Document:

Executive Incentive Compensation Plan

Exhibit 10(g) 
 
BANK OF AMERICA 
EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN 
(as amended and restated
effective December 10, 2002) 
 
THIS INSTRUMENT OF
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT is executed effective as of December 10, 2002 by BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”). 
 
Statement of Purpose 
 
Pursuant to the Plan, certain covered associates of the Corporation may receive annual incentive compensation based on the annual
performance of the Corporation consistent with the “performance-based compensation” requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. This Instrument amends and restates the Plan to provide that annual incentive compensation may
be awarded in the form of a cash award, an award of restricted stock shares or restricted stock units granted under the Corporation’s management stock plan, or any combination of cash and restricted stock shares or units, provided that the
aggregate amount of the award does not exceed the maximum award amount pursuant to the objective, performance-based compensation formula previously approved by the Corporation’s stockholders. 
 
In accordance with paragraph 7 of the Plan, the amendment and
restatement of the Plan set forth herein has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to consist of the following paragraphs 1 through 9 effective as of
the date hereof: 
 
1.    Name:

 
This plan shall be known as the “Bank
of America Executive Incentive Compensation Plan” (the “Plan”). 
 
2.    Purpose and Intent: 
 
The Corporation established this Plan effective January 1, 1994 for the purpose of providing certain of its senior executive officers with annual incentive compensation based on the annual performance of the Corporation
measured by objective corporate financial performance measures. This amendment and restatement is effective December 10, 2002. The intent of the Plan is to provide “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C)
of the Code. The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted to effectuate such intent. 
 
3.    Definitions: 
 
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 
“Closing Price” with respect to a share of the Corporation’s common stock means the closing price on the relevant
date of a share of Common Stock as reflected in the report of 

 

composite trading of New York Stock Exchange listed securities for that day (or, if no shares were publicly traded on that day, the
immediately preceding day that shares were so traded) published in The Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition) or in any other publication selected by the Committee; provided, however, that if the shares are misquoted or omitted by the
selected publication(s), the Committee shall directly solicit the information from officials of the stock exchanges or from other informed independent market sources. 
 
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and references
thereto shall include the valid Treasury regulations thereunder. 
 
“Committee” means all of the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who are Outside Directors. 
 
“Corporation” means Bank of America Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor
thereto. 
 
“Covered Associate”
for a Plan Year means any associate of the Corporation whose compensation is anticipated to be subject to the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code and who is designated by the Committee prior to April 1 of such Plan Year as a “Covered
Associate” under the Plan for such Plan Year, and any other key associate of the Corporation designated by the Committee prior to April 1 of a Plan Year as a “Covered Associate” under the Plan for such Plan Year. 
 
“Fair Market Value” of a share of the
Corporation’s common stock as of a given date means the average Closing Price of a share of such common stock for the five consecutive trading days ending on the applicable date. 
 
“Net Income” means, with respect to a Plan Year, “net income” of the Corporation
for such Plan Year determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles that would be reported in the Corporation’s Annual Report to Shareholders for such Plan Year assuming payment of all awards under the Plan for such Plan
Year without reduction by the Committee. 
 
“Outside Director” means an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C)(i) of the Code. 
 
“Plan Year” means the fiscal year of the Corporation beginning January 1 and ending December 31. 
 
“Restricted Stock” means either Restricted
Stock Shares or Restricted Stock Units. 
 
“Restricted Stock Share” means a share of “Restricted Stock” awarded under, and within the meaning of, the Stock Plan. 
 
“Restricted Stock Unit” means a “Restricted Stock Unit” awarded under, and within
the meaning of, the Stock Plan. 
 

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“Stock
Plan” means the Bank of America Corporation 2003 Key Associate Stock Plan, as the same may be in effect from time to time, or any successor plan thereto. 
 
4.    Administration: 
 
The Committee shall be responsible for administering the Plan. The Committee shall have all of the powers
necessary to enable it to properly carry out its duties under the Plan. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power to construe and interpret the Plan and to determine all questions that shall arise thereunder. The
Committee shall have such other and further specified duties, powers, authority and discretion as are elsewhere in the Plan either expressly or by necessary implication conferred upon it. The Committee may appoint such agents, who need not be
members of the Committee, as it may deem necessary for the effective performance of its duties, and may delegate to such agents such powers and duties as the Committee may deem expedient or appropriate that are not inconsistent with the intent of
the Plan. The decision of the Committee upon all matters within its scope of authority shall be final and conclusive on all persons, except to the extent otherwise provided by law. 
 
