Participant wish at any time after December 31, 2008  to change the Benefit Commencement Date in effect for him or her pursuant to Section 3.2 (or any  Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for him or her at that time under this Section 3.3) to a later Deferred Benefit Commencement Date, then such Participant must file the appropriate deferral election form with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect at the time for the Participant, and the deferral election shall in no event become effective or otherwise have any force or applicability until the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date such election is filed with the Committee. Accordingly, the new deferral election shall become null and void should the Participant’s pre-existing Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Commencement Date occur within that twelve (12)-month period. The new Deferred Benefit Commencement Date elected by the Participant must be a date that is at least five (5) years later than the date on which the Participant’s Retirement Benefit would have otherwise commenced in the absence of the new deferral election. 

3.4    Alternative Form of Benefit Payment.  In lieu of the Single Life Annuity in which a Participant is to receive as his or her Retirement Benefit, the Participant may elect an alternative form of benefit payment in accordance with the following requirements:
(i)    A Participant who is married on his or her Benefit Commencement Date (or any Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for him or her in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3) may elect to receive his or her Retirement Benefit in the form of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, provided such election is made in accordance with the applicable requirements of subparagraph (iv) below.
(ii)    A Participant who is married on his or her Benefit Commencement Date (or any Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for him or her in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3) may elect to receive his or her Retirement Benefit in the form of a reduced joint and survivor annuity that provides an annuity for the life of the Participant and a survivor annuity for the life of his or her spouse that is equal to 75% of the amount of the annuity payable during the Participant’s lifetime (the “Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity”), provided such election is made in accordance with the applicable requirements of subparagraph (iv) below.
            

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(iii)    A Participant, whether or not married on his or her Benefit Commencement Date (or any Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for him or her in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3), may elect to receive his or her Retirement Benefit in the form of the Ten Year Certain and Life Option, provided such election is made in accordance with the applicable requirements of subparagraph (iv) below. 
(iv)    Provided the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity and the Ten Year Certain and Life Option are each the Actuarial Equivalent of the Single Life Annuity payable to the Participant hereunder, the Participant may elect any of those alternative forms of payment by filing the appropriate election form with the Committee at any time prior to the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for such Participant. In the event that the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity or the Ten Year Certain and Life Option is not the Actuarial Equivalent of the Single Life Annuity payable to the Participant hereunder, then the Participant’s election of the alternative form of payment which is not such an Actuarial Equivalent shall be subject to the following limitations:
-     Participant must elect the alternative form of benefit by filing the appropriate benefit election form with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect at the time for the Participant, and the benefit election shall in no event become effective or otherwise have any force or applicability until the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date such election is filed with the Committee. Accordingly, the benefit election shall become null and void should the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Commencement Date occur within that twelve (12)-month period.  As part of the benefit election process, the Participant must designate a new Benefit Commencement Date that is at least five (5) years later than the date on which the Participant’s Retirement Benefit would have otherwise commenced in accordance with the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for the Participant immediately prior to the filing of his or her benefit election. 

(v)    For purposes of determining whether the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity is the Actuarial Equivalent of the Single Life Annuity payable to the Participant, any subsidy provided with respect to the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity shall not be taken into account, provided the annual lifetime benefit payable thereunder to the Participant is not greater than his or her annual lifetime benefit under the Single Life Annuity, and the annual lifetime benefit payable to the survivor is not greater than the annual lifetime benefit payable to the Participant under such Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity.  For purposes of determining whether the Ten Year Term Certain and Life Option is the Actuarial Equivalent of the Single Life Annuity Payable to the Participant, the actuarial reduction factors set forth in attached Schedule I shall be utilized, with the appropriate factor (with any requisite interpolation) for the Participant’s age at the time such Ten Year Term Certain and Life Option commences to be applied to the dollar amount of the monthly pension that would otherwise be payable to the Participant at that time in the form of the Single Life Annuity. In no event, 

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however, will the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the Joint and 75% Survivor Annuity or the Ten Year Certain and Life Option be deemed for purposes of subparagraph (iv) above to be the Actuarial Equivalent of the Single Life Annuity payable to the Participant hereunder, if the scheduled date for the first annuity payment under such alternative form of payment is other than the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect at the time for the Participant.  
(vi)      A benefit election made under this Paragraph 3.4 by a Participant who is married on such date is not subject to spousal consent.
3.5    Ten Year Certain and Life Option.  A Participant who elects the Ten Year Certain and Life Option shall receive his or her Retirement Benefit in the form of a monthly annuity over his or her lifetime.  If the Participant dies before one hundred and twenty (120) monthly payments (hereinafter referred to as the “period certain”) have been made, the Participant’s designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall be entitled to share equally in the Participant’s monthly retirement benefit for the remainder of such period certain.  A Participant electing to receive his or her Retirement Benefit in such form must designate, as described in Section 3.6, one or more Beneficiaries to receive any remaining payments under the Plan after his or her death.  If the Participant and the designated Beneficiary or Beneficiaries die within the period certain, the remaining payments shall be made to the estate of the designated Beneficiary who last received a payment under this Section 3.5.
3.6    Beneficiary Designation.  The Beneficiary designation of a Participant who elects to receive his or her Retirement Benefit in the form of a Ten Year Certain and Life Option shall be made on a form prepared by, and delivered to, the Committee prior to the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for that benefit. The Participant may revoke or change the designation at any time prior to the applicable Benefit Commencement Date by delivering a subsequent form to the Committee.
3.7    Calculation of Alternative Forms of Benefits.  The amount of all benefit payment forms specified in Section 3.4 shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan and, to the extent applicable, the actuarial equivalency factors set forth in attached Schedule I for any benefit paid in the form of the Ten Year Certain and Life Annuity Option.
3.8    Retiree Increases.
(a)    1998 Retiree Benefit Increase. Subject to a ten percent (10%) maximum benefit increase, the monthly pension of each Participant (or Beneficiary in the case of a deceased Participant) shall be increased 0.138889% for each month or partial month which has elapsed from the date of the initial payment of retirement benefits to each Participant (or Beneficiary), up to and including February 28, 1998.

