UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2008
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
|
|
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
|
|
1-10945
(Commission File Number)
|
|
95-2628227
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
11911 FM 529
|
|
|
|
|
Houston, Texas
|
|
|
|
77041
|
(Address of principal executive offices)
|
|
|
|
(Zip Code)
|
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(713) 329-4500
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
|
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
|
|
o
|
|
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
|
|
o
|
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
|
|
o
|
|
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
|
|
|
|
Item 5.02.
|
|
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
|
2009 Annual Base Salaries
On December 15, 2008, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors
(the “Board”) of Oceaneering International, Inc. (“Oceaneering”) approved increases in the annual
base salary for the executive officers who were named executive officers in Oceaneering’s proxy
statement for its 2008 annual stockholders meeting (the “Named Executive Officers”) to the
following amounts for calendar year 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
T. Jay Collins
|
|
$
|
625,000
|
|
|
M. Kevin McEvoy
|
|
$
|
400,000
|
|
|
Marvin J. Migura
|
|
$
|
360,000
|
|
|
George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
$
|
330,000
|
|
|
Philip D. Gardner
|
|
$
|
260,000
|
|
409A Changes to Compensatory Arrangements
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the final
regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) require that nonqualified
deferred compensation arrangements subject to Section 409A be in form compliance no later than
December 31, 2008. Accordingly, the Board authorized amendments to each of Oceaneering’s 2005
Incentive Plan, 2002 Incentive Plan, 2002 restricted stock unit agreements, Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (the “SERP”), change-of-control agreements, and the amended service agreement and
related trust for John R. Huff. The amendments generally clarify certain provisions of such plans
and agreements and provide for compliance with Section 409A.
The amendments addressed the time and form of payment requirements of Section 409A, imposed
the six-month delay where required by Section 409A under the change-of-control agreements, removed
the dollar limitation on reimbursement of legal fees under the amended service agreement, provided
restrictions on timing of reimbursements and gross-ups, and, in some instances, eliminated
discretion of Oceaneering and participants as required. Additionally, the SERP was amended to
allow for a transition election under Section 409A whereby participants could elect early
withdrawals from their post-2004 deferred account balances. Finally, the plans and agreements were
amended to provide that, for determinations from and after January 1, 2009, “Fair Market Value” of
shares of common stock of Oceaneering (“Common Stock”) would be the closing price per share as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the relevant date.
1
The following discussion sets forth summary descriptions of the terms and conditions of each
of the 2005 Incentive Plan, the 2002 Incentive Plan, the SERP, the change-of-control agreements
with the Named Executive Officers and the amended service agreement and change-of-control agreement
with Mr. Huff. The following descriptions are qualified by reference to the operative documents,
which are included as exhibits to this current report on Form 8-K.
2005 Incentive Plan
The stockholder-approved 2005 Incentive Plan is administered by the Committee with respect to
employee awards. Awards may also be granted to directors, and such awards are determined by the
full Board. This description relates to employee awards.
The 2005 Incentive Plan provides for various types of awards to be granted to participants.
Under the 2005 Incentive Plan, options to purchase shares of Common Stock and stock appreciation
rights with fixed or variable exercise prices may be granted, but per share exercise prices can be
no less than the fair market value per share of Common Stock on the date of grant. In addition, the
2005 Incentive Plan permits grants of shares of Common Stock or of rights to receive shares of
Common Stock, or their cash equivalent or a combination of both, including restricted,
unrestricted, performance and phantom stock, on such terms as the Committee may determine. The 2005
Incentive Plan also provides for cash bonus awards based on objective performance goals
pre-established by the Committee. Options and stock appreciation rights must have fixed terms no
longer than seven years; restricted stock, whether or not performance-based, must be restricted for
at least one year; outright unrestricted stock grants must be in lieu of salary or bonus; and
earlier vesting of stock awards is limited to death, disability, retirement or change-of-control
events.
The 2005
Incentive Plan provides for a maximum of 2,400,000 shares of Common Stock as to which
awards may be granted (of which 1,200,000 are authorized for awards other than options or stock
appreciation rights and 1,200,000 are authorized for incentive stock options), plus shares forfeited
under specified prior plans.
The Committee selects the employee participants and determines the number and type of awards
to be granted to each such participant. Participants who may be granted awards under the 2005
Incentive Plan include any officer or employee of Oceaneering or any of its subsidiaries.
Oceaneering
has the right to deduct applicable taxes from any award payment to an employee and
withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of cash or shares of
Common Stock under the 2005
Incentive Plan, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock, or combination
thereof, for the payment of taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by the
transfer to Oceaneering of shares of Common Stock previously owned by the holder of the award for
which withholding is required.
Awards may be granted as alternatives to or in replacement of: (1) awards outstanding under
the 2005 Incentive Plan or any other plan or arrangement of Oceaneering or any of its subsidiaries;
or (2) awards outstanding under a plan or arrangement of a business or entity, all or part of which
is acquired by Oceaneering or any of its subsidiaries; provided, however, that except for
adjustments to account for a corporate transaction as described below, the grant price of any
option or stock appreciation right shall not be decreased, including by means of issuance of a
substitute option or stock appreciation right with a lower grant price. The Committee may include
provisions in awards for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including
converting those credits into deferred share equivalents.
2
The Committee determines, in connection with each option granted to officers and employees,
whether the exercise price is payable in cash (and whether that may include proceeds of a sale
assisted by a third party) or shares of Common Stock or both, the terms and conditions of exercise,
the expiration date, whether the option will qualify as an incentive stock option under the Code or
a nonqualified stock option, restrictions on transfer of the option, and other provisions not
inconsistent with the 2005 Incentive Plan. The term of an option shall not exceed seven years from
the date of grant.
The Committee is authorized to grant stock appreciation rights, or SARs, to officers and
employees. Every SAR entitles the participant, upon exercise of the SAR, to receive in cash or
shares of Common Stock a value equal to the excess of the market value of a specified number of
shares of Common Stock at the time of exercise, over the exercise price, which is the fair market
value as of the date of grant. The term of a SAR will not exceed seven years from the date of
grant. A SAR may be granted in tandem with an option, subject to such terms and restrictions as the
Committee provides.
The 2005 Incentive Plan authorizes the Committee to grant officers and employees stock awards
consisting of shares of Common Stock or of a right to receive shares of Common Stock, or their cash
equivalent or a combination of both, in the future and cash bonuses payable solely on account of
the attainment of one or more objective performance goals that have been pre-established by the
Committee. Such awards may be subject to such terms and conditions, restrictions and contingencies,
not inconsistent with the 2005 Incentive Plan, as may be determined by the Committee. Among other
things, stock awards can be, and cash bonuses that qualify as cash awards under the 2005 Incentive
Plan must be, conditioned on the achievement of single or multiple performance goals.
Under the 2005 Incentive Plan, no participant may be granted, in any one-year period, options
or SARs that are exercisable for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, stock awards covering
more than 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, or cash awards having a value greater than $5,000,000.
Any award available under the 2005 Incentive Plan may be made as a performance award.
Performance awards not intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Code
Section 162(m) will be based on achievement of such goals and will be subject to such terms,
conditions and restrictions as the Committee will determine. Performance awards granted under the
2005 Incentive Plan that are intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under
Code Section 162(m) will be paid, vested or otherwise deliverable solely on account of the
attainment of one or more pre-established, objective performance goals established by the
Committee. The performance goals may be cumulative, annual or end-of-performance-period goals, may
be relative to a peer group or based on changes or maintenance relative to stated values, and may
be based on any one or more of the following measures: revenue, cash flow, net income, stock price,
credit rating, market share, earnings per share, or return on equity; controlling or reducing
various costs of doing business; and maintaining appropriate levels of debt and interest expense.
Unless otherwise stated, such a performance goal need not be based on an increase or positive
result under a particular business criterion and could include, for example, maintaining the status
quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business
criteria).
3
Cash awards, as well as the above-mentioned performance measures for stock awards and cash
awards, are included in the 2005 Incentive Plan to enable the Committee to make awards that meet
the requirements for qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section 162(m). The
Committee can satisfy those requirements by, among other things, including provisions in stock
awards and cash bonuses that will make them payable solely on account of the attainment of one or
more pre-established, objective performance goals based on performance measures that have been
approved by Oceaneering’s stockholders. Although the Committee does not have to include those
provisions in stock awards or cash bonuses, the inclusion of those provisions and compliance with
other requirements of Section 162(m) would enable Oceaneering to take a tax deduction for such
compensation that it might not otherwise be able to take.
In the event of a specified type of corporate transaction involving Oceaneering (including,
without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares), the
Committee may adjust awards to preserve the benefits or potential benefits of the awards, provided
that such adjustments are consistent with Section 409A. Action by the Committee may include
adjustment of:
|
•
|
|
the number and kind of shares which may be issued or delivered under the
2005 Incentive Plan;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding awards; and
|
|
|
•
|
|
the exercise price of outstanding options and SARs; as well as any other
adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable.
|
The 2005 Incentive Plan has a term of ten years from the date of stockholder approval. The
Board may at any time amend, suspend or terminate the 2005 Incentive Plan, but in doing so cannot
adversely affect any outstanding award without the grantee’s written consent or make any amendment
without stockholder approval, to the extent such stockholder approval is required by applicable law
or the exchange upon which the shares are traded, and such actions must be consistent with Section
409A. The Committee is authorized to make certain amendments that are needed to meet legal
requirements or that are not material.
2002 Incentive Plan
Effective March 14, 2005, no further awards have been made (and no further awards may be made)
under the stockholder-approved 2002 Incentive Plan.
Oceaneering reserved
shares of Common Stock for use in connection with the 2002
Incentive Plan, a portion of which were available for
incentive stock options and a portion of which were available for awards other than stock options or stock appreciation
rights.
The Committee has the exclusive power to administer the 2002 Incentive Plan, consistent with
the powers described above for the 2005 Incentive Plan. The Committee may, in
4
its discretion, (1) extend or accelerate the exercisability of any award, (2) accelerate the
vesting of any award, (3) eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions contained in any
award or waive any restriction or other provision of the 2002 Incentive Plan or any award or (4)
otherwise amend or modify any award in any manner that is either not adverse to the participant
holding the award, consented to by that participant or authorized in connection with a corporate
merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation;
provided, however, that no such action by the Committee shall permit the term of any option to be
greater than five years from the applicable grant date and any such action must be consistent with
Section 409A.
Awards may be in the same form as provided under the 2005 Incentive Plan; however, the term of
an option may not exceed five years from date of grant.
Under
the 2002 Incentive Plan, no employee could be granted, during any one-year period, (a)
options or SARs exercisable for more than a specified number of shares of Common Stock or (b) stock awards
covering or relating to more than a specified number of shares of Common Stock; and no employee could be granted
cash awards (including performance awards denominated in cash) having a value determined on the
date of grant in excess of $3,000,000 in any one-year period.
Oceaneering has the right to deduct applicable taxes from any award payment to an employee and
withhold, at the time of delivery or vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock under the 2002
Incentive Plan, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock, or combination
thereof, for the payment of taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by the
transfer to Oceaneering of shares of Common Stock previously owned by the holder of the award for
which withholding is required.
The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate the 2002 Incentive Plan for the purpose of
addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose permitted by law, except
that: (1) no amendment that would impair the rights of any holder of an award with respect to that
award maybe made without the consent of that holder; (2) no amendment or alteration will be
effective prior to its approval by the stockholders of Oceaneering to the extent such approval is
otherwise required by applicable legal requirements; and (3) such amendment must be consistent with
Section 409A.
If any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding shares of Common Stock, declaration of a
stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or stock split occurs, proportionate adjustments
to: (1) the number of shares of Common Stock reserved under the 2002 Incentive Plan; (2) the
number of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding awards in the form of Common Stock or units
denominated in Common Stock; (3) the exercise or other price in respect of such awards; (4) the
appropriate fair market value and other price determinations for awards; and (5) the stock-based
awards limitations will be made by the Board to reflect such transaction or event, provided such
adjustments are consistent with Section 409A.
