USEC Inc.
EX-10.68 11 w50170exv10w68.htm EX-10.68 exv10w68
EXHIBIT 10.68
USEC Inc.
Director Deferred Compensation
Plan
Plan
USEC INC. DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
USEC Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby establishes this Director Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan), effective January 1, 2008 (the Effective Date), for the purpose of attracting high quality directors and promoting in them increased efficiency and an interest in the successful operation of the Company. The Plan is intended to, and shall be interpreted to, comply in all respects with Code Section 409A.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Account shall mean the bookkeeping account established under this Plan pursuant to Article 4.
1.2 Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall mean the person, persons or entity designated as such pursuant to Article 7.
1.3 Board shall mean the Board of Directors of Company.
1.4 Change in Control shall mean the following, and shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following events shall have occurred:
(a) any Person, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or Persons acting as a group (other than (A) the Company, (B) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (C) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Shares), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company by reason of having acquired such securities during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition (not including any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates) representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total voting power of the Companys then outstanding voting securities;
(b) the majority of members of the Companys Board of Directors is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Companys Board of Directors before the date of the appointment;
(c) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, resulting in a change described in (a), (b), (d) or (e) of this definition, other than (i) a merger or consolidation that would result 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 or parent entity) more than sixty
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percent (60%) of the total voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving or parent entity 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, directly or indirectly, acquired forty percent (40%) or more of the total voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities (not including any securities acquired directly from the Company or its affiliates);
(d) a complete liquidation of the Company involving the sale to any Person or group of at least forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before the liquidation; or
(e) the sale or disposition by the Company to any Person or group of all or substantially all of the Companys assets, but in no event less than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately before such sale or disposition (or any transaction having a similar effect), other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Companys assets to an entity, at least sixty percent (60%) of the total voting power of the voting securities of which is owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event shall constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan if it is not a change in the ownership or effective control of the corporation, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the corporation within the meaning of Code Section 409A.
1.5 Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as interpreted by Treasury regulations and applicable authorities promulgated thereunder.
1.6 Committee shall mean the person or persons appointed by the Board to administer the Plan in accordance with Article 8.
1.7 Compensation shall mean all amounts eligible for deferral for a particular Plan Year under Section 3.1.
1.8 Crediting Rate shall mean the notional gains and losses credited on the Participants Account balance which are based on the Participants choice among the investment alternatives made available by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan.
1.9 Disability shall mean either (i) a medically determinable physical or mental impairment of the Participant that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of at least twelve (12) months that would qualify as a disability under the Participants employers then current long-term disability plan; provided the Participant has been receiving income replacement benefits under such an accident and health plan maintained by the Participants employer for no less than three (3) months, or (ii) any other definition of disability that satisfies the requirements of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(C) and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4), if such other definition results in an earlier determination of disability. The Committee may
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require that the Participant submit evidence of such qualification for disability benefits in order to determine that the Participant is disabled under this Plan.
1.10 Distributable Amount shall mean the vested balance in the applicable Account as determined under Article 4.
1.11 Eligible Director shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is not an employee of the Company, selected by the Committee to be eligible to participate in the Plan.
1.12 Financial Hardship shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participants spouse, a dependent (as defined in Code Section 152(a)), or Beneficiary of the Participant, loss of the Participants property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, (but shall in all events correspond to the meaning of the term unforseeable emergency under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(v)).
1.13 Fund or Funds shall mean one or more of the investment funds selected by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan.
1.14 Hardship Distribution shall mean an accelerated distribution of benefits or a reduction or cessation of current deferrals pursuant to Section 6.3 to a Participant who has suffered a Financial Hardship.
1.15 Participant shall mean any Eligible Director who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with Article 2.
1.16 Participant Election(s) shall mean the forms or procedures by which a Participant makes elections with respect to (1) voluntary deferrals of his/her Compensation, (2) the investment Funds which shall act as the basis for crediting of interest on Account balances, and (3) the form and timing of distributions from Accounts. Participant Elections may take the form of an electronic communication followed by appropriate confirmation according to specifications established by the Committee.