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(b)        2002 Retiree Benefit Increase.  Subject to a ten percent (10%) maximum benefit increase, the monthly pension of each Participant (or Beneficiary in the case of a deceased Participant) shall be increased 0.212766% for each month or partial month which has elapsed from (i) the later of the date of the initial payment of benefits or March 1, 1998 to (ii) January 31, 2002.
3.9    Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity.  If a married Participant dies after his or her Retirement Benefit has vested but before the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for such benefit, then the Participant's surviving spouse will be entitled to a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity in accordance with this Section 3.9. 
(a)        The Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity will become payable on the later of (1) the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Participant's death or (2) the earliest date on which the Participant would have been eligible to receive a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity under the Plan (disregarding any Deferred Benefit Commencement Date election the Participant may have outstanding under Section 3.3 at the time of his or her death). 
(b)        The Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity will be in a dollar amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the amount the Participant would have received had his or her Separation from Service occurred on the day before his or her death and he or she had elected the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity as his or her form of benefit payment. In the case of a vested Participant who dies on or before the earliest date on which he or she would have been eligible to receive a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, the amount of the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity will be computed as though the Participant had survived until he or she was first eligible to receive a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, retired at that time with an immediate Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, and died the next day.
3.10    Death Benefit.  If a Participant who is unmarried at the time dies after his or her Retirement Benefit has vested but before the Benefit Commencement Date or Deferred Benefit Commencement Date in effect for such benefit, then such Participant's Beneficiary shall be entitled to a Death Benefit in accordance with this Section 3.10. 
(a)        The Death Benefit will become payable on the later of (1) the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Participant's death or (2) the earliest date on which the Participant would have been eligible to receive his or her Retirement Benefit (disregarding any Deferred Benefit Commencement Date election the Participant may have outstanding under Section 3.4 at the time of his or her death). 
(b)        The Death Benefit will be in a monthly dollar amount equal to the monthly retirement benefit the Participant would have received under the Plan had his or her Separation from Service occurred on the day before the Participant's death and he or she had elected to receive the optional form of benefit described in Section 3.5 of the Plan. In the case of a vested Participant who dies on or before the earliest date that such Participant would have been eligible to receive his or her Retirement Benefit, the amount of the Death Benefit will be computed as though the Participant had survived until he or she was first eligible to receive a 

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retirement benefit, retired at that time and elected to receive the optional form of benefit described in Section 3.5 of the Plan, and died the next day.
3.11    Adjustments to Benefits. The benefit calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Article III shall, with respect to each Participant referenced in Exhibit A, be subject to the specific adjustments set forth in Exhibit A with respect to that Participant.
3.12    Mandatory Deferral of Payments.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article III or any other article in the Plan, a vested Participant’s Retirement Benefit shall not commence under this Plan prior to the earlier of (i) the first day of the seventh (7th) month following the date of his or her Separation from Service or (ii) the date of his or her death, if  the Participant is deemed at the time of such Separation from Service to be a Specified Employee and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code Section 409A(a)(2). Upon the expiration of the applicable deferral period, all monthly retirement payments deferred pursuant to this Section 3.12 shall be paid in a lump sum to the Participant, and the remaining monthly retirement payments due under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein.  
		
	IV.
	VESTING

4.1    Normal Vesting.  A Participant shall vest in his or her Accrued Benefit upon completion of Years of Service as follows:
	
		
	Years of Service
	Vested Percentage

	Less than 10
	None

	10 or More
	100%

4.2    Change in Control Severance Vesting.  Notwithstanding Section 4.1, a Participant’s Accrued Benefit shall immediately become 100% vested if such Participant becomes entitled to a severance benefit under the Executive Severance Plan by reason of a qualifying termination of his or her Employee status thereunder.
		
	V.
	FUNDING NATURE OF THE PLAN

The funds used for payment of benefits under this Plan and of the expenses incurred in the administration thereof shall, until such actual payment, continue to be a part of the general funds of the Company, and no person other than the Company shall, by virtue of this Plan, have any interest in any such funds.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind or create any fiduciary relationship.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.  The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company may fund the Plan with Board approval at any time, and the Company shall in the event of a Change in Control arrange for the funding, immediately before the effective date of that Change in Control, of all the Accrued Benefits under the Plan through a trust which satisfies the requirements of Revenue Procedure 92-64 and/or such other statutory or regulatory requirements as are necessary to assure that Participants are not subject to Federal income 

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taxation on either their Accrued Benefits or amounts contributed to such trust before their receipt of such benefits or assets.
		
	VI.
	ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

6.1    The Plan shall be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of  SJW Corp.  The Executive Compensation Committee may delegate one or more of its administrative duties and responsibilities under the Plan to (i) a plan administrative committee comprised of two or more employees of the Company (the “Designated Plan Committee”) appointed to the Designated Plan Committee by the Executive Compensation Committee or (ii) a third-party plan administrator selected by the Executive Compensation Committee. If the Designated Plan Committee is delegated authority under the Plan, the members of that Designated Plan Committee may thereafter be comprised of employees of the Company appointed by either the Executive Compensation Committee or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The Executive Compensation Committee, the Designated Plan Committee and any third-party administrator shall each, in carrying out the respective administrative duties and responsibilities delegated to them under the Plan, be referred to in this document as the Committee and each may, to the extent such authority is within the scope of the respective duties and responsibilities delegated to it under the Plan, have full and complete authority to administer the Plan, including (without limitation) the following:  
(a)        selecting the Eligible Employees who are to participate in the Plan, 
(b)        compiling and maintaining all records necessary in connection with the Plan; 
(c)        determining the amount (if any) of the benefits payable under the Plan to a Participant or his or her spouse or Beneficiary; 
(d)         authorizing the payment of all benefits under the Plan as they become due and payable under the Plan; 
(e)        reducing or otherwise adjusting amounts payable under the Plan if payments are made in error; 
(f)        performing any administrative duties or responsibilities under any grantor trust agreement for the Plan;
(g)         administering the benefit claims process under the Plan; and 
(h)        engaging such legal accounting and other professional services as it may deem proper.  
6.2    Decisions by the Committee shall be final and binding upon all parties. 