Furthermore, in the event of any other recapitalization or capital reorganization of
Oceaneering, any consolidation or merger of Oceaneering with another corporation or entity, the
adoption by Oceaneering of any plan of exchange affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to
holders of Common Stock of securities or property (other than normal cash
5
dividends or dividends payable in Common Stock), the Board will make appropriate adjustments
to give effect to such transactions, but only to the extent necessary to maintain the proportionate
interest of the holders of the awards and to preserve, without exceeding, the value thereof,
provided such adjustments are consistent with Section 409A.
In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock,
separation, reorganization or liquidation, the Board may make such adjustments to awards or other
provisions for the disposition of awards as it deems equitable and will be authorized, in its
discretion, to: (1) provide for the substitution of a new award or other arrangement (which, if
applicable, maybe exercisable for such property or stock as the Board determines) for an award or
the assumption of the award; (2) provide, prior to the transaction, for the acceleration of the
vesting and exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions with respect to, the award and, if the
transaction is a cash merger, provide for the termination of any portion of the award that remains
unexercised at the time of such transaction; or (3) provide for the acceleration of the vesting and
exercisability of an award and the cancellation thereof in exchange for such payment as shall be
mutually agreeable to the participant and the Board; provided such adjustments are consistent with
Section 409A.
Oceaneering granted awards of restricted stock units to the Named Executive Officers and Mr.
Huff under the 2002 Incentive Plan. Each of those awards includes provisions for tax assistance
payments. The restricted stock units were granted in multiple tranches, with vesting for each
tranche scheduled over a five- year period. The final vesting will occur in July 2010.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
The SERP is an unfunded, defined contribution plan that Oceaneering maintains for the Named
Executive Officers and other key employees selected for participation by the Committee. Under the
SERP, a participant’s notional account is credited with a percentage (determined by the Committee)
of the participant’s base salary, subject to vesting. As allowed by the Committee, a participant
may elect to defer a portion of base salary and annual bonus pursuant to the SERP; a participant is
fully vested in any deferred base salary and bonus. Amounts accrued under the SERP are adjusted for
earnings and losses as if invested in one or more investment vehicles selected by the participant
from those designated as alternatives by the Committee. A participant’s interest in the plan is
generally distributable upon termination. Benefits under the SERP are based on the participant’s
vested portion of his notional account balance at the time of termination of employment. A
participant vests in the credited amounts at the rate of 33% each year, subject to accelerated
vesting upon the soonest to occur of: (1) the date the participant has completed ten years of
participation; (2) the date that the sum of the participant’s age and years of participation equals
65; (3) the date of termination of employment by reason of death or disability; and (4) within two
years following a change of control. As a result, each Named Executive Officer, other than Mr.
Gardner, is fully vested in his SERP account.
6
Change-of-Control Agreements with Named Executive Officers
Oceaneering has entered into Change-of-Control Agreements (each, a “Change-of-Control
Agreement”) with certain of the Named Executive Officers. Each Change-of-Control Agreement entitles
the applicable executive to receive a severance package, described below, in the event of the
occurrence of both a change of control and a termination of the executive’s employment by
Oceaneering without cause (as defined below) or by the executive for good reason (as defined below)
during a period of time beginning a year prior to the occurrence or, in some cases, the
contemplation by the Board of a change of control (the “Effective Date”) and ending two years
following the Effective Date (the “Effective Period”). For purposes of the Change-of-Control
Agreements, a change of control is defined as occurring if:
|
•
|
|
any person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities representing 20%
or more of the combined voting power of Oceaneering’s outstanding voting
securities, other than through the purchase of voting securities directly from
a private placement by Oceaneering;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the current members of the Board, or subsequent members approved by at least
two-thirds of the current members (or other subsequent members so approved), no
longer comprise a majority of the Board;
|
|
|
•
|
|
Oceaneering is merged or consolidated with another corporation or entity,
and Oceaneering’s stockholders own less than 60% of the outstanding voting
securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or entity;
|
|
|
•
|
|
a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated by a person other
than Oceaneering for the ownership of 20% or more of Oceaneering’s voting
securities; or
|
|
|
•
|
|
there has been a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
Oceaneering.
|
As defined in each Change-of-Control Agreement, cause for termination by Oceaneering means
conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, from which conviction no further appeal can be
taken, of a felony-grade crime involving moral turpitude related to service with Oceaneering.
As defined in each Change-of-Control Agreement, good reason to terminate includes:
|
•
|
|
adverse change in status, title, duties or responsibilities;
|
|
|
•
|
|
any reduction in annual base salary, SERP contribution level, annual bonus
opportunity or aggregate long-term compensation, all as may be increased
subsequent to date of the Change-of-Control Agreement;
|
7
|
•
|
|
any relocation;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the failure of a successor to assume the Change-of-Control Agreement;
|
|
|
•
|
|
any prohibition by Oceaneering against the individual engaging in outside
activities permitted by the Change-of-Control Agreement;
|
|
|
•
|
|
any purported termination by Oceaneering that does not comply with the terms
of the Change-of-Control Agreement; or
|
|
|
•
|
|
any default by Oceaneering in the performance of obligations under the
Change-of-Control Agreement.
|
The severance package provided for in each such executive’s Change-of-Control Agreement
consists of an amount equal to three times the sum of:
|
•
|
|
the executive’s highest annual rate of base salary during the then-current
year or any of the three years preceding the year of termination;
|
|
|
•
|
|
an amount equal to the maximum award the executive is eligible to receive
under the then-current fiscal year bonus plan; and
|
|
|
•
|
|
an amount equal to the maximum percentage of the executive’s annual base
salary contributed under the SERP for the then-current year multiplied by the
executive’s highest annual rate of base salary.
|
A minimum aggregate amount payable for these items is stated in each such executive’s
agreement.
The severance provisions also provide that, for each applicable individual:
|
•
|
|
any outstanding stock options would vest immediately and become exercisable
or the individual may elect to be paid an amount equal to the spread between
the exercise price and the higher market value for the shares of Common Stock
underlying those options;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the benefits under all compensation plans, including performance unit
agreements, restricted stock agreements and restricted stock unit agreements,
would be paid as if all contingencies for payment and maximum levels of
performance had been met; and
|
|
|
•
|
|
the applicable individual would receive benefits under all other plans he
then participates in for three years.
|
The Change-of-Control Agreements provide that, if any payments made thereunder would cause the
recipient to be liable for an excise tax because the payment is a “parachute payment” (as defined
in the Code), then Oceaneering will pay the individual an additional amount to make the individual
whole for that tax liability.
8
Amended Service Agreement and Change-of-Control Agreement with Mr. Huff
Oceaneering entered into a service agreement with Mr. Huff in November 2001 which was amended
and restated in 2006 (the “Amended Service Agreement”). The Amended Service Agreement, among other
things, provides for the following future benefits:
|
•
|
|
annual payments $540,000 in 2009 and $540,000 in 2010, in each case as long
as Mr. Huff is then continuing to serve as the Chairman of the Board, in lieu
of the perquisites to which Mr. Huff would have been entitled during the
post-employment service period under his prior arrangement;
|
|
|
•
|
|
a tax-protection clause, to ensure that Mr. Huff will not be impacted
adversely by taxes under Section 409A, provided that Mr. Huff agreed to changes
in the Amended Service Agreement and his separate Change-of-Control Agreement
to satisfy the requirements of the applicable provisions of Section 409A,
unless such changes would cause more than insubstantial harm to him;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the continuation of long-term incentive plan awards to Mr. Huff through 2008
at a level equal to the awards granted to the Chief Executive Officer, to: (1)
partially compensate Mr. Huff for the understanding that he would provide
services in addition to those normally provided by a chairman of the board
(“Additional Services”), with those Additional Services as mutually agreed, but
including assistance with strategic initiatives and business expansion efforts;
and (2) place Mr. Huff in the equivalent position as if a three-year award had
been granted in 2005, as would have been anticipated based on the practice in
effect in 2001;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the eligibility of Mr. Huff to receive long-term incentive plan awards after
2008, provided that, for any year that Mr. Huff receives a long-term incentive
award in excess of awards applicable to other nonemployee directors, Mr. Huff
will not receive an additional long-term incentive award equal to the award
granted to other nonemployee directors for that year;
|
|
|
•
|
|
the entitlement for Mr. Huff to receive, after 2008, the same pay as other
nonemployee directors during the period that Mr. Huff continues to serve as a
director, (in addition to the $400,000 amount per year for up to five years if
Mr. Huff continues to serve as Chairman of the Board during the Post-Employment
Service Period), to provide compensation for the post-2008 portion of the
Post-Employment Service Period for the understanding that Mr. Huff would
provide Additional Services;
|
|
|
•
|
|
medical coverage on an after-tax basis to Mr. Huff, his spouse and children
during his service with Oceaneering and thereafter for their lifetimes; and
|
9
|
•
|
|
in the event of his disability, the provision of the same acceleration of
payment of the benefits payable to him for the ten years following the
post-employment service period as would be available in the event of his death
or a change of control (a lump-sum, undiscounted payment).
|
Also as part of the negotiated arrangements relating to Mr. Huff’s retirement benefits, the
Committee authorized and approved the establishment of an irrevocable grantor trust, commonly known
as a “rabbi trust,” to provide Mr. Huff greater assurance that Oceaneering would set aside an
adequate source of funds to fund the payment of the post-retirement benefits under the Amended
Service Agreement, including the medical coverage benefits payable to Mr. Huff, his spouse and
their children for their lifetimes. In connection with establishment of the rabbi trust,
Oceaneering contributed to the trust a life insurance policy on the life of Mr. Huff which it had
previously obtained and agreed to continue to pay the premiums due on that policy. When the life
insurance policy matures, the proceeds of the policy will become assets of the trust. If the value
of trust assets exceeds $4 million, as adjusted by the consumer price index, at any time after
January 1, 2012, the excess may be paid to Oceaneering. However, because the trust is irrevocable,
the assets of the trust are generally not otherwise available to fund future operations until the
trust terminates, which is not expected to occur during the lifetimes of Mr. Huff, his spouse or
his children. Furthermore, no tax deduction will be available for contributions to the trust;
however, Oceaneering may benefit from future tax deductions for benefits actually paid from the
trust (although benefit payments from the trust are not expected to occur in the near term, because
Oceaneering expects to make direct payments of those benefits for the foreseeable future).
In November 2001, Oceaneering entered into a change-of-control agreement with Mr. Huff, who
was then serving as Oceaneering’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, upon terms and
conditions substantially the same as the Change-of-Control Agreements for the Named Executive
Officers described above, except as described below. Mr. Huff’s change-of-control agreement
replaced his prior senior executive and supplemental senior executive agreements. While Mr. Huff is
nonexecutive Chairman of the Board, a termination of his service for any reason other than his
refusal to serve as nonexecutive Chairman of the Board during the Effective Period would entitle
him to the severance package under his agreement. The calculated minimum amount for determining the
amount of the severance package under the Change-of-Control Agreements for the Named Executive
Officers described above would be applicable to Mr. Huff for any termination occurring during his
service as nonexecutive Chairman of the Board. Any payment of the change-of-control severance
package to Mr. Huff would not reduce any benefits or compensation due Mr. Huff under the Amended
Service Agreement; provided, however, that the benefit in his change-of-control agreement regarding
benefits under compensation plans and other benefits payable for three years are not provided under
the change-of-control-agreement to Mr. Huff to the extent they are duplicative of benefits provided
to him under the Amended Service Agreement.
10
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
|
(c)
|
|
Exhibits
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
First Amendment to 2005 Incentive Plan of Oceaneering
International, Inc.
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
First Amendment to 2002 Incentive Plan of Oceaneering
International, Inc.
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Form of First Amendment to Oceaneering International, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Unit Award Incentive Agreement with
Executive Officers.
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
First Amendment to Oceaneering International, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Unit Award Incentive Agreement with John R.
Huff.
|
|
|
10.5
|
|
Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009.
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
Amended and Restated Oceaneering International, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective
January 1, 2000.
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
Form of First Amendment to Change-of-Control Agreement with T.
Jay Collins, M. Kevin McEvoy, Marvin J. Migura and George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
First Amendment to Change-of-Control Agreement with John R.
