JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. 1995 EXECUTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN (EDP) Effective January 1, 1995 1995 EXECUTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN OF JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC. Purpose

 

 

 

 

Maximum Deferral. For each Plan Year of the Deferral Commitment Period, subject to the provisions of Section 3.6, a Participant may defer:

 

Deferral Commitment Period. The “Deferral Commitment Period” for each Participant shall be a fixed period of four (4) consecutive Plan Years commencing with the 1995 Plan Year unless otherwise designated by the Committee.

Withholding of Deferral Amounts. The portion of the Base Annual Salary elected to be deferred annually shall be withheld in equal amounts over the Plan Year. The portion of Annual Bonus and Directors Fees being deferred shall be withheld at the time of the Annual Bonus or Directors Fees would otherwise be paid to the Participant.

FICA Taxes. For each Plan Year of the Deferral Commitment Period, the Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus that is not being deferred, the Participant’s share of FICA taxes based on an amount equal to the Base Annual Salary and/or Annual Bonus before reduction by the amount deferred. If necessary, the Committee shall reduce the amount deferred in order to comply with this Section 3.6.

Interest Crediting Prior to Distribution 

 

 

 

Hardship 

 

 

Eligibility for Pre-Retirement Distribution. A Participant may elect to receive a Pre-Retirement Distribution from the Plan to be received in or after the eighth Participation Year. This election shall be irrevocable and shall be made on the Election Form, which form is to be delivered to the Committee prior to the commencement of the Deferral Commitment Period.

 

 

 

 

Eligibility for Retirement Benefit. If the Participant ceases to be an Employee or a Director for any reason other than death, including without limitation, retirement or a Termination of Employment after the Retirement Date, the Employer shall pay the Retirement Benefit to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) as provided in Section 5.2 and Section 5.3 below.

Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit. If the Participant dies after the Retirement Date and prior to the completion of the Retirement Benefit payments, the retired Participant’s designated Beneficiary will receive any unpaid Retirement Benefit payments due the Participant, either at the times they were to be received by the Participant, or in a lump sum, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. If this Section 5.4 applies, a designated Beneficiary shall not be entitled to any benefits provided for under Article 6.

 

 

Survivor’s Benefit – Method of Payment. The Survivor’s Benefit may be paid in a lump sum, or in installments over a period of 60, 120, or 180 months at the sole discretion of the Committee. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence within sixty (60) days of the date the Participant dies and in the case of installment payments, shall continue until the Survivor’s Benefit is paid in full.

Survivor’s Benefit – Amount. If the Survivor’s Benefit is paid in a lump sum, it shall be the retired Participant’s Account Balance determined as of the date the Participant died. If the Survivor’s Benefit is paid in installments, it shall be a constant monthly payment, determined at the beginning of each Plan Year by monthly amortization of the remaining Account Balance over the remaining payment period. Interest on the unpaid balance will be credited for the remaining periods at 125% of the Moody’s Rate established for each of the subsequent Plan Years.

Suicide. In the event of a Participant’s suicide within twenty-four months of the first deferral of any Deferral Commitment Period, the Employer shall be obligated to pay to the Participant’s designated Beneficiary the Participant’s portion of the Deferral Amount, without interest, and no other Survivor’s Benefit shall be payable.

Termination Benefit. The Termination Benefit is a sum equal to the Participant’s Account Balance determined as provided in this Section 7.2, as of the date of Termination of Employment, and shall be paid in a lump sum within ninety (90) days following the Termination of Employment. In determining the Account Balance for purposes of this Article 7 only, interest shall be calculated in the manner provided in Section 3.7(a) above.

 

Benefits. A Participant suffering a Disability, but not terminated as a result of long-term disability under the Employer’s policies and practices, shall continue to be considered a

Long-Term Disability – Termination. For a Participant who is terminated as a result of disability under the Employer’s policies and practices, the provisions of Article 5 shall apply for purposes of Account Balance distribution and interest crediting.

Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as his or her Beneficiary or Beneficiaries (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a Beneficiary upon the death of a Participant.

Beneficiary Designation: Change: Spousal Consent. A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary or Beneficiaries by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to eh Committee. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. Regardless of who the Participant names as his or her Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Committee, must be signed by that Participant’s spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to his or her death.

Authorized Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from employment, such Participant shall continue to be considered employed as an Employee or Director and shall be required to maintain the level of deferrals set forth in his or her Plan Agreement in order to keep the Plan Agreement in full force and effect. If such leave of absence is unpaid, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed as an Employee or Director and will be excused from making deferrals until the unpaid leave of absence ends; provided, however, that if the unpaid leave of absence continues beyond three consecutive months, the Participant shall be treated as having incurred a Termination of Employment as of the end of such three month period and the Participant shall receive the Termination Benefit in accordance with Article 7. In the case of a conflict between this Article 10 and Article 8, Article 8 shall prevail.

General Assets. Amounts payable to a Participant shall be paid from the general assets of the Employer exclusively.

Employer’s Liability. The Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by this Plan, as entered into between the Employer and a Participant.

Limitation of Obligation. The Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan, except as expressly provided for in the Plan.

Participant Cooperation. The Participant must cooperate with the Employer and the Committee in furnishing all information requested by the Employer and/or Committee in order to facilitate the payment of benefits, and the administration and operations of this Plan. Such information may include taking a physical examination, or other actions, and such cooperation shall extend beyond the termination of the Plan Agreement and the Employee’s Participation in the Plan.

Unsecured General Creditor. Participants, their Beneficiaries and their permitted heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any property or assets of the Employer. Any and all of the Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer. The Employer’s obligations under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Employer to pay money in the future.