5.    Operation: 
 
(a) Prior to April 1 of a Plan Year, the Committee shall designate the Covered Associates for the Plan Year.

 
(b) Subject to the Committee’s discretion
to reduce awards under the Plan, each Plan Year each Covered Associate for such Plan Year shall be entitled to an award under the Plan equal to two-tenths of one percent (0.20%) of the Corporation’s Net Income for such Plan Year. 
 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 5(b) to the
contrary, the Committee in its sole and exclusive discretion may reduce (including a reduction to zero) any award to a Covered Associate otherwise payable under the Plan for a Plan Year. 
 
(d) For awards with respect to the 2002 Plan Year and thereafter, at the time the Committee determines the
amount of the award to a Covered Associate for the Plan Year under paragraphs 5(b) and 5(c) above, the Committee may also determine, in its sole and exclusive discretion, to deliver that amount to the Covered Associate either (i) all in cash, (ii)
all in the form of an award of Restricted Stock or (iii) in a combination of cash and Restricted Stock, subject to the following provisions: 
 

	 	(i)	 	If and to the extent the Committee determines to deliver all or a portion of the award under the Plan in the form of Restricted Stock, the whole number of such
Restricted Stock Shares or Restricted Stock Units shall be determined by dividing the dollar value of the portion of the award to be delivered in the form of Restricted Stock by the Fair Market Value of the Corporation’s common stock on the
applicable grant date, and rounding up to the next whole share (provided that in no event will such rounding up cause the total amount of the award to exceed the maximum amount set forth in paragraph 5(b) above). 

	

 
 

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	 	(ii)	 	The grant date for any award of Restricted Stock hereunder for a Plan Year shall be February 15 of the following Plan Year, or if that February 15 is not a business
day, the next preceding business day. 

 

	 	(iii)	 	The Committee, in its sole and exclusive discretion, shall determine (i) whether an award of Restricted Stock hereunder to a Covered Associate shall be in the form
of Restricted Stock Shares or Restricted Stock Units and (ii) all of the other terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock award, including without limitation all vesting and forfeiture provisions and the treatment of dividends or dividends
equivalents prior to vesting. Pursuant to the Stock Plan, such award shall be evidenced by an award agreement. 

 
(e)    In accordance with Section 162(m)(4)(C)(iii) of the Code, prior to any payment of cash or grant of Restricted
Stock under the Plan for a Plan Year, the Committee shall certify in writing the amount of Net Income for such Plan Year. 
 
(f)    Any portion of a Covered Associate’s award under the Plan for a Plan Year to be delivered in cash shall be
paid by the Corporation to such Covered Associate, less applicable payroll and withholding taxes, within seventy-five (75) days after the certification by the Committee as provided in paragraph 5(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Covered
Associate may be eligible to defer a portion of the Covered Associate’s cash award for the Plan Year pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Bank of America 401(k) Restoration Plan (or any successor thereto). 
 
(g)    If the employment of a Covered
Associate for a Plan Year is terminated for any reason during the Plan Year, the Covered Associate shall not receive any award under the Plan for such Plan Year. 
 
(h)    Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a reduction in the
amount otherwise payable to a Covered Associate for a Plan Year as provided in paragraph 5(c) or paragraph 5(g) above shall not result in a recalculation of Net Income for such Plan Year. 
 
6.    Shareholder Approval: 
 
Shareholder approval for and ratification of the Plan was last obtained at the annual shareholders’
meeting held during April 1997. The continued effectiveness of the Plan is subject to its approval and ratification by the shareholders of the Corporation at such other times as and to the extent required by Section 162(m)(4)(C)(ii) of the Code.

 
7.    Amendment, Modification and
Termination of the Plan: 
 
The Board of
Directors of the Corporation may amend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no amendment, modification or termination of the Plan shall reduce the amount payable to a Covered Associate under the Plan as of the date of such
amendment, modification or termination. 
 