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6.3    The members of the Executive Compensation Committee or the Designated Plan Committee shall serve without compensation, but all benefits payable under the Plan and all expenses properly incurred in the administration of the Plan, including all expenses properly incurred by the Executive Compensation Committee or the Designated Plan Committee in exercising its duties under the Plan, shall be borne by the Company. 
		
	VII.
	BENEFIT CLAIMS

7.1    Claims Procedure.  No application is required for the payment of benefits under the Plan.  However, if any Participant (or spouse or Beneficiary) believes he or she is entitled to a benefit from the Plan which differs from the benefit determined by the Committee, then such individual may file a written claim for benefits with the Committee.  Each claim shall be acted upon and approved or disapproved within ninety (90) days following receipt by the Committee.
7.2    Denial of Benefits.  In the event any claim for benefits is denied, in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial and of his or her right to a review by the Committee  and shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, specific reasons for such denial, specific references to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, a description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and an explanation of the review procedure.
7.3    Review.  
(a)    Any person whose claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part may appeal to the Committee for a full and fair review of the decision by submitting to the Committee, within ninety (90) days after receiving written notice from the Committee of such denial, a written statement:
a.    requesting a review by the Committee of his or her claim for benefits;
b.    setting forth all of the grounds upon which the request for review is based and any facts in support thereof; and
c.    setting forth any issues or comments which the claimant deems pertinent to his or her claim.
(b)    The Committee shall act upon each such appeal within sixty (60) days after receipt of the claimant’s request for review by the Committee, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing.  If such an extension is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant within the initial sixty (60)-day period, and a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the initial request for review.  The Committee shall make a full and fair review of each such appeal and any written materials submitted by the claimant or the Company  in connection therewith and may require the Company or the claimant to submit such additional facts, documents or other evidence as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, deem 

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necessary or advisable in making such a review.  On the basis of its review, the Committee shall make an independent determination of the claimant’s eligibility for benefits under the Plan.  The decision of the Committee on any benefit claim shall be final and conclusive upon all persons.
(c)    Should the Committee deny an appeal in whole or in part, the Committee shall give written notice of such decision to the claimant, setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant the specific reasons for such denial and specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision was based.  The notice shall also include a statement that the claimant has a right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time).
		
	VIII.
	AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

8.1    The Board of Directors reserves the power at any time to terminate this Plan and to otherwise amend any portion of the Plan other than this Article VII; provided, however, that no such action shall (i) reduce any Accrued Benefit (or any benefit hereunder based thereon) as of the date of such action or (ii) adversely affect a Participant's right to continue to vest in such Accrued Benefit in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect immediately prior to such action.
8.2    Notice of termination or amendment of the Plan, pursuant to Section 8.1, shall be given in writing to each Participant and beneficiary of a deceased Participant. 
8.3    No amendment or termination of the Plan shall affect or modify the benefit commencement date provisions or form of payment provisions in effect under Article III immediately prior to such amendment or termination, and such amendment or termination shall not result in any accelerated payment of the retirement benefits accrued under the Plan.  
		
	IX.
	MISCELLANEOUS

9.1    The headings and subheadings of this instrument are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of this Plan.  Wherever appropriate, words used in the singular may include the plural, plural may be read as the singular and the masculine may include the feminine. 
9.2    The instrument creating the Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California to the extent not preempted by ERISA.  If any provision of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be fully effective.
9.3    Participation in this Plan shall not give to any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company nor any right or interest in this Plan other than is herein specifically provided.

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9.4    Any payment to a Participant or beneficiary or the legal representative of either, in accordance with the terms of this Plan shall to the extent thereof be in full satisfaction of all claims such person may have against the Company hereunder, which may require such payee, as a condition to such payment, to execute a receipt and release therefor in such form as shall be determined by the Company.
9.5    This Plan is intended to qualify for exemption from Articles II, III, and IV of ERISA, as amended, as an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees under Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of such Act, and shall be so interpreted.
9.6    Benefits under this Plan shall not be alienated, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered, and to the maximum extent permitted by law such benefits shall not in any way be subject to claim of creditors or liable to attachment, execution or other process of law.
9.7    If an individual entitled to receive retirement benefits is determined by the Committee or is adjudged to be legally incapable of giving valid receipt and discharge for such benefits, they shall be paid to the duly appointed and acting guardian, if any, and if no such guardian is appointed and acting, to such person as the Committee may designate.  Such payment shall, to the extent made, be deemed a complete discharge for such payments under this Plan.
9.8    If the Committee is unable due to unforeseen circumstances to make the determinations required under this Plan in sufficient time for the Company to make payments when due hereunder, the Company shall make the payments immediately upon the completion of the Committee’s determinations, with interest at a reasonable rate from the due date, and may, at its option, make provisional payments, subject to adjustment, pending such determination.
9.9    For purposes of this Plan, actuarial equivalents shall be determined on the basis of mortality tables and interest factors most recently employed for the purpose of the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, San Jose Water Company has caused its authorized officers to execute this instrument in its name and on its behalf. 
SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY
	
		
	 
