(Mark
One)
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x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarter ended September 30, 2006
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OR
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¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from [__________________] to
[________________]
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Commission
file number 1-9876
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TEXAS
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74-1464203
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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2600
Citadel Plaza Drive
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P.O.
Box 924133
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Houston,
Texas
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77292-4133
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(713)
866-6000
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(Registrant's
telephone number)
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(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
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September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||
Rentals
|
$
|
143,965
|
$
|
129,273
|
$
|
412,480
|
$
|
377,671
|
|||||
Other
|
1,323
|
1,564
|
4,801
|
5,212
|
|||||||||
Total
|
145,288
|
130,837
|
417,281
|
382,883
|
|||||||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32,535
|
30,113
|
94,896
|
87,081
|
|||||||||
Operating
|
23,918
|
19,593
|
64,317
|
55,584
|
|||||||||
Ad
valorem taxes
|
19,770
|
15,942
|
51,709
|
45,566
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
5,497
|
4,354
|
16,500
|
13,123
|
|||||||||
Total
|
81,720
|
70,002
|
227,422
|
201,354
|
|||||||||
Operating
Income
|
63,568
|
60,835
|
189,859
|
181,529
|
|||||||||
Interest
Expense, net
|
(37,709
|
)
|
(33,202
|
)
|
(106,887
|
)
|
(96,525
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
and Other Income
|
2,788
|
1,330
|
4,819
|
1,758
|
|||||||||
Equity
in Earnings of Joint Ventures, net
|
2,253
|
1,895
|
10,866
|
4,788
|
|||||||||
Income
Allocated to Minority Interests
|
(1,676
|
)
|
(1,385
|
)
|
(4,977
|
)
|
(4,530
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
on Sale of Properties
|
26,871
|
132
|
27,008
|
22,111
|
|||||||||
Gain
on Land and Merchant Development Sales
|
4,504
|
6,180
|
|||||||||||
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
(1,253
|
)
|
(1,401
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income
from Continuing Operations
|
59,346
|
29,605
|
125,467
|
109,131
|
|||||||||
Operating
Income from Discontinued Operations
|
1,015
|
4,138
|
6,611
|
13,437
|
|||||||||
Gain
on Sale of Properties from Discontinued Operations
|
45,388
|
27,740
|
118,546
|
45,682
|
|||||||||
Income
from Discontinued Operations
|
46,403
|
31,878
|
125,157
|
59,119
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
105,749
|
61,483
|
250,624
|
168,250
|
|||||||||
Dividends
on Preferred Shares
|
(2,526
|
)
|
(2,525
|
)
|
(7,576
|
)
|
(7,576
|
)
|
|||||
Net
Income Available to Common Shareholders
|
$
|
103,223
|
$
|
58,958
|
$
|
243,048
|
$
|
160,674
|
|||||
Net
Income Per Common Share - Basic:
|
|||||||||||||
Income
from Continuing Operations
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
0.30
|
$
|
1.33
|
$
|
1.14
|
|||||
Income
from Discontinued Operations
|
0.54
|
0.36
|
1.42
|
0.66
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
1.19
|
$
|
0.66
|
$
|
2.75
|
$
|
1.80
|
|||||
Net
Income Per Common Share - Diluted:
|
|||||||||||||
Income
from Continuing Operations
|
$
|
0.64
|
$
|
0.30
|
$
|
1.32
|
$
|
1.13
|
|||||
Income
from Discontinued Operations
|
0.51
|
0.35
|
1.35
|
0.64
|
|||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
2.67
|
$
|
1.77
|
|||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
105,749
|
$
|
61,483
|
$
|
250,624
|
$
|
168,250
|
|||||
Other
Comprehensive Income:
|
|||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on derivatives
|
(8,384
|
)
|
(1,913
|
)
|
|||||||||
Amortization
of loss on derivatives
|
85
|
86
|
257
|
255
|
|||||||||
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
(8,299
|
)
|
86
|
(1,656
|
)
|
255
|
|||||||
Comprehensive
Income
|
$
|
97,450
|
$
|
61,569
|
$
|
248,968
|
$
|
168,505
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Property
|
$
|
4,397,465
|
$
|
4,033,579
|
|||
Accumulated
Depreciation
|
(690,738
|
)
|
(679,642
|
)
|
|||
Property
- net
|
3,706,727
|
3,353,937
|
|||||
Investment
in Real Estate Joint Ventures
|
120,891
|
84,348
|
|||||
Total
|
3,827,618
|
3,438,285
|
|||||
Notes
Receivable from Real Estate Joint Ventures and
Partnerships
|
28,099
|
42,195
|
|||||
Unamortized
Debt and Lease Costs
|
123,947
|
95,616
|
|||||
Accrued
Rent and Accounts Receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of
$4,939 in 2006 and $4,673 in 2005)
|
91,488
|
60,905
|
|||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
187,036
|
42,690
|
|||||
Restricted
Deposits and Mortgage Escrows
|
100,038
|
11,747
|
|||||
Other
|
70,945
|
46,303
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
4,429,171
|
$
|
3,737,741
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Debt
|
$
|
2,991,307
|
$
|
2,299,855
|
|||
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
110,553
|
102,143
|
|||||
Other
|
127,654
|
102,099
|
|||||
Total
|
3,229,514
|
2,504,097
|
|||||
Minority
Interest
|
90,446
|
83,358
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|||||||
Shareholders'
Equity:
|
|||||||
Preferred
Shares of Beneficial Interest - par value, $.03 per share; shares
authorized: 10,000;
|
|||||||
6.75%
Series D cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest;
100 shares issued and outstanding in 2006 and 2005; liquidation preference
$75,000
|
3
|
3
|
|||||
6.95%
Series E cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest;
29
shares issued and outstanding in 2006 and 2005; liquidation preference
$72,500
|
1
|
1
|
|||||
Common
Shares of Beneficial Interest - par value, $.03 per share; shares
authorized: 150,000; shares issued and outstanding: 85,543 in 2006
and
89,403 in 2005
|
2,576
|
2,686
|
|||||
Additional
Paid In Capital
|
1,129,176
|
1,288,432
|
|||||
Accumulated
Dividends in Excess of Net Income
|
(12,839
|
)
|
(132,786
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss
|
(9,706
|
)
|
(8,050
|
)
|
|||
Shareholders'
Equity
|
1,109,211
|
1,150,286
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
4,429,171
|
$
|
3,737,741
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
September
30,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
250,624
|
$
|
168,250
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
98,337
|
94,930
|
|||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures, net
|
(10,866
|
)
|
(4,859
|
)
|
|||
Income
allocated to minority interests
|
4,977
|
4,530
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of properties
|
(151,734
|
)
|
(67,793
|
)
|
|||
Distributions
of income from unconsolidated entities
|
1,808
|
1,700
|
|||||
Changes
in accrued rent and accounts receivable
|
(29,762
|
)
|
5,470
|
||||
Changes
in other assets
|
(29,121
|
)
|
(22,590
|
)
|
|||
Changes
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
1,985
|
(29,954
|
)
|
||||
Other,
net
|
1,403
|
597
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
137,651
|
150,281
|
|||||
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities:
|
|||||||
Investment
in properties
|
(575,035
|
)
|
(170,182
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from sales and disposition of property, net
|
356,053
|
161,704
|
|||||
Changes
in restricted deposits and mortgage escrows
|
(85,984
|
)
|
(52,767
|
)
|
|||
Notes
receivable:
|
|||||||
Advances
|
(33,135
|
)
|
(16,737
|
)
|
|||
Collections
|
47,265
|
4,119
|
|||||
Real
estate joint ventures and partnerships:
|
|||||||
Investments
|
(9,165
|
)
|
(4,636
|
)
|
|||
Distributions
|
11,094
|
5,327
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(288,907
|
)
|
(73,172
|
)
|
|||
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of:
|
|||||||
Debt
|
700,782
|
87,777
|
|||||
Common
shares of beneficial interest, net
|
2,244
|
2,108
|
|||||
Purchase
of common shares of beneficial interest
|
(167,573
|
)
|
|||||
Principal
payments of debt
|
(96,414
|
)
|
(63,973
|
)
|
|||
Common
and preferred dividends paid
|
(130,677
|
)
|
(125,338
|
)
|
|||
Other,
net
|
(12,760
|
)
|
863
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
295,602
|
(98,563
|
)
|
||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
144,346
|
(21,454
|
)
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at January 1
|
42,690
|
45,415
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at September 30
|
$
|
187,036
|
$
|
23,961
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Numerator:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders - basic
|
$
|
103,223
|
$
|
58,958
|
$
|
243,048
|
$
|
160,674
|
|||||
Income
attributable to operating partnership units
|
1,355
|
1,315
|
4,123
|
3,888
|
|||||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders - diluted
|
$
|
104,578
|
$
|
60,273
|
$
|
247,171
|
$
|
164,562
|
|||||
Denominator:
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
86,567
|
89,257
|
88,476
|
89,186
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
|||||||||||||
Share
options and awards
|
905
|
930
|
902
|
880
|
|||||||||
Operating
partnership units
|
3,138
|
3,129
|
3,150
|
3,060
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - diluted
|
90,610
|
93,316
|
92,528
|
93,126
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||
2005
|
2005
|
||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
58,958
|
$
|
160,674
|
|||
Stock-based
employee compensation included in net income available to common
shareholders
|
115
|
312
|
|||||
Stock-based
employee compensation determined under the fair value-based method
for all
awards
|
(212
|
)
|
(637
|
)
|
|||
Pro
forma net income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
58,861
|
$
|
160,349
|
|||
Net
income per common share:
|
|||||||
Basic
- as reported
|
$
|
.66
|
$
|
1.80
|
|||
Basic
- pro forma
|
$
|
.66
|
$
|
1.80
|
|||
Net
income per common share:
|
|||||||
Diluted
- as reported
|
$
|
.65
|
$
|
1.77
|
|||
Diluted
- pro forma
|
$
|
.64
|
$
|
1.76
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Debt
payable to 2030 at 4.0% to 8.9%
|
$
|
2,723,472
|
$
|
2,049,470
|
|||
Unsecured
notes payable under revolving credit agreements
|
229,600
|
210,000
|
|||||
Obligations
under capital leases
|
33,460
|
33,460
|
|||||
Industrial
revenue bonds payable to 2015 at 4.2% to 6.3%
|
4,775
|
6,925
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
2,991,307
|
$
|
2,299,855
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
As
to interest rate (including the effects of interest rate
swaps):
|
|||||||
Fixed-rate
debt
|
$
|
2,665,191
|
$
|
1,986,059
|
|||
Variable-rate
debt
|
326,116
|
313,796
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
2,991,307
|
$
|
2,299,855
|
|||
As
to collateralization:
|
|||||||
Unsecured
debt
|
$
|
2,046,791
|
$
|
1,457,805
|
|||
Secured
debt
|
944,516
|
842,050
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
2,991,307
|
$
|
2,299,855
|
2006
|
$
|
11,216
|
||
2007
|
104,923
|
|||
2008
|
251,650
|
|||
2009
|
112,437
|
|||
2010
|
108,524
|
|||
2011
|
913,857
|
|||
2012
|
303,078
|
|||
2013
|
295,169
|
|||
2014
|
333,894
|
|||
2015
|
152,704
|
|||
Thereafter
|
158,284
|
· |
during
any calendar quarter beginning after December 31, 2006 (and only
during
such calendar quarter), if, and only if, the closing sale price of
our
common shares for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive)
in
the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading
day
of the preceding calendar quarter is greater than 130% of the conversion
price per common share in effect on the applicable trading
day;
|
· |
during
the five consecutive trading-day period following any five consecutive
trading-day period in which the trading price of the notes was less
than
98% of the product of the closing sale price of our common shares
multiplied by the applicable conversion
rate;
|
· |
if
those notes have been called for redemption, at any time prior to
the
close of business on the third business day prior to the redemption
date;
or
|
· |
if
our common shares are not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities
exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market for 30 consecutive
trading days.
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Land
|
$
|
821,622
|
$
|
761,454
|
|||
Land
held for development
|
26,604
|
20,634
|
|||||
Land
under development
|
75,168
|
16,895
|
|||||
Buildings
and improvements
|
3,410,092
|
3,195,207
|
|||||
Construction-in
progress
|
55,793
|
39,389
|
|||||
Property
held for sale
|
8,186
|
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
4,397,465
|
$
|
4,033,579
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Combined
Balance Sheets
|
|||||||
Property
|
$
|
660,102
|
$
|
397,689
|
|||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(37,064
|
)
|
(32,032
|
)
|
|||
Property
- net
|
623,038
|
365,657
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
87,158
|
61,543
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
710,196
|
$
|
427,200
|
|||
Debt
|
$
|
263,048
|
$
|
136,182
|
|||
Amounts
payable to WRI
|
26,336
|
43,239
|
|||||
Other
liabilities
|
15,340
|
12,081
|
|||||
Accumulated
equity
|
405,472
|
235,698
|
|||||
Total
|
$
|
710,196
|
$
|
427,200
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Combined
Statements of Income
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
15,721
|
$
|
10,693
|
$
|
41,236
|
$
|
29,509
|
|||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
|
4,617
|
2,803
|
12,076
|
7,438
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
3,556
|
2,188
|
9,527
|
6,692
|
|||||||||
Operating
|
1,900
|
1,299
|
5,193
|
3,688
|
|||||||||
Ad
valorem taxes
|
1,840
|
1,318
|
4,426
|
3,643
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative
|
156
|
115
|
415
|
396
|
|||||||||
Total
|
12,069
|
7,723
|
31,637
|
21,857
|
|||||||||
Gain
on land and merchant development sales
|
170
|
555
|
170
|
||||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of property
|
1
|
3
|
5,993
|
(5
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$
|
3,653
|
$
|
3,143
|
$
|
16,147
|
$
|
7,817
|
Shopping
|
|||||||||||||
Center
|
Industrial
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
130,605
|
$
|
14,406
|
$
|
277
|
$
|
145,288
|
|||||
Net
operating income (loss)
|
93,041
|
9,463
|
(904
|
)
|
101,600
|
||||||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures
|
2,069
|
39
|
145
|
2,253
|
|||||||||
Investment
in real estate joint ventures
|
117,602
|
437
|
2,852
|
120,891
|
|||||||||
Total
assets
|
3,565,720
|
292,610
|
570,841
|
4,429,171
|
|||||||||
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
118,259
|
$
|
12,117
|
$
|
461
|
$
|
130,837
|
|||||
Net
operating income
|
86,261
|
8,860
|
181
|
95,302
|
|||||||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures
|
1,844
|
9
|
42
|
1,895
|
|||||||||
Investment
in real estate joint ventures
|
58,761
|
492
|
1,753
|
61,006
|
|||||||||
Total
assets
|
3,017,140
|
306,374
|
343,886
|
3,667,400
|
|||||||||
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2006:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
373,070
|
$
|
42,993
|
$
|
1,218
|
$
|
417,281
|
|||||
Net
operating income (loss)
|
271,782
|
29,811
|
(338
|
)
|
301,255
|
||||||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures
|
10,502
|
84
|
280
|
10,866
|
|||||||||
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2005:
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
346,595
|
$
|
34,672
|
$
|
1,616
|
$
|
382,883
|
|||||
Net
operating income
|
255,891
|
24,986
|
856
|
281,733
|
|||||||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures
|
4,659
|
52
|
77
|
4,788
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Total
segment net operating income
|
$
|
101,600
|
$
|
95,302
|
$
|
301,255
|
$
|
281,733
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
(32,535
|
)
|
(30,113
|
)
|
(94,896
|
)
|
(87,081
|
)
|
|||||
General
and administrative
|
(5,497
|
)
|
(4,354
|
)
|
(16,500
|
)
|
(13,123
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
expense, net
|
(37,709
|
)
|
(33,202
|
)
|
(106,887
|
)
|
(96,525
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
and other income
|
2,788
|
1,330
|
4,819
|
1,758
|
|||||||||
Equity
in earnings of joint ventures, net
|
2,253
|
1,895
|
10,866
|
4,788
|
|||||||||
Income
allocated to minority interests
|
(1,676
|
)
|
(1,385
|
)
|
(4,977
|
)
|
(4,530
|
)
|
|||||
Gain
on sale of properties
|
26,871
|
132
|
27,008
|
22,111
|
|||||||||
Gain
on land and merchant development sales
|
4,504
|
6,180
|
|||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
(1,253
|
)
|
(1,401
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income
from Continuing Operations
|
$
|
59,346
|
$
|
29,605
|
$
|
125,467
|
$
|
109,131
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
772
|
$
|
815
|
$
|
2,316
|
$
|
1,925
|
|||||
Interest
cost
|
565
|
537
|
1,695
|
1,315
|
|||||||||
Expected
return on plan assets
|
(346
|
)
|
(343
|
)
|
(1,038
|
)
|
(849
|
)
|
|||||
Prior
service cost
|
(32
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
(96
|
)
|
(91
|
)
|
|||||
Recognized
loss
|
102
|
46
|
306
|
113
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,061
|
$
|
1,018
|
$
|
3,183
|
$
|
2,413
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Identified
Intangible Assets:
|
|||||||
Above-Market
Leases (included in Other Assets)
|
$
|
15,737
|
$
|
12,838
|
|||
Above-Market
Leases - Accumulated Amortization
|
(4,956
|
)
|
(3,393
|
)
|
|||
Lease
Origination Costs (incl. in Unamortized Debt and Lease
Cost)
|
62,999
|
42,772
|
|||||
Lease
Origination Costs - Accumulated Amortization
|
(14,717
|
)
|
(10,822
|
)
|
|||
$
|
59,063
|
$
|
41,395
|
||||
Identified
Intangible Liabilities (included in Other Liabilities):
|
|||||||
Below-Market
Leases
|
$
|
31,597
|
$
|
17,012
|
|||
Below-Market
Leases - Accumulated Amortization
|
(6,126
|
)
|
(3,735
|
)
|
|||
Out-of-Market
Assumed Mortgages
|
59,704
|
60,792
|
|||||
Out-of-Market
Assumed Mortgages - Accumulated Amortization
|
(16,325
|
)
|
(12,143
|
)
|
|||
$
|
68,850
|
$
|
61,926
|
2007
|
$
|
2,979
|
||
2008
|
2,531
|
|||
2009
|
2,413
|
|||
2010
|
1,463
|
|||
2011
|
782
|
2007
|
$
|
8,787
|
||
2008
|
7,586
|
|||
2009
|
6,616
|
|||
2010
|
5,559
|
|||
2011
|
4,156
|
2007
|
$
|
7,455
|
||
2008
|
6,385
|
|||
2009
|
4,990
|
|||
2010
|
4,248
|
|||
2011
|
2,924
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||
September
30,
|
||||
2006
|
||||
Fair
value per share
|
$
|
3.22
|
||
Dividend
yield
|
6.3
|
%
|
||
Expected
volatility
|
16.9
|
%
|
||
Expected
life (in years)
|
6.7
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.4
|
%
|
Shares
|
Weighted
|
||||||
Under
|
Average
|
||||||
Option
|
Exercise
Price
|
||||||
Outstanding,
January 1, 2006
|
3,179,646
|
$
|
27.47
|
||||
Granted
|
5,600
|
38.89
|
|||||
Forfeited
or expired
|
(26,761
|
)
|
30.89
|
||||
Exercised
|
(456,816
|
)
|
20.74
|
||||
Outstanding,
September 30, 2006
|
2,701,669
|
$
|
28.60
|
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Average
|
Weighted
|
Aggregate
|
Weighted
|
Aggregate
|
||||||||||||||||||
Remaining
|
Average
|
Intrinsic
|
Average
|
Intrinsic
|
||||||||||||||||||
Range
of
|
Contractual
|
Exercise
|
Value
|
Exercise
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
Prices
|
Number
|
Life
|
Price
|
(000’s)
|
Number
|
Price
|
(000’s)
|
|||||||||||||||
$16.89
- $24.58
|
1,348,692
|
5.21
years
|
$
|
21.65
|
696,175
|
$
|
20.84
|
|||||||||||||||
$24.59
- $30.09
|
463,588
|
7.16
years
|
$
|
30.07
|
221,751
|
$
|
30.05
|
|||||||||||||||
$30.10
- $39.75
|
889,389
|
9.01
years
|
$
|
38.36
|
84,547
|
$
|
39.75
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
2,701,669
|
6.80
years
|
$
|
28.60
|
$
|
39,958
|
1,002,473
|
$
|
24.47
|
$
|
18,596
|
Nonvested
|
Weighted
|
||||||
Restricted
|
Average
Grant
|
||||||
Shares
|
Date
Fair Value
|
||||||
Outstanding,
January 1, 2006
|
142,268
|
$
|
36.32
|
||||
Granted
|
11,214
|
39.14
|
|||||
Vested
|
(11,214
|
)
|
39.14
|
||||
Forfeited
|
(3,041
|
)
|
36.24
|
||||
Outstanding,
September 30, 2006
|
139,227
|
$
|
36.32
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|||||||
September
30,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Gross
interest expense
|
$
|
41,711
|
$
|
35,622
|
|||
Over-market
mortgage adjustment of acquired properties
|
(1,883
|
)
|
(1,749
|
)
|
|||
Capitalized
