AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

EX-10.18.2 3 dex10182.htm 2005 DVDCP 2005 DVDCP

Exhibit 10.18.2

 

 

AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION

2005 DIRECTORS VARIABLE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 

ARTICLE I - PURPOSE

 

The 2005 Directors Variable Deferred Compensation Plan (“Plan”) is adopted by Avery Dennison Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), effective as of December 1, 2004. The Plan provides a deferred compensation plan for non-employee Directors of the Company. The Plan applies to all Participants and/or Beneficiaries of the Plan and deferrals thereunder commencing on or after December 1, 2004, as well as any unvested balances as of November 30, 2004. The Plan is intended to comply, and it is anticipated that the provisions of the Plan will be amended to comply, with the provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and any regulations or other written administrative guidance issued or to be issued thereunder (“Section 409A”).

 

ARTICLE 2 – DEFINITIONS AND CERTAIN PROVISIONS

 

2.1        Administrator.

“Administrator” means the administrator appointed by the Committee to handle the day-to-day administration of the Plan pursuant to Article 9.

 

2.2        Allocation Election Form.

“Allocation Election Form” means the form on which a Participant elects the Declared Rate(s) to be credited as earnings or losses to such Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

2.3        Annual Deferral.

“Annual Deferral” means the amount of Director’s Fees that the Participant elects to defer for a calendar year.

 

2.4        Beneficiary.

“Beneficiary” means the person or persons or entity designated as such by a Participant pursuant to Article 8.

 

2.5        Benefit.

“Benefit” means a Retirement Benefit, Survivor Benefit, Termination Benefit, or Disability Benefit or other benefit permitted under Section 409A.

 

2.6        Change of Control

“Change of Control” means a Change in Control Event as defined in the regulations or other administrative guidance under Section 409A.

 

2.7        Code

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.8        Committee.

“Committee” means the deferred compensation plan committee appointed to administer the Plan pursuant to Article 9.

 

2.9        Declared Rate.

“Declared Rate” means the notional rates of return (which may be positive or negative) of the individual investment options selected by a Participant for such Deferral Account referred to in Article 6.

 

2.10        Deferral Account.

“Deferral Account” means the notional account established for record keeping purposes for a Participant pursuant to Section 4.4.

 

2.11        Director’s Fees

“Director’s Fees” means the retainers and meeting fees payable to a Director for service as a director of the Company, which may be deferred hereunder.


2.12        Disability Benefit.

“Disability Benefit” means the Benefit payable to a Participant in accordance with Section 7.4 after the Participant has become Disabled.

 

2.13        Disabled.

“Disabled” means, in the case of a Participant, that the Participant (i) is 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.

 

2.14        Distribution.

“Distribution” means any payment to a Participant or Beneficiary according to the terms of this Plan.

 

2.15        Enrollment Period.

“Enrollment Period” means the period(s) designated from year to year by the Administrator for enrollments.

 

2.16        Exchange Act.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.17        Normal Retirement.

“Normal Retirement” means the termination of a Participant’s status as a director with the Company for reasons other than death on or after the Participant attains age 60.

 

2.18        Participant.

“Participant” means a non-employee Director who has filed a completed and executed Participation Election Form with the Administrator, and who is participating in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3 and 4.

 

2.19        Participation Election Form.

“Participation Election Form” means the written agreement or commitment to make a deferral submitted by the Participant to the Administrator pursuant to Article 4 of the Plan. The Participant Election Form may take the form of an electronic communication followed by appropriate confirmation according to procedures established by the Administrator.

 

2.20        Plan.

“Plan” means this 2005 Directors Variable Deferred Compensation Plan, a non-qualified elective deferred compensation plan, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

2.21        Plan Year.

“Plan Year” means the year beginning December 1 and ending the following November 30.

 

2.22        Rabbi Trust.

“Rabbi Trust” means the trust described in Section 12.12.

