Exhibit
10.(g)
CUMMINS INC. EXCESS BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN
Restated as of January 1,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 1.01
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History and Restatement
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Section 1.02
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Application of Restatement
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Section 1.03
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Purpose
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Section 1.04
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Grantor Trust
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ARTICLE II
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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Section 2.01
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Definitions
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Section 2.02
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Rules of Interpretation
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ARTICLE III
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VESTING OF EXCESS BENEFIT AND FORFEITURES
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Section 3.01
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Vesting
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Section 3.02
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Forfeitures
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ARTICLE IV
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DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.01
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Timing of Distributions
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Section 4.02
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Distributions Upon Termination
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Section 4.03
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Survivor Benefits
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Section 4.04
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Distributions Upon a Change in Control
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Section 4.05
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Delay in Payment for Specified Employees
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Section 4.06
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Designating a Beneficiary
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ARTICLE V
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ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN
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Section 5.01
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Powers and Responsibilities of the Administrator
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Section 5.02
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Indemnification
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Section 5.03
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Claims and Claims Review Procedure
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ARTICLE VI
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GROSS-UP PAYMENTS
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ARTICLE VII
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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ARTICLE VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 8.01
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Obligations of Employer
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Section 8.02
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Employment Rights
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Section 8.03
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Non-Alienation
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Section 8.04
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Tax Withholding
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Section 8.05
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Other Plans
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Section 8.06
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Pension Plan Termination
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Section 8.07
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Liability of Affiliated Employers
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ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.01 History
and Restatement. Cummins Inc.
(Company) established the Excess Benefit Retirement Plan of Cummins Engine
Company, Inc. (Plan), effective March 1, 1984, and it has amended
the Plan on several occasions since that time.
The Company most recently restated the Plan, effective January 1,
2005, to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the
guidance thereunder. By this
restatement, which is generally effective as of January 1, 2008, the
Company amends the Plan to comply with the requirements of the final
regulations under Code Section 409A.
Section 1.02 Application
of Restatement. This
restatement shall apply, effective January 1, 2008, except as expressly
provided herein. This restatement shall not
apply to any benefits under the Plan accrued and vested on or before December 31,
2004, with an Annuity Starting Date on or before such date (Grandfathered
Benefit), and Grandfathered Benefits shall continue to be governed by the
terms and conditions of the Plan without regard to this restatement; provided,
however, the individual entitled by receive benefits following a Participants
death shall be determined pursuant to this restatement.
Section 1.03 Purpose. Code Section 415 imposes limits on the
maximum benefit that can be paid to a participant under a qualified retirement
plan, and Code Section 401(a)(17) limits the amount of annual compensation
that can be taken into account in calculating a participants benefit under a
qualified retirement plan. The purpose
of the Plan is to provide additional retirement benefits for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees to compensate them for the reduction
in the benefits that would otherwise have been payable to them under the
Pension Plan were it not for the limitations imposed by Code Sections 415 and
401(a)(17). The Company intends for the
Plan to qualify as an unfunded arrangement maintained primarily for the purpose
of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201, 301 and
401. The Company also intends for the
Plan to satisfy the applicable requirements of Code Section 409A.
Section 1.04 Grantor
Trust. The Company has established a
grantor trust to hold assets for the provision of certain benefits under the
Plan as well as other Employer benefits.
Assets of the Trust are subject to the claims of the Employers general
creditors.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 2.01 Definitions. When the first letter of a word or phrase is
capitalized herein, the word or phrase shall have the meaning specified below:
(a) Administrator means the Companys
Benefits Policy Committee or such other person that the Board designates as Administrator. To the extent that the Administrator
delegates a duty or responsibility to an agent, the term Administrator shall
include such agent.
(b) Affiliated Employer means (i) a
member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b))
of which the Company is a member or (ii) an unincorporated trade or
business under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)) with the
Company.
(c) Affirmation of Domestic Partnership
means an Applicable Form for affirming the relationship between a
Participant and his Domestic Partner.
(d) Alternate Payee has the meaning set
out in ERISA Section 206(d)(3)(K).
