Document:

Form of Change-in-Control Severance Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL 
 July 30, 2008 
 [Name] 
 [Address] 
 Dear
[Name]: 
 TECO Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the
continuous employment of key management personnel. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) recognizes that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may
exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or distraction of key management personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders. 
 The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the
Company’s management, including yourself, to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising from the possibility of a change in control of the Company. 
 In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and in consideration of your agreement set forth in Subsection 2(iii) hereof, the Company
agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this letter agreement (the “Agreement”) in the event your employment with the Company is terminated subsequent to a “change in control of the Company” (as defined
in Section 2(i) hereof) (or is deemed to be terminated subsequent to a change in control of the Company in accordance with the second sentence of Section 3 hereof) under the circumstances described below. This agreement amends and restates
the letter agreement dated November 1, 2007 between you and the Company (the “Prior Agreement”). 
 1. Term of
Agreement. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through June 30, 2010; provided, however, that commencing on July 1, 2009 and each July 1 thereafter, the term of this Agreement shall
automatically be extended for one additional year unless, not later than March 31 of such year, the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement (provided that no such notice may be given during the pendency of
or within two years following a potential change in control of the Company, as defined in Section 2(ii) hereof); provided, further, if a change in control of the Company shall have occurred during the original or extended term of this
Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of thirty-six (36) months beyond the month in which such change in control occurred. 
 2. Change in Control; Potential Change in Control. (i) Except as provided in the second sentence of Section 3 hereof, no benefits shall be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a 

 
change in control of the Company, as set forth below. For purposes of this Agreement, a “change in control of the Company” shall mean a change in
control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), whether or not the Company is
in fact required to comply therewith; provided, that, without limitation, such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred if: 
 (A) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; 
 (B) the following individuals cease to constitute a majority of the number of
directors then serving: individuals who on the date hereof constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited
to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds ( 2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the date hereof or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or 
 (C) there is
consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than (i) a merger or consolidation resulting in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the combined voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any
parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no “person” (as hereinabove defined)
acquires 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or 
 (D) the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or there is consummated the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. 
 (ii) For purposes of this Agreement, a “potential change in control of the Company” shall be deemed to have occurred if: 
 (A) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a change in control of the Company;

  

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 (B) any person (as hereinabove defined), including the Company, publicly announces an
intention to take or consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a change in control of the Company; 
 (C)
any person (as hereinabove defined), other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company (a) is or becomes the beneficial owner, (b) discloses directly or indirectly to the Company or publicly a plan or intention to become the beneficial owner, or
(c) makes a filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to securities to become the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities representing 9.9% or more of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; or 
 (D) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for
purposes of this Agreement, a potential change in control of the Company has occurred. 
 (iii) You agree that, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a potential change in control of the Company during the term of this Agreement (as determined under Section 1 hereof), you will remain in the employ of the Company until the earliest of (a) a
date which is one (1) year from the occurrence of such potential change in control of the Company, (b) the termination by you of your employment after you attain “normal retirement age” under the provisions of the TECO Energy
Group Retirement Plan or any successor thereto (the “Retirement Plan”) or by reason of death or Disability as defined in Section 3(i), or (c) the date of the occurrence of a change in control of the Company. 
 3. Termination Following Change in Control. If your employment is terminated following a change in control of the Company and during the term of
this Agreement, other than (A) by the Company for Cause, (B) by reason of death or Disability, or (C) by you without Good Reason, then the Company shall pay you the amounts, and provide you the benefits, described in
Section 4(iii) hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, your employment shall be deemed to have been terminated following a change in control of the Company by the Company without Cause or by you with Good Reason, if (i) your employment is
terminated by the Company without Cause prior to a change in control of the Company (whether or not such a change in control ever occurs) and such termination was at the request or direction of a “person” (as hereinabove defined) who has
entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a change in control of the Company, (ii) you terminate your employment for Good Reason prior to a change in control of the Company (whether or not such a
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or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or direction of such person, or (iii) your employment is terminated by the Company without
Cause or by you for Good Reason and such termination or the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a change in control of the Company (whether or not such a change in control ever
occurs). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, you shall not be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4 hereof unless you have incurred a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code.

 (i) Disability. If, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness, you shall have been absent from the full-time
performance of your duties with the Company for six (6) consecutive months, and within thirty (30) days after written notice of termination is given you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties, your employment
may be terminated for “Disability”. 
 (ii) Cause. Termination by the
Company of your employment for “Cause” shall mean termination upon (A) the willful and continued failure by you to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from your incapacity due to
physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination by you for Good Reason, as defined in Subsections 3(iv) and 3(iii), respectively) after a written demand for substantial performance
is delivered to you by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, or (B) the willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and
materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise. For purposes of this Subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters ( 3/4) of the entire membership of the Board
at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together with your counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board you were guilty of
conduct set forth above in this Subsection and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 
 (iii) Good Reason. “Good
Reason” for termination by you of your employment shall mean the occurrence (without your express written consent) after any change in control of the Company, or prior to a change in control of the Company under the circumstances described in
the second sentence of Section 3 hereof (treating all references in paragraphs (A) through (H) below to a “change in control of the Company” as references to a “potential change in control of the Company”), of any
one of the following acts by the Company, or failures by the Company to act: 
 (A) the assignment to you of any duties
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in control of the Company or a substantial adverse alteration in the nature or status of your position or responsibilities or the conditions of your
employment from those in effect immediately prior to the change in control of the Company; 
 (B) a reduction by the Company
in your annual base salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased from time to time; 
 (C) the
Company’s requiring you to be based more than fifty (50) miles from the Company’s offices at which you were principally employed immediately prior to the date of the change in control of the Company except for required travel on the
Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with your present business travel obligations; 
 (D) the
failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your current compensation or compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company, within seven (7) days of the date such compensation is due; 
 (E) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any material compensation or benefit plan in which you participate immediately prior
to the change in control of the Company unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue your participation therein (or in such
substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other participants, than existed at the time of the change in control;

 (F) the failure by the Company to continue to provide you with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by you under
any of the Company’s pension, life insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability plans in which you were participating at the time of the change in control of the Company, the taking of any action by the Company which would directly or
indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive you of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by you at the time of the change in control of the Company, or the failure by the Company to provide you with the number of paid vacation days to
which you are entitled on the basis of your years of service with the Company in accordance with the Company’s normal vacation policy in effect at the time of the change in control of the Company; 
 (G) the failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as
contemplated in Section 6 hereof; or 
 (H) any purported termination of your employment which is not effected pursuant
to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Subsection (iv) below (and, if applicable, the requirements of Subsection (ii) above), which purported termination shall not be effective for purposes of this Agreement. 

 

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 Your right to terminate your employment pursuant to this Subsection shall not be affected by your incapacity due to
physical or mental illness. Your continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder. 
 (iv) Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of your employment by the Company or by you shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 7 hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so indicated. 
 (v) Date of Termination, Etc. “Date of Termination” shall mean (A) if your employment is terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after Notice of Termination is given (provided that you
shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during such thirty (30) day period), and (B) if your employment is terminated pursuant to Subsection (ii) or (iii) above or for any other reason (other than
Disability), the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a termination pursuant to Subsection (ii) above shall not be less than thirty (30) days, and in the case of a termination pursuant to Subsection
(iii) above shall not be less than fifteen (15) nor more than sixty (60) days, respectively, from the date such Notice of Termination is given); provided that if within fifteen (15) days after any Notice of Termination is given,
or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall be
the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written agreement of the parties or by a binding arbitration award; and provided further that the Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of dispute given by you only if
such notice is given in good faith and you pursue the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the Company will continue to pay you your full compensation in effect when the notice
giving rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to, base salary) and continue you as a participant in all compensation, benefit and insurance plans in which you were participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was
given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Subsection. Amounts paid under this Subsection are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, you shall not be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4 hereof unless you have incurred a “separation from service” under Code Section 409A.

 4. Compensation Upon Termination or During Disability. Following a change in control of the Company, as defined by Subsection 2(i),
or prior to a change in control of the Company under the circumstances described in the second sentence of Section 3 hereof, upon termination of your employment or during a period of disability you shall be entitled to the following benefits:

 (i) During any period that you fail to perform your full-time duties with the Company as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental
illness, you shall continue to receive your base salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period, together with all compensation payable to you under the Company’s disability plan or program or other similar plan during such
period, until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof. Thereafter, or in the event your employment shall be terminated by reason of your death, your benefits shall be determined under the Company’s retirement,
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 (ii) If your employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by you other than for Good
Reason, the Company shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company at
the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to you under this Agreement. 
 (iii) If your employment by
the Company terminates in a manner entitling you to benefits under this Section pursuant to Section 3 hereof, then you shall be entitled to the benefits provided below: 
 (A) the Company shall pay you your full base salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of
Termination is given, plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company, at the time such payments are due, except as otherwise provided below; 
 (B) in lieu of any further salary payments to you for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay as severance
pay to you a lump sum severance payment (together with the payments provided in paragraphs (C) and (D) below, the “Severance Payments”) equal to three (3) times the sum of (1) the greater of (a) your annual rate of
base salary in effect on the Date of Termination or (b) your annual rate of base salary in effect immediately prior to the change in control of the Company and (2) your highest annual incentive target award in effect at any time during the
36 months prior to the Date of Termination; 
 (C) for a thirty-six (36) month period after such termination, the Company
shall arrange to provide you with life, disability, accident and health insurance benefits substantially similar to those which you are receiving immediately prior to the Notice of Termination. Benefits otherwise receivable by you pursuant to this
Subsection 4(iii)(D) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from a subsequent employer during the thirty-six (36) month period following your termination, and any such 

  