	By:    /s/W. Richard Roth    
W. Richard Roth

	 
	Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

	 
	Dated:    January 27,     2012    

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EXHIBIT A
TO 
THE EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN 
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON JANUARY 25, 2012
EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2012
(a)    In computing John Weinhardt's benefit under Section 3.1 of the Plan, he shall receive an additional eight and one quarter tenths of one percent (0.825%) of Final Average Compensation for each year of service as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In addition, Mr. Weinhardt shall be entitled to a supplemental benefit of payment of $225,000, which shall be fully vested upon his retirement and payable in equal monthly installments over the thirty-six (36) month period beginning August 1, 2002 and ending July 31, 2005.
(b)    If Barbara Y. Nilsen retires on March 1, 1998, then the benefit to which she is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be increased by $40,000 in the first year, $30,000 in the second year, and $20,000 in the third year of retirement.
(c)    In computing Frederick Meyer's benefit under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan, he shall receive an additional two and one-half (2 1/2) Years of Service credit and shall be deemed to be 2 1/2 years of age older at the time he retires.
(d)    In computing the benefits under Article III for any Participant who becomes entitled to a severance benefit under the Executive Severance Plan by reason of a qualifying termination of Employee status after a Change in Control, such Participant shall be credited with an additional number of Years of Service and years of age equal to the number of years of cash severance benefits to which such Participant is entitled under the Severance Plan (or if the severance benefit is paid in a lump sum, the number of years of salary or compensation on which such lump sum severance payment is based).  In no event, however, shall any benefit be payable hereunder earlier than it otherwise would have been paid in the absence of such additional Years of Service and age credits.
(e)    If W. Richard Roth terminates Employee status before his Normal Retirement Date, the benefit to which he is entitled under Section 3.2 of the Plan shall be the full annual amount computed in accordance with Section 3.1 of the Plan, without any reduction for early commencement of benefits. In addition, in computing Mr. Roth’s Final Average Compensation for purposes of computing his benefit under Article III, the amount of his annual cash performance bonus for each year on and after 2003 shall be deemed to be the greater of his actual bonus for that year or his target bonus for such year, with the applicable amount to be taken into account as Compensation in the month in which the bonus for that year is paid to him or would have been paid to him in the absence of his deferral election or other deferred payment provision applicable to such compensation. Any deferred portion of the bonus shall not again be taken into account as Compensation in the month in which that deferred portion is actually paid.  If Mr. Roth becomes entitled to a severance benefit under the Executive Severance Plan by 

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reason of a qualifying termination of Employee status after a Change in Control, he shall be credited with such additional service and years of age, if any, as is necessary, after application of paragraph (d) above, to qualify him for benefits that would be payable had he terminated Employee status after qualifying for an Early Retirement Date, provided that no benefit shall be payable before his actual 55th birthday.
(f)    If Jim Johansson retires March 12, 2004 then the benefit to which he is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be calculated with an additional one and one half years of service credit and one and one half years of age credit.
(g)    If Robert Loehr retires on December 07, 2004, then the benefit to which he is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be calculated with an additional 2 years of age credit.
(h)    When George Belhumeur retires, the benefit to which he is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be determined by increasing his Final Average Compensation (as defined in Section 1.11) by the dollar amount obtained by dividing the accrued vacation and termination payments made to him in connection with his retirement by 36; provided, however that in determining his normal retirement benefit under Section 3.1 or his early retirement benefit under Section 3.2, his Accrued Benefit shall in no event be less than his Accrued Benefit as of February 28, 2004.
(i)    If Richard Balocco retires before February 28, 2007, then the benefit to which he is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be calculated with an additional two and one half years of age credit.
(j)    If Richard Pardini retires June 15, 2007, then the benefit to which he is entitled under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the Plan shall be calculated with an additional three years of service credit.
(k)    Effective January 1, 2010, the monthly pension benefit payable under the Plan to each of the following retired individuals shall be increased by 4%:
George Clements
Jim Johansson
Robert A. Loehr
Frederick R. Meyer
Barbara Y.  Nilsen
Paul Schrieber
John W. Weinhardt

(l)    In computing her normal retirement benefit under Section 3.1 of the Plan, Angela Yip shall be entitled to an additional Years of Service credit to the extent necessary to bring her total Years of Service to 27.28 years (with her maximum normal retirement benefit under Section 3.1 of the Plan to be limited to sixty percent (60%) of her Final Average Compensation), provided Ms. Yip (i) retires from the Company during the period beginning June 1, 2011 and ending July 31, 2011 and (ii) delivers an effective and enforceable general release in 

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accordance with the form Separation Agreement and Release approved by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of SJW Corp. for purposes of her special retirement benefit package.  The Years of Service credit so provided Ms. Yip shall not result in any change to the Benefit Commencement Date of her retirement benefit or the form in which that benefit is to be paid under the Plan.

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SCHEDULE I

Actuarial Equivalency Factors
For
10 Year Term Certain and Life Annuity Option

	
		
	Age
	Factor*

	55
	0.9888

	56
	0.9871

	57
	0.9852

	58
	0.9829

	59
	0.9803

	60
	0.9773

	61
	0.9739

	62
	0.9701

	63
	0.9659

	64
	0.9612

	65
	0.9559

	66
	0.9501

	67
	0.9436

	68
	0.9363

	69
	0.9281

	70
	0.9188

Based on RP-2000 table (Unisex), and 5% interest
*  If the benefit commencement date for a participant is at an age and month that is not an exact age integer in the above table, the appropriate conversion factor will be interpolated on a straight line monthly basis between the factor for the age integer in the above table most recently attained by the participant and the next age integer thereafter in such table.2011 Q4 10K Exhibit 10.23 SJW

EXHIBIT 10.23

SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY

CASH BALANCE  
EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

Amended and Restated on January 25, 2012

Effective as of January 1, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
	
					
	I.
	DEFINITIONS
	1
	

	 
	1.1
	Account
	1
	

	 
	1.2
	Accrued Benefit
	1
	

	 
	1.3
	Beneficiary
	1
	

	 
	1.4
	Benefit Payment Date
	1
	

	 
	1.5
	Board of Directors
	1
	

	 
	1.6
	Change in Control
	1
	

	 
	1.7
	Code
	1
	

	 
	1.8
	Committee
	2
	

	 
	1.9
	Company
	2
	

	 
	1.10
	Compensation
	2
	

	 
	1.11
	Compensation Credits
	2
	

	 
	1.12
	Credited Service
	2
	

	 
	1.13
	Death Benefit
	2
	

	 
	1.14
	Eligible Employee
	2
	

	 
	1.15
	Employee
	2
	

	 
	1.16
	Employer Group
	2
	

	 
	1.17
	Executive Severance Plan
	3
	

	 
	1.18
	ERISA
	3
	

	 
	1.19
	Interest Credit
	3
	

	 
	1.20
	Participant
	3
	

	 
	1.21
	Plan
	3
	

	 
	1.22
	Plan Quarter
	3
	

	 
	1.23
	Plan Year
	3
	

	 
	1.24
	Retirement Benefit
	3
	

	 
	1.25
	Retirement Plan
	3
	

	 
	1.26
	Separation from Service
	4
	

	 
	1.27
	SJW Corp
	4
	

	 
	1.28
	Year of Service
	4
	

	 
	1.29
	Years of Service
	4
	

	II.
	PARTICIPATION
	4
	

	III.
	RETIREMENT BENEFIT
	5
	

	 
	3.1
	Retirement Benefit Formula
	5
	

	 
	3.2
	Credits to Accounts
	5
	

	 
	3.3
	Time and Form of Payment
	7
	

	 
	3.4
	Beneficiary Designation
	7
	

	 
	3.5
	Death Benefit
	7
	

	IV.
	VESTING
	7
	

	 
	4.1
	Normal Vesting
	7
	

	 
	4.2
	Change in Control Severance Vesting
	8
	

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	V.
	FUNDING NATURE OF THE PLAN
	8
	