(e) Annuity Starting Date means the
first day of the month following the earlier of the Participants (i) Termination
of Employment or (ii) death; provided, however, the Annuity Starting Date
with respect to a Participant who Terminated Employment with a Vested Excess
Benefit on or before December 31, 2004, and whose entire benefit under the
Plan was accrued and vested as of his Termination of Employment, shall continue
to be the same as the annuity starting date with respect to the Participant
under the Pension Plan.
(f) Applicable Form means a form
provided by the Administrator for making an election or designation under the
Plan. To the extent permitted by the
Administrator, an Applicable Form may be provided and/or an election or
designation made electronically.
(g) Beneficiary means the person or
entity entitled to receive a benefit with respect to a Participant (i) following
his death before his Annuity Starting Date or (ii) following his death
after his Annuity Starting Date, if any benefits are payable under the form of
distribution in effect at the time of the Participants death following the
death of the Participant and his Joint Annuitant, if any. A Participants Beneficiary shall be
determined as provided in Section 4.06.
(h) Benefit Claim means a request or
claim for a benefit under the Plan, including a claim for greater benefits than
have been paid.
(i) Board or Board of Directors
means the Companys board of directors or, where the context so permits, its
designee.
(j) Change of Control means the
occurrence of any of the following:
(1) there shall be consummated (A) any consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Companys common stock would be
converted in whole or in part into cash or other securities or property, other
than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Companys common stock
immediately before the merger have substantially the same proportionate
ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the
merger, or (B) any sale, lease, exchange, or transfer (in one transaction
or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company, or
(2) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or
(3) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act)), other than the
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Company or a subsidiary thereof or any employee
benefit plan sponsored by the Company or a subsidiary thereof or a corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company,
shall become the beneficial owners (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the
combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding securities ordinarily
(and apart from rights accruing in special circumstances) having the right to
vote in the election of directors, as a result of a tender or exchange offer,
open market purchases, privately negotiated purchases, or otherwise, or
(4) at any time during a period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board shall
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the
election or the nomination for election by the Companys shareholders of each
new director during such two-year period was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who were directors at
the beginning of such two-year period, or
(5) any other event shall occur that would be required to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) (or any successor provision) of Schedule
14A or Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the
preceding provisions, an event or series of events shall not constitute a
Change of Control unless the event or series of events qualifies as a change in
the ownership or effective control of the corporation or in the ownership of a
substantial portion of the assets of the corporation within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v).
(k) Code means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(l) Company means Cummins Inc.
(m) Denial or Denied means a denial,
reduction, termination, or failure to provide or make payment (in whole or in
part) of a Plan benefit.
(n) Domestic Partner means a person of
the same or opposite sex (i) with whom the Participant has a single,
dedicated relationship and has shared the same permanent residence for at least
six months, (ii) who is not married to another person or part of another
domestic partner relationship and is at least age 18, (iii) who, with the
Participant, is mutually responsible for the others welfare, (iv) who,
with the Participant, intends for their relationship to be permanent, (v) who
is not so closely related to the Participant as to preclude marriage under
state law, and (vi) for whom there is an Affirmation of Domestic
Partnership on file with the Administrator.
In determining whether the requirements of clauses (i) through (v) of
the preceding sentence have been satisfied, the Administrator may rely on the
Affirmation of Domestic Partnership filed with the Administrator.
(o) Employee means a common law
employee of an Employer.
(p) Employer means the Company and all
of its Affiliated Employers.
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(q) ERISA means the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
(r) Excess Benefit means, with respect
to a Participant as of any date, a benefit equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
benefit that would have been payable to, or with respect to, the Participant
under the Pension Plan as of such date in the same form and with the same
Annuity Starting Date, if the amount of such benefit were calculated without
giving effect to the Qualified Plan Limits, over (ii) the benefit that
would be payable to, or with respect to, the Participant under the Pension Plan
as of such date in the same form and with the same Annuity Starting Date, after
giving effect to the Qualified Plan Limits.
(s) Grandfathered Benefit has the
meaning specified in Section 1.01.
(t) Joint Annuitant means the survivor
annuitant under an annuity benefit payable to the Participant pursuant to the
Plan.