No Guarantee of Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as altering in any manner the employment relationship with an Employee or Director, which is hereby acknowledged to be an “at will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, with or without cause, unless otherwise expressly provided in a written employment agreement. All terms and conditions of an Employee’s or Director’s current employment shall remain the same. Nothing in this Plan creates, or is meant to create, any obligation on the part of the Employer to keep an Employee or Director employed by the Employer or not to terminate an Employee or Director at any time and for any reason.

Termination. The Company reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time. Upon termination of the Plan, the Participant’s Account Balance shall be paid out in accordance with the benefits that the Participant would receive if there had occurred a Termination of Employment with respect to the participant on the date of Plan termination or, if such termination occurs after the Retirement Date, the Participant had retired on the date of Plan termination. Notwithstanding the above, the termination of the Plan shall no affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits u

Amendment. The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part, provided, however, that no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict a Participant’s Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if there had occurred a Termination of Employment with respect to such Participant as of the effective date of the amendment or, if such amendment occurs after the Retirement Date, the Participant had retired as of the effective date of the amendment. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall no affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification.

Termination of Plan Agreement. Absent the earlier termination, modification or amendment of the Plan, the Plan Agreement of any Participant shall terminate upon the full payment of the applicable benefit provided under Articles 4, 5, 6, or 7, as the case may be.

Change in Control.

 

 

 

 

 

A change in the composition of the Board as a result of which fewer than two-thirds (2/3^rds) of the incumbent directors a Continuing Directors; or

 

Termination, Modification or Amendment Following Change in Control. Following a Change in Control, neither the Company, any subsidiary of the Company nor any corporate, trust or other Person that succeeds to all or any substantial portion of the assets of the Company shall have the right to terminate, modify, or amend a Plan Agreement in effect prior to such Change in Control, and all benefits under such Plan Agreement shall

Legal Fees to Enforce Rights After Change in Control. The Company is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board (which might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or of any successor corporation might then cause or attempt to cause the Company or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and might cause or attempt to cause the Company to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose of the Plan could be frustrated. It is the intent of the Company that Participants not be required to incur the expenses associated with the enforcement of their rights under the Plan by litigation or other legal action, because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Participants hereunder, and that Participants not be bound to negotiate any settlement of their rights under threat of incurring such expenses. Accordingly, if, following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company or any other Person takes any action to declare the Plan or any agreement hereunder void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided to each Participant under the Plan, and such Participant has substantially complied with all of his or her obligations under the Plan and any such agreement, then the Company irrevocable authorizes such Participant from time to retain counsel of his or her choice at the expense of the Company to represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company or any director, officer, shareholder o other person affiliated with the Company or any successor thererto in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any existing or prior attorney-client relationship between the Company and such counsel, the Company irrevocable consents to each Participant for all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel selected by such Participant from time to time on a regular, periodic basis from presentation of a statement or statements prepared by such counsel in accordance with its customary practices up to a maximum aggregate amount of $500,000.

Vesting. Notwithstanding anything that may be construed to the contrary in this Plan, a Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Amount.

Coordination with Other Benefits. The benefits provided for a Participant and Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise by expressly provided.

Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to any claims of creditors and, in particular, they shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment, seizure or sequestration by any creditor for the payment of any debts, judgments, obligations, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant.

Committee Administration. The general administration of this Plan, as well as construction and interpretation thereof, shall be the responsibility of the Committee, the number of members of which shall be designated and appointed from time to time by, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Committee Authority. Subject to the Plan, the Committee shall from time to time establish rules, forms and procedures for the administration of the Plan. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the Committee shall have the exclusive right to interpret the Plan and to decide any and all matters arising thereunder. The Committee’s decisions shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons having or claiming to have any right or interest under the Plan.

Committee Indemnity. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any act or omission of any other member of the Committee, nor for any act or omission on his own part, excepting his or her own willful misconduct. The Employer shall indemnify and save harmless each member of the Committee against any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of his or her membership on the Committee, with the exception of expenses and liabilities arising out of his or her own willful misconduct.

Employer’s Obligations to the Committee. To enable the Committee to perform its functions, each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of all Participants, their retirement, death, Disability or Termination of Employment, and such other pertinent facts as the Committee may require.

Committee Discretion in Payment Schedule. The Committee shall also have the power, at its sole discretion, to change them manner and timing of payments to be made to a Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary from that set forth in the Participant’s Plan Agreement, if requested to do so by such Participant or Beneficiary.

Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts (i) credited to (or deducted from) such Claimant’s Participant’s Account Balance, or (ii) distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Review of a Denied Claim. Within sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later that thirty (30) days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

 

 

 

Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than sixty (60) days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional time, in which

 

 

 

Establishment of the Trust. The Company shall establish the Trust. The Employer shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such assets as the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to provide for the Employer’s future liabilities created with respect to the Deferral Amounts and interest credits for that year.

Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the Plan and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employer, Participant and the creditors of the Employer to the assets transferred to the Trust. The Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan. The Employer’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust Assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust.

Notice. Any notice given under the Plan shall be in writing and shall be mailed to:

Successors. The Plan shall be binding upon the Employer and its respective successors or assigns, and upon a Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiaries and the Participant’s permitted assigns, heirs, executors and administrators.

Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

Governing Law. The Plan and Plan Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California, as in effect at the time of their adoptions and executions, respectively.

Pronouns. Masculine pronouns wherever used shall include feminine pronouns and the singular shall include the plural.

Headings. The headings 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.

Validity. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity of that provision shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but his Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal and invalid provision had never been inserted herein.