1.17 Payment Date shall mean the date on which a lump sum payment shall be made or the date on which installment payments shall commence. Unless otherwise specified, the Payment Date shall be on the date determined by the Committee during the first ninety (90) days commencing after the event triggering payout. In the case of death, the Committee shall be provided with documentation reasonably necessary to establish the fact of the Participants death. Where installment payments have been elected, subsequent installments shall be paid during the first ninety (90) days of each subsequent Plan Year. The Payment Date of a Scheduled Distribution shall be on the date determined by the Committee during the first ninety (90) days of the Plan Year in which the distribution is scheduled to commence.
1.18 Plan Year shall mean the calendar year.
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1.19 Scheduled Distribution shall mean a scheduled distribution elected by the Participant for distribution of amounts from the Participants Account, as provided under Section 6.1(b).
1.20 Termination of Service shall mean the date of the cessation of the Participants provision of services to the Employer as such concept is defined under Code Section 409A for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, including as a result of the Participants death or Disability. The Committee retains the right and discretion to specify, and may specify, whether a Termination of Service occurs for individuals providing services to the Company immediately prior to an asset purchase transaction in which the Company or an affiliate is the seller who provides services to a buyer after and in connection with such asset purchase transaction; provided such specification is made in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(4).
ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION
An Eligible Director shall become a Participant in the Plan by completing and submitting to the Committee the appropriate Participant Elections, including such other documentation and information as the Committee may reasonably request, during the enrollment period established by the Committee prior to the beginning of the first Plan Year in which the Eligible Director shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS & DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
CONTRIBUTIONS & DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
3.1 Elections to Defer Compensation.
(a) Form of Elections. A Participant may only elect to defer Compensation attributable to services provided after the date the election is made. Elections shall take the form of a whole percentage of between five percent (5%) and one hundred percent (100%) of Directors fees, retainers and other cash compensation for Board membership services designated by the Committee in the Participant Election as eligible for deferral under the Plan for the applicable Plan Year (Compensation).
(b) Duration of Compensation Deferral Election. An Eligible Directors initial election to defer Compensation shall be made during the enrollment period established by the Committee prior to the effective date of the Participants commencement of participation in the Plan and shall apply only to Compensation for services performed after such deferral election is processed. A Participant may increase, decrease, terminate or recommence a deferral election with respect to Compensation for any subsequent Plan Year by filing a Participant Election during the enrollment period established by the Committee prior to the beginning of such Plan Year, which election shall be effective on the first day of the next following Plan Year. In the absence of an affirmative election by the Participant to the contrary, the deferral election for the prior Plan Year shall continue in effect for future Plan Years. After the beginning of the Plan
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Year, deferral elections with respect to Compensation for services performed during such Plan Year shall be irrevocable, except in the event of Financial Hardship as provided in Section 6.3.
3.2 Investment Elections.
(a) Participant Direction. At the time of entering the Plan and/or of making the deferral election under the Plan, the Participant shall designate, on a Participant Election provided by the Committee, the hypothetical investment Funds in which the Participants Account shall be deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the amount of earnings and losses to be credited to such Account. The Participant may specify that all or any percentage of his or her Account shall be deemed to be invested, in whole percentage increments, in one or more of the types of investment Funds selected as alternative investments under the Plan from time to time by the Committee pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. A Participant may change the designation made under this Section at least monthly by filing a revised election, on a Participant Election provided by the Committee. During payout, the Participants Account shall continue to be credited at the Crediting Rate selected by the Participant from among the investment alternatives or rates made available by the Committee for such purpose until all amounts have been distributed from the Account. If a Participant fails to make an investment election under this Section for a particular Account, such Account shall be invested in the default investment Fund selected by the Committee for such purpose.
(b) Investment Alternatives. The Committee shall select, in its sole and absolute discretion, commercially available investment Funds for the applicable Plan Year and shall communicate each of the alternative types of investment Funds to the Participant pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section. The earning or losses on each such commercially available investment Fund shall be used to determine the amount of earnings or losses to be credited to Participants Account under Article IV. The Participants choice among investments shall be solely for purposes of calculation of the Crediting Rate on Accounts. The Company shall have no obligation to set aside or invest amounts as directed by the Participant and, if the Company elects to invest amounts as directed by the Participant, the Participant shall have no more right to such investments than any other unsecured general creditor.
3.3 Distribution Elections.
(a) Initial Election. At the time of making a deferral election under the Plan, the Participant shall designate the time and form of distribution of deferrals made pursuant to such election (together with any earnings credited thereon) from among the alternatives specified in Article 6.