(u) Married means, with respect to a
Participant, that the Participant has a Spouse.
(v) Non-Grandfathered Benefit means a
benefit under the Plan that is not a Grandfathered Benefit.
(w) Participant means an Employee (or
former Employee) who is (or was) a participant in the Pension Plan and who has
an Excess Benefit. An individual shall
cease to be a Participant at such time as he no longer has an Excess Benefit.
(x) Pension Plan means the Cummins
Inc. and Affiliates Pension Plan, as amended from time to time.
(y) Plan means the Cummins Inc. Excess
Benefit Retirement Plan, as set out in herein and as amended from time to time
hereafter.
(z) Present Actuarial Value means the
present value of a future stream of payments, as determined by the
Administrator using:
(1) the mortality table based on the commissioners standard
table (described in Code Section 807(d)(5)(A)) used to determine reserves
for group annuity contracts issued on the date as of which present value is
determined (without regard to any other subparagraph of Code Section 807(d)(5)),
that is prescribed by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in
revenue rulings, notices, or other guidance published in the Internal Revenue
Bulletin; and
(2) the annual interest rate on 30-year U.S. Treasury Bonds as
specified by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in revenue
rulings, notices, or other guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin
for the fourth month preceding the first day of the calendar quarter in which
the Participants Annuity Starting Date falls.
(aa) Qualified Domestic Relations Order
has the meaning specified in Code Section 414(p).
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(bb) Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity
means an immediate level monthly annuity for the life of a Participant with a
survivor annuity for the life of the Participants surviving Spouse in a
monthly amount equal to 50% of the amount payable during the joint lives of the
Participant and his Spouse.
(cc) Qualified Plan Limits means the
limitation on compensation that may be taken into account under a qualified
retirement plan, as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17), and the dollar
limitation on annual benefits under a qualified retirement plan, as provided in
Code Section 415.
(dd) Service means the Participants
service for vesting purposes credited under the Pension Plan.
(ee) Single Life Annuity means a level
monthly annuity payable to the Participant for his life, or, where the context
permits, a level monthly annuity payable to the Joint Annuitant for his life.
(ff) Specified Employee means, with
respect to the 12-month period beginning on the Specified Employee Effective
Date, an individual who, (i) during any part of the 12-month period ending
on the Specified Employee Identification Date, is in salary grade 99 or
compensation class 6, or (ii) is a specified employee within the meaning
of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and the guidance thereunder.
(gg) Specified Employee Effective Date
means, in the case of an Employee who Terminates Employment before December 1,
2009, the April 1 next following the Specified Employee Identification
Date, and, in the case of an Employee who Terminates Employment after December 31,
2009, the January 1 next following the Specified Employee Identification
Date.
(hh) Specified Employee Identification Date
means December 31.
(ii) Spouse means (i) the person to
whom the Participant is married in accordance with applicable law of the
jurisdiction in which the Participant resides, or (ii) in the case of a
Participant not described in clause (i), the Participants Domestic Partner.
(jj) Terminates Employment, Termination
of Employment or any variation thereof refers to a separation from service
within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i).
(kk) Trust means the grantor trust
established by the Company to provide a source for the payment of retirement
benefits under the Plan and benefits under certain other Employer programs.
(ll) Trustee means the Trustee of the
Trust.
(mm) Vested means, with respect to a
Participant, the portion of the Participants Excess Benefit in which the
Participant has a non-forfeitable interest, to the extent provided herein.
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Section 2.02 Rules of
Interpretation.
(a) The Plan is intended to comply with (i) Code
Section 409A and (ii) the applicable provisions of ERISA, and it
shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with such intent. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence or as otherwise expressly provided herein,
the Plan shall be construed, enforced, and administered, and the validity
thereof determined, in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
Indiana, without regard to conflict of law principles, and the following
provisions of this Section.
(b) Words used herein in the masculine
shall be construed to include the feminine, where appropriate, and vice versa, and words used herein in the singular shall be
construed to include the plural, and vice versa, where
appropriate.
(c) Headings and subheadings are inserted
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of
any provision hereof.
