VIACOM INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS (Effective as of December 6, 2006; as Amended and Restated as ofNovember 13, 2013)

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Exhibit 10.2


VIACOM INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS

(Effective as of December 6, 2006; as Amended and Restated as of November 13, 2013)


1.        Establishment of Plan

The Viacom Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Outside Directors (the “Plan”) has been established by Viacom Inc. (the “Company”) for eligible members of the Board of Directors (as described below).

2.        Plan Participation

(a)    Each person who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and who is not an employee of the Company (an “Outside Director” or “Director”) may elect to become a participant in this Plan (a “Participant”), and as such defer all, or a specified percentage of, the cash fees (which shall include retainer, meeting and committee attendance fees and any other amounts that the Board so determines) to which the Director may thereafter be entitled. Such election shall be in writing, in a form prescribed by the Company that includes the alternatives for the amount deferred, investment election and payment election, and, except as otherwise provided below, shall remain in effect as long as the Participant shall continue to receive compensation as a Director. In the event a Director elects to defer a portion of his or her fees, the amount that is not deferred shall, unless otherwise requested by a Director, be paid to the Director in cash in accordance with the Company’s then current practices for such payments.

(b)    A Participant may elect to participate in the Plan within 30 days of the beginning of his or her term in office as a Director, for the fees payable thereafter. A Participant may also elect to participate in the Plan before December 31 of each year, for the fees payable for the subsequent calendar year and thereafter. A Participant may discontinue participation in the Plan and/or change or modify his or her amount deferred and investment election annually by filing a written notice with the Company prior to December 31 of a particular year, which notice shall be effective for fees payable for the subsequent calendar year and thereafter, subject to the following restrictions:

(i)Investment Election. Changes to the investment election will be applicable to subsequent fees only and no existing account may be converted into another type of account; and
(ii)Payment Election. A Participant may not change his or her payment election from that selected at the time he or she initially elects to participate in the Plan. The payment election will be applicable to the entire balance of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account(s) and to any restricted stock units granted to the Participant under the Viacom Inc. RSU Plan for Outside Directors, as may be amended from time to time (together with any successor plan, the “RSU Plan”), as contemplated by this Plan.

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3.
Deferred Compensation Accounts

There shall be available two accounts, an “Income Account” and a “Stock Unit Account” to which the fees deferred by the Participant pursuant to this Plan may be credited. At the time of electing to participate in this Plan, the Participant shall also select one of the two accounts into which his or her deferred fees shall be credited.

(a)    Income Account. Fees deferred by a Participant shall be credited as a dollar amount to this account at the time payment would otherwise have been due. At the end of each calendar quarter, the Participant’s Income Account will be credited for such quarter with interest at the prime rate in effect at the beginning of such calendar quarter at Citibank, N.A., which interest shall be applied on the basis of the average closing monthly credit balance in the Participant’s Income Account during such quarter.

(b)    Stock Unit Account. Fees deferred by a Participant shall be credited as a dollar amount to this account at the time payment would otherwise have been due. Each Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be adjusted as follows:

(i)
First, on the first day of each calendar quarter, any dollar amount remaining in such account from the preceding calendar quarter, plus all dollar amounts for fees and any cash dividends credited to such account during the preceding calendar quarter and (without duplication) meeting fees earned during the preceding calendar quarter, shall be credited with interest computed in the manner described in Paragraph 3(a) above.

(ii)
Next, beginning on January 1, 2014 and the first day of each subsequent calendar quarter, the Participant shall receive an automatic grant of restricted stock units under the RSU Plan based on the dollar amount in such account after the adjustments pursuant to Section 3(b)(i) above, plus the dollar amount of deferred quarterly retainer fees credited on such day to this account. Upon the making of such grant (which, under the terms of the RSU Plan, may include fractional restricted stock units), the dollar amount in the Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be reset to zero.

(iii)
Subject to Section 3(c) below, Class A Common Stock Unit Shares and Class B Common Stock Unit Shares (collectively “Stock Unit Shares”) and any other stock unit shares held in the Stock Unit Account (“Other Stock Unit Shares”) credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account prior to January 1, 2014 shall continue to be held in the Stock Unit Account, but no additional Class A Common Stock Unit Shares or Class B Common Stock Unit Shares or Other Stock Unit Shares shall be credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account on or after January 1, 2014.
 
In the event that cash dividends are declared on the Viacom Inc. Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or any other stock for which stock unit shares are held in the Stock Unit Account, on each dividend payment date an amount equivalent to the dividend paid per share of such stock shall be credited in cash to such account for each Class A Common Stock Unit Share or Class B Common Stock Unit Share or other stock unit shares, as appropriate. Stock unit shares shall be appropriately adjusted in the event of any stock dividends, stock splits or any other similar changes in the Viacom Inc. Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or other stock for which stock unit shares are held in the Stock Unit Account.

