Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 4.2

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 20, 2017, among LIBERTY CABLEVISION OF PUERTO RICO LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), LiLAC COMMUNICATIONS INC., a Delaware corporation (“LCI”), and SCPV LEO, L.P., SC LEO, L.P., SC AIV LEO, L.P. and SEARCHLIGHT/SIP HOLDCO SPV II (TRI), L.P. (collectively, the “Searchlight Holders” and together with LCI, the “Shareholders”), the Guarantors party hereto, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the Lenders party hereto 
BACKGROUND
The Company, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to an Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of July 7, 2014 (the “Original Credit Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment and as may be further amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to provide the Company with certain financial accommodations.
The Company and the Guarantors have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders amend the Original Credit Agreement in the manner described below, and the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of any loan or advance or grant of credit heretofore or hereafter made to or for the account of the Company by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
		
	1.
	Definitions. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt this Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document.”

		
	2.
	Amendments. 

		
	(a)
	A new Section 6.21 is hereby added to the Original Credit Agreement as follows:

“Additional Funding. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Company intends to issue Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests and/or incur Subordinated Funding, from time to time on or before December 31, 2018, in an aggregate amount of up to $60,000,000 (the “Maximum 

Additional Funding Amount”), the proceeds of which (the “Equity Proceeds”) will be used for liquidity purposes, including in the event of any projected negative cash position or any Event of Default.  If the Company’s monthly management-prepared projections indicate a negative cash position (a “Liquidity Shortfall”) in any month ending on or prior to December 31, 2018 (a “Shortfall Month”), then the Company shall issue, prior to the commencement of such Shortfall Month, Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests and/or incur Subordinated Funding resulting in Equity Proceeds in an amount at least equal to the Liquidity Shortfall.  If the Company determines that it needs additional capital for purposes of funding its liquidity needs through December 31, 2018, including if Equity Proceeds requested pursuant to the previous sentence have not been received prior to the commencement of a Shortfall Month, then the Company shall promptly request funding of Equity Proceeds sufficient to cover the Liquidity Shortfall or otherwise provide the necessary liquidity, and each Shareholder shall cause the Company to receive a percentage of such Equity Proceeds equal to such Shareholder’s Pro Rata Equity Share (as defined below) on or prior to the 15th day following receipt of such notice.  If such Equity Proceeds are not received on or prior to the 15th day following receipt of such notice, then an Event of Default shall be deemed to occur; provided, however, that no such Event of Default shall be deemed to occur at and following such time as the Company has received Equity Proceeds in an aggregate amount equal to or greater than the Maximum Additional Funding Amount.  If an Event of Default occurs on or prior to December 31, 2018, then the Company shall issue Equity Interests not constituting Disqualified Equity Interests and/or incur Subordinated Funding resulting in Equity Proceeds in an amount equal to any unused portion of the Maximum Additional Funding Amount and each Shareholder shall cause the Company to receive a percentage of such Equity Proceeds equal to such Shareholder’s Pro Rata Equity Share (as defined below) on or prior to the 15th day following the date on which such Shareholder receives notice of the occurrence of such Event of Default (which the Company shall provide promptly following the occurrence of such Event of Default).  For purposes of this Section 6.21, “Pro Rata Equity Share shall mean, (a) in respect of LiLAC Communications Inc., 60%, and (b) in respect of the Searchlight Holders, 40%, in the aggregate, among the Searchlight Holders. The parties hereto consent to the assignment to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, of the commitment of each of LCI and the Searchlight Holders to cause the Company to receive Equity Proceeds as provided for in this section (the “Capital Commitment”), provided that such Capital Commitment shall not be enforceable to the extent that the Lenders have received payment in full of all Obligations owing to them under the Credit Agreement.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties agree that the Capital Commitment shall not constitute a “loan”, “other debt financing” or “financial accommodation”, in each case, to or for the 

benefit of the Company, within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 365(c)(2), and each of the Shareholders and the Company waive any right or ability to reject or otherwise avoid their obligations in connection with the Capital Commitment pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365 or otherwise.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Maximum Additional Funding Amount shall be reduced by any Equity Proceeds received by the Company on or after December 20, 2017 (whether received in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise).”.
		
