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2014-12-31 10-K Exhibit 10.14

Exhibit 10.14

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN

As Amended and Restated Effective December 23, 2014

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN
Table of Contents 
       
ARTICLE I    INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
1.01     Purpose of Plan        
1.02     Effective Date of Plan    

ARTICLE II    DEFINITIONS    

ARTICLE III    ELIGIBLE COMPENSATION
3.01    Annual Retainer         
3.02    Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award    
3.03    New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award     

ARTICLE IV     ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS
4.01    Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award        
4.02    Elective Annual Retainer        
4.03    New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award     
4.04    Accounts    
4.05    Deferred Stock Unit Accounts    
4.06    Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments    

ARTICLE V    ELECTION PROCEDURES AND PAYMENTS
5.01    Annual Retainer Deferral Election      
5.02    Annual Retainer Deferral Election Date        
5.03    Distribution Commencement Date        
5.04    Election of Form and Amount of Distribution        
5.05    Change in Distribution Election        
5.06    Investment of Annual Retainer Account Election
        
ARTICLE VI    ADMINISTRATION
6.01    In General        
6.02    Plan Amendment and Termination        
6.03    Reports to Participants    
6.04    Delegation of Authority    
6.05    Distribution of Shares    
6.06    Share Ownership Requirement    

ARTICLE VII     MISCELLANEOUS
7.01    Rights Not Assignable    
7.02    Certain Rights Reserved    
7.03    Withholding Taxes    
7.04    Compliance with Section 409A        
7.05    Incompetence    
7.06    Inability to Locate Participants and Beneficiaries    
7.07    Successors    
7.08    Usage    
7.09    Severability    
7.10    Governing Law    

		
	APPENDIX A
	United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004 (the “Prior Plan”)        

APPENDIX B    United Technologies Corporation 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan Statement of Award    

ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

1.01     Purpose of Plan
The United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the “Plan”) has been established to provide an arrangement for non-employee directors to receive an annual Deferred Stock Unit Award and a New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award and to defer their Annual Retainer in the form of deferred stock units equal in value to shares of the Corporation’s common stock for the purpose of aligning the interests of non-employee directors with those of the Corporation’s shareowners.  

1.02     Effective Date of Plan and Amendments    
(a) The Plan as originally adopted on January 1, 1996 was amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 for the purpose of complying with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to deferrals that were earned or vested after December 31, 2004.  Amounts that were earned or vested (within the meaning of Section 409A) prior to January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A, are generally subject to and shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Prior Plan set forth in Appendix A.  

(b) The Plan was amended and restated in 2010 for the purposes of: (i) revising the retainer structure; (ii) establishing share ownership guidelines for non-employee directors; and (iii) providing that distributions from this Plan and the Prior Plan will be comprised of shares of UTC Common Stock rather than cash.   Changes effected by this amendment and restatement were generally effective as of October 13, 2010.

(c) The Plan was amended effective February 1, 2013, for the purpose of revising the retainer fee and annual deferred stock unit award amounts.

(d) The Plan is hereby amended and restated for the purposes of: (i) revising the retainer fee and annual deferred stock unit award amounts as integrated into this Plan effective April 27, 2015; and (ii) establishing a retainer fee and deferred stock unit award for the new position of non-executive Chairman of the Board effective November 23, 2014.  

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms, when used in capitalized form in the Plan, shall have the meanings set forth below:

Account means a bookkeeping account established for a Participant under Article IV that is credited with Deferred Stock Units representing compensation earned or vested after 2004.  Any compensation earned and vested before 2005 shall be credited to a Participant’s account(s) under the Prior Plan and shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Appendix A.

Annual Meeting means the Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareowners.

Annual Retainer means the annual retainer fee payable to a Participant under Section 3.01 for services to the Company in the capacities indicated.

Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award means the annual grant of Deferred Stock Units made to Participants in accordance with Section 3.02.  

Beneficiary means a Participant’s beneficiary, designated in writing in a form and manner satisfactory to the Committee, or if a Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, or if all of the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, the Participant’s estate.

Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Closing Price means, with respect to any date specified by the Plan, the closing price of UTC Common Stock on the composite tape of New York Stock Exchange issues (or if there was no reported sale of UTC Common Stock on such date, on the next preceding day on which there was such a reported sale).
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.  References to any section of the Internal Revenue Code shall include any final regulations or other published guidance interpreting that section.

Committee means the Committee on Nominations and Governance of the Board.

Conversion Date means the date Deferred Stock Units are converted to shares of UTC Common Stock immediately prior to the delivery of such shares to a Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with Article V herein. 

Corporation means United Technologies Corporation.

Deferred Annual Retainer means any portion of a Participant’s Annual Retainer deferred in accordance with Article V.

Deferred Stock Unit means a hypothetical share of UTC Common Stock convertible into an actual share of UTC Common Stock following a Separation from Service and immediately prior to a distribution to be made in accordance with Article V.  Each Deferred Stock Unit is equal in value to a share of UTC Common Stock.  Deferred Stock Units are “restricted stock units” awarded under the LTIP and distributed and administered in accordance with the terms of this Plan. 

Distribution Anniversary Date means an anniversary of the Distribution Commencement Date.

Distribution Commencement Date means the first business day of the first month following the month in which the Participant has a Separation from Service.

Election means an irrevocable election by a Participant either to defer all or a portion of the Annual Retainer otherwise payable in cash or to specify how an Account will be distributed (i.e., as a lump sum, in 10 annual installments, or in 15 annual installments). 

LTIP means the 2005 United Technologies Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. 

Participant means a non-employee member of the Board.

Plan means this United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, as amended and restated herein, effective December 23, 2014 and as it may be subsequently amended from time to time.

Plan Year means the calendar year.

Prior Plan means the United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004, and as modified thereafter from time to time in a manner that does not constitute a "material modification" for purposes of Section 409A, as set forth in Appendix A hereto.

New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award means the one-time Deferred Stock Unit award granted to a Participant upon election to the Board as provided in Section 3.03.

Separation from Service means a Participant’s resignation, removal, or retirement from the Board (for a reason other 

than death) that constitutes a good-faith, complete termination of the Participant’s relationship with the Corporation and that also qualifies as a “separation from service” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

UTC Common Stock shall mean the common stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE III
ELIGIBLE COMPENSATION

3.01    Annual Retainer
(a)    Annual Retainer Amount.  Effective April 27, 2015, subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 3.01, the Annual Retainer shall be as follows: $192,000 for the non-executive Chairman of the Board; $128,000 for the Audit Committee Chair and the Lead Director (if applicable); $124,000 for members of the Audit Committee; $122,000 for the Chair of the Committee on Compensation and Executive Development and the Chair of the Finance Committee; $120,000 for any other Committee Chair; and 112,000 base amount for directors who do not serve in any of the foregoing roles.  In the event that a Participant serves in more than one role listed above, the Annual Retainer will equal the highest amount applicable to any role in which the Participant serves.  Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Annual Retainer for the non-executive Chairman of the Board shall be $184,000 effective November 23, 2014 to be pro-rated for the period between that date and April 27, 2015.  The Annual Retainer is subject to change from time to time at the discretion of the Committee.  

(b)    Terminated Participants.  If a Separation from Service occurs or a Participant dies before the Annual Meeting, the Participant will not receive an Annual Retainer for the year of the Separation from Service or the Participant’s death.

(c)    New Participants.  If a Participant is elected to the Board before September 30 of a calendar year, the Participant will receive the full amount of the then applicable Annual Retainer.  Such amount will be eligible for deferral in accordance with Article V.  If a Participant is elected to the Board after September 30 of a calendar year, the Participant will receive 50% of the applicable Annual Retainer Amount set forth in subsection (a) above.