interest
|
(2,119
|
)
|
(671
|
)
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
37,709
|
$
|
33,202
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||
September
30,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
||||||
Gross
interest expense
|
$
|
116,695
|
$
|
103,965
|
|||
Over-market
mortgage adjustment of acquired properties
|
(5,534
|
)
|
(5,112
|
)
|
|||
Capitalized
interest
|
(4,274
|
)
|
(2,328
|
)
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
106,887
|
$
|
96,525
|
Center
Name
|
Total
Square Feet of Property*
|
Location
|
Anchors
|
Occupancy
at Acquisition Date
|
Property
Development Completed
|
|||||||||
Brookwood
Marketplace
|
375,000
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
SuperTarget*,
Home Depot, OfficeMax
|
96.4%
|
|
3
rd
Qtr. 2006
|
||||||||
Camp
Creek Phase II
|
230,000
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
SuperTarget*,
Circuit City
|
99.2%
|
|
3
rd
Qtr. 2006
|
||||||||
Lakeside
Marketplace
|
330,000
|
Acworth
(Atlanta), GA
|
SuperTarget*,
Circuit City, Ross Dress for Less, PETCO, OfficeMax
|
100.0%
|
|
3
rd
Qtr. 2006
|
||||||||
Publix
at Princeton Lakes
|
70,000
|
Atlanta,
GA
|
Publix
|
100.0%
|
|
3
rd
Qtr. 2006
|
||||||||
Marketplace
at Seminole Towne Center
|
550,000
|
Sanford
(Orlando), FL
|
SuperTarget*,
Circuit City, Linens ‘n Things, Marshalls, PETCO
|
99.3%
|
|
3
rd
Qtr. 2005
|
Center
Name
|
Total
Square Feet
|
Location
|
Anchors
|
Occupancy
at Acquisition Date
|
||||||||
Alafaya
Square
|
176,486
|
Ovieda
(Orlando), FL
|
Publix,
Planet Fitness
|
100%
|
|
|||||||
Marketplace
at Dr. Phillips
|
327,561
|
Orlando,
FL
|
Albertson’s,
Stein Mart, HomeGoods, Office Depot
|
99%
|
|
|||||||
East
Lake Woodlands
|
140,103
|
Palm
Harbor (Tampa), FL
|
Publix,
Walgreens
|
91%
|
|
|||||||
International
Drive
|
185,664
|
Orlando,
FL
|
Bed
Bath & Beyond, Ross, TJ Maxx
|
100%
|
|
|||||||
Kendall
Corners
|
96,515
|
Miami,
FL
|
City
Furniture
|
100%
|
|
|||||||
Palm
Lakes Plaza
|
113,752
|
Margate
(Ft. Lauderdale), FL
|
Publix,
CVS
|
99%
|
|
|||||||
South
Dade Shopping Center
|
219,473
|
Miami,
FL
|
Publix,
Bed Bath & Beyond, PETCO
|
100%
|
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
Thereafter
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
Mortgages
and Notes Payable:
(1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Unsecured
Debt
|
$
|
304,868
|
$
|
102,457
|
$
|
102,457
|
$
|
102,457
|
$
|
102,457
|
$
|
2,250,784
|
$
|
2,965,480
|
||||||||
Secured
Debt
|
24,160
|
90,374
|
242,559
|
125,825
|
108,044
|
695,917
|
1,286,879
|
|||||||||||||||
Ground
Lease Payments
|
484
|
1,876
|
1,782
|
1,737
|
1,691
|
41,085
|
48,655
|
|||||||||||||||
Obligations
to Acquire Projects
|
256,828
|
256,828
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Obligations
to Develop Projects
|
30,387
|
158,834
|
26,329
|
898
|
216,448
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total
Contractual Obligations
|
$
|
616,727
|
$
|
353,541
|
$
|
373,127
|
$
|
230,917
|
$
|
212,192
|
$
|
2,987,786
|
$
|
4,774,290
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
103,223
|
$
|
58,958
|
$
|
243,048
|
$
|
160,674
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
31,475
|
30,807
|
94,510
|
90,227
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization of unconsolidated joint ventures
|
1,204
|
735
|
3,328
|
2,578
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of properties
|
(72,260
|
)
|
(27,880
|
)
|
(145,559
|
)
|
(67,593
|
)
|
|||||
(Gain)
loss on sale of properties of unconsolidated joint
ventures
|
(1
|
)
|
(4,054
|
)
|
2
|
||||||||
Funds
from operations
|
63,642
|
62,619
|
191,273
|
185,888
|
|||||||||
Funds
from operations attributable to operating partnership
units
|
1,355
|
1,315
|
4,123
|
3,888
|
|||||||||
Funds
from operations assuming conversion of OP units
|
$
|
64,997
|
$
|
63,934
|
$
|
195,396
|
$
|
189,776
|
|||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
86,567
|
89,257
|
88,476
|
89,186
|
|||||||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
|||||||||||||
Share
options and awards
|
905
|
930
|
902
|
880
|
|||||||||
Operating
partnership units
|
3,138
|
3,129
|
3,150
|
3,060
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - diluted
|
90,610
|
93,316
|
92,528
|
93,126
|
WEINGARTEN
REALTY INVESTORS
|
||
(Registrant)
|
||
By:
|
/s/
Andrew M. Alexander
|
|
Andrew
M. Alexander
|
||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
By:
|
/s/
Joe D. Shafer
|
|
Joe
D. Shafer
|
||
Vice
President/Chief Accounting Officer
|
||
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
|
(a)
|
Exhibits:
|
|||
3.1
|
—
|
Restated
Declaration of Trust (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to WRI's Registration
Statement
on Form 8-A dated January 19, 1999 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
||
3.2
|
—
|
Amendment
of the Restated Declaration of Trust (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to WRI's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 19, 1999 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
||
3.3
|
—
|
Second
Amendment of the Restated Declaration of Trust (filed as Exhibit
3.3 to
WRI's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 19, 1999
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
3.4
|
—
|
Third
Amendment of the Restated Declaration of Trust (filed as Exhibit
3.4 to
WRI's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 19, 1999
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
3.5
|
—
|
Fourth
Amendment of the Restated Declaration of Trust dated April 28,
1999 (filed
as Exhibit 3.5 to WRI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended
December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
||
3.6
|
—
|
Fifth
Amendment of the Restated Declaration of Trust dated April 20,
2001 (filed
as Exhibit 3.6 to WRI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended
December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
||
3.7
|
—
|
Amended
and Restated Bylaws of WRI (filed as Exhibit 99.2 to WRI's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated February 23, 1998 and incorporated
herein by
reference).
|
||
4.1
|
—
|
Subordinated
Indenture dated as of May 1, 1995 between WRI and Chase Bank of
Texas,
National Association (formerly, Texas Commerce Bank National Association)
(filed as Exhibit 4(a) to WRI's Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (No.
33-57659) and incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.2
|
—
|
Subordinated
Indenture dated as of May 1, 1995 between WRI and Chase Bank of
Texas,
National Association (formerly, Texas Commerce Bank National Association)
(filed as Exhibit 4(b) to WRI's Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (No.
33-57659) and incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.3
|
—
|
Form
of Fixed Rate Senior Medium Term Note (filed as Exhibit 4.19 to
WRI's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.4
|
—
|
Form
of Floating Rate Senior Medium Term Note (filed as Exhibit 4.20
to WRI's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.5
|
—
|
Form
of Fixed Rate Subordinated Medium Term Note (filed as Exhibit 4.21
to
WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.6
|
—
|
Form
of Floating Rate Subordinated Medium Term Note (filed as Exhibit
4.22 to
WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.7
|
—
|
Statement
of Designation of 6.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Shares
(filed as Exhibit 3.1 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
April 17, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.8
|
—
|
Statement
of Designation of 6.95% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Shares
(filed as Exhibit 3.1 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
July 8, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.9
|
—
|
6.75%
Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate (filed
as
Exhibit 4.2 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April 17,
2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
||
4.10
|
—
|
6.95%
Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate (filed
as
Exhibit 4.2 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 8, 2004
and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
4.11
|
—
|
Form
of Receipt for Depositary Shares, each representing 1/30 of a share
of
6.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, par value
$.03 per
share (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated April 17, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
4.12
|
—
|
Form
of Receipt for Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100 of a share
of
6.95% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, par value
$.03 per
share (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated July 8, 2004 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
4.13
|
—
|
Form
of 7% Notes due 2011 (filed as Exhibit 4.17 to WRI’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.1†
|
—
|
1988
Share Option Plan of WRI, as amended (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to WRI’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1990 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.2†
|
—
|
The
Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of Weingarten Realty Investors
dated December 17, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.34 on WRI’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.3†
|
—
|
The
Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of WRI, as amended (filed
as
Exhibit 4.1 to WRI’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-25581) and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.4†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of Weingarten
Realty Investors dated August 1, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.25 on
WRI’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and incorporated
herein
by reference).
|
10.5†
|
—
|
The
Fifth Amendment to Savings and Investment Plan for Employees of WRI
(filed
as Exhibit 4.1.1 to WRI’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-25581) and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.6†
|
—
|
Mandatory
Distribution Amendment for the Savings and Investment Plan for Employees
of Weingarten Realty Investors dated August 1, 2005 (filed as Exhibit
10.26 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.7†
|
—
|
The
1993 Incentive Share Plan of WRI (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to WRI’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-52473) and incorporated
herein
by reference).
|
10.8†
|
—
|
1999
WRI Employee Share Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to WRI’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.9†
|
—
|
2001
Long Term Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to WRI’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.10
|
—
|
Master
Promissory Note in the amount of $20,000,000 between WRI, as payee,
and
Chase Bank of Texas, National Association (formerly, Texas Commerce
Bank
National Association), as maker, effective December 30, 1998 (filed
as
Exhibit 4.15 to WRI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.11†
|
—
|
Weingarten
Realty Retirement Plan restated effective April 1, 2002 (filed as
Exhibit
10.29 on WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.12†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Retirement Plan, dated December
31,
2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.33 on WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.13†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Pension Plan, dated August 1,
2005
(filed as Exhibit 10.27 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.14†
|
—
|
Mandatory
Distribution Amendment for the Weingarten Realty Retirement Plan
dated
August 1, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.28 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.15†
|
—
|
Weingarten
Realty Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan amended and
restated effective September 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 on WRI’s Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.16†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan amended on November 3, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.11
on
WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.17†
|
—
|
Second
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan amended October 22, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.12
on WRI’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.18†
|
—
|
Third
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan amended October 22, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.13
on WRI’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.19†
|
—
|
Weingarten
Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan adopted effective
September 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 10.14 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.20†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit
Restoration Plan amended on November 3, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.15
on
WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.21†
|
—
|
Second
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit
Restoration Plan amended October 22, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.16
on WRI’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.22†
|
—
|
Third
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Pension Plan dated December 23,
2005
(filed as Exhibit 10.30 on WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.23†
|
—
|
Weingarten
Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan amended and restated
as a
separate and independent plan effective September 1, 2002 (filed
as
Exhibit 10.17 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.24†
|
—
|
Supplement
to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan amended
on
April 25, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.18 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.25†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation
Plan
amended on November 3, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.19 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.26†
|
—
|
Second
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation
Plan,
as amended, dated October 13, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.29 on WRI’s Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.27†
|
—
|
Trust
Under the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan
amended
and restated effective October 21, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 10.21 on
WRI’s
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.28†
|
—
|
Fourth
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation
Plan,
dated December 23, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.31 on WRI’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated herein
by
reference).
|
10.29†
|
—
|
Trust
Under the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration
Plan
amended and restated effective October 21, 2003 (filed as Exhibit
10.22 on
WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.30†
|
—
|
Trust
Under the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan amended and restated effective October 21, 2003 (filed as Exhibit
10.23 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.31†
|
—
|
First
Amendment to the Trust Under the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred
Compensation Plan, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, and Retirement
Benefit Restoration Plan amended on March 16, 2004 (filed as Exhibit
10.24
on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and incorporated
herein by reference).
|
10.32†
|
—
|
Third
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation
Plan
dated August 1, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 10.30 on WRI’s Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
10.33
|
—
|
Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 22, 2006 among Weingarten
Realty Investors, the Lenders Party Hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.,
as Administrative Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.32 on WRI’s Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2005 and incorporated by
reference).
|
10.34†
|
—
|
Fifth
Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation
Plan
(filed as Exhibit 10.34 to WRI’s Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2006
and incorporated herein by reference).
|
10.35†*
|
—
|
Restatement
of the Weingarten Realty Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan
dated August 4, 2006.
|
10.36†*
|
—
|
Restatement
of the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan dated
August
4, 2006.
|
10.37†*
|
—
|
Restatement
of the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration
Plan
dated August 4, 2006.
|
12.1*
|
—
|
Computation
of Fixed Charges Ratios.
|
14.1
|
—
|
Code
of Ethical Conduct for Senior Financial Officers - Andrew M. Alexander
(filed as Exhibit 14.1 to WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
14.2
|
—
|
Code
of Ethical Conduct for Senior Financial Officers - Stephen C. Richter
(filed as Exhibit 14.2 to WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
14.3
|
—
|
Code
of Ethical Conduct for Senior Financial Officers - Joe D. Shafer
(filed as
Exhibit 14.3 to WRI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).
|
31.1*
|
—
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief
Executive Officer).
|
31.2*
|
—
|
Certification
pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief
Financial Officer).
|
32.1**
|
—
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer).
|
32.2**
|
—
|
Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec. 906
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial
Officer).
|
*
|
Filed
with this report.
|
**
|
Furnished
with this report.
|
†
|
Management
contract or compensation plan or
arrangement.
|
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
$
|
59,346
|
$
|
29,605
|
$
|
125,467
|
$
|
109,131
|
|||||
Add:
|
|||||||||||||
Portion
of rents representative of the interest factor
|
233
|
227
|
723
|
694
|
|||||||||
Interest
on indebtedness
|
37,709
|
33,202
|
106,887
|
96,525
|
|||||||||
Out-of-market
mortgage adjustment
|
1,883
|
1,749
|
5,534
|
5,112
|
|||||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
2,526
|
2,525
|
7,576
|
7,576
|
|||||||||
Net
income as adjusted
|
$
|
101,697
|
$
|
67,308
|
$
|
246,187
|
$
|
219,038
|
|||||
Fixed
charges:
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
on indebtedness
|
$
|
37,709
|
$
|
33,202
|
$
|
106,887
|
$
|
96,525
|
|||||
Out-of-market
mortgage adjustment
|
1,883
|
1,749
|
5,534
|
5,112
|
|||||||||
Capitalized
interest
|
2,119
|
671
|
4,274
|
2,328
|
|||||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
2,526
|
2,525
|
7,576
|
7,576
|
|||||||||
Portion
of rents representative of the interest factor
|
233
|
227
|
723
|
694
|
|||||||||
Fixed
charges
|
$
|
44,470
|
$
|
38,374
|
$
|
124,994
|
$
|
112,235
|
|||||
RATIO
OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED
DIVIDENDS
|
2.29
|
1.75
|
1.97
|
1.95
|
|||||||||
Net
income available to common shareholders
|
$
|
103,223
|
$
|
58,958
|
$
|
243,048
|
$
|
160,674
|
|||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
32,679
|
31,542
|
97,838
|
92,805
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of property
|
(72,260
|
)
|
(27,881
|
)
|
(149,613
|
)
|
(67,591
|
)
|
|||||
Funds
from operations
|
63,642
|
62,619
|
191,273
|
185,888
|
|||||||||
Add:
|
|||||||||||||
Portion
of rents representative of the interest factor
|
233
|
227
|
723
|
694
|
|||||||||
Preferred
dividends
|
2,526
|
2,525
|
7,576
|
7,576
|
|||||||||
Interest
on indebtedness
|
37,709
|
33,202
|
106,887
|
96,525
|
|||||||||
Out-of-market
mortgage adjustment
|
1,883
|
1,749
|
5,534
|
5,112
|
|||||||||
Funds
from operations as adjusted
|
$
|
105,993
|
$
|
100,322
|
$
|
311,993
|
$
|
295,795
|
|||||
RATIO
OF FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED
DIVIDENDS
|
2.38
|
2.61
|
2.50
|
2.64
|
BY:
|
/s/
Andrew M. Alexander
|
|
Andrew
M. Alexander
|
||
President/Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
November
9, 2006
|
BY:
|
/s/
Stephen C. Richter
|
|
Stephen
C. Richter
|
||
Executive
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
|
||
November
9, 2006
|
BY:
|
/s/
Andrew M. Alexander
|
|
Andrew
M. Alexander
|
||
President/Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
November
9, 2006
|
BY:
|
/s/
Stephen C. Richter
|
|
Stephen
C. Richter
|
||
Executive
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
|
||
November
9, 2006
|
1.1 |
Account.