	VI.
	ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
	8
	

	 
	6.1
	Administration
	8
	

	 
	6.2
	Special Provisions for Designated Participant
	9
	

	 
	6.3
	Compensation of the Committee
	10
	

	VII.
	BENEFIT CLAIMS
	10
	

	 
	7.1
	Claims Procedure
	10
	

	 
	7.2
	Denial of Benefits
	10
	

	 
	7.3
	Review
	10
	

	VIII.
	AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
	11
	

	 
	8.1
	Reservation of Power
	11
	

	 
	8.2
	Notice
	11
	

	 
	8.3
	Affect of Amendment or Termination
	12
	

	IX.
	MISCELLANEOUS
	12
	

	 
	9.1
	Headings
	12
	

	 
	9.2
	Choice of Law
	12
	

	 
	9.3
	No Right to Employment
	12
	

	 
	9.4
	Satisfaction of Claims
	12
	

	 
	9.5
	Top Hat Status
	12
	

	 
	9.6
	Alienation of Benefits
	12
	

	 
	9.7
	Incapacity
	12
	

	 
	9.8
	Timing of Determinations
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THE SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY
CASH BALANCE EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
On July 23, 2008, the Board of Directors of the San Jose Water Company (the “Company”) adopted the San Jose Water Company Cash Balance Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”).  The Plan is designed to supplement the retirement income of a designated select group of management and/or highly compensated executives of the Company and is therefore intended to function solely as a so-called “top hat” plan of deferred compensation subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), which are applicable to such a plan.  In addition, the Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.  

The Plan was amended and restated in July 2009 to revise the definition of compensation in Article I of the Plan so that any deferred portion of a bonus award will be included as compensation in the month such bonus would have been paid in the absence of the deferral and not in the month it is actually paid following the deferral period.  

The Plan was amended and restated on January 25, 2012, effective as of January 1, 2012, to (i) permit the Executive Compensation Committee as the administrator of the Plan to delegate one or more of the day-to-day administrative functions under the Plan to either a plan administrative committee comprised of two or more employees of the Company  or a third-party administrator, (ii) provide the Executive Compensation Committee with the authority to appoint the initial members of any such plan administrative committee and further empower the Executive Compensation Committee or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with the authority to replace members of the plan administrative committee from time to time, (iii) establish a formal claims review process under the Plan and (iv) incorporate into the new restatement the  amendments made to the Plan since the date of its original adoption.  

		
	I.
	DEFINITIONS

Wherever used herein the following terms have the meanings indicated:
1.1    Account.  The term “Account” means the account maintained with respect to a Participant, which is established and maintained hereunder for bookkeeping purposes only and shall not be construed as creating for any Employee a right to specific assets of the Plan.
1.2    Accrued Benefit.  The term “Accrued Benefit” means, at any time, the value of a Participant’s Account, as computed in accordance with Section 3.1.
1.3    Beneficiary.  The term “Beneficiary” means the person or persons entitled, pursuant to Section 3.4, to receive the Participant’s Retirement Benefit following his or her death; provided, however, that in the case of a married Participant, the Participant’s spouse shall be deemed to be the Participant’s Beneficiary, unless such spouse otherwise consents, in a form and manner designated by the Committee, to the designation of an alternate Beneficiary.

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1.4    Benefit Payment Date.  The term “Benefit Payment Date” means the date on which the payment of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit is to be paid pursuant to Section 3.3.
1.5    Board of Directors.  The term “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of San Jose Water Company. 
1.6    Change in Control.  The term “Change in Control” means a transaction involving a change in ownership or control of SJW Corp. which constitutes a Change in Control, as such term is defined at the relevant time in the Executive Severance Plan (or any successor plan) or, if the Executive Severance Plan ceases to exist and is not succeeded by another similar plan, as it was last defined in the Executive Severance Plan.  
1.7    Code.  The term “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
1.8    Committee.  The term “Committee” means the entity or entities which administer the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article VI hereof. 
1.9    Company.  The term “Company” means San Jose Water Company and any successor to all or a major portion of the assets or business of the San Jose Water Company.
1.10    Compensation.  The term “Compensation” means the salary earned by a Participant during a Plan Quarter or other relevant period under the Plan, whether or not actually paid in that Plan Quarter or period, plus any annual cash performance bonus that is paid to such Participant during such Plan Quarter or other relevant period plus any portion of such bonus that would have been paid in such Plan Quarter or period in the absence of the Participant’s deferral election or other deferred payment provision applicable to such compensation.  Any deferred cash performance bonus taken into account as Compensation for the Plan Quarter or other relevant period in which such bonus would have been paid in the absence of a deferral provision or election shall not again be taken into account as Compensation in the Plan Quarter or other relevant period in which that deferred bonus is actually paid.  No other bonus or special compensation will be included, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise, in accordance with the applicable provisions of Code Section 409A, by the Committee administering this Plan.
1.11    Compensation Credits.  The term “Compensation Credits” means the dollar credits, if any, credited to a Participant’s Account in accordance with Section 3.2 below.
1.12    Credited Service.  The term “Credited Service” has the meaning set forth in the Retirement Plan.
1.13    Death Benefit.  The term “Death Benefit” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 of the Plan.
1.14    Eligible Employee.  The term “Eligible Employee” means any officer of the Company or any other Employee who:
(a)    first commences status as an Employee on or after March 31, 2008.