Huff.
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Modification to Service Agreement dated as of December 21, 2006
between Oceaneering International, Inc. and John R. Huff.
|
|
|
10.10
|
|
First Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of May 12, 2006
between Oceaneering International, Inc. and Bank of America National
Association, as successor trustee.
|
11
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
|
George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
|
|
|
Date:
December 19, 2008
12
EXHIBIT INDEX
|
|
|
No.
|
|
Description
|
10.1
|
|
First Amendment to 2005 Incentive Plan of Oceaneering International, Inc.
|
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
First Amendment to 2002 Incentive Plan of Oceaneering International, Inc.
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Form of First Amendment to Oceaneering International, Inc. Amended and
Restated 2002 Restricted Stock Unit Award Incentive Agreement with
Executive Officers.
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
First Amendment to Oceaneering International, Inc. Amended and Restated
2002 Restricted Stock Unit Award Incentive Agreement with John R. Huff.
|
|
|
|
10.5
|
|
Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan,
as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009.
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
Amended and Restated Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1,
2000.
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
Form of First Amendment to Change-of-Control Agreement with T. Jay
Collins, M. Kevin McEvoy, Marvin J. Migura and George R. Haubenreich,
Jr.
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
First Amendment to Change-of-Control Agreement with John R. Huff.
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Modification to Service Agreement dated as of December 21, 2006 between
Oceaneering International, Inc. and John R. Huff.
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
|
First Amendment to Trust Agreement dated as of May 12, 2006 between
Oceaneering International, Inc. and Bank of America National
Association, as successor trustee.
|
13
Exhibit 10.5
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009)
ARTICLE I
Purpose and Status
1.1.
Purpose of Plan
. The purpose of the Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of Oceaneering International,
Inc. (the “Company”) and its participating subsidiaries and affiliates, and of its owners, by
attracting and retaining in its employ highly qualified individuals for the successful conduct of
its business. The Company hopes to accomplish these objectives by helping to provide for the
retirement of its key employees selected to participate in the Plan.
1.2.
Status
. The Plan is intended to qualify for certain exemptions under Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), provided for plans that
are unfunded and maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees. The Plan is not intended to comply with requirements
under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”). The Plan is intended
to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
1.3.
Effective Date
. This amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective as of
the close of business December 31, 2008 (“Effective Date”).
1.4.
Grantor Trust
. The Company may establish, in its sole discretion, a grantor
trust to be utilized in conjunction with this Plan (the “Trust”).
1.5.
Code Section 409A
. This amendment and restatement of the Plan is intended to
comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and applies to benefits earned or vested on or
after January 1, 2005, and the earnings thereon, except as otherwise explicitly provided herein.
2
ARTICLE II
Definitions
The following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless a different
meaning is reasonably required by the context.
2.1. “Account” means collectively the Participant’s Company Account and the Participant’s
Deferral Account which are sub-accounts of the Participant’s Account. Separate sub-accounts may be
maintained for each Participant for each Plan Year in which hypothetical deferrals or contributions
are made by or on behalf of the Participant. Additional separate sub-accounts may be established
as the Committee deems necessary.
2.2. “Affiliate” means with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation that is a member of a
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) of which the
Company is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common
control with the Company (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code); (iii) any organization
which is a member of an affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code)
of which the Company is a member; (iv) any other organization or entity which is required to be
aggregated with the Company under Section 414(o) of the Code and Regulations issued thereunder; or
(v) any other related organization or entity designated by the Board as an Affiliate.
2.3. “Beneficiary” means the person designated by each Participant, on a form provided by the
Company for this purpose, to receive the Participant’s distribution under this Plan in the event of
the Participant’s death prior to receiving complete payment of his Vested Account. In order to be
effective under this Plan, any form designating a Beneficiary must be delivered to the Committee
before the Participant’s death. In the absence of such an effective designation of a Beneficiary,
“Beneficiary” means the Participant’s spouse or, if there is no spouse on the date of Participant’s
death, the Participant’s estate.
2.4. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, or the board of directors or similar
body of any entity that is a successor to the Company.
2.5. “Bonus” means any amount payable to a Participant under any plan, policy or program of
the Company providing for the payment of cash bonuses to employees. The Committee shall establish
the types of bonus payments that are deferrable by the Participant under the Plan.
2.6. “Business Day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.
2.7. “Change in Control” means the earliest date at which:
(a) any person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated
thereunder), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more
of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding Voting Securities, other than
through the purchase of Voting Securities directly from the Company through a private
placement; or
(b) individuals who constitute the Board on the date hereof (the “Incumbent Board”)
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election
by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
directors comprising the Incumbent Board shall from and after such election be deemed to be
a member of the Incumbent Board; or
(c) the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation or entity and as a
result of such merger or consolidation less than 60% of the outstanding Voting Securities of
the surviving or resulting corporation or entity shall then be owned by the former
stockholders of the Company; or
(d) a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated by a person other than the
Company for the ownership of 20% or more of the Voting Securities of the Company then
outstanding; or
(e) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold or transferred to a
person as to which (i) the Incumbent Board does not have authority (whether by law or
contract) to directly control the use or further disposition of such assets and (b) the
financial results of the Company and such person are not consolidated for financial
reporting purposes.
Anything else in this definition to the contrary notwithstanding, no Change in Control shall
be deemed to have occurred by virtue of any transaction which results in the Participant, or a
group of persons which includes the Participant, acquiring more than 20% of either the combined
voting power of the Company’s outstanding Voting Securities or the Voting Securities of any other
corporation or entity which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, whether
by way of merger, consolidation, sale of such assets or otherwise.
2.8. “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee
appointed by the Board to act as administrator of the Plan and to perform the duties described in
Articles VI and VII.
2.9. “Company Account” means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee
reflecting each Participant’s Company Contributions, together with any hypothetical income,
gain or loss and any payments or distributions attributable to such bookkeeping account.
2.10. “Company Contribution” means the total hypothetical Discretionary Contributions credited
to a Participant’s Company Account for any one Plan Year pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1.
2.11. “Compensation” means monthly base salary before any reductions.
2.12. “Deemed Investments” mean, with respect to any Account, the hypothetical investment
options with respect to which such Account is deemed to be invested for purposes of determining the
value of such Account under this Plan.
2.13. “Deferral Account” means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee reflecting
each Participant’s Deferrals, together with any hypothetical income, gain or loss and any payments
or distributions attributable to such bookkeeping account.
2.14. “Disability” means a Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. A
Participant’s disability and its anticipated duration shall be determined solely by a medical
physician of the Participant’s choice to be approved by the Company, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
2.15. “Discretionary Contribution” means the hypothetical contributions credited to a
Participant’s Company Account for any Plan Year at the discretion of the Company.
2.16. “Participant” means an employee of the Company who has been selected to participate in
the Plan.
2.17. “Participant Deferral” means Compensation that is deferred by a Participant and
credited, as a hypothetical bookkeeping entry, to the Participant’s Deferral Account for any one
Plan Year pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.2.
2.18. “Plan” means the Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
and any amendments hereto.
2.19. “Plan Year” means the 12-month period beginning on July 1
st
and ending on
June 30
th
of each calendar year.
2.20. “Regulations” means regulations established under the Code of Federal Regulations, as
amended.
2.21. “Separation from Service” means a “separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h).
2.22. “SERP Administrative Committee” means the committee to which the Board has delegated
certain limited authority under Section 7.2 of the Plan.
2.23. “Specified Employee” means a key employee (as defined in Code Section 416(i), without
reference to paragraph (5) thereof) of the Company. For purposes of this definition, a Participant
is a key employee if the Participant meets the requirements of Code Section 416(i) (disregarding
paragraph (5) thereof) at any time during the twelve-month period ending on an identification date.
The identification date for this purpose shall be December 31. If a
Participant is a key employee
as of December 31, the Participant is treated as a Specified Employee for the twelve-month period
beginning on April 1 immediately following such date.
2.24. “Unforeseeable Emergency” means a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting
from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s
Beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Code
and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(3)(i)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant. Whether a Participant is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency is
to be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, based on the relevant facts and
circumstances of each case. In any case, a distribution on account of Unforeseeable Emergency may
not exceed the amount necessary to relieve the emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes
reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent that
the emergency may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by
liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not
itself cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of deferrals under the Plan.
2.25. “Valuation Date” means each Business Day; provided, however, that the value of an
Account on a day other than a Business Day shall be the value as determined for the most recent
prior Business Day.
2.26. “Vested Account” means the sum of the Participant’s Vested Company Account and the
Participant’s Deferral Account.
2.27. “Vested Company Account” means the sum of the Company Account multiplied by the Vested
Percentage.
2.28. “Vested Percentage” means the percentage as to which a Participant is vested in his
Company Account as determined under Section 3.4.
2.29. “Voting Securities” means, with respect to any corporation or business enterprise, those
securities which under ordinary circumstances are entitled to vote for the election of directors or
others charged with comparable duties under applicable law.
2.30. “Year(s) of Participation” means each 12 consecutive full months of employment after the
individual first becomes a Participant.
ARTICLE III
Accounts
3.1.
Company Account
. The Committee shall establish and maintain an individual
bookkeeping account for each Participant, which shall be the Participant’s Company Account. A
separate Company Account (“Plan Year Company Sub-Account”) shall be maintained for each Participant
for each Plan Year in respect of which hypothetical Company Contributions, if any, are credited
under the Plan for the benefit of the Participant. The Committee shall credit, as a bookkeeping
entry, the amount of each Company Contribution made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to Section
4.1 to such Participant’s Company Account as of the last day of each month of the Plan Year for
which the Company Contribution was made or at such other times as determined by the Committee. The
Committee shall further adjust the Participant’s Company Account with any hypothetical income, gain
or loss and any payments or distributions attributable to such Account on a daily basis, or at such
other times as it shall determine, based upon the performance of the specific Deemed Investments
selected from time to time by the Participant. The Company shall not be required to segregate any
of its assets with respect to the Company Accounts, nor shall any provision of the Plan be
construed as constituting such segregation.
3.2.
Participant Deferral Account
. The Committee shall establish and maintain an
individual bookkeeping account for each Participant, which shall be the Participant’s Deferral
Account. A separate Deferral Account (“Plan Year Employee Sub-Account”) shall be maintained for
each Participant for each Plan Year in respect of which hypothetical Participant Deferrals, if any,
are credited under the Plan for the benefit of the Participant. The Committee shall credit, as a
bookkeeping entry, the amount of each Participant Deferrals made on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to Section 4.2 to such Participant’s Deferral Account as soon as administratively feasible
following the applicable deferral. The Committee shall further adjust the Participant’s Deferral
Account with any hypothetical income, gain or loss and any payments or distributions attributable
to such Account on a daily basis, or at such other times as it shall determine, based upon the
performance of the specific Deemed Investments selected from time to time by the Participant. The
Company shall not be required to segregate any of its assets with respect to the Deferral Accounts,
nor shall any provision of the Plan be construed as constituting such segregation.
3.3.
Deemed Investments
. In accordance with procedures established by the Committee,
the Participant may designate the specific Deemed Investments with respect to which his Account
shall be deemed to be invested. If a Participant fails to make a proper designation, then his
Account shall be deemed invested in the Deemed Investment(s) designated by the Committee in a
uniformly non-discriminatory manner. A Participant may change such designation with respect to
future Company Contributions and Participant Deferrals, as well as with respect to amounts already
credited to his Account, provided such change(s) are made in accordance with the procedures
established by the Committee. A copy of any available prospectus or other disclosure materials for
each of the Deemed Investments shall be made available to each
Participant upon request. The Committee shall determine from time to time each of the Deemed
Investments made available under the Plan and may change any such determinations at any time.
Nothing herein shall obligate the Company to invest any part of its
assets in any of the investment
vehicles serving as the Deemed Investments. The Deemed Investments available hereunder shall be
maintained in connection with the records of the administration of the Plan and may be mirrored by
investment funds that actually are maintained under the Trust. Neither the Committee nor the
trustee of any Trust maintained in connection with the Plan shall be bound to honor or follow any
Participant’s request regarding his election of desired Deemed Investment and the amounts to be
invested in each such option, but the Participant nevertheless shall be credited under the Plan
with the hypothetical performance of the hypothetical investment options that the Participant
requested from those which are made available under the Plan. The Company shall have the right, at
any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion, to substitute assets of equal fair market
value for any asset held by the trustee of any Trust maintained in connection with the Plan.