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benefits actually received by you shall be reported to the Company. The period during which benefits are provided under this Section shall satisfy the
Company’s obligations to provide continuation coverage under Section 4980B of the Code; and 
 (D) in addition to
the retirement benefits to which you are entitled under the Retirement Plan, any supplemental retirement or excess benefit plan maintained by TECO or any of its subsidiaries or any successor plans thereto (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Pension Plans”), the Company shall pay you in cash a lump sum equal to the excess of (a) the actuarial equivalent (computed at your date of termination) of the retirement pension (taking into account any early retirement subsidies
and post-retirement surviving spouse benefits associated therewith and determined as an annuity payable in the normal form under the Pension Plans commencing at your normal retirement age under the Retirement Plan or any earlier date, but in no
event earlier than the third anniversary of the Date of Termination, whichever annuity the actuarial equivalent of which is greatest) which you would have accrued under the terms of the Pension Plans (without regard to the limitations imposed by
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, or any amendment to the Pension Plans made subsequent to a change in control of the Company and on or prior to the Date of Termination, which amendment adversely affects in any manner the computation of
retirement benefits thereunder), determined as if you were fully vested thereunder and had continued to be a participant in each of the Pension Plans for thirty-six (36) additional months and as if you had accumulated thirty-six
(36) additional months of compensation (for purposes of determining your pension benefits thereunder), each in an amount equal to the sum of the amounts determined under clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4(iii)(B) hereof over
(b) the actuarial equivalent (computed at your date of termination) of the vested retirement pension (taking into account any early retirement subsidies and post-retirement surviving spouse benefits associated therewith and determined as an
annuity payable in the normal form under the Pension Plans commencing at your normal retirement age under the Retirement Plan or any earlier date, but in no event earlier than the Date of Termination, whichever annuity the actuarial equivalent of
which is greatest) which you had then accrued pursuant to the provisions of the Pension Plans. For purposes of this Subsection, “actuarial equivalent” shall be determined using the same actuarial assumptions utilized in determining the
amount of alternate forms of benefits under the Retirement Plan immediately prior to the change in control of the Company. 
 (iv) Except as
otherwise specifically provided in paragraph (C) hereof, the payments provided for in Subsection (iii) shall be made not later than the fifth day following the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the amounts of such payments
cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to you on such day an estimate, as determined in good faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with
interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the Date of Termination. In the event that the amount of the estimated
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the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to you payable on the fifth day after demand therefor
by the Company (together with interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, payment of the amounts
payable under this Agreement shall commence no earlier than the earlier of (i) the first day of the first month commencing at least six (6) months following your separation from service with the Company (within the meaning of
Section 409A) or (ii) your date of death. Any amount the payment of which is delayed by application of the preceding sentence shall be paid as soon as possible following the expiration of such six month period and shall be paid with
interest (at an interest rate equal to the rate used to calculate actuarial equivalence in the Pension Plans) from the date on which such amount would otherwise have been paid but for the application of the preceding sentence to the date such amount
is actually paid. To the extent you are terminated (i) following a change in control of the Company but prior to a change in ownership or control of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or (ii) prior to a change
in control of the Company in a manner described in the second sentence of Section 3, to the extent required to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, amounts payable to you hereunder, to the extent
not in excess of the amount that you would have received under any other pre-change in control severance plan or arrangement with the Company had such plan or arrangement been applicable, shall be paid at the time and in the manner provided by such
plan or arrangement and the remainder shall be paid to you in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4; 
 (v) You shall not be
required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 or Section 5 hereof by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor, except as specifically provided in Sections 4(iii)(C) above, shall the amount of any payment
or benefit provided for in this Section 4 or Section 5 hereof be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by you to
the Company, or otherwise; and 
 (vi) the Company shall also pay to you all legal fees and expenses incurred by you as a result of or in
connection with such termination, including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement (other than any such fees or
expenses incurred in connection with any such claim which is determined by arbitration, in accordance with Section 11 of this Agreement, to be frivolous) or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the
application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to any payment or benefit provided hereunder. Such payments shall be made within five (5) business days after delivery of your written
requests for payment accompanied with such evidence of fees and expenses incurred as the Company reasonably may require; provided, however, that in no event shall any such payments be made later than the last day of your taxable year following the
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 5. Certain Additional Payments by the Company. 
 (i) Whether or not you become entitled to payments under this Agreement, if any of the payments or benefits received or to be received by you in
connection with a change in control of the Company or the termination of your employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any person whose actions result in a change in
control of the Company or any person affiliated with the Company or such person) (such payments or benefits, including the Severance Payments but excluding the Gross-Up Payment, being hereinafter referred to as the “Total Payments”) will
be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by you with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, being hereinafter referred to as
the “Excise Tax”), then, subject to the provisions of Subsection (ii) of this Section 5, the Company shall pay to you an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by you, after paying
any Excise Tax on the Total Payments and any federal, state and local income and employment taxes and Excise Tax on the Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the Total Payments. 
 (ii) In the event that the amount of the Total Payments does not exceed 110% of the largest amount that would result in no portion of the Total Payments
being subject to the Excise Tax (the “Safe Harbor”), then Subsection (i) of this Section 5 shall not apply and the cash Severance Payments shall first be reduced, if necessary, to zero (with amounts not subject to
Section 409A of the Code being reduced prior to amounts that are subject to Section 409A of the Code), and all other Severance Payments shall thereafter be reduced, if necessary, to zero (with amounts not subject to Section 409A of
the Code being reduced prior to amounts that are subject to Section 409A of the Code), so that the amount of the Total Payments is equal to the Safe Harbor; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, you
may elect to have the non-cash Severance Payments reduced (or eliminated) prior to any reduction of the cash Severance Payments. 
 (iii) For
purposes of determining whether any of the Total Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) all of the Total Payments shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, unless in the opinion of tax counsel (“Tax Counsel”) reasonably acceptable to you and selected by the accounting firm which was, immediately prior to the change in control, the Company’s
independent auditor (the “Auditor”), such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, including by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the Code, (ii) all “excess parachute
payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(l) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax unless, in the opinion of Tax Counsel, such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for
services actually rendered, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4)(B) of the Code, in excess of the “base amount” (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code) allocable to such reasonable compensation, or are
otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Auditor in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For
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pay federal income tax at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and
local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of your residence on the Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local
taxes. Prior to the payment date set forth in Section 4 hereof, the Company shall provide you with its calculation of the amounts referred to in this Section 5 and such supporting materials as are reasonably necessary for you to evaluate
the Company’s calculations. If you dispute the Company’s calculations (in whole or in part), the reasonable opinion of Tax Counsel with respect to the matter in dispute shall prevail. 
 (iv) (A) In the event that (1) amounts are paid to you pursuant to Section 5(i), (2) there is a final determination by the
Internal Revenue Service or, if such determination is appealed, a final determination by any court of competent jurisdiction (a “Final Determination”) that the Excise Tax is less than the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating
the Gross-Up Payment, and (3) after giving effect to such Final Determination, the Severance Payments are to be reduced pursuant to Section 5(ii), you shall repay to the Company, within five (5) business days following the date of the
Final Determination, the Gross-Up Payment, the amount of the reduction in the Severance Payments, plus interest on the amount of such repayments at 120% of the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. 
 (B) In the event that (1) amounts are paid to you pursuant to Section 5(i), (2) there is a Final Determination that the
Excise Tax is less than the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the Gross-Up Payment, and (3) after giving effect to such Final Determination, the Severance Payments are not to be reduced pursuant to Section 5(ii), you shall
repay to the Company, within five (5) business days following the date of the Final Determination, the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus that portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and
federal, state and local income and employment taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by you), to the extent that such repayment results in a reduction in the Excise Tax and a dollar-for-dollar reduction in your taxable income and wages
for purposes of federal, state and local income and employment taxes, plus interest on the amount of such repayment at 120% of the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. 
 (C) Except as otherwise provided in clause (D) below, in the event there is a Final Determination that the Excise Tax exceeds the
amount taken into account hereunder in determining the Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall pay to you, within five
(5) business days following the date of the Final Determination, the sum of (1) a Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess and in respect of any portion of the Excise Tax with respect to which the Company had not previously made a
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payable under clauses (2) and (3) of this paragraph (C) (plus any interest, penalties or additions payable by you with respect to such excess
and such portion), (2) if Severance Payments were reduced pursuant to Section 5(i) but after giving effect to such Final Determination, the Severance Payments should not have been reduced pursuant to Section 5(ii), the amount by which
the Severance Payments were reduced pursuant to Section 5(ii), and (3) interest on such amounts at 120% of the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. 
 (D) In the event that (1) Severance Payments were reduced pursuant to Section 5(ii) and (2) the aggregate value of Total
Payments which are considered “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code is subsequently redetermined in a Final Determination, but such redetermined value still does not exceed 110% of the Safe Harbor,
then, within five (5) business days following such Final Determination, (x) the Company shall pay to you the amount (if any) by which the reduced Severance Payments (after taking the Final Determination into account) exceeds the amount of
the reduced Severance Payments actually paid to you, plus interest on the amount of such repayment at 120% of the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code, or (y) you shall pay to the Company the amount (if any) by which the
reduced Severance Payments actually paid to you exceeds the amount of the reduced Severance Payments (after taking the Final Determination into account), plus interest on the amount of such repayment at 120% of the rate provided in
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. 
 (v) You and the Company shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any
administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Excise Tax with respect to the Total Payments. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall payments under this Section be
made later than the end of your taxable year following the taxable year in which you remit the related Excise Tax. 
 6. Successors;
Binding Agreement. 
 (i) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same
amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled to hereunder if you terminate your employment for Good Reason following a change in control of the Company, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees
to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise. 
  

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 (ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided
herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate. 
 7. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by
United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board
with a copy to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt. 
 8. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to
in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement
to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with respect to
the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without
giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof. All references to sections of the Exchange Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of
any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law. The obligations of the Company under Sections 4 and 5 shall survive the expiration of the term of this Agreement. 
 9. Validity. The invalidity or unenforceability or any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. 
 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 
 11. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in the State of Florida in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, 

  

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however, that you shall be entitled to seek specific performance of your right to be paid until the Date of Termination during the pendency of any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 
 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and during the term of the Agreement supersedes the provisions of all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or
warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative of any party hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, including the Prior Agreement. 
 [Remainder of page intentionally left blank.] 
  

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 13. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date set forth above. If this
letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on this subject. 
  

			
	Sincerely,
	TECO Energy, Inc.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Clinton E. Childress
	Title:	 	Chief Human Resources Officer

  

					
	 Agreed to this              day
 of
                                    , 2008.
	 	
		
	  
	 	
	[Name]	 		 	

  

 Page 15Second Amendment to BMC Software, Inc.  Deferred Compensation Plan

 Exhibit 10.5d 
 ADOPTION AGREEMENT 
  

											
	1.01	  	PREAMBLE
		
		  	By the execution of this Adoption Agreement the Plan Sponsor hereby [complete (a) or (b)]
		  		 		  		 		  	
				
		  	(a)	 	 ̈	  	adopts a new plan as of                      [month, day,
year]
				
		  	(b)	 	x	  	amends and restates its existing plan as of January 1, 2008 [month, day, year] which is the Amendment Restatement Date. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix A, all amounts deferred
under the Plan prior to the Amendment Restatement Date shall be governed by the terms of the Plan as in effect on the day before the Amendment Restatement Date.
				
		  		 		  	 Original Effective Date: April 1, 1994 [month, day, year

				
		  		 		  	Pre-409A Grandfathering:      x  Yes     ̈  No, [If ‘yes’, complete Appendix B, “Summary of
Grandfathered Provisions”]
		
	1.02	  	PLAN
		
		  	Plan Name: BMC Software, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation
Plan                             
		
		  	Plan Year: January 1 – December 31
                                         
                                         
  
		
	1.03	  	PLAN SPONSOR
				
		  	Name:	 	BMC Software, Inc.	  	
		  	Address:	 	2101 CityWest Blvd., Houston, TX 77042	  	
		  	Phone # :	 	713-918-8800	  	
		  	EIN:	 	74-2126120	  	
		  	Fiscal Yr:	 	April 1 – March 31	  	
		
		  	Is stock of the Plan Sponsor, any Employer or any Related Employer publicly traded on an established securities market?
		
		  	x Yes         ̈ No

  

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	1.04	 	EMPLOYER
		
		 	The following entities have been authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate in and have adopted the Plan (insert “Not Applicable” if none have been authorized):
				
	  	 	 Entity
	 	Publicly Traded on Est. Securities Market	  	 
					
		 		 	Yes	 	No	  	
		 	    N/A                                   
                       	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
		 	                                       
                             	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
		 	                                       
                             	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
		 	                                       
                             	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
		 	                                       
                             	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
		 	                                       
                             	 	 ̈	 	 ̈	  	
					
	1.05	 	ADMINISTRATOR	 		 		  	
		
		 	The Plan Sponsor has designated the following party or parties to be responsible for the administration of the Plan:

							
				
		 	 Name:
	 	       The BMC Software, Inc. Employee Benefits
Committee                                
	  	
		 	 Address:
	 	       2101 CityWest Blvd., Houston, TX
77042                                        
              
	  	
				
		 	 Note:
	 	The Administrator is the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor to be responsible for the administration of the Plan. Neither Fidelity Employer Services Company nor any other Fidelity affiliate
can be the Administrator.	  	
		
	1.06	 	KEY EMPLOYEE DETERMINATION DATES
		
		 	 The Employer has designated December 31 the Identification Date for purposes of determining Key Employees.

		
		 	 In the absence of a designation, the Identification Date is December 31.

		
		 	The Employer has designated April 1 the effective date for purposes of applying the six month delay in distributions to Key Employees.
		
		 	In the absence of a designation, the effective date is the first day of the fourth month following the Identification Date.

  

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	2.01	 	    PARTICIPATION	 	
				
		 	    (a)	 	x	 	Employees [complete (i), (ii) or (iii)]
					
		 		 	(i)	 	x	 	Eligible Employees are selected by the Employer.
					