3.02    Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award
(a)     Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award.  Effective  April 27, 2015, each Participant will receive an annual award of Deferred Stock Units valued at the time of issuance in the following amounts credited to the Participant’s Account: $288,000 for the non-executive Chairman of the Board; $192,000 for the Audit Committee Chair and the Lead Director (if applicable); $186,000  for members of the Audit Committee; $183,000 for the Chair of the Committee on Compensation and Executive Development and the Chair of the Finance Committee; $180,000 for any other Committee Chair; and $168,000 base amount for directors who do not serve in any of the foregoing roles.  In the event that a Participant serves in more than one role listed above, the Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award will equal the highest amount applicable to any role in which the Participant serves.  Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award for the non-executive Chairman of the Board shall be $276,000 effective November 23, 2014 to be pro-rated for the period between that date and April 27, 2015.  The Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award is subject to change from time to time at the discretion of the Committee. 

(b)    Terminated Participants.  If a Separation from Service or a Participant’s death occurs before the Annual Meeting, the Participant will not receive an Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award for the year of the Separation from Service or the Participant’s death.

(c)    New Participants.  If a Participant is elected to the Board before September 30 of a calendar year, the Participant will receive an Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award equal in value to the amounts specified in sub-section (a) above.  If a Participant is elected to the Board after September 30, the Participant will receive an Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award equal to 50% of the value specified in subsection (a).  

3.03    New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award
Effective as of the date of the Participant’s election to the Board, the Participant shall receive an unvested award of Deferred Stock Units, equal in value to $100,000 as of such date.  The amount of a New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award is subject to change at the discretion of the Committee.  

ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS

4.01    Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award 
The Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award shall be credited automatically to an Account established for the Participant, effective as of the date of the Annual Meeting.  Participants may not elect to receive the Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award as current cash compensation.

4.02     Elective Annual Retainer 
The Annual Retainer will be paid in cash unless the Participant makes a timely irrevocable election in accordance with Article V to defer the receipt of the Annual Retainer as Deferred Stock Units subject to the terms of this Plan in lieu of a current cash payment.

4.03    New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award 
Effective as of the date of the Participant’s election to the Board, the Corporation will credit the amount of the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award to a New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account established for the Participant.  The New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account will consist of Deferred Stock Units awarded under the LTIP and may not be settled prior to the Participant’s Separation from Service.  The value of the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account is subject to forfeiture if a Separation from Service occurs before the first Annual Meeting following the date of election to the Board.  Thereafter, the percentage of the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award subject to forfeiture will be reduced by 20 percentage points as of the date of each succeeding Annual Meeting until the fifth annual meeting when 100% of the value of the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award will be vested.  There will be no forfeiture of interest in the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account in the event the Separation of Service occurs by reason of the Participant’s death, Disability, or for any reason following a “Change in Control” as such terms are defined in the LTIP while the Participant is a member of the Board, or in the event of the Participant’s resignation or retirement from the Board for the purpose of accepting full-time employment in public or charitable service.  A Participant’s New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account will be credited with dividend equivalents in the form of additional Deferred Stock Units, which will vest immediately, but will otherwise be subject to the same restrictions applicable to the Deferred Stock Units credited to the Account.

4.04    Accounts
(a)    Post-December 31, 2004 Credits.  All (i) Annual Retainer deferrals, (ii) Annual Deferred Stock Unit Awards and (iii) New Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards earned or vested after December 31, 2004, shall be maintained in a Participant’s Account established under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2005 and as amended from time to time.  Separate Accounts for post-December 31, 2004 Deferred Stock Units will be maintained for each Participant.  Sub-accounts may be maintained within Participants’ Accounts to the extent the Committee determines such an arrangement to be necessary or useful in the administration of the Plan.
(b)    Pre-January 1, 2005 Credits.  All Deferred Stock Unit and New Director Restricted Stock Unit Awards earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A of the Code (e.g., increases in unit value and dividend equivalents), shall be maintained in separate account(s) under the Prior Plan and shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of the Prior Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004.  Prior Plan accounts shall be equal to the value earned and vested on December 31, 2004, as subsequently adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Prior Plan.  The Prior Plan and Prior Plan accounts are not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code.  No amendment to Appendix A that would constitute a “material modification” for purposes of Section 409A shall be effective unless the amending instrument states that it is intended to materially modify Appendix A and to cause the Prior Plan to become subject to Section 409A.  

		
	4.05
	Deferred Stock Unit Accounts

Calculation of Deferred Stock Units.   A Participant’s Account (including his or her New Director Restricted Stock Unit Account) shall be credited with the number of Deferred Stock Units in accordance with the following rules:

(a)    Initial Crediting of Deferred Stock Units.  The New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award, the 

Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award and Deferred Annual Retainer (if any) credited to a Participant’s Account for a Plan Year under Sections 4.01,  4.02 and 4.03 shall result in a number of Deferred Stock Units (including fractional Deferred Stock Units) credited to Participant’s Account equal to the sum of the dollar amounts of the Annual Deferred Stock Unit Award, the New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award (if applicable) and the Deferred Annual Retainer (if any) divided by the Closing Price on the date of the Annual Meeting or the date a Participant is elected to the Board, if applicable.

(b)     Deemed Reinvestment of Dividends.  The number of Deferred Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account shall be increased on each date on which a dividend is paid on UTC Common Stock. The number of additional Deferred Stock Units credited to a Participant’s  Account as a result of such dividend payment shall be determined by (i) multiplying the total number of Deferred Stock Units (including fractional Deferred Stock Units) credited to the Participant’s Account on the dividend payment date by the amount of the dividend paid per share of UTC Common Stock on the dividend payment date, and (ii) dividing the product so determined by the Closing Price on the dividend payment date.

(c)     Effect of Recapitalization. In the event of a transaction or event described in this subparagraph (c) (a “Recapitalization Event”), the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account shall be adjusted in the same manner as outstanding shares of UTC Common Stock. A Recapitalization Event includes a dividend (other than regular quarterly dividends) or other extraordinary distribution to holders of UTC Common Stock (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities, or other property), extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, repurchase, or exchange of shares or other securities, the issuance or exercisability of stock purchase rights, the issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares or other securities, or other similar corporate transaction or event that has a material effect on the shares of UTC Common Stock and requires conforming adjustment to the value and/or number of Deferred Stock Units to prevent dilution or enlargement of the value of Participants’ Accounts.

		
	4.06
	Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments

Each Account established under this Article IV shall be maintained for bookkeeping purposes only. Neither the Plan nor any of the Accounts established under the Plan shall hold any actual funds, shares or other assets. The Deferred Stock Units established hereunder shall be used solely to determine the amounts to be distributed hereunder, shall not be or represent an equity security of the Company, shall not be convertible into or otherwise entitle a Participant to acquire an equity security of the Company prior to a Conversion Date as provided for under the terms of this Plan and shall not carry any voting or dividend rights.  Deferred Stock Units awarded under this Plan shall be evidenced by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Appendix B.

ARTICLE V
ELECTION PROCEDURES AND DISTRIBUTIONS

5.01    Annual Retainer Deferral Election  
Participants who elect to defer the receipt of the Annual Retainer as Deferred Stock Units for any year must make a written deferral election for that year on an Election form provided by the Committee.  

5.02    Annual Retainer Deferral Election Deadline
A written Election form must be completed and submitted to the Office of the Corporate Secretary no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the year for which the Annual Retainer will be earned or, for new Participants, no later than 30 days after their election to the Board.  If a Participant fails to timely submit a properly completed Election form, the Participant’s Annual Retainer earned in the next succeeding year shall be paid in cash as provided in Section 4.02.  The Participant’s deferral election shall be irrevocable following the Election deadline.    

5.03    Distribution Commencement Date
Conversion of Deferred Stock Units into shares of UTC Common Stock and distribution from a Participant’s Account shall occur as of the Participant’s Distribution Commencement Date, or, if the Participant has changed his or her distribution election as provided in Section 5.05, on the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s elected Distribution Date.  If a Participant dies at any time before distribution to the Participant commences, distribution of the entire value of the Participant’s Account 

shall be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary on the first business day of the third month following the month of the Participant’s death.