3.4.
Vesting of Company Account
. A Participant’s Vested Percentage shall be
determined by the Participant’s Years of Participation as of each June 30th, as set forth in the
following schedule:
|
|
|
|
|
Participant’s Years of Participation
|
|
Vested Percentage
|
Less than 1
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
At least 1 but less than 2
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
At least 2 but less than 3
|
|
|
66
|
%
|
At least 3
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
Upon any Participant’s Separation from Service with the Company, such Participant shall
forfeit the non-vested portion of his Company Account. For these purposes, the Vested Percentage
shall be determined as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service; provided, however,
that amounts not so forfeited shall continue to be adjusted in accordance with Sections 3.1 and 3.3
from and after such Separation from Service.
The vesting schedule above notwithstanding, the Participant shall have a Vested Percentage of
100% for his Company Account upon the soonest of the following to occur during the Participant’s
employment with the Company: (i) the date on which the Participant completes 10 Years of
Participation, (ii) the date on which the sum of the Participant’s attained age and Years of
Participation equals 65, (iii) the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service as a result of
his death or Disability, or (iv) the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service within 24
months following a Change in Control.
In the event the Company terminates the entire Plan, all Participants shall be 100% vested in
their Company Account not previously forfeited; provided, however, that distributions shall be made
in accordance with Article V of the Plan. Cessation of Company Contributions under the Plan shall
not be deemed a termination of the Plan.
3.5.
Vesting of Deferral Account
. A Participant’s Vested Percentage with regard to
the Participant’s Deferral Account will always be 100%.
3.6.
Nature and Source of Payments
. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII, the
obligation to make distributions under this Plan with respect to each Participant shall constitute
a liability of the Company to the Participant and any Beneficiary in accordance with the terms of
this Plan. All distributions payable hereunder shall be made from the general assets of the
Company, and nothing herein shall be deemed to create a trust of any kind between the Company and
any Participant or other person. No special or separate fund need be established nor need any
other segregation of assets be made to assure that distributions will be made under this Plan. No
Participant or Beneficiary shall have any interest in any particular asset of the Company by virtue
of the existence of this Plan. Each Participant and Beneficiary shall be an unsecured general
creditor of the Company.
3.7.
Statements to Participants
. Periodically as determined by the Committee, but not
less frequently than annually, the Committee shall transmit to each Participant a written statement
regarding the Participant’s Account for the period beginning on the date following the effective
date of the preceding statement and ending on the effective date of the current statement.
ARTICLE IV
Contributions
4.1.
Company Contributions
. For each Plan Year or portion thereof, the Committee
shall, in its sole discretion, declare a Company Contribution percentage for each Participant;
provided, however, that the Committee retains the right to change the Company Contribution
percentage for any Participant during the Plan Year. The Company Contribution percentage declared
for a Participant may, but need not be, the same as the percentage declared for other Participants.
Company Contributions shall be credited as of the last day of each month of the Plan Year, or at
such other times as determined by the Committee, to each Participant’s Company Account.
4.2.
Participant Deferrals
. For each Plan Year, the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, allow a Participant to elect to defer, under the terms of Section 4.4 and Section 4.5,
the present payment by the Company of Compensation earned during such Plan Year, and have that
amount credited, as a bookkeeping entry, to his Participant Deferral Account at the time it would
otherwise have been payable. The Compensation otherwise currently payable to the Participant shall
be reduced by the amount of such Participant’s Deferrals.
4.3.
Election to Participate
. After an employee has been notified by the Committee
that he is eligible to participate in the Plan for a given Plan Year, he must notify the Committee
in writing whether he chooses to participate in the Plan for such Plan Year. An election to
participate in the Plan for a given Plan Year shall be effective upon its actual receipt by the
Committee. A Participant’s written election for any given Plan Year (i) shall specify the type or
types and the amount or amounts of Compensation that he wishes to defer pursuant to Sections 4.4
and/or 4.5 hereof; (ii) shall specify the payment date or payment commencement date pertaining to
his Vested Account (established only in respect of the relevant Plan Year); and (iii) shall specify
the form of payment of his Vested Account (established only in respect of the relevant Plan Year).
The written election with respect to any Plan Year must be filed with the Committee no later than
prior to the first day of such Plan Year; provided, however, that with respect to a new Participant
who is first eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Plan Year, his election pertaining
to such Plan Year must be made within 30 days after the date on which he is initially eligible to
participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, except as set forth in Section
5.2(c), the Participant shall not be permitted to change his election with respect to the timing or
form of payment once made, and any elections made pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall not apply with
respect to prior Plan Years. Any failure to make a timely election to defer Compensation under the
terms of this Article IV will result in no deferral under Section 4.4 and/or Section 4.5, as
applicable, for the relevant Plan Year. Any failure to make a timely election pertaining to his
Vested Account (established only in respect of the relevant Plan Year) specifying (i) the payment
date or payment commencement date or (ii) form of payment shall result in payment and/or form of
payment of the Participant’s Vested Account (established only in respect of the relevant Plan Year)
as provided in Section 5.3.
4.4.
Salary Deferral
. A Participant’s election to defer the payment of Compensation
for any Plan Year generally must be made prior to the first day of the Plan Year in which the
Compensation is earned by the Participant; provided, however, that with respect to a new
Participant who is first eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Plan Year, his election
pertaining to such Plan Year must be made within 30 days after the date on which he is initially
eligible to participate in the Plan and shall relate solely to Compensation earned after the
effective date of such election. Such election for the relevant Plan Year shall be irrevocable
when submitted by the Participant to the Company, except as provided in Section 4.6.
A Participant may not elect to defer more than eighty-five percent (85%) of his Compensation
with respect to a particular Plan Year.
The amount of Compensation elected to be deferred under this Section 4.4 shall be withheld
from the Participant’s Compensation at the time it would otherwise have been payable.
4.5.
Bonus Deferral
. Except as otherwise provided below in this Section 4.5, a
Participant’s election to defer the payment of a Bonus must generally be made prior to the first
day of the Plan Year in which the Bonus is earned by the Participant; provided, however, that to
the extent that any Bonus qualifies as “performance based compensation” (as defined in Regulations
or other regulatory guidance issued by the appropriate governmental authorities under Section 409A
of the Code) for services performed over a period of at least twelve months, the Committee may, in
its sole discretion, permit a Participant’s election to defer payment of any such Bonus to be made
no later than at least six months before the end of the applicable performance period. With
respect to a new Participant who is first eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Plan
Year, his election must be made within 30 days after the date on which he is initially eligible to
participate in the Plan. Such election shall be irrevocable when submitted by the Participant to
the Committee, except as provided in Section 4.6.
A Participant may not elect to defer more than ninety percent (90%) of his annual Bonus earned
during a particular Plan Year. The amount of Bonus elected to be deferred under this Section 4.5
shall be withheld from the Participant’s Bonus at the time it would otherwise have been payable.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant shall not be eligible
to defer the payment of a Bonus unless the Committee, in its sole discretion, authorizes the
Participant’s election to defer such payment.
4.6.
Suspension of Deferrals
. To the extent expressly permitted in Regulations or
other regulatory guidance issued by the appropriate regulatory authority under Section 409A of the
Code, a Participant’s deferral election shall be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence
granted in accordance with Company policies; provided, however that such deferral election shall
become fully operative as of the first day of the payroll period commencing coincident with or next
following the Participant’s return to active employment following termination of the
approved unpaid leave in the Plan Year to which the Participant’s deferral pertains. In the
event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant may suspend
deferrals in order and as necessary
to relieve the emergency; provided that such suspension of deferrals satisfies the requirements of
Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(viii), including the requirement that deferrals are suspended
for the remainder of the Plan Year. In the event of a Disability, the Participant may suspend
deferrals by the later of the end of the taxable year of the Company in which the Disability
arises, or the 15
th
day of the third month following the date that the Disability
arises; provided that such suspension of deferrals satisfies the requirements of Treasury
Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xii).
ARTICLE V
Distributions
5.1
Occasions for Distributions
. The Company shall distribute a Participant’s Vested
Account following the events and in the manner set forth in this Article V. A Participant’s Vested
Account shall be debited in the amount of any distribution made therefrom as of the date of the
distribution. The occasions for distributions shall be (i) the Participant’s Separation from
Service (including Separation from Service on account of the Participant’s retirement, death, or
Disability); or (ii) the occurrence of an Unforeseeable Emergency.
5.2
Distribution Elections
.
(a)
In General
. Pursuant to the requirements of Section 4.3 and subject to
rules established by the Committee, a Participant may file a distribution election, or
distribution elections, directing how his Vested Account shall be distributed. Such
distribution election(s) must be made on a form supplied by the Committee for that purpose.
(b)
Payment Methods
. At the time of a Participant’s election to participate
under the Plan with respect to a given Plan Year, the Participant may elect to receive his
Vested Account (established with respect to such Plan Year) in the form of a lump sum or
annual installments over a maximum period of five years, provided that an election to
receive installment payments can only be made if the Participant’s Vested Account balance is
$50,000 or more at the time of payment. If a Participant fails to elect to receive his
Vested Account under one of the forms set forth in this Section 5.2(b), the Participant
shall be deemed to have elected to receive his Vested Account in the form of a lump sum.
Should a Participant die prior to receiving all payments that may be due under the Plan, a
single lump sum payment of the Participant’s remaining Vested Account balance shall be made
to the Participant’s Beneficiary as soon as practicable following the Participant’s death.
In the event that annual installments are payable under the Plan, the initial
installment will be based on the amount credited to the recipient’s Vested Account as of the
last day of the calendar month coincident with or next preceding the date of payment.
Thereafter, the remaining installment payments shall be made as of the annual anniversary of
the first installment date and will be based on the recipient’s Vested Account as of the
anniversary of the Valuation Date coincident with or next preceding the date of such
installment payment. Installment payments shall be computed by determining the recipient’s
Vested Account as of the relevant anniversary and multiplying the recipient’s Vested Account
as of the relevant anniversary by a fraction the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is the remaining number of years of the term for which payments have
not been made.
(c)
Change of Form or Timing of Benefit Payments
. A Participant may make a
subsequent election no later than twelve months prior to the date that he would be eligible
to receive a distribution under the Plan, to change the timing and form of payment of the
distribution. Provided, however, that the payment, or first payment in the case of an
installment payment, under the subsequent election shall be deferred to a date that is at
least five (5) years after the date the Participant would have been eligible to receive the
distribution under the prior election. To be effective, any such election must be in
writing and received by the Committee, and cannot be effective for at least twelve months
after the date on which the election is made. The requirement in this Section 5.2(c) that
the first payment with respect to which any election thereunder applies must be deferred for
at least five (5) years shall not apply to a payment involving the Participant’s death,
Disability or in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Section 5.2(c), for subsequent distribution elections made in 2008 only, the five year
delay shall not be applicable, so long as the distribution is not payable in 2008 under the
Participant’s prior election, and the subsequent election does not provide for the
distribution to be made until after December 31, 2008.
(d)
Special Transition Election in 2008
. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Plan to the contrary, on or before December 31, 2008 and in accordance with the provisions
of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2007-86, a Participant may make an irrevocable election
to receive:
|
(1)
|
|
a single lump sum payment of all or part of his
Deferral Account, with payment to be made in January of 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012 or 2013; or
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
five annual installment payments with respect
to all or part of his Deferral Account, with payments to be made in
January of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; provided that an election
may be made under this subsection 5.2(d)(2) only if the amount subject
to the Participant’s election and distributable under this subsection
5.2(d)(2) is $50,000 or more.
|
In the event a Participant makes an election under this subsection 5.2(d), the
Participant shall specify the specific dollar amount or the percentage of his Deferral
Account for elections under subsection (d)(1), or the specific dollar amount for elections
under subsection (d)(2), to which his election applies. Valuation of the Participant’s
Deferral Account shall be made as close as practicable preceding the relevant payment date
specified in subsection 5.2(d)(1) or (2), as applicable.
