Amendment to Mellon Bank IRC Section 401(a)(17) Plan and Benefit Restoration Plan
This amendment, effective December 22, 2008, modifies the Mellon Bank IRC Section 401(a)(17) Plan and the Mellon Bank Benefit Restoration Plan. It clarifies that employees with certain existing employment contracts providing supplemental retirement benefits are not eligible for benefits under these Plans, except for previously defined grandfathered benefits. It also specifies how the value of certain life insurance benefits is calculated at the time of employment termination. The amendment ensures compliance with IRS rules and coordinates with other non-qualified benefit programs.
Exhibit 10.171
Amendment to the Mellon Bank
IRC Section 401(a)(17) Plan and
Mellon Bank Benefit Restoration Plan (together the Plans)
To assure documentary compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and clarify coordination with various other non-qualified programs so as to avoid unintended and impermissible substitutions or accelerations because of offsets by benefits under such programs, the Plans are hereby amended as follows:
1. Other than with respect to grandfathered benefits (as previously defined in the December 14, 2007 Designation of Time and Form of Payment), if any, employees who have an employment contract originally with Mellon Bank Corporation or Mellon Financial Corporation (or any related entity) which continues to provide for Supplemental Retirement Benefits which would include the benefits otherwise paid hereunder, will not be entitled to coverage by, or the payment of benefits from, the Plans.
2. In the calculation of the Offset for Certain Benefits Payable under the Senior Executive Life Insurance Plan, the Participants interest in the cash value of the Policies shall be determined as of the Participants termination of employment (and shall not be subject to variation on the basis of any election or action of the Participant or Mellon Bank).
Date: | December 22, 2008 | /s/ Lisa B. Peters | ||||
Lisa B. Peters | ||||||
Chief Human Resources Officer |