The
bookkeeping account established for each Participant as provided
in
section
5.1 hereof.
|
1.2 |
Administrator.
The
individual serving as the Director of Human Resources for the Employer
or
such other person duly authorized by the Executive Committee of the
Board
of
Managers. The Administrator shall be the agent for the Employer with
respect to the Trust.
|
1.3 |
Board.
The
Board of Trust Managers of the
Employer.
|
1.4 |
Bonus.
Compensation
which is designated as bonus by the Employer and which relates to
services
performed during an incentive period by an Eligible Employee in addition
to his
or
her Salary, including any pretax elective deferrals from said Bonus
to any
Employer-
sponsored
plan that includes amounts deferred under a Participation Agreement
or a
qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Code Section 401(k)
or
cafeteria plan under
Code
Section 125.
|
1.5 |
Code.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
|
1.6 |
Disability
or Disabled.
A
Participant will be considered Disabled for Plan purposes if the
Participant is a “Grandfathered Participant” (as defined in the Pension
Plan), has completed at least ten years of Service (as defined in
the
Pension Plan) upon separation from service, and is disabled within
the
meaning of the Social Security Act, which is defined as being unable
to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
to result
in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less
than 12 months.
|
1.7 |
Early
Retirement
.
Early Retirement means a Participant has retired from the employ
of the
Employer on or after age 55 after having completed 15 years of Service
with the Employer, as determined under the Pension
Plan.
|
1.8 |
Earnings.
The Earnings of a Participant shall have the same meaning as “Earnings”
under the Pension Plan, except that the following modifications to
such
definition shall apply for purposes of the Plan:
|
(a) |
Earnings
shall be increased by:
|
(i) |
The
fair market value (determined by the Board) of restricted stock awards
granted during the Plan Year;
|
(ii) |
The
fair market value (determined by the Board) of stock options granted
during the Plan Year; and
|
(b) |
Earnings
shall be decreased by:
|
(i) |
Any
amount realized from the exercise of a non-statutory stock option
or from
a disqualifying disposition of an incentive stock option during the
Plan
Year;
|
(ii) |
Any
amount includable in income derived from a non-qualified deferred
compensation plan during the Plan
Year;
|
(iii) |
Any
amount includable in income by reason of a Participant becoming
substantially vested in any restricted stock award or other transfer
of
property subject to Section 83 of the Code during the Plan Year;
and
|
(c) |
Earnings
shall be determined without regard to any dollar limitation imposed
by
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for such Plan
Year.
|
1.9 |
Effective
Date.
The
effective date of this restatement of the Plan, January 1, 2005,
or as
otherwise provided herein.
|
1.10 |
Eligible
Employee.
An
Employee shall be considered an Eligible Employee if such
Employee
is designated as an Eligible Employee by the
Employer.
|
1.11 |
Employee.
Any
person employed by the Employer.
|
1.12 |
Employer
Contribution.
Assets
set aside or transferred to a trust at the discretion of the
Employer
in order to fund the benefits due under this Plan.
Participants
shall have no
right
or claim to such Employer Contributions, which shall remain the general
assets
of
the
Employer.
|
1.13 |
Employer
Credit.
The
amount credited to the bookkeeping Account of a Participant in
accordance
with Article III.
|
1.14 |
Key
Employee
.
|
(a) |
An
officer of an Employer earning more than $135,000 per year, as adjusted
from time to time in accordance with Internal Revenue Service guidelines,
|
(b) |
A
five percent owner of an Employer,
or
|
(c) |
A
one percent owner of an Employer having Compensation from the Employer
of
more than $150,000,
|
1.15 |
Participant.
An
Eligible Employee who is a Participant as provided in Article
II.
|
1.16 |
Participation
Agreement.
The
separate
written
agreement,
submitted
to
the
Administrator,
by which an Eligible Employee agrees to participate
in
the Plan and designates the form and timing of the distribution of
his or
her Accounts.
|
1.17 |
Pension
Plan.
The
Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement
Plan.
|
1.18 |
Plan
Year.
The
twelve consecutive month period beginning January 1 and ending
December
31.
|
1.19 |
Retirement.
Retirement
means a Participant has retired from the employ of the Employer
after
attaining Retirement Age.
|
1.20 |
Retirement
Age.
The attainment of age 65.
|
1.21 |
Salary.
An
Eligible Employee's base salary rate or rates in effect at any time
during
a Plan Year, including any pretax elective deferrals from said Salary
to
any Employer-
sponsored
plan that includes amounts deferred under a nonqualified plan sponsored
by
the
Employer or under a qualified cash. or deferred arrangement under
Code
Section 401
(k)
or “cafeteria plan” under Code Section
125.
|
1.22 |
Transition
Group.
Participants who satisfy the definition of “grandfathered participant”
under the Pension Plan
.
|
1.23 |
Trust.
The
agreement or agreements between the Employer and the Trustee under
which
the assets of the Plan may be held, administered and managed.
Participants
shall have no right or claim to Trust assets set aside to fund benefits
under this Plan, which shall remain the general assets of the
Employer.
|
1.24 |
Trustee.
The
trustee and any successor trustee that shall become trustee pursuant
to
the
terms
of a separate trust agreement which is made a part of the
Plan.
|
1.25 |
Vesting
Year of Service.
Vesting
Year of Service shall be each 12 month period of
employment
with the Employer commencing with the Participant's date of
hire.
|
2.1 |
Commencement
of Participation.
Each
Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as of
the
date on which he or she is designated as an Eligible Employee. Prior
to
commencement of participation
in
the Plan, each Participant shall be required to complete a Participation
Agreement
designating
the form and timing of the distribution of his or her Accounts. If
an
Eligible Employee is participating in the Plan in 2005 or 2006 and
has not
previously designated the form and timing of the distribution of
his or
her Accounts or desires to modify a previously-filed distribution
election, he or she must make or modify such an election and file
it with
the Administrator on or before December 31, 2006; provided, however,
that
a Participant may not file a modified payment election in 2006 that
has
the effect of deferring payment of amounts the Participant would
otherwise
receive in 2006 or cause payments to be made in 2006 that would otherwise
be made subsequent to 2006.
|
3.1 |
Employer
Credits.
|
(a) |
The
Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant an
amount
each Plan Year which is designed to provide the Participant a supplemental
retirement
benefit
at Retirement Age equal to the additional retirement benefit he would
have
accrued under
the
Employer's Pension Plan, as applicable to such Participant, if such
retirement benefit
were
determined without regard to the benefit and compensation limitations
imposed by
the
Code, but calculated applying the definition of Earnings contained
herein.
|
(b) |
The
amount credited each Plan Year to the Account of a Participant hired
before
January
1, 2002 shall be calculated as an actuarially determined level percentage
of
the Participant's projected compensation that amortizes the unfunded
present value of the
Supplemental
Benefit described below over the period remaining until the
Participant
attains Retirement Age. The Supplemental Benefit shall be equal to
the
excess
of:
|
(i) |
the
projected retirement benefit to which the Participant would have
been
entitled
at Retirement Age if such benefit were calculated without giving
effect to
the
benefit and compensation limitations imposed by the Code if such
benefit
were calculated under the Pension Plan's defined benefit formula
in
effect December 31, 2001 ("Defined Benefit Formula") but applying
the
definition of Earnings contained herein;
over
|
(ii) |
the
projected retirement benefit payable to the Participant under the
Pension
Plan's Cash Balance Formula at Retirement Age or, for Participants
in the
Pension
Plan's Transition Group, the Pension Plan's Defined Benefit
Formula
at Retirement Age.
|
(c) |
Employer
Credits credited to the Account of a Participant hired on or after
January
1, 2002 shall be calculated
as
an
actuarially determined level percentage
of
the Participant's projected compensation that amortizes the unfunded
present value of the
Supplemental
Benefit described below over the period remaining until the
Participant
attains Retirement Age. The Supplemental Benefit shall be equal to
the
excess
of:
|
(i) |
the
projected retirement benefit to which the Participant would have
been
entitled
at Retirement Age if such benefit were calculated without giving
effect to
the
benefit and compensation limitations imposed by the Code if such
benefit
were calculated under the Pension Plan's "Cash Balance Formula"
in
effect April 1, 2002 but applying the definition of Earnings contained
herein; over
|
(ii) |
the
retirement benefit payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan's
Cash
Balance Formula at Retirement Age.
|
(d) |
The
Administrator shall maintain a Deferral Contribution Account for
each
Participant who has made elective deferrals to the Plan. The initial
balance in each Deferral Contribution Account shall be determined,
as of
December 31, 2003, by the Administrator. Each Deferral Contribution
Account shall be adjusted thereafter to reflect interest at the rate
specified in Section 5.2(b), distributions and any other appropriate
adjustments as administratively determined in the discretion of the
Administrator. A Participant shall be entitled to the amount credited
to
the Participant's Deferral Contribution Account in addition to the
Supplemental Benefit provided hereunder. A Participant's Deferral
Account
shall not be considered part of such Participant's funded Supplemental
Benefit for purposes of determining the amount of Employer Credits
under
this Section 3.1, but shall be payable at the time a Participant's
Supplemental Benefit is payable.
|
3.2 |
Last
Day Requirement.
A
Participant must be employed on the last day of the Plan
Year
in order to be eligible to receive an additional amount credited
to his or
her Account
in
a given Plan Year.
|
3.3 |
Calculation
of Employer Credits.
Present
value assumptions regarding cost of living
increases,
salary scale, discount rate, interest credits and any other assumptions
as
may reasonably be necessary for purposes of calculating the amount
to be
credited to a
Participant's
Account each Plan Year shall be determined by the
Administrator.
|
3.4 |
Time
of Contributions.
Employer
funds set aside in order to facilitate the payments of
benefits
under this Plan in accordance with Section 8.2 shall be transferred
to the
Trust at
such
time as the Employer shall
determine.
|
3.5 |
Withholding.
From time to time, the Employer shall withhold from the Participant's
cash
Earnings, such Participant's share of taxes under the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act ("FICA") and other applicable taxes that are required
to
be withheld
with
respect to Employer Credits (and to the extent required under regulations,
income
attributable
thereto) as they vest and become subject to FICA taxes and other
withholding
(collectively,
"Withholding Requirements"). To the extent that there is insufficient
remaining cash Earnings to satisfy all applicable Withholding Requirements
as they come due, the Employer reserves the right to reduce a
Participant’s Deferrals under the Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred
Compensation Plan to the extent necessary to satisfy such Withholding
Requirements.
In
the event there is insufficient cash Earnings
to
satisfy all applicable Withholding Requirements as they come due,
even
after reducing a Participant’s Deferrals,
such
Participant shall be obligated to remit
payment
to the Employer, in such form as is acceptable to the Employer, sufficient
to
satisfy
any remaining Withholding
Requirements.
|
3.6 |
Prior
Participation in the Benefit Restoration Plan.
In
accordance with the terms of
the
Weingarten Realty
Investors
Retirement
Benefit
Restoration Plan ("Benefit Restoration Plan"), upon commencement
of
participation in this Plan a Participant will
not
be eligible to receive a supplemental restoration benefit under the
Benefit Restoration
Plan.
In such event, the amount credited to the Participant's Plan Account
upon
his or her commencement of participation in this Plan shall equal
the
amount, if any, credited to his or her account in the Benefit Restoration
Plan immediately prior to such commencement of
participation.
|
4.1 |
Vesting
of Account.
A
Participant's Account shall be 0% vested until a Participant has
completed
five (5) Vesting Years of Service, at which time his or her Account
shall
be 100% vested.
|
4.2 |
Vesting
in Event of Retirement, Disability, or
Death.
|
(a) |
A
Participant who separates from service due to Disability shall be
fully
vested
in the amounts credited to his or her
Account.
|
(b) |
A
Participant shall be fully
vested
in the amounts credited to his or her Account if the Participant
retires
after attaining Retirement Age
.
|
(c) |
A
Participant who separates from service due to death shall be
fully
vested
in the
amounts
credited to his or her Account.
|
4.3 |
Amounts
Not Vested.
Any
amounts credited to a Participant's Account that are not
vested
at the time of his or her separation from service with the Employer
for a
reason other than Retirement, Disability, or death shall be
forfeited.
|
5.1 |
Bookkeeping
Accounts.
The
Administrator shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping
account
in the name of each Participant.
|
5.2 |
Adjustment
and Crediting of Accounts.
|
(a) |
The
Administrator shall adjust the amounts credited to each Participant's
Account
to
reflect Employer Credits, distributions, interest, and any other
appropriate
adjustments.
Such adjustments shall be made as administratively determined in
the
discretion of the Administrator.
|
(b) |
The
interest credited to a Participant's Account shall be a fixed rate
of
return assumption equal to seven and one-half percent (7.5%). The
rate of
return assumption may be changed on a prospective basis by the
Administrator in its discretion.
|
5.3 |
Investment
of Trust Assets.
Employer
contributions or funds set aside in order to
facilitate
the payments of benefits under this Plan in accordance with Article
VIII
may, in
the
sole discretion of the Employer, be set aside in a Trust in order
to
facilitate the payments of benefits under this Plan. Any such Trust
assets
shall be invested in accordance with the terms of the applicable
Trust
Agreement. Under no circumstances shall any Participant have any
preferential or secured right to or interest in any assets of
such
Trust, and the rights of each Participant (and if applicable, any
beneficiary or
survivor
annuitant) shall remain that of a general
creditor.
|
5.4 |
Forfeitures.
Excess
Employer contributions or funds held in the Trust resulting from
forfeiture of amounts credited to a Participant's Account shall continue
to be held in the Trust and invested at the discretion of the Employer.
Such amounts may be used to reduce succeeding Employer contributions
to
the Trust made for the purpose of funding the benefits due under
this
Plan. If no further Employer Contributions will be made, then
such
forfeitures shall be returned to the
Employer.
|
5.5 |
Employer
Stock Account.
In
the discretion of the Employer and by separate agreement
between
a Participant or retiree and the Administrator, the individual Participant
Account
of
a Participant or retiree may, in lieu of being credited with interest
in
accordance with
Section
5.2 above, be adjusted by reference to the value of shares of Employer
stock
credited
to such Participant's or retiree's
Account.
|
6.1 |
Entitlement
to Distribution
.
A
Participant shall be entitled to distribution due to separation from
service on account of death, Disability, Early Retirement, Retirement
or
any other reason, provided the Participant is vested in his
Account.
|
6.2 |
Distribution
Election.
|
(a) |
General
Rule
.
Distribution of the vested balance of a Participant’s Accounts shall be
made in accordance with his or her election which indicates the
Participant’s choice with respect to the form and timing of his or her
distribution among the options available under Sections 6.3 and 6.4
hereof. Such distribution elections must be made at the time the
Participant completes his or her initial Participation Agreement
in
accordance with Section 2.1. A Participant may modify his or her
previously-made elections relating to the time and form of distribution
in
accordance with Section 6.2(b). Notwithstanding the preceding,
i
f
an Eligible Employee is participating in the Plan in 2005 or 2006
and has
not previously designated the form and timing of the distribution
of his
or her Accounts or desires to modify a previously-filed distribution
election, he or she must make or modify such an election, as the
case may
be, and file it with the Administrator on or before December 31,
2006;
provided, however, that a Participant may not file a modified payment
election in 2006 that has the effect of deferring payment of amounts
the
Participant would otherwise receive in 2006 or cause payments to
be made
in 2006 that would otherwise be made subsequent to 2006. The elections
referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be required
to
meet the requirements of Section 6.2(b).
|
(b) |
Modification
to the Time or Form of Distribution
.
