Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Restoration Plan (Effective May 1, 2005)
Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC has established the Restoration Plan to provide certain management and highly compensated employees with retirement benefits that exceed IRS limits on qualified plans. The plan restores benefits lost due to these legal limits and covers eligible employees as of May 1, 2005, with benefits from a prior supplemental plan transferred in. The plan is unfunded and nonqualified, subject to ERISA and IRS rules, and outlines company contributions, vesting, account management, benefit distributions, and administration. Participation, contributions, and distributions are governed by specific eligibility and compliance requirements.
FABRICATED PRODUCTS
RESTORATION PLAN
PREAMBLE | Page No. | |||||
ARTICLE I | Establishment of Plan and Purpose | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II | Definitions and Construction | 1 | ||||
2.1 - Definitions | 1 | |||||
2.2 - Construction | 7 | |||||
2.3 - Governing Law | 7 | |||||
ARTICLE III | Participation and Participant Elections | 7 | ||||
3.1 - Participation | 7 | |||||
3.2 - Participant Elections | 7 | |||||
3.3 - Cessation of Participation | 8 | |||||
ARTICLE 1V | Company Contributions | 8 | ||||
4.1 - Matching Contributions | 8 | |||||
4.2 - Fixed-Rate Contributions | 9 | |||||
4.3 - Vesting | 9 | |||||
4.4 - Forfeitures | 9 | |||||
4.5 - Contributions for 2005 and 2006 | 10 | |||||
ARTICLE V | Maintenance of Participant Accounts | 10 | ||||
5.1 - Establishment of Participant Accounts | 10 | |||||
5.2 - Valuation of Accounts | 10 | |||||
5.3 - Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks | 10 | |||||
5.4 - Statement of Participant Accounts | 11 | |||||
ARTICLE VI | Distribution of Benefits | 11 | ||||
6.1 - Distribution of Benefits | 11 | |||||
ARTICLE VII | Death Benefits | 11 | ||||
7.1 - Death Benefits | 11 | |||||
ARTICLE VIII | Administration | 12 | ||||
8.1 - The Committee | 12 | |||||
8.2 - Powers and Duties of the Committee | 12 | |||||
8.3 - Nondiscriminatory Exercise Of Authority | 12 | |||||
8.4 - Participant as a Committee Member | 12 | |||||
8.5 - Claims Procedure | 12 | |||||
ARTICLE IX | Miscellaneous Provisions | 13 |
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PREAMBLE | Page No. | |||||
9.1 - No Commitment as to Employment | 13 | |||||
9.2 - Indemnification | 13 | |||||
9.3 - Amendment; Termination | 13 | |||||
9.4 - Binding Effect | 14 | |||||
9.5 - Construction of Plan | 14 | |||||
9.6 - Validity of Plan | 14 | |||||
9.7 - Title To Assets | 14 | |||||
9.8 - Expenses | 14 | |||||
9.9 - Inalienability of Benefits | 14 | |||||
9.10 - Payment of Benefits | 14 | |||||
ARTICLE X | Source of Payment of Benefits | 15 | ||||
10.1 - Source of Payments of Benefits | 15 |
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(a) | Account. A bookkeeping account of a Participants interest in the Plan represented by the Matching Contributions and Fixed-Rate Contributions made on behalf of the Participant, with all earnings thereon credited to such contributions and all losses, expenses and distributions thereon debited from such contributions. A Participants Account shall consist of two subaccounts: the Participants Matching Contribution Account and the Participants Fixed-Rate Contribution Account. Notwithstanding the above, the Account of a Participant in this Plan who was a participant in the prior SERP will include amounts transferred to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.6. |
(b) | Affiliated Employer. Affiliated Employer means any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) which includes the Employer; any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)) with the Employer; any organization (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code |
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Section 414(m)) which includes the Employer; and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Regulations under Code Section 414(o). |
(c) | Allocation Date. The date as of which Matching Contributions and Fixed-Rate Contributions and Excess Contributions are allocated to a Participants Account. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Allocation Date for Matching Contributions shall be as soon as administratively feasible following the end of the Plan Year, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Committee. The Allocation Date for Fixed-Rate Contributions shall be the allocation date for fixed-rate contributions under the Qualified Plan. |
(d) | Applicable Code Provisions. Any and all limitations on contributions to a qualified retirement plan set forth in Code Sections 401(a) (17), 402(g), 401(k), 401(m) and 415. |
(e) | Board of Directors. The Board of Directors or Managers of the Company or KAC, as indicated. |
(f) | Cause. The Participants (1) engaging in fraud, embezzlement, gross misconduct or any act of gross dishonesty with respect to the Employer, (2) habitual drug or alcohol use which impairs the ability of the Participant to perform his duties with the Employer, (3) indictment with respect to, conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, any felony, or other comparable crime under applicable local law (except, in any event, for motor vehicle violations not involving personal injuries to third parties or driving while intoxicated), or the Participants incarceration with respect to any of the foregoing that, in each case, impairs the Participants ability to continue to perform his duties with the Employer, or (4) material breach of any written employment agreement or other agreement between the Employer and the Participant, or of the Employers Code of Business Conduct, or failure by the Participant to substantially perform his or her duties for the Employer which remains uncorrected or reoccurs after written notice has been delivered to the Participant demanding substantial performance and the Participant has had a reasonable opportunity to correct such breach or failure to perform. |