	(b)
	Section 7.06(c) (Restricted Payments; Permitted Payments; Permitted Affiliate Transactions) of the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence after clause (xxxii):  

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the period from December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2018, the Company shall not be permitted to make any Permitted Payments, other than those Permitted Payments specified in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (viii), (xiii), (xvii), (xviii), (xxiii), (xxiv) and (xxvi) of this Section 7.06(c).”.
		
	(c)
	Section 7.08 (Financial Covenants) of the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: (i) the Company shall not be required to comply with Section 7.08 (Financial Covenants) for the Ratio Periods ending December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2018 (provided that the Financial Covenants will continue to be tested with respect to any other provision of the Credit Agreement that requires Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenants) and (ii) for purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.08 only, for each Ratio Period ending March 31, 2019 and thereafter, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 5.00: 1.00. For the avoidance of doubt, for any other provision of the Credit Agreement that requires Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenants, the Consolidated First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall remain at 4.50: 1.00 as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

		
	(d)
	Section 8.01(c)(ii) of the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

“Any Loan Party fails to perform, observe or comply with the Financial Covenants (for the Ratio Periods specified in Section 7.08) and such failure to perform, observe or comply has not been cured pursuant to Section 8.04, or Equity Proceeds are not received within the time period specified and upon the terms set forth in Section 6.21.”.
		
	3.
	Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of (a) a copy of this Amendment, executed by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of 

the Required Lenders) and (b) an executed copy of an amendment to the First Lien Credit Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
		
	4.
	Representations and Warranties.  Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants as follows:

		
	(a)
	Each Loan Party (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction) and (b) has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Amendment.

		
	(b)
	The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Amendment (a) has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and (b) do not contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents.

		
	(c)
	This Amendment and the Original Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Loan Party and are enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

		
	(d)
	After giving effect to this Amendment, all representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Amendment with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided, however, that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.

		
	(e)
	After giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing.

		
	5.
	Miscellaneous.  The Shareholders are parties to this Amendment, and by their execution hereof shall become parties to the Credit Agreement, solely with respect to their obligations under Section 6.21 of the Credit Agreement.  Each Shareholder shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement upon the earlier to occur of (a) December 31, 2018 and (b) the date on which such Shareholder has funded as Equity Proceeds its Pro Rata Equity Share (as defined in Section 6.21 of the Credit Agreement) of the Maximum Additional Funding Amount.

		
	6.
	Effect on the Credit Agreement.

		
	(a)
	Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  This Amendment shall be a Loan Document for all purposes under the Credit Agreement.

		
	(b)
	Except as specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement, and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

		
	(c)
	Except as specifically set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, or any other documents, instruments or agreements executed and/or delivered under or in connection therewith.

		
	7.
	Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as deliver of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

		
	8.
	Section Headings. The section headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

		
	9.
	 Severability.  If any provision of this Amendment is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

		
	10.
	Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

		
	11.
	Indemnity, Venue, Service of Process, Waiver of Jury Trial. Sections 10.05, 10.15 and 10.16 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

LIBERTY CABLEVISION OF PUERTO RICO LLC

By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:     General Counsel

LiLAC COMMUNICATIONS INC.

By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY    
Title:    Managing Director

SC LEO, L.P. 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, L.P, its general partner 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, LLC, its general partner
By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Name: AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY    
Title:     Authorized Person

SCPV LEO, L.P. 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, L.P, its general partner 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, LLC, its general partner
By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:    Authorized Person

SC AIV LEO, L.P. 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, L.P, its general partner 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, LLC, its general partner
By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:    Authorized Person

SEARCHLIGHT/SIP HOLDCO SPV II (TRI), L.P. 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, L.P, its general partner 
By: Searchlight Capital Partners GP, LLC, its general partner
By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:    Authorized Person

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as 
Administrative Agent

By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:    Director
By:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY 
Name:    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY     
Title:    Director

EXHIBIT A

[Form of Amendment to Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement]Exhibit

Exhibit 10.17

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN
(Amended and Restated Effective May 20, 2014)
		