		 		 	(ii)	 	 ̈	 	Eligible Employees are those employees of the Employer who satisfy the following criteria:
					
		 		 		 		 	
					
		 		 		 		 	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  
					
		 		 		 		 	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  
					
		 		 		 		 	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  
					
		 		 		 		 	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  
					
		 		 		 		 	                                       
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  
					
		 		 	(iii)	 	 ̈	 	Employees are not eligible to participate.
				
		 	     (b)
	 	x	 	Directors [complete (i), (ii) or (iii)]
					
		 		 	(i)	 	 ̈	 	All Directors are eligible to participate.
					
		 		 	(ii)	 	 ̈	 	Only Directors selected by the Employer are eligible to participate.
					
		 		 	(iii)	 	x	 	Directors are not eligible to participate.

  

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	3.01 	  	COMPENSATION
		
		  	For purposes of determining Participant contributions under Article 4 and Employer contributions under Article 5, Compensation shall be defined in the following manner [complete (a) or (b)
and select (c) and/or (d), if applicable]:
					
		  	(a)	  	x	 	Compensation is defined as:	  	
					
		  		  		 	The Participant’s base salary payable by the Employer	  	
		  		  		 	for a Plan Year, including deferrals made by the	  	
		  		  		 	Participant under the Plan and any amounts deferred under	  	
		  		  		 	a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section	  	
		  		  		 	401(k) of the Code or a cafeteria plan under Section 125	  	
		  		  		 	of the Code.	  	
					
		  	(b)	  	 ̈	 	Compensation as defined in            [insert name of qualified plan] without regard to the limitation in Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code for such Plan Year.	  	
					
		  	(c)	  	 ̈	 	Director Compensation is defined as:	  	
							
		  		  		 	 	  	 	  	 	  	
							
		  		  		 	 	  	 	  	 	  	
							
		  		  		 	 	  	 	  	 	  	
					
		  	(d)	  	 ̈	 	Compensation shall, for all Plan purposes, be limited to $            .	  	
							
		  	(e)	  	 ̈	 	Not Applicable.	  		  		  	
					
	3.02 	  	BONUSES	  		  		  	
		
		  	Compensation, as defined in Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement, includes the following type of bonuses:
					
		  	Type	 		  	 Will be treated as Performance
 Based Compensation
	  	
							
		  		  		 		  	Yes	  	No	  	
		  	GICP	  	 ̈	  	x	  	
		  	Executive Incentive Plan for SVPs	  	 ̈	  	x	  	
		  	PS and SWC Bonus Plans	  	 ̈	  	x	  	
		  	 	  	 	 	 	  	 ̈	  	 ̈	  	
		  	 	  	 	 	 	  	 ̈	  	 ̈	  	
						
		  	 ̈	  	Not Applicable.	  		  		  	

  

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	4.01	  	PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS	  		  		  		  		  	
		
		  	If Participant contributions are permitted, complete (a), (b), and (c). Otherwise complete (d).
			
		  	(a)	  	Amount of Deferrals
			
		  		  	A Participant may elect within the period specified in Section 4.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement to defer the following amounts of remuneration. For each type of remuneration listed,
complete “dollar amount” and / or “percentage amount”.
			
		  		  	 (i) Compensation Other than Bonuses [do not complete if you complete (iii)]
  

				 	 	 	 		
	 	  	 	  	 	  	Type of Remuneration	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount	  	Increment	  	 	  	 
	  	  	  	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max	  	  	  
		  		  		  	(a)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	0	  	50	  	1%	  		  	
		  		  		  	(b)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
		  		  		  	(c)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
			
		  		  	Note: The increment is required to determine the permissible deferral amounts. For example, a minimum of 0% and maximum of 20% with a 5% increment would allow an individual to defer 0%, 5%,
10%, 15% or 20%.
				
		  		  	 (ii) Bonuses [do not complete if you complete (iii)]
  
	  	
				 	 	 	 		
		  		  		  	Type of Bonus	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount	  	Increment	  		  	
	  	  	  	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max	  	  	  
		  		  		  	(a)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	0	  	100	  	1%	  		  	
		  		  		  	(b)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
		  		  		  	(c)	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
			
		  		  	 (iii) Compensation [do not complete if you completed (i) and (ii)]
  

		  		  		  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount	  	Increment	  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max	  	  		  		  		  	
		  		  		  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  		  		  	
			
		  		  	 (iv) Director Compensation
  

		  		  		  	Type of Compensation	  	Dollar Amount	  	% Amount	  	Increment	  		  	
	  	  	  	  	Min	  	Max	  	Min	  	Max	  	  		  	
		  		  		  	Annual Retainer	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
		  		  		  	Meeting Fees	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
		  		  		  	Other:	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	
		  		  		  	Other:	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  		  	

  

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		 	(b)	 	Election Period
				
		 		 	(i)	  	Performance Based Compensation
				
		 		 		  	A special election period
				
		 		 		  	 ̈    Does            x    Does Not
				
		 		 		  	apply to each eligible type of performance based compensation referenced in Section 3.02 of the Adoption Agreement.
				
		 		 		  	The special election period, if applicable, will be determined by the Employer.
				
		 		 	 (ii)
	  	Newly Eligible Participants
				
		 		 		  	An employee who is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year
				
		 		 		  	x    May             ̈    May Not
				
		 		 		  	elect to defer Compensation earned during the remainder of the Plan Year by completing a deferral agreement within the 30 day period beginning on the date he is eligible to participate in the Plan.

			
		 	(c)	 	Revocation of Deferral Agreement
			
		 		 	A Participant’s deferral agreement
			
		 		 	 x       Will

		 		 	  ̈        Will Not

			
		 		 	be cancelled for the remainder of any Plan Year during which he receives a hardship distribution of elective deferrals from a qualified cash or deferred arrangement maintained by the
Employer. If cancellation occurs, the Participant may resume participation in accordance with Article 4 of the Plan.
			
		 	(d)	 	No Participant Contributions
			
		 		 	  ̈        Participant contributions are not permitted under the Plan.

  

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	 5.01
	  	EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
		
		  	If Employer contributions are permitted, complete (a) and/or (b). Otherwise complete (c).
			
		  	(a)	 	Matching Contributions
				
		  		 	(i)	 	 	Amount
				
		  		 			 	For each Plan Year, the Employer shall make a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Participant who defers Compensation for the Plan Year and satisfies the requirements of Section
5.01(a)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement equal to [complete the ones that are applicable]:
						
		  		 			 	(A)	 	 	 	 ̈	  	           [insert percentage] of the Compensation the Participant has elected to defer for the Plan Year
						
		  		 			 	(B)	 	 	 	x	  	An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion
						
		  		 			 	(C)	 	 	 	 ̈	  	Matching Contributions for each Participant shall be limited to $           and/or
          % of Compensation.
						
		  		 			 	(D)	 	 	 	 ̈	  	Other:
						
		  		 			 			 			  	                                        
                     

		  		 			 			 			  	                                        
                     

						
		  		 			 	(E)	 	 	 	 ̈	  	Not Applicable [Proceed to Section 5.01(b)]
				
		  		 	(ii	)	 	Eligibility for Matching Contribution
				
		  		 			 	A Participant who defers Compensation for the Plan Year shall receive an allocation of Matching Contributions determined in accordance with Section 5.01(a)(i) provided he satisfies the
following requirements [complete the ones that are applicable]:
						
		  		 			 	(A	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Describe requirements:
						
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                                   
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                                   
						
		  		 			 	(B	)	 	x	 	  	Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of Matching Contributions
						
		  		 			 	(C	)	 	 ̈	 	  	No requirements

  

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		  		 	(iii	)	 	Time of Allocation
				
		  		 			 	Matching Contributions, if made, shall be treated as allocated [select one]:
						
		  		 			 	(A	)	 	 ̈	 	  	As of the last day of the Plan Year
						
		  		 			 	(B	)	 	x	 	  	At such times as the Employer shall determine in it sole discretion
						
		  		 			 	(C	)	 	 ̈	 	  	At the time the Compensation on account of which the Matching Contribution is being made would otherwise have been paid to the Participant
						
		  		 			 	(D	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Other:
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                 
			
		  	(b)	 	Other Contributions
				
		  		 	(i	)	 	Amount
				
		  		 			 	The Employer shall make a contribution on behalf of each Participant who satisfies the requirements of Section 5.01(b)(ii) equal to [complete the ones that are applicable]:
						
		  		 			 	(A	)	 	 ̈	 	  	An amount equal to            [insert number] % of the Participant’s Compensation
						
		  		 			 	(B	)	 	x	 	  	An amount determined by the Employer in its sole discretion
						
		  		 			 	(C	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Contributions for each Participant shall be limited to $          
						
		  		 			 	(D	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Other:
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		 			 			 			  	                                       
                 
						
		  		 			 	(E	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Not Applicable [Proceed to Section 6.01]

  

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		  		  	(ii	)	 	Eligibility for Other Contributions
				
		  		  			 	A Participant shall receive an allocation of other Employer contributions determined in accordance with Section 5.01(b)(i) for the Plan Year if he satisfies the following requirements
[complete the one that is applicable]:
						
		  		  			 	(A	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Describe requirements:
		  		  			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		  			 			 			  	                                       
                 
						
		  		  			 	(B	)	 	x	 	  	Is selected by the Employer in its sole discretion to receive an allocation of other Employer contributions
						
		  		  			 	(C	)	 	 ̈	 	  	No requirements
				
		  		  	(iii	)	 	Time of Allocation
				
		  		  			 	Employer contributions, if made, shall be treated as allocated [select one]:
						
		  		  			 	(A	)	 	 ̈	 	  	As of the last day of the Plan Year
						
		  		  			 	(B	)	 	x	 	  	At such time or times as the Employer shall determine in its sole discretion
						
		  		  			 	(C	)	 	 ̈	 	  	Other:
		  		  			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		  			 			 			  	                                       
                 
		  		  			 			 			  	                                       
                 
			
		  	(c)	  	No Employer Contributions
				
		  		  	 ̈	 	 	Employer contributions are not permitted under the Plan.

  

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	6.01	 	DISTRIBUTIONS
		
		 	The timing and form of payment of distributions made from the Participant’s vested Account shall be made in accordance with the elections made in this Section 6.01 of the Adoption
Agreement except when Section 9.6 of the Plan requires a six month delay for certain distributions to Key Employees of publicly traded companies.
			
		 	(a)	  	Timing of Distributions
				
		 		  	(i)	 	All distributions shall commence in accordance with the following [choose one]:
						
		 		  		 	(A)	 	 ̈	  	As soon as administratively feasible following the distribution event
		 		  		 	(B)	 	x	  	Monthly on specified day 15th [insert day]
		 		  		 	(C)	 	 ̈	  	Annually on specified month and day            [insert month and day]
		 		  		 	(D)	 	 ̈	  	Calendar quarter on specified month and day [          month of quarter (insert 1,2 or 3);
         day (insert day)]
				
		 		  	(ii)	 	The timing of distributions as determined in Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be modified by the adoption of:
						
		 		  		 	(A)	 	x	  	Event Delay – Distribution events other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age will be treated as not having occurred for six months [insert number of months].
						
		 		  		 	(B)	 	 ̈	  	Hold Until Next Year – Distribution events other than those based on Specified Date or Specified Age will be treated as not having occurred for twelve months from the date of the event if payment
pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(i) will thereby occur in the next calendar year or on the first payment date in the next calendar year in all other cases.
						
		 		  		 	(C)	 	 ̈	  	Immediate Processing – The timing method selected by the Plan Sponsor under Section 6.01(a)(i) shall be overridden for the following distribution events [insert events]:
						
		 		  		 		 		  	                                       
                 
		 		  		 		 		  	                                       
                 
						
		 		  		 	(D)	 	 ̈	  	Not applicable.

  

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		  	(b)	  	Distribution Events
			
		  		  	Participants may elect the following payment events and the associated form or forms of payment. If multiple events are selected, the earliest to occur will trigger payment. For
installments, insert the range of available periods (e.g., 5-15) or insert the periods available (e.g., 5,7,9).
							
