Second Amendment to Nalco Company Supplemental Retirement Income Plan
This amendment, effective January 1, 2010, updates the Nalco Company Supplemental Retirement Income Plan to extend certain benefits to domestic partners and introduces new legal procedures for plan participants. It specifies that actions related to the plan must be brought in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, within two years of a final decision by the plan committee, and only after all internal claims procedures are exhausted. The amendment is executed by the Nalco Company Employee Benefit Plan Administration Committee.
Exhibit 10.28
SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
NALCO COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT INCOME PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2004)
WHEREAS, Nalco Company (the Company) maintains the Nalco Company Supplemental Retirement Income Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2004 (the Plan); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.2 thereof, the Plan may be amended by action of the Nalco Company Employee Benefit Plan Administration Committee (EBPAC); and
WHEREAS, EBPAC desires to amend the Plan provide certain benefits to domestic partners and make certain other changes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that EBPAC hereby amends the Plan, effective as of January 1, 2010, as follows:
1. Section 2.1(g) of the Plan is hereby amended by replacing the phrase, surviving spouse with the following phrase, surviving spouse, or Domestic Partner (as such term is defined under the Retirement Income Plan).
2. Article IX of the Plan is hereby amended by inserting the following new Section 9.9 at the end thereof:
9.9. Restriction on Venue and Limitations on Actions
Any Participant or Beneficiary can bring an action in connection with the Plan only after exhausting the claims procedures contained in the Retirement Income Plan and only in Federal District Court in Chicago, Illinois. The Participant or Beneficiary must bring the cause of action within two years from the date of EBPACs final determination which is being challenged.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EBPAC has caused this Second Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized members this 30th day of November, 2009.
NALCO COMPANY |
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE |
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Erik Fyrwald |
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Brad Bell |
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Steve Landsman |
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Laurie Marsh |
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Bob Dompke |