	SECTION 1.  
	ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF PLAN

The Agilent Technologies, Inc. Excess Benefit Retirement Plan (the “Prior Plan”) was frozen effective December 31, 2005, and the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Supplemental Benefit Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) was established effective January 1, 2005 to continue to provide supplemental retirement benefits to certain management and highly compensated employees equal to those benefits that are limited under the Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and/or Retirement Plan because of the limitations on contributions and benefits imposed by Section 415 of the Code and the limitation on compensation imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.  This Plan is intended to be an unfunded excess benefit plan under Sections 3(36) and 4(b)(5) of ERISA.  The Company retains the right, as provided in Section 8, to amend or terminate the Plan in accordance with the requirements under Section 409A of the Code.  The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, or its delegates, as provided in Section 7.  Subsequently, the Plan was amended on November 17, 2010, March 15, 2011 and March 18, 2014.  The Plan is hereby further amended and restated effective May 20, 2014.
Benefits accrued under the Prior Plan before January 1, 2005, shall be governed by the terms and conditions of the Prior Plan as in effect as of December 31, 2004.  Benefits accrued under the Prior Plan or this Plan on or after January 1, 2005, shall be governed under the terms of this Plan effective January 1, 2005, as amended from time to time.
The Company created Keysight Technologies, Inc. (“Keysight”), as a wholly-owned subsidiary, in order to complete a planned corporate separation of the Keysight operations (the “Operational Separation”) and subsequent 

SBRP Draft Mar. 2014
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

distribution of all outstanding Keysight common stock to Agilent’s shareholders (the “Distribution”).  According to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement entered into by and between Agilent and Keysight (the “Employee Matters Agreement”), effective no later than the date of Operational Separation, Keysight will establish a supplemental benefit retirement plan (the “Keysight Plan”) with substantially similar terms to the Plan, and Keysight will assume the portion of the liabilities under this Plan as prescribed in the Employee Matters Agreement.  During the period between the date of Operational Separation and the date of Distribution, employees of Agilent and Keysight shall participate in this Plan or the Keysight Plan as determined under the provisions of the Employee Matters Agreement.  Effective as of the date of the Distribution, all Participants who are employed by Keysight (the “Keysight Participants”) will no longer be eligible to participate or otherwise receive benefits under the Plan and all supplemental benefits shall be paid to Keysight Participants solely as provided under the terms of the Keysight Plan.  Neither the Operational Separation nor the Distribution shall be treated as a benefit distribution event under the Plan with respect to any Participant.
		
	SECTION 2.  
	DEFINITIONS

Certain capitalized words and phrases used in the text of the Plan shall have the meaning attributed to them in the DPSP or RP or the following meaning unless the text further specifies the meaning or from the context it clearly appears otherwise:
(a)     “Actual DPSP Account” means the amount in the separate account established for each Participant under the DPSP.
(b)    “Actual RP Benefit” means the benefit in fact determined under the RP as of the date when benefits are to be paid under the DPSP or RP.
(c)    “Appeals Committee” means the committee designated from time to time by the Committee to review claim appeals under Section 9 of the Plan.  The initial members of the Appeals Committee shall be the Senior Vice President, Human Resources; the Vice President, Worldwide Human Resources; and Vice President, Assistant General 

2
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

Counsel. The Appeals Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Committee and may be removed at any time and for any reason.
(d)    “Claims Administrator” means the Company or such other entity or individual designated by the Company to review clams for benefits under Section 9.
(e)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company or its delegate appointed as provided in Section 7.
(f)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(g)    “Company” means Agilent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(h)    “Distribution Date” means the date the Company is no longer a member of the Hewlett-Packard Company controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the Code).
(i)    “DPSP” or “Deferred Profit Sharing Plan” means the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Deferred Profit Sharing Plan adopted and effective as of May 1, 2000, and as it may be amended from time to time.
(j)    “Employee” means a common law employee of an Employer.
(k)    “Employer” means the Company or any of its affiliates as determined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h)(3).
(l)    “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
(m)    “Participant” means any individual entitled to a Virtual DPSP Account under Section 4 or a Virtual Retirement Benefit under Section 5.

