UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


Form 8-K

Current Report

P URSUANT TO S ECTION  13 or 15(d) OF

THE S ECURITIES E XCHANGE A CT OF 1934

October 28, 2007

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

The Boeing Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   1-442   91-0425694

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

100 N. Riverside, Chicago, IL   60606-1596
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(312) 544-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ 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.

On October 28, 2007, the Compensation Committee adopted and approved, or recommended to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Boeing Company (“Boeing” or the “Company”), as appropriate, and on October 29, 2007, the Board adopted amendments generally effective January 1, 2008 to certain compensation plans of the Company in which the Company’s named executive officers or directors participate.

For the following plans, these amendments were adopted primarily to conform the plans to the requirements and final and transition regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”):

 

   

Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company (the “DCP”)

 

   

Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of The Boeing Company

 

   

Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company (the “SBP”)

For the following plans, these amendments were adopted primarily to clarify the Company’s intention that all payments under the plans will satisfy the requirements for exemption from Code Section 409A:

 

   

The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “ISP”)

 

   

The Boeing Company 1997 Incentive Stock Plan

 

   

The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan (the “AIP”)

 

   

Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries (the “ICP”)

 

   

The Boeing Company 2004 Variable Compensation Plan

 

   

The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan

In addition to the amendments related to Code Section 409A, the Board amended the SBP to: (1) provide that, beginning in 2009, participants will be permitted to elect to invest their account balances among the same array of funds (other than the Boeing Stock Fund and the Stable Value Fund) as the funds available under the DCP and the Company’s Voluntary Investment Plan, a 401(k) retirement savings plan (the “VIP”), in addition to the current interest crediting method; and (2) set the deferral election rate to the maximum permissible percentage that an employee can elect to contribute under the VIP.

The Board also amended the ISP, the AIP and the ICP to incorporate the Company’s executive clawback policy adopted in 2006. This policy is contained in the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles and may be viewed on the Boeing website at www.boeing.com/corp_gov/.


The foregoing description of these amendments to the Company’s plans is qualified in its entirety by reference to the amended and restated plans, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.9 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

10.1    Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company
10.2    Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of The Boeing Company
10.3    Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company
10.4    The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan
10.5    The Boeing Company 1997 Incentive Stock Plan
10.6    The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan
10.7    Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries
10.8    The Boeing Company 2004 Variable Compensation Plan
10.9    The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

THE BOEING COMPANY
By:   /s/ James C. Johnson
  James C. Johnson
  Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Assistant
  General Counsel

Dated: November 1, 2007


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

10.1    Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company
10.2    Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of The Boeing Company
10.3    Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company
10.4    The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan
10.5    The Boeing Company 1997 Incentive Stock Plan
10.6    The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan
10.7    Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries
10.8    The Boeing Company 2004 Variable Compensation Plan
10.9    The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan

Exhibit 10.1

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES

OF THE BOEING COMPANY

(As Amended and Restated effective January 1, 2008)

 

1. Purpose . The purpose of this Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company is to provide a means by which eligible employees may defer payment of base salaries and awards made under incentive compensation plans sponsored by the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

2. Definitions . The following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Account ” means the recordkeeping account established for each Participant in the Plan, for purposes of accounting for Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Earnings Credits.

Affiliate or Subsidiary ” means a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code sections 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(c)), a group of trades or businesses (whether incorporated or not) which are under common control within the meaning of Code section 414(c), or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code sections 414(m) or 414(o)) of which the Company is a part.

Annual Incentive Award ” means the annual cash incentive award under Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries or The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan, as applicable.

Authorized Period of Absence ” means a leave of absence approved by the Company.

Base Salary ” means an Employee’s annual base rate of pay from the Company.

Beneficiary ” means the person or persons designated by the Participant to receive distributions from the Plan, upon the Participant’s death. If no beneficiary has been designated, the Participant’s beneficiary shall be the personal representative of the participant’s estate.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of The Boeing Company.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

Company ” means The Boeing Company, its successors in interest, and any Affiliate or Subsidiary.

Controlled Group ” means the Company and any Affiliate or Subsidiary.


Deferrals ” means the portion of a Participant’s Base Salary, Annual Incentive Award or Performance Award, if any, that he or she elects to defer on a pre-tax basis under this Plan in accordance with Section 4.

Deferral Election ” means the election made by an Eligible Employee to defer a portion of his or her Base Salary, Annual Incentive Award or Performance Award in accordance with Section 4.

E-Series Payroll ” means the executive designation of level E1 to E6 at the Company.

Earnings Credit ” means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account under Section 6(B).

Eligible Employee ” means with respect to any Plan Year, an Employee of the Company who has satisfied the requirements of Section 3.

Employee ” means any person who is employed as a common law employee by any member of the Controlled Group.

Matching Contributions ” means Company Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 5.

“Participant ” means an Eligible Employee who has elected to defer his or her Base Salary, Annual Incentive Award or Performance Award under the Plan in accordance with Section 4, or an Employee or former Employee who has amounts credited to his or her Account.

Plan ” means this Deferred Compensation Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company, as herein set forth, together with any amendments that may be adopted.

Plan Year ” means the calendar year.

Separation from Service ” or “ Separates from Service ” means an Employee’s death, retirement or termination of employment from the Controlled Group within the meaning of Code section 409A. For purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has occurred, the Controlled Group is defined by using the language “at least 80 percent” under Code section 1563(a) in lieu of the 50 percent default rule stated in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)(3).

A Separation from Service is deemed to include a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of services performed by an Employee, to less than 50 percent of the average level of services performed by the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period.

Specified Employee ” means an Employee who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code section 409A. Specified Employee status is determined on the last day of the prior Plan Year, to take effect as of April 1 of the Plan Year for a 12-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Specified Employees shall be determined by including the employees whom the Company reasonably determines to be the 75 top-paid officers of the Company rather than the 50 top-paid officers as provided under Code section 416(i)(1)(A), to the extent permitted under Code section 409A.

 

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Unforeseeable Emergency ” means “unforeseeable emergency” within the meaning of Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

3. Eligibility and Participation . An Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan for a Plan Year if he or she is on the E-Series Payroll, provided such employee is paid on a U.S. dollar-based payroll.

An Eligible Employee will become a Participant when he or she elects to defer his or her Base Salary, Annual Incentive Award or Performance Award by filing a timely Deferral Election in accordance with Section 4 below.

 

4. Deferral Elections . An Eligible Employee may elect Deferrals, by executing and delivering to the Company in accordance with rules established by the Committee a Deferral Election, by the deadline prescribed below (or such earlier deadline as the Committee may establish), which shall state:

in the case of Base Salary, the percentage of the Participant’s Base Salary (but not more than 50% thereof) to be deferred in each regular pay period, by December 1 to be effective for the following Plan Year, and

in the case of Annual Incentive Awards payable in cash, the percentage of the Annual Incentive Award to be deferred (which shall be all or any portion thereof), by December 1 of the year preceding the performance period for such Annual Incentive Award, and

in the case of Performance Awards, the percentage of the Performance Award to be deferred (which shall be all or any portion thereof), by December 1 of the year preceding the year of grant.

A Deferral Election will remain in effect until changed with respect to future Deferrals by a filing a new Deferral Election with the Company increasing or decreasing the percentage of future Base Salary, Annual Incentive Awards, or Performance Awards to be deferred. Any such change in Deferral Election must be made by December 1 of the year for which new elections of the same type are due and shall supersede any election previously made. All previous Deferral Elections for Boeing Stock Unit (BSU) grants, Performance Share grants and related Earnings Credit method elections made prior to January 1, 2008, will continue in effect until such time as the grants are vested or forfeited, as appropriate.

An Employee who becomes an Eligible Employee during the Plan Year (as a new hire, rehire or due to raise or promotion) will not be eligible to participate during such Plan Year. In the case of an Employee who ceases to be an Eligible Employee during the Plan Year (e.g., due to a reclassification as other than E-Series Payroll or Separation from Service) the Employee’s Deferral Election shall remain in effect with respect to Deferral

 

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Elections of Base Salary, Annual Incentive Awards and Performance Awards in effect with respect to the Plan Year in which the Employee ceases to be an Eligible Employee, but will automatically be cancelled with respect to future Deferrals (i.e., Deferrals for subsequent Plan Years).

Notwithstanding the election procedures described above, a Participant will be permitted to cancel an existing Deferral Election of Base Salary with regard to a Plan Year during that Plan Year, where the Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee. To the extent that a Participant has elected and received a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency under Section 7(G), the Participant will be deemed to have elected to cancel his or her Base Salary Deferral Election for the remainder of the applicable Plan Year.

If a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee or ceases to have a Deferral election on file (in accordance with Section 4), all amounts accumulated in the Participant’s account prior to termination will continue to be held subject to the Plan.

 

5. Company Matching Contributions .

 

  (A) General

Effective with respect to amounts deferred on or after January 1, 2006 (including amounts for which Deferral Elections were made prior to January 1, 2006) the Company will no longer provide any Matching Contribution under this Section 5 on any Deferrals into a Boeing Stock Fund account; provide that in the case of Deferrals that were the subject of a Deferral Election into a Boeing Stock Fund account made prior to January 1, 2005, the Company will continue to match such Deferrals of Boeing Stock Units and Performance Share Awards that are not yet vested (upon vesting) and such Deferrals of 2005 Annual Incentive Awards that were paid in 2006. To the extent that the Company makes or has made a Matching Contribution with respect to all or part of any amounts deferred under this Plan, each such Matching Contribution shall be deferred together with the Participant Deferral to which it relates, and shall be subject to all of the Participant elections (including default elections) with respect to such Deferral.

 

  (B) Forfeiture of Matching Contributions

Any Matching Contribution made pursuant to this Section 5 shall be canceled and forfeited if the Participant Separates from Service for any reason other than retirement under a retirement plan sponsored by the Company, disability as determined by the Company, layoff, or death. The forfeited Matching Contribution (and any Earnings Credits that would have accrued but for the forfeiture) will be reinstated upon rehire, only where (i) the Participant’s Separation from Service occurred while the Participant was on an Authorized Period of Absence or due to a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of services performed by the Participant to less than 50 percent of the average level of services performed by the Participant during the immediately preceding 36-month period, and (ii) the Participant’s Separation from Service was deemed a Separation from Service under Code section 409A or the terms of this Plan (i.e., the Participant did

 

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not incur a termination of employment with the Controlled Group). Reinstatement of the Participant’s forfeited benefits will occur upon (i) return to active employment with the Company within the Authorized Period of Absence, (ii) termination of the Authorized Period of Absence or period of a reduced level of services due to retirement under a plan sponsored by the Company, disability as determined by the Company, layoff or death, or (iii) the Participant’s return to active employment at a level of services that is 50 percent or more of the average level of services performed by the Participant prior to his or her prior deemed Separation from Service due to a reduction in services. Such reinstated benefits will remain subject to the forfeiture provisions of the first sentence of this section 5(B) and the payment timing rules under Section 7(A).

 

6. Accounts and Earnings Credits on Deferrals .

 

  (A) In General

The Committee will establish and maintain an Account for each participant. The Account will be credited with Deferrals, as well as Company Matching Contributions and Earnings Credits as described below. The Account will be reduced as payments are made.

All amounts deferred under the Plan, and any Company Matching Contribution with respect thereto, shall be credited to the Participant’s Account at the time at which they would otherwise first have become payable to the Participant or, if earlier, the time at which the Participant’s interest in the award becomes vested. Non-cash awards shall be credited to the Participant’s account at the time at which they would otherwise first have become distributable to the Participant.

Each Account shall be credited with earnings thereon, under the Interest Fund method the Boeing Stock Fund method, or the Other Investment Funds method, subject to the restrictions on diversification described below, at the election of the Participant. In the absence of an election the Interest Fund method shall be used.

 

  (B) Earnings Credit Methods

 

  (i) Interest Fund Method . A Participant’s Account shall be adjusted daily in accordance with changes in the unit value of the Account to reflect interest, based on the Participant’s Account balance.

Interest will be computed during each calendar year at the mean between the high and the low during the first eleven months of the preceding year of yields on Aa-rated industrial Bonds as reported by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., rounded to the nearest 1/4th of one percent. The Company will notify Participants annually of the established interest rate.

 

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  (ii) Boeing Stock Fund Method . A Participant’s Boeing Stock Fund Account shall be credited with the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that could be purchased with the amount credited to such account, based on the Fair Market Value of the Company’s common stock on the day the account is so credited (or on the next business day on which the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) is open, if the Exchange is closed on the day the account is credited) excluding commissions, taxes, and other charges. Such number shall be recorded as stock units in the Participant’s account, for bookkeeping purposes only. For purposes of the Plan, “Fair Market Value” means the mean of the high and low per share trading prices for the common stock of the Company as reported for the “New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions” for a single trading day. The number of stock units in an account shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, and other like adjustments in the Company’s common stock.

Each Participant’s Boeing Stock Fund Account periodically shall be credited with the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that could be purchased, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, with an amount equal to the cash dividends that would be payable on the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that equals the number of stock units in a Participant’s Boeing Stock Fund account. The Company will notify Participants annually of the number of stock units, and the dividend equivalents, credited to their Boeing Stock Fund account.

 

  (iii) Other Investment Funds Method . In addition to the Interest Fund and Boeing Stock Fund methods of allocating earnings on Deferrals, a Participant may choose to diversify Deferrals eligible for diversification under paragraph 6(C) below by electing that the Participant’s Account be credited (or charged) with the expenses, income, gains and losses on investment funds similar to those offered under The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan (excluding the Boeing Stock Fund and Stable Value Fund offered thereunder) as designated by the Committee from time to time, pursuant to an election by the Participant to have the Participant’s Account credited as though the Participant had elected to invest in such funds in such increments as the Participant shall direct in accordance with rules to be established by the Committee or its delegates; provided that the Committee may disregard such elections in its discretion.

 

  (C) Deferrals Eligible for Diversification . The following Deferrals are eligible for diversification:

 

  (i) Previous and future Deferrals of Base Salary (once earned);

 

  (ii) Previous and future Deferrals of cash Annual Incentive Awards (once earned);

 

  (iii) Vested Boeing Stock Unit (BSU) Deferrals;

 

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  (iv) Unvested BSU Deferrals (once vested);

 

  (v) Performance Share Deferrals that were vested as of December 31, 2005;

 

  (vi) In the case of a Participant whose termination of employment occurred on or before December 31, 2005, any Matching Contributions credited to the Participant’s Accounts on or before January 3, 2006 (the next business day the Exchange is open); and

 

  (vii) Performance Awards.

Performance Shares that were unvested as of December 31, 2005, and deferred into the Boeing Stock Fund account shall not be eligible for diversification, even upon vesting. Matching contributions (except as described in (vi) above) also shall not be eligible for diversification. Amounts eligible for diversification are sometimes referred to as “transferable amounts” and amounts not eligible for diversification are sometimes referred to as “nontransferable amounts.”

 

  (D) Investment Election Changes and Restrictions

The Participant may make a separate election for each type of Deferral (Base Salary, Annual Incentive Award and Performance Award) and may change how future Deferrals are invested anytime during the Plan Year. The Participant may also transfer Deferrals eligible for diversification from one fund to another on a daily basis, provided that a Participant may not transfer funds from one investment fund to another and back on the same day.

In addition, transfers cannot be made into the Boeing Stock Fund for 30 calendar days after transferring funds out of the Boeing Stock Fund. This restriction applies regardless of the number of units or the dollar value of the transfer. However, the Participant may continue to direct future Deferrals into the Boeing Stock Fund and make transfers out of this fund at any time, subject to insider trading rules.

 

7. Form and Timing of Distribution .

 

  (A) General Rule

A Participant may elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her entire Account (including future Deferrals, Matching Credits and Earnings Credits) as described below. This distribution election must be made at the same time the Participant makes his or her Deferral Election.