		  		  		 		  		  	Lump
 Sum
	    	Installments
							
		  		  	(i)	 	x	  	Specified Date	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(ii)	 	x	  	Specified Age	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(iii)	 	x	  	Separation from Service	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(iv)	 	 ̈	  	Separation from Service plus 6 months	  	          	    	           years
							
		  		  	(v)	 	 ̈	  	Separation from Service plus            months [not to exceed           
months]	  	          	    	           years
							
		  		  	(vi)	 	 ̈	  	Retirement	  	          	    	           years
							
		  		  	(vii)	 	 ̈	  	Retirement plus 6 months	  	          	    	           years
							
		  		  	(viii)	 	 ̈	  	Retirement plus            months [not to exceed            months]	  	          	    	           years
							
		  		  	(ix)	 	x	  	Later of Separation from Service or Specified Age	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(x)	 	x	  	Later of Separation from Service or Specified Date	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(xi)	 	x	  	Disability	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(xii)	 	x	  	Death	  	    X    	    	5, 10, 15 years
							
		  		  	(xiii)	 	 ̈	  	Change in Control	  	          	    	           years
			
		  		  	The minimum deferral period for Specified Date or Specified Age event shall be three years.
			
		  		  	Installments may be paid [select each that applies]
						
		  		  	 ̈	 	Monthly	  		    	
		  		  	 ̈	 	Quarterly	  		    	
		  		  	x	 	Annually	  		    	
			
		  	(c)	  	Specified Date and Specified Age elections may not extend beyond age 99 [insert age or “Not Applicable” if no maximum age applies].

  

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		  	(d)	  	Payment Election Override
			
		  		  	Payment of the remaining vested balance of the Participant’s Account will automatically occur at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in the form indicated
upon the earliest to occur of the following events [check each event that applies and for each event include only a single form of payment]:

  

									
		  	EVENTS	  	FORM OF PAYMENT	  	
	 ̈	  	Separation from Service	  	                     Lump sum	  	                     Installments	  	
	 ̈	  	 Separation from
 Service before Retirement
	  	                     Lump sum	  	                     Installments	  	
	 ̈	  	Death	  	                     Lump sum	  	                     Installments	  	
	 ̈	  	Disability	  	                     Lump sum	  	                     Installments	  	
	x	  	Not Applicable	  		  		  	

  

							
		  	    (e)	  	Involuntary Cashouts
				
		  		  	 x       
	  	If the Participant’s vested Account at the time of his Separation from Service does not exceed $10,000 distribution of the vested Account shall automatically be made in the form of a single
lump sum in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Plan.
				
		  		  	  ̈        
	  	There are no involuntary cashouts.
			
		  	    (f)	  	Retirement
				
		  		  	  ̈        
	  	Retirement shall be defined as a Separation from Service that occurs on or after the Participant [insert description of requirements]:
				
		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
                           
		  		  		  	                                       
                                         
                                         
                           
				
		  		  	 x       
	  	No special definition of Retirement applies.

  

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		  	(g)	  	Distribution Election Change
			
		  		  	A Participant
				
		  		  	  x	  	Shall
		  		  	   ̈	  	Shall Not
			
		  		  	be permitted to modify a scheduled distribution date and/or payment option in accordance with Section 9.2 of the Plan.
			
		  		  	A Participant shall generally be permitted to elect such modification two times.
			
		  		  	Administratively, allowable distribution events will be modified to reflect all options necessary to fulfill the distribution change election provision.
			
		  	(h)	  	Frequency of Elections
			
		  		  	The Plan Sponsor
				
		  		  	  x	  	Has
		  		  	   ̈	  	Has Not
			
		  		  	Elected to permit annual elections of a time and form of payment for amounts deferred under the Plan.

  

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	7.01	 	VESTING	  	
			
		 	(a)	  	Matching Contributions
			
		 		  	The Participant’s vested interest in the amount credited to his Account attributable to Matching Contributions shall be based on the following schedule:
							
		 		  		  	 ̈	  	        Years of Service	    	Vesting %	  	
		 		  		  		  	0	    	          	  	(insert ‘100’ if there is immediate vesting)
		 		  		  		  	1	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	2	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	3	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	4	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	5	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	6	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	7	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	8	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	9	    	          	  	
					
		 		  		  	x	  	Other:  
 The Participant’s vested
interest in the amount credited to his Account                
 attributable to
Matching Contributions shall be based on a schedule specified     
 in resolutions of the Compensation Committee or in an applicable
employment  
 agreement.                                      
                                         
                                

					
		 		  		  	 ̈	  	Class year vesting applies.
		 		  		  		  	                                       
 
							
		 		  		  	 ̈	  	Not applicable.	    		  	
			
		 	(b)	  	Other Employer Contributions
			
		 		  	The Participant’s vested interest in the amount credited to his Account attributable to Employer contributions other than Matching Contributions shall be based on the following
schedule:
							
		 		  		  	 ̈	  	        Years of Service	    	Vesting %	  	
		 		  		  		  	0	    	          	  	(insert ‘100’ if there is immediate vesting)
		 		  		  		  	1	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	2	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	3	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	4	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	5	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	6	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	7	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	8	    	          	  	
		 		  		  		  	9	    	          	  	

  

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		  		  	x	 	 Other:
  
 The Participant’s vested interest in the amount credited to his Account
	  	
		  		  		 	 attributable to Employer contributions other than Matching Contributions shall
	  	
		  		  		 	 be based on a schedule specified in resolutions of the Compensation
	  	
		  		  		 	 Committee or in an applicable employment agreement.
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  	 ̈	 	 Class year vesting applies.
                                        
     
	  	
					
		  		  	 ̈	 	Not applicable.	  	
				
		  	(c)	  	Acceleration of Service	  	
				
		  		  	A Participant’s vested interest in his Account will automatically be 100% upon the occurrence of the following events: [select the ones that are applicable]:	  	
						
		  		  	(i)	 	x	  	Death	  	
						
		  		  	(ii)	 	x	  	Disability	  	
						
		  		  	(iii)	 	x	  	Change in Control	  	
						
		  		  	(iv)	 	 ̈	  	Eligibility for Retirement	  	
						
		  		  	(v)	 	 ̈	  	Other:                                      
    	  	
		  		  		 		  	                                       
             	  	
						
		  		  	(vi)	 	 ̈	  	Not applicable.	  	
				
		  	(d)	  	Years of Service	  	
					
		  		  	(i)	 	A Participant’s Years of Service shall include all service performed for the Employer and	  	
						
		  		  		 	x	  	Shall	  	
		  		  		 	 ̈	  	Shall Not	  	
					
		  		  		 	include service performed for the Related Employer.	  	
					
		  		  	(ii)	 	Years of Service shall also include service performed for the following entities:	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	
		  		  		 	  
	  	

  

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		  		  	(iii)	  	Years of Service shall be determined in accordance with (select one)	  	
						
		  		  		  	(A)	 	x	  	The elapsed time method in Treas. Reg. Sec. 1.410(a)-7
						
		  		  		  	(B)	 	 ̈	  	The general method in DOL Reg. Sec. 2530.200b-1 through b-4
						
		  		  		  	(C)	 	 ̈	  	The Participant’s Years of Service credited under [insert name of plan]
		  		  		  		 		  		  	  
	  	
		  		  		  		 		  		  	  
	  	
		  		  		  	(D)	 	 ̈	  	Other:	  	  
	  	
		  		  		  		 		  		  	  
	  	
		  		  		  		 		  		  	  
	  	
					
		  		  	(iv)	  	 ̈ Not applicable.	  	

  

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	8.01	  	UNFORESEEABLE EMERGENCY
			
		  	(a)	 	A withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency as defined in Section 2.24:
				
		  		 	x	  	Will
		  		 	 ̈	  	Will Not [if Unforeseeable Emergency withdrawals are not permitted, proceed to Section 9.01]
			
		  		 	be allowed.
			
		  	(b)	 	Upon a withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant’s deferral election for the remainder of the Plan Year:
				
		  		 	x	  	Will
		  		 	 ̈	  	Will Not
			
		  		 	be cancelled. If cancellation occurs, the Participant may resume participation in accordance with Article 4 of the Plan.

  

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	9.01	  	INVESTMENT DECISIONS
		
		  	Investment decisions regarding the hypothetical amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be made by [select one]:
				
		  	(a)	 	x	  	The Participant or his Beneficiary
				
		  	(b)	 	 ̈	  	The Employer

  

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	10.01	  	GRANTOR TRUST
		
		  	The Employer [select one]:
			
		  	x	  	Does
		  	 ̈	  	Does Not
		
		  	intend to establish a grantor trust in connection with the Plan.

  

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	11.01	  	TERMINATION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
		
		  	The Plan Sponsor
			
		  	x	 	Reserves
		  	 ̈	 	Does Not Reserve
		
		  	the right to terminate the Plan and distribute all vested amounts credited to Participant Accounts upon a Change in Control as described in Section 9.7.
		
	11.02	  	AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
		
		  	Distribution of the remaining vested balance of each Participant’s Account
			
		  	 ̈	 	Shall
		  	x	 	Shall Not
		
		  	automatically be paid as a lump sum payment upon the occurrence of a Change in Control as provided in Section 9.7.
		
	11.03	  	CHANGE IN CONTROL
		
		  	A Change in Control for Plan purposes includes the following [select each definition that applies]:
				
		  	(a)	 	x	  	A change in the ownership of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(c) of the Plan.
				
		  	(b)	 	x	  	A change in the effective control of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(d) of the Plan.
				
		  	(c)	 	x	  	A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Employer as described in Section 9.7(e) of the Plan.
				
		  	(d)	 	 ̈	  	Not Applicable.

  

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	12.01	  	GOVERNING STATE LAW
		
		  	The laws of Texas shall apply in the administration of the Plan to the extent not preempted by ERISA.

  

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 EXECUTION PAGE 
 The Plan
Sponsor has caused this Adoption Agreement to be executed this                          day of
                , 20            . 
  

							
		 		 	PLAN SPONSOR: 	 	   BMC Software, Inc.                

 

		 		 	  
 By: 
  
	 	 
		 		 	  
 Title: 
  
	 	 

  

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 APPENDIX A 
 SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATES 
 Not Applicable 
  

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 APPENDIX B 
 SUMMARY OF GRANDFATHERED PROVISIONS 
  

	1.	Elective Withdrawal. 

 Subject to the approval of the
BMC Software, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) in its sole discretion, a Participant may elect at any time while employed by the Employer, by following the election procedure prescribed by the Committee, to withdraw as a
benefit all or a portion of his pre-2005 deferral account (the “Deferral Account”), subject to a withdrawal penalty of 15% of the amount of any such withdrawal (an “Elective Withdrawal”). Upon any such Elective Withdrawal, the
15% withdrawal penalty will be forfeited to the Employer. Further, upon any such withdrawal, such Participant’s participation in the Plan will terminate as of the end of the Plan Year in and no further deferrals will be made under the Plan on
behalf of such Participant until the first day of the Plan Year that is at least twelve months after the date of such withdrawal. 
 If
a Participant’s Deferral Account is deemed to be invested in more than one investment option, any Elective Withdrawal will be distributed pro rata from each investment option in which such Deferral Account is deemed to be invested. If a
Participant’s Deferral Account contains one or more pre-2005 dated deferral subaccounts (as defined and referred to in the prior Plan document as “Dated Deferral Subaccounts”), then such withdrawal will be considered to have been
distributed, first, from the Dated Deferral Subaccount with respect to which the earliest installment distribution would be made, then, from the Dated Deferral Subaccount with respect to which the next earliest installment distribution would be
made, and continuing in such manner until all of such Dated Deferral Subaccounts have been exhausted or the entire amount of the Elective Withdrawal has been distributed. 
  