3
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

(n)    “Plan” means the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Supplemental Benefit Retirement Plan, as described herein and as it may be amended from time to time.
(o)    “RP” or “Retirement Plan” means the Agilent Technologies, Inc. Retirement Plan adopted and effective as of May 1, 2000, and as it may be amended from time to time.
(p)    “Terminate” or “Terminates” means a separation from service within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h).  A Participant shall not be deemed to have separated from service if the Participant continues to provide services to an Employer at an annual rate that is fifty percent (50%) or more of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three (3) full calendar years of employment with the Employer (or if employed by the Employer less than three (3) years, such lesser period); provided, however, that a separation from service will be deemed to have occurred if a Participant’s service with an Employer is reduced to an annual rate that of twenty percent (20%) or less of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three (3) full calendar years of employment with the Employer (or if employed by the Employer less than three (3) years, such lesser period).
(q)    “Termination Date” means the date in which a Participant Terminates.
(r)    “Virtual DPSP Account” means a bookkeeping account established under Section 4 to which is credited all investment earnings as provided in Section 4.
(s)    “Virtual Retirement Benefit” means the benefit payable to a Participant or Beneficiary determined under Section 5.
(t)    “Virtual RP Benefit” means the benefit determined under the RP based on the Annuity Value of the Actual DPSP Account, if applicable, but otherwise without regard to the limitations of Section 415 or Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
		
	SECTION 3.  
	ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

4
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

(a)    General Rule.  Any individual who is participating in the DPSP and/or the RP and who by reason of the limitations of Section 415 or Section 401(a)(17) of the Code is unable to receive the formula contributions or benefits otherwise provided under the DPSP and/or RP shall automatically be a Participant in this Plan.
(b)    Termination of Participation.  An individual shall cease to be a Participant as of the date he or she ceases to be an Employee, unless the individual is entitled to benefits hereunder, in which event his or her status as a Participant shall terminate on the earlier of the date of his or her death or the date no further amount is payable to the individual hereunder.
		
	SECTION 4.  
	VIRTUAL DPSP ACCOUNTS

A separate account, called a “Virtual DPSP Account,” shall be maintained by the Committee for each Participant.  The value of the Virtual DPSP Account as of May 1, 2000 shall equal the value of the Virtual DPSP Account each Participant had under the Hewlett-Packard Company Excess Benefit Retirement Plan on the business day preceding May 1, 2000.  As of the last day of each Plan Year, or in the case of an Employee who Terminates and who has made claim for benefits under the DPSP, as of the Employee’s valuation date (if other than the last day of the Plan Year), each Virtual DPSP Account shall be revalued.  For purposes of valuation, the Virtual DPSP Account shall be deemed invested as the assets of the DPSP.
		
	SECTION 5.  
	VIRTUAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT

(a)    Determination of Benefit.  The benefits payable under this Plan shall be determined as of the date when benefits are to be paid under the DPSP or RP or (i) prior to January 1, 2008, as of the October 31, or (ii) on or after January 1, 2008, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter, preceding the distribution date of benefits under this Plan if benefits have not yet been paid under the DPSP or RP.
As of the applicable date provided above, the Committee shall determine the Virtual RP Benefit and the Actual RP Benefit.  As of the same date the Committee shall determine the Annuity Value of the Virtual DPSP Account, if any, 

5
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

in the same manner as the Annuity Value of the Actual DPSP Account, if any, is determined under the RP.  The benefit payable under this Plan, if any, shall equal:  
		
	(i)
	The greater of the Virtual RP Benefit or the Annuity Value of the Virtual DPSP Account; less

		
	(ii)
	The Actual RP Benefit.

The benefit determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be known as the Virtual Retirement Benefit.
(b)    Form and Time of Payment.  The Participant’s Virtual Retirement Benefit shall be converted to a lump sum benefit as of the date the Participant’s DPSP or RP benefit is to be paid or either (i) prior to January 1, 2008, as of the October 31 preceding the distribution date of this Plan if the DPSP or RP benefit has not yet been paid, or (ii) on or after January 1, 2008, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter preceding the distribution date of this Plan if the DPSP or RP benefit has not yet been paid.  The conversion shall be based on the same actuarial factors that would be used to convert an RP benefit from an annuity to a lump sum at the time of the conversion.  The unpaid portion of the lump sum Virtual Retirement Benefits shall be credited with earnings as of (i) the date the Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and the Retirement Plan commenced distribution, or (ii) if the distributions have not commenced from the Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and the Retirement Plan, (A) prior to January 1, 2008, as of the October 31, or (B) on or after January 1, 2008, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter preceding distribution from the Plan.  Such credited earnings shall be based on the ninety-day (90-day) Treasury bill rate in effect on the last day that such rates are published of the last day of the fiscal quarter preceding the distribution date.
Benefits are payable under this Plan as specified below:
		
	(i)
	A Participant who Terminates on or before June 30, 2005 and elected to receive a distribution from the Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement Plan shall receive a benefit on or after January 1, 2006 in accordance with an election made by such Participant.  In the event that 

6
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

the Participant has not made an election prior to January 1, 2006, such Participant will receive a benefit on such payment date in the form of either (a) five (5) annual installments beginning on January 1, 2006 if such Participant’s lump sum equivalent of the Virtual Retirement Benefit as determined under this Section 5 is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or (b) in a lump sum.
		