(b) Modification of Election. A new distribution election may be made at the time of subsequent deferral elections with respect to deferrals in Plan Years beginning after the election is made. However, a distribution election with respect to previously deferred amounts may only be changed under the terms and conditions
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specified by the Committee in compliance with Code Section 409A. After December 31, 2008, except as expressly provided in Article 6, no acceleration of a distribution is permitted and a subsequent election that delays payment or changes the form of payment shall be permitted if and only if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) the new election does not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the new election is made;
(2) in the case of payments made on account of Termination of Service (other than by reason of death or Disability) or a Scheduled Distribution, the new election delays payment for at least five (5) years from the date that payment would otherwise have been made, absent the new election; and
(3) in the case of payments made according to a Scheduled Distribution, the new election is made not less than twelve (12) months before the date on which payment would have been made (or, in the case of installment payments, the first installment payment would have been made) absent the new election.
For purposes of application of the above change limitations, installment payments shall be treated as a single payment. Election changes made pursuant to this Section shall be made in accordance with rules established by the Committee, and shall comply with all requirement of Code Section 409A and applicable authorities.
ARTICLE IV
DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
4.1 Deferral Accounts. The Committee shall establish a deferral Account for each Participant under the Plan. Each Participants deferral Account shall be further divided into separate subaccounts (investment fund subaccounts), each of which corresponds to a Fund elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 3.2. A Participants Account shall be credited as follows:
(a) on or before the fifth (5th) business day after amounts are withheld and deferred from a Participants Compensation, the Committee shall credit the investment fund subaccounts of the Participants Account with an amount equal to Compensation deferred by the Participant in accordance with the Participants election under Section 3.2; that is, the portion of the Participants deferred Compensation that the Participant has elected to be deemed to be invested in a certain type of Fund shall be credited to the investment fund subaccount to be invested in that Fund; and
(b) each business day, each investment fund subaccount of a Participants Account shall be credited with earnings or losses in an amount equal to that determined by multiplying the balance credited to such investment fund subaccount as of the prior day, less any distributions valued as of the end of the prior day, by the Crediting Rate for the corresponding Fund as determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.2.
4.2 Trust. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of all benefits under the Plan. At its discretion, the Company may establish one or more grantor trusts
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for the purpose of providing for payment of benefits under the Plan. Such trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the Companys creditors. Benefits paid to the Participant from any such trust or trusts shall be considered paid by the Company for purposes of meeting the obligations of the Company under the Plan.
4.3 Statement of Accounts. The Committee shall provide each Participant with electronic statements at least quarterly setting forth the Participants Account balance as of the end of each calendar quarter.
ARTICLE V
VESTING
VESTING
5.1 Vesting of Deferral Accounts. The Participant shall be vested at all times in amounts credited to the Participants Account.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Distribution Alternatives. The Participant may elect from the following alternatives regarding the time and form of distribution of his or her Account:
(a) Termination of Service Distribution. The Participant may elect as provided in Section 3.3 to commence receipt of benefits upon Termination of Service or Disability. If the Participant so elects, or if the Participant fails to make a valid election, then, except as otherwise provided herein, the Distributable Amount credited to the Participants Account shall be paid to the Participant in substantially equal installments over ten (10) years commencing on the Payment Date following the Participants Termination of Service unless the Participant has made an alternative election under Section 3.3 to receive benefits in the form of a single lump sum or in substantially equal annual installments over up to twenty (20) years or a combination of both.
(b) Scheduled Distribution. In the alternative, the Participant may elect as provided in Section 3.3 to commence receipt of benefits in a particular Plan Year which may be either before or after the Participants Termination of Service (a Scheduled Distribution). If the Participant so elects, then, except as otherwise provided herein, the Distributable Amount credited to the Participants Account shall be paid to the Participant in substantially equal installments over ten (10) years commencing on the Scheduled Distribution Payment Date unless the Participant has made an alternative election under Section 3.3 to receive benefits in the form of a single lump sum or in substantially equal annual installments over up to twenty (20) years or a combination of both.
(c) Small Benefit Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on commencement of benefits payable from an Account the Distributable Amount from such Account is less than or equal to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the total Distributable Amount shall be paid in the form of a single lump sum distribution on the
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scheduled Payment Date, if and only if such acceleration is permitted under Code Section 409A without the imposition of an excise tax.