	2.	Acceleration Pay-Out of Certain Benefits by the Committee. 

 (a)        If a Participant’s benefit payments attributable to his or her Deferral Account are to be paid in a form other than a single lump sum, cash payment and the aggregate amount to be paid
with respect to such participant in any particular calendar year is less than $10,000, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to cause the entire remaining Deferral Account balance with respect to such participant to be paid in a
single lump sum, cash payment. 
 (b)        If a Participant’s terminated his employment
with the Employer and its subsidiaries after his Retirement Date or by reason of death or Disability and such Participant’s benefit payments are being, or are to be, paid in a form other than a single lump sum, cash payment, then such
Participant (or his designated beneficiary in the event of the death of the Participant) may petition the Committee in writing to receive the remaining installment payments on an accelerated basis, including without limitation a single lump sum,
cash payment. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether to grant or deny such request. 
 (c)        For purposes of this Section 2 of Appendix B, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below: 
  

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 (i)        Disability.    A
Participant’s disability entitling him to benefits under the Employer’s long-term disability plan; provided, however, that if a Participant is not eligible to participate in such plan, then such Participant shall be considered to have
incurred a “Disability” if he is permanently and totally unable to perform his duties for the Employer as a result of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment as supported by a written medical opinion to the foregoing
effect by a physician selected by the Committee. 
 (ii)        Retirement
Date.    The earlier of (i) the first date upon which a Participant has both completed ten or more years of Vesting Service and attained age 55 or (ii) the date upon which such Participant has attained age 65.

 (iii)        Vesting Service.    The term “Vesting
Service” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to such term under the BMC Software, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan except that only Vesting Service accumulated after March 1, 1994 shall be considered for purposes of the
Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining the Retirement Date of an individual who is a Participant of the Plan and employed by the Employer on or after June 30, 1999, such individual shall be credited with the same
Vesting Service under the Plan as he is credited with under the BMC Software, Inc. Salary Reduction Profit Sharing Plan. 
  
  
  

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 BMC Software, Inc. 
 Executive Deferred 
 Compensation Plan 
  
  
 IMPORTANT NOTE 
 This document has not been approved by the Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental entity. An adopting Employer must determine whether the Plan is subject to the Federal securities laws and the securities
laws of the various states. An adopting Employer may not rely on this document to ensure any particular tax consequences or to ensure that the Plan is “unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a
select group of management or highly compensated employees” under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, with respect to the Employer’s particular situation. Fidelity Employer Services Company, its
affiliates and employees cannot provide you with legal advice in connection with the execution of this document. This document should be reviewed by the Employer’s attorney prior to execution. 
  

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

			
	PREAMBLE
	
	ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL
	1.1	  	Plan
	1.2	  	Effective Dates
	1.3	  	Amounts Not Subject to Code Section 409A
	
	ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS
	2.1	  	Account
	2.2	  	Administrator
	2.3	  	Adoption Agreement
	2.4	  	Beneficiary
	2.5	  	Board or Board of Directors
	2.6	  	Bonus
	2.7	  	Change in Control
	2.8	  	Code
	2.9	  	Compensation
	2.10	  	Director
	2.11	  	Disabled
	2.12	  	Eligible Employee
	2.13	  	Employer
	2.14	  	ERISA
	2.15	  	Identification Date
	2.16	  	Key Employee
	2.17	  	Participant
	2.18	  	Plan
	2.19	  	Plan Sponsor
	2.20	  	Plan Year
	2.21	  	Related Employer
	2.22	  	Retirement
	2.23	  	Separation from Service
	2.24	  	Unforeseeable Emergency
	2.25	  	Valuation Date
	2.26	  	Years of Service
	
	ARTICLE 3 – PARTICIPATION
	3.1	  	Participation
	3.2	  	Termination of Participation

  

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	ARTICLE 4 – PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS
	4.1	  	Deferral Agreement
	4.2	  	Amount of Deferral
	4.3	  	Timing of Election to Defer
	4.4	  	Election of Payment Schedule and Form of Payment
	
	ARTICLE 5 – EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
	5.1	  	Matching Contributions
	5.2	  	Other Contributions
	
	ARTICLE 6 – ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS
	6.1	  	Establishment of Account
	6.2	  	Credits to Account
	
	ARTICLE 7 – INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
	7.1	  	Investment Options
	7.2	  	Adjustment of Accounts
	
	ARTICLE 8 – RIGHT TO BENEFITS
	8.1	  	Vesting
	8.2	  	Death
	8.3	  	Disability
	
	ARTICLE 9 – DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
	9.1	  	Amount of Benefits
	9.2	  	Method and Timing of Distributions
	9.3	  	Unforeseeable Emergency
	9.4	  	Payment Election Overrides
	9.5	  	Cashouts of Amounts Not Exceeding Stated Limit
	9.6	  	Required Delay in Payment to Key Employees
	9.7	  	Change in Control
	9.8	  	Permissible Delays in Payment
	9.9	  	Permitted Acceleration of Payment

  

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	ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
	10.1	  	Amendment by Plan Sponsor
	10.2	  	Plan Termination Following Change in Control or Corporate Dissolution
	10.3	  	Other Plan Terminations
	
	ARTICLE 11 – THE TRUST
	11.1	  	Establishment of Trust
	11.2	  	Grantor Trust
	11.3	  	Investment of Trust Funds
	
	ARTICLE 12 – PLAN ADMINISTRATION
	12.1	  	Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator
	12.2	  	Claims and Review Procedures
	12.3	  	Plan Administrative Costs
	
	ARTICLE 13 – MISCELLANEOUS
	13.1	  	Unsecured General Creditor of the Employer
	13.2	  	Employer’s Liability
	13.3	  	Limitation of Rights
	13.4	  	Anti-Assignment
	13.5	  	Facility of Payment
	13.6	  	Notices
	13.7	  	Tax Withholding
	13.8	  	Indemnification
	13.9	  	Successors
	13.10	  	Disclaimer
	13.11	  	Governing Law

  

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 PREAMBLE 
  
 The Plan is intended to be a “plan which is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or an “excess benefit plan” within the meaning of
Section 3(36) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a combination of both. The Plan is further intended to conform with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the final regulations
issued thereunder and shall be interpreted, implemented and administered in a manner consistent therewith. 

 ARTICLE 1 – GENERAL 
  

	1.1	Plan.  The Plan will be referred to by the name specified in the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	1.2	Effective Dates. 

  

	 	(a)	Original Effective Date.  The Original Effective Date is the date as of which the Plan was initially adopted. 

  

	 	(b)	Amendment Effective Date.  The Amendment Effective Date is the date specified in the Adoption Agreement as of which the Plan is amended and restated. Except to the extent
otherwise provided herein or in the Adoption Agreement, the Plan shall apply to amounts deferred and benefit payments made on or after the Amendment Effective Date. 

  

	 	(c)	Special Effective Date.  A Special Effective Date may apply to any given provision if so specified in Appendix A of the Adoption Agreement. A Special Effective Date will
control over the Original Effective Date or Amendment Effective Date, whichever is applicable, with respect to such provision of the Plan. 

  

	1.3	Amounts Not Subject to Code Section 409A 

 Except as otherwise
indicated by the Plan Sponsor in Section 1.01 of the Adoption Agreement, amounts deferred before January 1, 2005 that are earned and vested on December 31, 2004 will be separately accounted for and administered in accordance with the
terms of the Plan as in effect on December 31, 2004. A summary of the grandfathered provisions is set forth in Appendix B of the Adoption Agreement. 
  

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 ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS 
 Pronouns used in the Plan are in the masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Wherever used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning is
clearly required by the context: 
  

	2.1	“Account” means an account established for the purpose of recording amounts credited on behalf of a Participant and any income, expenses, gains, losses or distributions
included thereon. The Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or to the Participant’s Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

  

	2.2	“Administrator” means the person or persons designated by the Plan Sponsor in Section 1.05 of the Adoption Agreement to be responsible for the administration of the
Plan. If no Administrator is designated in the Adoption Agreement, the Administrator is the Plan Sponsor. 

  

	2.3	“Adoption Agreement” means the agreement adopted by the Plan Sponsor that establishes the Plan. 

  

	2.4	“Beneficiary” means the persons, trusts, estates or other entities entitled under Section 8.2 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

  

	2.5	“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Plan Sponsor. 

  

	2.6	“Bonus” means an amount of incentive remuneration payable by the Employer to a Participant. 

  

	2.7	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of an event involving the Plan Sponsor that is described in Section 9.7. 

  

	2.8	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

  

	2.9	“Compensation” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	2.10	“Director” means a non-employee member of the Board who has been designated by the Employer as eligible to participate in the Plan. 

  

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	2.11	“Disabled” means a determination by the Administrator that the Participant is either (a) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the
Employer. A Participant will be considered Disabled if he is determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or the Railroad Retirement Board. 

  

	2.12	“Eligible Employee” means an employee of the Employer who satisfies the requirements in Section 2.01 of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	2.13	“Employer” means the Plan Sponsor and any other entity which is authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate in and, in fact, does adopt the Plan. 

 

	2.14	“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

  

	2.15	“Identification Date” means the date as of which Key Employees are determined which is specified in Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	2.16	“Key Employee” means an employee who satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 9.6. 

  

	2.17	“Participant” means an Eligible Employee or Director who commences participation in the Plan in accordance with Article 3. 

  

	2.18	“Plan” means the unfunded plan of deferred compensation set forth herein, including the Adoption Agreement and any trust agreement, as adopted by the Plan Sponsor and as
amended from time to time. 

  

	2.19	“Plan Sponsor” means the entity identified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement or any successor by merger, consolidation or otherwise. 

  

	2.20	“Plan Year” means the period identified in Section 1.02 of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	2.21	“Related Employer” means the Employer and (a) any corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations as defined in Code Section 414(b) that includes
the Employer and (b) any trade or business that is under common control as defined in Code Section 414(c) that includes the Employer. 

  

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	2.22	“Retirement” has the meaning specified in 6.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	2.23	“Separation from Service” means the date that the Participant dies, retires or otherwise has a termination of employment with respect to all entities comprising the Related
Employer. A Separation from Service does not occur if the Participant is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of leave does not exceed six months or such longer period during which the Participant’s
right to re-employment is provided by statute or contract. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to re-employment is not provided either by statute or contract, a Separation from Service will be deemed to have
occurred on the first day following the six-month period. If the period of leave is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than six months, where the impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29 month period of absence may be substituted for the
six month period. 

 Whether a termination of employment has occurred is based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the
Related Employer and the Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant would perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an
independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36 month period (or the full
period of services to the Related Employer if the employee has been providing services to the Related Employer for less than 36 months). If a Participant continues to provide services to a Related Employer in a capacity other than as an employee,
the Participant will not be deemed to have a termination of employment if the Participant is providing services at an annual rate that is at least 50 percent of the services rendered by such individual, on average, during the immediately preceding
36 month period of employment (or such lesser period of employment) and the annual remuneration for such services is at least 50 percent of the average annual remuneration earned during the such 36 calendar months of employment (or such lesser
period of employment). 
 An independent contractor is considered to have experienced a Separation from Service with the Related Employer upon the
expiration of the contract (or, in the case of more than one contract, all contracts) under which services are performed for the Related Employer if the expiration 

  

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constitutes a good-faith and complete termination of the contractual relationship. 
 If a Participant provides services as both an employee and an independent contractor of the Related Employer, the Participant must separate from service both as an employee and as an independent contractor to be treated as
having incurred a Separation from Service. If a Participant ceases providing services as an independent contractor and begins providing services as an employee, or ceases providing services as an employee and begins providing services as an
independent contractor, the Participant will not be considered to have experienced a Separation from Service until the Participant has ceased providing services in both capacities. 
 If a Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member of the board of directors of a corporate Related Employer (or an analogous position with
respect to a noncorporate Related Employer), the services provided as a director are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has incurred a Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan in which the Participant participates as an employee that is not aggregated under Code Section 409A with any plan in which the Participant participates as a director. 
 If a Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member of the board of directors of a corporate related Employer (or an analogous position with
respect to a noncorporate Related Employer), the services provided as an employee are not taken into account in determining whether the Participant has experienced a Separation from Service as a director for purposes of a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan in which the Participant participates as a director that is not aggregated under Code Section 409A with any plan in which the Participant participates as an employee. 
 All determinations of whether a Separation from Service has occurred will be made in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A and the final regulations
thereunder. 
  