Unless a Participant makes a subsequent deferral election in accordance with Section
5.2(c), a Participant’s prior distribution election(s) shall remain in effect for the
portion of his Deferral Account that is not distributed in accordance with an election made
under this subsection 5.2(d) and for the entire amount of his Company Account and
any other Account under the Plan that is not distributed in accordance with an election
made under this subsection 5.2(d).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs prior
to the completion of any payments being made in accordance with an election under this
Section 5.2(d), the remaining unpaid amount subject to such election shall be paid as soon
as practicable following his Separation from Service. Additionally, if a Participant dies
prior to the completion of any payments being made in accordance with an election under this
Section 5.2(d), a single lump sum payment of the Participant’s remaining Vested Account
balance shall be made to the Participant’s Beneficiary as soon as practicable following the
Participant’s death.
5.3
Distribution on Account of Separation from Service
. Upon a Participant’s
Separation from Service, the Company shall distribute, or begin distributing, to the Participant
(or the Participant’s Beneficiary) within a reasonable period of time (not to exceed 45 days after
such Separation from Service), the Participant’s Vested Account. Such distribution(s) shall be in
the form specified on the distribution election form filed with the Committee that covers the
relevant Vested Account. If no effective election form exists, the distribution shall be
distributed in the form of a lump sum payment equal to the Participant’s relevant Vested Account.
5.4
Continuation of Hypothetical Accruals to the Vested Account after Commencement of
Distributions
. If distribution of any Vested Account of a Participant is to be delayed, then
such Vested Account shall continue to be adjusted for hypothetical income, gain or loss and any
payment or distributions attributable to the Vested Account as described in Section 3.1, 3.2, and
3.3, until the entire Vested Account has been distributed.
5.5
Unforeseeable Emergency Distribution
. In the event that the Committee, upon the
written request of a Participant, determines in its sole discretion that such Participant has
incurred an Unforeseeable Emergency, as defined in Section 2.24, such Participant may be entitled
to receive a distribution of part or all of the Participant’s Vested Account, in an amount not to
exceed the lesser of (a) the amount determined by the Committee under Section 2.24, or (b) the
value of such Participant’s Vested Account at the time of the emergency. Such amount shall be paid
in a single lump sum payment as soon as administratively practicable after the Committee has made
its determination with respect to the availability and amount of such distribution; provided,
however, that the payment shall not be made after the later of the end of the taxable year of the
Company in which the Unforeseeable Emergency arises or the 15
th
day of the third month
following the date of the occurrence of the Unforeseeable Emergency. If a Participant’s Account is
deemed to be invested in more than one Deemed Investment, such distribution shall be made pro rata
from each of such Deemed Investments. For purposes of the foregoing, such distribution shall be
made from the Participant’s Account beginning with the oldest Account in the following order:
First
, such amount shall be debited from the Participant’s Deferral Account, and
second
, from the
Participant’s Company Account (subject to forfeitures with respect to the non-vested portion of the
Company Account utilized for such distribution).
5.6
Limitation on Distributions to Specified Employees
. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Plan to the contrary and subject to Section 5.5, in the case of a Participant who
is
a Specified Employee at the time of his Separation from Service, any distribution of the
Participant’s Vested Account made by reason of his Separation from Service shall not be made until
the earlier of: (i) the date that is six months and two days after the Participant’s Separation
from Service, or (ii) the Participant’s death. If any distribution is delayed by operation of this
Section 5.6, any payment that otherwise would have been made during the delay shall be made on the
first permissible date without interest.
ARTICLE VI
Committee / SERP Administrative Committee
6.1.
Authority
. To the extent not delegated by the Board to the SERP Administrative
Committee, the Committee has full and absolute discretion in the exercise of each and every aspect
of the rights, power, authority and duties retained or granted it under the Plan, including without
limitation, the authority to determine all facts, to interpret this Plan, to apply the terms of
this Plan to the facts determined, to make decisions based upon those facts and to make any and all
other decisions required of it by this Plan, such as the right to benefits, the correct amount and
form of benefits, the determination of any appeal, the review and correction of the actions of any
prior administrative committee, and the other rights, powers, authority and duties specified in
this Article and elsewhere in this Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of law, or any explicit
ruling or implicit provision of this document, any action taken, or finding, interpretation, ruling
or decision made by the Committee in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, authority or duties
under this Plan shall be final and conclusive as to all parties, including without limitation all
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, regardless of whether the Committee or one or
more if its members may have an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to the
subject matter of the action, finding, interpretation, ruling or decision. No final action,
finding, interpretation, ruling or decision of the Committee shall be subject to de novo review in
any judicial proceeding. No final action, finding, interpretation, ruling or decision of the
Committee may be set aside unless it is held to have been arbitrary and capricious by a final
judgment of a court having jurisdiction with respect to the issue. To the extent Plan
distributions are payable in a form other than a single lump sum (
e.g.
, installments), the
Committee shall determine the methodology for computing such payments. A member of the Committee
may also be a Participant. A member of the Committee who is also a Participant shall not vote or
otherwise act on any matter that relates solely to himself.
6.2.
Delegation of Authority
. The Committee may delegate any of its powers or
responsibilities to one or more members of the Committee or any other person or entity. The Board
has delegated certain administrative and amendment authority under the Plan to the SERP
Administrative Committee, as set forth in Section 7.2.
6.3.
Procedures
. The Committee and the SERP Administrative Committee may establish
procedures to conduct operations and to carry out their respective rights and duties under the
Plan.
6.4.
Selection of Participants
. With respect to each Plan Year or portion thereof,
the Committee shall select, in its discretion, those employees of the Company approved to
participate in the Plan, which individuals will then become Participants by complying with the
requirements of Section 4.3. Only employees of the Company who are members of a select
group of management or highly compensated employees, for purposes of ERISA, shall be eligible
for selection by the Committee.
6.5.
Notification of Eligible Employees
. Except with respect to new Participants who
are first eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Plan Year, prior to the commencement
of each Plan Year, the Committee shall notify employees eligible to participate in the Plan.
6.6.
Compensation and Expenses
. The members of the Committee and the SERP
Administrative Committee shall serve without compensation for their services, but all expenses of
the Committee and the SERP Administrative Committee and all other expenses incurred in
administering the Plan shall be paid by the Company.
6.7.
Indemnification
. The Company shall indemnify the members of the Committee and/or
any of their delegates and the members of the SERP Administrative Committee against the reasonable
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and appropriately incurred by them in connection with
the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal thereto, to which
they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in
connection with the Plan and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such
settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) and against all
amounts paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except
in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in a suit of final adjudication that such
Committee member, SERP Administrative Committee member or other delegate is liable for fraud,
deliberate dishonesty or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties; provided that within
60 days after the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a Committee member, SERP
Administrative Committee member or other delegate has offered in writing to allow the Company, at
its own expense, to handle and defend any such action, suit or proceeding.
ARTICLE VII
Amendment and Termination
7.1
General Power to Amend and/or Terminate Reserved
. Except as provided in Section
7.2, the Company retains the unilateral power to amend or terminate the Plan at any time without
notice or prior consent of any person. Without the consent of affected Participants or
Beneficiaries, no Plan amendment or termination shall adversely affect any Participants or
Beneficiaries with respect to their right to receive the applicable Vested Account, determined as
of the later of the date that the Plan amendment or termination is adopted or is by its terms to be
effective.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Plan shall not be amended or
terminated in a manner that would cause the Plan or any amounts or benefits payable hereunder to
fail to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable, and any
such amendment or termination that may reasonably be expected to result in such non-compliance
shall be of no force or effect.
7.2
Board’s Delegation of Administrative and Limited Amendment Authority
. The Board
has delegated administrative and amendment authority under the Plan to the SERP Administrative
Committee, with the exception of the following, for which the Board retains exclusive discretion:
(i) amendments that would result in the termination of the Plan; (ii) amendments and administrative
actions that would result in an increase in Company costs under the Plan; and (iii) amendments that
would change the Plan’s vesting schedule.
ARTICLE VIII
Participation In and Withdrawal From the Plan
by an Affiliate
8.1.
Participation in the Plan
. Each Affiliate shall automatically be considered to
be the Company and a party to the Plan for the benefit of its employees who are Participants unless
such Affiliate is specifically excluded from participation under the Plan by a resolution of the
Board to that effect. An Affiliate has no right to amend or terminate the Plan. It shall not be
necessary for any participating Affiliate to sign or execute the original or any amended and
restated Plan document or any amendment thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.3, each
participating Affiliate shall assume all the rights, obligations, and liabilities of the Company
under the Plan. The powers and control of the Committee and/or the Board, as provided in the Plan,
including the sole right to administer, amend or terminate the Plan, shall not be diminished by
reason of the participation of any Affiliate in the Plan.
8.2.
Withdrawal from the Plan
. Any participating Affiliate other than Oceaneering
International, Inc. (or any successor thereto), by action of its board of directors or other
governing body, may elect to withdraw from the Plan by giving 90 days’ advance written notice of
its election to the Board, unless the Board waives such advance notice or agrees to a shorter
advance notice period. Such Affiliate’s election to withdraw from the Plan shall be subject to the
consent of the Board. As of the effective date of any such withdrawal, the Plan shall be deemed to
have terminated with respect to such withdrawing Affiliate, unless provision is made by such
Affiliate for continuation of its participation in this Plan under the form of another such plan as
is designated by the withdrawing Affiliate.
8.3
No Joint Venture/Liability of Employers
. Participation in the Plan by any
Affiliate shall not create a joint venture or partnership relationship among or between such person
and any other employer that is a participating Affiliate hereunder for the purpose of paying
benefits due under the Plan or for any other purpose. Accordingly, benefits payable under the Plan
with respect to a Participant’s individual bookkeeping accounts maintained under the Plan by the
Committee shall be the obligation of, and payable by, the participating employer that employed that
Participant with respect to the periods for which it made (or was obligated to make) hypothetical
contributions and credit earnings hereunder; provided, however, should Oceaneering International,
Inc. (or any successor thereto) pay any portion of any participating Affiliate’s obligation
hereunder, Oceaneering International, Inc. (or any successor thereto) may seek reimbursement from
any such participating Affiliate which employed the affected Participant.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
9.1.
Plan Does Not Affect the Rights of Employees
. Nothing contained in this Plan
shall be deemed to give any Participant the right to be retained in the employment of the Company,
to interfere with the rights of the Company to discharge any Participant at any time or to
interfere with a Participant’s right to terminate his employment at any time.
9.2.
Nonalienation and Nonassignment
. Except to the extent permitted under Section
9.5, no amounts payable or to become payable under the Plan to a Participant or Beneficiary shall
be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance or charge, whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, and any
attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same by
a Participant or Beneficiary prior to distribution as herein provided shall be null and void.
9.3.
Tax Withholding on Payments
. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any
payments to a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan any taxes required by law to be withheld
with respect to such payments.
9.4.
FICA Withholding/Employee Deferrals/Company Contributions
. For each payroll
period, the Company shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Compensation that is not
being deferred under this Plan, the Participant’s share of FICA and other applicable taxes that are
required to be withheld with respect to (i) Participant Deferrals, and (ii) Company Contributions
as they vest and become subject to such FICA withholding. To the extent that there are
insufficient funds to satisfy applicable FICA tax withholding requirements in a timely manner, the
Company reserves the right to reduce the Participant’s Deferrals, as required to provide available
funds for applicable tax withholding requirements, to the extent permitted under Treasury
Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(vi). To the extent there are still insufficient funds to satisfy all
such applicable tax withholding requirements, the Participant agrees to timely remit cash funds to
the Company sufficient to cover such withholding requirements. To the extent a Participant’s share
of FICA and other applicable taxes have been withheld with respect to Participant Deferrals and
Company Contributions, such amounts shall not be subject to FICA or other taxes, as applicable, at
the time of distribution.
9.5.
Setoffs
. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and in accordance with Treasury
Regulation 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xiii), any amounts owed by a Participant or Beneficiary to the Company
may be deducted by the Company from such Participant’s Vested Account at the time and to the extent
that such Vested Account is otherwise payable hereunder.