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8.    Applicable Law: 
 
The Plan shall be construed, administered, regulated and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the United States to the extent applicable, and to the extent such laws are not applicable, by the laws of the state of
Delaware. 
 
9.    Miscellaneous:

 
A Covered Associate’s rights and
interests under the Plan may not be assigned or transferred by the Covered Associate. To the extent the Covered Associate acquires a right to receive payments from the Corporation under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any
unsecured general creditor of the Corporation. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind or any fiduciary relationship between the Corporation and the Covered Associate. Designation as a Covered Associate in the Plan
shall not entitle or be deemed to entitle a Covered Associate to continued employment with the Corporation. 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been executed by an authorized officer of the Corporation as of the day and year first above
written. 
 

	 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

	
	 By:
	 	 /s/    J. STEELE
ALPHIN        

	 	 	 J. Steele Alphin
 Corporate Personnel Executive

	 “Corporation”

 

5Director Deferal Plan

 
Exhibit 10(h)

 
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION DIRECTOR
DEFERRAL PLAN 
 
Amendment Dated April 24,
2002 
 
Bank of America Corporation (the
“Corporation”) sponsors the Bank of America Corporation Director Deferral Plan (the “Plan”). The following is an amendment to the Plan adopted at the April 24, 2002 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation adding
vesting provisions with respect to Stock Units consistent with a similar amendment made to the Directors’ Stock Plan on April 24, 2002: 
 
1.    The following new paragraph 5(l) is added to the Plan effective as of April 24, 2002: 
 
“(l)    Vesting
of Stock Units.    For Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account under paragraph 5(c)(iii) above on or after April 24, 2002, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph 5(l), such Stock Units shall not become
vested until the first anniversary of the date the related Annual Retainer Fee would have otherwise been paid (or, if earlier, the date of the next annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation) (the “Vesting Date”). If the
Participant ceases to serve as a Nonemployee Director before the Vesting Date due to the Nonemployee Director’s death, or if there is a “Change in Control” (as defined under the Stock Plan) prior to the Vesting Date, then the Stock
Units shall become fully vested as of the date of such death or Change in Control, as applicable. If the Nonemployee Director ceases to serve as a Nonemployee Director at any time for any reason other than death before the earlier of the Vesting
Date or a Change in Control, then the Stock Units shall become vested pro rata (based on the number of days between the date the related Annual Retainer Fee would have otherwise been paid and the date of cessation of services divided by 365 days),
and to the extent the Stock Units are not thereby vested they shall be forfeited as of the date of such cessation of services.” 
 
2.    Except as expressly or by necessary implication amended hereby, the Plan shall continue in full force and
effect. 
 

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BANK OF
AMERICA CORPORATION 
DIRECTOR DEFERRAL PLAN 
 
As Amended and Restated Effective December 10, 2002 
 
1.    Name: 
 
This plan shall be known as the “Bank of America
Corporation Director Deferral Plan” (the “Plan”). 
 
2.    Purpose and Intent: 
 
The purpose of the Plan is to provide Nonemployee Directors with the opportunity to defer some or all of their compensation received as directors of the Corporation. It is the intent of the Corporation that amounts deferred
under the Plan by a Nonemployee Director shall not be taxable to the Nonemployee Director for income tax purposes until the time actually received by the Nonemployee Director. The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted to
effectuate such intent. 
 
3.    Definitions: 
 
For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 
“Accounts” of a Participant mean collectively the Participant’s Cash Account and the Stock Account. 
 
“Annual Retainer Fee” means the fee payable at each annual stockholders meeting to
Nonemployee Directors for their services as directors of the Corporation, a portion of which is payable in cash and a portion of which is payable in shares of Restricted Stock under the Stock Plan. 
 
“Annual Stock Award” means the award of
Restricted Stock made under Section 5(b) of the Stock Plan (which replaces annual awards of stock options to Nonemployee Directors under the Stock Plan and which is separate from the stock portion of the Annual Retainer Fee). 
 
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. 
 
“Cash Account”
means the account maintained in dollars on the books of the Corporation to record a Participant’s interest under the Plan attributable to any Cash Compensation deferred by the Participant into the Cash Account pursuant to paragraph 5(c)(ii)
below, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Plan. 
 