	2.24	“Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship of the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the
Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to Code section 152(b)(i), (b)(2) and (d)(i)(B); 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. 

  

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	2.25	“Valuation Date” means each business day of the Plan Year. 

  

	2.26	“Years of Service” means each one year period for which the Participant receives service credit in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01(d) of the Adoption
Agreement. 

  

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 ARTICLE 3 – PARTICIPATION 
  

	3.1	Participation.  The Participants in the Plan shall be those Directors and employees of the Employer who satisfy the requirements of Section 2.01 of the Adoption
Agreement. 

  

	3.2	Termination of Participation.  The Administrator may terminate a Participant’s participation in the Plan in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A. If the
Employer terminates a Participant’s participation before the Participant experiences a Separation from Service the Participant’s vested Accounts shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 9. 

  

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 ARTICLE 4 – PARTICIPANT ELECTIONS 
  

	4.1	Deferral Agreement.  If permitted by the Plan Sponsor in accordance with Section 4.01 of the Adoption Agreement, each Eligible Employee and Director may elect to defer
his Compensation within the meaning of Section 3.01 of the Adoption Agreement by executing in writing or electronically, a deferral agreement in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator and the provisions of this
Article 4. 

 A new deferral agreement must be timely executed for each Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee or Director desires
to defer Compensation. An Eligible Employee or Director who does not timely execute a deferral agreement shall be deemed to have elected zero deferrals of Compensation for such Plan Year. 
 A deferral agreement may be changed or revoked during the period specified by the Administrator. Except as provided in Section 9.3 or in Section 4.01(c)
of the Adoption Agreement, a deferral agreement becomes irrevocable at the close of the specified period. 
  

	4.2	Amount of Deferral.  An Eligible Employee or Director may elect to defer Compensation in any amount permitted by Section 4.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement.

  

	4.3	 Timing of Election to Defer.  Each Eligible Employee or Director who desires to defer Compensation otherwise payable during a Plan Year must execute a
deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year specified by the Administrator. Each Eligible Employee who desires to defer Compensation that is a Bonus must execute a deferral agreement within the period preceding the Plan Year during
which the Bonus is earned that is specified by the Administrator, except that if the Bonus can be treated as performance based compensation as described in Code Section 409A(a)(4)(B)(iii), the deferral agreement may be executed within the
period specified by the Administrator, which period, in no event, shall end after the date which is six months prior to the end of the period during which the Bonus is earned, provided the Participant has performed services continuously from the
later of the beginning of the performance period or the date the performance criteria are established through the date the Participant executed the deferral agreement and provided further that the compensation has not yet become ‘readily
ascertainable’ with the meaning of Reg. Sec 1.409A-2(a)(8). In addition, if the Compensation qualifies as ‘fiscal year compensation’ within the meaning of Reg. Sec. 1.409A -2(a)(6), the deferral agreement may be made not later than
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end of the Employer’s taxable year immediately preceding the first taxable year of the Employer in which any services are performed for which such Compensation is
payable. 
 Except as otherwise provided below, an employee who is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee during a Plan Year or a Director
who is designated as eligible to participate during a Plan Year may elect to defer Compensation otherwise payable during the remainder of such Plan Year in accordance with the rules of this Section 4.3 by executing a deferral agreement within
the thirty (30) day period beginning on the date the employee is classified or designated as an Eligible Employee or the date the Director is designated as eligible, whichever is applicable, if permitted by Section 4.01(b)(ii) of the
Adoption Agreement. If Compensation is based on a specified performance period that begins before the Eligible Employee or Director executes his deferral agreement, the election will be deemed to apply to the portion of such Compensation equal to
the total amount of Compensation for the performance period multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in the performance period after the election becomes irrevocable and effective over the total number of days in the performance
period. The rules of this paragraph shall not apply unless the Eligible Employee or Director can be treated as initially eligible in accordance with Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(a)(7). 
  

	4.4	Election of Payment Schedule and Form of Payment. 

 All elections of a
payment schedule and a form of payment will be made in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator and the provisions of this Section 4.4. 
 (a)        If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit annual distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement the following rules apply. At the time
an Eligible Employee or Director completes a deferral agreement, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for the Compensation subject to the deferral agreement from
among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this purpose and which are specified in 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. Prior to the time required by Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director shall elect a distribution event
(which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for any Employer contributions that may be credited to the Participant’s Account during the Plan Year. If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be
deemed to have elected Separation from Service as the distribution event. If he fails to elect a form of payment, he shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum form of payment. 
  

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 (b)        If the Plan Sponsor has elected not to permit annual
distribution elections in accordance with Section 6.01(h) of the Adoption Agreement the following rules apply. At the time an Eligible Employee or Director first completes a deferral agreement but in no event later than the time required by
Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2, the Eligible Employee or Director must elect a distribution event (which includes a specified time) and a form of payment for amounts credited to his Account from among the options the Plan Sponsor has made available for this
purpose and which are specified in Section 6.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. If an Eligible Employee or Director fails to elect a distribution event, he shall be deemed to have elected Separation from Service in the distribution event. If the
fails to elect a form of payment, he shall be deemed to have elected a lump sum form of payment. 
  

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 ARTICLE 5 – EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS 
  

	5.1	Matching Contributions.  If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a
matching contribution determined in accordance with the formula specified in Section 5.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. The matching contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in
Section 5.01(a)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

	5.2	Other Contributions.  If elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer will credit the Participant’s Account with a
contribution determined in accordance with the formula or method specified in Section 5.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement. The contribution will be treated as allocated to the Participant’s Account at the time specified in
Section 5.01(b)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

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 ARTICLE 6 – ACCOUNTS AND CREDITS 
  

	6.1	Establishment of Account.  For accounting and computational purposes only, the Administrator will establish and maintain an Account on behalf of each Participant which will
reflect the credits made pursuant to Section 6.2, distributions or withdrawals, along with the earnings, expenses, gains and losses allocated thereto, attributable to the hypothetical investments made with the amounts in the Account as provided
in Article 7. The Administrator will establish and maintain such other records and accounts, as it decides in its discretion to be reasonably required or appropriate to discharge its duties under the Plan. 

  

	6.2	Credits to Account.  A Participant’s Account will be credited for each Plan Year with the amount of his elective deferrals under Section 4.1 at the time the amount
subject to the deferral election would otherwise have been payable to the Participant and the amount of Employer contributions treated as allocated on his behalf under Article 5. 

  

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 ARTICLE 7 – INVESTMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS 
  

	7.1	Investment Options.  The amount credited to each Account shall be treated as invested in the investment options designated for this purpose by the Administrator.

  

	7.2	Adjustment of Accounts.  The amount credited to each Account shall be adjusted for hypothetical investment earnings, expenses, gains or losses in an amount equal to the
earnings, expenses, gains or losses attributable to the investment options selected by the party designated in Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement from among the investment options provided in Section 7.1. If permitted by
Section 9.01 of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary after the death of the Participant) may, in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Administrator, select the investments from among
the options provided in Section 7.1 to be used for the purpose of calculating future hypothetical investment adjustments to the Account or to future credits to the Account under Section 6.2 effective as of the Valuation Date coincident
with or next following notice to the Administrator. Each Account shall be adjusted as of each Valuation Date to reflect: (a) the hypothetical earnings, expenses, gains and losses described above; (b) amounts credited pursuant to
Section 6.2; and (c) distributions or withdrawals. In addition, each Account may be adjusted for its allocable share of the hypothetical costs and expenses associated with the maintenance of the hypothetical investments provided in
Section 7.1. 

  

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 ARTICLE 8 – RIGHT TO BENEFITS 
  

	8.1	Vesting.  A Participant, at all times, has the 100% nonforfeitable interest in the amounts credited to his Account attributable to his elective deferrals made in accordance
with Section 4.1. 

 A Participant’s right to the amounts credited to his Account attributable to Employer contributions made
in accordance with Article 5 shall be determined in accordance with the relevant schedule and provisions in Section 7.01 of the Adoption Agreement. Upon a Separation from Service and after application of the provisions of Section 7.01 of
the Adoption Agreement, the Participant shall forfeit the nonvested portion of his Account. 
  

	8.2	Death.  The Plan Sponsor may elect to accelerate vesting upon the death of the Participant in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement and/or to
accelerate distributions upon Death in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement. If the Plan Sponsor does not elect to accelerate distributions upon death in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or
Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account will be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 9. 

 A Participant may designate a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, or change any prior designation of Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in accordance with rules and procedures
established by the Administrator. 
 A copy of the death notice or other sufficient documentation must be filed with and approved by the Administrator.
If upon the death of the Participant there is, in the opinion of the Administrator, no designated Beneficiary for part or all of the Participant’s vested Account, such amount will be paid to his estate (such estate shall be deemed to be the
Beneficiary for purposes of the Plan) in accordance with the provisions of Article 9. 
  

	8.3	Disability.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected to accelerate vesting upon the occurrence of a Disability in accordance with Section 7.01(c) of the Adoption Agreement
and/or to permit distributions upon Disability in accordance with Section 6.01(b) or Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the determination of whether a Participant has incurred a Disability shall be made by the Administrator in its
sole discretion in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

  

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 ARTICLE 9 – DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS 
  
  

	9.1	Amount of Benefits.  The vested amount credited to a Participant’s Account as determined under Articles 6, 7 and 8 shall determine and constitute the basis for the value
of benefits payable to the Participant under the Plan. 

  

	9.2	Method and Timing of Distributions.  Except as otherwise provided in this Article 9, distributions under the Plan shall be made in accordance with the elections made or
deemed made by the Participant under Article 4. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.6 requiring a six month delay for certain distributions to Key Employees, distributions following a payment event shall commence at the time specified in
Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. If permitted by Section 6.01(g) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant may elect, at least twelve months before a scheduled distribution event, to delay the payment date for a minimum period of
sixty months from the originally scheduled date of payment. The distribution election change must be made in accordance with procedures and rules established by the Administrator. The Participant may, at the same time the date of payment is
deferred, change the form of payment but such change in the form of payment may not effect an acceleration of payment in violation of Code Section 409A or the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b). For purposes of this Section 9.2, a series
of installment payments is always treated as a single payment and not as a series of separate payments. 

  

	9.3	 Unforeseeable Emergency.  A Participant may request a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency if the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit Unforeseeable
Emergency withdrawals under Section 8.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement. The request must be in writing and must be submitted to the Administrator along with evidence that the circumstances constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. The Administrator
has the discretion to require whatever evidence it deems necessary to determine whether a distribution is warranted, and may require the Participant to certify that the need cannot be met from other sources reasonably available to the Participant.
Whether a Participant has incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency will be determined by the Administrator on the basis of the relevant facts and circumstances in its sole discretion, but, in no event, will an Unforeseeable Emergency be deemed to exist
if the hardship can be relieved: (a) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, (b) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or

  

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(c) by cessation of deferrals under the Plan. A distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency must be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the
emergency need and may include any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, foreign or local income taxes and penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution. The distribution will be made in the form of a single lump sum cash
payment. If permitted by Section 8.01(b) of the Adoption Agreement, a Participant’s deferral elections for the remainder of the Plan Year will be cancelled upon a withdrawal due to an Unforeseeable Emergency. If the payment of all or any
portion of the Participant’s vested Account is being delayed in accordance with Section 9.6 at the time he experiences an Unforeseeable Emergency, the amount being delayed shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 9.3
until the expiration of the six month period of delay required by section 9.6. 

  

	9.4	Payment Election Overrides.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected one or more payment election overrides in accordance with Section 6.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, the
following provisions apply. Upon the occurrence of the first event selected by the Plan Sponsor, the remaining vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account shall be paid in the form designated to the Participant or his Beneficiary
regardless of whether the Participant had made different elections of time and /or form of payment or whether the Participant was receiving installment payments at the time of the event. 