(g) | Change in Control. The occurrence on or after the Operative Date of any of the following events: |
(i) | the acquisition by any Person of Beneficial Ownership of 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of KAC; provided, however, that: |
(A) | for purposes of this Section 2.1(g)(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (1) any acquisition of Voting Stock of KAC directly from KAC (x) pursuant to KACs POR or (y) that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors, (2) any acquisition of Voting Stock of KAC by KAC or any Subsidiary, (3) any acquisition of Voting Stock of KAC by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by KAC or the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any voluntary employee beneficiary association established in connection with the POR), and (4) any acquisition of Voting Stock of KAC by any |
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Person pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 2.1(g)(iii) below; | |||
(B) | if any Person acquires Beneficial Ownership of 35% or more of combined voting power of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of KAC as a result of a transaction described in clause (A)(1) of Section 2.1(a)(i) and such Person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of KAC representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of KAC, other than in an acquisition directly from KAC pursuant to the POR, in an acquisition directly from KAC in a transaction that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors or other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by KAC in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally, such subsequent acquisition shall be deemed to constitute a Change in Control; | ||
(C) | a Change in Control will not be deemed to have occurred if a Person acquires beneficial ownership of 35% or more of the Voting Stock of KAC as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Voting Stock of KAC outstanding unless and until such Person thereafter becomes the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock of KAC representing 1% or more of the then-outstanding Voting Stock of KAC, other than in an acquisition directly from KAC pursuant to the POR, in an acquisition directly from KAC in a transaction that is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Directors or other than as a result of a stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction effected by KAC in which all holders of Voting Stock are treated equally; and | ||
(D) | if at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors determine in good faith that a Person has acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more of the Voting Stock of KAC inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares so that such Person beneficially owns less than 35% of the Voting Stock of KAC, then no Change in Control shall have occurred as a result of such Persons acquisition; or |
(ii) | a majority of the Directors are not Incumbent Directors; or | ||
(iii) | the consummation of a Business Combination, unless, in each case, immediately following such Business Combination (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of Voting Stock of KAC immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including without limitation |
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an entity which as a result of such transaction owns KAC or all or substantially all of KACs assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B) no Person (other than KAC, such entity resulting from such Business Combination, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by KAC, any Subsidiary or such entity resulting from such Business Combination (other than any voluntary employee beneficiary association established in connection with the POR) or any Person that immediately prior to such Business Combination owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the Voting Stock of KAC so long as such Person does not at such time own, directly or indirectly, more than 1% of the securities of the other corporation or other entity involved in such Business Combination to be converted into or exchanged for shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination pursuant to such Business Combination)) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or | |||
(iv) | approval by the stockholders of KAC of a complete liquidation or dissolution of KAC, except pursuant to a Business Combination that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 2.1(a)(iii). |
(h) | Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. | |
(i) | Committee. The persons appointed to administer the Plan in accordance with Article VIII. | |
(j) | Company. Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or its successor or successors. | |
(k) | Compensation. For purposes of this Plan, Compensation shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Qualified Plan but without regard to any limitation on Compensation set forth in section 401(a)(17) of the Code. | |
(l) | Disability. A Participant shall be considered Disabled when he or she subject to a total and permanent disability as a result of bodily injury, disease or mental disorder which results in the Participants entitlement to long-term disability benefits under the Kaiser Aluminum Self-Insured Welfare Plan. | |
(m) | Effective Date. The effective date of the Plan is May 1, 2005. |