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(c)    One-Time Elections for Share Settlement.

(i)
Participants whose Stock Unit Account is credited with Stock Unit Shares as of October 1, 2013 will be given a one-time opportunity to irrevocably elect to have their Stock Unit Shares settled by delivery of shares of Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock delivered under the RSU Plan rather than by cash payment under this Plan. The number of shares of Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock to which a Participant making such election shall be entitled shall equal (A) the number of Class B Common Stock Unit Shares credited to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account as of December 31, 2013 plus (B) the number obtained by multiplying (1) a fraction the numerator of which is the closing market price for Viacom Inc. Class A Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on December 31, 2013 and the denominator of which is the closing market price for Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock on such market on such date times (2) the number of Class A Common Stock Unit Shares credited to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account as of such date.

(ii)
Participants whose Stock Unit Account is credited with Other Stock Unit Shares as of October 1, 2013 will be given a one-time opportunity to irrevocably elect to have their Other Stock Unit Shares settled by delivery of Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock delivered under the RSU Plan rather than by cash payment under this Plan. The number of shares of Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock to which a Participant making such election shall be entitled shall equal the number obtained by multiplying (A) a fraction the numerator of which is the closing market price for the stock for which Stock Unit Shares are held on December 31, 2013 and the denominator of which is the closing market price for Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock on such date, times (B) the number of such Other Stock Unit Shares credited to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account as of such date.

(iii)
Any fractional shares resulting from such calculations shall be held as a cash credit to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account and shall be governed by Section 3(b). A Participant’s elections under this Section 3(c) shall not alter in any manner the payment schedule for the settlement of the Participant’s Stock Unit Account, the timing of which shall be governed by the payment election previously made by the Participant under this Plan.
 
4.     Payments

(a)    Upon termination of a Participant’s service as a Director, payment of his or her Deferred Compensation Account(s) shall be made in cash in a lump sum, three (3) annual installments or five (5) annual installments in accordance with the Participant’s payment election. Such payment election shall also govern the settlement of any restricted stock units granted to the Participant under the RSU Plan as contemplated by this Plan. The lump sum payment or the initial annual installment shall be made on the later of six months after the Director leaves the Board or January 15th of the year following the year the Director leaves the Board. Each subsequent installment payment shall be made on the anniversary of the initial installment payment.

(b)    The Class A Common Stock Unit Shares and Class B Common Stock Unit Shares in a Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be valued on the basis of the average of the closing market prices of the Viacom Inc. Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as appropriate, on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or such other stock exchange on which the Class A Common Stock

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or Class B Common Stock may be listed, on each trading date during the four (4) week period ending five (5) business days prior to the payment date.

(c)    In the case of installment payments, the Deferred Compensation Account(s) shall be credited with interest calculated in accordance with Paragraph 3(a) above, which interest shall accrue beginning on the date the first installment is paid and the appropriate portion of which shall be paid to the Participant on the date of each annual installment following the date of credit until all installments are paid.

(d)    In the event of a Participant’s death, payment of all or the remaining portion of the Deferred Compensation Account(s) will be made to his or her beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the Participant’s payment election. The amount of such payment will be calculated as set forth herein.

5.    Beneficiaries
 
Each Participant entitled to payment of the deferred fees hereunder may name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any such deferred fees are to be paid in case of his or her death, before he or she receives all of such fees. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Company, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during his or her lifetime. In the absence of any such designation or if all persons so designated die prior to the payment of the entire amount of deferred fees to which he or she is entitled, any deferred fees remaining unpaid at a Participant’s death shall be paid to the estate of the last to die of the Participant and all persons so designated.

6.    Participant’s Rights Unsecured

The right of any Participant to receive a distribution hereunder in cash shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company. The Company’s obligation with respect to the payment of amounts deferred hereunder may not be assigned.

7.    Amendments and Adjustments to the Plan

The Board of Directors of the Company may amend the Plan at any time, without the consent of the Participants or their beneficiaries; provided, however, that no amendment shall divest any Participant of rights to which he or she would have been entitled if the Plan had been terminated on the effective date of such amendment.

In the event of any merger, consolidation, stock‑split, dividend (other than a regular cash dividend), distribution, combination, recapitalization or reclassification that changes the character or amount of the Viacom Inc. Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or any other changes in the corporate structure, equity securities or capital structure of the Company, the Board shall make such proportionate adjustments to the stock unit shares held in the Plan and any other affected provision of the Plan in each case, as it deems appropriate. The Board’s determination as to what, if any, adjustments shall be made shall be final and binding on the Company and all Participants.

8.    Termination of Plan

The Board of Directors of the Company may terminate the Plan at any time, without the consent of the Participants or their beneficiaries. Termination of the Plan shall not affect the timing of

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distributions from a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account(s) or the calculation of the amount of the payment.

9.    Expenses

The cost of administration of the Plan will be paid by the Company.


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