  

	9.5	Cashouts Of Amounts Not Exceeding Stated Limit.  If the vested amount credited to the Participant’s Account does not exceed the limit established for this purpose by the
Plan Sponsor in Section 6.01(e) of the Adoption Agreement at the time he separates from service with the Related Employer for any reason, the Employer shall distribute such amount to the Participant at the time specified in Section 6.01(a)
of the Adoption Agreement in a single lump sum cash payment following such termination regardless of whether the Participant had made different elections of time or form of payment as to the vested amount credited to his Account or whether the
Participant was receiving installments at the time of such termination. A Participant’s Account, for purposes of this Section 9.5, shall include any amounts described in Section 1.3. 

  

	9.6	Required Delay in Payment to Key Employees.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.6, a distribution made on account of Separation from Service (or Retirement,
if applicable) to a Participant who is a Key Employee as of the date of his Separation from Service (or Retirement, if applicable) shall not be made before the date which is six months after the Separation from Service (or Retirement, if
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 (a) A Participant is treated as a Key Employee if (i) he is employed by a Related Employer any of whose stock
is publicly traded on an established securities market, and (ii) he satisfies the requirements of Code Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or (iii), determined without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5), at any time during the twelve
month period ending on the Identification Date. 
 (b) A Participant who is a Key Employee on an Identification Date shall be treated as a Key Employee
for purposes of the six month delay in distributions for the twelve month period beginning on the first day of a month no later than the fourth month following the Identification Date. The Identification Date and the effective date of the delay in
distributions shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement. 
 (c) The Plan Sponsor may elect to apply an
alternative method to identify Participants who will be treated as Key Employees for purposes of the six month delay in distributions if the method satisfies each of the following requirements. The alternative method is reasonably designed to
include all Key Employees, is an objectively determinable standard providing no direct or indirect election to any Participant regarding its application, and results in either all Key Employees or no more than 200 Key Employees being identified in
the class as of any date. Use of an alternative method that satisfies the requirements of this Section 9.6(c ) will not be treated as a change in the time and form of payment for purposes of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-2(b). 
 (d) The six month delay does not apply to payments described in Section 9.9(a),(b) or (d) or to payments that occur after the death of the Participant.
If the payment of all or any portion of the Participant’s vested Account is being delayed in accordance with this Section 9.6 at the time he incurs a Disability which would otherwise require a distribution under the terms of the Plan, no
amount shall be paid until the expiration of the six month period of delay required by this Section 9.6. 
  

	9.7	 Change in Control.  If the Plan Sponsor has elected to permit distributions upon a Change in Control, the following provisions shall apply. A distribution
made upon a Change in Control will be made at the time specified in Section 6.01(a) of the Adoption Agreement in the form elected by the Participant in accordance with the procedures described in Article 4. Alternatively, if the Plan Sponsor
has elected in accordance with Section 11.02 of the Adoption Agreement to require distributions upon a Change in Control, the Participant’s remaining vested Account shall be paid to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary at
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payment. A Change in Control, for purposes of the Plan, will occur upon a change in the ownership of the Plan Sponsor, a change in the effective control of the Plan
Sponsor or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Plan Sponsor, but only if elected by the Plan Sponsor in Section 11.03 of the Adoption Agreement. The Plan Sponsor, for this purpose, includes any corporation
identified in this Section 9.7. All distributions made in accordance with this Section 9.7 are subject to the provisions of Section 9.6. 

 If a Participant continues to make deferrals in accordance with Article 4 after he has received a distribution due to a Change in Control, the residual amount payable to the Participant shall be paid at the time and in the form
specified in the elections he makes in accordance with Article 4 or upon his death or Disability as provided in Article 8. 
 Whether a Change in
Control has occurred will be determined by the Administrator in accordance with the rules and definitions set forth in this Section 9.7. A distribution to the Participant will be treated as occurring upon a Change in Control if the Plan Sponsor
terminates the Plan in accordance with Section 10.2 and distributes the Participant’s benefits within twelve months of a Change in Control as provided in Section 10.3. 
  

	 	(a)	Relevant Corporations.  To constitute a Change in Control for purposes of the Plan, the event must relate to (i) the corporation for whom the Participant is performing
services at the time of the Change in Control, (ii) the corporation that is liable for the payment of the Participant’s benefits under the Plan (or all corporations liable if more than one corporation is liable) but only if either the
deferred compensation is attributable to the performance of services by the Participant for such corporation (or corporations) or there is a bona fide business purpose for such corporation (or corporations) to be liable for such payment and, in
either case, no significant purpose of making such corporation (or corporations) liable for such payment is the avoidance of federal income tax, or (iii) a corporation that is a majority shareholder of a corporation identified in (i) or
(ii), or any corporation in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a majority shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending in a corporation identified in (i) or (ii). A majority shareholder is defined as a shareholder
owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value and voting power of such corporation. 

  

	 	(b)	 Stock Ownership.  Code Section 318(a) applies for purposes of determining stock ownership. Stock underlying a vested option is considered owned by the
individual who owns the vested option (and the stock underlying an unvested option is not considered owned by the individual who holds the unvested option). If, however, a vested 

  

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option is exercisable for stock that is not substantially vested (as defined by Treasury Regulation Section 1.83-3(b) and (j)) the stock underlying the option is
not treated as owned by the individual who holds the option. 

  

	 	(c)	Change in the Ownership of a Corporation.  A change in the ownership of a corporation occurs on the date that any one person or more than one person acting as a group,
acquires ownership of stock of the corporation that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of such corporation. If any one
person or more than one person acting as a group is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of a corporation, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or
persons is not considered to cause a change in the ownership of the corporation (or to cause a change in the effective control of the corporation as discussed below in Section 9.7(d)). An increase in the percentage of stock owned by any one
person, or persons acting as a group, as a result of a transaction in which the corporation acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock. Section 9.7(c) applies only when there is a transfer of stock of
a corporation (or issuance of stock of a corporation) and stock in such corporation remains outstanding after the transaction. For purposes of this Section 9.7(c), persons will not be considered to be acting as a group solely because they
purchase or own stock of the same corporation at the same time or as a result of a public offering. Persons will, however, be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase
or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the corporation. If a person, including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such
shareholder is considered to be acting as a group with other shareholders in a corporation prior to the transaction giving rise to the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other corporation. 

  

	 	(d)	 Change in the effective control of a corporation.  A change in the effective control of a corporation occurs on the date that either (i) any one person,
or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the corporation possessing thirty percent
(30%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation, or (ii) a majority of members of the corporation’s board of directors is replaced during any twelve month period by directors whose 

  

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appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the corporation’s board of directors prior to the date of the appointment or election,
provided that for purposes of this paragraph (ii), the term corporation refers solely to the relevant corporation identified in Section 9.7(a) for which no other corporation is a majority shareholder for purposes of Section 9.7(a). In the
absence of an event described in Section 9.7(d)(i) or (ii), a change in the effective control of a corporation will not have occurred. A change in effective control may also occur in any transaction in which either of the two corporations
involved in the transaction has a change in the ownership of such corporation as described in Section 9.7(c) or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of such corporation as described in Section 9.7(e). If any one
person, or more than one person acting as a group, is considered to effectively control a corporation within the meaning of this Section 9.7(d), the acquisition of additional control of the corporation by the same person or persons is not
considered to cause a change in the effective control of the corporation or to cause a change in the ownership of the corporation within the meaning of Section 9.7(c). For purposes of this Section 9.7(d), persons will or will not be
considered to be acting as a group in accordance with rules similar to those set forth in Section 9.7(c) with the following exception. If a person, including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter into a merger, consolidation,
purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar transaction, such shareholder is considered to be acting as a group with other shareholders in a corporation only with respect to the ownership in that corporation prior to the transaction giving rise to
the change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other corporation. 

  

	 	(e)	 Change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporation’s assets.  A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of a corporation’s
assets occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined in accordance with rules similar to those set forth in Section 9.7(d)), acquires (or has acquired during the twelve month period ending on
the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the
corporation immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the corporation or the value of the assets being disposed of determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets. There is no Change in Control event under this Section 9.7(e) when there is a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the transferring corporation immediately after the transfer. A transfer
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corporation is not treated as a change in ownership of such assets if the assets are transferred to (i) a shareholder of the corporation (immediately before the
asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock, (ii) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, (iii) a person, or more than
one person acting as a group, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the corporation, or (iv) an entity, at least fifty (50%) of the total
value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person described in Section 9.7(e)(iii). For purposes of the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided, a person’s status is determined immediately after the transfer
of assets. 

  

	9.8	Permissible Delays in Payment.  Distributions may be delayed beyond the date payment would otherwise occur in accordance with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 in any of the
following circumstances as long as the Employer treats all payments to similarly situated Participants on a reasonably consistent basis. 

  

	 	(a)	The Employer may delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that its deduction with respect to such payment would be limited or eliminated by the application of Code Section 162(m).
Payment must be made during the Participant’s first taxable year in which the Employer reasonably anticipates, or should reasonably anticipate, that if the payment is made during such year the deduction of such payment will not be barred by the
application of Code Section 162(m) or during the period beginning with the Participant’s Separation from Service and ending on the later of the last day of the Employer’s taxable year in which the Participant separates from service or
the 15th day of the third month following the Participant’s Separation from Service. If a scheduled payment to a Participant is delayed in accordance with this Section 9.8(a), all scheduled payments to the Participant that could be delayed
in accordance with this Section 9.8(a) will also be delayed. 

  

	 	(b)	The Employer may also delay payment if it reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will violate federal securities laws or other applicable laws provided payment is made at the
earliest date on which the Employer reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will not cause such violation. 

  

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Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. 

  

	9.9	Permitted Acceleration of Payment.  The Employer may permit acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be paid
pursuant to a payment under the Plan provided such acceleration would be permitted by the provisions of Reg. Sec. 1.409A-3(j)(4), including the following events: 

  

	 	(a)	Domestic Relations Order.  A payment may be accelerated if such payment is made to an alternate payee pursuant to and following the receipt and qualification of a domestic
relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p). 

  

	 	(b)	Compliance with Ethics Agreements and Legal Requirements.  A payment may be accelerated as may be necessary to comply with ethics agreements with the Federal government or as
may be reasonably necessary to avoid the violation of Federal, state, local or foreign ethics law or conflicts of laws, in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

  

	 	(c)	De Minimis Amounts.  A payment will be accelerated if (i) the amount of the payment is not greater than the applicable dollar amount under Code
Section 402(g)(1)(B), (ii) at the time the payment is made the amount constitutes the Participant’s entire interest under the Plan and all other plans that are aggregated with the Plan under Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2).

  

	 	(d)	FICA Tax.  A payment may be accelerated to the extent required to pay the Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax imposed under Code Sections 3101, 3121(a) and 3121(v)(2) of
the Code with respect to compensation deferred under the Plan (the “FICA Amount”). Additionally, a payment may be accelerated to pay the income tax on wages imposed under Code Section 3401 of the Code on the FICA Amount and to pay the
additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding Code Section 3401 wages and taxes. The total payment under this subsection (d) may not exceed the aggregate of the FICA Amount and the income tax withholding related
to the FICA Amount. 

  

	 	(e)	Section 409A Additional Tax.  A payment may be accelerated if the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A; provided that such payment may not
exceed the amount required to be included in income as a result of the failure to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

  

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	 	(f)	Offset.  A payment may be accelerated in the Employer’s discretion as satisfaction of a debt of the Participant to the Employer, where such debt is incurred in the
ordinary course of the service relationship between the Participant and the Employer, the entire amount of the reduction in any of the Employer’s taxable years does not exceed $5,000, and the reduction is made at the same time and in the same
amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the Participant. 