Distribution elections made with regard to a Participant’s entire Account may be changed solely to the extent permitted under subsection (B) below.

 

  (i) Lump Sum Distribution

 

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The lump sum distribution option is a single lump sum payable in January of any Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service. The amount of such distribution will be based on the value of the Participant’s Account determined as of the date of payment.

Payment of the lump sum will be made the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to (E) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 7.

 

  (ii) Installment Payment

The installment payment option is a series of annual installment payments for a period between 2 and 15 years. The amount payable to the Participant each year shall be computed by multiplying the balance in the Account (or the applicable portion of the Account) by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of years remaining in the distribution period on the first day of January of such year.

Prior to January 1, 2006, a Participant could elect that annual installments be determined under the “Approximately Equal” method, under which the amount payable to the Participant each year shall be computed by the Company so that the aggregate amount of cash or stock in a Participant’s Account under the Plan shall be distributed in approximately equal installments in each year for which payments are to be made. The Approximately Equal method is only available for payment elections on file as of December 31, 2005.

Annual installment payments will begin the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to (E) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 7. Payments will continue until the full balance in the Participant’s Account has been paid.

In the event that no distribution option is elected, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum payable in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

  (B) Changes to Distribution Election

Effective January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account only once after the initial distribution election is made (subject to (E) below), in accordance with the conditions stated below. To the extent such change would defer commencement of any portion of the Participant’s Account beyond both age 70  1 / 2 and Separation from Service, the change will not be effective with respect to such portion.

 

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  (i) A new distribution election must be submitted to the Committee at least 12 months before the existing scheduled distribution date, and during the annual election period established by the Committee.

 

  (ii) The revised distribution election must not take effect for at least 12 months after it is made.

 

  (iii) The new distribution election must provide for an additional deferral period of at least 5 years beyond the original distribution date.

In no event can installment payments be revoked once they have begun.

Prior to January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account, in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, without the restrictions stated above. Any changes made under this paragraph will be invalid to the extent they affect distributions scheduled for the Plan Year in which the change is made.

 

  (C) Separate Election for Matching Contributions

Notwithstanding the foregoing subsections (A) and (B), for Participants who terminates employment on or after January 1, 2006, the Participant may make a separate election under (A) above as to the time and form of distribution of (i) the Participants Company Matching Contributions and (ii) the balance of the Participant’s Plan Account. Such a Participant may also make a separate one-time distribution election change under (B) above with respect to each such separate election under this (C).

 

  (D) Separate Election for Annual Installments

If a Participant makes a separate election under (C)(ii) above to receive the balance of the Participant’s Plan Account in annual installment payments, the Participant may further elect to receive either:

 

  (i) The Participant’s nontransferable Performance Shares (Performance Shares that vested or vest after December 31, 2005, that are deferred into the Boeing Stock Fund), first, or

 

  (ii) A prorated payment of all the funds in the Participant’s Account each year.

 

 

(E)

Distributions At Age 70  1 / 2

Payment of benefits under this Plan will begin not later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant both attains (or would have attained) age 70  1 / 2 and is Separated from Service. Payment of benefits for Participants actively employed beyond age 70  1 / 2 will begin no later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant Separates from Service. In the event that no distribution option is elected under (A) above, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum distribution.

 

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  (F) Specified Employees

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Section 7, a Specified Employee will not receive any distribution under this Plan during the six-month period immediately following his or her Separation from Service.

The Account of a Specified Employee will be distributed in the form elected under subsection (A) above. This distribution will commence as of the later of:

 

  (i) the time elected under subsection (A),

 

  (ii) the first day of the month following completion of the six-month waiting period (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between July 1 and December 31), and

 

  (iii) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between January 1 and June 30).

If a Participant has elected installments under (A) above, subsequent installment payments will be made in January of each successive year until the Account is exhausted.

In the event of a Specified Employee’s death during the six-month waiting period, the waiting period will cease to apply. The Specified Employee’s benefits will be distributed in accordance with Section 8 (Death Benefits) below.

 

  (G) Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency

A Participant or Beneficiary may elect to receive a distribution of all or a portion of his or her Accounts immediately, regardless of whether benefit payments have commenced, to the extent that the Participant or Beneficiary incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency.

The amount of the distribution will be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including any taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution, as determined by the Committee.

 

8. Death Benefits

If a Participant dies before his or her entire Account has been distributed, the remaining Account balance will be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in accordance with the Deferral Elections filed with the Committee. Distributions to the Beneficiary will be made at the same time and in the same form as the payment that otherwise would have been made to the Participant.

 

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To the extent no distribution election has been filed, the remaining Account balance will be paid to the Beneficiary in a single sum in January of the calendar year following the Participant’s death.

Prior to October 1, 2006, a Participant could elect one or more fixed payments be made from the Plan to the Participant’s personal representative or designated beneficiary, following the Participant’s death. Such payments, if approved by the Committee, shall be made within 15 months after the Participant’s death. Any amounts thereafter remaining in the Participant’s Account will be distributed in accordance with the Participants elections. Any such elections on file as of October 1, 2006 will continue in effect unless a subsequent Beneficiary designation has been filed.

 

9. Payment in Stock or Cash . Deferrals eligible for diversification under Section 6(C) will be paid in cash. Deferrals not eligible for diversification under Section 6(C) will be paid in shares of Company common stock. Any distribution in stock shall be in whole shares of the Company’s common stock equal in number to the whole number of then distributable stock units credited to the Participant’s account under the Boeing Stock Fund for Deferrals not eligible for diversification. No fractional shares shall be distributed and any then distributable account balance remaining after any stock distribution shall be paid in cash or applied to federal withholding.

 

10. Tax and Other Withholding . Distributions under the Plan shall be subject to withholding for taxes and other charges, as required by law, and the Company shall deduct from any cash distribution any amounts owed by the Participant to the Company. For distributions in stock, required withholding will be taken from the common stock that would have been received.

 

11. Rehires

This Section 11 addresses the form and timing of payment for a Participant who rehires to the Company following a Separation from Service. For purposes of this Section 11, a rehire includes a Participant who returns to the Company following a Separation from Service that is deemed to occur under Code section 409A due to an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level services.

 

  (A) Participants Rehired After Commencing Benefits

This subsection (A) applies to a rehired Participant who has received or begun receiving benefits under the Plan.

Old Deferrals . Installment payments that commenced prior to the Participant’s rehire with respect to Deferrals made before the Participant’s Separation from Service (“Old Deferrals”) will not be suspended by reason of the Participant’s rehire. These Old Deferrals will continue to be paid until exhausted, without regard to the period of rehire.

 

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Interim Deferrals . To the extent a Participant made additional Deferrals while on an Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services that constituted a deemed Separation from Service under Code section 409A, such Deferrals will be distributed in January of the first Plan Year following the year in which they are made, in accordance with the Participant’s earlier distribution election. This is because the Participant has already satisfied the conditions for payment under Section 7(a); namely, he or she has attained the specified age and has experienced a Separation from Service attributable to such Deferrals.

New Deferrals . Deferrals attributable to periods after the date of rehire (“New Deferrals”) will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 7(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 7(B)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire. As a result, New Deferrals will be distributed in January following the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire , in the form selected under the original distribution election. This is because the Participant already has attained the specified age under Section 7(A) but has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Deferrals.

 

  (B) Participants Rehired Before Commencing Benefits

This subsection (B) applies to a rehired Participant who has not begun receiving benefits under the Plan because he or she has not attained the specified age under Section 7(A).

Old and Interim Deferrals . The rehired Participant’s Old Deferrals (and any Deferrals made during an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services) will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 7(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 7(B)). This means that if the Participant’s original distribution election selected benefits in the form of a lump sum (or installments) payable in January following attainment of a specified age under Section 7(A), then the Participant’s Old Deferrals (and any Deferrals made during an Authorized Period of Absence or period of a reduced level of services) will be payable as a lump sum (or installments, if elected) in January following the year in which he or she attains the specified age, even if the Participant has not had a subsequent Separation from Service after rehire. This result will not change in the event that the Participant attains the specified age after the initial Separation from Service (or while on Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services), but is rehired before benefits actually began.

New Deferrals . The Participant’s New Deferrals will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 7(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 7(B)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire, as described in Section 11(A) above. As a result, New Deferrals will be distributed either (i) in January following the Participants Separation from Service after rehire , or (ii) in January

 

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following both the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire and after attainment of the specified age, in accordance with the original distribution election. This is because the Participant has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Deferrals.

 

12. Termination or Amendment of the Plan . This Plan may be terminated, modified, or amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company or its delegate or delegates. In general, if the Plan is terminated, all amounts accumulated prior to termination will continue to remain subject to the provisions of the Plan as if the Plan had not been terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Boeing Company may, in its discretion, terminate the entire Plan and pay each Participant a single lump-sum distribution of his or her entire accrued benefit to the extent permitted under conditions set forth in Code section 409A and any IRS or Treasury guidance thereunder (provided that Deferrals not eligible for diversification will still be paid in shares of Company stock).

 

13. Participant’s Rights . Amounts deferred and accumulated under the Plan remain the property of the Company, and no Participant or other person shall acquire any property interest in the account or any other assets of the Company on account of participation in the Plan, the Participant’s rights being limited to receiving from the Company the payments provided for in the Plan. The Plan is unfunded and to the extent that any Participant acquires a right to receive payments from the Plan such rights shall be no greater than the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

Except to the extent provided in Section 10 of the Plan, the right of a Participant, legal representative or beneficiary to receive payments from the Plan shall not be subject to anticipation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, nor shall such right be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative or beneficiaries.

 

14. Powers of Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full power and discretionary authority to construe and interpret this Plan. The Committee may from time to time delegate such of its functions hereunder as it may determine, to one or more of the officers of the Company, on such terms and conditions as the Committee may decide. Decisions of the Committee or its delegates shall be final and binding upon the Participants, their legal representatives and beneficiaries.

 

15. Claims Procedures . The procedures for making claims for benefits under the Plan and for having the denial of a benefits claim reviewed shall be the same as those procedures set forth in The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan, substituting the Committee for the Employee Benefit Plans Committee thereunder.

 

16. Delays in Payment . Payment of benefits under this Plan may be delayed to the extent permitted by Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

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17. Involuntary Inclusion in Income . If a determination is made that the Account of any Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) is subject to current income taxation under Code section 409A, then the taxable portion of such Account will be immediately distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary), notwithstanding the general timing rules described in Section 7 above.

 

18. Compliance with Code Section 409A . It is intended that amounts deferred under this Plan will not be taxable under section 409A of the Code with respect to any individual. All provisions of this Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with this intent.

 

19. Construction . The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions will be determined under and will be construed according to federal law and, to the extent permissible, according to the internal laws of the state of Illinois. If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included.

 

20. Legal Action . No legal action may be brought in court on a claim for benefits under the Plan after 180 days following the decision on appeal (or 180 days following the expiration of the time to make an appeal if no appeal is made).

 

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APPENDIX A

Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc.

Hughes Electronic Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan

Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement between The Boeing Company, Hughes Electronics Corporation and Hughes Telecommunications and Space Company dated as of January 13, 2000 (the “Agreement”) and effective as of the closing date under the Agreement (“Closing Date”), the Committee designated certain employees of Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. (“BSS”) as Executive Payroll employees eligible to participate in this Plan (“Satellite Executives”).

The deferral elections of Satellite Executives in effect pursuant to the Hughes Electronic Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (“Hughes Plan”) as of the Closing Date were deemed to be irrevocable deferral elections in effect for purposes of this Plan for salary and cash payments related to the Hughes Annual Incentive Plan and Long-Term Achievement Plan paid by BSS in 2000 and 2001.

Satellite Executives eligible for Company performance shares and restricted stock units in lieu of payments under the Hughes Long-Term Achievement Plan were provided the opportunity to make a deferral election with respect to such awards.

Accounts under this Plan were established for Satellite Executives in an amount equal to their account balances as of the Closing Date under the Hughes Plan. Such accounts shall be paid in accordance with the distribution rules under Section 7. Except for such account balances, no Liability, as defined in the Agreement, shall accrue or be paid with respect to any Satellite Employee or Retired Satellite Employee, as defined in the Agreement, under the Hughes Plan on or after the Closing Date.

Satellite Executives with account balances established as of the Closing Date and/or who have irrevocable deferral elections in effect as of the Closing Date may elect earnings credits on deferred amounts in accordance with Section 5.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR

DIRECTORS OF THE BOEING COMPANY

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

 

1. Purpose. The purposes of the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of The Boeing Company are (i) to credit to members of the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company any portions of director retainers that are required to be paid in Boeing stock units, (ii) to provide for elective deferral of payment of all or a portion of any retainers, meeting fees, or both, otherwise payable in cash to such directors, and (iii) to encourage elective deferral of payment of all or a portion of any retainers, meeting fees, or both, otherwise payable in cash to such director, into Boeing stock units.

 

2. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Account ” means the recordkeeping account established for each Participant in the Plan, for purposes of accounting for Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Earnings Credits.

Beneficiary ” means the person or persons designated by the Participant to receive distributions from the Plan, upon the Participant’s death. If no beneficiary has been designated, the Participant’s beneficiary shall be the personal representative of the participant’s estate.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of The Boeing Company.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

Company ” means The Boeing Company.

Deferrals ” means the compensation required to be paid in Boeing stock units plus the portion of a Participant’s cash retainers, if any, that he or she elects to defer on a pre-tax basis under this Plan in accordance with Section 4.

Deferral Election ” means the election made by a Participant to defer a portion of his or her cash retainers in accordance with Section 4.

Earnings Credit ” means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account under Section 5.3.

Matching Contributions ” means Company Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 5.1.

Participant ” means any member of the Board of Directors.

 

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Plan ” means this Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of The Boeing Company, as herein set forth, together with any amendments that may be adopted.

Plan Year ” means the calendar year.

Separation from Service ” or “ Separates from Service ” means a Participant’s death, retirement or termination from service with the Board of Directors within the meaning of Code section 409A.

Specified Employee ” means a Participant who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code section 409A. Specified Employee status is determined on the last day of the prior Plan Year, to take effect as of April 1 of the Plan Year for a 12-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Specified Employees shall be determined by including the employees whom the Company reasonably determines to be the 75 top-paid officers of the Company rather than the 50 top-paid officers as provided under Code section 416(i)(1)(A), to the extent permitted under Code section 409A.

Unforeseeable Emergency ” means “unforeseeable emergency” within the meaning of Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

3. Eligibility and Participation. Every member of the Company’s Board of Directors entitled to compensation as a director shall participate in the Plan and shall be eligible to elect cash Deferrals under the Plan.

 

4 Deferrals. Every Participant shall participate as to the amount of compensation required to be paid in Boeing stock units.

 

  4.1 Election to Defer. A Participant also may elect to defer all or a specified percentage of his or her retainers that may be payable in cash. Such election shall be made by executing and delivering to the Company Deferral Election which states the percentage of the retainers to be deferred and the Deferral Account (dollar denominated or stock units) to which such amounts are to be credited. An election or change in election must be made by December 1 to be effective for retainers to be paid in the following calendar year; provided, that a Participant who is appointed or elected to the Board of Directors for the first time may file an election with the Company within 30 days of such appointment or election with respect to retainers for services to be performed subsequent to the election. Any such election shall supersede any election previously made.

 

  4.2 Election Duration. An election to participate will remain in effect until participation in the Plan terminates, or until the election is changed by a the new Deferral Election filed by the Participant with the Company in accordance with Section 4.1 above, increasing or decreasing the percentage of retainers to be deferred or changing the Deferral Account for future elective Deferrals. If a Participant terminates elective participation in the Plan, all amounts accumulated in the Participant’s Account(s) prior to termination will continue to be held subject to the Plan.