9.6.
Construction
. Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall include the plural
and vice versa. The headings of the Articles and their sub-part Sections are for convenience only,
are not meant to be substantive and shall not add to nor detract from the meaning of the Article or
Section to which they refer.
9.7.
Applicable Law
. The terms and provisions of the Plan shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, except to the extent preempted by ERISA or other
applicable federal law.
9.8.
Successors
. The Plan shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and
assigns, in accordance with its terms.
9.9.
Claims Procedure
.
(a)
Filing Claims
. A Participant or Beneficiary may make a claim for Plan
benefits by filing a written application for benefits with the Committee. Such application
shall set forth the nature of the claim and any other information that the Committee may
reasonably request. The Committee shall notify the applicant of the benefits determination
within a reasonable time after receipt of the claim, which shall not exceed 90 days unless
special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim. If such an
extension is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the applicant
prior to the end of the initial 90-day period. In no event shall such an extension exceed a
period of 90 days from the end of the initial period. The extension notice shall indicate
the special circumstances requiring an extension of time, and the date by which a final
decision is expected to be rendered.
Notice of a claim denial, in whole or in part, shall be set forth in a manner
calculated to be understood by the applicant and shall contain the following:
|
(1)
|
|
the specific reason or reasons for the denial; and
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
a specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which
the denial is based; and
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the applicant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary; and
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedure.
|
Participants shall be given timely written notice of the time limits set forth herein
for determinations on claims, appeal of claim denial and decisions on appeal.
(b)
Appeals
. If a written claim results in a claim denial, either in whole or
in part, the applicant has the right to appeal. The appeal must be in writing. The
administrative process for appealing a claim is:
|
(1)
|
|
Upon receipt of a claim denial, a Participant may file a
written request, including any additional information supporting the claim, for
reconsideration to the Committee within 60 days of receiving notification that
the claim is denied.
|
|
(2)
|
|
The Committee normally shall render a decision no later than 60
days following receipt of the request for review. The Participant may request
a formal hearing before the Committee which the Committee may grant in its
discretion. Under special circumstances which require an extension of time for
rendering a decision (including but not limited to the need to hold a hearing),
the decision may be delayed up to 120 days following receipt of the request for
review. If such an extension is required, the Participant will be advised in
writing before the extension begins.
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
The Committee will provide written notice of its final
determination. The notice will include specific reasons for the decision, be
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Participant and make
specific reference to the Plan provisions on which it is based.
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
An appeal will not be considered if it is not filed within the
applicable period of time.
|
At any stage in the appeals process, the applicant or his designated representative may
review pertinent documents, including copies of the Plan document and information relating
to the applicant’s entitlement to such benefit, and submit issues and comments in writing.
9.10.
Claims/Disputes
. Any dispute or claim arising out of this Plan or the breach
thereof shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association, to be conducted in Houston, Texas before an arbitrator selected in
accordance with such rules. Judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in
any court having jurisdiction thereof, and shall be binding on the parties.
9.11.
Compliance with Code Section 409A
. The Plan is intended to comply with Section
409A of the Code, and ambiguous provisions hereof, if any, will be construed and interpreted in a
manner that is compliant with the application of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan shall neither
cause nor permit any payment, benefit or consideration to be substituted for a benefit that is
payable under the Plan if such action would result in the failure of any amount that
is subject to Section 409A of the Code to comply with the applicable requirements of Section
409A of the Code.
9.12.
No Guarantee of Tax Consequences
. None of the Board of Directors, officers or
employees of the Company, the Company or any Affiliate makes any commitment or guarantee that any
federal, state or local tax treatment will apply or be available to any individual or person
participating hereunder or eligible to participate hereunder.
9.13.
Entire Agreement
. This Plan document and any election forms described herein
constitute the entire Plan governing the Company and the Participant with respect to the subject
matters hereof and supercedes all prior written and oral and all contemporaneous written and oral
agreements and understandings, with respect to the subject matters herein. This Plan may not be
changed orally, but only by an amendment in writing signed by the Company, subject to the
provisions in this Plan regarding amendments thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, Oceaneering International, Inc. has caused this Plan to be executed by its
duly authorized officer, effective as provided herein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
Printed
|
|
Name: George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
December 16, 2008
|
|
|
Exhibit 10.6
Amended and Restated Oceaneering International, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
ARTICLE I
Purpose
1.1 Purpose of Plan. The purpose of the Amended and Restated Oceaneering International, Inc.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is to advance the interests of Oceaneering
International, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter sometimes collectively or
individually referred to as the “Company”) and of its owners by attracting and retaining in its
employ highly qualified individuals for the successful conduct of its business. The Company hopes
to accomplish these objectives by helping to provide for the retirement of its key employees
selected to participate in the Plan.
1.2 Grandfathered Plan. In response to the enactment of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), effective as of January 1, 2005, the Company in operation
separated all Plan benefits earned and vested as of December 31, 2004 (“Grandfathered Benefits”)
from all Plan benefits earned or vested after December 31, 2004 (“409A Benefits”). At all times on
and after January 1, 2005, the Grandfathered Benefits, along with all earnings, gains and losses
attributable thereto, have been (and continue to be) subject to the terms and provisions of the
Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004, and no material modifications, within the meaning of Code
Section 409A, have been made (in form or operation) to the Plan with respect to such benefits. The
Company intends that the Grandfathered Benefits, along with all earnings, gains and losses
attributable thereto, shall continue to be maintained under and paid from the Plan, which is frozen
and intended to be a “grandfathered” plan exempt from Code Section 409A. The 409A Benefits, along
with all earnings, gains and losses attributable thereto, shall be maintained under and paid from a
separate plan that is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A, known as the
Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, effective as of January 1,
2009.
1.3 ERISA Status. The Plan is intended to qualify for certain exemptions under Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), provided for plans that are
unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select
group of management or highly compensated employees.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
2.1 “Account” means collectively the Participant’s Company Account and the Participant’s
Deferral Account.
2.2 “Account Value” means, at any given time, the sum of all amounts credited to the
Participant’s Account, adjusted for any earnings, gains or losses and any payments attributable to
such account.
2.3 “Active Participant” means a Participant who qualifies as an Active Participant under
Section 3.1.
2.4 “Beneficiary” means the person designated by each Participant, on a form provided by the
Company for this purpose, to receive the Participant’s distribution under Article V in the event of
the Participant’s death prior to receiving complete payment of his Account. In order to be
effective under this Plan, any form designating a Beneficiary must be delivered to the Committee
before the Participant’s death. In the absence of such an effective designation of a Beneficiary,
“Beneficiary” means the Participant’s spouse or, if there is no spouse on the date of Participant’s
death, the Participant’s estate.
2.5 “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company or the board of directors of a company
that is a successor to the Company.
2.6 “Bonus” means any bonus paid to a Participant under any plan, policy or program of the
Company providing for the payment of annual bonuses to employees.
2.7 “Change of Control” means, the earliest date at which:
|
(i)
|
|
any Person is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder), directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the
Company’s outstanding Voting Securities, other than through the purchase of
Voting Securities directly from the Company through a private placement; or
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
individuals who constitute the Board on the date hereof (the
“Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date
hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board shall from and after such election be deemed to
be a member of the Incumbent Board; or
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
the Company is merged or consolidated with another corporation
or entity and as a result of such merger or consolidation less than 60% of the
outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or
entity shall then be owned by the former stockholders of the Company; or
|
|
|
(iv)
|
|
a tender offer or exchange offer is made and consummated by a
Person other than the Company for the ownership of 20% or more of the Voting
Securities of the Company then outstanding; or
|
|
|
(v)
|
|
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company are sold
or transferred to a Person as to which (a) the Incumbent Board does not have
authority (whether by law or contract) to directly control the use or further
disposition of such assets and (b) the financial results of the Company and
such Person are not consolidated for financial reporting purposes.
|
-2-
Anything else in this definition to the contrary notwithstanding, no Change of Control shall be
deemed to have occurred by virtue of any transaction which results in the Participant, or a group
of Persons which includes the Participant, acquiring more than 20% of either the combined voting
power of the Company’s outstanding Voting Securities or the Voting Securities of any other
corporation or entity which acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, whether
by way of merger, consolidation, sale of such assets or otherwise.
|
2.8 “Company Account” means the account maintained by the Committee reflecting each
Participant’s Company Contributions, adjusted for any earnings, gains or losses and any payments
attributable to such account.
2.9 “Company Contribution” means the total contributions credited to a Participant’s Company
Account for any one Plan Year pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.2.
2.10 “Company Contribution Value” means, at any given time with respect to a particular
Company Contribution, the amount of the Company Contribution, adjusted by any income, gain or loss
and any payments attributable to such account.
2.11 “Compensation” means monthly base salary before any reductions.
2.12 “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee
appointed by the Board to act as administrator of the Plan and to perform the duties described in
Articles VI and VII.
2.13 “Deferral Account” means the account maintained by the Committee reflecting each
Participant’s Deferral Contributions, adjusted for any earnings, gains or losses and any payments
attributable to such account.
2.14 “Deferral Account Value” means, at any given time, 100% of the total amount of Deferral
Contributions credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account, adjusted by any income, gain or loss
and any payments attributable to such account.
2.15 “Deferral Contribution” means Compensation or Bonus that is credited to a Participant’s
Deferral Account pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.3 and 3.4.
2.16 “Effective Date” means July 1, 1997 as to the original Plan, and January 1, 2000 as to
this Amended and Restated Plan.
2.17 “Eligible Employee” means a highly compensated or management employee of the Company who
meets the criteria established by the Committee to determine eligibility for the Plan.
2.18 “Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period commencing each April 1; provided that,
effective January 1, 2001, “Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period commencing each January 1.
2.19 “Participant” means an individual who is or was an Eligible Employee and has an Account
balance under the Plan, including an Active Participant.
-3-
2.20 “Person” means any individual corporation, partnership, group, association or other
“person,” as such term is used in Sections l3(d) and l4(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, other than the Company or any
plans sponsored by the Company.
2.21 “Plan” means this Amended and Restated Oceaneering International, Inc. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan and any amendments hereto. As stated in Section 1.2, this Plan is frozen
and is intended to be a “grandfathered” plan exempt from Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
2.22 “Plan Obligations” means, on any given date, the sum of the Account Values of all
Participants. With respect to each Participant, “Plan Obligations” means such Participant’s Account
Value on the applicable date.
2.23 “Plan Year” means the l2-month period beginning July 1 and ending June 30.
2.24 “Selected Index” means, with respect to any Account, the investment vehicle with
reference to which the value of such Account is determined.
2.25 “SERP Administrative Committee” means the committee to which the Board has delegated
certain limited authority under Section 7.2 of the Plan.
2.26 “Vested Account Value” means the sum of the Participant’s Vested Company Contribution
Values and the Participant’s Deferral Account Value.
2.27 “Vested Company Contribution Value” means, with respect to a particular Company
Contribution, the applicable Company Contribution Value multiplied by the applicable Vested
Percentage.
2.28 “Vested Percentage” means the percentage as to which a Participant is vested in a
particular contribution, as determined under Section 4.5.
2.29 “Voting Securities” means, with respect to any corporation or business enterprise, those
securities, which under ordinary circumstances are entitled to vote for the election of directors
or others charged with comparable duties under applicable law.
2.30 “Year[s] of Participation” means each 12 consecutive months of employment after the
individual first becomes a Participant.
ARTICLE III
Contributions
3.1 Selection of Active Participants. With respect to each Plan Year or portion thereof, the
Committee shall select, in its discretion, those Eligible Employees approved to participate in the
Plan, or participation may be determined in any other manner authorized by the Company. The
selected individuals shall be the Active Participants for that Plan Year. Active Participant
status shall terminate upon a Participant’s termination of employment, and no
-4-
contributions shall be made with respect to periods thereafter unless the Participant resumes
employment and is again selected as an Active Participant in the Plan.