  

	 	(g)	Other Events.  A payment may be accelerated in the Administrator’s discretion in connection with such other events and conditions as permitted by Code Section 409A.

  

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 ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 
  

	10.1	Amendment by Plan Sponsor.  The Plan Sponsor reserves the right to amend the Plan (for itself and each Employer) through action of its Board of Directors. No amendment
can directly or indirectly deprive any current or former Participant or Beneficiary of all or any portion of his Account which had accrued and vested prior to the amendment. 

  

	10.2	Plan Termination Following Change in Control or Corporate Dissolution.  If so elected by the Plan Sponsor in 11.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Sponsor
reserves the right to terminate the Plan and distribute all amounts credited to all Participant Accounts within the 30 days preceding or the twelve months following a Change in Control as determined in accordance with the rules set forth in
Section 9.7. For this purpose, the Plan will be treated as terminated only if all agreements, methods, programs and other arrangements sponsored by the Related Employer immediately after the Change in Control which are treated as a single plan
under Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2) are also terminated so that all participants under the Plan and all similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve months of the date the Plan Sponsor
irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate the arrangements. In addition, the Plan Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the Plan within twelve months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Code Section 331 or with the approval of a
bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U. S. C. Section 503(b)(1)(A) provided that amounts deferred under the Plan are included in the gross incomes of Participants in the latest of (a) the calendar year in which the termination occurs,
(b) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, or (c) the first calendar year in which payment is administratively practicable. 

  

	10.3	 Other Plan Terminations.  The Plan Sponsor retains the discretion to terminate the Plan if (a) all arrangements sponsored by the Plan Sponsor
that would be aggregated with any terminated arrangement under Code Section 409A and Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(c)(2) are terminated, (b) no payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the arrangements if the termination
had not occurred are made within twelve months of the termination of the arrangements, (c) all payments are made within twenty-four months of the termination of the arrangements, (d) the Plan Sponsor does not adopt a new arrangement that
would be aggregated with any terminated arrangement under Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder at any time within the three year period following the date of termination of the arrangement, and (e) the termination does not
occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Plan sponsor. The Plan Sponsor also reserves the right to amend 

  

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the Plan to provide that termination of the Plan will occur under such conditions and events as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in generally
applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. 

  

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 ARTICLE 11 – THE TRUST 
  

	11.1	Establishment of Trust.  The Plan Sponsor may but is not required to establish a trust to hold amounts which the Plan Sponsor may contribute from time to time to correspond
to some or all amounts credited to Participants under Section 6.2. If the Plan Sponsor elects to establish a trust in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Adoption Agreement, the provisions of Sections 11.2 and 11.3 shall become operative.

  

	11.2	Grantor Trust.  Any trust established by the Plan Sponsor shall be between the Plan Sponsor and a trustee pursuant to a separate written agreement under which assets are
held, administered and managed, subject to the claims of the Plan Sponsor’s creditors in the event of the Plan Sponsor’s insolvency. The trust is intended to be treated as a grantor trust under the Code, and the establishment of the trust
shall not cause the Participant to realize current income on amounts contributed thereto. The Plan Sponsor must notify the trustee in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency. 

  

	11.3	Investment of Trust Funds.  Any amounts contributed to the trust by the Plan Sponsor shall be invested by the trustee in accordance with the provisions of the trust and the
instructions of the Administrator. Trust investments need not reflect the hypothetical investments selected by Participants under Section 7.1 for the purpose of adjusting Accounts and the earnings or investment results of the trust need not
affect the hypothetical investment adjustments to Participant Accounts under the Plan. 

  

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 ARTICLE 12 – PLAN ADMINISTRATION 
  

	12.1	Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator.  The Administrator has the full power and the full responsibility to administer the Plan in all of its details, subject,
however, to the applicable requirements of ERISA. The Administrator’s powers and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  

	 	(a)	To make and enforce such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the Plan; 

  

	 	(b)	To interpret the Plan, its interpretation thereof to be final, except as provided in Section 12.2, on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan; 

  

	 	(c)	To decide all questions concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any person to participate in the Plan; 

  

	 	(d)	To administer the claims and review procedures specified in Section 12.2; 

  

	 	(e)	To compute the amount of benefits which will be payable to any Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan; 

  

	 	(f)	To determine the person or persons to whom such benefits will be paid; 

  

	 	(g)	To authorize the payment of benefits; 

  

	 	(h)	To comply with the reporting and disclosure requirements of Part 1 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; 

  

	 	(i)	To appoint such agents, counsel, accountants, and consultants as may be required to assist in administering the Plan; 

  

	 	(j)	By written instrument, to allocate and delegate its responsibilities, including the formation of an Administrative Committee to administer the Plan. 

  

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	12.2	Claims and Review Procedures. 

  

	 	(a)	Claims Procedure. 

 If any person believes he is being denied any rights or
benefits under the Plan, such person may file a claim in writing with the Administrator. If any such claim is wholly or partially denied, the Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will contain
(i) specific reasons for the denial, (ii) specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions, (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for such person to perfect such claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary, and (iv) a description of the Plan’s review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the person’s right to bring a civil action following an adverse
decision on review. Such notification will be given within 90 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Disability) after the claim is received by the Administrator. The Administrator may extend the period for providing the notification by 90
days (30 days in the case of a claim regarding Disability) if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim and if written notice of such extension and circumstance is given to such person within the initial 90 day
period (45 day period in the case of a claim regarding Disability). If such notification is not given within such period, the claim will be considered denied as of the last day of such period and such person may request a review of his claim.

  

	 	(b)	Review Procedure. 

 Within 60 days (180 days in the case of a claim regarding
Disability) after the date on which a person receives a written notification of denial of claim (or, if written notification is not provided, within 60 days (180 days in the case of a claim regarding Disability) of the date denial is considered to
have occurred), such person (or his duly authorized representative) may (i) file a written request with the Administrator for a review of his denied claim and of pertinent documents and (ii) submit written issues and comments to the
Administrator. The Administrator will notify such person of its decision in writing. Such notification will be written in a manner calculated to be understood by such person and will contain specific reasons for the decision as well as specific
references to pertinent Plan provisions. The notification will explain that the person is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, 

  

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reasonable access to and copies of all pertinent documents and has the right to bring a civil action following an adverse decision on review. The decision on review
will be made within 60 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Disability). The Administrator may extend the period for making the decision on review by 60 days (45 days in the case of a claim regarding Disability) if special circumstances
require an extension of time for processing the request such as an election by the Administrator to hold a hearing, and if written notice of such extension and circumstances is given to such person within the initial 60-day period (45 days in the
case of a claim regarding Disability). If the decision on review is not made within such period, the claim will be considered denied. 
  

	12.3	Plan Administrative Costs.  All reasonable costs and expenses (including legal, accounting, and employee communication fees) incurred by the Administrator in
administering the Plan shall be paid by the Plan to the extent not paid by the Employer. 

  

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 ARTICLE 13 – MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	13.1	Unsecured General Creditor of the Employer.  Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or
claims in any property or assets of the Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under the Plan, any and all of the Employer’s assets shall be, and shall remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Employer. Each
Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. 

  

	13.2	Employer’s Liability.  Each Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits under the Plan shall be defined only by the Plan and
by the deferral agreements entered into between a Participant and the Employer. An Employer shall have no obligation or liability to a Participant under the Plan except as provided by the Plan and a deferral agreement or agreements. An Employer
shall have no liability to Participants employed by other Employers. 

  

	13.3	Limitation of Rights.  Neither the establishment of the Plan, nor any amendment thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor the payment
of any benefits, will be construed as giving to the Participant or any other person any legal or equitable right against the Employer, the Plan or the Administrator, except as provided herein; and in no event will the terms of employment or service
of the Participant be modified or in any way affected hereby. 

  

	13.4	Anti-Assignment.  Except as may be necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order within the meaning of Code Section 414(p), none of the
benefits or rights of a Participant or any Beneficiary of a Participant shall be subject to the claim of any creditor. In particular, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all such benefits and rights shall be free from attachment, garnishment, or
any other legal or equitable process available to any creditor of the Participant and his or her Beneficiary. Neither the Participant nor his or her Beneficiary shall have the right to alienate, anticipate, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any
of the payments which he or she may expect to receive, contingently or otherwise, under the Plan, except the right to designate a Beneficiary to receive death benefits provided hereunder. Notwithstanding the preceding, the benefit payable from a
Participant’s Account may be reduced, at the discretion of the administrator, to satisfy any debt or liability to the Employer. 

  

	13.5	 Facility of Payment.  If the Administrator determines, on the basis of medical reports or other evidence satisfactory to the
Administrator, that the recipient of any benefit payments under the Plan is incapable of handling his affairs by reason of minority, illness, infirmity or other incapacity, the Administrator may 

  

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direct the Employer to disburse such payments to a person or institution designated by a court which has jurisdiction over such recipient or a person or institution
otherwise having the legal authority under State law for the care and control of such recipient. The receipt by such person or institution of any such payments therefore, and any such payment to the extent thereof, shall discharge the liability of
the Employer, the Plan and the Administrator for the payment of benefits hereunder to such recipient. 

  

	13.6	Notices.  Any notice or other communication to the Employer or Administrator in connection with the Plan shall be deemed delivered in writing if addressed to the Plan
Sponsor at the address specified in Section 1.03 of the Adoption Agreement and if either actually delivered at said address or, in the case or a letter, 5 business days shall have elapsed after the same shall have been deposited in the United
States mails, first-class postage prepaid and registered or certified. 

  

	13.7	Tax Withholding.  If the Employer concludes that tax is owing with respect to any deferral or payment hereunder, the Employer shall withhold such
amounts from any payments due the Participant, as permitted by law, or otherwise make appropriate arrangements with the Participant or his Beneficiary for satisfaction of such obligation. Tax, for purposes of this Section 13.7 means any
federal, state, local or any other governmental income tax, employment or payroll tax, excise tax, or any other tax or assessment owing with respect to amounts deferred, any earnings thereon, and any payments made to Participants under the Plan.

  

	13.8	Indemnification. (a) Each Indemnitee (as defined in Section 13.8(e)) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Employer for all actions taken by him and for all failures
to take action (regardless of the date of any such action or failure to take action), to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the jurisdiction in which the Employer is incorporated, against all expense, liability, and loss (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (as defined in Subsection (e)). No
indemnification pursuant to this Section shall be made, however, in any case where (1) the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or
(2) there is a settlement to which the Employer does not consent. 

 (b)    The right to indemnification
provided in this Section shall include the right to have the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending any Proceeding paid by the Employer in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of
the jurisdiction in which the Employer is incorporated; provided that, if such law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only on delivery to the
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an undertaking, by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced without interest if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not
entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. 
 (c)  Indemnification pursuant to this Section shall continue as to an
Indemnitee who has ceased to be such and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors, and administrators. The Employer agrees that the undertakings made in this Section shall be binding on its successors or assigns and shall survive the
termination, amendment or restatement of the Plan. 
 (d)  The foregoing right to indemnification shall be in addition to such other rights
as the Indemnitee may enjoy as a matter of law or by reason of insurance coverage of any kind and is in addition to and not in lieu of any rights to indemnification to which the Indemnitee may be entitled pursuant to the by-laws of the Employer.

 (e)  For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply: 
 (1)  ”Indemnitee” shall mean each person serving as an Administrator (or any other person who is an employee, director, or officer of the
Employer) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any Proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was performing administrative functions under the Plan. 
 (2)  “Proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit,
or proceeding by or in the right of the Employer), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or through arbitration. 
  

	13.9	Successors.  The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Plan Sponsor, the Employer and their successors and assigns and the
Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries. 

  

	13.10	Disclaimer.  It is the Plan Sponsor’s intention that the Plan comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A. Neither the Plan Sponsor nor the Employer shall
have any liability to any Participant should any provision of the Plan fail to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A. 

  

	13.11	Governing Law.  The Plan will be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State specified by the Plan Sponsor in
Section 12.01 of the Adoption Agreement. 

  

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