Except as may be permitted under 6.2(a) hereof, any election by a
Participant to modify a previously-filed distribution election is
ineffective unless all of the following requirements are
satisfied:
|
(i) |
Such
modification may not be effective for at least twelve (12) months
after
the date on which the modification is
made.
|
(ii) |
Except
in the case of modifications relating to distributions on account
of death
or Disability, the modification must provide that payment will not
commence for at least five (5) years from the date payment would
otherwise
have been made or commenced.
|
(iii) |
A
modification related to a distribution to be made at a specified
time or
under a fixed schedule may not be made less than twelve (12) months
prior
to the date of the first otherwise scheduled payment.
|
(iv) |
Such
modification may not permit acceleration of the time or schedule
of any
payment under the Plan, except as may be permitted pursuant to applicable
Treasury Regulations.
|
6.3 |
Form
of Payment.
A
Participant entitled to distribution shall receive such distribution
in
one of the following forms, as previously elected by the Participant
in
accordance with Section 6.2 and commencing in accordance with Section
6.4:
(i)
a single life annuity;
(ii)
a joint
and
50%, 75% or 100% survivor annuity; (iii) a ten-year certain and life
annuity; (iv) a five-year certain and life annuity; and (v) one lump
sum.
If
payment is to be made in
the
form of an annuity, the amount payable to a Participant (and if
applicable, the survivor annuitant) as an annuity shall be determined,
in
the sole discretion of the
Administrator,
by reference to a commercial annuity which could be purchased
from
an insurer with the Participant's vested Account at the time such
payments
are
to commence.
Under
no circumstances shall the Participant have any
preferential
or secured right to or interest in any annuity contract purchased
from
an
insurer by the Employer or Trustee, and the rights of such Participant
(and if
applicable,
the survivor annuitant) shall remain that of a general
creditor.
|
6.4 |
Commencement
of Payment
.
|
(a) |
For
purposes of this Section 6.4, the “Earliest Distribution Date” shall mean
the earliest date on which distribution could be made or commence
to the
Participant under the Pension Plan, determined with regard to each
Participant as of the date the Participant commenced participation
under
this Plan, without regard to any applicable amendments to the Pension
Plan
effective subsequent to the date the Participant commenced participation
under this Plan.
|
(b) |
Subject
to paragraph (c) of this Section 6.4, payment to a Participant shall
be
made or commence on the Earliest Distribution Date; provided, however,
that the Participant may elect, in accordance with Section 6.2, to
defer
payment to a date subsequent to the Earliest Distribution Date.
|
(c) |
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Participant is a
Key
Employee and separates from service for a reason other than death
or
Disability, such Participant’s distribution may not commence earlier than
six (6) months from the date of his or her separation from service.
Any
payment that would have been made within six (6) months of the
Participant’s separation from service without regard to the foregoing
sentence shall instead be made on the first day of the month following
the
date that is six (6) months from the date on which the Participant
separated from service.
|
6.5 |
Minimum
Distribution
.
Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary, but subject to Section 6.4(c), if
the
balance of a Participant's Account at the time of a termination due
to
Retirement or Disability is less than $50,000, then the Participant
shall
be paid his or her benefits as a single lump sum thirty (30) days
following the Participant’s separation from
service.
|
7.1 |
Beneficiaries
.
|
(a) |
Each
Participant may from time to time designate one or more persons,
entities,
or his or her estate as his or her beneficiary under the Plan. Such
designation shall be made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
|
(b) |
A
Participant’s beneficiary shall be his spouse, as such individual is
determined under the Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
Participant may designate a beneficiary other than the spouse
if:
|
(i) |
the
Participant has no spouse;
|
(ii) |
the
spouse cannot be located; or
|
(iii) |
the
spouse consents in accordance with Subsection (c)
below.
|
(c) |
In
the case of a married Participant or former Participant, the designation
of a non-spouse as beneficiary shall be valid only
if:
|
(i) |
the
spouse consents in writing to the designation;
|
(ii) |
the
designation specifies the beneficiary and may not be changed without
spousal consent (or the spouse’s consent expressly permits designations by
the Participant without any requirement of further spousal consent);
and
|
(iii) |
the
spouse’s consent acknowledges the effect of the election. Each Participant
may from time to time designate one or more persons,
entities
or his or her estate as his or her beneficiary under the Plan. Such
designation shall
be
made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
|
7.2 |
Change
of Beneficiary Designation.
Each
Participant may, at any time and from time to time, change any previous
beneficiary designation, provided the requirements of Section 7.1(b)
or
(c) are satisfied, if applicable,
by
amending his or her previous designation on a form
prescribed
by the Administrator.
|
7.3 |
Determination
of Beneficiary.
|
(a) |
If
the beneficiary does not survive the Participant (or is otherwise
unavailable to receive payment), if the beneficiary does not survive
until
the final payment is
made
or if no beneficiary is validly designated, then the amounts payable
under
this
Plan (or any remaining amount, as the case may be) shall be paid
to the
Participant's
designated contingent beneficiary, if any, and, if none, to the
Participant's
surviving spouse, if any, and if none, to his or her surviving issue
per
stirpes,
if any, and, if none, to his or her estate and such person shall
be deemed
to
be
a beneficiary hereunder. (For purposes of this Article, a per stirpes
distribution to surviving issue means a distribution to such issue
as
representatives of the branches of the descendants of such Participant;
equal shares are allotted for each living child and for the descendants
as
a group of each deceased child of the
deceased
Participant).
|
(b) |
If
more than one person is the beneficiary of a deceased Participant,
each
such
person
shall receive a pro rata share of any death benefit payable unless
otherwise
designated
on the applicable form.
|
(c) |
If
a beneficiary who is receiving benefits dies, all benefits that were
payable to
such
beneficiary shall then be payable to the estate of that
beneficiary.
|
(d) |
If
the Administrator has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive
payments hereunder, the Employer shall have the right to withhold
such
payments
until
the matter is finally adjudicated. However, any payment made by the
Employer,
in good faith and in accordance with this Plan, shall fully discharge
the
Employer
from all further obligations with respect to that
payment.
|
7.4 |
Lost
Beneficiary.
|
(a) |
All
Participants and beneficiaries shall have the obligation to keep
the
Administrator
informed of their current address until such time as all benefits
due have
been paid.
|
(b) |
If
a Participant or beneficiary cannot be located by the Administrator
exercising
due
diligence, then, in its sole discretion, the Administrator may presume
that the
Participant
or beneficiary is deceased for purposes of the Plan and all unpaid
amounts
(net of due diligence expenses) owed to the Participant or beneficiary
shall
be
paid to his/her estate. Any such presumption of death shall be final,
conclusive
and binding on
all
parties.
|
8.1 |
Prohibition
Against Funding.
Benefits
payable under this Plan shall be paid from the general assets of
the
Employer, or at the discretion of the Employer, from assets set aside
in
a trust for deferring the cost of providing the benefits due under
this
Plan; provided,
however,
that no person entitled to payment under this Plan shall have any
claim,
right,
priority,
security interest, or other interest in any fund, trust, account,
or other
asset of the
Employer
that may be looked to for such payment.
The
liability for the payment of
benefits
hereunder shall be evidenced only by this Plan and by the existence
of a
bookkeeping
accounts established and maintained by the Employer for purposes
of this
Plan.
It is the express intention of the parties hereto that this arrangement
shall be
unfunded
for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income
Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
|
8.2 |
Deposits
in Trust.
Notwithstanding
Section 8.1, or any other provision of this Plan to the
contrary,
the Employer may deposit into the Trust any amounts it deems appropriate
to
pay
the benefits under this Plan. The amounts so deposited shall remain
the
general assets of the Employer.
|
9.1 |
General.
In
the event that a Participant or his or her beneficiary does not receive
any Plan
benefit
that is claimed, such Participant or beneficiary shall be entitled
to
consideration
and
review as provided in this Article. Such consideration and review
shall be
conducted
in
a manner designed to comply with section 503 of the Employee Retirement
Income
Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
|
9.2 |
Claim
Review.
Upon
receipt of any written claim for benefits, the Administrator shall
be
notified
and shall give due consideration to the claim presented. If the claim
is
denied to
any
extent by the Administrator, the Administrator shall furnish the
claimant
with a
written
notice setting forth (in a manner calculated to be understood by
the
claimant):
|
(a) |
the
specific reason or reasons for denial of the
claim;
|
(b) |
a
specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is
based;
|
(c) |
a
description of any additional material or information necessary for
the
claimant
to
perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information
is
necessary;
and
|
(d) |
an
explanation of the provisions of this
Article.
|
9.3 |
Right
of Appeal.
A
claimant who has a claim denied under section 9.2 may appeal to the
Administrator
for reconsideration of that claim. A request for reconsideration
under
this
section
must be filed by written notice within sixty (60) days after receipt
by
the claimant
of
the notice of denial under section
9.2.
|
9.4 |
Review
of Appeal.
Upon receipt of an appeal the Administrator shall promptly take
action
to give due consideration to the appeal. Such consideration may include
a
hearing
of
the parties involved, if the Administrator determines such a hearing
is
necessary. In preparing
for
this appeal, the claimant shall be given the right to review documents
relevant to the benefit claim and the
right
to submit in writing a statement of issues and comments. After
consideration of the
merits
of the appeal, the Administrator shall issue a written decision which
shall be
binding
on all parties. The decision shall be written in a manner calculated
to be
understood
by the claimant and shall specifically state its reasons and pertinent
Plan
provisions
on which it relies. The Administrator's decision shall be issued
within
sixty (60) days after the appeal is filed, except that if a hearing
is
held the decision may be
issued
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the appeal is
filed.
|
9.5 |
Designation.
The
Administrator may designate one or more of its members or any other
person
of its choosing to make any determination otherwise required under
this
Article.
|
10.1 |
Administrator.
|
(a) |
The
Administrator is expressly empowered to deposit amounts into Trust(s)
in
accordance
with this Plan; to interpret the Plan, and to determine all
questions
arising in the administration, interpretation and application of
the Plan;
to employ
actuaries,
accountants, counsel, and other persons
it
deems necessary in connection with the administration of the Plan;
to
request any information from the Employer it deems necessary to determine
whether the Employer would be
considered
insolvent or subject to a proceeding in bankruptcy; and to take all
other
necessary
and proper actions to fulfill its duties as
Administrator.
|
(b) |
The
Administrator shall not be liable for any actions by it hereunder,
unless
due to
its
own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good
faith.
|
(c) |
The
Administrator shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employer
from
and
against all personal liability to which it may be subject by reason
of any
act
done
or omitted to be done in its official capacity as Administrator in
good
faith in
the
administration of the Plan and Trust, including all
expenses
reasonably
incurred
in its defense
in
the
event the Employer fails to provide such defense upon the request
of the
Administrator. The Administrator
is
relieved of all
responsibility
in connection with its duties hereunder to the fullest extent
permitted
by law, short of breach of duty to the
beneficiaries.
|
10.2 |
No
Assignment.
Benefits
or payments under this Plan shall not be subject in any manner
to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment,
or
garnishment
by creditors of the Participant or the Participant's
beneficiary,
whether
voluntary
or involuntary, and any attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell,
transfer,
assign,
pledge,
encumber, attach or garnish the same shall not be valid, nor shall
any
such benefit
or
payment be in any
way
liable
for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities,
engagement
or torts of any Participant or beneficiary, or any other person entitled
to
such
benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of this Plan, except to
such
extent as may be
required
by law. If any Participant or beneficiary or any other person entitled
to
a benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of this Plan becomes bankrupt
or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber, attach or garnish any benefit or payment
under
this Plan, in whole or in part, or if any attempt is made to subject
any
such benefit
or
payment, in whole or in part, to the debts, contracts, liabilities,
engagements or torts
of
the
Participant or beneficiary or any other person entitled to any such
benefit or payment
pursuant
to the terms of this Plan, then such benefit or payment, in the discretion
of the Administrator, shall cease and terminate with respect to such
Participant or beneficiary,
or
any other such person.
|
10.3 |
No
Employment Rights.
Participation
in this Plan shall not be construed to confer upon
any
Participant the legal right to be retained in the employ of the Employer,
or
give a Participant or beneficiary, or any other person, any right
to any
payment whatsoever,
except
to the extent of the benefits provided for hereunder.
Each
Participant shall remain
subject
to discharge to the same extent as if this Plan had never been
adopted.
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10.4 |
Incompetence.
If
the Administrator determines that any person to whom a benefit is
payable
under this Plan is incompetent by reason of physical or mental disability,
the
Administrator shall have the power to cause the payments becoming
due to
such person
to
be made to another for his or her benefit without responsibility
of the
Administrator or
the
Employer to see to the application of such payments. Any payment
made
pursuant to such power shall, as to such payment, operate as a complete
discharge of the Employer,
the
Administrator and the Trustee.
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10.5 |
Identity.
If,
at any time, any doubt exists as to the identity of any person entitled
to
any
payment
hereunder or the amount or time of such payment, the Administrator
shall
be
entitled
to hold such sum until such identity or amount or time is determined
or
until an
order
of a court of competent jurisdiction is obtained.
The
Administrator shall also be entitled to pay such sum into court in
accordance with the appropriate rules of law.
Any
expenses
incurred by the Employer, Administrator, and Trust incident to such
proceeding
or
litigation shall be charged against the Account of the affected
Participant.
|
10.6 |
Other
Benefits.
The
benefits of each Participant or beneficiary hereunder shall be in
addition
to any benefits paid or payable to or on account of the Participant
or
beneficiary
under
any other pension, disability, annuity or retirement plan or policy
whatsoever.
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10.7 |
No
Liability.
No
liability shall attach to or be incurred by any manager of the Employer,
Trustee
or any Administrator under or by reason of the terms, conditions
and
provisions contained in this Plan, or for the acts or decisions taken
or
made
thereunder
or in
connection
therewith; and as a condition precedent to the establishment of this
Plan
or the
receipt
of benefits thereunder, or both, such liability, if any, is expressly
waived and
released
by each Participant and by any and all persons claiming under or
through
any
Participant
or any other person. Such waiver and release shall be conclusively
evidenced
by
any act or participation in or the acceptance of benefits or the
making of
any election
under
this Plan.
|
10.8 |
Expenses.
All
expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan, whether incurred
by
the
Employer or the Plan, shall be paid by the
Employer.
|
10.9 |
Insolvency.
Should
the Employer be considered insolvent (as defined by the Trust), the
Employer,
through its Board and chief executive officer, shall give immediate
written
notice
of such to the Administrator of the Plan and the Trustee. Upon receipt
of
such
notice,
the Administrator or Trustee shall comply with the terms of the
Trust.
|
10.10 |
Amendment.
|
10.11 |
Plan
Termination.
|
(a) |
The
Employer may terminate the Plan upon occurrence of any one of the
following:
|
(i) |
Within
twelve (12) months of the Employer’s dissolution taxed under Section 331
of the Code or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to
11
U.S.C. Section 503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts deferred under
the
Plan are included in the Participants’ gross income in the latest
of:
|
(I) |
The
calendar year in which the Plan termination
occurs;
|
(II) |
The
calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture; or
|
(III) |
The
first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.
|
(ii) |
Within
the thirty (30) days preceding or the twelve (12) months following
a
Change in Control, provided all substantially similar arrangements
(within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and related guidance issued
thereunder) sponsored by the Employer are also terminated, so that
the
Participant and all participants under substantially similar arrangements
are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under
the
terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the date of
termination of the arrangements.
|
(iii) |
At
the discretion of the Employer, provided that all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
|
(I) |
All
arrangements sponsored by the Employer that would be aggregated with
any
terminated arrangement under Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant
participated in all of the arrangements are terminated;
|
(II) |
No
payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms
of the
arrangements if the termination had not occurred are made within
twelve
(12) months of the termination of the arrangements;
|
(III) |
All
payments are made within twenty-four (24) months of the termination
of the
arrangements; and
|
(IV) |
The
Employer does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated
with
any terminated arrangement under Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same
Participant participated in both arrangements, at any time within
five (5)
years following the date of termination of the
arrangement.
|
(iv) |
Such
other events and conditions as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may
prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal
Revenue Bulletin.
|
(b) |
A
Participant shall have a right to the vested portion of his or her
Account
in the
event
of the termination of the Plan
|
(c) |
Any
funds remaining in the Trust after termination of the Plan and
satisfaction of all liabilities to Participants and others, shall
be
returned to the Employer
.
|
10.12 |
Employer
Determinations.
Any
determinations, actions or decisions of the Employer
(including
but not limited to, Plan amendments and Plan termination) shall be
made by
the
Board in accordance with its established procedures or by such other
individuals,
groups
or organizations that have been properly delegated by the Board to
make
such determination or decision.
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10.13 |
Construction.
All
questions of interpretation, construction or application arising
under or
concerning
the terms of this Plan shall be decided by the Administrator, in
its
sole
and
final
discretion, whose decision shall be final, binding and conclusive
upon all
persons.
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10.14 |
Governing
Law.
This
Plan shall be governed by, construed and
administered
in
accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security
Act
of 1974, as amended, Code Section 409A, and any other applicable
federal
law, provided, however, that to
the
extent not preempted by federal law this Plan shall be governed by,
construed
and
administered
under the laws of the State of Texas, other than its laws respecting
choice of
law.
|
10.15 |
Severability.
If
any provision of this Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, its
invalidity
or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Plan
and
this Plan shall be
construed
and enforced as if such provision had not been included therein.
If
the inclusion of any Employee (or Employees) as a Participant under
this
Plan would cause
the
Plan to fail to be maintained solely for a select group of highly
compensated
or
management
employees, then the Plan shall be severed with respect to such Employee
or
Employees
who shall be considered to be participating in a separate
arrangement.
|
10.16 |
Entire
Agreement.
This
instrument contains the entire terms of the Plan and supersedes
any
prior understandings
or
written
documents which have heretofore set forth the terms
of
the Plan and/or any oral agreements between the Employer and any
of the
Participants
respecting
the within subject matter. No modification, amendment, change, or
discharge
of
any term or provision of this Plan shall be valid or binding unless
the
same
is in
writing
and signed by a duly authorized officer of the
Employer.
|
10.17 |
Headings.
The
Article headings contained herein are inserted only
as
a matter of
convenience
and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge or describe
the
scope
or
intent of this Plan nor in any way shall they affect this Plan or
the
construction of any
provision
thereof.
|
10.18 |
Terms.