 

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  4.3 Unforeseeable Emergency. Notwithstanding the election procedures described above, a Participant will be permitted to cancel an existing Deferral Election of cash retainers with regard to a Plan Year during that Plan Year, where the Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee. To the extent that a Participant has elected and received a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency under Section 6.5, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to cancel his or her cash retainer Deferral Election for the remainder of the applicable Plan Year.

 

5 Accounts. All payments required to be made to a Participant in stock units shall be credited to a “Stock Unit Account” for the Participant. All retainers and fees a Participant elects be deferred under the Plan shall be credited to the Participant either in a dollar denominated, interest bearing account (an “Interest Credit Account”) or in the Participant’s Stock Unit Account, at the election of the Participant. Such election once made, will be irrevocable as to payments made in the following calendar year. In the absence of an election, all retainers and fees elected to be deferred shall be credited to an Interest Credit account.

 

  5.1 Company Matching Contributions. To the extent a Participant has elected to defer all or a portion of the Participant’s retainers into a Stock Unit Account, the Company shall make a Matching Contribution of an additional 25% of the amount so deferred. Each such Matching Contribution shall be deferred together with the Participant Deferral to which it relates, and shall be subject to all of the Participant elections (including default elections) with respect to such Deferral. Effective with respect to retainers deferred on or after January 1, 2005, the Company will no longer make any Matching Contributions deferred into a Stock Unit account.

 

  5.2 Stock Unit Accounts. Deferrals of retainers and fees, including any Matching Contributions with respect thereto, shall be credited at the time the retainers or fees otherwise are payable. At the time such amounts are credited to a Participant’s Stock Unit Account, the Account shall be credited with the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that could be purchased with the amount credited, based on the Fair Market Value of such stock on the day as of which the account is so credited (or on the next business day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open, if the Exchange is closed on the day as of which the account is credited), excluding commissions, taxes, and other charges; and such number shall be recorded as stock units in the Participant’s account, for bookkeeping purposes only. For purposes of the Plan, “Fair Market Value” means the mean of the high and low per share trading prices for the common stock of the Company for that day as reported for the “New York Stock Exchange - Composite Transactions” For a single trading day. The number of stock units in an Account shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends, and other like adjustments in the Company’s common stock.

 

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  5.3 Earnings on Accounts. Each Participant’s account(s) shall be credited with earnings thereon as follows:

Interest Credit Account . A Participant’s Interest Credit Account shall be credited monthly with interest on all amounts in that account during the preceding month. Interest will be computed during each calendar year at the mean between the high and the low during the first eleven months of the preceding year of yields on Aa-rated Industrial Bonds as reported by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., rounded to the nearest 1/4th of one percent. The Company will notify Participants annually of the established interest rate and the status of their respective Interest Credit Accounts.

Stock Unit Account . As of each of the Company’s dividend payment dates, each Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be credited with the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that could be purchased, as set forth in paragraph 5.2, by an amount equal to the cash dividends that would be payable on the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that equals the number of stock units in the Participant’s Stock Unit Account. The Company will notify Participants annually of the number of stock units, and the dividend equivalents, credited to their respective Stock Unit Accounts.

 

6 Form and Timing of Distribution .

 

  6.1 General Rule

A Participant may elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her entire Account as described below. This distribution election must be made at the same time the Participant makes his or her Deferral Election.

Distribution elections made with regard to a Participant’s entire Account may be changed solely to the extent permitted under subsection 6.2 below.

 

  (A) Lump Sum Distribution

The lump sum distribution option is a single lump sum payable in January of any Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service. The amount of such distribution will be based on the value of the Participant’s Account determined as of the date of payment.

Payment of the lump sum will be made the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to Section 6.3 below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 6.

 

  (B) Installment Payment

The installment payment option is a series of annual installment payments for a period between 2 and 15 years. The amount payable to the Participant each year shall be computed by multiplying the balance in the Account (or the applicable portion of the Account) by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of years remaining in the distribution period on the first day of January of such year.

 

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Prior to January 1, 2006, a Participant could elect that annual installments be determined under the “Approximately Equal” method, under which the amount payable to the Participant each year shall be computed by the Company so that the aggregate amount of cash or stock in a Participant’s Account under the Plan shall be distributed in approximately equal installments in each year for which payments are to be made. The Approximately Equal method is only available for payment elections on file as of December 31, 2005.

Annual installment payments will begin the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to Section 6.3 below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 6. Payments will continue until the full balance in the Participant’s Account has been paid.

In the event that no distribution option is elected, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum payable in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

  6.2 Changes to Distribution Election

Effective January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account only once after the initial distribution election is made (subject to Section 6.3 below), in accordance with the conditions stated below. To the extent such change would defer commencement of any portion of the Participant’s Account beyond both age 70  1 / 2 and Separation from Service, the change will not be effective with respect to such portion.

 

  (i) A new distribution election must be submitted to the Committee at least 12 months before the existing scheduled distribution date, and during the annual election period established by the Committee.

 

  (ii) The revised distribution election must not take effect for at least 12 months after it is made.

 

  (iii) The new distribution election must provide for an additional deferral period of at least 5 years beyond the original distribution date.

In no event can installment payments be revoked once they have begun.

Prior to January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account, in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, without the restrictions stated above. Any changes made under this paragraph will be invalid to the extent they affect distributions scheduled for the Plan Year in which the change is made.

 

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6.3

Distributions At Age 70  1 / 2

Payment of benefits under this Plan will begin not later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant both attains (or would have attained) age 70  1 / 2 and is Separated from Service. Payment of benefits for Participants actively in service on the Board beyond age 70  1 / 2 will begin no later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant Separates from Service. In the event that no distribution option is elected under Section 6.1 above, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum distribution.

 

  6.4 Specified Employees

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Section 6, a Specified Employee will not receive any distribution under this Plan during the six-month period immediately following his or her Separation from Service.

The Account of a Specified Employee will be distributed in the form elected under Section 6.1 above. This distribution will commence as of the later of:

 

  (i) the time elected under Section 6.1,

 

  (ii) the first day of the month following completion of the six-month waiting period (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between July 1 and December 31), and

 

  (iii) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between January 1 and June 30).

If a Participant has elected installments under Section 6.1 above, subsequent installment payments will be made in January of each successive year until the Account is exhausted.

In the event of a Specified Employee’s death during the six-month waiting period, the waiting period will cease to apply. The Specified Employee’s benefits will be distributed in accordance with Section 7 (Death Benefits) below.

 

  6.5 Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency

A Participant or Beneficiary may elect to receive a distribution of all or a portion of his or her Accounts immediately, regardless of whether benefit payments have commenced, to the extent that the Participant or Beneficiary incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency.

 

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The amount of the distribution will be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including any taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution, as determined by the Committee.

 

7. Death Benefits

If a Participant dies before his or her entire Account has been distributed, the remaining Account balance will be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in accordance with the Deferral Elections filed with the Committee. Distributions to the Beneficiary will be made at the same time and in the same form as the payment that otherwise would have been made to the Participant.

To the extent no distribution election has been filed, the remaining Account balance will be paid to the Beneficiary in a single sum in January of the calendar year following the Participant’s death.

Prior to October 1, 2006, a Participant could elect one or more fixed payments be made from the Plan to the Participant’s personal representative or designated beneficiary, following the Participant’s death. Such payments, if approved by the Committee, shall be made within 15 months after the Participant’s death. Any amounts thereafter remaining in the Participant’s Account will be distributed in accordance with the Participants elections. Any such elections on file as of October 1, 2006 will continue in effect unless a subsequent Beneficiary designation has been filed.

 

8. Payment in Stock or Cash . Distributions from a Participant’s Interest Credit Account shall be in cash. Distributions from a Participant’s Stock Unit Account shall be made in whole shares of the Company’s common stock equal in number to the whole number of then distributable stock units credited to the Participant’s Stock Unit Account. No fractional shares shall be distributed and any then distributable account balance remaining after any stock distribution shall be paid in cash.

 

9. Participant’s Rights. Amounts accumulated and deferred under the Plan remain the property of the Company, and no Participant or other person shall acquire any property interest in the account(s) or any other assets of the Company on account of participation in the Plan, a Participant’s rights being limited to receiving from the Company the payments provided for in the Plan. The Plan is unfunded, and to the extent that any Participant acquires a right to receive payments from the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

The right of a Participant or the Participant’s legal representative or beneficiary to receive payments from the Plan shall not be subject to anticipation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, nor shall such right be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative or beneficiaries.

 

10. Powers of Compensation Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have full power and discretionary authority to construe and interpret the Plan. No member of the Committee shall act on any matter concerning such member’s participation in the Plan or such member’s account(s) under the Plan. Decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Participants, their legal representatives and beneficiaries.

 

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11. Termination or Amendment of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated, modified, or amended from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. If the Plan is terminated, all amounts accumulated prior to termination will continue to remain subject to the provisions of the Plan as if the Plan had not been terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Boeing Company may, in its discretion, terminate the entire Plan and pay each Participant a single lump-sum distribution of his or her entire accrued benefit to the extent permitted under conditions set forth in Code section 409A and any IRS or Treasury guidance thereunder (provided that distributions from a Participant’s Stock Unit Account will still be paid in shares of Company stock).

 

12. Delays in Payment . Payment of benefits under this Plan may be delayed to the extent permitted by Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

13. Involuntary Inclusion in Income . If a determination is made that the Account of any Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) is subject to current income taxation under Code section 409A, then the taxable portion of such Account will be immediately distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary), notwithstanding the general timing rules described in Section 6 above.

 

14. Compliance with Code Section 409A . It is intended that amounts deferred under this Plan will not be taxable under section 409A of the Code with respect to any individual. All provisions of this Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with this intent.

 

15. Construction . The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions will be determined under and will be construed according to federal law and, to the extent permissible, according to the internal laws of the state of Illinois. If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN

FOR EMPLOYEES OF

THE BOEING COMPANY

AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

EFFECTIVE January 1, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I     Introduction

   1

ARTICLE II     Definitions

   2

2.1

  

Account

   2

2.2

  

Affiliate or Subsidiary

   2

2.3

  

Authorized Period of Absence

   2

2.4

  

Base Salary

   2

2.5

  

Beneficiary

   2

2.6

  

BCERP

   2

2.7

  

Board of Directors

   2

2.8

  

Code

   3

2.9

  

Committee

   3

2.10

  

Company

   3

2.11

  

Compensation

   3

2.12

  

Deferrals

   3

2.13

  

Deferral Election

   3

2.14

  

Disability

   3

2.15

  

Earnings Credit

   3

2.16

  

Eligible Employee

   3

2.17

  

Employee

   4

2.18

  

FSP

   4

2.19

  

Matching Credit

   4

2.20

  

Participant

   4

2.21

  

Plan

   4

2.22

  

Plan Year

   4

2.23

  

SERP

   4

2.24

  

Separation from Service

   4

2.25

  

Specified Employee

   5

2.26

  

Unforeseeable Emergency

   5

2.27

  

VIP

   5

ARTICLE III     Eligibility and Participation

   6

3.1

  

Eligibility

   6

3.2

  

Participation

   7

ARTICLE IV     Plan Benefits

   8

4.1

  

Deferral Elections

   8

4.2

  

Participant Accounts

   9

4.3

  

Vesting

   11

4.4

  

Cancellation of Deferral Election Due to Unforeseeable Emergency

   11

ARTICLE V     Distributions

   12

5.1

  

Form and Timing of Distribution

   12

5.2

  

Death Benefits

   15

5.3

  

Rehires

   15

ARTICLE VI     Administration

   18

 

i


6.1

  

Plan Administration

   18

6.2

  

Claims Procedure

   18

ARTICLE VII     Amendment and Termination

   19

ARTICLE VIII     Miscellaneous

   20

8.1

  

No Employment Rights

   20

8.2

  

Anti-Assignment

   20

8.3

  

Unfunded Status of Plan

   20

8.4

  

Delays in Payment

   20

8.5

  

Involuntary Inclusion in Income

   20

8.6

  

Compliance With Code Section 409A

   21

8.7

  

Construction

   21

8.8

  

Legal Action

   21

APPENDIX A     Boeing Satellite Systems Salaried Employees’ Excess Benefit Plan

   22

APPENDIX B     Plan Provisions Prior To January 1, 1999

   30

B1.1

  

Eligibility and Benefits for BCERP Participants

   30

B1.2

  

Eligibility and Benefits for FSP Participants

   31

 

ii


ARTICLE I

Introduction

The Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company (Plan) was originally established effective January 1, 1978 by The Boeing Company. The Plan is hereby amended and restated effective January 1, 2008 to comply with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (Code).

The purpose of the Plan is to supplement the benefits of certain employees under The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan, to the extent that these qualified plan benefits are limited by sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code.

For periods prior to January 1, 1999, the Plan also supplemented participants’ benefits under The Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan and The Boeing Company Employee Financial Security Plan, to the extent these benefits were limited by sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code. For the period January 1, 1987 through May 31, 1987, the Plan also supplemented benefits reduced by the limitation on Elective Deferrals imposed by section 402(g)(1) of the Code.

It is intended that the Plan shall be an excess benefit plan as defined in section 3(36) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to the extent benefits are paid in excess of the limits imposed by section 415 of the Code. To the extent any part of the Plan is not an excess benefit plan, it is intended that the Plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated employees under sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.


ARTICLE II

Definitions

 

2.1 Account

“Account” means the recordkeeping account established for each Participant in the Plan, for purposes of accounting for Deferrals, Matching Credits and Earnings Credits.

 

2.2 Affiliate or Subsidiary

“Affiliate or Subsidiary” means a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code section 1563(a), determined without regard to Code sections 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(c)), a group of trades or businesses (whether incorporated or not) which are under common control within the meaning of Code section 414(c), or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code sections 414(m) or 414(o)) of which The Boeing Company is a part.

 

2.3 Authorized Period of Absence

“Authorized Period of Absence” means a leave of absence approved by the Company.

 

2.4 Base Salary

“Base Salary” means an Employee’s annual base rate of pay from the Company.

 

2.5 Beneficiary

“Beneficiary” generally means the person or persons designated by a Participant under the VIP to receive any benefit payable from the VIP upon the death of the Participant. If no designation is filed under the VIP, or if the designated beneficiary does not survive the Participant, the default rules stated in the VIP will apply.

 

2.6 BCERP

“BCERP” means The Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan.

 

2.7 Board of Directors

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of The Boeing Company.

 

2


2.8 Code

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.9 Committee

“Committee” means the Employee Benefit Plans Committee.

 

2.10 Company

“Company” means The Boeing Company, its successors in interest, and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries.

 

2.11 Compensation

“Compensation” means a Participant’s Compensation as defined under the VIP, but determined without regard to the limitation on Compensation under Code section 401(a)(17). In no event will Compensation include payments under any incentive compensation plan, without regard to whether it is included in compensation under the VIP.

 

2.12 Deferrals

“Deferrals” means the portion of a Participant’s Compensation, if any, that he or she elects to defer on a pre-tax basis under this Plan in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

2.13 Deferral Election

“Deferral Election” means the election made by an Eligible Employee to defer a portion of his or her Compensation in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

2.14 Disability

“Disability” means a physical or mental impairment as defined under Code section 409A.

 

2.15 Earnings Credit

“Earnings Credit” means the adjustment to a Participant’s Account under Section 4.2(B).

 

2.16 Eligible Employee

“Eligible Employee” means, with respect to any Plan Year, an Employee of the Company who has satisfied the requirements of Article III.

 

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2.17 Employee

“Employee” means any person who is employed as a common law employee by any member of the Company.

 

2.18 FSP

“FSP” means The Boeing Company Employee Financial Security Plan.

 

2.19 Matching Credit

“Matching Credit” means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account under Section 4.2(A).

 

2.20 Participant

“Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has elected to defer Compensation under the Plan in accordance with Article IV, or an Employee or former Employee who has amounts credited to his or her Account.