(d) If any provision of the Plan shall be
held to violate the Code or ERISA or be illegal or invalid for any other
reason, that provision shall be deemed null and void, but the invalidation of
that provision shall not otherwise affect the Plan.
Reference to any provision
of the Code, ERISA, or other law shall be deemed to include a reference to the
successor of such provision.
ARTICLE III
VESTING OF EXCESS BENEFIT AND FORFEITURES
Section 3.01 Vesting. A Participants interest in his Excess
Benefit shall become 100% Vested upon the earliest to occur of (i) the
Participants completion of three years of Service or, (ii) while the
Participant is an Employee, his (A) death or (B) disability within
the meaning of the Pension Plan.
Section 3.02 Forfeitures. A Participant shall forfeit
his rights to any non-Vested Excess Benefit under the Plan upon his Termination
of Employment.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.01 Timing
of Distributions. A
Participants Vested Excess Benefit shall be paid, or commence to be paid, on
the Participants Annuity Starting Date in the form determined pursuant to this
Article.
Section 4.02 Distributions
Upon Termination.
(a) If a Participant Terminates
Employment for a reason other than his death, his Vested Excess Benefit shall be
distributed pursuant to this Section; provided, however, if the Participant
dies before his Annuity Starting Date, no benefits shall be paid pursuant to
this Section, and the only benefits with respect to the Participant shall be
paid pursuant to Section 4.03.
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(b) Notwithstanding the following
provisions of this Section, if the Present Actuarial Value of the benefit
payable with to a Participant (and his Joint Annuitant, if applicable) pursuant
to this Section is less than $10,000, such Present Actuarial Value shall
be paid to the Participant in a single lump sum payment within 60 days
following the Participants Annuity Starting Date.
(c) Subjection to Subsection (b), unless
a Participant elects an optional form of distribution pursuant to Subsection
(d), his Vested Excess Benefit shall be distributed (i) to him as a Single
Life Annuity, if he is not Married on his Annuity Starting Date, and (ii) to
him and his Spouse as a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, if he is Married
on his Annuity Starting Date.
(d) A Participant may elect not to
receive his Vested Excess Benefit in the normal form described in Subsection (c) and
elect, instead, to receive his Vested Excess Benefit in one of the optional
annuity forms of benefit then available under the Pension Plan. If the Participant elects an optional annuity
form, the annuity amount shall be the actuarial equivalent of the normal form
of benefit (as determined by the Administrator, using the applicable actuarial
factors specified in the Pension Plan).
A Participants election of an optional annuity form must be submitted
to the Administrator in writing before his Annuity Starting Date, and the
Participant may revoke his election at any time before his Annuity Starting
Date by providing written notice to the Administrator. If the Participant elects an optional form of
annuity with a survivor annuity, the survivor annuitant dies before the
Participants Annuity Starting Date, and the Participant has not made a later
election, the Participants Vested Excess Benefit shall be distributed in the
normal form described in Subsection (c).
(e) Notwithstanding the preceding
provisions, if the Participants Vested Excess Benefit is paid as a life
annuity to the Participant with a survivor annuity for his Spouse, and the
Participants Spouse dies after the Participants Annuity Starting Date (but
before the Participant dies), the Participants monthly benefit shall be
increased to the monthly benefit that would have been payable if the
Participants Vested Excess Benefit had been paid as a Single Life Annuity,
beginning as of the first day of the month next following his Spouses death.
Section 4.03 Survivor
Benefits.
(a) Except as provided in Section 4.02
with respect to a Participant who dies after his Annuity Starting Date or (ii) the
following provisions of this Section, no benefits shall be payable pursuant to
the Plan following a Participants death.