Capitalized
terms shall have meanings as defined herein. Singular nouns shall
be read
as plural, masculine pronouns shall be read as feminine, and vice
versa,
as appropriate.
|
1.1 |
Account
.
The bookkeeping account established for each Participant as provided
in
Section 6.1 hereof.
|
1.2 |
Administrator
.
The individual serving as the Director of Human Resources for the
Employer
or such other person or committee duly authorized by the Executive
Committee of the Board of Managers. The Administrator shall be the
agent
for the Employer with respect to the Plan and
Trust.
|
1.3 |
Board
.
The Board of Trust Managers of the
Employer.
|
1.4 |
Bonus
.
Compensation that is designated as a bonus by the Employer and that
relates to services performed during an incentive period by an Eligible
Employee in addition to his or her Salary, including any pretax elective
deferrals from said Bonus to any Employer-sponsored plan that includes
amounts deferred under a Deferral Election or a qualified cash or
deferred
arrangement under Code Section 401(k) or "cafeteria plan" under Code
Section 125.
|
1.5 |
Code
.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
|
1.6 |
Compensation
.
The Participant's earned income, including Salary, Bonus and other
remuneration from the Employer. Effective January 1, 2006, Compensation
shall include self-employment income received by an Eligible Independent
Contractor from the Employer.
|
1.7 |
Deferrals
.
The portion of Compensation that a Participant elects to defer in
accordance with Articles II and III
hereof.
|
1.8 |
Deferral
Election
.
The separate written agreement, submitted to the Administrator, by
which
an Eligible Employee or, effective January 1, 2006, an Eligible
Independent Contractor, agrees to participate in the Plan and make
Deferrals thereto.
|
1.9 |
Disabled
or Disability
.
A
Participant will be considered Disabled for Plan purposes if the
Participant:
|
(a) |
Is
unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of
any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of
not less than 12 months, or
|
(b) |
Is,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment
which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last
for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement
benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident
and
health plan sponsored by the
Employer.
|
1.10 |
Effective
Date
.
January 1, 2005, except as otherwise provided herein.
|
1.11 |
Eligible
Employee
.
An Employee shall be considered an Eligible Employee if such Employee
is
designated as an Eligible Employee by the
Employer.
|
1.12 |
Eligible
Independent Contractor
.
Effective January 1, 2006, an individual who provides services to
the
Employer as an independent contractor shall be considered an Eligible
Independent Contractor if such individual is designated as an Eligible
Independent Contractor by the Chief Executive Officer of the
Employer.
|
1.13 |
Employee
.
Any person employed by the
Employer.
|
1.14 |
409A
Balance
.
All amounts contributed to the Plan on behalf of a Participant on
and
after January 1, 2005, and earnings
thereon.
|
1.15 |
Grandfathered
Balance
.
All amounts contributed to the Plan on behalf of a Participant prior
to
January 1, 2005, and earnings thereon, that were vested as of December
31,
2004.
|
1.16 |
Investment
Fund or Funds
.
Each deemed investment which serves as a means to measure the value
of a
Participant's Accounts, which may be made available for such purpose,
from
time to time, by the Employer.
|
1.17 |
Key
Employee
.
An Employee who is: (i) an officer of the Employer, with annual
compensation from the Employer greater than $135,000; (ii) a five-percent
owner of the Employer; or (iii) a one-percent owner of the Employer
with
annual compensation from the Employer greater than $150,000. All
terms
described in the preceding sentence and all determinations of Key
Employee
status shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i), excluding
paragraph (5) thereof or as otherwise provided under Code Section
409A.
|
1.18 |
Participant
.
An Eligible Employee or, effective January 1, 2006, an Eligible
Independent Contractor who is a Participant as provided in Article
II.
|
1.19 |
Plan
Year
.
January 1 through December 31.
|
1.20 |
Retirement
.
Retirement means a Participant has retired from the employ of the
Employer
on or after age 65.
|
1.21 |
Salary
.
An Eligible Employee's base salary rate or rates in effect at any
time
during a Plan Year, including any pretax elective deferrals from
said
Salary to any Employer-sponsored plan that includes amounts deferred
under
a Deferral Election or a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under
Code
Section 401(k) or "cafeteria plan" under Code Section
125.
|
1.22 |
Student.
A
child, grandchild, niece or nephew of the Participant who has not
attained
the age of fifteen (15) at the time the Participant establishes an
Education Account for the Student.
|
1.23 |
Trust
.
The agreement or agreements between the Employer and the Trustee
under
which the assets of the Plan may be held, administered and managed.
Participants shall have no right or claim to Trust assets set aside
to
fund benefits under this Plan, which shall remain the general assets
of
the Employer.
|
1.24 |
Trustee
.
The entity or individual designated from time to time by the Board
to
serve as trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.
|
2.1 |
Commencement
of Participation
.
|
(a) |
Each
Eligible Employee and, effective January 1, 2006, each Eligible
Independent Contractor shall become a Participant on the date his
or her
initial Deferral Election first becomes effective. With respect to
deferrals of Salary, a Participant must file a Deferral Election
with the
Administrator no later than the close of the calendar year immediately
preceding the calendar year in which the services to which the Election
relates are performed. In the year in which an Eligible Employee
or,
effective January 1, 2006, an Eligible Independent Contractor is
first
eligible to participate, such Deferral Election shall be filed within
thirty (30) days of the date on which such individual is first eligible
to
participate, to be effective with respect to cash Compensation, Option
awards or Restricted Share awards received for services rendered
after
such Deferral Election is effective; provided, however, that if such
Election would be effective after June 30 of a Plan Year, such Election
may not be effective with respect to a Bonus attributable to services
performed in such Plan Year.
|
(b) |
With
respect to deferrals of Bonus, a Participant must file a Deferral
Election
with the Administrator no later than June 30 of the Plan Year in
which the
services are performed to which such Election relates.
|
(c) |
Notwithstanding
the preceding provisions of this Section 2.1, with respect solely
to
deferrals made on or before December 31, 2005, that are attributable
to
services performed in 2005, a Deferral Election may be made on or
before
March 15, 2005, to be effective with respect to Compensation, Option
awards, or Restricted Share awards payable after the date such Deferral
Election becomes effective.
|
(d) |
Prior
to commencing participation in the Plan, each Participant shall be
required to designate on a Deferral Election form (or other form
provided
by the Administrator) the form and timing of the distribution of
his or
her Accounts.
|
2.2 |
Change
in Eligible Employee Status
.
|
(a) |
A
Participant who is no longer an Eligible Employee or, effective January
1,
2006, an Eligible Independent Contractor shall not be permitted to
submit
a Deferral Election and all Deferrals for such Participant shall
cease as
of the end of the Plan Year in which such Participant is determined
to no
longer be an Eligible Employee or an Eligible Independent Contractor.
|
(b) |
Amounts
credited to the Account of a Participant described in subsection
(a) shall
continue to be held pursuant to the terms of the Plan and shall be
distributed as provided in Article
VII.
|
3.1 |
Participant
Deferrals
.
|
(a) |
The
Employer shall credit to the Account of a Participant an amount equal
to
the amount designated in the Participant's Deferral Election for
that Plan
Year. Such amounts shall not be made available to such Participant,
except
as provided in Article VII, and shall reduce such Participant's
Compensation from the Employer in accordance with the provisions
of the
applicable Deferral Election; provided, however, that all such amounts
shall be subject to the rights of the general creditors of the Employer
as
provided in Article IX.
|
(b) |
The
Deferral Election shall designate the amount of Compensation deferred
by
each Participant, the subaccount, if any, to which the Participant
requests the Deferral be directed, in accordance with Section 6.1,
the
beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Participant and such other items
as
the Administrator may prescribe.
|
(c) |
A
Deferral Election effective with respect to a Plan Year may not be
modified or revoked once such Plan Year has commenced. An election
made
pursuant to Section 6.1 designating the subaccount to which an amount
deferred with respect to a Plan Year is to be directed may not be
modified
once such Plan Year has commenced.
|
(d) |
The
minimum amount that may be deferred each Plan Year is five thousand
dollars ($5,000).
|
(e) |
The
maximum amount that may be deferred each Plan Year shall be established
by
the Administrator from time to
time.
|
(f) |
For
each payroll period, the Employer shall withhold from that portion
of a
Participant’s Compensation that is not deferred hereunder, such
Participant’s share of taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act
("FICA") and other applicable taxes that are required to be withheld
with
respect to (1) Deferrals, and (2) Employer Contributions as they
vest and
become subject to FICA taxes and other withholding requirements
(collectively, "Withholding Requirements"). To the extent that there
is
insufficient remaining cash Compensation to satisfy all applicable
Withholding Requirements as they come due, the Employer reserves
the right
to reduce a Participant’s Deferrals to the extent necessary to satisfy
such Withholding Requirements. In the event there is insufficient
cash
Compensation to satisfy all applicable Withholding Requirements as
they
come due, even after reducing a Participant’s Deferrals, such Participant
shall be obligated to remit payment to the Employer, in such form
as is
acceptable to the Employer, sufficient to satisfy any remaining
Withholding Requirements.
|
3.2 |
Time
of Contributions
.
Deferrals shall be transferred to the Trust as soon as administratively
feasible following the close of each month. The Employer shall also
transmit at that time any necessary instructions regarding the allocation
of such amounts among the Accounts of
Participants.
|
3.3 |
Form
of Contributions
.
Except as provided in Article IV hereof, all Deferrals to the Trust
shall
be made in the form of cash or cash equivalents of US
currency.
|
4.1 |
General
.
Any Trust Manager and any Participant shall be eligible to elect
the
deferral of an
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
as
defined in and pursuant to the Weingarten Realty Investors 1993 Share
Incentive Plan and the Weingarten Realty Investors 2001 Long Term
Incentive Plan, and any subsequently adopted incentive plan (collectively,
the "Long Term Incentive Plan") which are incorporated herein by
this
reference. Such election may be made with respect to either unvested
Restricted
Shares or Options
of
a prior
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
or
as to any subsequent
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
.
The manner and duration of such deferral shall be in accordance with
the
provisions of this Article IV and in accordance with procedures
established by the Administrator.
|
4.2 |
Deferral
of Restricted Shares or Options
.
A
Participant or
Trust
Manager
may elect to defer all or a portion of the
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
,
on such terms as the Administrator may permit, by completing a Share
or
Option Award Deferral Agreement and submitting it to the Administrator
prior to the calendar year in which the
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
is
made. Any election to defer all or a portion of the
Award
of
Restricted
Shares or Options
shall apply to any subsequent
Award
unless and until a revised Share or Option Award Deferral Agreement
is
submitted to the Administrator. Such deferral elections shall be
made
pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1, above, in accordance with the provisions
thereof (with respect to such deferrals, the "Share or Option Deferral
Period"). The Administrator shall credit such deferred
Restricted
Shares or Options
to
a bookkeeping account (to be known as a "Weingarten Stock Account")
for
the benefit of such Participant or
Trust
Manager
.
The
Restricted
Shares or Options
so
deferred initially shall be accounted for by the Employer and shall
be
transferred to the Trustee at such time as the Employer shall, in
its
discretion, determine. Distribution of
Restricted
Shares or Options
that have been deferred pursuant to this Article IV shall be made
in
accordance with Article VII hereof.
|
4.3 |
Terms
and Conditions of Awards
.
Any deferred
Restricted
Shares or Options
shall remain subject to the forfeiture and transfer restriction provisions
of the Long Term Incentive Plan and any other terms and conditions
established by the
Management
Development and Compensation Committee
incident thereto. In the event that the
Restricted
Period
,
as defined under the Long Term Incentive Plan, has not expired or
the
Options
have not been exercised at the end of the applicable Share or Option
Deferral Period elected under the applicable Share Award Deferral
Agreement, any
Restricted
Shares or Options
distributed by the Trustee shall remain subject to any and all such
terms
and conditions and any applicable provisions of the Long Term Incentive
Plan imposed upon such
Restricted
Shares or Options.
In
addition, in the event the Restricted Period has not expired at the
end of
the applicable Share Deferral Period,
Restricted
Shares
distributed
by the Trustee shall contain the legend provided under the Long Term
Incentive Plan. If the
Restricted
Period
shall expire or the
Options
are exercised prior to the expiration of the Share or Option Deferral
Election Period, the deferred Shares shall be credited to a Weingarten
Stock Account for the Participant or Trust Manager’s benefit and neither
the Participant nor the Trust Manager may direct that the Shares
be
liquidated and alternative investment options substituted
therefor.
|
4.4 |
Dividends
.
|
(a) |
General
.
Unless a Dividend Deferral Election is made by the Trust Manager
or
Participant, any dividends payable with respect to any
Restricted
Shares
shall
be paid to the Participant or Trust Manager who deferred such
Restricted
Shares
,
subject, in the case of a Participant, to applicable
withholding.
|
(b) |
Dividend
Deferral Election
.
In accordance with procedures and in such form as may be established
by
the Administrator, a Trust Manager or Participant, in connection
with a
deferral of an
Award
of
Restricted
Shares,
also
may irrevocably elect to defer the receipt of the dividends payable
with
respect to some or all of the deferred
Restricted
Shares
during
the Share Deferral Period. In such case, any and all such dividends
attributable thereto shall be paid by the Employer to the Trustee,
and
shall be held in trust and may be credited as either additional Deferred
Shares or any other Investment or Investment Fund invested in accordance
with the Trust Manager’s or Participant’s election under the terms of the
Plan or subsequent investment election as herein provided. The account
attributable to the dividends so deferred, adjusted for investment
experience, shall be distributed to the Trust Manager or Participant
upon
the expiration of the applicable Share Deferral Period in accordance
with
the provisions of Article VII.
|
4.5 |
Definitions
.
All bolded terms in this Article IV shall have the meaning contained
in
the Long Term Incentive Plan. For purposes of Section 1.16 of this
Plan,
"Investment Fund or Funds" shall include any deferred
Restricted
Shares or Options
or
any deferred dividends to be credited as an equivalent amount in
value of
Deferred Shares.
|
4.6 |
Cancellation
of Certain Restricted Share and Option Deferrals
.
Participants and Trust Managers will be entitled to elect, before
December
31, 2005 to cancel previously made elections to defer Restricted
Shares or
Options. Such election shall only apply to deferrals of Restricted
Shares
that were not vested and Options that are not exercisable as of December
31, 2004. If deferrals of Restricted Shares are cancelled, the certificate
representing such Shares shall be removed from the Weingarten Stock
Account maintained on behalf of the Participant and transferred to
the
proper holder thereof under the terms of the Long Term Incentive
Plan. If
deferrals of Options are cancelled, the Award Agreement representing
such
Options shall be removed from the Weingarten Stock Account maintained
on
behalf of the Participant and transferred to the proper holder thereof
under the terms of the Long Term Incentive
Plan.
|
5.1 |
Vesting
of Deferrals
.
A
Participant shall have a 100% vested right to the portion of his
or her
Account attributable to Deferrals and any earnings on the deemed
investment of such Deferrals.
|
6.1 |
Bookkeeping
Accounts
.
The Administrator shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping account
in
the name of each Participant. The Administrator shall also establish
subaccounts, as provided in subsection (a), (b), or (c), below, as
elected
by the Participant pursuant to Article
III.
|
(a) |
A
Retirement Account may be established for a Participant in accordance
with
the Participant’s Deferral
Election.
|
(b) |
One
or more Education Accounts may be established for a Participant in
the
name of a Student, in accordance with the Participant’s Deferral Election.
A Participant may have a maximum of five (5) Education Accounts
established at any one time.
|
(c) |
One
or more Fixed Period Accounts may be established in accordance with
the
Participant’s Deferral Election. The Participant must designate the year
of distribution at the time the Account is initially established.
The
minimum initial deferral period for each Fixed Period Account shall
be
three (3) years. A Participant may have a maximum of five (5) Fixed
Period
Accounts established at any one time.
|
6.2 |
Adjustment
and Crediting of Accounts
.
|
(a) |
The
Administrator shall adjust the amounts credited to each Participant's
Account to reflect Deferrals, distributions, deemed investment experience
of the Participant’s Investment Fund selections and any other appropriate
adjustments. Such adjustments shall be made as is administratively
necessary in the discretion of the
Administrator.
|
(b) |
The
deemed investment experience credited to a Participant’s Account shall be
determined on a periodic basis according to the earnings and losses
of the
Investment Fund selections made by the Participant pursuant to his
or her
Deferral Election. The earnings and losses will be determined as
if the
amount credited to the Participant Account were actually invested
in the
Investment Funds selected. Participants may select one or more of
the
Investment Funds designated by the Administrator in whole percentages
of
the applicable Account balance. A Participant may change his or her
selection of Investment Funds at any time. Such an election shall
be
effective as soon as administratively feasible following the date
the
change is submitted in writing by the Participant to the Administrator,
or
such other means as the Administrator may approve.
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6.3 |
Investment
of Trust Assets.
Deferrals
hereunder may, in the sole discretion of the Employer, be set aside
in a
Trust in order to facilitate the payments of benefits under this
Plan. Any
such Trust assets may be invested in an Investment Fund but are not
required to be invested in individual accounts mirroring the bookkeeping
Accounts established in Section 6.1. Any such Trust shall constitute
an
unfunded arrangement and shall not affect the status of the Plan
as an
unfunded plan.
Under
no circumstances shall any Participant have any preferential or secured
right to or interest in any assets of such Trust, and the rights
of each
Participant (and if applicable, any beneficiary) shall remain that
of a
general creditor.
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7.1 |
Distribution
Election
.
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(a) |
General
Rule Applicable to 409A Balances
.
Distribution of the Participant’s vested 409A Balances shall be made in
accordance with the Participant’s election with respect to the date on
which distribution is to be made or commence and the form of payment.
Such
election shall be made by the Participant at the time the Participant
makes his or her initial Deferral Election. A Participant may modify
his
or her previously-made elections relating to the time and form of
distribution of 409A Balances in accordance with Section 7.1(b).