 

2.21 Plan

“Plan” means this Supplemental Benefit Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company as herein set forth, together with any amendments that may be adopted.

 

2.22 Plan Year

“Plan Year” means the calendar year.

 

2.23 SERP

“SERP” means the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for Employees of The Boeing Company.

 

2.24 Separation from Service

“Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service” means an Employee’s death, retirement or termination of employment from the Company within the meaning of Code section 409A. For purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has occurred, Affiliates and Subsidiaries are defined by using the language “at least 80 percent” to define the controlled group under Code section 1563(a) in lieu of the 50 percent default rule stated in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-1(h)(3).

 

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A Separation from Service is deemed to include a reasonably anticipated permanent reduction in the level of services performed by an Employee, to less than 50 percent of the average level of services performed by the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period.

 

2.25 Specified Employee

“Specified Employee” means an Employee who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code section 409A. Specified Employee status is determined on the last day of the prior Plan Year, to take effect as of April 1 of the Plan Year for a 12-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Specified Employees shall be determined by including the employees whom the Company reasonably determines to be the 75 top-paid officers of the Company rather than the 50 top-paid officers as provided under Code section 416(i)(1)(A), to the extent permitted under Code section 409A.

 

2.26 Unforeseeable Emergency

“Unforeseeable Emergency” means “unforeseeable emergency” within the meaning of Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

2.27 VIP

“VIP” means The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan.

 

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ARTICLE III

Eligibility and Participation

 

3.1 Eligibility

An Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan for a Plan Year if he or she satisfies each of the conditions described in (A)-(C) below:

 

  (A) The Employee is eligible to participate in the VIP during the Plan Year.

 

  (B) The Employee is, during the Plan Year, a salaried Employee of the Company who is not represented by a collective bargaining agent (or represented by a collective bargaining agent where the terms of the collective bargaining agreement covering such Employee specifically provide for coverage under the Plan).

 

 

(C)

As of October 1 st of the prior Plan Year, the Employee’s Base Salary for the prior Plan Year equaled or exceeded the amount calculated as follows (rounded down to the nearest $1,000 increment):

The dollar limit imposed by section 415(c) of the Code for the prior Plan Year, divided by the percentage equal to the sum of (i), (ii) and (iii), as applicable.

 

 

(i)

The maximum percentage that an Employee can elect to contribute on a pre-tax or after-tax basis under the VIP, for the prior Plan Year (or such other rate approved by the Committee by October 1 st to take effect under the VIP as of the following January).

 

 

(ii)

The maximum percentage that an Employee can receive as an Employer Matching Contribution under the VIP, for the prior Plan Year (or such other rate approved by the Committee by October 1 st to take effect under the VIP as of the following January).

 

  (iii) Solely with regard to an Employee who actively participates in the Boeing Satellite Systems Retirement Plan (“BSS Plan”), the percentage of Participant Contributions made under Exhibit A of the BSS Plan, for the prior Plan Year.

Example: Assume that the Code section 415(c) limit is $45,000 for the current Plan Year, the maximum VIP employee contribution is 20% of compensation, and the maximum VIP employer matching contribution is 6% (75% of up to 8% of compensation), for the current Plan Year. To be eligible to participate in this Plan during the following Plan Year, the Employee’s Base Salary as of October 1 st must be at least $173,000 ($45,000/(20% + 6%) = $45,000/.26). If the Employee actively participates in the BSS Plan, which requires a 3% employee contribution, his or her Base Salary as of October 1 st must be at least $155,000 ($45,000/(20% + 6% + 3%) = $45,000/.29).

 

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Effective March 22, 2003, participants in the Boeing Satellite Systems Voluntary Savings Plan (the “BSS Voluntary Savings Plan”) became eligible to participate in the VIP. Consequently, a former participant in the BSS Voluntary Savings Plan who met the eligibility requirements of this Plan as of March 22, 2003 became eligible for benefits under this Plan based upon his or her participation in the VIP.

 

3.2 Participation

An Eligible Employee will become a Participant when he or she elects to defer Compensation by filing a timely Deferral Election in accordance with Article IV below.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Plan Benefits

Each Participant shall be entitled to benefits under this Plan as follows:

 

4.1 Deferral Elections

An Eligible Employee may elect to defer a percentage of his or her Compensation otherwise payable by the Company for a Plan Year by executing and delivering a Deferral Election, as described further below. This percentage is limited to the maximum percentage described in Section 3.1(C)(i), as applicable to the Eligible Employee. A new Deferral Election must be executed with respect to each Plan Year.

Deferrals will be made from the Participant’s Compensation only to the extent that either: (i) Compensation for the applicable Plan Year exceeds the limitation under Code section 401(a)(17), as indexed, or (ii) the Participant’s annual additions under the VIP for the applicable Plan Year reach the dollar limitation of Code section 415(c), as indexed.

Deferred Compensation will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date the Compensation would otherwise be payable, or as soon thereafter as administratively feasible.

 

  (A) Deferral Election

A Participant’s Deferral Election must be executed and delivered to the Company in accordance with rules established by the Committee.

 

  (B) Timing of Elections

In general, the Deferral Election must be filed during the election period established by the Committee. This election will become irrevocable as of the end of the election period, but in no event later than December 31 of the Plan Year in which the election is made. Each election will apply solely to the Compensation payable in the succeeding Plan Year. Participants must execute a new Deferral Election to defer Compensation payable in each succeeding Plan Year.

Deferral Elections generally may not be modified during the Plan Year. Likewise, an Employee eligible for this Plan remains subject to restrictions on mid-year contribution election changes under the VIP, in accordance with the terms of the VIP.

 

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See Section 4.4 for a limited exception to the general rule on the irrevocability of Deferral Elections, in the event of Unforeseeable Emergency.

 

  (C) No Mid-Year Elections

An Employee who becomes an Eligible Employee during the Plan Year (as a new hire, rehire or due to raise or promotion) will not be eligible to participate during such Plan Year.

 

4.2 Participant Accounts

The Committee will establish and maintain an Account for each Participant. The Account will be credited with Deferrals, as well as Matching Credits and Earnings Credits as described below. The Account will be reduced as payments are made.

 

  (A) Matching Credits

A Participant who defers Compensation for a Plan Year will be credited with a Matching Credit from the Company. This Matching Credit will equal a percentage of the Participant’s Deferrals for the Plan Year, subject to a limit on the Participant’s Compensation from which Deferrals are made under this Plan for the Plan Year. The relevant net percentage will be limited to the maximum rate described in Section 3.1(C)(ii), as applicable to each Participant.

Matching Credits will be credited to the Participant’s Account on the date that the underlying Deferral is credited to the Participant’s Account.

 

  (B) Earnings Credit Methods

For periods prior to January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account will be credited with earnings under the Interest Fund Method described in (i) below.

For periods on or after January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account will be credited, at the Participant’s election, with earnings under either: (i) the Interest Fund Method, or (ii) the Other Investment Funds method, each as described below. In the absence of an election the Interest Fund method will be used.

 

  (i) Interest Fund Method

Under the Interest Fund Method for periods prior to January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account will be adjusted each month in accordance with changes in the unit value of the Account to reflect interest, as of the first business day of that month. Interest will be calculated based on the value of the Account as of the last day of the preceding month.

 

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For periods on or after January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account will be adjusted daily in accordance with changes in the unit value of the Account to reflect interest, based on the Participant’s Account balance.

Interest will be calculated for each Plan Year as the mean between the high and low (during the first eleven months of the preceding Plan Year) of yields on AA-rated industrial bonds as reported by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., rounded to the nearest  1 / 4 th of one percent. The Company will notify Participants annually of the established interest rate.

 

  (ii) Other Investment Funds Method

For periods on or after January 1, 2009, in addition to the Interest Fund method of allocating earnings on Deferrals and Matching Credits, a Participant may choose to diversify his or her Account by electing that it be credited (or charged) with the expenses, income, gains and losses on investment funds similar to those offered under The Boeing Company Voluntary Investment Plan (excluding the Boeing Stock Fund and Stable Value Fund offered thereunder) as designated by the Committee from time to time, pursuant to an election by the Participant to have the Participant’s Account credited as though the Participant had elected to invest in such funds in such increments as the Participant will direct in accordance with rules to be established by the Committee or its delegates; provided that the Committee may disregard such elections in its discretion.

 

  (C) Investment Election Changes and Restrictions

For periods on or after January 1, 2009, a Participant may change how future Deferrals and Matching Credits are invested anytime during the Plan Year. The Participant may also transfer any portion of his or her Account from one fund to another on a daily basis, provided that a Participant may not transfer funds from one investment fund to another and back on the same day.

 

  (D) Heritage BSS Benefit

For Heritage BSS Participants, the benefits under this Plan shall also include any account as of April 3, 2003 under the BSS Excess Plan, as adjusted after April 3, 2003 for earnings, losses and expenses. As of April 4, 2003, all accounts of Heritage BSS Participants under the BSS Excess Plan were transferred to this Plan.

 

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For purposes of this subsection (D), “Heritage BSS Participant” means any Participant in this Plan having a prior benefit under the BSS Excess Plan based on his or her participation in the BSS Voluntary Savings Plan.

 

4.3 Vesting

A Participant’s interest in his or her Accounts generally will be 100% vested at all times.

A Participant’s Account may be forfeited or reduced in the event of one of the following events:

 

  (i) The Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary to distribute amounts from his or her Account (a “missing participant”).

 

  (ii) The Committee recaptures amounts improperly credited to a Participant’s Account.

See Section 8.3 regarding the unfunded nature of this Plan.

 

4.4 Cancellation of Deferral Election Due to Unforeseeable Emergency

Notwithstanding the election procedures described in Section 4.1, a Participant will be permitted to cancel an existing Deferral Election with regard to a Plan Year during that Plan Year, where the Participant incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency, as determined by the Committee.

To the extent that a Participant has elected and received a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency under Section 5.1(F), the Participant will be deemed to have elected to cancel his or her Deferral Election for the remainder of the applicable Plan Year.

 

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ARTICLE V

Distributions

 

5.1 Form and Timing of Distribution

 

  (A) General Rule

A Participant may elect the form and timing of distribution with regard to his or her entire Account (including future Deferrals, Matching Credits and Earnings Credits) as described below, subject to the cashout rule in subsection (B) below. This distribution election must be made at the same time the Participant makes his or her Deferral Election.

Distribution elections made with regard to a Participant’s entire Account may be changed solely to the extent permitted under subsection (C) below.

 

  (i) Lump Sum Distribution

The lump sum distribution option is a single lump sum payable in January of any Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service. The amount of such distribution will be based on the value of the Participant’s Account determined as of the date of payment.

Payment of the lump sum will be made the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to (D) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 5.1.

 

  (ii) Installment Payment

The installment payment option is a series of annual installment payments for a period between 2 and 15 years. The amount payable to the Participant each year generally shall be computed by multiplying the balance in the Account (or the applicable portion of the Account) by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of years remaining in the distribution period on the first day of January of such year. See Section 5.1(B) below for application of the cashout rule to installment payments.

Annual installment payments will begin the later of: (i) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, or (ii) January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s attainment of a specified age (subject to (D) below), as elected by the Participant under this Section 5.1. Payments will continue until the full balance in the Participant’s Account has been paid.

 

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The Plan will respect previous distribution elections made by certain Participants who are former participants in the Boeing Satellite Systems Salaried Employees’ Excess Benefit Plan (“BSS Excess Plan”). For these Participants, any distribution election made prior to April 4, 2003 under section 3(b)(5) of the BSS Excess Plan will apply, unless the Participant elects otherwise under this Article V.

In the event that no distribution option is elected, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum payable in January of the first Plan Year following the Participant’s Separation from Service.

 

  (B) Cashouts

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following rules shall apply, subject to the six-month delay in payment for Specified Employees under (E):

 

  (i) If the balance in the Participant’s Account is $10,000 or less in January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service, the entire balance will be paid in the form of a single lump sum at that time.

 

  (ii) If a Participant has elected to receive installments and his or her remaining Account balance is $10,000 or less upon any scheduled payment date, the entire remaining balance will be paid in the form of a single lump sum at that time. This paragraph (ii) will not apply to any Participant whose installment payments commenced prior to January 1, 2008.

 

  (C) Changes to Distribution Election

Effective January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account only once after the initial distribution election is made, in accordance with the conditions stated below. To the extent such change would defer commencement of any portion of the Participant’s Account beyond both age 70  1 / 2 and Separation from Service, the change will not be effective with respect to such portion.

 

  (i) A new distribution election must be submitted to the Committee at least 12 months before the existing scheduled distribution date, and during the annual election period established by the Committee.

 

  (ii) The revised distribution election must not take effect for at least 12 months after it is made.

 

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  (iii) The new distribution election must provide for an additional deferral period of at least 5 years beyond the original distribution date.

In no event can installment payments be revoked once they have begun.

Prior to January 1, 2008, a Participant may change a distribution election with regard to his or her entire Account, in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, without the restrictions stated above. Any changes made under this paragraph will be invalid to the extent they affect distributions scheduled for the Plan Year in which the change is made.

 

 

(D)

Distributions At Age 70  1 / 2

Payment of benefits under this Plan will begin not later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant both attains (or would have attained) age 70  1 / 2 and is Separated from Service. Payment of benefits for Participants actively employed beyond age 70  1 / 2 will begin no later than the first January following the calendar year in which the Participant Separates from Service. In the event that no distribution option is elected under (A) above, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive a single lump sum distribution.

 

  (E) Specified Employees

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Article V, a Specified Employee will not receive any distribution under this Plan during the six-month period immediately following his or her Separation from Service.

The Account of a Specified Employee will be distributed in the form elected under subsection (A) above. This distribution will commence as of the later of:

 

  (i) the time elected under subsection (A),

 

  (ii) the first day of the month following completion of the six-month waiting period (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between July 1 and December 31), and

 

  (iii) January of the first Plan Year following Separation from Service (for Specified Employees who Separate from Service between January 1 and June 30).

If a Participant has elected installments under (A) above, subsequent installment payments will be made in January of each successive year until the Account is exhausted.

 

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In the event of a Specified Employee’s death during the six-month waiting period, the waiting period will cease to apply. The Specified Employee’s benefits will be distributed in accordance with Section 5.2 (Death Benefits) below.

 

  (F) Distribution Due to Unforeseeable Emergency

A Participant or Beneficiary may elect to receive a distribution of all or a portion of his or her Accounts immediately, regardless of whether benefit payments have commenced, to the extent that the Participant or Beneficiary incurs an Unforeseeable Emergency.

The amount of the distribution will be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need, including any taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution, as determined by the Committee.

 

5.2 Death Benefits

If a Participant dies before his or her entire Account has been distributed, the remaining Account balance will be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in accordance with the Deferral Elections filed with the Committee. Distributions to the Beneficiary will be made at the same time and in the same form as the payment that otherwise would have been made to the Participant.

To the extent no distribution election has been filed, the remaining Account balance will be paid to the Beneficiary in a single sum in January of the calendar year following the Participant’s death.

 

5.3 Rehires

This Section 5.3 addresses the form and timing of payment for a Participant who rehires to the Company following a Separation from Service. For purposes of this Section 5.3, a rehire includes a Participant who returns to the Company following a Separation from Service that is deemed to occur under Code section 409A due to an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services.

 

  (A) Participants Rehired After Commencing Benefits

This subsection (A) applies to a rehired Participant who has received or begun receiving benefits under the Plan because he or she has experienced a Separation from Service and has attained the specified age (if applicable).

 

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Old Deferrals. Installment payments that commenced prior to the Participant’s rehire with respect to Deferrals made before the Participant’s Separation from Service (“Old Deferrals”) will not be suspended by reason of the Participant’s rehire. These Old Deferrals will continue to be paid until exhausted, without regard to the period of rehire.