3.2 Company Contributions. With respect to each Plan Year or portion thereof, the Committee
shall declare a contribution percentage for each Active Participant’s Company Account. The
Committee has the right to change the contribution percentage for a Participant during the Plan
Year. The contribution percentage declared for a Participant may, but need not be, the same as the
contribution percentage declared for other Participants. Company Contributions shall be credited
as of the last day of each month of the Plan Year or at such other times as determined by the
Committee to each Active Participant’s Company Account, in an amount equal to the contribution
percentage declared for the Participant multiplied by the Participant’s Compensation.
3.3 Participant Deferrals. For any Fiscal Year, the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
allow an Active Participant to elect to defer each month the present payment by the Company of any
whole percentage (or dollar amount) of his Compensation that would otherwise be paid during such
Fiscal Year, and instead have that amount credited to his Deferral Account. The Compensation
otherwise currently payable to the Participant shall be reduced by the amount the Participant
elected to have contributed to the Participant’s Deferral Account, which shall be a Deferral
Contribution. In addition, for any Fiscal Year, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow
an Active Participant to elect to defer the present payment by the Company of any whole percentage
(or dollar amount) of his Bonus earned during such Fiscal Year, and instead have that amount
credited to his Deferral Account. The Bonus otherwise payable to the Participant shall be reduced
by the amount the Participant elected to have contributed to the Participant’s Deferral Account,
which shall be a Deferral Contribution.
3.4 Manner of Deferral Election. The Committee shall prescribe, in its sole discretion, the
procedures and limitations for Deferral Contributions, if any. Elections to make Deferral
Contributions shall be in writing, signed by the Participant, in a form supplied by the Company.
Unless the Committee otherwise provides in its sole discretion, the form must be completed, signed
and returned to the Committee prior to the beginning of the Fiscal Year for which the election is
to be effective and a Participant’s election shall be irrevocable for the applicable period(s) for
which it was filed. The Committee may provide that a Participant’s election shall be effective
until it is revoked. An election may be revoked prospectively by notice to the Participant from
the Committee that the election is terminated.
ARTICLE IV
Accounts
4.1 Company Accounts. The Committee shall establish and maintain an individual bookkeeping
account for each Participant, which shall be the Participant’s Company Account. The Committee
shall credit the amount of each Company Contribution made on behalf of a Participant to such
Participant’s Company Account as of the last day of each month of the Plan Year for which the
Company Contribution was made or at such other times as determined by the Committee. The Committee
shall further debit and/or credit the Participant’s Company Account with any income, gain or loss
and any payments attributable to such Account on a daily basis, or at such other times as it shall
determine appropriate. The sole purpose of the Participant’s
-5-
Company Account is to record and reflect the Company’s Plan Obligations related to Company
Contributions to each Participant under the Plan. The Company shall not be required to segregate
any of its assets with respect to Plan Obligations, nor shall any provision of the Plan be
construed as constituting such segregation.
4.2 Deferral Accounts. The Committee shall establish and maintain an individual bookkeeping
account for each Participant, which shall be the Participant’s Deferral Account. The Committee
shall credit the amount of each Deferral Contribution made on behalf of a Participant to such
Participant’s Deferral Account as soon as administratively feasible following the applicable
deferral. The Committee shall further debit and/or credit the Participant’s Deferral Account with
any income, gain or loss and any payments attributable to such account on a daily basis, or at such
other times as it shall determine appropriate. The sole purpose of the Participant’s Deferral
Account is to record and reflect the Company’s Plan Obligations related to Deferral Contributions
to each Participant under the Plan. The Company shall not be required to segregate any of its
assets with respect to Plan Obligations, nor shall any provision of the Plan be construed as
constituting such segregation.
4.3 Accruals to the Accounts.
|
(a)
|
|
The Committee shall designate one or more investment vehicles
to serve as an index or indices for the purpose of determining amounts to be
debited and/or credited to the Participant’s Account. On a form supplied by
the Company, a Participant may choose to allocate Company Contributions and his
Deferral Contributions to the designated investment vehicles, and may change
such allocation with respect to future Company Contributions and Deferral
Contributions, such change in allocation to be effective immediately. On a
form supplied by the Company, a Participant may also exchange amounts already
in the Participant’s Company Account and Deferral Account between and among the
designated investment vehicles as frequently as daily, or at other times as
shall be determined by the Committee. A copy of any available Prospectus or
other disclosure materials for each investment vehicle shall be made available
to each Participant upon request. The investment vehicle pursuant to which
investment gains/losses to any Account thereof are to be determined shall be
referred to as the” Selected Index.” The Committee shall select from time to
time the Selected Index a Participant shall be deemed to have elected for
purposes of all or any portion of his Account as to which he has not actually
made an allocation election. The Committee may change at any time the Selected
Indexes available under the Plan.
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
Any “Selected Index” is solely for the purpose of determining
investment gains/losses to an Account, and nothing herein shall obligate the
Company to invest any part of its assets in any investment vehicle serving as a
Selected Index or in any other investments.
|
-6-
4.4 Nature and Source of Payments. The obligation to make distributions under this Plan with
respect to each Participant shall constitute a liability of the Company to the Participant and any
Beneficiary in accordance with the terms of this Plan. All distributions payable hereunder shall
be made from the general assets of the Company, and nothing herein shall be deemed to create a
trust of any kind between the Company and any Participant or other person. No special or separate
fund need be established nor need any other segregation of assets be made to assure that
distributions will be made under this Plan. No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any interest
in any particular asset of the Company by virtue of the existence of this Plan. Each Participant
and Beneficiary shall be an unsecured creditor of the Company.
4.5 Vesting.
|
(a)
|
|
Normal Vesting: A Participant’s Vested Percentage of each Plan
Year’s Company Contribution, adjusted by any income, gain or loss and any
payments attributable thereto, shall be determined at the end of each Plan Year
by the number of full Plan Years that the Participant remains as a Participant
in the continuous employment of the Company from and after the first day of the
Plan Year with respect to which the Company Contribution is made, as set forth
in the following schedule:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Full Plan Years of Continuous Employment as
|
|
|
|
|
a Participant Beginning With
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution Year
|
|
|
|
Vesting Percentage
|
Less than 1
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
At least 1 but less than 2
|
|
|
|
|
33
|
%
|
At least 2 but less than 3
|
|
|
|
|
66
|
%
|
At least 3
|
|
|
|
|
100
|
%
|
A Participant’s Vested Percentage with regard to the Participant’s Deferral Account will always be
100%.
|
(b)
|
|
Forfeiture: Upon termination of employment other than as
described in Section 4.5(c), a Participant shall forfeit all amounts credited
to his Account other than his Vested Account Value determined as of the close
of business coincident with or next following the date on which the Participant
terminated employment; provided, however, that amounts not so forfeited shall
continue to be debited and credited in accordance with Section 5.4 from and
after termination of employment.
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
Accelerated Vesting: The schedule above notwithstanding, the
Participant shall have a Vested Percentage of 100% for his entire Account upon
the soonest of the following to occur during the Participant’s employment with
the Company: (i) the date that the Participant has completed 10 Years of
Participation, (ii) the date that the sum of the Participant’s attained age and
Years of Participation equals 65, (iii) the date of termination of the
Participant’s employment as a result of the Participant’s death or disability,
or (iv) the date of termination of the Participant’s employment
|
-7-
|
|
|
within 24 months following a Change of Control. In the event the Company
terminates the Plan, all Participants will be 100% vested in Accounts not
theretofore forfeited. Cessation of Company Contributions under the Plan
shall not be deemed a termination of the Plan.
|
ARTICLE V
Distributions
5.1 Occasions for Distributions. The Company shall distribute a Participant’s Vested Account
Value following the events and in the manner set forth in this Article V. A Participant’s Account
shall be debited in the amount of any distribution made from the Account as of the date of the
distribution.
5.2 Distribution Elections. Subject to rules established by the Committee, a Participant may
file a distribution election directing how his Vested Account Value shall be distributed following
his termination of employment for any reason. Such distribution election must be made on a form
supplied by the Company for that purpose. To be effective, such distribution election must be
filed at least 12 months prior to the date the Participant’s Vested Account Balance is to be
distributed. In the event the Participant files more than one distribution election, the last
distribution election received by the Company, in accordance with procedures established by the
Committee, shall control. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, has the right to substitute a lump-sum payment to the Participant equal to the
Participant’s Vested Account Value.
5.3 Distribution on Account of Termination of Employment. If a Participant terminates
employment with the Company for any reason, including by reason of death or disability, the Company
shall distribute, or begin distributing to the Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary)
within 45 days, the full amount of the Participant’s Vested Account Value, unless the Participant
has elected to delay such distribution until the next calendar year. If the Participant has
elected to delay payment of a lump sum payment to the calendar year following termination or death,
payment shall be made no later than the later of (i) the fifth (5th) business day of the calendar
year following termination or death and (ii) 45 days following termination or death. Such
distributions shall be in the form specified on the most recently filed distribution election form
(unless the Committee elects to substitute a lump-sum payment as described in Section 5.2). If no
election form has been received by the Company, the distribution will be distributed as soon as
practicable in the form of a lump-sum payment equal to the Participant’s Vested Account Value.
5.4 Continuation of Accounts after Commencement of Distributions. If a Participant’s Vested
Account Value is to be distributed in a form other than a lump sum payable as soon as practical,
then the Account shall continue to be credited (or debited) with earnings or losses as described in
Section 4.3, until the entire Vested Account Value has been distributed.
-8-
ARTICLE VI
Committee / SERP Administrative Committee
6.1 Authority. To the extent not delegated by the Board to the SERP Administrative Committee,
the Committee has full and absolute discretion in the exercise of each and every aspect of the
rights, power, authority and duties retained or granted it under the Plan, including without
limitation, the authority to determine all facts, to interpret this Plan, to apply the terms of
this Plan to the facts determined, to make decisions based upon those facts and to make any and all
other decisions required of it by this Plan, such as the right to benefits, the correct amount and
form of benefits, the determination of any appeal, the review and correction of the actions of any
prior administrative committee, and the other rights, powers, authority and duties specified in
this Article and elsewhere in this Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of law, or any explicit
ruling or implicit provision of this document, any action taken, or finding, interpretation, ruling
or decision made by the Committee in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, authority or duties
under this Plan shall be final and conclusive as to all parties, including without limitation all
Participants, former Participants and Beneficiaries, regardless of whether the Committee or one or
more if its members may have an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to the
subject matter of the action, finding, interpretation, ruling or decision. No final action,
finding, interpretation, ruling or decision of the Committee shall be subject to de novo review in
any judicial proceeding. No final action, finding, interpretation, ruling or decision of the
Committee may be set aside unless it is held to have been arbitrary and capricious by a final
judgment of a court having jurisdiction with respect to the issue. To the extent Plan
distributions are payable in a form other than a single lump sum (
e.g.
, installments), the
Committee shall determine the methodology for computing such payments. A member of the Committee
may also be a Participant. A member of the Committee who is also a Participant shall not vote or
otherwise act on any matter that relates solely to himself.
6.2 Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate any of its powers or responsibilities
to one or more members of the Committee or any other person or entity. The Board has delegated
certain administrative and amendment authority under the Plan to the SERP Administrative Committee,
as set forth in Section 7.2.
6.3 Procedures. The Committee and the SERP Administrative Committee may establish procedures
to conduct operations and to carry out their respective rights and duties under the Plan.
6.4 Compensation and Expenses. The members of the Committee and the SERP Administrative
Committee shall serve without compensation for their services, but all expenses of the Committee
and the SERP Administrative Committee and all other expenses incurred in administering the Plan
shall be paid by the Company.
6.5 Statements to Participants. Periodically, with the frequency determined by the Committee
in its sole discretion, but not less frequently than annually, the Committee shall transmit to each
Participant a written statement regarding the Participant’s Account activity for the period
beginning on the date following the effective date of the preceding statement and ending on the
effective date of the current statement.
-9-
6.6 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify the members of the Committee and/or any of
their delegates and the members of the SERP Administrative Committee against the reasonable
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and appropriately incurred by them in connection with
the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal thereto, to which
they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in
connection with the Plan and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof (provided such
settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company) and against all
amounts paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, except
in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in a suit of final adjudication that such
Committee member, SERP Administrative Committee member or other delegate is liable for fraud,
deliberate dishonesty or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties; provided that within
60 days after the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a Committee member, SERP
Administrative Committee member or other delegate has offered in writing to allow the Company, at
its own expense, to handle and defend any such action, suit or proceeding.