A distribution is treated as being made on the date when it is due under the Plan if the distribution occurs on the date specified by the Plan, or on a later date that is either (a) in the same calendar year (for a distribution whose specified due date is on or before September 30), or (b) by the 15th day of the third calendar month following the date specified by the Plan (for a distribution with a specified due date that is on or after October 1). A distribution is also treated as having been made on the date when it is due under the Plan if the distribution is made not more than 30 days before the due date specified by the Plan. A Participant may not, directly or indirectly, designate the taxable year of a distribution made in reliance on the administrative rules in this Section 5.03.

		
	5.04
	Election of Form and Amount of Distribution

(a) Full Distribution.  Following a Separation from Service, a Participant shall receive a number of shares of UTC Common Stock equal to the of the number of whole Deferred Stock Units credited to his or her Account unless the Participant timely elected to receive distributions from his or her Account in 10 or 15 annual installments in accordance with subsection (b), below.  A distribution of shares of UTC Common Stock shall occur as provided in Section 5.03.  Fractional Deferred Stock Units will be paid in cash.   

(b) 10 or 15 Annual Installments. A Participant may elect to receive distributions from his or her Account in 10 or 15 installments in lieu of a full distribution of shares under subsection (a) above.  Annual installment distributions shall be in shares of UTC Common Stock unless the Participant has allocated the value of all or any portion of  his or her Account into the fixed income option in accordance with Section 5.06 in which case distributions shall be payable to the Participant in cash.  Installment distributions shall commence as of the Distribution Commencement Date and continue as of each Distribution Anniversary Date thereafter until all installments have been paid. The first annual installment shall equal one-tenth (1/10) (if Participant elects 10 installment payments) or one-fifteenth (1/15th) (if Participant elects 15 installment payments) of the value of the Participant’s Account, determined as of the Distribution Commencement Date.  Each successive annual installment shall equal the value of the Participant’s Account, determined as of the Distribution Anniversary Date, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which shall be the number of remaining annual installments.  If a Participant dies after the Distribution Commencement Date but before all installments have been made, the entire remaining value of the Participant’s Account shall be distributed to the Participant’s Beneficiary on the first business day of the third month following the month of the Participant’s death.  

(c)  Form of Distribution Election.  A valid election to receive annual distributions under subsection (b) shall be made in writing on an Election form, completed and submitted to the Office of the Corporate Secretary no later than December 31st of the calendar year prior to the year for which the Annual Retainer or Deferred Stock Unit Award is earned, or for new Participants, prior to the date the Participant is elected to the Board, and in no event later than 30 days after such election. A valid distribution Election for a New Director Restricted Stock Unit Award under subsection (b) shall be made in writing on an Election form, completed and submitted to the Office of the Corporate Secretary prior to the date Participant is elected to the Board, and in no event later than 30 days after such election.  If a Participant does not make a valid distribution Election, the Participant shall be deemed to have elected to receive his or her Account in a full and immediate distribution as provided in subsection (a).  Except as provided below in Section 5.05 (Change in Payment Election), a Participant’s distribution Election shall become irrevocable on the Election deadline date.

5.05    Change in Distribution Election
A Participant may make a one-time irrevocable Election to change the form of distribution that the Participant elected under Section 5.04.  A change to the form of distribution must meet the following requirements:

		
	i.
	The new Election must be made at least twelve months prior to the Distribution Commencement Date (and the new election shall be ineffective if the Distribution Commencement Date occurs within twelve months after the date of the new Election); 

		
	ii.
	The new Election will not take effect until twelve months after the date when the Participant submits a new Election form to the Office of the Corporate Secretary; 

		
	iii.
	The new Distribution Commencement Date must be five years later than the date on which the distribution would otherwise have commenced; and

		
	iv.
	The new form of distribution must be one of the forms of payment provided under Section 5.04(a) or (b).

5.06    Investment of Annual Retainer Account Election
A Participant may elect, prior to the Distribution Commencement Date or subsequent Distribution Anniversary Date, to convert all or any portion of the Deferred Stock Units in his or her Account to a hypothetical fixed interest investment for the remaining portion of the installment distribution period by making a written election on the Election form provided by the Committee.  If a Participant makes such election to have his or her Account treated as if the Account were invested in cash during the remainder of the distribution period, the Account will be credited with a hypothetical interest at a rate equal to the average interest rate on 10-Year Treasury Bonds during the January through October period in the calendar year prior to the Plan Year in which the interest is credited, plus 1%. 

ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION

		
	6.01
	In General

The Committee shall have the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and to decide any and all matters arising under the Plan, including without limitation the right to determine eligibility for participation, benefits, and other rights under the Plan; the right to determine whether any Election or notice requirement or other administrative procedure under the Plan has been adequately observed; the right to determine the proper recipient of any distribution under the Plan; the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies, or omissions by general rule or particular decision; and the right otherwise to interpret the Plan in accordance with its terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.04, the Committee’s determination on any and all questions arising out of the interpretation or administration of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all parties.

		
	6.02
	Plan Amendment and Termination

(a)    The Committee may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without a Participant’s consent, reduce the Participant’s benefits accrued under the Plan before the date of such amendment, suspension, or termination. 

(b)    In the event of suspension of the Plan, no additional deferrals shall be made under the Plan, but all previous deferrals shall accumulate and be distributed in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions of this Plan, the Prior Plan and the applicable Elections on file.  

(c)    Upon the termination of the Plan with respect to all Participants, and termination of all arrangements sponsored by the Corporation or its affiliates that would be aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A of the Code, the Corporation shall have the right, in its sole discretion, and notwithstanding any Elections made by the Participant, to distribute the Participant’s vested Account in full, to the extent permitted under Section 409A.  All distributions that may be made pursuant to this Section 6.02(c) shall be made no earlier than the thirteenth month and no later than the twenty-fourth month after the termination of the Plan.  The Corporation may not accelerate distributions pursuant to this Section 6.02(c) if the termination of the Plan is proximate to a downturn in the Corporation’s financial health within the meaning of Treas. Reg. section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix)(C)(1).  If the Corporation exercises its discretion to accelerate distributions under this Section 6.02(c), it shall not adopt any new arrangement that would have been aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A within three years following the date of the Plan’s termination.  

		
	6.03
	Reports to Participants

The Committee shall furnish an annual statement to each Participant reporting the value of the Participant’s Account and his or her account(s) under the Prior Plan as of the end of the most recent Plan Year.

6.04     Delegation of Authority
The Committee may delegate to officers of the Corporation any and all authority with which it is vested under the Plan, and the Committee may allocate its responsibilities under the Plan among its members.

6.05    Distribution of Shares
The Deferred Stock Units granted under the Plan shall be issued under the LTIP, but subject to administration and distribution in accordance with the terms of this Plan.  All shares of UTC Common Stock so distributed in accordance with the terms of the Plan shall be transferred to a brokerage account designated by the Participant entitled to receive the shares.

6.06    Share Ownership Requirements
Participants are expected to own shares of UTC Common Stock and have Deferred Stock Units equal in aggregate value to at least five times the then applicable base Annual Retainer amount set forth in Section 3.01 no later than the 5th Annual Meeting following a Participant’s election to the Board.  In the event such ownership requirement is not achieved by such date, Annual Retainer fees shall be deferred until combined holdings satisfy this Section 6.06.  

ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS

		
	7.01
	Rights Not Assignable

No payment due under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge in any other way. Any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge such payment in any other way shall be void. No such payment or interest therein shall be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, or torts of any Participant or Beneficiary. If any Participant or Beneficiary becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge in any other way any payment under the Plan, the Committee may direct that such payment be suspended and that all future payments to which such Participant or Beneficiary otherwise would be entitled be held and applied for the benefit of such person, the person’s children or other dependents, or any of them, in such manner and in such proportions as the Committee may deem proper.