Interim Deferrals. To the extent a Participant made additional Deferrals while on an Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services that constituted a deemed Separation from Service under Code section 409A, such Deferrals will be distributed in January of the first Plan Year following the year in which they are made, in accordance with the Participant’s earlier distribution election. This is because the Participant has already satisfied the conditions for payment under Section 5.1(A); namely, he or she has attained the specified age and has experienced a Separation from Service attributable to such Deferrals.

New Deferrals. Deferrals attributable to periods after the date of rehire (“New Deferrals”) will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 5.1(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 5.1(C)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire. As a result, New Deferrals will be distributed in January following the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire , in the form selected under the original distribution election. This is because the Participant already has attained the specified age under Section 5.1(A) but has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Deferrals.

 

  (B) Participants Rehired Before Commencing Benefits

This subsection (B) applies to a rehired Participant who has not begun receiving benefits under the Plan because he or she has not attained the specified age under Section 5.1(A).

Old and Interim Deferrals . The rehired Participant’s Old Deferrals (and any Deferrals made during an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services) will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 5.1(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 5.1(C)). This means that if the Participant’s original distribution election selected benefits in the form of a lump sum (or installments) payable in January following attainment of a specified age under Section 5.1(A), then the Participant’s Old Deferrals (and any Deferrals made during an Authorized Period of Absence or a period of a reduced level of services) will be payable as a lump sum (or installments, if so elected) in January following the year in which he or she attains the specified age, even if the Participant has not had a subsequent Separation from Service after rehire. This result will not change in the event that the Participant attains the specified age after the initial Separation from Service (or while on Authorized Period of Absence or during a period of a reduced level of services), but is rehired before benefits actually begin.

 

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New Deferrals . The Participant’s New Deferrals will remain subject to the Participant’s earlier distribution election as to the timing and form of payment under Section 5.1(A) (subject to the change rules in Section 5.1(C)), without regard to any Separation from Service that occurred prior to rehire, as described in Section 5.3(A) above. As a result, New Deferrals will be distributed either (i) in January following the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire , or (ii) in January following both the Participant’s Separation from Service after rehire and after attainment of the specified age, in accordance with the original distribution election. This is because the Participant has not yet experienced a Separation from Service attributable to the New Deferrals.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Administration

 

6.1 Plan Administration

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall make such rules, interpretations, determinations of fact and computations as it may deem appropriate. Any decision of the Committee with respect to the Plan, including (without limitation) any determination of eligibility to participate in the Plan and any calculation of plan benefits, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons. The Committee shall submit to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors periodic reports covering the operation of the Plan.

 

6.2 Claims Procedure

The procedures for making claims for benefits under the Plan and for having the denial of a benefits claim reviewed shall be the same as those procedures set forth in the VIP.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Amendment and Termination

The Board of Directors of The Boeing Company shall have the authority to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. The Board of Directors may delegate its authority to amend the Plan at any time, in its sole discretion. In the event of Plan amendment or termination, a Participant’s benefits under the Plan shall not be less than the Plan benefits to which the Participant would be entitled if the Participant had terminated employment immediately prior to such amendment or termination of the Plan.

In general, upon the termination of the Plan with respect to any Participant, the affected Participants will not be entitled to receive a distribution until the time specified in Article V. Notwithstanding the foregoing, The Boeing Company may, in its discretion, terminate the entire Plan and pay each Participant a single lump-sum distribution of his or her entire accrued benefit to the extent permitted under conditions set forth in Code section 409A and any IRS or Treasury guidance thereunder.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

 

8.1 No Employment Rights

Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any person any right to remain in the employ of the Company or affect any right of the Company to terminate a person’s employment with or without cause.

 

8.2 Anti-Assignment

No benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, execution, attachment, garnishment, or any other legal process. Any attempt to take such action shall be void and shall authorize the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, to forfeit all further right and interest in any benefit under this Plan. In addition, a Participant’s Account may be reduced by the amount of any tax obligation paid by the Company on behalf of a Participant or surviving spouse, if the Participant or surviving spouse fails to reimburse the Company for such obligation.

 

8.3 Unfunded Status of Plan

No funds shall be segregated or earmarked for any current or former participant, Beneficiary or other person under the Plan. However, the Company may establish one or more trusts to assist in meeting its obligations under the Plan, the assets of which shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors. No current or former Participant, Beneficiary or other person, individually or as a member of a group, shall have any right, title or interest in any account, fund, grantor trust, or any asset that may be acquired by the Company in respect of its obligations under the Plan (other than as a general creditor of the Company with an unsecured claim against its general assets).

 

8.4 Delays in Payment

Payment of benefits under this Plan may be delayed to the extent permitted by Code section 409A, as determined by the Committee.

 

8.5 Involuntary Inclusion in Income

If a determination is made that the Account of any Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) is subject to current income taxation under Code section 409A, then the taxable portion of such Account will be immediately distributed to the Participant (or his or her Beneficiary), notwithstanding the general timing rules described in Article V above.

 

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8.6 Compliance With Code Section 409A

It is intended that amounts deferred under this Plan will not be taxable under section 409A of the Code with respect to any individual. All provisions of this Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with this intent.

 

8.7 Construction

The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions will be determined under and will be construed according to federal law and, to the extent permissible, according to the internal laws of the state of Illinois. If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included.

 

8.8 Legal Action

No legal action may be brought in court on a claim for benefits under the Plan after 180 days following the decision on appeal (or 180 days following the expiration of the time to make an appeal if no appeal is made).

 

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APPENDIX A

Boeing Satellite Systems

Salaried Employees’ Excess Benefit Plan

 

I. PURPOSE.

In July 1998, Hughes Space and Communications Company, Hughes Electron Dynamics, Inc. and Spectrolab, Inc. (“Hughes”) adopted a special appendix (the “Hughes Appendix”) to the Hughes Excess Plan. Individuals affected by the Hughes Appendix are referred to in this Special Appendix as “Hughes Participants”.

That Hughes Appendix was adopted to provide certain Hughes Participants whose benefits from the Hughes Retirement Plan were initially miscalculated an election to receive alternative benefits. These benefits are referred to as the “Substitute Benefit”.

The initial miscalculation for these Hughes Participants was the subject of a filing with the Internal Revenue Service under the Voluntary Compliance Resolution (“VCR”) program on August 22, 1997. On January 28, 1998, the Internal Revenue Service issued a compliance statement concerning the VCR application. Under the compliance statement, Hughes corrected the miscalculation by reducing the benefits payable to the affected Hughes Participants under the Hughes Retirement Plan from the initially calculated amount. Under the correction approved by the IRS in the VCR application, payments under the Hughes Retirement Plan would continue at the monthly amount originally scheduled under the initial calculation. When the actuarial equivalent value of a Hughes Participant’s benefits paid under the Hughes Retirement Plan reaches the maximum limit imposed by section 415 of the Code, then the remaining payments to the Hughes Participant will be made under the Hughes Excess Plan. The benefits which were originally scheduled for payment under the Hughes Retirement Plan under the initial calculation, but which will instead be paid pursuant to the Hughes Excess Plan after the maximum limit of section 415 has been reached, are referred to in this Appendix as the “Reclassified Payments.” Benefits paid under the Hughes Retirement Plan are not considered Reclassified Payments, even if the payments exceeded the limits of section 415 of the Code and therefore are not afforded the tax treatment (including the ability to elect a rollover) afforded to qualified plan payments.

As a result of the initial miscalculation, some benefit payments from the Hughes Retirement Plan which Hughes Participants rolled over into their individual retirement accounts were withdrawn to avoid or minimize excise taxes (“Required IRA Withdrawals”). Hughes Participants who made Required IRA Withdrawals were entitled to elect the Substitute Benefit.

 

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Furthermore, certain Hughes Participants received payments from the Hughes Retirement Plan in 1998 which were in excess of the maximum benefit allowed by Code section 415 under the method of calculating the maximum benefit as described in the VCR application (“1998 Excess Payments”). Such Hughes Participants were entitled to elect the Substitute Benefit.

In addition, under their original benefit elections, certain Hughes Participants were scheduled to have received Reclassified Payments which were not yet paid as of July 31, 1999. Such Hughes Participants were entitled to elect the Substitute Benefit.

Under the Hughes Appendix, each affected Hughes Participant was given an election to be paid the Substitute Benefit. In order to elect the Substitute Benefit, a Hughes Participant must have signed and delivered to Hughes a written release in the form and manner acceptable to Hughes. The Substitute Benefit was provided in consideration for the Hughes Participant’s agreement, made pursuant to the release, to forego legal action against Hughes and the other persons specified in the release.

This Special Appendix is intended to provide the unpaid balance of the Substitute Benefit to Hughes Participants who are Acquired Hughes Participants. Only Acquired Hughes Participants are affected by this Special Appendix to the Plan.

Effective as of April 4, 2003, this Appendix A was transferred in its entirety from the Boeing Satellite Systems Salaried Employees’ Excess Benefit Plan to the Plan.

 

II. ELECTION AND CALCULATION OF SUBSTITUTE BENEFIT.

 

  A.2.1 Election of Substitute Benefit .

The following Hughes Participants were provided an opportunity to elect the Substitute Benefit: (1) Hughes Participants for whom Reclassified Payments were to be made on or after August 1, 1998, (2) Hughes Participants who received 1998 Excess Payments, and (3) Hughes Participants who made Required IRA Withdrawals. The election of the Substitute Benefit was made in the time and manner prescribed by Hughes. The election must have specified the date on which the Hughes Participant elected to commence payment of the Substitute Benefit, which must have been a date which was the first through fifteenth anniversary of the Hughes Participant’s “Deferral Start Date.” The Deferral Start Date for a Hughes Participant is the later of (x) August 1, 1998, or (y) the day as of which the initial Reclassified Payment would have been scheduled for payment to the Hughes Participant, but for the election to receive the Substitute Benefit. The election must have specified whether the Hughes

 

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Participant elected payment in a single installment, two substantially equal annual installments, or five substantially equal annual installments. The election must have been accompanied by a properly executed release acceptable to Hughes. If a Hughes Participant did not effectively elect the Substitute Benefit, then the Hughes Participant’s remaining Reclassified Payments (if any) would be made to the Hughes Participant pursuant to the general provisions in the Hughes Excess Plan applicable to payments attributable to the Hughes Retirement Plan, as contemplated in the VCR application.

Any election described above by an Acquired Hughes Participant will continue to apply under this Special Appendix. Any Acquired Hughes Participant who did not make an effective election will continue to have his or her remaining Reclassified Payments (if any) made pursuant to the general provisions in the Plan (as successor to the Hughes Excess Plan) applicable to payments attributable to the Retirement Plan (as successor to the Hughes Retirement Plan), as contemplated in the VCR application.

 

  A.2.2  Calculation of Substitute Benefit .

If a Hughes Participant elected the Substitute Benefit, then in lieu of payment from the generally applicable provisions of the Hughes Excess Plan of the Hughes Participant’s remaining Reclassified Payments (if any), the Substitute Benefit became payable. The Substitute Benefit was the amount credited to the Hughes Participant’s Hughes Account, calculated as described in Section A.2.4(a) of this Appendix.

 

  A.2.3  Definitions .

 

  a. Suspended Payments .

Certain Hughes Participants elected a short-term deferral of Reclassified Payments which, but for such election, would have been paid between January 1, 1998 and July 1, 1998. Under this Appendix, the term “Suspended Payments” refers to the Reclassified Payments which were subject to the short-term deferral described in the preceding sentence.

 

  b. Proximate Reclassified Payments .

The term “Proximate Reclassified Payments” refers to those Reclassified Payments (other than Suspended Payments) which, in the absence of an election of the Substitute Benefit, would have been scheduled for payment under the Hughes Excess Plan on or prior to July 1, 1999.

 

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  c. Distant Reclassified Payments .

The term “Distant Reclassified Payments” refers to Reclassified Payments which, in the absence of an election of the Substitute Benefit, would have been scheduled for payment under the Hughes Excess Plan after July 1, 1999. Distant Reclassified Payments may be recalculated to reflect how the Retirement Plan implemented the repeal of section 415(e) of the Code.

 

  d. Settlement Credit .

The term “Settlement Credit” refers to an amount calculated for each Hughes Participant which is the greater of (i) or (ii) below:

 

  (i) The amount under this item (i) equals ten percent (10%) of the sum of (aa) the Hughes Participant’s Suspended Payments (if any), plus (bb) the Hughes Participant’s Proximate Reclassified Payments (if any).

 

  (ii) The amount under this item (ii) equals (aa) the sum of (x) the Hughes Participant’s Required IRA Withdrawals (if any) and (y) the Hughes Participant’s 1998 Excess Payments (if any), times (bb) a percentage not to exceed fifty-five percent (55%), determined according to the date elected by the Hughes Participant for payment of the Substitute Benefit. For each of the first five full years after August 1, 1998 that payment is deferred, the percentage will increase by five percent (5%), and for each of the next ten additional full years that payment is deferred, the percentage will increase by three percent (3%). Thus, for a Hughes Participant who elected payment of the Substitute Benefit on July 31, 2013 (a total deferral of 15 years), the percentage is fifty-five percent (55%).

 

  e. Acquired Hughes Participant .

The term “Acquired Hughes Participant” means any person who became a Participant or a Former Participant under the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement between The Boeing Company and Hughes Electronics Corporation.

 

  f. Hughes Retirement Plan .

The term “Hughes Retirement Plan” means the Hughes Non-Bargaining Retirement Plan.

 

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  A.2.4  BSS Account .

 

  a. Hughes Account

Hughes established an account, for bookkeeping purposes only, for each Hughes Participant who elected the Substitute Benefit (the “Hughes Account”). The Hughes Account was to be credited as follows:

 

  (i) The Hughes Account of a Hughes Participant who elected the Substitute Benefit was initially credited, as of August 1, 1998, by (aa) the sum of the Hughes Participant’s Suspended Payments (if any), plus (bb) interest on the Hughes Participant’s Suspended Payments (if any) at the rate of one-half percent (0.5%) per month from the date each payment would have been made but for the suspension through July 31, 1998, plus (cc) the Hughes Participant’s Settlement Credit (if any).

 

  (ii) As of the date that each Proximate Reclassified Payment and Distant Reclassified Payment would have been made (but for the Hughes Participant’s election of the Substitute Benefit), commencing with the Reclassified Payment which would have been made August 1, 1998, the Hughes Account was credited with the amount of such Reclassified Payment. In addition, if Reclassified Payments were made to a Hughes Participant in January through March, 1998, then the Hughes Participant who elected the Substitute Benefit was allowed to elect that his regularly-scheduled payments from the Hughes Excess Plan be credited to the Hughes Account as of the date such payments would otherwise have been made. The amount of the regularly-scheduled payments to be credited to the Hughes Account must not exceed the amount by which such Reclassified Payments increased his taxable income for 1998, as determined by Hughes.

 

  (iii)

As of the last day of each month, through the month specified below, the unpaid amount of the Hughes Account is increased by interest at a monthly rate of 0.7591% (approximately an equivalent annual rate of 9-1/2% compounded monthly). The duration of interest credits depends upon the payout election made by the Hughes Participant pursuant to Section A.2.1 of the Appendix. Interest is credited though the last day of the month immediately preceding the month for which the final

 

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payment of the Substitute Benefit is made for any Hughes Participant who (aa) elected payment in a single sum, (bb) elected payment in two substantially equal installments, or (cc) elected payment in five installments commencing on or before the eleventh anniversary of the Hughes Participant’s Deferral Start Date. Interest is to be credited through the last day of the month immediately preceding the month for which the initial installment payment of the Substitute Benefit is made for any Hughes Participant who elected payment in five installments commencing on or after the twelfth anniversary of the Hughes Participant’s Deferral Start Date, and no interest may be credited for such Hughes Participant on or after the date installments commence.