Notwithstanding the preceding, if an Eligible Employee is participating
in
the Plan in 2005 or 2006 and has not previously designated the form
and
timing of the distribution of his or her 409A Balances or desires
to
modify a previously-filed distribution election, he or she must make
or
modify such an election, as the case may be, and file it with the
Administrator on or before December 31, 2006; provided, however,
that a
Participant may not file a modified distribution election in 2006
that has
the effect of deferring payment of amounts the Participant would
otherwise
receive in 2006 or cause payments to be made in 2006 that would otherwise
be made subsequent to 2006. The elections referred to in the immediately
preceding sentence shall not be required to meet the requirements
of
Section 7.1(b). If the Administrator separately accounts for Deferrals
in
each Plan Year, the Participant may make separate distribution elections
with respect to each Plan Year’s Deferral Election, in which case each
separate distribution election shall be effective with respect to
the
Deferrals to which the election relates.
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(b) |
Modification
To Distribution Date or Form of Payment With Respect to 409A
Balances
.
Except as may be permitted in Section 7.1(a) hereof, any election
by a
Participant to modify a previously-filed distribution election applicable
to 409A Balances is ineffective unless all of the following requirements
are satisfied:
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(i) |
Such
modification may not be effective for at least twelve (12) months
after
the date on which the modification is filed with the
Administrator.
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(ii) |
Except
in the case of modifications relating to distributions on account
of death
or Disability, the modification must provide that payment will not
commence for at least five (5) years from the date payment would
otherwise
have been made or commenced.
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(iii) |
A
modification related to distribution to be made at a specified time
or
under a fixed schedule may not be made less than twelve (12) months
prior
to the date of the first otherwise scheduled payment.
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(iv) |
Such
modification may not permit acceleration of the time or schedule
of any
payment under the Plan, except as may be permitted pursuant to applicable
Treasury Regulations.
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(c) |
Distribution
to Key Employees With Respect to 409A Balances
.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a
Participant is a Key Employee and separates from service for a reason
other than death or Disability, distribution of such Participant’s 409A
Balances may not commence earlier than six (6) months from the date
of his
or her separation from service. Any payment that would have been
made
within the first six months following the date on which the Participant
separated from service without regard to this subsection (c) shall
be made
on the first day of the month following the date that is six months
following the date on which the Participant separated from
service.
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(d) |
Special
Rule Applicable to Grandfathered Balances
.
With respect to Grandfathered Balances, a distribution election must
be
filed at least 12 months prior to the date on which the Grandfathered
Balance of the Participant’s Account is to be distributed for such an
election to be effective. In the event the Participant files more
than one
such distribution election, the last effective distribution election
shall
control. The Administrator may not waive or modify this
requirement.
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7.2 |
Payment
of Retirement, Education, and Fixed Period Accounts
.
|
(a) |
Retirement
Accounts
.
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(i) |
Form
of Payment
.
Retirement Accounts are payable in one of the following forms, as
elected
by the Participant: (i) in a lump sum payment or (ii) in annual
installments over a period of up to twenty (20) years. If the Participant
has not made a valid election as to the form of payment of his Retirement
Account, payment shall be made in one lump
sum.
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(ii) |
General
Rule Applicable to 409A Balances
.
Distributions of the 409A Balance in a Participant’s Retirement Account(s)
shall be payable in the form elected by the Participant. Retirement
Account payments shall be made or commence as of the first day of
the
month immediately following the month in which the Participant Retires
(or
as soon as administratively feasible thereafter) or at such later
date as
previously elected by the Participant in accordance with Section
7.1. To
the extent the balance in a Retirement Account is a 409A Balance,
the
distribution election applicable to such Balance may be modified
by the
Participant if the requirements of Section 7.1(b) are
satisfied.
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(iii) |
Grandfathered
Balances
.
Distribution of the Grandfathered Balance in a Participant’s Retirement
Account(s) shall be made in accordance with the Participant’s election
applicable to Grandfathered Balances or, in the absence of such an
election, as soon as administratively feasible after the Participant's
Retirement. To the extent the balance in a Retirement Account is
a
Grandfathered Balance, the distribution election applicable to such
Balance may be modified if the requirements of Section 7.1(d) are
satisfied.
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(iv) |
If
an installment form of distribution is elected, annual installment
payments subsequent to the first payment shall be made on each succeeding
anniversary of the date the first payment was made.
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(b) |
Education
Accounts
.
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(i) |
In
General
.
Education Account distributions shall be paid in four annual installments
commencing on January 1 (or as soon as administratively feasible
thereafter) of the calendar year in which the Student reaches age
eighteen
(18) and subsequently on the three anniversaries thereof in the following
amounts:
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(ii) |
409A
Balances
.
To the extent the balance in an Education Account is a 409A Balance,
distribution of such Balance will commence as scheduled without regard
to
whether the Student dies prior to attaining age eighteen (18) or
whether
the Student attends college or incurs any post-secondary educational
costs. However, the distribution election applicable to such Balance
may
be modified by the Participant if the requirements of Section 7.1(b)
are
satisfied.
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(iii) |
Grandfathered
Balances
.
To the extent the balance in an Education Account is a Grandfathered
Balance, at the election of the Participant at least twelve (12)
months
prior to the date payments are to commence from such Balance in accordance
with the schedule in Section 7.2(b)(i), or in the event of the death
of a
Student prior to completion of the payments in accordance with such
schedule, a Participant shall be entitled to re-designate any such
amounts
(in the case of a Student’s death, only to the extent payable more than
twelve months thereafter) to be credited to another Education Account
or
to his or her Retirement Account or to a Fixed Period
Account.
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(c)
|
Fixed
Period Accounts
.
Fixed Period Account Distributions shall be paid in one lump sum
payment
on January 1 (or as soon as administratively feasible thereafter)
of the
calendar year designated by the Participant on his or her Deferral
Election. To the extent the balance in a Fixed Period Account is
a 409A
Balance, the distribution election applicable to such Balance may
be
modified by the Participant if the requirements of Section 7.1(b)
are
satisfied. To the extent the balance in a Fixed Period Account is
a
Grandfathered Balance, the distribution election applicable to such
Balance may be modified by the Participant if the requirements of
Section
7.1(d) are satisfied.
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7.3 |
Payment
upon Death, Disability or Termination for Reason Other Than
Retirement
.
|
(a) |
General
Rule
.
Payment of a Participant’s Account(s) shall be made or commence in
accordance with this Section 7.3 if payment has not been made or
commenced
under Section 7.2 at the time the Participant separates from service
due
to death, Disability, or any other reason other than
Retirement.
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(b) |
Form
of Payment
.
The Participant’s vested Account(s) are payable under this Section 7.3 in
one of the following forms, as elected by the Participant: (i) in
a lump
sum payment or (ii) in annual installments over a period of up to
twenty
(20) years. If the Participant has not made a valid election as to
the
form of payment, payment shall be made in one lump sum.
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(c) |
Commencement
of Distribution to the Extent the Account is a 409A
Balance
.
To the extent the Participant’s Account is a 409A Balance, payment under
this Section 7.3 shall commence as of the first day of the month
(or as
soon as administratively feasible thereafter) following the month
in which
the Participant dies, separates from service due to Disability, or
separates from service for any other reason other than Retirement
or at
such later date as previously elected by the Participant in accordance
with Section 7.1. If an installment form of distribution is elected,
annual installment payments subsequent to the first payment shall
be made
on each succeeding anniversary of the date the first payment was
made.
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(d)
|
Commencement
of Distribution to the Extent the Account is a Grandfathered
Balance
.
To the extent the Participant’s Account is a Grandfathered Balance,
distribution of such Account under this Section 7.3 shall commence
in
accordance with the Participant’s election applicable to Grandfathered
Balances. In the absence of an election applicable to Grandfathered
Balances, distribution of such Balances shall commence as soon as
administratively feasible after separation from service due to Disability,
death, or any other reason other than Retirement. If an installment
form
of distribution is elected, annual installment payments subsequent
to the
first payment shall be made on each succeeding anniversary of the
date the
first payment was made.
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7.4 |
Minimum
Distribution
.
|
(a) |
Subject
to Section 7.1(c) but notwithstanding any other provision in the
Plan to
the contrary, if the balance of a Participant’s Retirement Account upon
his Retirement is less than $50,000, the Participant shall be paid
such
balance on the first of the month following the month in which the
Participant Retires.
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(b) |
Subject
to Section 7.1(c), if the balance in a Participant’s Education Account is
less than $4,000 at the time the first scheduled payment from such
Account
would otherwise be made, the Participant shall be paid such balance
as a
single lump sum on the date the first scheduled payment would have
otherwise been made.
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8.1 |
Beneficiaries
.
Each Participant may from time to time designate one or more persons,
entities or his or her estate as his or her beneficiary under the
Plan.
Such designation shall be made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
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8.2 |
Change
of Beneficiary Designation
.
Each Participant may at any time and from time to time, change any
previous beneficiary designation, without notice to or consent of
any
previously designated beneficiary, by amending his or her previous
designation on a form prescribed by the Administrator.
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8.3 |
Determination
of Beneficiary.
|
(a) |
If
the beneficiary does not survive the Participant (or is otherwise
unavailable to receive payment), if the beneficiary does not survive
until
the final payment is made or if no beneficiary is validly designated,
then
the amounts payable under this Plan (or any remaining amount, as
the case
may be) shall be paid to the Participant's designated contingent
beneficiary, if any, and, if none, to the Participant’s surviving spouse,
if any, and if none, to his or her surviving issue per stirpes, if
any,
and, if none, to his or her estate and such person shall be deemed
to be a
beneficiary hereunder. (For purposes of this Article, a per stirpes
distribution to surviving issue means a distribution to such issue
as
representatives of the branches of the descendants of such Participant;
equal shares are allotted for each living child and for the descendants
as
a group of each deceased child of the deceased Participant).
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(b) |
If
more than one person is the beneficiary of a deceased Participant,
each
such person shall receive a pro rata share of any death benefit payable
unless otherwise designated on the applicable form.
|
(c) |
If
a beneficiary who is receiving benefits dies, all benefits that were
payable to such beneficiary shall then be payable to the estate of
that
beneficiary.
|
(d) |
If
the Administrator has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive
payments hereunder, the Employer shall have the right to withhold
such
payments until the matter is finally adjudicated. However, any payment
made by the Employer, in good faith and in accordance with this Plan,
shall fully discharge the Employer from all further obligations with
respect to that payment.
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8.4 |
Lost
Beneficiary
.
|
(a) |
All
Participants and beneficiaries shall have the obligation to keep the
Administrator informed of their current address until such time as
all
benefits due have been paid.
|
(b) |
If
a Participant or beneficiary cannot be located by the Administrator
exercising due diligence, then, in its sole discretion, the Administrator
may presume that the Participant or beneficiary is deceased for purposes
of the Plan and all unpaid amounts (net of due diligence expenses)
owed to
the Participant or beneficiary shall be paid to his/her estate. Any
such
presumption of death shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
parties.
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9.1 |
Prohibition
Against Funding
.
Benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid from the general assets
of
the Employer, or at the discretion of the Employer, from assets set
aside
in a trust for deferring the cost of providing the benefits due under
this
Plan; provided, however, that no person entitled to payment under
this
Plan shall have any claim, right, priority, security interest, or
other
interest in any fund, trust, account, or other asset of the Employer
that
may be looked to for such payment. The liability for the payment
of
benefits hereunder shall be evidenced only by this Plan and by the
existence of a bookkeeping accounts established and maintained by
the
Employer for purposes of this Plan. It is the express intention of
the
parties hereto that this arrangement shall be unfunded for tax purposes
and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as amended.
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9.2 |
Deposits
in Trust
.
Notwithstanding Section 9.1, or any other provision of this Plan
to the
contrary, the Employer may deposit into the Trust any amounts it
deems
appropriate to pay the benefits under this Plan. The amounts so deposited
may include all contributions made pursuant to a Deferral Election
by a
Participant and shall remain the general assets of the
Employer.
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9.3 |
Withholding
of Participant Contributions
.
The Administrator is authorized to make any and all necessary arrangements
with the Employer in order to withhold the Participant's Deferrals
under
Section 3.1 hereof from his or her Compensation. The Administrator
shall
determine the amount and timing of such
withholding.
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10.1 |
General
.
In the event that a Participant or his or her beneficiary does not
receive
any Plan benefit that is claimed, such Participant or beneficiary
shall be
entitled to consideration and review as provided in this Article.
Such
consideration and review shall be conducted in a manner designed
to comply
with Section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974,
as amended.
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10.2 |
Claim
Review
.
Upon receipt of any written claim for benefits, the Administrator
shall be
notified and shall give due consideration to the claim presented.
If the
claim is denied to any extent by the Administrator, the Administrator
shall furnish the claimant with a written notice setting forth (in
a
manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant):
|
(a) |
the
specific reason or reasons for denial of the
claim;
|
(b) |
a
specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is
based;
|
(c) |
a
description of any additional material or information necessary for
the
claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material
or
information is necessary; and
|
(d) |
an
explanation of the provisions of this
Article.
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10.3 |
Right
of Appeal
.
A
claimant who has a claim denied under Section 10.2 may appeal to
the
Administrator for reconsideration of that claim. A request for
reconsideration under this Section must be filed by written notice
within
sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of denial
under Section 10.2.
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10.4 |
Review
of Appeal
.
Upon receipt of an appeal the Administrator shall promptly take action
to
give due consideration to the appeal. Such consideration may include
a
hearing of the parties involved, if the Administrator determines
such a
hearing is necessary. In preparing for this appeal, the claimant
shall be
given the right to review documents relevant to the benefit claim
and the
right to submit in writing a statement of issues and comments. After
consideration of the merits of the appeal, the Administrator shall
issue a
written decision which shall be binding on all parties. The decision
shall
be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant
and
shall specifically state its reasons and pertinent Plan provisions
on
which it relies. The Administrator's decision shall be issued within
sixty
(60) days after the appeal is filed, except that if a hearing is
held the
decision may be issued within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the
appeal is filed.
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10.5 |
Designation
.
The Administrator may designate one or more of its members or any
other
person of its choosing to make any determination otherwise required
under
this Article.
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11.1 |
Administrator
.
|
(a) |
The
Administrator is expressly empowered to limit the amount of compensation
that may be deferred; to deposit amounts into Trust(s) in accordance
with
this Plan; to interpret the Plan, and to determine all questions
arising
in the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan;
to
employ actuaries, accountants, counsel, and other persons it deems
necessary in connection with the administration of the Plan; to request
any information from the Employer it deems necessary to determine
whether
the Employer would be considered insolvent or subject to a proceeding
in
bankruptcy; and to take all other necessary and proper actions to
fulfill
its duties as Administrator.
|
(b) |
The
Administrator shall not be liable for any actions by it hereunder,
unless
due to its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good
faith.
|
(c) |
The
Administrator shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employer
from
and against all personal liability to which it may be subject by
reason of
any act done or omitted to be done in its official capacity as
Administrator in good faith in the administration of the Plan and
Trust,
including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in the
event the
Employer fails to provide such defense upon the request of the
Administrator. The Administrator is relieved of all responsibility
in
connection with its duties hereunder to the fullest extent permitted
by
law, short of breach of duty to the
beneficiaries.
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11.2 |
No
Assignment
.
Benefits or payments under this Plan shall not be subject in any
manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the
Participant's beneficiary, whether voluntary or involuntary, and
any
attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber, attach or garnish the same shall not be valid, nor shall
any
such benefit or payment be in any way liable for or subject to the
debts,
contracts, liabilities, engagement or torts of any Participant or
beneficiary, or any other person entitled to such benefit or payment
pursuant to the terms of this Plan, except to such extent as may
be
required by law. If any Participant or beneficiary or any other person
entitled to a benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of this Plan
becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish any benefit or payment
under
this Plan, in whole or in part, or if any attempt is made to subject
any
such benefit or payment, in whole or in part, to the debts, contracts,
liabilities, engagements or torts of the Participant or beneficiary
or any
other person entitled to any such benefit or payment pursuant to
the terms
of this Plan, then such benefit or payment, in the discretion of
the
Administrator, shall cease and terminate with respect to such Participant
or beneficiary, or any other such
person.
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11.3 |
No
Employment Rights
.
Participation in this Plan shall not be construed to confer upon
any
Participant the legal right to be retained in the employ of the Employer,
or give a Participant or beneficiary, or any other person, any right
to
any payment whatsoever, except to the extent of the benefits provided
for
hereunder.
Each
Participant shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent
as if
this Plan had never been adopted.
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11.4 |
Incompetence
.
If the Administrator determines that any person to whom a benefit
is
payable under this Plan is incompetent by reason of physical or mental
disability, the Administrator shall have the power to cause the payments
becoming due to such person to be made to another for his or her
benefit
without responsibility of the Administrator or the Employer to see
to the
application of such payments. Any payment made pursuant to such power
shall, as to such payment, operate as a complete discharge of the
Employer, the Administrator and the
Trustee.
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11.5 |
Identity
.
If, at any time, any doubt exists as to the identity of any person
entitled to any payment hereunder or the amount or time of such payment,
the Administrator shall be entitled to hold such sum until such identity
or amount or time is determined or until an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction is obtained. The Administrator shall also be entitled
to pay
such sum into court in accordance with the appropriate rules of law.
Any
expenses incurred by the Employer, Administrator, and Trust incident
to
such proceeding or litigation shall be charged against the Account
of the
affected Participant.
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11.6 |
Other
Benefits
.
The benefits of each Participant or beneficiary hereunder shall be
in
addition to any benefits paid or payable to or on account of the
Participant or beneficiary under any other pension, disability, annuity
or
retirement plan or policy
whatsoever.
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11.7 |
No
Liability
.