“Cash Compensation” means each of the following: (i) the cash portion of the Annual Retainer Fee, (ii) a Committee Chairperson Retainer Fee and (iii) Meetings Fees. 
 
“Claim” means a claim for benefits under the
Plan. 
 
“Claimant” means a person
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“Committee Chairperson Retainer Fee” means the annual retainer fee payable to certain Nonemployee Directors of the Corporation for their services as chairpersons of certain committees of the Board. 
 
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the
Corporation. 
 
“Compensation
Committee” means the committee of individuals who are serving from time to time as the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board. 
 
“Corporate Benefits Committee” means the committee of individuals who are serving from time to time as the members of the
Corporate Benefits Committee of the Corporation. 
 
“Corporate Personnel Group” means the group of employees designated as such from time to time by the Corporation. 
 
“Fair Market Value” of a share of Common Stock on any date means the closing price of a share as reflected in the report
of composite trading of New York Stock Exchange listed securities for that day (or, if no shares were publicly traded on that day, the immediately preceding day that shares were so traded) published in The Wall Street Journal [Eastern
Edition] or in any other publication selected by the Plan Administrator; provided, however, that if the shares are misquoted or omitted by the selected publication(s), the Plan Administrator shall directly solicit the information from
officials of the stock exchanges or from other informed independent market sources.  
 
“Meetings Fees” means the fees payable to a Nonemployee Director for attendance at meetings of the Board and meetings of committees of the Board on which the Nonemployee Director
serves. 
 
“Nonemployee Director”
means an individual who is a member of the Board, but who is not an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. 
 
“Participant” means a Nonemployee Director who has elected to participate in the Plan as provided in paragraph 5(b)
below. 
 
“Plan Administrator”
means the Corporate Personnel Group, or such other person or entity designated as the “Plan Administrator” for purposes of the Plan by the Compensation Committee. 
 
“Plan Year” means the twelve (12) month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

 
“Restricted Stock” means
“Restricted Stock” as defined under the Stock Plan (which includes both shares awarded as the stock portion of the Annual Retainer Fee and shares awarded as part of the Annual Stock Award). 
 

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“Stock
Account” means the account maintained in Stock Units on the books of the Corporation to record a Participant’s interest under the Plan attributable to any Cash Compensation deferred by the Participant into the Stock Account pursuant to
paragraph 5(c)(ii) below and any Stock Compensation deferred under the Plan, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Plan. 
 
“Stock Compensation” means each of the following: (i) the stock portion of the Annual Retainer Fee and (ii) an Annual
Stock Award. 
 
“Stock Plan” means
the Bank of America Corporation Directors’ Stock Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. 
 
“Stock Unit” means a unit having a value as of a given date equal to the Fair Market Value of one (1) share of Common
Stock on such date. 
 
4.    Administration:

 
The Plan Administrator shall be responsible
for administering the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have all of the powers necessary to enable it to properly carry out its duties under the Plan. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator shall have the power to construe and
interpret the Plan and to determine all questions that shall arise hereunder. The Plan Administrator shall have such other and further specified duties, powers, authority and discretion as are elsewhere in the Plan either expressly or by necessary
implication conferred upon it. The Plan Administrator may appoint such agents as it may deem necessary for the effective performance of its duties, and may delegate to such agents such powers and duties as the Plan Administrator may deem expedient
or appropriate that are not inconsistent with the intent of the Plan. The decision of the Plan Administrator upon all matters within its scope of authority shall be final and conclusive on all persons, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.

 
5.    Operation: 
 
(a)    Eligibility.    Each Nonemployee Director shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. 
 
(b)    Elections to Defer.    A Nonemployee Director may become a Participant in the Plan
for a Plan Year by irrevocably electing, on a form provided by the Plan Administrator, to defer all or any portion of each of the following amounts payable during the Plan Year, with separate deferral elections to be made for each: (i) the portion
of the Annual Retainer Fee payable in cash, (ii) the portion of the Annual Retainer Fee payable in stock, (iii) any Annual Stock Award, (iv) any Committee Chairperson Retainer Fee and (v) any Meetings Fees. In order to be effective, a Nonemployee
Director’s election to defer must be executed and returned to the Plan Administrator on or before the date specified by the Plan Administrator for such purpose. Such election must normally be made prior to the beginning of the Plan Year to
which the election relates. However, the Plan Administrator, in its sole and exclusive discretion, may determine that in certain circumstances an election may be made during a Plan Year if such determination is not inconsistent with the intent of
the Plan expressed in paragraph 2 above. 
 