6.2 Distributions on Death. In the event of the Participants death prior to the complete distribution of all benefits payable from the Participants Account, the Employer shall pay to the Participants Beneficiary, a benefit equal to the outstanding Distributable Amount of such Account in a single lump sum on the Payment Date following the Participants death.
6.3 Financial Hardship. Upon a finding that the Participant has suffered a Financial Hardship, subject to compliance with Code Section 409A the Committee may, at the request of the Participant, accelerate distribution of benefits or approve cancellation of current deferrals under the Plan in the amount reasonably necessary to alleviate such Financial Hardship subject to the following conditions:
(a) the request to take a Hardship Distribution shall be made by filing a form provided by and filed with the Committee prior to the end of any calendar month;
(b) the amount distributed pursuant to this Section with respect to a Financial Hardship shall not exceed the amount necessary to satisfy such financial emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participants assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe Financial Hardship); and
(c) the amount determined by the Committee as a Hardship Distribution shall be paid in the form of a single lump sum distribution as soon as practicable after the end of the calendar month in which the Hardship Distribution election is made and approved by the Committee.
6.4 Change in Control Distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control occurs before a Participants Account has been fully distributed, the Participant shall receive an amount equal to the balance of the Participants Account, credited with notional earnings as provided in Article 4, payable in the form of a single lump sum distribution on the last day of the fifteenth (15th) month commencing after the month in which such Change in Control occurs, unless the Participant makes a timely election under Section 3.3(b) to delay commencement of benefits by a minimum of five (5) years and to receive the benefits at a later date in the form of a single lump sum or over a period of up to twenty (20) years.
ARTICLE VII
PAYEE DESIGNATIONS AND LIMITATIONS
PAYEE DESIGNATIONS AND LIMITATIONS
7.1 Beneficiaries.
(a) Beneficiary Designation. The Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary (both primary and
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contingent) to whom payment under the Plan shall be made in the event of the Participants death. The Beneficiary designation shall be effective when it is submitted to and acknowledged by the Committee during the Participants lifetime in the format prescribed by the Committee.
(b) Absence of Valid Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if every person designated as Beneficiary predeceases the Participant or dies prior to complete distribution of the Participants benefits, then the Committee shall direct the distribution of such benefits to the Participants estate.
7.2 Payments to Minors. In the event any amount is payable under the Plan to a minor, payment shall not be made to the minor, but instead be paid (a) to that persons living parent(s) to act as custodian, (b) if that persons parents are then divorced, and one parent is the sole custodial parent, to such custodial parent, to act as custodian, or (c) if no parent of that person is then living, to a custodian selected by the Committee to hold the funds for the minor under the Uniform Transfers or Gifts to Minors Act in effect in the jurisdiction in which the minor resides. If no parent is living and the Committee decides not to select another custodian to hold the funds for the minor, then payment shall be made to the duly appointed and currently acting guardian of the estate for the minor or, if no guardian of the estate for the minor is duly appointed and currently acting within sixty (60) days after the date the amount becomes payable, payment shall be deposited with the court having jurisdiction over the estate of the minor.
7.3 Payments on Behalf of Persons Under Incapacity. In the event that any amount becomes payable under the Plan to a person who, in the sole judgment of the Committee, is considered by reason of physical or mental condition to be unable to give a valid receipt therefore, the Committee may direct that such payment be made to any person found by the Committee, in its sole judgment, to have assumed the care of such person. Any payment made pursuant to such determination shall constitute a full release and discharge of any and all liability of the Committee and the Company under the Plan.
7.4 Inability to Locate Payee. In the event that the Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary within two (2) years following the scheduled Payment Date, the amount allocated to the Participants Deferral Account shall be forfeited. If, after such forfeiture, the Participant or Beneficiary later claims such benefit, such benefit shall be reinstated without interest or earnings.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATION
8.1 Committee. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board, which shall have the exclusive right and full discretion (i) to appoint agents to act on its behalf, (ii) to select and establish Funds, (iii) to interpret the Plan, (iv) to decide any and all matters arising hereunder (including the right to remedy possible ambiguities, inconsistencies, or admissions), (v) to make, amend and rescind such rules as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and (vi) to make all other determinations and resolve all questions of fact necessary or advisable for the
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administration of the Plan, including determinations regarding eligibility for benefits payable under the Plan. All interpretations of the Committee with respect to any matter hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons affected thereby. No member of the Committee or agent thereof shall be liable for any determination, decision, or action made in good faith with respect to the Plan. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee and its agents from and against any and all liabilities, costs, and expenses incurred by such persons as a result of any act, or omission, in connection with the performance of such persons duties, responsibilities, and obligations under the Plan, other than such liabilities, costs, and expenses as may result from the bad faith, willful misconduct, or criminal acts of such persons.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Amendment or Termination of Plan. The Company may, at any time, direct the Committee to amend or terminate the Plan, except that no such amendment or termination may reduce a Participants Account balance. If the Company terminates the Plan, no further amounts shall be deferred hereunder, and amounts previously deferred or contributed to the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Plan as scheduled prior to the Plan termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A and applicable authorities, the Company may, in its complete and sole discretion, accelerate distributions under the Plan in the event of a change in ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in ownership of a substantial portion of assets or under such other terms and conditions as may be specifically authorized under Code Section 409A and applicable authorities.
