SIXTH AMENDMENT TOTHE 2001 RESTATEMENT OF THE HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN
Exhibit 10.34
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE
2001 RESTATEMENT OF THE HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN
WHEREAS, Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the Company), maintains the Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan (the Plan) in order to provide its key executive with an opportunity and incentive to save for retirement and other purposes;
WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II (the Harrahs ESSP II);
WHEREAS, the Company further wishes to amend the Plan to provide that the unvested portion of a Participants Matching Contribution Account (as defined in the Plan) as of December 31, 2004, will be transferred from such Participants Matching Contribution Account under the Plan to an account under the Harrahs ESSP II, effective as of January 1, 2005, and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Harrahs ESSP II.
WHEREAS, the Company now wishes to amend the Plan to provide that Bonus earned by a Participant (as defined in the Plan) during the 2004 Deferral Period (as defined in the Plan), and otherwise payable after December 31, 2004, and deferred by such Participant under the Plan, and credited to such Participants Deferral Contribution Account under the Plan, will be transferred from the Plan to the Harrahs ESSP II, effective as of January 1, 2006, and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Harrahs ESSP II;
WHEREAS, the amounts to be transferred from a Participants accounts under the Plan comprise the deferred compensation amounts that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, and the Harrahs ESSP II is intended to satisfy the requirements of Sections 409A(a)(2), (3) and (4) of the Code with respect to the deferred compensation amounts transferred from the Plan and credited to accounts under the Harrahs ESSP II; and
WHEREAS, Section 12.1(a) of the Plan provides that the EDCP Committee has the right to amend the Plan provided such amendment does not have a material adverse financial affect on the Company or the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE ,BE IT RESOLVED, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of January 1, 2005 (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
1. Article Two of the Plan is hereby amended to add new Section 2.27A as follows:
2.27A Harrahs ESSP II shall mean the Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II, as amended.
2. Effective as of January 1, 2006, Section 4.7(b) of the Plan is hereby amended to add new paragraph (4) at the end thereof:
(4) If a Participant becomes entitled to an Enhancement Contribution (as defined in the Plan) under this Section 4.7(b) on or after the Second Transfer Date, such Enhancement Contribution shall be credited to such Participants Deferral Contribution Account under the Harrahs ESSP II (and shall not be credited to such Participants Deferral Account under the Plan or the subaccounts thereunder).
3. Article IV of the Plan is hereby amended to add new Section 4.8 at the end thereof:
4.8 Transfers to Harrahs ESSP II.
(a) (1) First Amounts to be Transferred. Effective as of January 1, 2005 (the First Transfer Date), in the case of a Participant, the amount credited to such Participants Matching Contribution Account that is described in subsection (b) shall be transferred from such Matching Contribution Account to such Participants Transferred Harrahs ESSP Matching Account (as defined in the Harrahs ESSP II), as provided in subsection (b).
(2) Second Amounts to be Transferred. Effective as of January 1, 2006 (the Second Transfer Date), in the case of a Participant, the amount credited to such Participants Deferral Contribution Account that is described in this subsection (c) shall be transferred from such Deferral Contribution Account to such Participants Transferred Harrahs ESSP Deferral Contribution Account (as defined in the Harrahs ESSP II), as provided in subsection (c).
(3) Transferred Amounts. The amounts described in this Section 4.8 include amounts credited to such Participants Accounts under the Plan as of December 31, 2004 that were not earned and vested as of December 31, 2004, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan, and amounts credited under the Plan after December 31, 2004, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan. The amounts transferred pursuant to this Section 4.8 shall be debited from such Participants Accounts under the Plan, and shall be credited to such Participants Transferred Harrahs ESSP Accounts (as defined in the Harrahs ESSP II), effective as of the First Transfer Date or the Second Transfer Date, as applicable.
(4) Grandfathered Amounts. The amounts credited to such Participants Accounts as of December 31, 2004 that were earned and vested as of December 31, 2004, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses therefrom under the Plan, are not subject to Section 409A of the Code, and such amounts shall not be transferred from such Participants Accounts under the Plan.
(b) Harrahs ESSP Matching Contributions. In the event that all or any portion of a Participants Matching Contribution Account (as defined in the Plan) was not fully vested as of December 31, 2004 under the Plan, the portion of the total balance in such Participants Matching Contribution Account that was not
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vested as of December 31, 2004 under the Plan, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan, shall be transferred from such Participants Matching Contribution Account to such Participants Transferred Harrahs ESSP Matching Contribution Account (as defined in the Harrahs ESSP II), effective as of the First Transfer Date. The portion of the balance in such Participants Matching Contribution Account that was vested as of December 31, 2004, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan, shall not be transferred and shall remain credited to such Participants Matching Contribution Account. Effective as of the First Transfer Date, the portion of the balance in such Participants Matching Contribution Account that was vested as of December 31, 2004, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan, which is not transferred and remains credited to such Participants Matching Contribution Account, shall be fully vested.
(c) Harrahs ESSP Bonus Deferral Contributions. The Participants Bonus (as defined in the Plan) earned by such Participant during the 2004 Deferral Period (as defined in the Plan), and otherwise payable after December 31, 2004, and deferred by such Participant in accordance with Section 4.1(b) of the Plan, as adjusted for any earnings credited thereto or any losses debited therefrom under the Plan, shall be transferred from such Participants Deferral Contribution Account to such Participants Transferred Harrahs ESSP Deferral Contribution Account (as defined in the Harrahs ESSP II), effective as of the Second Transfer Date.
4. Effective as of July 1, 2006, Section 6.4 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
6.4 Investment Direction. A Participant will direct the hypothetical investment of his Deferral Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account, and Discretionary Contribution Account among the Investment Funds in the manner (including, but not limited to, writing, electronic, internet, intranet, voice response or telephonic) established by the EDCP Committee. The Participants Deferral Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account and Discretionary Contribution Account shall not be invested in the Investment Funds, but the value of the Participants Accounts shall be measured by the performance of the Investment Funds selected. Any and all changes to a Participants Investment Fund allocation shall be made in accordance with the uniform procedures of the EDCP Committee, which shall permit changes in Investment Fund allocations on a quarterly or more frequent basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.4, the EDCP Investment Committee may retain the overriding discretion regarding the Participants selection of Investment Funds under this Section 6.4. If a Participant fails to direct the hypothetical investment of his Accounts in the manner established by the EDCP Committee, the Participant will be deemed to have selected the default hypothetical Investment Fund(s) selected by the EDCP
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Investment Committee for such purpose, in the discretion of the EDCP Committee and in accordance with its uniform policies and procedures.
5. Except as herein amended, the Plan shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the EDCP Committee has adopted this Sixth Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized member on this day of , 2006.
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