 

2.23        Retirement Benefit.

“Retirement Benefit” means the Benefit payable to a Participant when the Participant has satisfied the requirements Normal Retirement pursuant to Article 7.

 

2.24        Section 409A.

“Section 409A” means section 409A of the Code, as added by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, and any regulations and other written administrative guidance issued from time to time thereunder.

 

2.25        Settlement Date.

“Settlement Date” means a date upon which a Benefit payment is due and payable to a Participant or Beneficiary. This date will be within 90 days of, or as soon as possible after, the Valuation Date, subject to Section 409A.

 

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2.26        Survivor Benefit.

“Survivor Benefit” means those Plan Benefits that become payable upon the death of a Participant pursuant to Section 7.6.

 

2.27        Termination Benefit.

“Termination Benefit” means the lump sum amount payable to a Participant who ceases to be a Director pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.5.

 

2.28        Valuation Date.

“Valuation Date” means the date on which the Deferral Account is valued for Distribution purposes. This date shall be the last day of the month in which an event occurs that triggers a Benefit payment.

 

ARTICLE 3 – PARTICIPATION

 

3.1        Participation.

The Administrator shall notify Participants generally not less than 30 days (or such lesser period as may be practicable under the circumstances) prior to any deadline for filing a Participation Election Form.

 

3.2        Participation Election.

An Director shall become a Participant in the Plan no later than the first day of the Plan Year coincident with or next following the date the Director has filed a Participant Election Form with the Administrator. To be effective, the Director must submit the Participant Election Form during an Enrollment Period or any other such time as determined by the Administrator.

 

Directors, who join the Company after the first day of the Plan Year, may become Participants provided such Director files a Participant Election Form with the Administrator within 30 days of commencement of service as a Director.

 

3.3        Continuation of Participation.

A Participant who has elected to participate in the Plan by submitting a Participant Election Form shall continue as a Participant in the Plan until the entire balance of the Participant’s Deferral Account has been distributed to the Participant.

 

ARTICLE 4 – PARTICIPANT DEFERRALS

 

4.1        Annual Deferral.

On the Participation Election Form, and subject to the restrictions set forth herein, the Director shall designate the amount of Director’s Fees to be deferred for the following calendar year, provided that any deferral election shall be made not later than the last day of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which such Director’s Fees are earned.

 

4.2        Minimum Deferral.

The minimum amount of Annual Deferral that may deferred shall be ten (10%) percent of a Participant’s Director’s Fees.

 

4.3        Maximum Deferral.

The standard maximum amount of Annual Deferral that may be deferred shall be 100% of the Director’s Fees. The maximum deferral amount is established at the discretion of the Administrator.

 

4.4        Deferral Accounts.

Solely for record keeping purposes, the Company shall maintain a Deferral Account for each Participant. The amount of a Participant’s Annual Deferral pursuant to this Article 4 shall be credited by the Company to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the last day of the calendar quarter during which Director’s Fees otherwise would have been paid. All Distributions will be debited to the Deferral Account on the Valuation Date.

 

4.5        Interest on Deferral Accounts.

The Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited with a rate of return (positive or negative) based on the Declared Rate(s) that he elects. The rate of return (positive or negative) will be credited and compounded daily.

 

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4.6        Statement of Accounts.

The Administrator shall provide to each Participant periodic statements (not less than annually) setting forth the Participant’s deferrals, Declared Rate(s) (credits or debits), distributions and Deferral Account balance.

 

4.7        Errors in Benefit Statement or Distributions.

In the event an error is made in a benefit statement, such error shall be corrected on the next benefit statement following the date such error is discovered. In event of an error in a Distribution, the Participant’s Deferral Account shall, immediately upon the discovery of such error, be adjusted to reflect such under or over payment and, if possible, the next Distribution shall be adjusted upward or downward to correct such prior error. If the remaining balance of a Participant’s Deferral Account is insufficient to cover an erroneous overpayment, the Company may, at its discretion, offset other amounts payable to the Participant from the Company (including but not limited to Director’s Fees) to recoup the amount of such overpayment(s).

