ACCURIDEEXECUTIVE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE POLICY November,2003
Exhibit 10.19
ACCURIDE EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE POLICY
November, 2003
Accuride has supplemented the retirement benefits available to executives for a number of years through the Accuride Corporation Supplemental Savings Plan (the SSP). While the SSP is being continued to allow executives to defer the receipt of some of their income, the Company contribution portion of the SSP is being eliminated. In order to replace the benefits lost due to the elimination of the Company contribution features in the SSP, Accuride has adopted this Executive Retirement Allowance Policy, the terms of which follow:
1. Eligibility. The Retirement Allowance will be payable to any executive level employee (salary level 20 and above) who has been designated for participation in the program described in this Policy. A Designated Executive need not complete any particular period of service in order to participate.
2. Amount of Allowance. The Retirement Allowance for any calendar year will be equal to the sum of the following amounts:
A. 2.5% of the Designated Executives Base Salary for the calendar year in excess of the limitation on compensation that may be considered for purposes of the Accuride Employee Savings Plan pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) for the same year. (The Section 401(a)(17) limit for 2003 is $200,000). For purposes of this Policy, Base Salary means the total regular salary paid by the Company during the applicable calendar year, determined prior to any deferrals made by the Designated Executive under the Accuride Employee Savings Plan, the Accuride Corporation Supplemental Savings Plan, or a cafeteria plan within the meaning of the Section 125 of the Code. Base Salary excludes commissions, bonuses, overtime, living or other allowances, contributions under any employee benefit plan, or other extra, incentive, premium, contingent, supplemental or additional compensation all as determined conclusively by the Company.
B. The Applicable Percentage of the Designated Executives Eligible Base Salary for the applicable calendar year less the Company Profit Sharing Contribution (as such term is used in the Savings Plan) allocated to the Designated Executive under the Savings Plan for that year. For this purpose, the Applicable Percentage is the percentage contributed to the accounts of the participants in the Savings Plan as a Company Profit Sharing Contribution (as that term is defined in the Savings Plan) for that year, as adjusted to reflect all limitations and carryovers called for by the Savings Plan. A Designated Executives Eligible Base Salary is the Base Salary earned by the Designated Executive for the portion of the year during which the Designated Executive is eligible to receive a Company Profit Sharing Contribution under the Savings Plan. This portion of the Retirement Allowance will only be paid for a year in which a Company Profit Sharing Contribution is made to the Savings Plan. A Designated Executive will receive this portion of the Retirement Allowance only if the Designated Executive is also a participant in the Savings Plan and is eligible, generally, to receive a Company Profit Sharing Contribution under the Savings Plan. The Board retains the right to relax the eligibility requirements for the receipt of this portion of the Retirement Allowance.
C. An amount equal to the total Basic Earnings Credits and Excess Earnings Credits (as determined pursuant to Sections 3.1(b) and 3.1(c) of the Accuride Cash Balance Plan) that the Designated Executive would be entitled to receive under the Cash Balance Pension Plan for the calendar year if that Plan were not subject to the compensation and benefit limitations set forth in Section 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code, less the Basic Earnings Credits and Excess Earnings Credits actually received by the Designated Executive under the Cash Balance Plan for that year.
D. An amount equal to the applicable percentage (gross-up amount) of the sum of A, B and C above, which amount is intended to cover the amount of grossed-up income taxes payable by the Designated Executive on the Retirement Allowance.
3. Time of Payments. The Retirement Allowance for the amounts described in A and C above will be paid out in December of each year, while the amounts described in B above will be paid out within 90 days following the end of the appropriate calendar year.
2