		
	7.02
	Certain Rights Reserved

Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any person the right to continue to serve as a member of the Board or to participate in the Plan other than in accordance with its terms.

		
	7.03
	Withholding Taxes

The Committee may make any appropriate arrangements to deduct from all credits and payments under the Plan any taxes that the Committee determines to be required by law to be withheld from such credits and payments.

		
	7.04
	Compliance with Section 409A

This Paragraph 7.04 shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan. To the extent that rights or payments under this Plan are subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Plan shall be construed and administered in compliance with the conditions of Section 409A and regulations and other guidance issued pursuant to Section 409A for deferral of income taxation until the time the compensation is paid.  Any distribution election that would not comply with Section 409A of the Code shall not be effective for purposes of this Plan.  To the extent that a provision of this Plan does not comply with Section 409A of the Code, such provision shall be void and without effect.  The Corporation does not warrant that the Plan will comply with Section 409A of the Code with respect to any Participant or with respect to any payment, however.  In no event shall the Corporation; any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation (other than the Participant); or any member of the Committee be liable for any additional tax, interest, or penalty incurred by a Participant or Beneficiary as a result of the Plan’s failure to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, or as a result of the Plan’s failure to satisfy any other requirements of applicable tax laws.

		
	7.05
	 Incompetence

If the Committee determines, upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, that any Participant or Beneficiary to whom a distribution is due under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident or otherwise, 

any distribution is due under the Plan (unless prior claim therefore shall have been made by a duly authorized guardian or other legal representative) may be distributed, upon appropriate indemnification of the Committee and the Company, to the spouse of the Participant or Beneficiary or other person deemed by the Committee to have incurred expenses for the benefit of and on behalf of such Participant or Beneficiary. Any such distribution of shares or cash payment (as the case may be) shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan with respect to the amount so distributed or paid.

		
	7.06
	Inability to Locate Participants and Beneficiaries

Each Participant and Beneficiary entitled to receive a distribution under the Plan shall keep the Committee advised of his or her current address. If the Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary to whom a distribution is due under the Plan, the total amount payable to such Participant or Beneficiary shall be forfeited as of the last day of the calendar year in which the distribution first becomes due. 

		
	7.07
	Successors

The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Corporation and its successors and assigns. The term “successors” as used in the preceding sentence shall include any corporation or other business entity that by merger, consolidation, purchase, or otherwise acquires all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Corporation, and any successors and assigns of any such corporation or other business entity.

		
	7.08
	Usage

(a)    Titles and Headings.  The titles to Articles and the headings of Sections, subsections, and paragraphs in the Plan are placed herein for convenience of reference only and shall be of no force or effect in the interpretation of the Plan.

(b)    Number.  The singular form shall include the plural, where appropriate.

		
	7.09
	Severability

If any provision of the Plan is held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such unlawfulness, invalidity, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. If the making of any payment or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan is held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent any other payment or benefit from being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any payment in full or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity, or unenforceability shall not prevent such payment or benefit from being made or provided in part, to the extent that it would not be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or benefit that would not be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable shall be made or provided under the Plan.

7.10     Governing Law
The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken under the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

	
			
	By
	 
	   /s/ Jeffrey W.  Kridler

	
			
	Attest:
	 
	   /s/ Christine L. Hill

	
			
	Date:
	 
	 12-23-14

APPENDIX A

This Appendix A sets forth the United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004 (“Prior Plan”), and as modified thereafter from time to time in a manner that does not constitute a "material modification" for purposes of Section 409A.  Amounts that were earned or vested (within the meaning of Section 409A) prior to January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increases in these amounts that are permitted to be treated as grandfathered benefits under Section 409A, are generally subject to and shall continue to be governed by the terms of this Prior Plan.

Effective October 13, 2010, Stock Units credited to Participants under this Prior Plan shall be convertible into shares of UTC Common Stock that will be issued under the LTIP.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Prior Plan to the contrary, all distributions with respect to Stock Units under this Prior Plan shall be distributed in shares of Common Stock.  The settlement of Stock Units in shares of Common Stock in lieu of cash shall in no event: (i) increase the value of any Participant’s Account; (ii) modify any Participant’s distribution election; or (iii) alter the procedures in effect under this Prior Plan with respect to elections and distributions other than the substitution of shares for cash.  

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN

Effective January 1, 1996

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN
Table of Contents
       
ARTICLE I    INTRODUCTION
1.01     Purpose of Plan           
1.02     Effective Date of Plan           

ARTICLE II    DEFINITIONS    

ARTICLE III    CREDITS
3.01    Transition Credits    
3.02    Automatic Credits    
3.03    Elective Credits    

ARTICLE IV    ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENTS
4.01    Accounts        
4.02    Stock Units    
4.03    Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments    

ARTICLE V    PAYMENTS
5.01    Entitlement to Payment    
5.02    Payment Commencement Date    
5.03    Form and Amount of Payment    

ARTICLE VI    ADMINISTRATION
6.01    In General    
6.02    Plan Amendment and Termination    
6.03    Reports to Participants    
6.04    Delegation of Authority    

ARTICLE VII     MISCELLANEOUS
7.01    Rights Not Assignable    
7.02    Certain Rights Reserved    
7.03    Withholding Taxes        
7.04    Incompetence    
7.05    Inability to Locate Participants and Beneficiaries    
7.06    Successors    
7.07    Usage    
7.08    Severability    
7.09    Governing Law    

ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION

1.01    Purpose of Plan
The purpose of the Plan is to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain non-employee members of the Board whose training, experience and ability will promote the interests of the Company and to directly align the interests of such non-employee Directors with the interests of the Company’s shareowners by providing compensation based on the value of UTC Common Stock. The Plan is designed to permit such non-employee directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the cash compensation otherwise payable to them for services to the Company as members of the Board.

1 .02     Effective Date of Plan
Except as otherwise provided by Section 3.01, the Plan shall apply only to a Participant’s annual Director’s retainer Fees with respect to service on and after January 1, 1996.  

ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms, when used in capitalized form in the Plan, shall have the meanings set forth below:

Account shall mean a bookkeeping account established for a Participant under Section 4.01.

Article shall mean an article of the Plan.

Beneficiary shall mean a Participant’s beneficiary, designated in writing and in a form and manner satisfactory to the Committee, or if a Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, or if the Participant’s designated Beneficiary predeceases the Participant, the Participant’s estate.

Board shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

Closing Price shall mean, with respect to any date specified by the Plan, the closing price of UTC Common Stock on the composite tape of New York Stock Exchange issues (or if there was no reported sale of UTC Common Stock on such date, on the next preceding day on which there was such a reported sale).

Committee shall mean the Nominating Committee of the Board.

Company shall mean United Technologies Corporation.

Director’s Fees shall mean the annual retainer fee payable to a Participant for services to the Company as a member of the Board. Director’s Fees do not include special meeting fees.

Participant shall mean each member of the Board (other than a member of the Board who is also an employee of the Company or a subsidiary thereof) who is or becomes a member of the Board on or after January 1, 1996.

Payment Anniversary Date shall mean an anniversary of the Payment Commencement Date.

Payment Commencement Date shall mean the first business day of the first month following the month in which the Participant terminates service as a member of the Board.

Plan shall mean this United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan, as set forth herein and as amended from time to time.

Plan Year shall mean the calendar year.

Section shall mean a section of the Plan.

Stock Unit shall mean a hypothetical share of UTC Common Stock as described in Section 4.02.

UTC Common Stock shall mean the common stock of the Company.