 

4.8        Valuation of Accounts.

The value of a Deferral Account as of any date shall equal the amounts theretofore credited or debited to such account, plus the interest deemed to be earned on such account in accordance with this Article 4 through the day preceding such date.

 

4.9        Vesting.

The Participant shall be 100% vested at all times in the Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

ARTICLE 5 – DISCRETIONARY COMPANY CREDITS

 

The Company, in its sole discretion, may credit to selected Participants’ Deferral Accounts a discretionary amount or match in an amount determined by the Company. These amounts and subsequent earnings are subject to vesting schedules established by the Administrator.

 

ARTICLE 6 – INVESTMENT OPTIONS

 

6.1        Participant Election of Declared Rates.

A Participant may elect on the Allocation Election Form any combination of Declared Rates in one (1%) percent increments, as long as the total does not exceed one hundred (100%) percent of the deferrals. A Participant may change the Declared Rate(s) election once a month by filing a written notice (which may include an electronic notification) with the Administrator (or to a service provider designated by the Company, such as Mullin Consulting, which provides administrative services for the Plan and the Participants), up to the last day of the month, with such change(s) effective as of the first day of the next month. Such elections will apply to current deferrals and/or to the remaining Deferral Account Balance, as indicated by the Participant. The Company may modify these procedures to provide greater flexibility (e.g., smaller percentage increments or more frequent reallocations) to Participants. The Company will not necessarily invest Deferral Account balances in the investment funds represented by the Declared Rates, even though the actual performance of the investment fund(s) that is/are chosen to measure specific Declared Rate(s) will determine the rate of return (positive or negative) on the Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

6.2        Declared Rates.

A Participant may select from Declared Rates currently representing twelve (12) investment funds, which may from time to time be established under the Plan and the number of which may be expanded by the Committee; it being the intention that at all times Participants will have at least nine (9) core investment fund choices comparable in focus, type and quality to those listed on Exhibit A. The Declared Rates provide a rate of return (positive or negative) that are based on the actual net performance of the Declared Rate(s) selected by the Participant. The Declared Rates credited to Participant Deferral Accounts will be the actual net performance of the Declared Rates, to which will be added a basis point credit, which credit (when added to the actual net performance of the Declared Rates) will together be approximately equivalent on average to crediting the actual gross performance of the Declared Rates less 20 basis points.

 

 

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ARTICLE 7 – BENEFITS

 

7.1        Retirement Benefit.

A Participant is eligible for a Retirement Benefit under this Plan upon the satisfaction of the requirements for Normal Retirement.

 

7.2        Benefit Election Alternatives.

The Retirement Benefit will be paid beginning on the Settlement Date, and in the manner which the Participant elects no later than twelve months prior to the originally scheduled commencement of the distribution, consistent with procedures established by the Company and with the requirements of Section 409A To the extent required under Section 409A, an election by a Participant to change the form or timing of an initial or subsequent distribution must defer the commencement of Retirement Benefits for at least 5 years.

 

7.3        Installment Payments.

All installment payments will be calculated on an annual basis but paid at such intervals as may be determined by the Committee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 above, provided that such intervals shall not be less frequent than quarterly. If a Participant elects to receive his Retirement Benefit in installment payments, the payments will be based on the Deferral Account balance at the beginning of the payment period. The payments will be recalculated annually by dividing the Participant’s current Deferral Account balance as of the last day of the plan year by the number of remaining years in the payment period based on the Participant’s retirement payment election. The rate of return (positive or negative) during any payment year will be credited during the year on the unpaid Deferral Account balance at the applicable Declared Rate(s). A retired Participant may continue to change his Declared Rate(s) pursuant to Section 6.1.

 

7.4        Disability Benefit.

If a Participant becomes Disabled, the Participant may request a Disability Benefit.