	(ii)
	A Participant who terminates on or after July 1, 2005 but prior to January 1, 2006 and elected to receive a distribution from the Deferred Profit Sharing Plan and Retirement Plan shall receive a benefit on or after January 1, 2007 in accordance with the election made by the Participant.  In the event that the Participant has not made an election prior to January 1, 2006, such Participant will receive a benefit on such payment date in the form of either (a) five (5) annual installments beginning on January 1, 2007 if such Participant’s lump sum equivalent of the Virtual Retirement Benefit as determined under this Section 5 is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or (b) in a lump sum.

		
	(iii)
	A Participant who Terminates on or after January 1, 2006 but prior to January 1, 2008 shall commence to receive a benefit either (a) during the month of January immediately following such Participant’s Termination Date if such Termination Date occurs during the first six (6) months of the year, or (b) during the month of the second January following the year in which the Termination Date occurs if such Termination Date occurs during the second six (6) months of the year.  The Participant will receive a benefit on such payment date in the form of either (a) five (5) annual installments beginning if such Participant’s lump sum equivalent of the Virtual Retirement Benefit as determined under this Section 5 is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), or (b) in a lump sum.

		
	(iv)
	A Participant who Terminates on or after January 1, 2008 shall commence to receive a benefit either (a) during the month of January immediately following such Participant’s Termination Date if such Termination Date occurs during the first six (6) months of the year, or (b) during 

7
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

the month of July following the year of the Termination Date if such Termination Date occurs during the second six (6) months of the year.  The Participant will receive a benefit on such payment date in the form of either (a) five (5) annual installments beginning if such Participant’s lump sum equivalent of the Virtual Retirement Benefit as determined under this Section 5 is greater than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) or (b) in a lump sum.
Any distribution from the Plan will be subject to the following limitations:
		
	(i)
	Any annual installments shall be payable beginning in January or July, as provided in this paragraph (b), of the particular year; and

		
	(ii)
	The amount of each annual installment shall be determined by dividing the unpaid balance as of the last day of the prior Plan Year by the sum of the annual payments remaining to be made.

(c)Death of Participant.  If a Participant dies, without regard to whether he or she is employed by any member of the Affiliated Group at the time of death, his or her Beneficiary shall be the individual (or individuals) designated on the form prescribed by the Committee (or, in the absence of such a designation, his or her Beneficiary under the DPSP, or, in the absence of a DPSP benefit, his or her Beneficiary under the RP).  Such Beneficiary shall be entitled to the unpaid portion (if any) of the Virtual Retirement Benefit determined under Section 5(a).  Participant’s 

8
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

Virtual Retirement Benefit shall be distributed to the Beneficiary in the form and at the time prescribed by the Plan under Section 5(b).
(d)Specified Employees.  Notwithstanding any other Plan provision, no payment to a “specified employee,” as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(i) shall commence earlier than six (6) months after the date of such individual’s Termination Date (except in the case of a Termination due to death).  The commencement of a validly elected payment should be delayed to the day that is at least six (6) months after such Termination Date.
(e)Rules for Rehired Participants.  Payments that are scheduled to be made to a Participant as of the date he or she is rehired shall continue on the original payment schedule and shall not be suspended during the subsequent period of service.  In addition, the benefits calculated under this Section 5 shall only take into account the new period of service and not any previous periods of service.
		