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(b)    is part of a select group of management or an otherwise highly compensated employee, as determined by the Committee in accordance with applicable ERISA standards, and
(c)    is not, and never has been, a participant in the San Jose Water Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.
1.15    Employee.  The term “Employee” means an individual for so long as he or she is in the employ of at least one member of the Employer Group, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.
1.16    Employer Group.  The term “Employer Group” means: 
(a)    the Company and 
(b)    each of the other members of the controlled group that includes the Company, as determined in accordance with Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code; provided, however, that in applying Sections 1563(1), (2) and (3) of the Code, for purposes of determining the controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in such sections, and in applying Section 1.414(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations for purposes of determining trades or businesses that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), the phrase “at least 50 percent” shall be used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place the latter phrase appears in Section  1.4.14(c)-2 of the Treasury Regulations. 
1.17    Executive Severance Plan.  The term “Executive Severance Plan” means SJW Corp. Executive Severance Plan, as amended from time to time.
1.18    ERISA.  The term “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
1.19    Interest Credit.  The term “Interest Credit” means the dollar credit, if any, credited to a Participant’s Account in accordance with Section 3.2(b) below.
1.20    Participant.  The term “Participant” means an Eligible Employee selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that such individual shall not commence actual participation in the Plan or otherwise accrue benefits under the Plan until the date determined under Article II. 
1.21    Plan.  The term “Plan” means the San Jose Water Company Cash Balance Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan, as set forth in this document and in any amendments from time to time made hereto.

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1.22    Plan Quarter.  The term “Plan Quarter” means the period commencing initially on July 23, 2008, and ending September 30, 2008, and thereafter, the period commencing on the first day of each calendar quarter and ending on the day immediately preceding the first day of the next calendar quarter. 
1.23    Plan Year.  The term “Plan Year” means the period commencing initially on July 23, 2008, and ending December 31, 2008, and thereafter, the period commencing on January 1 of each year and ending on the December 31 following.
1.24    Retirement Benefit.  The term “Retirement Benefit” means the retirement benefit payable under this Plan, calculated in accordance with Article III.
1.25    Retirement Plan.  The term “Retirement Plan” means the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan, a tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan under Code Section 401(a) which was adopted November 1, 1950, as such plan may be amended and restated from time to time.
1.26    Separation from Service.  The term “Separation from Service” means the Participant’s cessation of Employee status by reason of his or her death, retirement or termination of employment.  The Participant shall be deemed to have terminated employment for such purpose at such time as the level of his or her bona fide services to be performed as an Employee (or non-employee consultant) permanently decreases to a level that is not more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of services he or she rendered as an Employee during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) months (or such shorter period for which he or she may have rendered such service). Any such determination as to Separation from Service, however, shall be made in accordance with the applicable standards of the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A. In addition to the foregoing, a Separation from Service will not be deemed to have occurred while an Employee is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six (6) months or any longer period for which such Employee is provided with a right to reemployment with one or more members of the Employer Group either by statute or by contract; provided, however, that in the event of an Employee’s leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months and that causes such individual to be unable to perform his or her duties as an Employee, no Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur during the first twenty-nine (29) months of such leave.  If the period of leave exceeds six (6) months (or twenty-nine (29) months in the event of disability as indicated above) and the Employee is not provided a right to reemployment either by statute or by contract, then such Employee will be deemed to have a Separation from Service on the first day immediately following the expiration of such six (6)-month or twenty-nine (29)-month period.
1.27    SJW Corp.  The term “SJW Corp.” means SJW Corp., a California corporation which is the corporate parent of the Company, or any successor to all or a major portion of the assets or business of the SJW Corp.
1.28    Year of Service.  The term “Year of Service” has the meaning set forth in the San Jose Water Company Retirement Plan.

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1.29    Years of Service.  The term “Years of Service” means more than one Year of Service.
		
	II.
	PARTICIPATION

Each Eligible Employee selected by the Committee for participation in the Plan shall be promptly notified by the Company in writing of such selection and shall become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of the first Plan Quarter coincident with or next following the date of his or her selection for participation by the Committee or such later date as the Committee shall specify, as set forth in the notification from the Company.
		
	III.
	RETIREMENT BENEFIT

3.1    Retirement Benefit Formula.  
(a)    Subject to Section 3.1(b) below, the value of the Retirement Benefit payable to a vested Participant under this Plan shall be equal to the excess of:
(i)    the amount of the balance of the Participant’s Account under this Plan on the last day of the Plan Quarter coincident with or immediately preceding the Participant’s Benefit Payment Date, based upon the sum of the Compensation Credits and Interest Credits that have been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.2(b) below, over
(ii)    the amount by which (A) exceeds (B), where:
(A)    is the greater of the balance credited to the Participant’s account under the Retirement Plan on:
(I)    the last day of the Plan Quarter coincident with or immediately preceding the Participant’s Benefit Payment Date under this Plan, based upon the sum of the compensation credits and interest credits that have been made to such account through the last day of such Plan Quarter in accordance with the applicable provisions of such Retirement Plan, and
(II)    the last day of the Plan Quarter that immediately precedes the Plan Quarter described in Section 3.1(a)(ii)(A)(I) above, based upon the sum of the compensation credits and interest credits that have been made to such account through the last day of such Plan Quarter in accordance with the applicable provisions of such Retirement Plan.
(B)    is the balance credited to the Participant’s account under the Retirement Plan on the first day of the Plan Quarter coincident with or next following the date that the Participant first becomes eligible for this Plan.
(b)    Notwithstanding Section 3.1(a) above, if a Participant in this Plan ceases to be eligible for any reason and later becomes eligible once again, the balance credited to 

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the Participant’s account under the Retirement Plan during such period of ineligibility, as determined by the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall be disregarded in determining the amount of the offset described in Section 3.1(a)(ii) above.
3.2    Credits to Accounts.  For each Plan Quarter that the Participant remains an Eligible Employee who is participating in this Plan, such Participant’s Account shall be eligible to receive one or more of the following credits:
(a)    Compensation Credits.  Compensation Credits shall be made to each Participant’s Account in an amount determined under the following chart on the basis of:
(i)    the Participant’s  Compensation taken into account, in accordance with Section 1.10 above, for the period beginning with the start of the Plan Quarter and ending with the earliest of:
(A)    the last day of the Plan Quarter, 
(B)    the first day of the calendar month that is coincident with or precedes the Participant’s Separation from Service,
(C)    the first day of the calendar month that is coincident with or precedes the date on which a Participant ceases to qualify as an Eligible Employee; and
(ii)    the number of years of Credited Service completed as of the earliest of:
(A)    the last day of the Plan Quarter, 
(B)    the first day of the calendar month that is coincident with or precedes the Participant’s Separation from Service, and
(C)    the first day of the calendar month that is coincident with or precedes the date on which a Participant ceases to qualify as an Eligible Employee:
	