 

7.5        Termination Benefit.

If a Participant ceases to be a Director for any reason other than death, Disability or Normal Retirement, the Company shall pay to the Participant in one lump sum an amount (the “Termination Benefit”) equal to the value of the Deferral Account. The Participant shall be entitled to no further Benefits under this Plan.

 

7.6        Survivor Benefits.

 

(a)        Pre-Retirement. If a Participant dies and has not yet commenced receiving Retirement Benefit payments, a Survivor Benefit will be paid to his Beneficiary in annual installments over ten years unless a different payment schedule is required under Section 409A. The aggregate Survivor Benefit will be equal to the Deferral Account balance plus the Declared Rate(s). The annual Survivor Benefit payments shall be re-determined each year based upon the value of the Deferral Account at that time.

 

(b)        Post-Retirement. If a Participant dies after payment of Retirement Benefits has commenced, his Beneficiary will be entitled to receive the remainder of the payments not yet paid to the Participant in accordance with the election of the Participant then in effect unless a different payment schedule is required under Section 409A.

 

7.7        Change of Control.

A Participant may make an irrevocable election at the time of making a deferral election to take a distribution in the event of a Change of Control prior to the Participant’s termination of status as a Director. A distribution on Change of Control shall be equal to the total balance of the Deferral Account or Accounts specified by the Participant including notional earnings credited thereon through the Valuation Date and shall be paid in the form of a single lump sum payable no later than the last day of the month following the month in which such Change of Control occurs, subject to Section 409A.

 

7.8        Valuation Date.

Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, the Valuation Date for determining Deferral Account balances shall be the last day of the month in which an event occurs that triggers a Benefit payment.

 

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7.9        Settlement Date.

Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, the Settlement Date for Benefit payments shall be within 90 days or as soon as possible following the Valuation Date, except as might otherwise be required under Section 409A.

 

ARTICLE 8 – BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

 

Each Participant and Beneficiary shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to whom payment under this Plan shall be made in the event of death of the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, prior to complete distribution of the Benefits due under the Plan. Each Beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in writing with the Administrator during the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s lifetime, as the case may be, on a form prescribed by the Administrator.

 

The filing of a new Beneficiary designation form will cancel and revoke all Beneficiary designations previously filed. Any finalized divorce or marriage (other than a common law marriage) of a Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, subsequent to the date of filing of a Beneficiary designation form shall revoke such designation unless (i) in the case of divorce the previous spouse or a trust for said previous spouse was not designated as Beneficiary, or (ii) in the case of marriage the Participant’s new spouse or a trust for said new spouse had previously been designated as Beneficiary.

 

If a Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if the Participant’s Beneficiary designation is revoked by marriage, divorce, or otherwise without execution of a new Beneficiary designation, or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s Benefits, then the Administrator shall direct the distribution of such Benefits to the estate of the Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be.

 

ARTICLE 9 – ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

A deferred compensation plan committee (“Committee”) consisting of three or more members shall be appointed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer to administer the Plan and establish, adopt, or revise such rules and procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan and to interpret the provisions of the Plan, with any such interpretations to be conclusive. All decisions of the Committee shall be by vote of at least a majority of its members and shall be final and binding. Members of the Committee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan while serving as members of the Committee, but a member of the Committee shall not vote or act upon any matter that relates solely to such member’s interest in the Plan as a Participant. The current members of the Committee are the Chief Executive Officer; the Chief Financial Officer; the Senior Vice President, Human Resources; the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; the Vice President and Treasurer; the Vice President, Compensation and Benefits; the Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary; the Vice President and Controller; the Manager, Corporate Finance and Investments, and the Director, Financial Reporting at the Company’s Miller Corporate Center. The Committee has designated the Vice President, Compensation and Benefits as the Administrator to carry out the day-to-day administration of the Plan.