ARTICLE Ill
CREDITS

3.01        Transition Credits
As soon as practicable on or after January 1, 1996, the Company shall credit to the Account of each Participant a number of Stock Units determined in accordance with the schedules set forth in Appendix I and Appendix II to the Plan. The credits set forth in Appendix I shall be provided in lieu of any benefits to which the Participant otherwise would have been entitled under the United Technologies Corporation Directors Retirement Plan as of its termination on December 31, 1995. The credits set forth in Appendix II shall be provided in lieu of any benefits to which the Participant otherwise would be entitled under certain deferred compensation arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 1996. The number of units set forth in Appendix II shall equal the number of tax deferred stock units (if any) credited to the Participant under any such prior deferred compensation arrangement, determined as of December 31, 1995.

3.02     Automatic Credits
As of the beginning of each Plan Year, the Company shall credit Stock Units to each Participant’s Account equal in value to 60% of the Participant’s Director’s Fees for the Plan Year, as determined in accordance with Section 4.02(a)(1).

3.03     Elective Credits
A Participant may elect, with respect to each Plan Year, to defer the entire portion (but not a partial portion) of the 40% of the Participant’s Director’s Fees that are not automatically deferred in accordance with Section 3.02 and that otherwise would be paid to the Participant in cash. If the Participant makes such an election, the Company shall credit Stock Units to the Participant’s Account equal in value to 40% of the Participant’s Director’s Fees for the Plan Year, as determined in accordance with Section 4.02(a)(I), as of the beginning of the Plan Year with respect to which the election is made (or, if later, as of the first day in the Plan Year on which the individual becomes a Participant). An election under this Section 3.03 shall be made in a form and manner satisfactory to the Committee and shall be effective for a Plan Year only if made before the beginning of the Plan Year; provided that an individual who becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year may make the election for that Plan Year within 30 days of becoming a Participant.

ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENTS

		
	4.01
	Accounts

A separate Account under the Plan shall be established for each Participant. Such Account shall be (a) credited with the amounts credited in accordance with Article Ill, (b) credited (or charged, as the case may be) with the investment results determined in accordance with Section 4.02, and (c) charged with the amounts paid by the Plan to or on behalf of the Participant in accordance with Article V. Within each Participant’s Account, separate subaccounts shall be maintained to the extent the Committee determines them to be necessary or useful in the administration of the Plan.

		
	4.02
	Stock Units

(a)    Deemed Investment in UTC Common Stock. Except as provided in subsection (b), below, a Participant’s Account shall be treated as if it were invested in Stock Units that are equivalent in value to the fair market value of shares of 

UTC Common Stock in accordance with the following rules:

(1)    Conversion into Stock Units. Any Director’s Fees credited to a Participant’s Account for a Plan Year under Section 3.02 or 3.03 shall be converted into Stock Units (including fractional Stock Units) by dividing the amount credited by the Closing Price on the first business day of the Plan Year; provided that in the case of an individual who becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the Closing Price shall be determined as of the day on which the individual becomes a Participant.

(2)     Deemed Reinvestment Of Dividends. The number of Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account shall be increased on each date on which a dividend is paid on UTC Common Stock. The number of additional Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account as a result of such increase shall be determined by (i) multiplying the total number of Stock Units (excluding fractional Stock Units) credited to the Participant’s Account immediately before such increase by the amount of the dividend paid per share of UTC Common Stock on the dividend payment date, and (ii) dividing the product so determined by the Closing Price on the dividend payment date.

(3)     Conversion Out of Stock Units. The dollar value of the Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account on any date shall be determined by multiplying the number of Stock Units (including fractional Stock Units) credited to the Participant’s Account by the Closing Price on that date.

(4)     Effect of Recapitalization. In the event of a transaction or event described in this paragraph (4), the number of Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account shall be adjusted in such manner as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems equitable. A transaction or event is described in this paragraph (4) if (i) it is a dividend (other than regular quarterly dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities, or other property), extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, repurchase, or exchange of shares or other securities, the issuance or exercisability of stock purchase rights, the issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase shares or other securities, or other similar corporate transaction or event and (ii) the Committee determines that such transaction or event affects the shares of UTC Common Stock, such that an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (4) is appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

(b)        Change in Deemed Investment Election. A Participant who elects to receive distribution of his or her Accounts in annual installments will continue to have such Account credited with Stock Units during the installment period unless the Participant irrevocably elects to have his or her Account treated, as of the Payment Commencement Date, as if the Account were invested in cash. If a Participant makes such election, the Account will be credited with a rate of interest equal to the average interest rate on 10-Year Treasury Bonds as of the January through October Period in the calendar year prior to the Plan Year in which the interest is credited, plus I %. An election under this subsection (b) shall be made in a form and manner satisfactory to the Committee and shall be effective only if made before the Payment Commencement Date.

		
	4.03
	Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments

Each Account established under this Article IV shall be maintained for bookkeeping purposes only. Neither the Plan nor any of the Accounts established under the Plan shall hold any actual funds or assets. The Stock Units established hereunder shall be used solely to determine the amounts to be paid hereunder, shall not be or represent an equity security of the Company, shall not be convertible into or otherwise entitle a Participant to acquire an equity security of the Company and shall not carry any voting or dividend rights.

ARTICLE V
PAYMENTS

		
	5.01
	Entitlement to Payment

Credits to a Participant’s Account under Section 3.02 or 3.03 shall be in lieu of payment to the Participant of the related Director’s Fees. Any payment under the Plan with respect to an Account shall be made solely in cash and as further 

provided in this Article V. The right of any person to receive one or more payments under the Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company.

		
	5.02
	Payment Commencement Date

Payments to a Participant with respect to the Participant’s Account shall begin as of the Participant’s Payment Commencement Date; provided that if a Participant dies before the Participant’s Payment Commencement Date, payment of the entire value of the Participant’s Account shall be made in a lump sum to the Participant’s Beneficiary as soon as practicable after the Committee receives all documents and other information that it requests in connection with the payment.

		
	5.03
	Form and Amount of Payment

(a) Fifteen Annual Installments.  A Participant shall receive his or her benefits in 15 annual installments unless the Participant elects to receive his or her benefits under the Plan in the form of a lump-sum payment or in less than 15 annual installments in accordance with subsection (b), below. Annual installments shall be payable to the Participant in cash beginning as of the Payment Commencement Date and continuing as of each Payment Anniversary Date thereafter until all installments have been paid. The first annual installment shall equal one- fifteenth (1/15th) of the value of the Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Account, determined as of the Payment Commencement Date. Each successive annual installment shall equal the value of the Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Account, determined as of the Payment Anniversary Date, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the excess of 15 over the number of installment payments previously made (i.e., 1/14th, 1/13th, etc.). If the Participant dies after the Participant’s Payment Commencement Date but before all 15 installments have been paid, the remaining installments shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in accordance with the schedule in this subsection (a).

(b) Lump Sum, or Less Than 15 Annual Installments.  A Participant may elect to receive his or her benefits under the Plan in the form of a lump-sum payment or in two to fourteen installments in lieu of the fifteen installment payments determined under subsection (a), above. The lump sum shall be payable to the Participant in cash as of the Payment Commencement Date and shall equal the value of the Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Account, determined as of the Payment Commencement Date. Installments shall be paid in the manner set forth in subsection (a) above, except that for purposes of determining the amount of the first annual installment, the denominator of the fraction shall equal the number of scheduled annual installments. An election under this subsection (b) shall be made in a form and manner satisfactory to the Committee and shall be effective only if made at least two years before the Participant’s Payment Commencement Date.

ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION

		
	6.01
	In General

The Committee shall have the discretionary authority to interpret the Plan and to decide any and all matters arising under the Plan, including without limitation the right to determine eligibility for participation, benefits, and other rights under the Plan; the right to determine whether any election or notice requirement or other administrative procedure under the Plan has been adequately observed; the right to determine the proper recipient of any distribution under the Plan; the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies, or omissions by general rule or particular decision; and the right otherwise to interpret the Plan in accordance with its terms. Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.03, the Committee’s determination on any and all questions arising out of the interpretation or administration of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all parties.