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(n) | Election Form. The document executed by an Eligible Employee pursuant to which the Eligible Employee elects a form of payment after the Participants Separation from Service. | |
(o) | Eligible Employee. An Employee of the Employer who is a member of a select group of management or an employee who in the sole and exclusive judgment of the Committee, because of his or her position and responsibilities, contributes materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of the Employer. | |
(p) | Employee. A person employed by the Employer. | |
(q) | Employer. The Company and any other participating company under the Qualified Plans. | |
(r) | ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. | |
(s) | Exchange Act. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto. | |
(t) | Fixed-Rate Contributions. The contributions, if any, that the Company may make to a Participants Fixed-Rate Contribution Account in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Plan. | |
(u) | Fixed-Rate Contribution Account. The record of a Participants interest in the Plan represented by the Fixed-Rate Contributions made on behalf of the Participant, with all earnings thereon credited to such Fixed-Rate Contributions on behalf of the Participant and all losses, expenses distributions and forfeitures thereon debited from such Fixed-Rate Contributions. | |
(v) | Incumbent Directors. The individuals who, on Operative Date, are Directors of KAC and any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, nomination for election by KACs stockholders, or appointment was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the then Incumbent Directors (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of KAC in which such person is named as a nominee for director without objection to such nomination); provided, however, that an individual shall not be an Incumbent Director if such individuals election or appointment to the Board occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule 14a-12(c) of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board. | |
(w) | KAC. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, or its successor or successors. | |
(x) | Matching Contributions. The contribution, if any, that the Company may make to a Participants Matching Contribution Account pursuant to Article 4.1 of the Plan. | |
(y) | Matching Contribution Account. The record of a Participants interest in the Plan represented by the Matching Contributions made on behalf of the Participant, with all earnings thereon credited to such Matching Contributions on behalf of the Participant and |
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all losses, expenses and distributions thereon debited from such Matching Contributions. A Participants Matching Contribution Account shall be one hundred percent (100%) vested at all times. | ||
(z) | Normal Retirement Age. A Participants sixty-second (62nd) birthday. | |
(aa) | Operative Date. July 6, 2006, the date the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and KAC. | |
(bb) | Participant. An Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant in the Plan pursuant to Article Ill of this Plan and any former Eligible Employee who is entitled to benefits under the Plan. | |
(cc) | Person. The meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a group as defined in Section 13(d). | |
(dd) | Plan. Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products Restoration Plan, set forth herein, as amended and restated from time to time. | |
(ee) | Plan Year. The twelve (12) month period beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st. | |
(ff) | Points. The sum of a Participants age and the Participants whole years of Service as determined under the Qualified Plan as of January 1, 2004. | |
(gg) | POR. The Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation and Certain of their Debtor Affiliates, as modified and confirmed by entry of an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on February 6, 2006, which confirmation was affirmed by entry of an order of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on May 11, 2006. | |
(hh) | Prior SERP. The Kaiser Aluminum Supplemental Benefits Plan. | |
(ii) | Qualified Plan. The Kaiser Aluminum Savings and Investment Plan as in force and effect on the Effective Date and as may be amended from time to time thereafter and as applicable to the Participant. | |
(jj) | Rabbi Trust. Rabbi Trust means a grantor trust established by the Employer for purposes of setting aside funds for the payment of benefits under the Plan. All assets of such trust shall at all times be subject to the claims of the Employers general creditors and no Participant shall have a claim to any assets of a Rabbi Trust established pursuant to this Plan. | |
(kk) | Separation from Service. The termination of employment with the Employer and all Affiliated Companies, whether voluntarily or involuntarily and as determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and any guidance issued thereunder. |
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(ll) | Service. An Eligible Employees service as defined in the Qualified Plan for purposes of determining the Participants vested status under that plan (including service prior to the Effective Date of this Plan). | |
(mm) | Trustee. Trustee means the individuals or institution appointed by the Employer in an agreement establishing a Rabbi Trust and any successor trustee as may be named. | |
(nn) | Valuation Date. Each and every business day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. | |
(oo) | Voting Stock. Securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or similar governing bodies). |