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(c)     Establishment of Accounts. 
 
(i)    The Corporation shall establish and maintain on its books a Cash Account and a Stock Account for each Participant. Each Account shall be designated by the name of the
Participant for whom established. 
 
(ii)    Any Cash Compensation deferred by a Participant shall be credited to the Participant’s Cash Account or Stock Account as the Participant shall elect. The election shall be made at the time determined
by the Plan Administrator and on the form provided by the Plan Administrator. A separate election directing deferral to the Cash Account or Stock Account shall be permitted with respect to each separate component of Cash Compensation being deferred.
If no election is made, any Cash Compensation deferred shall be credited to the Participant’s Cash Account. To the extent any Cash Compensation is to be credited to a Participant’s Cash Account, such amounts shall be credited to the Cash
Account as of the date the amounts would have otherwise been paid to the Participant. To the extent any Cash Compensation is to be credited to a Participant’s Stock Account, the Stock Account shall be credited as of the date the amounts would
have otherwise been paid to the Participant with the number of Stock Units equal to the dollar amount of the deferral divided by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on such date. 
 
(iii)    Any Stock
Compensation deferred by a Participant shall be credited to the Participant’s Stock Account in a number of “Stock Units” equal to the number of shares of Restricted Stock being deferred (including any fractional shares). The Stock
Units shall be credited to the Participant’s Stock Account as of the date the shares of Restricted Stock would have otherwise been awarded under the Stock Plan. 
 
(d)    Account Adjustments: Cash Account.    As of the last
day of each calendar month, each Cash Account shall be adjusted for such month so that the level of investment return of the Cash Account shall be substantially equal to the ask yield of the most recent auction of 30-year Treasury bonds, as quoted
for the last business day of the immediately preceding calendar month in the Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), or if such quotations are not available in the Wall Street Journal, in a similar financial publication selected
by the Plan Administrator.  
 
(e)    Account Adjustments: Stock Account.    Each Stock Account shall be credited additional full or fractional Stock Units for cash dividends paid on the Common Stock based on the
number of Stock Units in the Stock Account on the applicable dividend record date and calculated based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the applicable dividend payment date. Each Stock Account shall also be equitably adjusted as
determined by the Plan Administrator in the event of any stock dividend, stock split or similar change in the capitalization of the Corporation. 
 
(f)    Payment Options.    At the time a Participant first makes an election to defer under
the Plan, the Participant shall be given the opportunity to elect one of the following payment options: (i) single cash payment, (ii) five (5) annual installments or (iii) ten (10) annual installments. The election shall be made in writing on a form
provided by the Plan Administrator and must be returned to the Plan Administrator before such date as specified by the Plan Administrator. Such election shall be effective with respect to all amounts deferred 
 

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under the Plan by the Participant. If a Participant fails to duly elect a payment option, the method of payment shall be the single cash
payment. After the initial deferral election, a Participant may elect a new payment option from among the payment options listed above by submitting a new payment option election to the Plan Administrator. The new payment option election shall be
made in writing on the form provided by the Plan Administrator. The payment option election shall become effective on the one year anniversary of the date the form is filed with the Plan Administrator, provided the Participant has remained a
Nonemployee Director continuously until that date. No additional payment option election may be submitted during such one-year period. No new payment election may shorten the period of time during which payments would have been made in the absence
of such election. Upon becoming effective, the new payment option shall apply with respect to all amounts deferred under the Plan by the Participant, including amounts deferred under the Plan before the election became effective. 
 
(g)    Single Cash
Payment.    If a Participant to whom the single cash payment method applies terminates services with the Corporation as a member of the Board, such Participant’s Accounts shall continue to be credited with adjustments
under paragraph
 5(d) and paragraph 5(e) above through December 31 of the calendar year in which such termination of services occurred. The number of Stock Units in the Stock Account as of such December 31 shall be converted to cash based on the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date, and such cash amount together with the final Cash Account balance as of such December 31 shall be paid in a single cash payment to the Participant (or to the Participant’s designated
beneficiary in the case of the Participant’s termination of services as the result of the Participant’s death) by January 31 of the following calendar year. 
 