		
	Years of Credited Service
	Percent of Compensation

	Less than 5
	10.00%

	5 but less than 10
	11.00%

	10 but less than 15
	12.00%

	15 but less than 20
	14.00%

	20 or more
	16.00%

(b)    Interest Credits.  An Interest Credit shall be made to each Participant’s Account in an amount determined by multiplying:

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(i)    the balance of the Participant’s Account as of the earlier of 
(A)    the last day of the Plan Quarter, and 
(B)    first day of the first calendar month on which all events have occurred that entitle a Participant, or Beneficiary, as the case may be, to a benefit pursuant to the terms of this Plan, by
(ii)    the lesser of:
(A)    one and one half percent (1.5%), and 
(B)    the greater of:
(I)    three-fourths of one percent (.75%), or
(II)    one quarter of the annual yield on 30-year Treasury bonds, determined as of the month of October preceding the first day of the Plan Year.
3.3    Time and Form of Payment.  A vested Participant’s Retirement Benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum amount and the Benefit Payment Date associated with such Participant’s Retirement Benefit shall be the first day of the seventh calendar month following the Participant’s Separation from Service.  
3.4    Beneficiary Designation.  The Beneficiary designation of a Participant shall be made on a form prepared by, and delivered to, the Committee prior to the Benefit Payment Date. The Participant may revoke or change the designation at any time prior to the applicable Benefit Payment Date by delivering a subsequent form to the Committee.
3.5    Death Benefit.  If a Participant dies after his or her Retirement Benefit has vested but before the Benefit Payment Date, then such Participant’s Beneficiary shall be entitled to a Death Benefit that is:
(a)    payable on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following the Participant’s death, or as soon thereafter as administratively practicable, but in no event after the later of:
(i)    the close of the calendar year in which the Participant’s death occurs, or 
(ii)    the fifteenth day of the third calendar month following the date of the Participant’s death, and
(b)    paid in a single lump sum amount, equal to the Retirement Benefit the Participant would have received under the Plan had his or her Separation from Service occurred on the day before the Participant’s death.  

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	IV.
	VESTING

4.1    Normal Vesting.  A Participant shall vest in his or her Accrued Benefit upon completion of Years of Service as follows:

	
		
	Years of Service
	Vested Percentage

	Less than 10
	None

	10 or More
	100.00%

4.2    Change in Control Severance Vesting.  Notwithstanding Section 4.1 above, a Participant’s Accrued Benefit shall immediately become 100% vested if such Participant becomes entitled to a severance benefit under the Executive Severance Plan by reason of a qualifying termination of his or her Employee status thereunder.
		
	V.
	FUNDING NATURE OF THE PLAN

The funds used for payment of benefits under this Plan and of the expenses incurred in the administration thereof shall, until such actual payment, continue to be a part of the general funds of the Company, and no person other than the Company shall, by virtue of this Plan, have any interest in any such funds.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind or create any fiduciary relationship.  To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.  The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company may fund the Plan with Board approval at any time, and the Company shall in the event of a Change in Control arrange for the funding, immediately before the effective date of that Change in Control, of all the Accrued Benefits under the Plan through a trust which satisfies the requirements of Revenue Procedure 92-64 and/or such other statutory or regulatory requirements as are necessary to assure that Participants are not subject to Federal income taxation on either their Accrued Benefits or amounts contributed to such trust before their receipt of such benefits or assets.
		
	VI.
	ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

6.1    Administration.
(a)    The Plan shall be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of SJW Corp.  The Executive Compensation Committee may delegate one or more of its administrative duties and responsibilities under the Plan to (i) a plan administrative committee comprised of two or more employees of the Company (the “Designated Plan Committee”) appointed to the Designated Plan Committee by the Executive Compensation Committee or (ii) a third-party plan administrator selected by the Executive Compensation Committee. If the Designated Plan Committee is delegated authority under the Plan, the members of that Designated Plan Committee may thereafter be comprised of employees of the Company appointed by either the Executive Compensation Committee or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The Executive Compensation Committee, the Designated Plan 

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Committee and any third-party administrator shall each, in carrying out the respective administrative duties and responsibilities delegated to them under the Plan, be referred to in this document as the Committee and each may, to the extent such authority is within the scope of the respective duties and responsibilities delegated to it under the Plan, have full and complete authority to administer the Plan, including (without limitation) the following:  

(i)    selecting the Eligible Employees who are to participate in the Plan, 

(ii)    compiling and maintaining all records necessary in connection with the Plan; 

(iii)    determining the amount (if any) of the benefits payable under the Plan to a Participant or his or her Beneficiary; 

(iv)     authorizing the payment of all benefits under the Plan as they become due and payable under the Plan; 

(v)    reducing or otherwise adjusting amounts payable under the Plan if payments are made in error; 

(vi)    performing  any administrative duties or responsibilities under any grantor trust agreement for the Plan:

(vii)     administering the benefit claims process under the Plan; and 

(viii)    engaging such legal accounting and other professional services as it may deem proper.  