9.2 Unsecured General Creditor. The benefits paid under the Plan shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, and the Participant and any Beneficiary or their heirs or successors shall be no more than unsecured general creditors of the Company with no special or prior right to any assets of the Company for payment of any obligations hereunder. It is the intention of the Company that this Plan be unfunded for purposes of the Code.
9.3 Restriction Against Assignment. The Company shall pay all amounts payable hereunder only to the person or persons designated by the Plan and not to any other person or entity. No part of a Participants Account shall be liable for the debts, contracts, or engagements of any Participant, Beneficiary, or their successors in interest, nor shall a Participants Account be subject to execution by levy, attachment, or garnishment or by any other legal or equitable proceeding, nor shall any such person have any right to alienate, anticipate, sell, transfer, commute, pledge, encumber, or assign any benefits or payments hereunder in any manner whatsoever. No part of a Participants Account shall be subject to any right of offset against or reduction for any amount payable by the Participant or Beneficiary, whether to the Company or any other party, under any arrangement other than under the terms of this Plan.
9.4 Protective Provisions. The Participant shall cooperate with the Company by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee, in order to facilitate
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the payment of benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary and taking such other actions as may be requested by the Committee. If the Participant refuses to so cooperate, the Company shall have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan. In the event of the Participants suicide during the first two (2) years in the Plan, or if the Participant makes any material misstatement of information or non-disclosure of medical history, then no benefits shall be payable to the Participant under the Plan, except that benefits may be payable in a reduced amount in the sole discretion of the Committee.
9.5 Receipt or Release. Any payment made in good faith to a Participant or the Participants Beneficiary shall, to the extent thereof, be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Committee, its members, and the Company. The Committee may require such Participant or Beneficiary, as a condition precedent to such payment, to execute a receipt and release to such effect.
9.6 Errors in Account Statements, Deferrals or Distributions. In the event an error is made in an Account statement, such error shall be corrected on the next statement following the date such error is discovered. In the event of an error in deferral amount, consistent with and as permitted by any correction procedures established under Code Section 409A, the error shall be corrected immediately upon discovery by, in the case of an excess deferral, distribution of the excess amount to the Participant, or, in the case of an under deferral, reduction of other compensation payable to the Participant. In the event of an error in a distribution, the over or under payment shall be corrected by payment to or collection from the Participant consistent with any correction procedures established under Code Section 409A, immediately upon the discovery of such error. In the event of an overpayment, the Company may, at its discretion, offset other amounts payable to the Participant from the Company (including but not limited to cash or non-cash Director compensation or expense reimbursements subject to compliance with Code Section 409A) to recoup the amount of such overpayment(s).
9.7 Service Not Guaranteed. Nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as a contract for service or as giving any Participant any right to continue the provision of services in any capacity whatsoever to the Company.
9.8 Successors of the Company. The rights and obligations of the Company under the Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the Company.
9.9 Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Company or the Participant under this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, in the case of the Company, to the principal office of the Company, directed to the attention of the Committee, and in the case of the Participant, to the last known address of the Participant indicated on the records 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
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registration or certification. Notices to the Company may be permitted by electronic communication according to specifications established by the Committee.
9.10 Headings. Headings and subheadings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.
9.11 Gender, Singular and 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.
9.12 Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the adoption of this Plan as of the Effective Date and has caused the Plan to be executed by its duly authorized representative this 1st day of November, 2007.
USEC INC. | ||||
By: | W. Lance Wright | |||
Title: Senior Vice President, | ||||
Human Resources & Administration | ||||
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