(h)    Annual Installments.    If a Participant to whom the
annual installments method applies terminates service with the Corporation as a member of the Board, the amount of such annual installments shall be calculated and paid pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph 5(h). The Participant’s
Accounts shall continue to be credited with adjustments under paragraph 5(d) and paragraph 5(e) above until the Accounts are fully paid out. The first installment shall be paid by January 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar
year in which such termination of services occurred, and each subsequent installment shall be paid by
 January 31 of each subsequent calendar year. Each payment shall be equal to (i) the sum of the Participant’s balance in each Account as of
December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of payment, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator is the number of installments remaining, including the current year’s payment.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the balance of the Stock Account shall be equal to the number of the Participant’s Stock Units as of each December 31 multiplied by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date. In the event of
the Participant’s death, any remaining annual installments shall be paid to the Participant’s designated beneficiary. 
 
(i)    Other Payment Provisions.    Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5(j) and
paragraph 6 below, a Participant shall not be paid any portion of the Participant’s Accounts prior to the Participant’s termination of services as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Any payment hereunder shall be
subject to applicable payroll and withholding taxes. In the event any amount becomes payable under the provisions of the Plan to a Participant, beneficiary or other person who is a minor or an incompetent, whether or not declared incompetent by a
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person or to such person’s legal representative (or attorney-in-fact in the case of an incompetent) as the Plan Administrator, in its
sole discretion, may decide, and the Plan Administrator shall not be liable to any person for any such decision or any payment pursuant thereto. Participants shall designate a beneficiary under the Plan on a form furnished by the Plan Administrator,
and if a Participant does not have a beneficiary designation in effect, the designated beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate. 
 
(j)    Withdrawals on Account of an Unforeseeable Emergency.    A Participant who is in
active service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may, in the Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, receive a payment of all or any part of the amounts previously credited to the Participant’s Cash Account (but not
Stock Account) in the case of an “unforeseeable emergency.” A Participant requesting a payment pursuant to this subparagraph (j) shall have the burden of proof of establishing, to the Plan Administrator’s satisfaction, the existence
of such “unforeseeable emergency,” and the amount of the payment needed to satisfy the same. In that regard, the Participant shall provide the Plan Administrator with such financial data and information as the Plan Administrator may
request. If the Plan Administrator determines that a payment should be made to a Participant under this subparagraph (j), such payment shall be made within a reasonable time after the Plan Administrator’s determination of the existence of such
“unforeseeable emergency” and the amount of payment so needed. As used herein, the term “unforeseeable emergency” means a severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of
the Participant or of a dependent of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. The
circumstances that shall constitute an “unforeseeable emergency” shall depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, payment may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved (i) through reimbursement or
compensation by insurance or otherwise, or (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship. Examples of what are not considered to be
“unforeseeable emergencies” include the need to send a Participant’s child to college or the desire to purchase a home. Withdrawals of amounts because of an “unforeseeable emergency” shall not exceed an amount reasonably
needed to satisfy the emergency need. 
 
(k)    Statements of Account.    Each Participant shall receive an annual statement of the balance in the Participant’s Accounts. 
 
(l)    Vesting of Stock
Units.    For Stock Units credited to a Participant’s Account related to a deferral of Stock Compensation under paragraph 5(c)(iii) above, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph 5(l), such Stock Units shall not
become vested until the related “Vesting Date” under (and as defined in) the Stock Plan. If the Participant ceases to serve as a Nonemployee Director before the Vesting Date due to the Nonemployee Director’s death, or if there is a
“Change in Control” (as defined under the Stock Plan) prior to the Vesting Date, then the Stock Units shall become fully vested as of the date of such death or Change in Control, as applicable. If the Nonemployee Director ceases to serve
as a Nonemployee Director at any time for any reason other than death before the earlier of the Vesting Date or a Change in Control, then the Stock Units shall become vested pro rata to the same extent they would have become vested under the
provisions of the Stock Plan, and to the extent the Stock Units are not thereby vested they shall be forfeited as of the date of such cessation of services. 
 

