Amendment to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Excess Benefit Plan (Effective December 31, 2004)

Summary

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated has amended its Excess Benefit Plan, effective December 31, 2004. The amendment changes how early retirement reduction factors are applied to benefits accrued on or after that date, aligning them with those used in the Pension Plan, except for a special provision for certain grandfathered participants. This change affects how benefits are calculated for eligible employees under the plan.

EX-10.33 5 dex1033.htm AMENDMENT TO MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN. Amendment to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Excess Benefit Plan.

 

EXHIBIT 10.33

 

AMENDMENT TO

EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN

 

Effective December 31, 2004, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the “Corporation”) hereby amends the Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Excess Benefit Plan, as amended (the “Excess Plan”), as follows:

 

1. The last sentence in the first paragraph in Section IV of the Excess Plan shall be amended to read as follows:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective December 31, 2004, in determining the amount of benefits payable under the Plan, the early retirement reduction factors that apply for purposes of benefits accrued on and after December 31, 2004 under Exhibit A of the Pension Plan shall apply under this Plan, without regard to the special reduction provision for certain Grandfathered MS Participants set forth in Section 4.4(d) of Exhibit A to the Pension Plan.”

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amendment to be executed on its behalf this 30th day of November, 2004.

 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

By:  

/s/ KAREN JAMESLEY