(b) If a Participant dies before his
Annuity Starting Date, and the survivor benefit payable to the beneficiary of
the Participant under the Pension Plan is less than the survivor benefit that
would have been payable, if such benefit were calculated without giving effect
to the Qualified Plan Limits, the Company shall pay to the Participants
Beneficiary a survivor benefit equal to the excess of (i) the survivor
benefit that would have been payable to the Beneficiary, if paid under the
Pension Plan as a Single Life Annuity beginning as of the Participants Annuity
Starting Date, if such benefit were calculated without giving effect to the
Qualified Plan Limits, over (ii) the survivor benefit that would be
payable to the Beneficiary under the Pension Plan, if paid as a Single Life
Annuity beginning as of the Participants Annuity Starting Date, after
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giving effect to the
Qualified Plan Limits. Subject to the
following sentence, the survivor benefit payable under this Subsection shall be
a Single Life Annuity commencing as of the Participants Annuity Starting
Date. If the Present Actuarial Value of
the amounts payable pursuant to this Section is less than $10,000, such
Present Actuarial Value shall be paid to the Participants Beneficiary in a
single lump sum payment within 60 days following the Participants death.
Annuity Starting Date.
(c) If a Participant dies after his
Annuity Starting Date, survivor benefits (if any) shall be paid to the Joint
Annuitant pursuant to the form of payment in effect at the time of death.
Section 4.04 Distributions
Upon a Change of Control. Upon a Change
of Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, each
Participant and each Beneficiary or Joint Annuitant of a deceased Participant
(if applicable), shall receive, in place
of future payments under the Plan, a lump sum payment equal to the Present
Actuarial Value of the Participants Vested Excess Benefit accrued to the date
of the Change of Control and remaining to be paid under the Plan. In the case of a Participant who has not
Terminated Employment, the lump sum Present Actuarial Value of the Vested
Excess Benefit payable shall be calculated assuming that, solely for the
purpose of reducing the benefit for early commencement, that the Participant
has already met the conditions for unreduced benefits under the Pension Plan at
the earliest possible time, taking into consideration the Participants age and
Service.
Section 4.05 Delay
in Payment for Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any provisions in the Plan to
the contrary, if a Participant who is a Specified Employee Terminates
Employment for any reason other than death, the Participants Vested Excess
Benefit shall not commence earlier than six months after the date of the
Participants Termination of Employment.
If the Excess Benefit is payable in the form of a monthly annuity, the
sum of the monthly payments that are required to be delayed in accordance with
this Section shall be paid with the first permitted monthly payment. Any delayed payments shall be increased by
interest from the Participants Annuity Starting Date to the date on which his
benefit payments begin at the applicable interest rate for retroactive annuity
starting dates under the Pension Plan.
Section 4.06 Designating
a Beneficiary. A Participant
may designate a Beneficiary only by filing a completed Applicable Form with
the Administrator during his life. The
Participants proper filing of a Beneficiary designation shall cancel the
Participants prior Beneficiary designations under the Plan, if any. If the Participant does not designate a
Beneficiary, or if all properly designated Beneficiaries die, the Participants
Beneficiary shall be his Spouse, if living at the time of the Participants
death, or if his Spouse is not then living, to the individual(s), if any, named
as the Participants beneficiary under his Employer-provided group life
insurance program, who are living at the time of the Participants death or, if
no such beneficiaries are then living, to the Participants estate.
ARTICLE V
ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN
Section 5.01 Powers
and Responsibilities of the Administrator.
(a) The Administrator shall have full
responsibility and discretionary authority to control and manage the operation
and administration of the Plan. The Administrator
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authorized to accept service
of legal process on behalf of the Plan.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any action taken by
the Administrator pursuant to a reasonable interpretation of the Plan shall be
binding and conclusive on all persons claiming benefits under the Plan, except
to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
action was arbitrary or capricious.
(b) The Administrators discretionary
powers include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) to interpret Plan documents, decide all questions of
eligibility, determine whether a Participant has Terminated Employment,
determine the amount, manner, and timing of distributions under the Plan, and
resolve any claims for benefits;
(2) to prescribe procedures to be followed by a Participant,
Beneficiary, or other person applying for benefits;
(3) to appoint or employ persons to assist in the
administration of the Plan and any other agents as it deems advisable;
(4) to adopt such rules as it deems necessary or
appropriate; and
(5) to maintain and keep adequate records concerning the Plan,
including sufficient records to determine each Participants eligibility to
participate and his interest in the Plan, and its proceedings and acts in such
form and detail as it may decide.