(b)    Decisions by the Committee shall be final and binding upon all parties. 
6.2    Special Provisions for Designated Participant.  The participation in the Plan by James P. Lynch (the “Executive”) shall be subject to the following modifications of the terms and provisions otherwise in effect for all other Participants in the Plan and shall, accordingly, apply to and govern his Compensation Credits under the Plan and the vesting of his Accrued Benefit thereunder:
(a)    For each Plan Quarter that the Executive remains an Eligible Employee participating in the Plan, Compensation Credits shall be made to such Executive’s Account in an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.2(a) of the Plan but based on the following chart in lieu of the chart that otherwise appears in such Section 3.2(a):

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	Years of Credited Service
	Percent of Compensation

	Less than 20
	15.00%

	20 or more
	16.00%

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.1 of the Plan, the Executive shall vest in his Accrued Benefit under the Plan upon his completion of Years of Service as follows:
	
		
	Years of Service Completed
	Vested Percentage

	Less than 3
	None

	3 or More
	100.00%

(c)    Except as expressly modified by this Plan Amendment, all the terms and provisions of the Plan shall apply to the Executive and shall govern his participation in the Plan and his accrual of a Retirement Benefit thereunder.
(d)    This Plan Amendment shall not apply to any Participant in the Plan other than the Executive and shall have no effect or impact on any such other Participant’s benefit entitlement or benefit accrual under the Plan.
6.3    Compensation of the Committee.  The members of the Executive Compensation Committee or any Designated Plan Committee shall serve without compensation, but all benefits payable under the Plan and all expenses properly incurred in the administration of the Plan, including all expenses properly incurred by the Executive Compensation Committee or the Designated Plan Committee in exercising its duties under the Plan, shall be borne by the Company. 
		
	VII.
	BENEFIT CLAIMS

7.1    Claims Procedure.  No application is required for the payment of benefits under the Plan.  However, if any Participant (or Beneficiary) believes he or she is entitled to a benefit from the Plan which differs from the benefit determined by the Committee,  then such individual may file a written claim for benefits with the Committee.  Each claim shall be acted upon and approved or disapproved within ninety (90) days following receipt by the Committee.

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7.2    Denial of Benefits.  In the event any claim for benefits is denied, in whole or in part, the Committee shall notify the claimant in writing of such denial and of his or her right to a review by the Committee  and shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, specific reasons for such denial, specific references to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, a description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and an explanation of the review procedure.
7.3    Review.  
(a)    Any person whose claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part may appeal to the Committee for a full and fair review of the decision by submitting to the Committee, within ninety (90) days after receiving written notice from the Committee of such denial, a written statement:
(i)    requesting a review by the Committee of his or her claim for benefits;
(ii)    setting forth all of the grounds upon which the request for review is based and any facts in support thereof; and
(iii)    setting forth any issues or comments which the claimant deems pertinent to his or her claim.
(b)    The Committee shall act upon each such appeal within sixty (60) days after receipt of the claimant’s request for review by the Committee, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing.  If such an extension is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant within the initial sixty (60)-day period, and a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the initial request for review.  The Committee shall make a full and fair review of each such appeal and any written materials submitted by the claimant or the Company in connection therewith and may require the Company or the claimant to submit such additional facts, documents or other evidence as the Committee  may, in its sole discretion, deem necessary or advisable in making such a review.  On the basis of its review, the Committee shall make an independent determination of the claimant’s eligibility for benefits under the Plan.  The decision of the Committee on any benefit claim shall be final and conclusive upon all persons.
(c)    Should the Committee deny an appeal in whole or in part, the Committee shall give written notice of such decision to the claimant, setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant the specific reasons for such denial and specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision was based.  The notice shall also  include a statement that the claimant has a right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time).

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	VIII.
	AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

8.1    Reservation of Power.  The Board of Directors reserves the power at any time to terminate this Plan and to otherwise amend any portion of the Plan other than this Article VII; provided, however, that no such action shall:
(a)    reduce any Accrued Benefit (or any benefit hereunder based thereon) as of the date of such action or 
(b)    adversely affect a Participant’s right to continue to vest in such Accrued Benefit in accordance with the terms of the Plan in effect immediately prior to such action.
8.2    Notice.  Notice of termination or amendment of the Plan, pursuant to Section 8.1, shall be given in writing to each Participant and Beneficiary of a deceased Participant. 
8.3    Affect of Amendment or Termination.  No amendment or termination of the Plan shall affect or modify the Benefit Payment Date provisions or form of payment provisions in effect under Article III immediately prior to such amendment or termination, and such amendment or termination shall not result in any accelerated payment of the Retirement Benefits accrued under the Plan.  
		
	IX.
	MISCELLANEOUS

9.1    Headings.  The headings and subheadings of this instrument are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of this Plan.  Wherever appropriate, words used in the singular may include the plural, plural may be read as the singular and the masculine may include the feminine. 
9.2    Choice of Law.  The instrument creating the Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of California to the extent not preempted by ERISA.  If any provision of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue to be fully effective.
9.3    No Right to Employment.  Participation in this Plan shall not give to any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company nor any right or interest in this Plan other than is herein specifically provided.
9.4    Satisfaction of Claims.  Any payment to a Participant or Beneficiary or the legal representative of either, in accordance with the terms of this Plan shall to the extent thereof be in full satisfaction of all claims such person may have against the Company hereunder, which may require such payee, as a condition to such payment, to execute a receipt and release therefor in such form as shall be determined by the Company.

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9.5    Top Hat Status.  This Plan is intended to qualify for exemption from Articles II, III, and IV of ERISA, as amended, as an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees under Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of such Act, and shall be so interpreted.
9.6    Alienation of Benefits.  Benefits under this Plan shall not be alienated, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered, and to the maximum extent permitted by law such benefits shall not in any way be subject to claim of creditors or liable to attachment, execution or other process of law.
9.7    Incapacity.  If an individual entitled to receive a Retirement Benefit is determined by the Committee or is adjudged to be legally incapable of giving valid receipt and discharge for such benefits, they shall be paid to the duly appointed and acting guardian, if any, and if no such guardian is appointed and acting, to such person as the Committee may designate.  Such payment shall, to the extent made, be deemed a complete discharge for such payments under this Plan.
9.8    Timing of Determinations.  If the Committee is unable due to unforeseen circumstances to make the determinations required under this Plan in sufficient time for the Company to make payments when due hereunder, the Company shall make the payments immediately upon the completion of the Committee determinations, with interest at a reasonable rate from the due date, and may, at its option, make provisional payments, subject to adjustment, pending such determination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, San Jose Water Company has caused its authorized officers to execute this instrument in its name and on its behalf. 
SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY
	
		
	January 27,    , 2012
	By:    /s/W. Richard Roth     
W. Richard Roth, President and
Chief Executive Officer

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