ARTICLE VII
Amendment and Termination
7.1 Power to Amend and/or Terminate Reserved. The Company retains the unilateral power to
amend the Plan, or to terminate the Plan at any time. Without the consent of affected Participants
or Beneficiaries, no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect any Participants or
Beneficiaries with respect to their right to receive the applicable Vested Account Value,
determined as of the later of the date that the Plan amendment or termination is adopted or by its
terms to be effective.
7.2 Board’s Delegation of Administrative and Limited Amendment Authority. The Board has
delegated administrative and amendment authority under the Plan to the SERP Administrative
Committee, with the exception of the following, for which the Board retains exclusive discretion:
(i) amendments that would result in the termination of the Plan; (ii) amendments and administrative
actions that would result in an increase in Company costs under the Plan; and (iii) amendments that
would change the Plan’s vesting schedule.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
8.1 Plan Does Not Affect the Rights of Employee. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be
deemed to give any Participant the right to be retained in the employment of the Company, to
interfere with the rights of the Company to discharge any Participant at any time or to interfere
with a Participant’s right to terminate his employment at any time.
8.2 Nonalienation and Nonassignment. Except for debts owed the Company by a Participant or
Beneficiary, no amounts payable or to become payable under the Plan to a Participant or Beneficiary
shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance or charge, whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, and any
attempt to so anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign,
-10-
pledge, encumber or charge the same by a Participant or Beneficiary prior to distribution as
herein provided shall be null and void.
8.3 Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct from any payments to a
Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan any taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to
such payments. In addition, the Company shall have the right to deduct from any Participant
Deferrals or Company Contributions any applicable employment taxes or other required withholdings
with respect to a Participant.
8.4 Setoffs. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amounts owed by a Participant or
Beneficiary to the Company may be deducted by the Company from such Participant’s Vested Account
Value at the time and to the extent that such Vested Account Value is otherwise payable hereunder.
8.5 Construction. Unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, the masculine gender
shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
8.6 Applicable Law. The terms and provisions of the Plan shall be construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas, except to the extent preempted by ERISA or other applicable
federal law.
8.7 Successors. The Plan shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, in
accordance with its terms.
8.8 Claims Procedure. A Participant or Beneficiary may make a claim for Plan benefits by
filing a written application for benefits with the Committee. Such application shall set forth the
nature of the claim and any other information that the Committee may reasonably request. The
Committee shall notify the applicant of the benefits determination within a reasonable time after
receipt of the claim, which shall not exceed 90 days unless special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the claim. If such an extension is required, written notice of
the extension shall be furnished to the applicant prior to the end of the initial 90-day period.
In no event shall such an extension exceed a period of 90 days from the end of the initial period.
The extension notice shall indicate the special circumstances requiring an extension of time, and
the date by which a final decision is expected to be rendered.
Notice of a claim denial, in whole or in part, shall be set forth in a manner calculated to be
understood by the applicant and shall contain the following:
|
(a)
|
|
the specific reason or reasons for the denial; and
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
a specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which
the denial is based; and
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the applicant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary; and
|
-11-
|
(d)
|
|
an explanation of the Plan’s claims review procedure.
|
Participants shall be given timely written notice of the time limits set forth herein for
determinations on claims, appeal of claim denial and decisions on appeal.
If a written claim results in a claim denial, either in whole or in part, the applicant has
the right to appeal. The appeal must be in writing. The administrative process for appealing a
claim is: Upon receipt of a claim denial, a Participant may file a written request, including any
additional information supporting the claim, for reconsideration to the Committee within 60 days of
receiving notification that the claim is denied.
The Committee normally shall render a decision no later than 60 days following receipt of the
request for review. The Participant may request a formal hearing before the Committee which the
Committee may grant in its discretion. Under special circumstances which require an extension of
time for rendering a decision (including but not limited to the need to hold a hearing), the
decision may be delayed up to 120 days following receipt of the request for review. If such an
extension is required, the Participant will be advised in writing before the extension begins.
The Committee will provide written notice of its final determination. The notice will include
specific reasons for the decision, be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the
Participant and make specific reference to the Plan provisions on which it is based.
An appeal will not be considered if it is not filed within the applicable period of time.
At any stage in the appeals process, the applicant or his designated representative may review
pertinent documents, including copies of the Plan document and information relating to the
applicant’s entitlement to such benefit, and submit issues and comments in writing.
8.9 Arbitration. Any dispute or claim arising out of this Plan or the breach thereof shall be
settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association, to be
conducted in Houston, Texas before an arbitrator selected in accordance with such rules. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
8.10 No Guarantee of Tax Consequences. None of the Board of Directors, officers or employees
of the Company, the Company or any Affiliate makes any commitment or guarantee that any federal,
state or local tax treatment will apply or be available to any individual or person participating
hereunder or eligible to participate hereunder.
8.11 Entire Agreement. This Plan document and any election forms described herein constitute
the entire Plan governing the Company and the Participant with respect to the subject matters
hereof and supercedes all prior written and oral and all contemporaneous written and oral
agreements and understandings, with respect to the subject matters herein. This Plan may not be
changed orally, but only by an amendment in writing signed by the Company, subject to the
provisions in this Plan regarding amendments thereto.
-12-
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Oceaneering International, Inc. has caused this Plan to be executed by its
duly authorized officer, effective as provided herein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
Name:
|
George R. Haubenreich, Jr.
|
|
|
Title:
|
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
|
|
|
|
|
Date:
|
December 16, 2008
|
|
|
-13-
Exhibit 10.7
CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
First Amendment
WHEREAS, Oceaneering International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into
a Change of Control Agreement with
(the “Executive”) dated as of August 15, 2001
(the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Agreement to provide for compliance
with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); and
WHEREAS, Section 11 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be modified only by a
written instrument executed by both parties hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2008, the parties agree
to amend the Agreement as set forth below:
1. The introductory clause of Section 1(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
“During the Effective Period, if there is a termination of your employment
with the Company either by the Company without Cause or by you for Good
Reason either (x) prior to the Effective Date, unless it is reasonably
demonstrated by the Company that such termination of your employment (a) was
not at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably
calculated to effect the Change of Control and (b) otherwise did not arise
in connection with or anticipation of the Change of Control or (y) on or
after the Effective Date, and if such Effective Period commences during the
life of this Agreement, you shall be entitled to the following benefits:”
2. The first sentence of Section 3(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if
the present value (as defined herein) of the total amount of payments and
benefits in the nature of compensation to be paid or provided to you or on
your behalf, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, which are
considered to be ‘parachute payments’ within the meaning of Section 280G(b)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the ‘Code’), when added to
any other such ‘parachute payments’ received by you in connection with a
Change of Control, whether pursuant to the terms of this
- 1 -
Agreement or otherwise, is in excess of the amount you can receive without
causing you to be subject to an excise tax with respect to such amount on
account of Section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall pay to you an
additional amount (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Excise Tax Premium’).”
3. Section 6 is hereby amended to read as follows:
“The Company shall reimburse you for all legal and other costs (including
but not limited to, administrative, accounting, tax, human resource and
expert witness fees and expenses) incurred by you as a result of your
seeking to obtain, assert or enforce any right or benefit conferred upon you
by this Agreement.
You shall submit all invoices for such costs to the Company no later than 30
days prior to the end of the taxable year following the taxable year in
which they were incurred. The Company shall reimburse you for such costs
within 14 days of receipt of such invoices.”
4. The Agreement is hereby amended by adding the new Paragraph 13 at the end thereof which
shall read as follows:
“13. Section 409A.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any
provision of this Agreement would result in the imposition of an additional
tax under Section 409A of the Code, that provision of this Agreement will be
reformed to avoid imposition of the applicable tax and no action taken to
comply with Section 409A of the Code shall be deemed to adversely affect
your rights to the benefits provided by this Agreement. This Agreement is
intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and ambiguous provisions
hereof, if any, shall be construed and interpreted in a manner that is
compliant with the application of Section 409A of the Code. The Agreement
shall neither cause nor permit any payment, benefit or consideration to be
substituted for a benefit that is payable under this Agreement if such
action would result in the failure of any amount that is subject to Section
409A of the Code to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A
of the Code. You shall have no right to specify the calendar year during
which any payment hereunder shall be made.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Agreement shall not be amended or terminated in such manner that would cause
this Agreement or any amounts or benefits payable hereunder to fail to
comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, to the extent
applicable, and any such amendment or termination that may
- 2 -
reasonably be expected to result in such non-compliance shall be of no force
or effect.
(c) If you are a ‘Specified Employee’ (as defined under Section 409A of the
Code) as of the date of your ‘Separation from Service’ (as defined under
Section 409A of the Code) as determined by the Company, the payment of any
amount under this Agreement on account of your Separation from Service that
is deferred compensation subject to the provisions of Section 409A of the
Code and not otherwise excluded from Section 409A of the Code, shall not be
paid until the earlier of your death or the later of the first business day
that is six months after the date after your Separation from Service or the
date the payment is otherwise payable under this Agreement (the ‘Delay
Period’). Upon the expiration of the Delay Period, all payments and
benefits delayed pursuant to this Section (whether they would have otherwise
been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such
delay) shall be paid or reimbursed to you in a lump sum, without interest,
and any remaining payments due under this Agreement shall be paid or
provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them
herein.
(d) All reimbursements or provision of in-kind benefits pursuant to this
Agreement shall be made in accordance with Treasury Regulation
§1.409A-3(i)(1)(iv) such that the reimbursement or provision will be deemed
payable at a specified time or on a fixed schedule relative to a permissible
payment event. Specifically, the amounts reimbursed or in-kind benefits
provided under this Agreement during one taxable year may not affect the
amounts reimbursed or provided in any other taxable year, the reimbursement
of an eligible expense shall be made on or before the last day of the
taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred,
and the right to reimbursement or provision of an in-kind benefit is not
subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary in the Agreement, you agree that you shall submit
reimbursable expenses to the Company no later than 30 days prior to the end
of the taxable year following the taxable year in which they were incurred.
(e) An entitlement to a series of payments under this Agreement will be
treated as an entitlement to a series of separate payments.”
5. The definition of “Market Value” in Annex I is hereby amended by adding the following
sentence to the end thereof which shall read as follows:
“With respect to grants or determinations made on and after January 1, 2009,
‘Market Value’ means, as of a particular date, (i) if Shares are listed or
quoted on a national securities exchange, the closing price per Share
reported or quoted on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the
principal national securities exchange on which Shares are listed or quoted
- 3 -
on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported or
quoted on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so
reported or quoted, (ii) if Shares are not so listed or quoted, the closing
price on that date, or, if there are no quotations available for such date,
on the last preceding date on which such quotations shall be available, as
reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., or, if not reported by the Nasdaq
Stock Market, Inc., by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated, or (iii)
if Shares are not publicly traded, the most recent value determined by an
independent appraiser appointed by the Company for such purpose.”
6. Subsection (b)(iii) of the definition of “Severance Package” in Annex I is hereby amended
to read as follows:
“Performance Units, Restricted Stock Units, and any shares of Restricted Stock
issued under the Plans and Other Plans shall be vested with all conditions to have
been deemed to have been satisfied at the maximum level (provided that such awards
had not theretofore been forfeited);”
7. Section (c) of the definition of “Severance Package” in Annex I of the Agreement is hereby
amended by adding the following sentence to the end of the first paragraph:
“This Agreement’s provision of continued participation in the Company’s
medical and dental plans is intended to satisfy the Company’s obligation to
provide such continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the
Code.”
[Signature page follows]
- 4 -
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Oceaneering International, Inc. has caused these presents to be executed
by its duly authorized officer in a number of copies, all of which shall constitute one and the
same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by any executed copy hereof, on this 15th day
of December 2008, but effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ T. Jay Collins
|
|
|
|
T. Jay Collins
|
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer and President
|
|
|
Agreed to on the 15th day of
December, 2008:
- 5 -