(a) | An Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 3.1 above may complete an Election Form setting forth the form of payment for receipt of the vested portion of his or her Account following the Participants Separation from Service from the options set forth: |
(1) | Single sum payment of the vested balance in the Participants Account on the date specified by the Participant that is at least six (6) months following the Participants Separation from Service. | ||
(2) | Annual installments (between two (2) and ten (10) installments) as specified by the Participant, commencing on the date that is specified by the Participant that is at least six (6) months following the Participants Separation from Service, and continuing on each anniversary of such Separation from Service. |
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(b) | Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant may change his or her election as to the form of payment subject to the following: |
(1) | such change in election will not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date the new election is made; | ||
(2) | the election must be made at least twelve (12) months prior to the first scheduled payment; and | ||
(3) | the first payment with respect to which such election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date such payment would otherwise be made. |
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Points | Percentage of Compensation | |||
Less than 39 | 2 | |||
30 to 49 | 4 | |||
50 to 59 | 6 | |||
60 to 69 | 8 | |||
70 or more | 10 |
(a) | Except as provided in Section 4.3(b), a Participant shall be fully vested in his or her Matching Contribution Account at all times regardless of Service. Except as provided in Section 4.3(b), a Participant shall be vested in his or her Fixed-Rate Contribution Account in accordance with the following schedule based on his or her years of service at the Participants Separation from Service with all Affiliated Companies: |
Years of Service | Vested Percentage | |||
Less than 5 | 0 | |||
5 or more | 100 |
Except as provided in Section 4.3(b), a Participant shall also be fully vested in his or her Fixed-Rate Contribution Account upon a Change of Control, death, Disability or upon reaching Normal Retirement Age prior to a Separation from Service. |
(b) | Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, in the event a Participants employment with the Employer is terminated for Cause, the Participant shall, immediately upon such termination, forfeit the entire amount of his or her Matching Contribution Account and Fixed-Rate Contribution Account, and the amount thus forfeited shall no longer be part of the Participants Plan benefit. |
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(a) | Investment Direction. Each Participant shall he entitled to direct the manner in which the Participants Account will be deemed to be invested, by selecting among the hypothetical investment benchmarks permitted under the Plan and specified by the Participant in accordance with procedures established by the Committee. The hypothetical investment benchmarks shall be those investment fund options specified by the Committee. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, earnings and losses based on a Participants hypothetical investment benchmarks investment elections shall begin to accrue as of the date such Participants Matching Contributions and/or Fixed-Rate Contributions are credited to the Participants Account. A designation of hypothetical investment benchmark shall continue in effect unless and until amended with the submission of a new designation in accordance with Section 5.3(b) below. Each successive designation of hypothetical investment benchmarks for a Participants Accounts may be applicable to either future contributions to or the cumulative balance of the Participants Account, or to both, at the election of the Participant. |
(b) | Transfers Among Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks. Amounts credited to a Participants Account may be transferred among hypothetical investment benchmarks pursuant to an allocation election which may be made according to procedures established by the Committee. Such allocation election shall be effective as of the date determined in accordance with such procedures. |
(c) | Continuation of Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks. Credits to a Participants Account in accordance with this Article V shall continue until the Account balance is paid in full to the Participant or the Participants beneficiary. |
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(i) | determine and designate from time to time the Eligible Employees; | ||
(ii) | interpret the Plan; | ||
(iii) | prescribe, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations necessary or appropriate for the administration of the Plan; | ||
(iv) | employ agents, attorneys, accountants or other persons (who also may he employed by or represent the Company) for such purposes as the Committee considers necessary or desirable in connection with its duties hereunder; and | ||
(v) | make such factual or other determinations and take such other action as authorized by this Plan or as it deems necessary or advisable. Any interpretation, determination, or other action made or taken by the Committee shall, subject to Section 8.3 hereof be final, binding, and conclusive on all interested parties. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, impose limitations, restrictions and conditions on the Participants rights to receive benefits as set forth in the Participants Election Form. |
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By | /s/ John M. Donnan | |||||
Title: | Vice President and Secretary | |||||
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