Section 5.02 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Administrator, any person serving on a committee that serves as
Administrator, and any officer, employee, or director of an Employer to whom
any duty or power relating to the administration of the Plan has been properly
delegated from and against any cost, expense, or liability arising out of any
act or omission in connection with the Plan, unless arising out of such persons
own fraud or bad faith.
Section 5.03 Claims
and Claims Review Procedure.
(a) All Benefit Claims must be made in
accordance with procedures established by the Administrator from time to
time. A Benefit Claim and any appeal
thereof may be filed by the claimant or his authorized representative.
(b) The Administrator shall provide the
claimant with written or electronic notice of its approval or Denial of a
properly filed Benefit Claim within 90 days after receiving the claim, unless
special circumstances require an extension of the decision period. If special circumstances require an extension
of the time for processing the claim, the initial 90-day period may be extended
for up to an additional 90 days. If an
extension is required, the Administrator shall provide written notice of the
required extension before the end of the initial 90-day period, which notice
shall (i) specify the circumstances requiring an extension and (ii) the
date by which the Administrator expects to make a decision.
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(c) If a Benefit Claim is Denied, the
Administrator shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notice
containing (i) the specific reasons for the Denial, (ii) references
to the applicable Plan provisions on which the Denial is based, (iii) a
description of any additional material or information needed and why such
material or information is necessary, and (iv) a description of the
applicable review process and time limits.
(d) A claimant may appeal the Denial of a
Benefit Claim by filing a written appeal with the Administrator within 60 days
after receiving notice of the Denial.
The claimants appeal shall be deemed filed on receipt by the
Administrator. If a claimant does not
file a timely appeal, the Administrators decision shall be deemed final,
conclusive, and binding on all persons.
(e) The Administrator shall provide the
claimant with written or electronic notice of its decision on appeal within 60
days after receipt of the claimants appeal request, unless special
circumstances require an extension of this time period. If special circumstances require an extension
of the time to process the appeal, the processing period may be extended for up
to an additional 60 days. If an
extension is required, the Administrator shall provide written notice of the
required extension to the claimant before the end of the original 60-day
period, which shall specify the circumstances requiring an extension and the
date by which the Administrator expects to make a decision. If the Benefit Claim is Denied on appeal, the
Administrator shall provide the claimant with written or electronic notice
containing a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request
and free of charge, reasonable access to and copies of all documents, records,
and other information relevant to the Benefit Claim, as well as the specific
reasons for the Denial on appeal and references to the applicable Plan
provisions on which the Denial is based.
The Administrators decision on appeal shall be final, conclusive, and
binding on all persons, subject to the claimants right to file a civil action
pursuant to ERISA Section 502(a).
ARTICLE VI
GROSS-UP PAYMENTS
If payment of the lump sum
Present Actuarial Value of the Participants Vested Excess Benefit pursuant to Section 4.04
(Accelerated Payment) causes the Accelerated Payment and any other payments
made in connection with a Change of Control (together with the Accelerated
Payment, the Total Payments) to be subject to the tax (Excise Tax) imposed
by Code Section 4999, the Company shall pay to the Participant an
additional amount (Gross-Up Payment) such that the net amount retained by the
Participant, after deduction of any Excise Tax paid or payable (and not
grossed-up under a similar provision of another plan or program sponsored by
the Company) on the lump sum and such other Total Payments and any federal,
state and local income tax and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this
Article, shall be equal to the Accelerated Payment and such other Total
Payments. If any of such other Total
Payments are subject to the Excise Tax without regard to the Accelerated
Payment, a Gross-Up Payment shall be made, but shall be limited to the increase
in the Excise Tax (plus any federal, state, and local income tax and Excise Tax
on such Gross-Up Payment) arising solely as a result of the Accelerated
Payment.