No liability shall attach to or be incurred by any Employee of the
Employer, Trustee or any Administrator under or by reason of the
terms,
conditions and provisions contained in this Plan, or for the acts
or
decisions taken or made thereunder or in connection therewith; and
as a
condition precedent to the establishment of this Plan or the receipt
of
benefits thereunder, or both, such liability, if any, is expressly
waived
and released by each Participant and by any and all persons claiming
under
or through any Participant or any other person. Such waiver and release
shall be conclusively evidenced by any act or participation in or
the
acceptance of benefits or the making of any election under this
Plan.
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11.8 |
Expenses
.
All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan, whether
incurred
by the Employer or the Plan, shall be paid by the
Employer.
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11.9 |
Insolvency
.
Should the Employer be considered insolvent (as defined by the Trust),
the
Employer, through its Board and chief executive officer, shall give
immediate written notice of such to the Administrator of the Plan
and the
Trustee. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrator or Trustee
shall
comply with the terms of the Trust.
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11.10 |
Amendment
and Termination
.
|
(a) |
Except
as otherwise provided in this section, the Employer shall have the
sole
authority to modify, amend or terminate this Plan; provided, however,
that
any modification or termination of this Plan shall not reduce, without
the
consent of a Participant, a Participant's right to any amounts already
credited to his or her Account, or lengthen the time period for a
distribution from an established Account. Following such Plan termination,
payment of such credited amounts shall be made in a single sum
payment.
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(i) |
Within
twelve (12) months of the Employer’s dissolution taxed under Section 331
of the Code or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to
11
U.S.C. Section 503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts deferred under
the
Plan are included in the Participants’ gross income in the latest
of:
|
(1) |
The
calendar year in which the Plan termination
occurs;
|
(2) |
The
calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture; or
|
(3) |
The
first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.
|
(ii) |
Within
the thirty (30) days preceding or the twelve (12) months following
a
change in control (within the meaning of Code Section 409A and related
guidance issued thereunder), provided all substantially similar
arrangements sponsored by the Employer are also terminated, so that
the
Participant and all participants under substantially similar arrangements
are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under
the
terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the date of
termination of the arrangements.
|
(iii) |
At
the discretion of the Employer, provided that all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
|
(1) |
All
arrangements sponsored by the Employer that would be aggregated with
any
terminated arrangement under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)
if
the same Participant participated in all of the arrangements are
terminated;
|
(2) |
No
payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms
of the
arrangements if the termination had not occurred are made within
twelve
(12) months of the termination of the arrangements;
|
(3) |
All
payments are made within twenty-four (24) months of the termination
of the
arrangements; and
|
(4) |
The
Employer does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated
with
any terminated arrangement under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)
if the same Participant participated in both arrangements, at any
time
within five (5) years following the date of termination of the
arrangement.
|
(iv) |
Such
other events and conditions as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may
prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal
Revenue Bulletin.
|
(b) |
A
Participant shall have a right to the vested portion of his or her
Account
in the event of the termination of the Plan pursuant to subsection
(a),
above.
|
11.11 |
Employer
Determinations
.
Any determinations, actions or decisions of the Employer (including
but
not limited to, Plan amendments and Plan termination) shall be made
by the
Board in accordance with its established procedures or by such other
individuals, groups or organizations that have been properly delegated
by
the Board to make such determination or
decision.
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11.12 |
Construction
.
All questions of interpretation, construction or application arising
under
or concerning the terms of this Plan shall be decided by the
Administrator, in its sole and final discretion, whose decision shall
be
final, binding and conclusive upon all
persons.
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11.13 |
Governing
Law
.
This Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security
Act of 1974, as amended, Code Section 409A, and any other applicable
federal law, provided, however, that to the extent not preempted
by
federal law, this Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered
under the laws of the State of Texas, other than its laws respecting
choice of law.
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11.14 |
Severability
.
If any provision of this Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, its
invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
of
this Plan and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such
provision had not been included therein. If the inclusion of any
Employee
or independent contractor as a Participant under this Plan would
cause the
Plan to fail to be maintained solely for a select group of highly
compensated or management employees, then the Plan shall be severed
with
respect to such individual, who shall be considered to be participating
in
a separate arrangement.
|
11.15 |
Headings
.
The Article headings contained herein are inserted only as a matter
of
convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge
or
describe the scope or intent of this Plan nor in any way shall they
affect
this Plan or the construction of any provision
thereof.
|
11.16 |
Entire
Agreement
.
This
instrument and all subsequently-adopted amendments hereto contain
the
entire terms of the Plan and
supersedes
any prior understandings or written documents which have heretofore
set
forth the terms of the Plan and/or any oral agreements between the
Employer and any of the Participants respecting the within subject
matter.
No
modification, amendment, change, or discharge of any term or provision
of
this Plan shall be valid or binding unless the same is in writing
and
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Employer.
|
11.17 |
Terms
.
Capitalized terms shall have meanings as defined herein. Singular
nouns
shall be read as plural, masculine pronouns shall be read as feminine,
and
vice versa, as appropriate.
|
1.1 |
Account
.
The bookkeeping account established for each Participant as provided
in
section 5.1 hereof.
|
1.2 |
Administrator
.
The individual serving as the Director of Human Resources for the
Employer
or such other person duly authorized by the Executive Committee of
the
Board of Managers. The Administrator shall be the agent for the Employer
with respect to the Trust.
|
1.3 |
Board
.
The Board of Trust Managers of the
Employer.
|
1.4 |
Bonus
.
Compensation which is designated as bonus by the Employer and which
relates to services performed during an incentive period by an Eligible
Employee in addition to his or her Salary, including any pretax elective
deferrals from said Bonus to any Employer sponsored plan that includes
amounts deferred under a Participation Agreement or a qualified cash
or
deferred arrangement under Code Section 401 (k) or cafeteria plan
under
Code Section 125.
|
1.5 |
Code
.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
|
1.6 |
Disability
or Disabled
.
A
Participant will be considered Disabled for Plan purposes if the
Participant is a “Grandfathered Participant” (as defined in the Pension
Plan), has completed at least ten years of Service (as defined in
the
Pension Plan) upon separation from service, and is disabled within
the
meaning of the Social Security Act, which is defined as being unable
to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
to result
in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less
than 12 months.
|
1.7 |
Early
Retirement
.
Early Retirement means a Participant has retired from the employ
of the
Employer on or after age 55 after having completed 15 years of Service
with the Employer, as determined under the Pension
Plan.
|
1.8 |
Earnings.
The Earnings of a Participant shall have the same meaning as “Earnings”
under the Pension Plan, except that the following modifications to
such
definition shall apply for purposes of the
Plan:
|
(a) |
Earnings
shall be increased by:
|
(i) |
The
fair market value (determined by the Board) of restricted stock awards
granted during the Plan Year;
|
(ii) |
The
fair market value (determined by the Board) of stock options granted
during the Plan Year; and
|
(b) |
Earnings
shall be decreased by:
|
(i) |
any
amount realized from the exercise of a non-statutory stock option
or from
a disqualifying disposition of an incentive stock option during the
Plan
Year;
|
(ii) |
any
amount includable in income derived from a non-qualified deferred
compensation plan during the Plan
Year;
|
(iii) |
any
amount includable in income by reason of a Participant becoming
substantially vested in any restricted stock award or other transfer
of
property subject to Section 83 of the Code during the Plan
Year.
|
(c) |
Earnings
shall be determined without regard to any dollar limitation imposed
by
Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
|
1.9 |
Effective
Date
.
The effective date of this restatement of the Plan, January 1, 2005,
or as
otherwise provided herein.
|
1.10 |
Eligible
Employee
.
An Employee shall be considered an Eligible Employee if such Employee
is
designated as an Eligible Employee by the
Employer.
|
1.11 |
Employee
.
Any person employed by the
Employer.
|
1.12 |
Employer
Contribution
.
Assets set aside or transferred to a trust at the discretion of the
Employer in order to fund the benefits due under this Plan. Participants
shall have no right or claim to such Employer Contributions, which
shall
remain the general assets of the Employer.
|
1.13 |
Employer
Credit
.
The amount credited to the bookkeeping Account of a Participant in
accordance with Article III.
|
1.14 |
Key
Employee
.
|
(a) |
An
officer of an Employer earning more than $135,000 per year, as adjusted
from time to time in accordance with Internal Revenue Service guidelines,
|
(b) |
A
five percent owner of an Employer,
or
|
(c) |
A
one percent owner of an Employer having Compensation from the Employer
of
more than $150,000,
|
1.15 |
Participant
.
An Eligible Employee who is a Participant as provided in Article
II.
|
1.16 |
Participation
Agreement
.
The separate written agreement, submitted to the Administrator, by
which
an Eligible Employee agrees to participate in the Plan and designates
the
form and timing of the distribution of his or her
Accounts.
|
1.17 |
Pension
Plan.
The Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement
Plan.
|
1.18 |
Plan
Year
.
The twelve month period beginning January 1 and ending December
31.
|
1.19 |
Retirement
.
Retirement means a Participant has retired from the employ of the
Employer
after attaining Retirement Age.
|
1.20 |
Retirement
Age.
The attainment of age 65.
|
1.21 |
Salary
.
An Eligible Employee's base salary rate or rates in effect at any
time
during a Plan Year, including any pretax elective deferrals from
said
Salary to any Employer-sponsored plan that includes amounts deferred
under
a nonqualified plan sponsored by the Employer or under a qualified
cash or
deferred arrangement under Code Section 401 (k) or “cafeteria plan” under
Code Section 125.
|
1.22 |
Trust
.
The agreement or agreements between the Employer and the Trustee
under
which the assets of the Plan may be held, administered and managed.
Participants shall have no right or claim to Trust assets set aside
to
fund benefits under this Plan, which shall remain the general assets
of
the Employer.
|
1.23 |
Trustee
.
The trustee and any successor trustee that shall become trustee pursuant
to the terms of a separate trust agreement which is made a part of
this
Plan.
|
1.24 |
Vesting
Year of Service
.
Vesting Year of Service shall be each 12-month period of employment
with
the Employer commencing with the Participant's date of
hire.
|
2.1 |
Commencement
of Participation
.
Each Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as of the date
on which
he or she is designated as an Eligible Employee. Prior to commencement
of
participation in the Plan, each Participant shall be required to
complete
a Participation Agreement designating the form and timing of the
distribution of his or her Accounts.
If
an Eligible Employee is participating in the Plan in 2005 or 2006
and has
not previously designated the form and timing of the distribution
of his
or her Accounts
or
desires to modify a previously-filed distribution election
,
he or she must make or modify such an election and file it with the
Administrator on or before December 31, 2006; provided, however,
that a
Participant may not file a modified payment election in 2006 that
has the
effect of deferring payment of amounts the Participant would otherwise
receive in 2006 or cause payments to be made in 2006 that would otherwise
be made subsequent to 2006.
|
3.1 |
Employer
Credits
.
|
(a) |
The
Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant an amount
each
year designed to provide the Participant a benefit equal to the additional
retirement benefit he or she would have received under the Pension
Plan if
such benefit were determined under the Pension Plan’s Defined Benefit
Formula in effect December 31, 2001, but calculated applying the
definition of Earnings contained herein.
|
(b) |
The
amount credited each Plan Year to the Account of a Participant shall
be
calculated as an actuarially determined level percentage of the
Participant’s projected Earnings that amortizes the unfunded present value
of the Restoration Benefit described below over the period remaining
until
the Participant attains Retirement Age. The Restoration Benefit shall
be
equal to the excess of:
|
(i) |
the
projected retirement benefit to which the Participant would have
been
entitled at Retirement Age if such benefit were calculated under
the
Pension Plan’s Defined Benefit Formula in effect December 31, 2001, but
applying the definition of Earnings contained herein;
over
|
(ii) |
the
projected retirement benefit payable to the Participant at Retirement
Age
under the Pension Plan’s Cash Balance Formula in effect April 1,
2002.
|
3.2 |
Last
Day Requirement
.
A
Participant must be employed on the last day of the Plan Year in
order to
be eligible to receive an additional amount credited to his or her
Account
in a given Plan Year.
|
3.3 |
Calculation
of Employer Credits
.
Present value assumptions regarding cost of living increases, salary
scale, discount rate, interest credits and any other assumptions
as may
reasonably be necessary for purposes of calculating the amount to
be
credited to a Participant’s Account each Plan Year shall be determined by
the Administrator.
|
3.4 |
Time
of Contributions
.
Employer funds set aside in order to facilitate the payments of benefits
under this Plan in accordance with Section 8.2 shall be transferred
to the
Trust at such time as the Employer shall determine.
|
3.5 |
Withholding
.
From time to time, the Employer shall withhold from the Participant’s cash
Earnings, such Participant’s share of taxes under the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (“FICA”) and other applicable taxes that are required to
be withheld with respect to Employer Credits (and to the extent required
under regulations, income attributable thereto) as they vest and
become
subject to FICA taxes and other withholding (collectively, “Withholding
Requirements”).
To
the extent that there is insufficient remaining cash Earnings to
satisfy
all applicable Withholding Requirements as they come due, the Employer
reserves the right to reduce a Participant’s Deferrals under the
Weingarten Realty Investors Deferred Compensation Plan to the extent
necessary to satisfy such Withholding Requirements.
In
the event there is insufficient cash Earnings to satisfy all applicable
Withholding Requirements as they come due,
even
after reducing a Participant’s Deferrals,
such
Participant shall be obligated to remit payment to the Employer,
in such
form as is acceptable to the Employer, sufficient to satisfy any
remaining
Withholding Requirements.
|
3.6 |
Participation
in Weingarten SERP
.
If a Participant becomes eligible to participate in the Weingarten
Realty
Investors Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”), the Participant
will not be eligible to receive a supplemental restoration benefit
under
this Plan. In such event, the amount credited to the Participant’s SERP
account upon his or her commencement of participation in the SERP
shall
equal the amount, if any, credited to his or her Account in this
Plan
immediately prior to such commencement of
participation.
|
4.1 |
Vesting
of Account
.
A
Participant’s Account shall be 0% vested until a Participant has completed
five (5) Vesting Years of Service at which time he or she shall be
100%
vested.
|
4.2 |
Vesting
in Event of Retirement, Disability, or Death.
|
(a) |
A
Participant shall be fully vested in the amounts credited to his
or her
Account if the Participant retires after attaining Retirement
Age.
|
(b) |
A
Participant who separates from service due to Disability shall be
fully
vested in the amounts credited to his or her
Account.
|
(c) |
A
Participant who separates from service due to death shall be fully
vested
in the amounts credited to his or her
Account.
|
4.3 |
Amounts
Not Vested
.
Any amounts credited to a Participant's Account that are not vested
at the
time of his or her separation from service with the Employer for
a reason
other than Retirement, Disability, or death shall be
forfeited.
|
5.1 |
Bookkeeping
Accounts
.
The Administrator shall establish and maintain a bookkeeping account
in
the name of each Participant.
|
5.2 |
Adjustment
and Crediting of Accounts.
|
(a) |
The
Administrator shall adjust the amounts credited to each Participant’s
Account to reflect Employer Credits, distributions, interest, and
any
other appropriate adjustments. Such adjustments shall be made as
frequently as is administratively necessary in the discretion of
the
Administrator.
|
(b) |
The
interest credited to a Participant’s Account shall be a fixed rate of
return assumption equal to seven and one-half percent (7.5%). The
rate of
return assumption may be changed on a prospective basis by the
Administrator in its discretion.
|
5.3 |
Investment
of Trust Assets.
Employer
contributions or funds set aside in order to facilitate the payments
of
benefits under this Plan in accordance with Article VIII may, in
the sole
discretion of the Employer, be set aside in a Trust in order to facilitate
the payments of benefits under this Plan. Any such Trust assets shall
be
invested in accordance with the terms of the applicable Trust Agreement.
Under
no circumstances shall any Participant have any preferential or secured
right to or interest in any assets of such Trust, and the rights
of each
Participant (and if applicable, any beneficiary or survivor annuitant)
shall remain that of a general
creditor.
|
5.4 |
Forfeitures
.
Excess Employer contributions or funds held in the Trust resulting
from
forfeiture of amounts credited to a Participant's Account shall continue
to be held in the Trust and invested at the discretion of the Employer.
Such amounts may be used to reduce succeeding Employer contributions
to
the Trust made for the purpose of funding the benefits due under
this
Plan. If no further Employer Contributions will be made, then such
forfeitures shall be returned to the
Employer.
|
6.1 |
Entitlement
to Distribution
.
A
Participant shall be entitled to distribution due to separation from
service on account of death, Disability, Early Retirement, Retirement
or
any other reason, provided the Participant is vested in his
Account.
|
6.2 |
Distribution
Election
.
|
(a) |
General
Rule
.
Distribution of the vested balance of a Participant’s Account shall be
made in accordance with his or her election which indicates the
Participant’s choice with respect to the form and timing of his or her
distribution among the options available under Sections 6.3 and 6.4
hereof. Such distribution elections must be made at the time the
Participant completes his or her initial Participation Agreement
in
accordance with Section 2.1. A Participant may modify his or her
previously-made elections relating to the time and form of distribution
in
accordance with Section 6.2(b). Notwithstanding the preceding,
i
f
an Eligible Employee is participating in the Plan in 2005 or 2006
and has
not previously designated the form and timing of the distribution
of his
or her Accounts or desires to modify a previously-filed distribution
election, he or she must make or modify such an election, as the
case may
be, and file it with the Administrator on or before December 31,
2006;
provided, however, that a Participant may not file a modified payment
election in 2006 that has the effect of deferring payment of amounts
the
Participant would otherwise receive in 2006 or cause payments to
be made
in 2006 that would otherwise be made subsequent to 2006. The elections
referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall not be required
to
meet the requirements of Section
6.2(b).
|
(b) |
Modification
to the Time or Form of Distribution
.