		
	6.02
	Plan Amendment and Termination

The Committee may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall, without a Participant’s consent, reduce the Participant’s benefits accrued under the Plan before the date of such amendment, suspension, or termination. If the Plan is terminated in accordance with this Section 6.02, the terms of the Plan as in effect immediately before termination shall determine the right to payment in respect of any amounts that remain credited to a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Account upon termination.

		
	6.03
	Reports to Participants

The Committee shall furnish an annual statement to each Participant (or Beneficiary) reporting the value of the Participant’s (or Beneficiary’s) Account as of the end of the most recent Plan Year.

6.04     Delegation of Authority
The Committee may delegate to officers of the Company any and all authority with which it is vested under the Plan, and the Committee may allocate its responsibilities under the Plan among its member.

ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS

		
	7.01
	Rights Not Assignable

No payment due under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge in any other way. Any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge such payment in any other way shall be void. No such payment or interest therein shall be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, or torts of any Participant or Beneficiary. If any Participant or Beneficiary becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, or charge in any other way any payment under the Plan, the Committee may direct that such payment be suspended and that all future payments to which such Participant or Beneficiary otherwise would be entitled be held and applied for the benefit of such person, the person’s children or other dependents, or any of them, in such manner and in such proportions as the Committee may deem proper.

		
	7.02
	Certain Rights Reserved

Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any person the right to continue to serve as a member of the Board or to participate in the Plan other than in accordance with its terms.

		
	7.03
	Withholding Taxes

The Committee may make any appropriate arrangements to deduct from all credits and payments under the Plan any taxes that the Committee reasonably determines to be required by law to be withheld from such credits and payments.

		
	7.04
	Incompetence

If the Committee determines, upon evidence satisfactory to the Committee, that any Participant or Beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or accident or otherwise, any payment due under the Plan (unless prior claim therefore shall have been made by a duly authorized guardian or other legal representative) may be paid, upon appropriate indemnification of the Committee and the Company, to the spouse of the Participant or Beneficiary or other person deemed by the Committee to have incurred expenses for the benefit of and on behalf of such Participant or Beneficiary. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan with respect to the amount so paid.

		
	7.05
	Inability to Locate Participants and Beneficiaries

Each Participant and Beneficiary entitled to receive a payment under the Plan shall keep the Committee advised of his or her current address. If the Committee is unable for a period of 36 months to locate a Participant or Beneficiary to whom a payment is due under the Plan, commencing with the first day of the month as of which such payment first comes due, the total amount payable to such Participant or Beneficiary shall be forfeited. Should such a Participant or Beneficiary subsequently contact the Committee requesting payment, the Committee shall, upon receipt of all documents and other information that it might request in connection with the payment, restore and pay the forfeited payment in a lump sum, the value of which shall not be adjusted to reflect any interest or other type of investment earnings or gains for the period of forfeiture.

		
	7.06
	Successors

The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. The term “successors” as used in the preceding sentence shall include any corporation or other business entity that by merger, 

consolidation, purchase, or otherwise acquires all or substantially all of the business and assets of the Company, and any successors and assigns of any such corporation or other business entity.

		
	7.07
	Usage

(a)    Titles and Headings. The titles to Articles and the headings of Sections, subsections, and paragraphs in the Plan are placed herein for convenience of reference only and shall be of no force or effect in the interpretation of the Plan

(b)    Number.  The singular form shall include the plural, where appropriate.

		
	7.08
	Severability

If any provision of the Plan is held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, such unlawfulness, invalidity, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of the Plan or part thereof, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. If the making of any payment or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan is held unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such unlawfulness, invalidity or unenforceability shall not prevent any other payment or benefit from being made or provided under the Plan, and if the making of any payment in full or the provision of any other benefit required under the Plan in full would be unlawful or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, then such unlawfulness, invalidity, or unenforceability shall not prevent such payment or benefit from being made or provided in part, to the extent that it would not be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, and the maximum payment or benefit that would not be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable shall be made or provided under the Plan.

7.09     Governing Law
The Plan and all determinations made and actions taken under the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

By _________________________________________

Attest:
________________________________

Date:
________________________________

APPENDIX B

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
2005 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
STATEMENT OF AWARD

Effective _____________,  ________________________________ has been awarded ____________ Deferred Stock Units (“DSUs”) under the United Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Deferred Stock Unit Plan (the “Deferred Stock Unit Plan”).  DSUs awarded hereunder constitute long term incentive awards under the United Technologies Corporation 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “LTIP”).  DSUs are convertible into shares of UTC Common Stock that will be issued under the LTIP.  The conversion of DSUs into shares and the distribution of such shares shall be subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Stock Unit Plan.2014-12-31 10-K Exhibit 10.34

Exhibit 10.34
EXECUTION COPY
SEPARATION AGREEMENT
THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 16, 2015 between Louis R. Chênevert (hereinafter, the “Executive”), and UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, with an office and place of business at Hartford, Connecticut (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, the Executive previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company as well Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); and
WHEREAS, parties wish to set forth their mutual understanding concerning the terms and conditions relative to the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, it is hereby mutually agreed as follows:
		
	1.
	Termination Date.  The Executive’s employment with the Company terminated effective as of January 3, 2015 (the “Termination Date”).

		
	2.
	Termination Benefits.

		
	(a)
	The Executive will receive payment of his base salary through December 31, 2014 with applicable adjustments for employee benefits.

		
	(b)
	The Executive has previously vested in his Executive Leadership Group life insurance benefit and will be entitled to elect post-retirement coverage benefits thereunder in accordance with the terms of the ELG Program (defined below). 

		
	(c)
	The Executive and his eligible dependents will remain eligible to participate in the Company’s healthcare plan as in effect from time to time for the period from the Termination Date through December 31, 2016 (the first 12 months of which will run concurrently with the “COBRA” continuation period) or, if earlier, the date the Executive commences new employment entitling the Executive to healthcare coverage, if sooner (the “Benefit Continuation Period”) at a monthly cost to the Executive that is no more than the monthly cost of such coverage to an active senior executive employee of the Company as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if and to the extent such participation is prohibited by applicable law or the terms of the applicable plan or would result in such benefit being deemed discriminatory under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) the Company shall, in lieu of such continued participation, pay the Executive monthly in arrears, during the Benefit Continuation Period, an amount in cash equal to the employer portion (applicable to an active senior executive of the Company) of the monthly premium for the coverage elected by the Executive under the Company’s healthcare plan. At the end of the Benefit Continuation Period, the Executive and his eligible dependents may continue such coverage in accordance with the plan’s “COBRA” continuation provisions at his expense for an additional six (6) months (the remainder of the COBRA continuation period).

		
	(d)
	The Executive’s termination of employment with the Company shall constitute a “Retirement”, effective as of the Termination Date, for purposes of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) and each applicable equity incentive award held by the Executive as of the Termination Date, and, in accordance therewith, (i) all stock options and stock appreciation rights held by the Executive as of the Termination Date shall be vested as of the effective date of this Agreement (including, without limitation, those certain stock appreciation rights granted as of January 2, 2014 covering 217,500 shares of common stock of the Company) and may be exercised at any time on or before the last day of the term of the applicable award, determined without regard to the Executive’s termination of employment, and (ii) all performance stock units held by the Executive as of the Termination Date (including, without limitation, those certain performance stock units granted as of January 2, 2014 covering up to 113,400 shares of common stock of the Company) shall remain issued and outstanding and eligible to vest as scheduled following the Termination Date if and to the extent applicable performance targets have been achieved. 

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the treatment of all long-term incentive awards shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of the applicable long term incentive plan document and the schedule of terms applicable to each award, including, but not limited to, all applicable clawback and forfeiture provisions.
		