 

ARTICLE 10 – AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

The Company, at the direction of its Chief Executive Officer, may amend the Plan; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment shall be effective to decrease the Benefits accrued by any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (including, but not limited to, the rate of interest credited to the Deferral Accounts); (ii) no such amendment shall decrease the minimum number of Declared Rates set forth in Section 6.2; (iii) Section 7.1 may not be amended; (iv) the definition of Declared Rate may not be amended; except as allowed in Article 6, (v) the other substantive provisions of the Plan related to the calculation of Benefits or the manner or timing of payments to be made under the Plan shall not be amended so as to prejudice the rights of any Participant or Beneficiary, and (vi) amendments shall be not be inconsistent with Section 409A.

 

Notwithstanding any terms herein to the contrary, the Company may not terminate the Plan; provided however that the Company shall not have any obligation to, but may, in its discretion, allow additional deferrals into this Plan.

 

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ARTICLE 11 – MAINTENANCE OF ACCOUNTS

 

The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, all such books of account, records and other data as may be necessary or advisable in its judgment for the administration of this Plan, and to reflect properly the affairs thereof, and to determine the nature and amount of the interests of the respective Participants in each Deferral Account.

 

Separate accounts or records for the respective Participants’ Deferred Accounts shall be maintained for operational and accounting purposes, but no such account or record shall be considered as creating a lien of any nature whatsoever on or as segregating any of the assets with respect to the accounts under this Plan from any other funds or property of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 12 – MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1        Applicable Law.

The Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely therein, and applicable substantive provisions of federal law, including the AJCA.

 

12.2        Captions.

The captions of the articles, sections, and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

 

12.3        Limitation.

A Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary shall assume all risks in connection with the performance of any Declared Rate and any decrease in value of the Deferral Accounts, and the Company, any of its officers, employees, or directors, the Committee and the Administrator shall not be liable or responsible therefor.

 

12.4        Notice.

Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Administrator under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the principal office of the Company, directed to the attention of the Administrator with a copy to the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.

 

12.5        Obligations to Company.

If a Participant becomes entitled to a Distribution of Benefits under the Plan, and if at such time the Participant has outstanding any debt, obligation, or other liability representing an amount owing to the Company, then the Company may offset such amount owed to it against the amount of Benefits otherwise distributable. Such determination shall be made by the Committee.

 

12.6        Limits on Transfer.

Other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or legal or judicial process related to dissolution of marriage, no right title or interest of any kind in the Plan shall be transferable or assignable by a Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary or be subject to alienation, anticipation, encumbrance, garnishment, attachment, levy, execution or other legal or equitable process, nor subject to the debts, contracts, alimony, liabilities or engagements, or torts of any Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, garnish, attach or take any other action subject to legal or equitable process or encumber or dispose of any interest in the Plan shall be void.

 

12.7        Satisfaction of Claims.

Payments to any Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of the Plan shall, to the extent thereof, be in full or partial satisfaction of claims against the Company for the compensation or other amounts deferred and relating to the Deferral Account to which the payments relate.

 

 

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12.8        Unfunded Status of Plan; Creation of Trusts.

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for deferred compensation and Participants shall rely solely on the unsecured promise of the Company for payment hereunder. With respect to any payment not yet made to a Participant under the Plan, nothing contained in the Plan shall give a Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company. Consistent with the provisions of this Section 12.8, the Company has established the Trust referred to in Section 12.12 and may establish other similar trusts, or make other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations under the Plan, which trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Plan.

 

12.9        Compliance.

The Plan, in form and operation, is intended to comply with Section 409A. To the extent that the terms of the Plan are inconsistent with Section 409A, then the terms of the Plan will be automatically deemed to be amended and construed so as to be in compliance.