Except as may be permitted under 6.2(a) hereof, any election by a
Participant to modify a previously-filed distribution election is
ineffective unless all of the following requirements are
satisfied:
|
(i) |
Such
modification may not be effective for at least twelve (12) months
after
the date on which the modification is
made.
|
(ii) |
Except
in the case of modifications relating to distributions on account
of death
or Disability, the modification must provide that payment will not
commence for at least five (5) years from the date payment would
otherwise
have been made or commenced.
|
(iii) |
A
modification related to a distribution to be made at a specified
time or
under a fixed schedule may not be made less than twelve (12) months
prior
to the date of the first otherwise scheduled
payment.
|
(iv) |
Such
modification may not permit acceleration of the time or schedule
of any
payment under the Plan, except as may be permitted pursuant to applicable
Treasury Regulations.
|
6.3 |
Form
of Payment
.
A
Participant entitled to distribution shall receive such distribution
in
one of the following forms, as previously elected by the Participant
in
accordance with Section 6.2, and commencing in accordance with Section
6.4: (i) a single life annuity; (ii) a joint and 50%, 75% or 100%
survivor
annuity; (iii) a ten-year certain and life annuity; (iv) a five-year
certain and life annuity; and (v) one lump sum. If payment is to
be made
in the form of an annuity, the amount payable to a Participant (and
if
applicable, the survivor annuitant) as an annuity shall be determined,
in
the sole discretion of the Administrator, by reference to a commercial
annuity which could be purchased from an insurer with the Participant's
vested Account at the time such payments are to commence. Under no
circumstances shall the Participant have any preferential or secured
right
to or interest in any annuity contract purchased from an insurer
by the
Employer or Trustee, and the rights of such Participant (and if
applicable, the survivor annuitant) shall remain that of a general
creditor.
|
6.4 |
Commencement
of Payment
.
|
(a) |
For
purposes of this Section 6.4, the “Earliest Distribution Date” shall mean
the earliest date on which distribution could be made or commence
to the
Participant under the Pension Plan, determined with regard to each
Participant as of the date the Participant commenced participation
under
this Plan, without regard to any applicable amendments to the Pension
Plan
effective subsequent to the date the Participant commenced participation
under this Plan.
|
(b) |
Subject
to paragraph (c) of this Section 6.4, payment to a Participant shall
be
made or commence on the Earliest Distribution Date; provided, however,
that the Participant may elect, in accordance with Section 6.2, to
defer
payment to a date subsequent to the Earliest Distribution Date.
|
(c) |
Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Participant is a
Key
Employee and separates from service for a reason other than death
or
Disability, such Participant’s distribution may not commence earlier than
six (6) months from the date of his or her separation from service.
Any
payment that would have been made within six (6) months of the
Participant’s separation from service without regard to the foregoing
sentence shall instead be made on the first day of the month following
the
date that is six (6) months from the date on which the Participant
separated from Service.
|
6.5 |
Minimum
Distribution
.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, but subject to Section
6.4(c), if the balance of a Participant's Account at the time of
a
termination due to Retirement or Disability is less than $50,000,
then the
Participant shall be paid his or her benefits as a single lump sum
thirty
(30) days following the Participant’s separation from service.
|
7.1 |
Beneficiaries
.
|
(a) |
Each
Participant may from time to time designate one or more persons,
entities,
or his or her estate as his or her beneficiary under the Plan. Such
designation shall be made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
|
(b) |
A
Participant’s beneficiary shall be his spouse, as such individual is
determined under the Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the
Participant may designate a beneficiary other than the spouse
if:
|
(i) |
the
Participant has no spouse;
|
(ii) |
the
spouse cannot be located; or
|
(iii) |
the
spouse consents in accordance with Subsection (c)
below.
|
(c) |
In
the case of a married Participant or former Participant, the designation
of a non-spouse as beneficiary shall be valid only
if:
|
(i) |
the
spouse consents in writing to the designation;
|
(ii) |
the
designation specifies the beneficiary and may not be changed without
spousal consent (or the spouse’s consent expressly permits designations by
the Participant without any requirement of further spousal consent);
and
|
(iii) |
the
spouse’s consent acknowledges the effect of the election. Each Participant
may from time to time designate one or more persons,
entities
or his or her estate as his or her beneficiary under the Plan. Such
designation shall
be
made on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
|
7.2 |
Change
of Beneficiary Designation
.
Each Participant may, at any time and from time to time, change any
previous beneficiary designation, provided the requirements of Section
7.1(b) or (c) are satisfied, if applicable, by amending his or her
previous designation on a form prescribed by the
Administrator.
|
7.3 |
Determination
of Beneficiary.
|
(a) |
If
the beneficiary does not survive the Participant (or is otherwise
unavailable to receive payment), if the beneficiary does not survive
until
the final payment is made or if no beneficiary is validly designated,
then
the amounts payable under this Plan (or any remaining amount, as
the case
may be) shall be paid to the Participant's designated contingent
beneficiary, if any, and, if none, to the Participant’s surviving spouse,
if any, and if none, to his or her surviving issue per stirpes, if
any,
and, if none, to his or her estate and such person shall be deemed
to be a
beneficiary hereunder. (For purposes of this Article, a per stirpes
distribution to surviving issue means a distribution to such issue
as
representatives of the branches of the descendants of such Participant;
equal shares are allotted for each living child and for the descendants
as
a group of each deceased child of the deceased Participant).
|
(b) |
If
more than one person is the beneficiary of a deceased Participant,
each
such person shall receive a pro rata share of any death benefit payable
unless otherwise designated on the applicable form.
|
(c) |
If
a beneficiary who is receiving benefits dies, all benefits that were
payable to such beneficiary shall then be payable to the estate of
that
beneficiary.
|
(d) |
If
the Administrator has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive
payments hereunder, the Employer shall have the right to withhold
such
payments until the matter is finally adjudicated. However, any payment
made by the Employer, in good faith and in accordance with this Plan,
shall fully discharge the Employer from all further obligations with
respect to that payment.
|
7.4 |
Lost
Beneficiary
.
|
(a) |
All
Participants and beneficiaries shall have the obligation to keep
the
Administrator informed of their current address until such time as
all
benefits due have been paid.
|
(b) |
If
a Participant or beneficiary cannot be located by the Administrator
exercising due diligence, then, in its sole discretion, the Administrator
may presume that the Participant or beneficiary is deceased for purposes
of the Plan and all unpaid amounts (net of due diligence expenses)
owed to
the Participant or beneficiary shall be paid to his/her estate. Any
such
presumption of death shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
parties.
|
8.1 |
Prohibition
Against Funding
.
Benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid from the general assets
of
the Employer, or at the discretion of the Employer, from assets set
aside
in a trust for deferring the cost of providing the benefits due under
this
Plan; provided, however, that no person entitled to payment under
this
Plan shall have any claim, right, priority, security interest, or
other
interest in any fund, trust, account, or other asset of the Employer
that
may be looked to for such payment. The liability for the payment
of
benefits hereunder shall be evidenced only by this Plan and by the
existence of a bookkeeping accounts established and maintained by
the
Employer for purposes of this Plan. It is the express intention of
the
parties hereto that this arrangement shall be unfunded for tax purposes
and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as amended.
|
8.2 |
Deposits
in Trust
.
Notwithstanding Section 8.1, or any other provision of this Plan
to the
contrary, the Employer may deposit into the Trust any amounts it
deems
appropriate to pay the benefits under this Plan. The amounts so deposited
shall remain the general assets of the
Employer.
|
9.1 |
General
.
In the event that a Participant or his or her beneficiary does not
receive
any Plan benefit that is claimed, such Participant or beneficiary
shall be
entitled to consideration and review as provided in this Article.
Such
consideration and review shall be conducted in a manner designed
to comply
with section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974,
as amended.
|
9.2 |
Claim
Review
.
Upon receipt of any written claim for benefits, the Administrator
shall be
notified and shall give due consideration to the claim presented.
If the
claim is denied to any extent by the Administrator, the Administrator
shall furnish the claimant with a written notice setting forth (in
a
manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant):
|
(a) |
the
specific reason or reasons for denial of the
claim;
|
(b) |
a
specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is
based;
|
(c) |
a
description of any additional material or information necessary for
the
claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material
or
information is necessary; and
|
(d) |
an
explanation of the provisions of this
Article.
|
9.3 |
Right
of Appeal
.
A
claimant who has a claim denied under section 9.2 may appeal to the
Administrator for reconsideration of that claim. A request for
reconsideration under this section must be filed by written notice
within
sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of denial
under section 9.2.
|
9.4 |
Review
of Appeal
.
Upon receipt of an appeal the Administrator shall promptly take action
to
give due consideration to the appeal. Such consideration may include
a
hearing of the parties involved, if the Administrator determines
such a
hearing is necessary. In preparing for this appeal, the claimant
shall be
given the right to review documents relevant to the benefit claim
and the
right to submit in writing a statement of issues and comments. After
consideration of the merits of the appeal, the Administrator shall
issue a
written decision which shall be binding on all parties. The decision
shall
be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant
and
shall specifically state its reasons and pertinent Plan provisions
on
which it relies. The Administrator's decision shall be issued within
sixty
(60) days after the appeal is filed, except that if a hearing is
held the
decision may be issued within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the
appeal is filed.
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9.5 |
Designation
.
The Administrator may designate one or more of its members or any
other
person of its choosing to make any determination otherwise required
under
this Article.
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10.1 |
Administrator
.
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(a) |
The
Administrator is expressly empowered to deposit amounts into Trust(s)
in
accordance with this Plan; to interpret the Plan, and to determine
all
questions arising in the administration, interpretation and application
of
the Plan; to employ actuaries, accountants, counsel, and other persons
it
deems necessary in connection with the administration of the Plan;
to
request any information from the Employer it deems necessary to determine
whether the Employer would be considered insolvent or subject to
a
proceeding in bankruptcy; and to take all other necessary and proper
actions to fulfill its duties as
Administrator.
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(b) |
The
Administrator shall not be liable for any actions by it hereunder,
unless
due to its own negligence, willful misconduct or lack of good
faith.
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(c) |
The
Administrator shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Employer
from
and against all personal liability to which it may be subject by
reason of
any act done or omitted to be done in its official capacity as
Administrator in good faith in the administration of the Plan and
Trust,
including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in the
event the
Employer fails to provide such defense upon the request of the
Administrator. The Administrator is relieved of all responsibility
in
connection with its duties hereunder to the fullest extent permitted
by
law, short of breach of duty to the
beneficiaries.
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10.2 |
No
Assignment
.
Benefits or payments under this Plan shall not be subject in any
manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment, or garnishment by creditors of the Participant or the
Participant's beneficiary, whether voluntary or involuntary, and
any
attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber, attach or garnish the same shall not be valid, nor shall
any
such benefit or payment be in any way liable for or subject to the
debts,
contracts, liabilities, engagement or torts of any Participant or
beneficiary, or any other person entitled to such benefit or payment
pursuant to the terms of this Plan, except to such extent as may
be
required by law. If any Participant or beneficiary or any other person
entitled to a benefit or payment pursuant to the terms of this Plan
becomes bankrupt or attempts to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish any benefit or payment
under
this Plan, in whole or in part, or if any attempt is made to subject
any
such benefit or payment, in whole or in part, to the debts, contracts,
liabilities, engagements or torts of the Participant or beneficiary
or any
other person entitled to any such benefit or payment pursuant to
the terms
of this Plan, then such benefit or payment, in the discretion of
the
Administrator, shall cease and terminate with respect to such Participant
or beneficiary, or any other such
person.
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10.3 |
No
Employment Rights
.
Participation in this Plan shall not be construed to confer upon
any
Participant the legal right to be retained in the employ of the Employer,
or give a Participant or beneficiary, or any other person, any right
to
any payment whatsoever, except to the extent of the benefits provided
for
hereunder.
Each
Participant shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent
as if
this Plan had never been adopted.
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10.4 |
Incompetence
.
If the Administrator determines that any person to whom a benefit
is
payable under this Plan is incompetent by reason of physical or mental
disability, the Administrator shall have the power to cause the payments
becoming due to such person to be made to another for his or her
benefit
without responsibility of the Administrator or the Employer to see
to the
application of such payments. Any payment made pursuant to such power
shall, as to such payment, operate as a complete discharge of the
Employer, the Administrator and the
Trustee.
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10.5 |
Identity
.
If, at any time, any doubt exists as to the identity of any person
entitled to any payment hereunder or the amount or time of such payment,
the Administrator shall be entitled to hold such sum until such identity
or amount or time is determined or until an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction is obtained. The Administrator shall also be entitled
to pay
such sum into court in accordance with the appropriate rules of law.
Any
expenses incurred by the Employer, Administrator, and Trust incident
to
such proceeding or litigation shall be charged against the Account
of the
affected Participant.
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10.6 |
Other
Benefits
.
The benefits of each Participant or beneficiary hereunder shall be
in
addition to any benefits paid or payable to or on account of the
Participant or beneficiary under any other pension, disability, annuity
or
retirement plan or policy
whatsoever.
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10.7 |
No
Liability
.
No liability shall attach to or be incurred by any manager of the
Employer, Trustee or any Administrator under or by reason of the
terms,
conditions and provisions contained in this Plan, or for the acts
or
decisions taken or made thereunder or in connection therewith; and
as a
condition precedent to the establishment of this Plan or the receipt
of
benefits thereunder, or both, such liability, if any, is expressly
waived
and released by each Participant and by any and all persons claiming
under
or through any Participant or any other person. Such waiver and release
shall be conclusively evidenced by any act or participation in or
the
acceptance of benefits or the making of any election under this
Plan.
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10.8 |
Expenses
.
All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan, whether
incurred
by the Employer or the Plan, shall be paid by the
Employer.
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10.9 |
Insolvency
.
Should the Employer be considered insolvent (as defined by the Trust),
the
Employer, through its Board and chief executive officer, shall give
immediate written notice of such to the Administrator of the Plan
and the
Trustee. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrator or Trustee
shall
comply with the terms of the Trust.
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10.10 |
Amendment
.
The Employer, in its sole and unfettered discretion, may amend the Plan at
any time, provided
,
however,
that
any such amendment
shall
not reduce, without the consent of a
Participant,
a Participant's right to any amounts already credited
to
his or her Account and provided further that
such
amendment does not contravene the provisions of Section 409A of the
Code
and related guidance issued
thereunder.
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10.11 |
Plan
Termination
.
|
(a) |
The
Employer may terminate the Plan upon occurrence of any one of the
following:
|
(i) |
Within
twelve (12) months of the Employer’s dissolution taxed under Section 331
of the Code or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to
11
U.S.C. Section 503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts deferred under
the
Plan are included in the Participants’ gross income in the latest
of:
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(1) |
The
calendar year in which the Plan termination
occurs;
|
(2) |
The
calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial
risk of forfeiture; or
|
(3) |
The
first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.
|
(ii) |
Within
the thirty (30) days preceding or the twelve (12) months following
a
Change in Control, provided all substantially similar arrangements
(within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and related guidance issued
thereunder) sponsored by the Employer are also terminated, so that
the
Participant and all participants under substantially similar arrangements
are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under
the
terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the date of
termination of the arrangements.
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(iii) |
At
the discretion of the Employer, provided that all of the following
requirements are satisfied:
|
(1) |
All
arrangements sponsored by the Employer that would be aggregated with
any
terminated arrangement under Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same Participant
participated in all of the arrangements are terminated;
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(2) |
No
payments other than payments that would be payable under the terms
of the
arrangements if the termination had not occurred are made within
twelve
(12) months of the termination of the arrangements;
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(3) |
All
payments are made within twenty-four (24) months of the termination
of the
arrangements; and
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(4) |
The
Employer does not adopt a new arrangement that would be aggregated
with
any terminated arrangement under Section 1.409A-1(c) if the same
Participant participated in both arrangements, at any time within
five (5)
years following the date of termination of the
arrangement.
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(iv) |
Such
other events and conditions as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
may
prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal
Revenue Bulletin.
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(b) |
A
Participant shall have a right to the vested portion of his or her
Account
in the
event
of the termination of the Plan
|
(c) |
Any
funds remaining in the Trust after termination of the Plan and
satisfaction of all liabilities to Participants and others, shall
be
returned to the Employer
.
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10.12 |
Employer
Determinations
.
Any determinations, actions or decisions of the Employer (including
but
not limited to, Plan amendments and Plan termination) shall be made
by the
Board in accordance with its established procedures or by such other
individuals, groups or organizations that have been properly delegated
by
the Board to make such determination or
decision.
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10.13 |
Construction
.
All questions of interpretation, construction or application arising
under
or concerning the terms of this Plan shall be decided by the
Administrator, in its sole and final discretion, whose decision shall
be
final, binding and conclusive upon all
persons.
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10.14 |
Governing
Law
.
This Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security
Act of 1974, as amended, Code Section 409A, and any other applicable
federal law, provided, however, that to the extent not preempted
by
federal law this Plan shall be governed by, construed and administered
under the laws of the State of Texas, other than its laws respecting
choice of law.
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10.15 |
Severability
.
If any provision of this Plan is held invalid or unenforceable, its
invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
of
this Plan and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such
provision had not been included therein. If the inclusion of any
Employee
(or Employees) as a Participant under this Plan would cause the Plan
to
fail to be maintained solely for a select group of highly compensated
or
management employees, then the Plan shall be severed with respect
to such
Employee or Employees who shall be considered to be participating
in a
separate arrangement.
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10.16 |
Entire
Agreement
.
This
instrument contains the entire terms of the Plan and
supersedes
any prior understandings or written documents which have heretofore
set
forth the terms of the Plan and/or any oral agreements between the
Employer and any of the Participants respecting the within subject
matter.
No
modification, amendment, change, or discharge of any term or provision
of
this Plan shall be valid or binding unless the same is in writing
and
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Employer.
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10.17 |
Headings
.
The Article headings contained herein are inserted only as a matter
of
convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, enlarge
or
describe the scope or intent of this Plan nor in any way shall they
affect
this Plan or the construction of any provision
thereof.
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10.18 |
Terms
.
Capitalized terms shall have meanings as defined herein. Singular
nouns
shall be read as plural, masculine pronouns shall be read as feminine,
and
vice versa, as appropriate.
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