	SECTION 6.  
	FUNDING POLICY AND METHOD

Benefits and administrative expenses shall be paid as needed solely from the general assets of the Company.  This Plan shall be unfunded within the meaning of Section 4(b)(5) of ERISA.  No contributions are required or permitted from any Participant.  Upon a Change in Control, the Company, as soon as possible, but in no event later than ten (10) days following a Change in Control, shall make a contribution to an irrevocable grantor trust, which complies with the requirements of IRS Revenue Procedure 92-64, such that the Plan remains unfunded for purposes of ERISA and the Code, in an amount that is sufficient to pay each Participant and Beneficiary the supplemental retirement benefits which he or she has accrued and vested as of the date on which the Change in Control occurred.  For the purpose of this Section 6, “Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a)The sale, exchange, lease or other disposition or transfer of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company to a person or group (as such terms are defined or described in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) which will continue the business of the Company in the future; or

9
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

(b)A merger or consolidation involving the Company in which a person or group (as such terms are defined or described in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires more than 50% of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company resulting from such transaction in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation; or
(c)The acquisition of ownership in which a person or group (as such terms are defined or described in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B)) acquires during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons at least 30% of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; or
(d)A majority of members of the Company’s Board of Directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the date of the appointment or election.

10
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

		
	SECTION 7.  
	ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  No member of the Committee shall become a Participant in the Plan.  The Committee shall make such rules, interpretations and computations as it may deem appropriate, and any decision of the Committee with respect to the Plan, including (without limitation) any determination of eligibility to participate in the Plan and any calculation of benefits under the Plan shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.  The Committee may delegate to one or more persons or a committee the authority to administer all or portions of the Plan and the actions or decisions of such delegate or delegates, shall be final and binding on all persons.  The Claims Administrator shall have authority to review benefit claims under Section 9(a) and (b), and the Appeals Committee shall have authority to review claim appeals under Section 9(c) and (d).
		
	SECTION 8.  
	AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan, subject to the requirements under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, at any time by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors or by resolution of any proper delegatee of the Company’s Board of Directors.  Participants will be given notice prior to the discontinuance of the Plan or reduction of any benefits provided by the Plan.
		
	SECTION 9.  
	CLAIMS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES

(a)Claims for Benefits.  A Participant or Beneficiary may file a formal claim for benefits with the Claims Administrator in accordance with the procedures below within one year of the event giving rise to the claim for benefits under this Section 9.  A claim for benefits must be in writing and sent to the Claims Administrator at: Agilent Technologies, Inc., Attention: Human Resources Department, Mailstop 1A-20, Building 1, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051.  The Claims Administrator may request additional documentation or information regarding a claim for benefits under this Section 9.  Any failure of a Participant or Beneficiary to comply with the request for documentation or information by the Claims Administrator shall constitute sufficient grounds for delay in deciding a claim.

11
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

(b)Notice of Denial.  If a claim for benefits under Section 9(b) above is denied, in whole or in part, the Participant or Beneficiary shall receive a written explanation within 90 days after receipt of his or her claim.  Due to special circumstances, the Claims Administrator may extend the period for determination for up to an additional 90 days, upon written notice to Participant or Beneficiary describing the special circumstances requiring the extension and the date by which the Claims Administrator expects to reach a decision on the claim.  The written explanation shall cover the specific reasons for the denial of Participant’s claim, the specific references in the Plan that support those reasons, the information the Participant or Beneficiary must provide to verify their claim and the reasons why that information is necessary, the procedures available for further review of the claim, and a statement of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA upon a denial on appeal.
(c)Appeal of Denied Claims.  To appeal a claim for benefits that has been denied pursuant to Section 9(c) above, a Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative) must submit a written appeal to the Appeals Committee within 60 days after the Participant or Beneficiary receives the claim denial notice.  Appeals of denied claims must be sent to the Appeals Committee in care of: Agilent Technologies, Inc., Attention: Human Resources Department, Mailstop 1A-20, Building 1, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95051.  With respect to appeals of denied claims under the Plan, a Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative): 
		
	(i)
	May submit written comments, documents, records, and other information relating to his or her claim for benefits; 

		
	(ii)
	Shall be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant (that is not privileged or protected) to his or her claim for benefits; and 

		
	(iii)
	Shall be provided with a review on appeal (if an appeal request is timely filed) that takes into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative) relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial claim determination.