 

12.10        Tax Withholding.

The Participant or Beneficiary shall make appropriate arrangements with the Company for satisfaction of any federal, state or local income tax withholding requirements and Social Security or other tax requirements applicable to the crediting and payment of Benefits under the Plan. If no other arrangements are made, the Company shall have the right to deduct from amounts otherwise credited or payable in settlement of a Deferral Account any sums that federal, state, local or foreign tax law requires to be withheld with respect to such credit or payment.

 

12.11        Participant Cooperation.

Each Participant shall cooperate with the Company by furnishing any and all information requested by the Company in order to facilitate the payment of Benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Company may deem necessary and taking such other relevant action as may be requested by the Company. If a Participant refuses so to cooperate, the Company shall have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan, other than payment to such Participant of the cumulative deferrals theretofore made pursuant to this Plan. If a Participant commits suicide during the two (2) year period beginning on the first day on which he participates in the Plan or if the Participant makes any material misstatement of information or nondisclosure of medical history, then no Benefits will be payable hereunder to such Participant of the deferrals theretofore made pursuant to this Plan, provided, that in the Company’s sole discretion, Benefits may be payable in an amount reduced to compensate the Company for any loss, cost, damage or expense suffered or incurred by the Company as a result in any way of any such action, misstatement or nondisclosure.

 

12.12        Unsecured General Creditor.

The Company has established the Avery Dennison Corporation Directors Compensation Trust (“Rabbi Trust”). The assets of the Rabbi Trust shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors. To the extent any Benefits provided under the Plan are actually paid from the Rabbi Trust, the Company shall have no further obligation with respect thereto, but to the extent not so paid, such Benefits shall remain the obligation of, and shall be paid by, the Company. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interest, or claims in or to any specific property or assets of Company, nor shall they be beneficiaries of, or have any rights, claims, or interests in any life insurance policies, annuity contracts, or the proceeds therefrom owned or which may be acquired by Company (“Policies”). Apart from the Rabbi Trust, such Policies or other assets of Company shall not be held under any trust for the Benefit of Participants, their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, or assigns, or held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of Company under this Plan. Any and all of the Company’s assets and Policies shall be, and remain, the general, un-pledged, unrestricted assets of Company. Company’s obligations under the Plan shall be merely an unfunded and unsecured promise of Company to pay money in the future.

 

12.13        Waiver of Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the Benefits due hereunder, wherever such laws may be enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the administration or performance of this Plan; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the realization of any Benefits to which the Participants hereunder are entitled, but will suffer and permit the realization of all such Benefits as though no such law

 

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had been enacted. The provisions of this Section 12.13 are not intended, however, to prevent compliance of the Plan with the provisions of Section 409A.

 

12.14        Status.

The establishment and maintenance of, or allocations and credits to, the Deferral Accounts of any Participant shall not vest in any Participant any right, title or interest in and to any Plan assets or Benefits except at the time or times and upon the terms and conditions and to the extent expressly set forth in the Plan and in accordance with the terms of the Rabbi Trust.

 

12.15        Validity.

In the event any provision of this Plan is held invalid, void, or unenforceable, the same shall not affect, in any respect whatsoever, the validity of any other provision of this Plan.

 

12.16        Waiver of Breach.

The waiver by any party of any breach of any provision of the Plan by any other party shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

12.17        Gender, Singular & Plural.

All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.

 

ARTICLE 13 – EFFECTIVE DATE

 

The effective date of this Plan is December 1, 2004.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

EVDRP DECLARED RATES

 

Pacific Select Fund    Fund Manager

Money Market

  

Pacific Life

Managed Bond

  

Pacific Investment Management Company

(PIMCO)

Equity Index

  

Mercury Advisors

International Equity

  

Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.

Growth LT

  

Janus Capital Corporation

Small-Cap Index

  

Mercury Advisors

Large-Cap Value

  

Salomon Brothers

Diversified Research

  

Capital Guardian

Emerging Markets

  

Oppenheimer

Fixed Account

  

N/A – not a managed fund

Capital Appreciation

  

Frontier

Core Growth

  

Turner Investment Partners

 

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