	(e)
	The Executive may purchase his Company-provided vehicle promptly following the date hereof in accordance with standard program procedures.  The Executive will be responsible for any tax liability that may result from imputed income in connection with such purchase. 

		
	(f)
	The Executive shall be entitled to continued membership in the Avis Chairman’s Club until December 31, 2016.  

		
	(g)
	Subject to the terms of the program and the insurer’s consent, the Executive shall remain eligible to purchase liability insurance coverage pursuant to the Company’s group purchase umbrella insurance program as in effect from time to time, for so long as such program is made available to retired senior executives of the Company, on the same basis as such coverage is made available to other retired senior executives of the Company.

		
	(h)
	The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that pursuant to the terms of the LTIP certain employment or consulting activities that Executive may engage in during the one-year period following the Termination Date could result in the Company having a right to recover, recoup, recapture, clawback or otherwise require the Executive to forfeit or repay any award under the LTIP (collectively, “Company Remedies”).  With respect to any such activities that the Executive may engage in during the applicable period of restriction that, absent the prior consent of the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization, or other applicable person, could result in the Company having a Company Remedy, the Company agrees and acknowledges that if consent is requested by the Executive with respect to such activities, the Company will respond promptly and consider in good faith any such request for consent, taking into account factors such as the nature and scope of the proposed relationship, the inherent risk to Company Information (as defined below) and the actual competitive risk created by the proposed relationship.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2(h) (i) shall apply to all of the Executive’s stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance share units and other equity compensation awards granted pursuant to the LTIP or otherwise and (ii) shall not be construed as reducing any applicable period under such awards that applies to any conduct or activities of the Executive following the Termination Date.  

		
	(i)
	The Company agrees that the Executive shall maintain ownership and use of his rolodex and other hard copy and electronic address books, personal emails and other personal files and the Company shall cooperate and assist the Executive, as may be reasonably requested, in the transfer to the Executive of his contacts, personal emails and other personal files, as well as any cell phone and mobile device numbers used by the Executive if such numbers are registered in the Company’s name.  

		
	(j)
	Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Executive will not be eligible for (i) an incentive compensation award in 2015 in respect of 2014 under the Company’s Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, or (ii) any payments and benefits pursuant to that certain Executive Leadership Group Program provided to the Executive as of March 2, 1998 (the “ELG Program”).  This Agreement and the payments and benefits set forth in Sections 2(c) through 2(g) shall be subject to the Executive’s execution and non-revocation of this Agreement as set forth in Section 3(h).  

		
	3.
	Employee Release of Claims.

		
	(a)
	The Executive, on behalf of himself and his heirs and successors and assigns, hereby agrees to and does release the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, present, future or former employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives (the “Releasees”) from any and all actions, damages, losses, costs and claims of any and every kind and nature whatsoever, at law or in equity, whether absolute or contingent, which he had, now has or may have arising out of, in connection with, or relating to his employment with the Company or the termination of that employment. This includes a release of any rights or claims the Executive may have under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, which prohibits age discrimination in employment; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, which prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, national origin, religion or sex; the Equal Pay Act, which prohibits paying men and women unequal pay for equal work; the Americans with Disabilities Act which 

prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of eligibility to receive benefits and any other federal, state or local laws or regulations prohibiting employment discrimination. This release also includes a release by the Executive of any claims or actions for wrongful discharge based on statute, regulation, contract, tort, common or civil law or otherwise.
		
	(b)
	This Release covers all claims based on any facts or events, whether known or unknown by the Executive that occurred on or before the date hereof, except that this Release does not include a release of any of the Executive’s rights to (i) any payments or benefits to be paid or provided or that are contemplated pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) indemnification relating to or arising out the Executive’s performance of services as an officer and/or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively the “Company Group”), including, without limitation, rights to indemnification the Executive has or may have under the by-laws or certificate of incorporation of any member of the Company Group, under any agreement with any member of the Company Group or as an insured under any director’s and officer’s liability insurance policy now or previously in force, (iii) any rights the Executive has as an equity holder in the Company and (iv) any vested pension, equity and equity-based compensation, deferred compensation, health or other welfare benefits to which he may be entitled in accordance with the terms of the Company employee benefit plans in which he participated.

		
	(c)
	Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Executive from filing a charge with, or participating in, any investigation or proceeding by the EEOC or comparable governmental agency. The Executive agrees, however, to waive the right to recover monetary damages in any charge, complaint or lawsuit filed by him or on his behalf with respect any claims released in Section 3 of this Agreement.

		
	(d)
	The Executive understands and agrees that the amounts paid, provided or contemplated pursuant to this Agreement are in full and complete satisfaction of all severance related amounts due to him by the Company and that no other payments of compensation are due him under the ELG Program or otherwise. The Executive further understands and agrees that he shall not be entitled to any additional severance payments, salary, incentive payments or payments in lieu of vacation, holiday or other fringe benefits.

		
	(e)
	After the Termination Date, the Executive will reasonably cooperate with the Company, at such times and on such terms as may be mutually agreed between the Executive and the Company, with respect to matters in which he was involved during the course of his employment with the Company, if and to the extent such cooperation is necessary or appropriate.

		
	(f)
	The Executive agrees that as of November 23, 2014 he resigned from all committees and boards of directors of each member of the Company Group of which the Executive is a member.  Following the Termination Date, the Executive will be free to join boards of director of, and otherwise affiliate with, organizations of the Executive’s choosing, subject to compliance with any restrictive covenants applicable to the Executive. 

		
	(g)
	The Executive is encouraged to consult and has consulted with an attorney before signing this Agreement and acknowledges that he was offered sufficient time to consider it.  The Company shall pay the Executive’s reasonable and documented counsel fees incurred in connection with the negotiation and documentation of this Agreement.

		
	(h)
	The Executive may revoke this Agreement within seven (7) days of the date of the Executive’s signature. Revocation can be made by delivering a written notice of revocation to Elizabeth B. Amato, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization, United Technologies Corp., One Financial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06101. For this revocation to be effective, Ms. Amato must receive written notice no later than close of business on the seventh (7th) day after the Executive signs this Agreement. If the Executive revokes this Agreement, it shall not be effective or enforceable and the Executive will not receive the payment and/or benefits described herein and agrees to immediately repay to the Company the value of any benefits provided prior to revocation.

		
	4.
	Employer Release of Claims.  In consideration of the terms hereof, the Company on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries and affiliates hereby agrees to and does release and forever discharge the Executive, from any and all actions, damages, losses, costs and claims of any and every kind and nature whatsoever, at law or in equity, whether absolute or contingent, which any of the Releasees had, now has or may have arising out of, in connection with, or relating to the Executive having been an employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates about 

which the Company had knowledge, or could reasonably be expected to have had knowledge, as of the date hereof; provided, however, that the Company does not release, acquit or discharge the Executive from (i) any obligations to the Company under this Agreement or any obligations under agreements referenced in this Agreement, (ii) any acts or omissions in connection with his service to the Company involving gross negligence or for which the Executive would not be indemnified under applicable law or the Company’s organizational documents, and (iii) any claims that may arise from events or actions occurring after the Termination Date.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as contemplated by Section 12 of this Agreement, the Company agrees that it will not exercise and hereby does forego any right it may have under any provision under any plan, program or arrangement to recover, recoup, recapture, clawback or otherwise require the Executive to forfeit any award or repay any amount the Executive has received or may receive under any such plan, program or arrangement as a result of any action or inaction by the Executive prior to the date hereof about which the Company had knowledge, or could reasonably be expected to have had knowledge, as of the date hereof, and will not, in any event, initiate any claim for Company Remedies in an arbitrary or capricious manner or seek damages, including by recoupment or repayment, that constitute punitive damages.  
		
	5.
	The Executive makes the following representations to and agreements with the Company:

		
	(a)
	From the Termination Date through December 31, 2017, the Executive will not make any statements or disclose any items of information which are or may reasonably be considered to be adverse to the interests of the Company.  The Executive agrees that he will not disparage the Company, its executives, directors or products.