For purposes of determining
whether any of the payments described above will be subject to the Excise Tax
and the amount of such Excise Tax, (i) any other payments or benefits
received or to be received by the Participant in connection with a Change of
Control, whether payable
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pursuant
to the terms of the Plan or any other plan, arrangement, or agreement with the
Company, its successors, any person whose actions result in a change in control
of the Company or any corporation affiliated (or which, as a result of the
completion of a transaction causing a change of control, will become
affiliated) with the Company within the meaning of Code Section 1504 shall
be treated as parachute payments within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2),
and all excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) shall
be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax counsel
selected by the Companys independent auditors and acceptable to the
Participant, the payments (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute
payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent
reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning of
Code Section 280G(b)(4) either in their entirety or in excess of the
base amount within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(3), or are
otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of the payments
that shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser
of (A) the total amount of the payments or (B) the amount of excess
parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) (after
applying clause (i), above), and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits
or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Companys
independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Code Sections 280G(d)(3) and
(4). In the event that the Excise Tax is
subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder
at the time of payment, the Participant shall repay to the Company at the time
that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the
portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the
portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and
state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the
Participant if such repayment results in a reduction in Excise Tax and/or a
federal and state and local income tax deduction) plus interest on the amount
of such repayment at the rate provided in Code Section 1274(d). In the event that the Excise Tax is
determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of the
Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of
which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall
make an additional Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any
interest payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of
such excess is finally determined.
To the extent that earlier
payment is not required by the preceding provisions of this Section, the
Companys payment pursuant to this Section shall be made not later than
the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the
Participant remits the related taxes.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
The Plan shall continue in
force with respect to any Participant until the completion of any payments due
hereunder and shall be binding upon any successor to substantially all the
assets of the Company. The Company may,
however, at any time, amend the Plan to provide that no additional benefits
shall accrue with respect to any Participant under the Plan; provided, however,
that no such amendment shall (i) deprive any Participant, Joint Annuitant,
or Beneficiary of any benefit that accrued under the Plan before the adoption
of such amendment; (ii) result in an acceleration of benefit payments in
violation of Code Section 409A and the guidance thereunder, or (iii) result
in any other violation of Section 409A or the guidance thereunder. The Company may also, at any time, amend the
Plan retroactively or otherwise, if
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and
to the extent that it deems such action appropriate in light of government
regulations or other legal requirements.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.01 Obligations
of Employer. The Employers
only obligation hereunder shall be a contractual obligation to make payments to
Participants, Joint Annuitants, and Beneficiaries entitled to benefits provided
for herein when due, and only to the extent such payments are not made from the
Trust. Nothing herein shall give a
Participant, Joint Annuitant, Beneficiary, or other person any right to a
specific asset of an Employer or the Trust, other than as a general creditor of
the Employer.
Section 8.02 Employment
Rights. Nothing contained herein shall
confer any right on a Participant to be continued in the employ of any Employer
or affect the Participants right to participate in and receive benefits under
and in accordance with any pension, profit-sharing, incentive compensation, or
other benefit plan or program of an Employer.
Section 8.03 Non-Alienation. Except as otherwise required by a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order, no right or interest of a Participant, Joint
Annuitant, Beneficiary, or other person under the Plan shall be subject to
voluntary or involuntary alienation, assignment, or transfer of any kind. Payment shall be made to Alternate Payees as
provided in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
Section 8.04 Tax
Withholding. The
Employer or Trustee may withhold from any distribution hereunder amounts that
the Employer or Trustee deems necessary to satisfy federal, state, or local tax
withholding requirements (or make other arrangements satisfactory to the
Employer or Trustee with regard to such taxes).
Section 8.05 Other
Plans. Amounts and benefits paid
under the Plan shall not be considered compensation to the Participant for
purposes of computing any benefits to which he may be entitled under any other
pension or retirement plan maintained by an Employer.
Section 8.06 Pension
Plan Termination. If the
Pension Plan is terminated in accordance with its terms, the obligation to
provide any Excess Benefit accrued up to the termination date shall continue,
but no benefits shall accrue hereunder after the effective date of the Pension
Plans termination.
Section 8.07 Liability
of Affiliated Employers. If any
payment to be made under the Plan is to be made on account of an Employee who
is or was employed by an Employer other than the Company, the cost of such
payment shall be borne in such proportions as the Company and the other
Employer agree.
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This Restatement of the
Cummins Inc. Excess Benefit Retirement Plan has been signed by the Companys
duly authorized officer, acting of behalf of the Company, on this
day of December,
2008.
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