 

  b. Continuation as BSS Account

On the Closing Date, the Company shall establish an account, for bookkeeping purposes only, for each Acquired Hughes Participant who elected the Substitute Benefit (the “BSS Account”). The BSS Account shall be credited as follows:

 

  (i) The BSS Account shall be initially credited with the unpaid amount of the Acquired Hughes Participant’s Hughes Account under the Hughes Excess Plan as of the Closing Date.

 

  (ii) As of the date that each Distant Reclassified Payment would have been made (but for the Hughes Participant’s election of the Substitute Benefit), commencing with the first Distant Reclassified Payment payable after the Closing Date, the BSS Account will be credited with the amount of such Distant Reclassified Payment.

 

  (iii)

As of the last day of each month, through the month specified below, the unpaid amount of the BSS Account is increased by interest at a monthly rate of 0.7591% (approximately an equivalent annual rate of 9-1/2% compounded monthly). (If the month specified below occurred prior to the Closing Date, then no interest credits will be made to the BSS Account). The duration of interest credits depends upon the payout election made by the Acquired Hughes Participant pursuant to Section A.2.1 of the Appendix. Interest is credited though the last day of the month immediately preceding the month for which the final payment of the Substitute Benefit is made for any Acquired Hughes Participant who (aa) elected payment in a single

 

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sum, (bb) elected payment in two substantially equal installments, or (cc) elected payment in five installments commencing on or before the eleventh anniversary of the Hughes Participant’s Deferral Start Date. Interest is to be credited though the last day of the month immediately preceding the month for which the initial installment payment of the Substitute Benefit is made for any Acquired Hughes Participant who elected payment in five installments commencing on or after the twelfth anniversary of the Acquired Hughes Participant’s Deferral Start Date, and no interest may be credited for such Acquired Hughes Participant on or after the date installments commence.

 

  A.3.1  Payment During Hughes Participant’s Life .

The BSS Account will be paid to the Acquired Hughes Participant as specified in the election described in Section A.2.1 of this Appendix.

 

  A.3.2  Payment Following Hughes Participant’s Death .

The unpaid balance of the BSS Account will be paid to the Acquired Hughes Participant’s Beneficiary as follows.

Unless the Hughes Participant elected otherwise, one-half of the unpaid balance of the BSS Account shall be paid as soon as feasible following the Acquired Hughes Participant’s death and the remaining one-half shall be paid in January of the following year.

Each Hughes Participant was entitled to elect, at the time of the Hughes Participant’s election under Section A.2.1 of this Appendix, that the benefit payable to the Beneficiary following the death of the Hughes Participant shall be made at the time and in the manner payment would have been made to the Hughes Participant during the Hughes Participant’s life. This election will continue to apply to Acquired Hughes Participants.

If Reclassified Payments remain unpaid following payment of the BSS Account to the Beneficiary, then the Reclassified Payments shall be paid to the Beneficiary at the time the Reclassified Payments would have been paid but for the election of the Substitute Benefit. Unless an Acquired Hughes Participant elects otherwise, the Beneficiary for purposes of this Appendix shall be the Beneficiary otherwise designated under the Retirement Plan. The Acquired Hughes Participant shall be entitled to name a different Beneficiary for purposes of this Appendix.

 

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IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

 

  A.4.1  General .

This Appendix is incorporated by reference into the Plan as if set forth fully therein. Any capitalized terms used in this Appendix which are not defined in this Appendix shall have the meanings specified in the Plan.

 

  A.4.2  Elections Irrevocable .

Elections by a Hughes Participant under this Appendix are irrevocable.

 

  A.4.3  Defense Retirees .

In 1997, the Hughes’ defense businesses were acquired by Raytheon Company. As part of that transaction, the Hughes and Raytheon Company agreed that the liabilities of the Plan and the assets and liabilities of the Retirement Plan attributable to defense employees and retirees will be transferred to plans sponsored by Raytheon Company. Accordingly, the provisions of this Appendix apply only to non-defense retirees, and no benefit is created under this Appendix for defense retirees.

 

  A.4.4 3 Section 415 Changes .

Code section 415(e) was repealed effective for limitation years beginning on or after January 1, 2000. The repeal may increase the limitation on benefits payable from the Retirement Plan to some or all Acquired Hughes Participants who elected the Substitute Benefit. The Company reserves the right to pay the Substitute Benefit from the Retirement Plan in lieu of the benefits payable hereunder to the extent permitted by law.

 

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APPENDIX B

Plan Provisions Prior To January 1, 1999

 

B1.1  Eligibility and Benefits for BCERP Participants

Prior to January 1, 1999, this Plan offered certain benefits to participants in the BCERP whose benefits were affected by the limitations on benefits or contributions imposed by section 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code. Effective January 1, 1999, certain of those participants were transferred to the SERP and ceased to be eligible for benefits under this Plan based upon their participation in the BCERP. To the extent any participant eligible for benefits under this Plan based upon his or her participation in the BCERP was not transferred to the SERP, such participant shall remain eligible to participate in this Plan and to receive such benefits. Effective January 1, 2008, all such benefits remaining under this Plan have commenced and are not subject to the deferral and distribution rules under Articles IV & V of the 2008 restatement.

With respect to the BCERP, the benefits under this Plan represent the difference between the actual benefits of a Participant under the BCERP and the benefits that would have been payable under that plan except for the limitations on benefits imposed by sections 415 and 401(a)(17) of the Code. The benefits payable under this Plan with respect to the BCERP were payable to the Participant or to any other person who is receiving or entitled to receive benefits with respect to the Participant under the BCERP, and were paid in the same form, at the same times and for the same period as benefits were paid with respect to the Participant under the BCERP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit payable under this Plan with respect to the BCERP was $10,000 or less, the Actuarial Equivalent value of the benefit was paid in the form of an automatic lump sum at the same time as benefits began or were paid under the BCERP. Actuarial Equivalent is defined in the BCERP. This paragraph applies to Participants who retire or begin receiving termination benefits under the BCERP on or after February 1, 1997, and for this purpose the Actuarial Equivalent shall be determined as of the Participant’s Retirement Date under the Employee Retirement Plan. This paragraph shall also apply to Participants who are receiving benefits under this Plan as of February 1, 1997, and for this purpose the Actuarial Equivalent shall be determined with respect to each participant’s remaining benefits payable under this Plan determined as of February 1, 1997.

Effective January 1, 1999, any Employee who is eligible to participate in the SERP shall no longer be entitled to any benefit under this Appendix B1.1. To the extent any such Employee is determined to be entitled to a benefit under this Appendix B1.1 of the Plan, such benefit shall be offset by any benefits received under the SERP. Any Employee who was a Participant in this Plan as of December 31, 1998 and eligible for a benefit under this Appendix B1.1 shall remain eligible for such benefit unless and until such Employee becomes eligible to participate in the SERP. The Plan will respect beneficiary designations made by a Participant at the time of commencement of the benefit under this Section B.1.1, notwithstanding any contrary definition of Beneficiary under the Plan.

 

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B1.2  Eligibility and Benefits for FSP Participants

Prior to January 1, 1999, salaried employees who were not represented by a collective bargaining agent were eligible to participate in the FSP. Accordingly, participants in the FSP were eligible to participate in this Plan prior to that date, to the extent that their FSP benefits were limited by Code sections 415 and 401(a)(17).

The benefits under this Plan with respect to a particular year were the additional benefits that would have been payable under the FSP if the reduction on contributions and other additions had not been made. All amounts deferred under this Plan were credited to the Accounts of Participants at the time such amounts would otherwise have been credited to their accounts under the FSP.

For periods before January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account is credited with interest in accordance with the Interest Fund method under Section 4.2(B)(i).

For periods on or after January 1, 2009, a Participant’s Account is credited with earnings in accordance with the method elected by the Participant under Section 4.2(B) (Earnings Credit Methods).

The benefits payable under this Plan with respect to the FSP will be payable to the Participant in accordance with the distribution rules under Article V.

 

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Exhibit 10.4

The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

Section 1. Purpose of the Plan

The purpose of The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”), as amended and restated subject to shareholder approval, is to attract, retain and motivate employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

Section 2. Definitions

As used in the Plan,

“Adjusted Operating Cash Flow” means the net cash provided by operating activities of the Company as reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, adjusted to eliminate the effect on operating cash flows of net customer financing cash flows, as reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.

“Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, dividend equivalent, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of the Company.

“Company” means The Boeing Company, a Delaware corporation.

“Covered Employee” means a “covered employee” as that term is defined in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code or any successor provision.

“Disability” means “Disability” as defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of compensation and benefits for purposes of the Plan or an Award or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company.

“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 18.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Fair Market Value” means the average of the high and low per share trading prices (or the average of the opening and closing prices, or the closing price, if so determined by the Committee) for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange during regular session trading as reported to the Company by The Wall Street Journal or such other source the Committee deems reliable for a single trading day. The Committee may vary its determination of the Fair Market Value as provided in this Section 2 depending on whether Fair Market Value is in reference to the grant, exercise, vesting, settlement or payout of an Award and, for Awards subject to 409A, as provided in Section 409A.

“Grant Date” means the date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

 

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“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option granted with the intention that it qualify as an “incentive stock option” as that term is defined in Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

“Layoff” means “Layoff” as defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of compensation and benefits for purposes of the Plan or an Award or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company.

“Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

“Nonrecurring Items” means nonrecurring items deemed not reflective of the Company’s core operating performance, including, but not limited to, exogenous events, acquisitions, divestitures, changes in accounting principles or “extraordinary items” determined under generally accepted accounting principles.

“Option” means a right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

“Participant” means any eligible person as set forth in Section 5 to whom an Award is granted.

“Performance Criteria” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.

“Performance Period” means any period as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish different Performance Periods for different Participants, and the Committee may establish concurrent or overlapping Performance Periods.

“Performance Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

“Performance Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.

“Plan” means The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan.

“Related Company” means any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock, or any other entity (including, but not limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the combined equity thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining whether any individual may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock Options, the term “Related Company” shall have the meaning ascribed to the term “subsidiary” in Section 424(f), and for purposes of determining whether any individual may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the term “Related Company” shall mean any “Service Recipient” as that term is defined for purposes of Section 409A.

“Restricted Stock” means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 9, the rights of ownership of which may be subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

“Retirement” means termination of employment voluntarily at a time when a Participant is entitled to begin immediate receipt of early or normal retirement benefits under one or more of the Company’s defined benefit pension plans, or under comparable terms of a Related Company’s pension plan, as then in effect, unless provided otherwise in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company.

“Section 162(m)” means Code Section 162(m), including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

“Section 409A” means Code Section 409A, including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

“Stock Unit” means an Award granted under Section 9 denominated in units of Common Stock.

 

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“Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted by a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines.

“Termination of Service , unless otherwise defined by the Committee or the Company’s vice president of compensation and benefits or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement, means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability, Retirement or Layoff. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company’s vice president of compensation and benefits or by the Committee with respect to officers subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Securities Act, and such determination shall be final. Transfer of a Participant’s employment or service relationship between wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, or between the Company and any wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant’s employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company.

Section 3. Administration

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board; provided, however, that with respect to nonemployee directors, the Plan shall be administered by the Governance, Organization and Nominating Committee of the Board unless otherwise determined by the Board. Each such committee shall be comprised of at least three directors, each of whom shall qualify as an “outside director” as defined by Section 162(m), an “independent director” as defined under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and a “non-employee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify under the foregoing requirements shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which is otherwise validly made under the Plan.

3.2 Delegation by Committee

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board or the Committee may delegate responsibility for administering the Plan with respect to designated classes of eligible persons to different committees consisting of one or more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board or the Compensation Committee deems appropriate, except with respect to benefits to nonemployee directors and to officers subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or officers who are or may be Covered Employees. Members of any committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of eligible persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the Committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself or to any person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. All references in the Plan to the “Committee” shall be, as applicable, to the Compensation Committee, the Governance, Organization and Nominating Committee or any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Compensation Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan.

3.3 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to (a) select the eligible persons as set forth in Section 5 to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (b) determine the type or types of Award to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (c) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan; (d) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (e) approve the forms of agreements for use under the Plan; (f) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or canceled or suspended; (g) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant, subject to Section 409A and in accordance with Section 6.3; (h) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement entered into under the Plan;

 

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(i) establish such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (j) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines; and (k) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any eligible person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions and fix the time and place of its meetings.

Section 4. Shares Subject to the Plan

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 15, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be 60 million.

4.2 Share Usage

(a) Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. If any Award lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder or if shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are reacquired by the Company, the shares subject to such Awards and the reacquired shares shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. In addition, the following shares of Common Stock shall not be treated as having been issued under the Plan: (i) shares tendered by a Participant or retained by the Company as full or partial payment to the Company for the purchase price of an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award, (ii) shares covered by an Award that is settled in cash, (iii) the number of shares subject to a SAR in excess of the number of shares that are delivered to the Participant upon exercise of the SAR, or (iv) shares issued pursuant to Substitute Awards. The number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares or credited as additional Restricted Stock, Stock Units or Performance Shares. All shares issued under the Plan may be either authorized and unissued shares or issued shares reacquired by the Company.

(b) The Committee shall have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the aggregate share number stated in Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15.

4.3 Limitations

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, the aggregate number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (other than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) that are not (i) subject to restrictions based on the satisfaction of specified performance goals or (ii) granted in lieu of the payment of performance-based cash incentive awards shall not exceed 12 million.

(b) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, the aggregate number of shares that may be issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (other than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) that contain no restrictions or restrictions based solely on continuous employment or services for less than three years (except where Termination of Service occurs by reason of death, Retirement, Disability or Layoff) shall not exceed 3 million.

Section 5. Eligibility

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. An Award may also be granted to any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor for bona fide services rendered to the Company or any Related Company that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company’s securities in a capital-raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities. The above are “eligible persons.”

 

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Section 6. Awards

6.1 Form and Grant of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone, in addition to or in tandem with any other type of Award.

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

6.3 Deferrals

The Committee may permit a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of any Award. If any such deferral election is permitted, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall establish rules and procedures for such payment deferrals, which may include the grant of additional Awards or provisions for the payment or crediting of interest or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred stock unit equivalents. The value of the payment so deferred may be allocated to a deferred account established for a Participant under any deferred compensation plan of the Company designated by the Committee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any deferral made under this Section 6.3 will be made under a deferred compensation plan of the Company or pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement, either of which satisfies the requirements for exemption from or complies with Section 409A.

6.4 Dividends and Distributions

Participants holding Awards may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends paid with respect to the underlying shares or dividend equivalents while the Awards are so held in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right may not be contingent, directly or indirectly on the exercise of the Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, and an Award providing a right to dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, the payment of which is not contingent upon, or otherwise payable on, the exercise of the Option or a Stock Appreciation Right, must comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A.

Section 7. Options

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options designated as Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options.

7.2 Option Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be as determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards. In no event shall the Committee, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders, cancel any outstanding Option for the purpose of reissuing the Option to the Participant at a lower exercise price or reduce the exercise price of an outstanding Option.

7.3 Term of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be a term not to exceed ten years from the Grant Date as established for that Option by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years from the Grant Date.

 

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7.4 Exercise of Options

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time.

To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company of a written stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Section 7.5. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full as directed by the Company to the Company or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include: (a) check; (b) wire transfer; (c) tendering by attestation shares of Common Stock already owned by the Participant that on the day prior to the exercise date have a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option, provided that the Participant must have held for at least six months any such tendered shares that were acquired by the Participant under a Company-sponsored stock compensation program; (d) to the extent permitted by applicable law, delivery of a properly executed exercise notice, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of sale or loan proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any tax withholding obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or (e) such other consideration as the Committee may permit in its sole discretion.

7.6 Post-Termination Exercise

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time, provided that any such waiver or modification shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A.