12
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

The Appeals Committee may request additional documentation or information regarding an appeal.  Any failure of a Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative) to comply with the request for documentation or information by the Appeals Committee constitutes sufficient grounds for delay in deciding the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s appeal.
(d)Decision on Appeal.  The Appeals Committee or its representative shall notify a Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative) of its decision on appeal within 60 days of the date the Appeal Committee’s receives the appeal.  Due to special circumstances, the Appeals Committee may extend the period for making its decision for up to an additional 60 days, upon written notice to the Participant or Beneficiary (or his or her authorized representative) before the extension period commences.  The decision shall be in writing, and shall include the specific reasons for the decision, the Plan references on which the decision is based, a statement that the Participant or Beneficiary is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant (that is not privileged or protected) to the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s claims for benefits, a statement of any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan (if any), and a statement of the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s right to bring an action under Section 502(a) of ERISA upon a denial on appeal.  The Appeals Committee has the authority to make the final decisions with respect to paying claims under the Plan.  In making a final decision, the Appeals Committee has sole, absolute and discretionary authority in interpreting the meaning of the Plan provisions and in determining all questions arising under the Plan, including, but not limited to, eligibility for benefits.  The Appeals Committee’s decision shall be final and binding on Participants and Beneficiaries and all other parties to the maximum extent allowed by law.
(e)Exhaustion of Remedies; Limitation Periods.  To the extent permitted by law, any decisions or other actions taken under the procedures described in this Section 9 shall be final and binding on all parties.  No litigation or legal action shall be initiated with respect to any claim for benefits under the Plan, unless and until a Participant or Beneficiary has exhausted his or her remedies under the procedures described in this Section 9 and obtained a final decision on appeal.  In any such litigation or legal action, a Participant or Beneficiary may only present evidence and theories which the Participant or Beneficiary presented during the procedures described in this Section 9.  Any claims which the Participant or Beneficiary did not pursue through the review stage of the procedure shall be treated as having 

13
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

been irrevocably waived.  Judicial review of a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s denied claim shall be limited to a determination of whether the denial was an abuse of discretion based on the evidence and theories the Participant or Beneficiary presented during the procedures described in this Section 9.  Any litigation or legal action by a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan must be initiated no later than one year following a final decision on appeal with respect to the claim for benefits.  The foregoing limitations on litigation or legal action for benefits shall apply in any forum where a Participant or Beneficiary initiates such litigation or legal action.
		
	SECTION 10.  
	GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)Choice of Law.  This Plan, and all rights under this Plan, shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the law of the State of California.
(b)Assignment.  Except to comply with a domestic relations order defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii), the interest and property rights of any person in the Plan or in any payment to be made under the Plan shall not be subject to option nor be assignable either by voluntary or involuntary assignment or operation of law, including (without limitation) bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor’s process, and any act in violation of this Section 10(b) shall be void.
(c)Number.  Except as otherwise clearly indicated, the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.
(d)Headings and Captions.  The headings and captions herein are provided for reference and convenience only and shall not be considered part of the Plan nor shall they be employed in the construction of the Plan.
(e)Competency to Handle Benefits.  If Agilent determines that any person has become unable to properly handle any property distributable to such person under the Plan, Agilent may make any reasonable arrangement for the distribution of Plan benefits on such person’s behalf as it deems appropriate.  Payment to anyone described in this Section 10(e) will release the Company from all further liability to the extent of the payment made.

14
	
			
	#14056910
	 
	 

(f)Severability of Provisions.  If any provision of the Plan shall be held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had not been included.
(g)Tax Withholding.  If any Federal or state tax withholding or payroll tax is required with respect to a Participant’s Virtual Retirement Benefit, Agilent shall make appropriate arrangements with the Participant for satisfaction of such obligation.
(h)No Employment Rights.  Nothing in the Plan, nor any action of the Committee or the Company pursuant to the Plan, shall be deemed to give any person any right to remain in the employ of the Company or affect the right of the Company to Terminate a Participant’s or other person’s employment at any time, with or without cause.
(i)This Plan is intended to comply, and shall be interpreted as necessary to comply, with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.  Any provision of the Plan that cannot be so interpreted or applied consistent with Code Section 409A is deemed amended to comply with Code Section 409A or, if such amendment is not possible, is void.  Agilent does not guarantee or warrant the tax consequences of any payment under this Plan and the Participants shall in all cases be liable for any taxes due with respect to the Plan.
		
	SECTION 11.  
	EXECUTION

To record the adoption of the Plan as set forth herein, the Company has caused its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to affix the Company’s name and seal hereto this 20th day of May, 2014.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ Marie Oh Huber    
Marie Oh Huber,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Agilent Technologies, Inc.

15
	
			
	#14056910

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00277-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00277-of-00352.parquet"}]]