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6.      Amendment, Modification and Termination of the Plan: 
 
The Compensation Committee shall have the right and power at any time and from time to time to amend the Plan in whole or in part and at
any time to terminate the Plan; provided, however, that no such amendment or termination shall reduce the amount actually credited to a Participant’s Accounts under the Plan on the date of such amendment or termination, or further
defer the due dates for the payment of such amounts, without the consent of the affected Participant. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 5(f), in connection with any termination of the Plan the Compensation Committee shall have the
authority to cause the Accounts of all Participants to be paid in a single cash payment as of a date determined by the Compensation Committee or to otherwise accelerate the payment of Accounts in such manner as the Compensation Committee shall
determine in its discretion. 
 
7.    Claims
Procedures: 
 
(a)    General.    In the event that a Claimant has a Claim under the Plan, such Claim shall be made by the Claimant’s filing a notice thereof with the Plan Administrator within
ninety (90) days after such Claimant first has knowledge of such Claim. Each Claimant who has submitted a Claim to the Plan Administrator shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to state such Claimant’s position and to present evidence and
other material relevant to the Claim to the Plan Administrator for its consideration in rendering its decision with respect thereto. The Plan Administrator shall render its decision in writing within ninety (90) days after the Claim is referred to
it, unless special circumstances require an extension of such time within which to render such decision, in which event such decision shall be rendered no later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the Claim is referred to it. A copy of such
written decision shall be furnished to the Claimant. 
 
(b)    Notice of Decision of Plan Administrator.    Each Claimant whose Claim has been denied by the Plan Administrator shall be provided written notice thereof, which notice shall set
forth: 
 

	 	(i)	 	the specific reason(s) for the denial: 

 

	 	(ii)	 	specific reference to pertinent provision(s) of the Plan upon which such denial is based; 

 

	 	(iii)	 	a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect such Claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary; and 

 

	 	(iv)	 	an explanation of the procedure hereunder for review of such Claim; 

 
all in a manner calculated to be understood by such Claimant. 
 
(c)    Review of Decision of Plan Administrator.    Each such
Claimant shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity for a full and fair review of the decision of the Plan Administrator denying the Claim. Such review shall be by the Corporate Benefits Committee. Such appeal shall be made within ninety (90) days
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Administrator and shall be made by the written request of the Claimant or such Claimant’s duly authorized representative of the
Corporate Benefits Committee. In the event of appeal, the Claimant or such Claimant’s duly authorized representative may review pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing to the Corporate Benefits Committee. The Corporate
Benefits Committee shall review the following: 
 
(i)    the initial proceedings of the Plan Administrator with respect to such Claim; 
 
(ii)    such issues and comments as were submitted in writing by the Claimant or the Claimant’s
duly authorized representative; and 
 
(iii)    such other material and information as the Corporate Benefits Committee, in its sole discretion, deems advisable for a full and fair review of the decision of the Plan Administrator. 
 
The Corporate Benefits Committee may approve, disapprove or modify the
decision of the Plan Administrator, in whole or in part, or may take such other action with respect to such appeal as it deems appropriate. The decision of the Corporate Benefits Committee with respect to such appeal shall be made promptly, and in
no event later than sixty (60) days after receipt of such appeal, unless special circumstances require an extension of such time within which to render such decision, in which event such decision shall be rendered as soon as possible and in no event
later than one hundred twenty (120) days following receipt of such appeal. The decision of the Corporate Benefits Committee shall be in writing and in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant and shall include specific reasons for such
decision and set forth specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such decision is based. The Claimant shall be furnished a copy of the written decision of the Corporate Benefits Committee. Such decision shall be final
and conclusive upon all persons interested therein, except to the extent otherwise provided by applicable law. 
 
8.    Applicable Law: 
 
The Plan shall be construed, administered, regulated and governed in all respects under and by the laws of the United States to the extent applicable, and to the extent such laws are not applicable, by
the laws of the state of Delaware. 
 
9.    Miscellaneous: 
 
A Participant’s rights and interests under the Plan may not be assigned or transferred by the Participant. The Plan shall be an unsecured, unfunded arrangement. To the extent the Participant acquires a right to receive payments
from the Corporation under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Corporation. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind or any fiduciary relationship between the
Corporation and any Participant. The Plan shall be binding on the Corporation and any successor in interest of the Corporation. 
 

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