		
	(b)
	The Executive has previously returned to the Company all Company Information (as defined herein), Company related reports, files, memoranda, records, credit cards, cardkey passes, garage key cards, door and file keys, computer access codes, software and other property (other than the Company provided blackberry and laptop, which the Executive will promptly return to the Company) which he received or prepared or helped to prepare in connection with his employment.  The Executive has not and will not retain any copies, duplicates, reproductions or excerpts thereof.  The term “Company Information,” as used in this Agreement, means (i) confidential or proprietary information including without limitation information received from third parties under confidential or proprietary conditions; (ii) information subject to the Company’s attorney-client or work-product privilege; and (iii) other technical, business or financial information, the use or disclosure of which might reasonably be construed to be contrary to the Company’s interests.  

		
	(c)
	The Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment with the Company he has acquired Company Information and that such Company Information has been disclosed to him in confidence and for the Company’s use only.  The Executive agrees that, except as (x) he may otherwise be directed under this Agreement, (y) as required by law, regulation or legal or regulatory proceeding (subject to advance notice to the Company unless prohibited by law) or (z) in connection with the defense of any claim by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates against, or the enforcement of any claim or legal or equitable right by, the Executive against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, he (i) will keep such Company Information confidential at all times, (ii) will not disclose or communicate Company Information to any third party and (iii) will not make use of Company Information on his own behalf or on behalf of any third party.  In the event that the Executive becomes legally compelled to disclose any Company Information, it is agreed that the Executive will provide the Company with prompt written notice of such request(s) so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate legal remedy to which it may be entitled.  The Executive acknowledges that any unauthorized disclosure to third parties of Company Information or other violation, or threatened violation, of this Agreement may cause irreparable damage to the trade secret, confidential or proprietary status of Company Information and to the Company.  Therefore, in such event the Company shall be entitled to seek an injunction prohibiting the Executive from any such disclosure, attempted disclosure, violation or threatened violation.  When Company Information becomes generally available to the public other than by the Executive’s acts or omissions, it is no longer subject to the restrictions in this paragraph.

		
	(d)
	To further ensure the protection of Company Information, the Executive agrees that from the Termination Date through June 30, 2016, he will not accept employment in any form (including entering into consulting relationships or similar arrangements) with a business which:  (i) competes directly or indirectly with any of the Company’s principal business units; or (ii) is a material customer of or a material supplier to any of the Company’s businesses, unless the Executive has obtained the written consent of the Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization, or other applicable person.  The Company agrees that it will respond 

promptly and consider in good faith any such request for consent, taking into account factors such as the nature and scope of the proposed relationship, the inherent risk to Company Information and the actual competitive risk created by the proposed relationship.  The parties agree that the terms of this paragraph are reasonable.  However, if any portion of this paragraph is held by competent authority to be unenforceable, this paragraph shall be deemed amended to limit its scope to the broadest scope that such authority determines is enforceable, and as so amended shall continue in effect.
		
	(e)
	From the Termination Date through June 30, 2016, the Executive will not, on behalf of himself or any other person or entity, (i) solicit or cause or allow to be solicited (under those conditions which he controls) for employment or otherwise attempt to retain the services of any individual then employed or engaged by the Company or its affiliates or who was so employed or engaged during the three-month period preceding such solicitation, or (ii) encourage any such person to leave the employ of the Company or its affiliates.  

		
	(f)
	The Executive acknowledges that the Intellectual Property Agreement between him and the Company will continue in full force and effect following the Termination Date.

		
	(g)
	The Executive represents that, to the best of his knowledge, he has not violated any substantive Company policy in any manner that would serve as a basis for a material claim by the Company or any of its affiliates against the Executive, it being understood that no action or omission by the Executive taken in good faith and in the reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Company shall constitute a breach of this representation.  

		
	(h)
	In addition to any other rights the Company may have, including the right to seek injunctive relief, should the Executive breach any of the terms of this Section 5, the Company will have the right to cease any and all future payments and benefits provided under this Agreement (other than with respect to the awards under the LTIP for which the Company’s clawback or recoupment right will be governed by the terms of the LTIP).  

		
	6.
	The Company hereby makes the following representations and agreements:

		
	(a)
	The Company represents to the Executive that it is fully authorized and empowered to enter into this Agreement.

		
	(b)
	The Company will provide to the Executive for his review, prior to its filing or release to the public, any proposed disclosure regarding this Agreement on a Form 8-K.  The Company will consider in good faith any suggested changes to any such proposed disclosure.

		
	7.
	The obligations of the parties hereto are severable and divisible. In the event any provision hereunder is determined to be illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

		
	8.
	This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles of such state that might apply the law of another jurisdiction.  

		
	9.
	Except with respect to the covenants in Section 5 which may be enforced in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Connecticut, any dispute arising between the Company and the Executive with respect to the validity, performance or interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted to and determined in binding arbitration in New York, New York, for resolution in accordance with the JAMS , modified to provide that the decision by the arbitrator shall be binding on the parties; shall be furnished in writing, separately and specifically stating the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the decision is based; shall be kept confidential by the arbitrator and the parties; and shall be rendered as soon as reasonably practicable following the impanelling of the arbitrator.  The arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rules of JAMS. 

		
	10.
	This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous communications between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. No amendment to this Agreement shall be binding upon either party unless in writing and signed by or on behalf of such party.

		
	11.
	Any notice under this agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Executive as follows: 

[Intentionally omitted]

With a Copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza, 
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Donald P. Carleen, Esq.
Telephone: (212) 859-8202
Fax: (212) 859-4000
and addressed to the Company as follows:
United Technologies Corporation
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06101
Attention: Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organization.
Either party may change its address for notices by giving the other party notice of the change.  All such notices shall be conclusively deemed to be received and shall be effective (i) if sent by hand delivery, upon receipt or (ii) if sent by courier or certified or registered U.S. mail, upon receipt.
		
	12.
	The Company reserves the right to withhold applicable taxes from any amounts paid pursuant to this Agreement to the extent required by law and to impute income to the Executive with respect to any benefits provided hereunder or provided prior to the Termination Date  in a manner consistent with past practice.  The Executive, or his estate, shall be responsible for any and all tax liability imposed on amounts paid or benefits provided hereunder.  The Executive agrees that he will promptly remit to the Company any amounts owed to the Company as a result of the final reconciliation of applicable expense accounts, an accounting of which has been provided to the Executive.

		
	13.
	The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this Agreement be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall be interpreted to be exempt from or in compliance with Section 409A.  For purposes of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service,” and the parties agree that, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, with regard to any payment or the provision of any benefit deemed to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A under this Agreement or any other plan, agreement or arrangement of the Company, the Executive’s “separation from service” for purposes of Section 409A occurred on the date of his cessation of service as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive any installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.  To the extent any reimbursement or in-kind payment provided pursuant to this Agreement is deemed “nonqualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A then (i) all such expenses or other reimbursements as provided herein shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s policies in effect from time to time, but in any event shall be made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by you, (ii) no such reimbursement or expenses eligible for reimbursement in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and (iii) the right to such reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchanged for another benefit.

		
	14.
	The Executive states that he has read this Agreement, including Section 3 containing the Employee Release of Claims, fully understands its content and effect, and without duress or coercion, knowingly and voluntarily assents to its terms.

		
	15.
	This Agreement may be executed by either of the parties hereto in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

		
	16.
	The headings of sections herein are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not control the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed or caused to be executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written.
	
			
	 
	UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

	 
	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ RICHARD M KAPLAN

	 
	 
	Richard M. Kaplan, Associate General Counsel

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	 
	EXECUTIVE

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	/s/ LOUIS R. CHÊNEVERT

	 
	 
	Louis R. Chênevert

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