7.7 Incentive Stock Options

The terms of any Incentive Stock Options shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Individuals who are not employees of the Company or one of its parent or subsidiary corporations (as such terms are defined for purposes of Section 422 of the Code) may not be granted Incentive Stock Options. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000 or, if different, the maximum limitation in effect at the time of grant under the Code (the Fair Market Value being determined as of the Grant Date for the Option), such portion in excess of $100,000 shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.

Section 8. Stock Appreciation Rights

8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights (“Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SARs”) to Participants at any time. An SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option or alone (“freestanding”). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option, and the grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Grant Date, except for Substitute Awards. An SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for the term as the

 

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Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the term of a freestanding SAR shall be a term not to exceed ten years from the Grant Date as established for that SAR by the Committee or, if not so established, shall be ten years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

8.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the date of exercise over the grant price by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee, the payment upon exercise of an SAR may be in cash, in shares of equivalent value, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

8.3 Post-Termination Exercise

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences a freestanding SAR whether the SAR shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time, provided that any such waiver or modification shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A.

Section 9. Restricted Stock and Stock Units

9.1 Grant of Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such forfeiture restrictions, if any (which may be based on continuous service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any of the Performance Criteria set forth in Section 11.2), as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

9.2 Issuance of Shares

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant’s release from any terms, conditions and restrictions of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 13, (a) the shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant, and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

9.3 Waiver of Restrictions

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the repurchase or forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate; provided, however, that the Committee may not adjust performance goals for any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit intended to be exempt under Section 162(m) for the year in which the Restricted Stock or Stock Unit is settled in such a manner as would increase the amount of compensation otherwise payable to a Participant.

Section 10. Performance Shares and Performance Units

10.1 Grant of Performance Shares

The Committee may grant Awards of performance shares (“Performance Shares”) and designate the Participants to whom Performance Shares are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Shares, the length of the Performance Period and the other terms and conditions of each such Award. Each Award of Performance Shares shall entitle the Participant to a payment in

 

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the form of shares of Common Stock upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the number of shares issued under an Award of Performance Shares may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may make a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock otherwise required to be issued to a Participant pursuant to an Award of Performance Shares. It is generally expected that the Committee will exercise its discretion to make cash settlements of Awards of Performance Shares only with respect to Awards granted to Participants in countries other than the United States.

10.2 Grant of Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of performance units (“Performance Units”) and designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Units and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Units shall entitle the Participant to a payment in cash upon the attainment of performance goals and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee, provided that the performance period for any Performance Unit Award shall be at least one year. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of any performance goals, the amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may substitute actual shares of Common Stock for the cash payment otherwise required to be made to a Participant pursuant to a Performance Unit.

Section 11. Section 162(m) Awards

11.1 Terms of Section 162(m) Awards Generally

In addition to any other Awards under the Plan, the Committee may, at the time of grant of an Award (other than an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right) to a Participant who is then a Covered Employee or is likely to be a Covered Employee as of the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, specify that all or any portion of such Award is intended to satisfy the requirements for qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m). With respect to each such Award, the Committee shall establish, in writing, that the vesting and/or payment pursuant to the Award shall be conditioned on the attainment for the specified Performance Period of specified performance targets related to designated performance goals for such period selected by the Committee from among the Performance Criteria specified in Section 11.2. Such action shall be taken no later than the earlier of (a) the date 90 days after the commencement of the applicable Performance Period or (b) the date on which 25% of the Performance Period has elapsed and, in any event, at a time when the outcome of the performance goals remain substantially uncertain.

11.2 Performance Criteria

For purposes of this Section 11, the term “Performance Criteria” shall mean any one or more of the following performance criteria: profits (including, but not limited to, profit growth, net operating profit or economic profit); profit-related return ratios; return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, equity or sales); cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital); earnings (including, but not limited to, net earnings, earnings per share, or earnings before or after taxes); net sales growth; net income (before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization); gross or operating margins; productivity ratios; share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); expense targets; margins; operating efficiency; customer satisfaction; and working capital targets.

11.3 Use and Calculation of Performance Criteria

Any Performance Criteria may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or with respect to one or more business units, divisions, acquired businesses, minority investments, partnerships or joint ventures. Performance Criteria may be stated in absolute terms or relative to comparison companies or indices to be achieved during a period of time. Performance Criteria shall be calculated in accordance with the Company’s financial statements or generally accepted accounting principles, or under a methodology established by the Committee prior to the issuance of an Award that is consistently applied and identified in the audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Committee shall have the right to specify, at the time the performance goals are established in accordance with this Section 11, that any Performance Criteria may be adjusted to exclude the impact of any Nonrecurring Item, provided that such Nonrecurring Item may be identified in the audited financial statements, including footnotes, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

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11.4 Committee Certification and Authority

After the completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall certify the extent to which any Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment, settlement or vesting of any Award subject to this Section 11. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan other than Section 11, with respect to any Award subject to this Section 11, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award.

The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards subject to this Section 11 as it may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

11.5 Maximum Awards

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, and in accordance with the requirements under Section 162(m), no Participant shall receive in any one calendar year grants of Awards that are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m), other than Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or Performance Units, covering an aggregate of more than 1 million shares of Common Stock.

In accordance with the requirements under Section 162(m), the maximum aggregate dollar amount paid to an individual Participant in any one calendar year pursuant to a Performance Unit or other cash-based Award that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) shall not exceed (i) 0.50% of the cumulative Adjusted Operating Cash Flow for the specific Performance Period for which the Award is granted for a Participant who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and (ii) 0.20% of the cumulative Adjusted Operating Cash Flow for the specific Performance Period for which the Award is granted for any other Participant.

11.6 Options and SARs

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, and in accordance with the requirements under Section 162(m), no Participant shall receive in any one calendar year grants of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights covering an aggregate of more than 2 million shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) shall have an exercise or grant price, as applicable, of no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for the Grant Date, except in the case of Substitute Awards.

Section 12. Other Stock or Cash-Based Awards

In addition to the Awards described in Sections 7 through 10, and subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may grant other incentives payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock under the Plan as it determines to be in the best interests of the Company and subject to such other terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.

Section 13. Withholding

The Company may require a Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (a) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award (“tax withholding obligations”) and (b) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company (“other obligations”). The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied.

The Committee may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of his or her tax withholding obligations and other obligations by (a) paying cash to the Company, (b) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (c) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, or (d) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations.

 

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Section 14. Assignability

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by the Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except that to the extent permitted by the Committee, in its sole discretion, a Participant may designate one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may receive payment under an Award after the Participant’s death. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant.

Section 15. Adjustments

In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to shareholders other than a normal cash dividend or other change in the Company’s corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or of any other company or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or of any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; (ii) the maximum number and kind of securities issuable as Incentive Stock Options as set forth in Section 4.2; (iii) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be issued to an individual in any one calendar year as set forth in Section 4.3; (iv) the maximum number and kind of securities that may be made subject to the different types of Awards available under the Plan; and (v) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor.

The determination by the Committee as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards.

Section 16. Amendment and Termination

16.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan

The Board or the Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, shareholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, an amendment that constitutes a “material revision,” as defined by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange shall be submitted to the Company’s shareholders for approval. In addition, any revision that deletes or limits the scope of the provisions in Section 7.2 prohibiting repricing of options without shareholder approval and any revision that increases the number of shares stated in Section 4.1 as available for issuance under the Plan shall be considered material revisions that require shareholder approval.

16.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten years after the earlier of (a) the adoption of the Plan by the Board and (b) the Effective Date.

16.3 Consent of Participant

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the Plan. Any change or adjustment to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the consent of the Participant, be made in a manner so as to constitute a “modification” that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 15 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

Section 17. General

17.1 Clawback Policy

The Board shall, in all appropriate circumstances, require reimbursement of any annual incentive payment or long-term incentive payment under any Award to an executive officer where: (1) the payment was predicated upon achieving certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a substantial restatement of Company financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the Board determines the executive engaged in intentional misconduct that caused or substantially caused the need for the substantial restatement; and (3) a lower payment would have been made to the executive based upon the restated financial results. In each such instance, the Company will, to the extent practicable, seek to recover from the individual executive the amount by which the individual executive’s incentive payments for the relevant period exceeded the lower payment that would have been made based on the restated financial results. For purposes of this policy, the term “executive officer” means any officer who has been designated an executive officer by the Board.

17.2 No Individual Rights

No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

17.3 Issuance of Shares

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made. The Company may issue certificates for shares with such legends and subject to such restrictions on transfer and stop-transfer instructions as counsel for the Company deems necessary or desirable for compliance by the Company with federal, state and foreign securities laws. The Company may also require such other action or agreement by the Participants as may from time to time be necessary to comply with applicable securities laws.

To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

17.4 Indemnification

Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by

 

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reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against him or her; provided, however, that he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

17.5 No Rights as a Shareholder

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement, no Option or Award denominated in units shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

17.6 Compliance With Laws and Regulations

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition the use of any provision of the Plan to Participants who are officers or directors subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act without so restricting, limiting or conditioning the Plan with respect to other Participants.

Additionally, in interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by law, be construed as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Code Section 422.

Additionally, notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, it is the Company’s intention that any and all Awards and compensation payable under the Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A and that all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements. If the Committee determines that an Award, payment, distribution, deferral election, transaction or any other action or arrangement contemplated by the provisions of the Plan would, if undertaken, cause a Participant to become subject to Section 409A, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right , but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or compliance with Section 409A. Awards not deferred under Section 6.3 and not otherwise exempt from the requirements of Section 409A are intended to qualify for the short-term deferral exemption to Section 409A, and payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible after the Award became vested, but in no event shall such payment be made later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the calendar year in which the Award became vested unless otherwise permitted under the exemption provisions of Section 409A.

17.7 Participants in Other Countries

The Committee shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of other countries in which the Company or any Related Company may operate to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries, to comply with applicable foreign laws and to meet the objectives of the Plan.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 8.1, where applicable foreign law requires that compensatory stock right be priced based upon a specific price averaging method and period, a stock right granted in accordance with such applicable foreign law will be treated as meeting the requirements of Sections 7.2 or 8.1, provided that the averaging period does not exceed 30 days.

17.8 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

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17.9 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

17.10 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

17.11 Choice of Law

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant thereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

Section 18. Effective Date

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Exhibit 10.5

The Boeing Company 1997 Incentive Stock Plan

(as Amended Effective May 1, 2000 and as further amended effective January 1, 2008)

1. Purpose

The purpose of this 1997 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Plan”) is to attract, retain and motivate key employee s, officers, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to link their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company’s shareholders.

2. Plan Administration

2.1 The Compensation Committee

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine all matters relating to awards under the Plan, including selection of the individuals to be granted awards, the type of awards granted, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) subject to an award, all terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations, if any, of an award, and the terms of any award agreement or notice.

2.2 Other Plans

The Committee shall also have authority to grant awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company, including the plan of any entity acquired by the Company.

2.3 Delegation to Stock Plan Committee

Except for the power to amend the Plan as provided in Section 12, the Board or the Committee, in its sole discretion, may delegate the Committee’s authority and duties under the Plan to the Stock Plan Committee of the Board or to such other committee appointed by the Board consisting of one or more senior executive officers of the Company who are also members of the Board, under such conditions and limitations as the Board or the Committee may from time to time establish, except that only the Committee may make any determinations regarding awards to participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).

2.4 Finality of Committee Determinations

All decisions made by the Committee or its delegate pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and all determinations and selections made by the Committee or its delegate pursuant to such provisions and related orders or resolutions of the Board shall be final and conclusive.

 

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3. Eligibility

Awards may be granted under the Plan to those officers and employees of the Company as the Committee, the Board or a delegate designated in accordance with Section 2.3 from time to time selects. Awards may also be made to consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors who provide services to the Company. Individuals who are not employees of the Company may not be granted Incentive Stock Options (as defined in Section 6.2). For purposes of this Section 3, the “Company,” with respect to all awards under the Plan other than Incentive Stock Options, includes any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, as determined by the Committee. With respect to Incentive Stock Options, the “Company” includes any parent or subsidiary of the Company in accordance with Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

4. Shares Subject to the Plan

4.1 Number and Source

The stock offered under the Plan shall be shares of Common Stock and may be unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares, as the Board, or a Board committee to which the Board may delegate such authority, may from time to time determine. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.3 and 5, the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed sixty-one million (61,000,000 ). Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 4.3 and 5, the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under awards granted pursuant to Section 6.4 that are not subject to restrictions based on the achievement of specified performance goals shall not exceed six million (6,000,000). The aggregate number of shares that may be covered by awards granted to any one individual in any one calendar year shall not exceed one million two hundred thousand (1,200,000).

4.2 Shares Available

Any shares subject to an award granted under the Plan that is forfeited, terminated or canceled or, in the case of awards granted under Section 6.4, any shares that do not vest shall again be available for the granting of awards under the Plan. In instances where a stock appreciation right is settled in cash, the shares covered by such award shall remain available for the granting of other awards. Likewise, the payment of cash dividends and dividend equivalents paid in cash in conjunction with outstanding awards shall not be counted against the shares available for issuance.

4.3 Acquisitions

The Board, in its sole discretion, may increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered under Section 4.1 by up to three million (3,000,000) shares in the event the Company acquires any other corporation or business entity and the Company agrees to assume the acquired entity’s obligations for outstanding stock options or stock grant commitments or otherwise grants awards to individuals in connection with such acquisition.

 

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5. Adjustment of Shares Available

The aggregate numbers and kind of shares available for awards under the Plan, the maximum number and kind of shares that may be subject to awards to any individual under the Plan, the number and kind of shares covered by each outstanding award, and the exercise price per share (but not the total price) for stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar awards outstanding under the Plan shall all be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from any split-up, combination or exchange of shares, consolidation, spin-off or recapitalization of shares or any like capital adjustment or the payment of any stock dividend.

6. Awards

6.1 Types of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of awards to be granted under the Plan. Such awards may include, but are not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options (as defined in Section 6.2), stock appreciation rights or restricted stock awards. Such awards may be granted either alone, in addition to or in tandem with any other type of award granted under the Plan.

6.2 Stock Options

The Committee may grant stock options, designated as “Incentive Stock Options,” which comply with the provisions of Section 422 of the Code or any successor statutory provision, or “Nonqualified Stock Options.” The price at which shares may be purchased upon exercise of a particular option shall be determined by the Committee but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such shares at the time such option is granted. For purposes of the Plan, “Fair Market Value” as to a particular day equals the mean of the high and low per share trading prices for the Common Stock as reported for such day in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable. The Committee shall set the term of each stock option, but no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable more than 10 years after the date such option is granted and, to the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the option is granted) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted to a particular individual become exercisable for the first time during any calendar year (under the Plan and all other stock option plans of the Company) exceeds $100,000 (or such corresponding amount as may be set by the Code), such options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.

6.3 Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant stock appreciation rights to individuals, either in tandem with stock options that have been or are granted under the Plan or with respect to a number of shares on which an option is not granted. A stock appreciation right shall entitle the holder to receive, with respect to each share of stock as to which the right is exercised, payment in an amount equal to the excess of the share’s Fair Market Value on the date the right is exercised over its Fair Market Value on the date the right was granted. Such payment may be made in cash or in shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value as of the date of the surrender, or partly in cash and partly in shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may establish a maximum appreciation value payable for stock appreciation rights.

 

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6.4 Restricted Stock Awards

(a) The Committee may grant restricted stock awards under the Plan in Common Stock or denominated in units of Common Stock. The Committee, in its sole discretion, will make such awards subject to conditions and restrictions, as set forth in the instrument evidencing the award, which may be based on continuous service with the Company or the attainment of certain performance goals related to profits, profit growth, profit-related return ratios, cash flow or shareholder returns, where such goals may be stated in absolute terms or relative to comparison companies or indices to be achieved during a period of time. No more than three million (3,000,000) shares may be issued subject to restrictions based on continuous employment or services for less than three years (except where employment or services are terminated because an individual dies, retires, is laid off or becomes disabled).

