AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. ICP AWARD DEFERRAL PLAN
EXHIBIT 10.42
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
TO THE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
ICP AWARD DEFERRAL PLAN
WHEREAS, New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the NYSE) maintains New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ICP Award Deferral Plan, effective as of December 1, 1997 (the Plan);
WHEREAS, NYSE may amend the Plan by action of its board of directors (the Board) or a person designated by the Board; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned has been duly authorized by the Board to amend the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned deems it advisable to amend the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby amended, as follows:
1. Paragraph 7 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
7. PAYMENT OF DEFERRED BENEFITS
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 7(c) below, a Participants Deferred Benefits shall be paid to the Participant (or, in the event of the Participants death, the Participants Beneficiary), as soon as practicable after the Participant incurs a Termination of Employment.
(b) Upon a Participants election to defer a particular ICP Award hereunder, the Participant may designate a Beneficiary for purposes of this Section 7.
(c) (A) Upon a Participants election to defer a particular ICP Award, he may make an election regarding the Distribution Form in which to receive his Deferred Benefits paid to him (or, in the event of the Participants death, the Participants Beneficiary) and the Distribution Time upon which to commence payment of Deferred Benefits under the Plan. A Participant may make the foregoing elections or change his existing elections (other than a change regarding a Selected Date of Distribution), on a form prescribed by and filed with
the Committee, at any time at least one (1) year prior to his Termination of Employment (other than due to the Participants death).
(B) Notwithstanding Section 7(c)(A) above, each Senior Officer who is (i) an Eligible Employee on June 1, 1999 or (ii) is designated as an Eligible Employee after June 1, 1999, shall be entitled to make or change his election regarding the Distribution Form and Distribution Time (other than changing a existing election of a Selected Date of Distribution with respect to Deferred Benefits credited to the Participants Account), provided that such election is made and filed with the Committee by the end of the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date the Senior Officer first becomes an Eligible Employee.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Committee may require, in its sole discretion, that (i) a Participants elections with respect to the distribution of all of his Deferred Benefits be identical and (ii) a Participants elections with respect to the distribution of his Deferred Benefits be identical to all or some of his elections with respect to the distribution of benefits under any other employee benefit plans maintained by the NYSE in which the Participant also participates.
(e) Allocation of Earnings on distributions of amounts attributable to different ICP Awards shall be made in accordance with the rules established by the Committee.
(f) For purposes of this Section, Distribution Time means as soon as administratively feasible following one of the following dates: (i) the Participants Termination of Employment, (ii) the January 1 next following the Participants Termination of Employment, or (iii) the Participants Selected Date of Distribution.
(g) For purposes of this Section, Distribution Form means one of the following forms of distribution of Deferred Benefits available under the Plan: (i) a lump sum; or (ii) in a fixed number of monthly installments, over a period of up twenty to (20) years (in whole years), provided such period does not exceed the life expectancy of the Beneficiary.
(h) For purposes of this Section, Selected Date of Distribution means a date elected by the Participant which is not earlier than two (2) years following the end of the Plan Year to which such Deferred Benefit relates and no later than the January 1 following his Termination of Employment. In the event that a Participant incurs a Termination of Employment prior to his Selected Date of Distribution, such Deferred Benefits credited to his Deferred Compensation Account shall be paid to him as soon as administratively feasible following the Participants Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding Sections 7(c)(A) or 7 (c) (B) above, a Participants election to defer an ICP Award to a Selected Date of Distribution shall be irrevocable and must be made on a form prescribed by and filed with the Committee.
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(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to be contrary, any payment from the Plan to a trust or estate which is the Beneficiary of a Participant shall be made as soon as administratively feasible following the Participants death in a lump sum regardless of the Participants election.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Amendment to be executed this 28th day of May, 1999.
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| By: | /s/ Frank Z. Ashen |
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| Title: | SVP, Human Resources |
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