(b) The Committee may choose, at the time of granting an award or at any time thereafter up to the time of payment of the award, to include as part of such award an entitlement to receive dividends or dividend equivalents, subject to such terms as the Committee may establish. All dividends or dividend equivalents that are not paid currently may, in the Committee’s sole discretion, accrue interest and be paid to the participant if, when and to the extent such award is paid.

6.5 Payment; Deferral

Awards granted under the Plan may be settled through cash payments, the delivery of Common Stock or the granting of awards or combinations thereof as the Committee shall determine. Any award settlement, including payment deferrals, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine. The Committee may permit or require the deferral of any award payment, subject to such rules and procedures as it may establish, which may include provisions for the payment or crediting of interest, or dividend equivalents, including converting such credits to deferred stock unit equivalents. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any deferral made under this Section 6.5 will be made under a deferred compensation plan of the Company or pursuant to an employment agreement, either of which satisfies the requirements for exemption from or complies with Code Section 409A.

6.6. Dividend Equivalents

The right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an option or a stock appreciation right may not be contingent, directly or indirectly on the exercise of the option or stock appreciation right, and an award providing a right to dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an option or a stock appreciation right, the payment of which is not contingent upon, or otherwise payable on, the exercise of the option or stock appreciation right, must comply with or qualify for an exemption under Code Section 409A.

7. Option Exercise

7.1 Employment or Service Requirement

Each award agreement or notice for a stock option or stock appreciation right shall contain a provision that the option or right shall not be exercisable unless the optionee remains in the Company’s employ or service at least 12 months after the granting of the option or right.

7.2 Precondition to Stock Issuance

No shares shall be delivered pursuant to the exercise of any stock option or stock appreciation right, in whole or in part, until qualified for delivery under such securities laws and regulations as may be deemed

 

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by the Committee to be applicable thereto and until, in the case of the exercise of an option, payment in full of the option price thereof (in cash or stock as provided in Section 7.4) is received by the Company. No holder of an option or stock appreciation right, or any legal representative, legatee or distributee shall be or be deemed to be a holder of any shares subject to such option or right unless and until such shares are issued.

7.3 No Fractional Shares

No stock option may at any time be exercised with respect to a fractional share. No fractional share shall be issued in the event shares are issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right; however, a fractional stock appreciation right may be exercised for cash.

7.4 Form of Payment

An optionee may exercise a stock option using as the form of payment (a) cash or cash equivalent (b) stock-for-stock payment (as described in Section 7.5), (c) any combination of the above or (d) such other means as the Committee may approve.

7.5 Stock for Stock

An optionee who owns Common Stock may use such shares, the value of which shall be determined as the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date the stock option is exercised, as a form of payment to exercise stock options under the Plan. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may restrict or rescind this right by notice to optionees. A stock option may be exercised in such manner only by tendering (actually or by attestation) to the Company whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to or less than the exercise price. If an option is exercised by surrender of stock having a Fair Market Value less than the exercise price, the optionee must pay the difference in cash.

8. Transferability

The right of any award recipient to exercise an award granted under the Plan shall, during such recipient’s lifetime, be exercisable only by such recipient, and shall not be assignable or transferable by such recipient other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

9. Withholding Taxes; Other Deductions

The Company shall have the right to deduct from any settlement of an award made under the Plan, including the delivery or vesting of shares, (a) an amount sufficient to cover withholding as required by law for any federal, state or local taxes and (b) any amounts due from the recipient of such award to the Company or to any subsidiary of the Company or to take such other action as may be necessary to satisfy any such withholding or other obligations, including withholding from any other cash amounts due or to become due from the Company to such recipient an amount equal to such taxes or obligations.

10. Termination of Employment or Services

The terms and conditions under which an award may be exercised following termination of a participant’s employment or services with the Company shall be determined by the Committee; provided, that if a participant’s employment or services terminate for any reason within 12 months of the grant date of a stock option or stock appreciation right, such option or right shall expire as of the date of such termination of employment or services and the participant and the participant’s legal representative shall forfeit any and all rights pertaining to such award.

 

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11. Term of the Plan

The Plan shall become effective as of May 1, 1997 and shall remain in full force and effect through April 30, 2007, unless sooner terminated by the Board. After the Plan is terminated, no future awards may be granted but awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan’s terms and conditions.

12. Plan Amendment

The Committee or the Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that no such amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s shareholders (a) that would increase the number of shares available for issuance in accordance with Section 4 or (b) if such approval is required (i) to comply with Section 422 of the Code with respect to Incentive Stock Options or (ii) for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

13. Bifurcation of the Plan

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Board, in its sole discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition the use of any provision of the Plan to participants who are officers subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act without so restricting, limiting or conditioning the Plan with respect to other participants.

14. Code Section 409A

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, it is the Company’s intention that any and all awards and compensation payable under the Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Code Section 409A, and that all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements. If the Committee determines that an award, payment, distribution, deferral election, transaction or any other action or arrangement contemplated by the provisions of the Plan would, if undertaken, cause an award recipient to become subject to Code Section 409A, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right , but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualified for an exemption from or compliance with Section 409A. Awards not deferred under Section 6.5 and not otherwise exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A are intended to qualify for the short-term deferral exemption to Code Section 409A, and payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible after the award became vested, but in no event shall such payment be made later than 2  1 / 2 months after the end of the calendar year in which the award became vested unless otherwise permitted under the exemption provisions of Code Section 409A.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan

(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2008)

The Board of Directors of The Boeing Company (the “Company”) has adopted this Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to shareholder approval as described in Section 10.

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the Plan is two-fold: first, to enhance the ability of the Company and its affiliates to attract, motivate and retain executives and thereby promote the sustained progress, growth and profitability of the Company; and second, to obtain for federal income tax purposes the deductibility of bonus awards made under the Plan. Accordingly, the bonus awards are intended to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. DEFINITIONS

Adjusted Operating Cash Flow ” means the net cash provided by operating activities of the Company as reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, adjusted to eliminate the effect on operating cash flows of net customer financing cash flows, as reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Award ” means the amount granted to a Participant by the Committee for a Performance Period.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, which shall be comprised of at least three members of the Board who are “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Officer ” means any elected “officer” of the Company as the term “officer” is defined for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

Participant ” means, for each Performance Period, each Officer who is a “covered employee” (as defined in Section 162(m)) for that Performance Period, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

Performance Period ” means the period with respect to which the Awards are to be measured. Each Performance Period shall consist of one fiscal year of the Company or any shorter period designated by the Committee with respect to which an Award may be granted.

 

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Plan ” means The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

Related Company ” means any corporation in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock, or any other entity (including, but not limited to, partnerships and joint ventures) in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the combined equity thereof.

Section 162(m) ” means Code Section 162(m), including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

Section 409A ” means Code Section 409A, including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

Stock Plans ” means The Boeing Company 2003 Incentive Stock Plan and any successor stock plans adopted or assumed by the Company.

3. ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board, to (a) select Participants; (b) determine the maximum Awards and the amounts of any Awards; (c) determine the terms and conditions of any Awards granted under the Plan; (d) approve the forms of agreements, if any, for use under the Plan; (e) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or canceled or suspended; (f) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances cash, shares of Common Stock, other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant; (g) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement entered into under the Plan; (h) establish such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (i) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company’s officers as it so determines; and (j) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan. Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any shareholder and any Officer, former Officer and their respective successors and assigns.

4. PERFORMANCE GOAL; MAXIMUM AWARDS

The performance goal for a Performance Period shall require positive Adjusted Operating Cash Flow. The maximum Award for an individual Participant for a Performance Period shall not exceed (a) 0.40% of the Adjusted Operating Cash Flow for the specific Performance Period for which the Award is granted for a Participant who is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and (b) 0.15% of the Adjusted Operating Cash Flow for the specific Performance Period for which the Award is granted for any other Participant. The Committee may decrease, but shall not increase, such maximum Award pursuant to Section 5.

 

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5. COMMITTEE CERTIFICATION

After completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine, in accordance with the terms of Section 4 and Company and individual performance and competitive pay levels, the amounts to be awarded to each Participant under the Plan for the Performance Period. The Committee’s determinations shall be final and binding on the Company and all Participants, and their respective successors and beneficiaries. These determinations must be certified in writing before Awards for such period are paid, which requirement may be satisfied by approved minutes of the Committee meeting or such other document prepared by the secretary of the meeting. The Committee shall have the discretion to pay less, but shall not have discretion to pay more, than the maximum Award specified under Section 4.

6. PAYMENT OF AWARDS

(a)   Form and Timing. As soon as administratively feasible after the certification pursuant to Section 5, each Participant will receive payment (i) in cash, (ii) in an award of stock, restricted stock rights, stock options, other stock-based or stock-denominated units granted under the Stock Plans, or (iii) in any combination thereof as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. In no event shall the payments or awards made under this Section 6(a) that are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A be made later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the calendar year in which the award became vested unless (i) deferred pursuant to Section 6(b) or (ii) otherwise permitted under the exemption provisions of Section 409A.

(b)   Deferral Opportunity. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(a), the Committee may permit or require a Participant to defer receipt of the payment of an Award to the extent provided under any deferred compensation plan of the Company or pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement, either of which satisfies the requirements for exemption from or complies with Section 409A.

7. AMENDMENTS

The Board may amend the Plan at any time in accordance with applicable law; provided, however, that to the extent it would cause the Plan to fail to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) with respect to any Participant, the Committee shall not have the power to change the material terms of the performance goals unless (a) the modified performance goals are established by the Committee no later than the deadline established under Section 162(m) and (b) no Awards are paid under the modified performance goals until after the material terms of the modified performance goals are disclosed to and approved by the Company’s shareholders to the extent required by Section 162(m). No amendment that adversely affects a Participant’s right to or interest in an Award granted by the Committee prior to the date of the amendment shall be effective unless the Participant agrees to the amendment in writing.

8. TERMINATION

The Board may terminate this Plan at any time and for any reason in accordance with applicable law. In no event shall the termination of the Plan adversely affect the rights of any Participant to deferred amounts previously awarded such Participant, plus any earnings thereon. Participants shall be provided with written notice of the Plan’s termination as soon as practicable following such termination.

 

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9. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Clawback Policy. The Board shall, in all appropriate circumstances, require reimbursement of any annual incentive payment or long-term incentive payment under any award to an executive officer where: (1) the payment was predicated upon achieving certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a substantial restatement of Company financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the Board determines the executive engaged in intentional misconduct that caused or substantially caused the need for the substantial restatement; and (3) a lower payment would have been made to the executive based upon the restated financial results. In each such instance, the Company will, to the extent practicable, seek to recover from the individual executive the amount by which the individual executive’s incentive payments for the relevant period exceeded the lower payment that would have been made based on the restated financial results. For purposes of this policy, the term “executive officer” means any officer who has been designated an executive officer by the Board.

(b) No Individual Rights. No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

(c) No Rights as a Shareholder. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment or services agreement, no Award shall entitle the Participant to any dividend, voting or other right of a shareholder.

(d) Tax Withholding. The Company shall have the right to withhold from the payment of any Award under the Plan any federal, state or local taxes in accordance with applicable law.

(e) Other Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Related Company from making awards or payments to a Participant under any other incentive plan or arrangement, whether generally or specifically applicable to such Participant, including any award or payment that does not qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m).

(f)   Indemnification. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board or the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in

 

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any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against him or her; provided, however, that he or she shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

(g) Compliance With Section 409A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6(b) to the contrary, it is the Company’s intention that any and all compensation payable under the Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A, and all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements.

(h) No Trust or Fund.  The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of common stock of the Company, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

(i) Successors.  All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

(j) Severability.  If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(k) Choice of Law.  The Plan, all Awards granted under the Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

10. EFFECTIVE DATE

The Plan is amended and restated effective January 1, 2008 (the “Effective Date”).

 

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Exhibit 10.7

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES

OF THE BOEING COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2008)

 

1. Definitions

As used in this plan (the “Plan”), the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company;

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Company” means The Boeing Company;

“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors;

“Section 162(m)” means Code Section 162(m), including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

“Section 409A” means Code Section 409A, including any proposed and final regulations and other guidance issued thereunder by the Department of the Treasury and/or the Internal Revenue Service.

“Subsidiary” means any corporation or association more than 50% of the voting securities of which are owned directly or indirectly by the Company or by one or more of its other Subsidiaries and the accounts of which are customarily consolidated with those of the Company for the purpose of reporting to stockholders.

 

2. Committee

The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer the Plan, and to construe and interpret its terms and provisions. Decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding upon all parties.

 

3. Eligibility

 

3.1 Certain Employees. Officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who hold executive, administrative, managerial, supervisory, technical or other key positions shall be eligible for participation under the Plan, and participants shall for the most part be selected from among members of this group. None of the members of the Committee and no director of the Company or of a Subsidiary who is not also an officer or employee of the Company or of a Subsidiary shall be eligible for participation under the Plan.

 

3.2 Special Contributors; Former Employees. Awards may also be made under the Plan to employees not holding executive, administrative, supervisory, technical or other key positions who have, nevertheless, made a substantial contribution to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries. In addition, a former employee who has either

 

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  (b) left the service of the Company or of a Subsidiary to enter the armed services

and who would have been eligible for an award but for such retirement or termination of service, may be eligible for an award for the year in which such employee retires or so leaves the service of the Company or of a Subsidiary. In the case of a former employee who would have been eligible for an award but for death, an award may be granted to the surviving spouse or children or to the estate of such former employee, as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.

 

3.3 Covered Employees . In no event shall any individual who is a “covered employee” (as defined in Section 162(m)) be eligible to receive an award under the Plan that is intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 162(m).

 

4. Making Awards

 

4.1 Committee Authority. The Committee shall make awards, subject to the limitations herein, to such individuals within the eligible group and in such amounts and at such times as, in the Committee’s judgment, shall best serve the interest of the Company and its Subsidiaries at that time, taking into account each individual’s job performance and contributions to the success of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Except as provided in Section 4.2, the Committee shall have complete discretion in determining to whom awards under the Plan shall be made; provided, however, in making awards the Committee shall request and consider the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and others whom it may designate.

 

4.2 Delegation of Award-Making Authority and Award Recommendations. The Committee may, at such time or times as it may elect, authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the Company who in turn may authorize other executives of the Company to make additional awards subject to the limitations herein provided, in amounts not exceeding an aggregate amount and under conditions determined by the Committee. In making recommendations to the Committee and in making awards authorized by the Committee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall request and consider the recommendations of other officers and supervisory employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

4.3 Forms of Awards. Awards under this Plan will be made entirely in cash.

 

4.4 Boeing Stock Units . Boeing Stock Units granted under the Plan prior to the effective date of this Amended and Restated Plan (May 1, 2006) shall continue to be subject to the provisions of the Plan as in effect immediately prior to such date.

 

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4.5 Limits on Awards. Unless approved by two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors, no participant shall receive an award under the Plan in any one calendar year that has a maximum target of more than two (2) times the participant’s base salary for the year for which the award is made, and a maximum payout of more than two (2) times the target established by the Committee for the year for which the award is made.

 

5. Distribution of Awards

 

5.1 Terms; Timing. Distribution of awards shall be governed by the terms and conditions applicable to such awards, as determined by the Committee or its delegate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any award intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A which is to be paid out when vested and qualify for the short-term deferral exemption to Section 409A, such payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible after the award became vested, but in no event shall such payment be made later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the calendar year in which the award became vested unless (i) deferred pursuant to Section 5.2 or (ii) otherwise permitted under the exemption provisions of Section 409A.

 

5.2. Deferred Payment. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.1, the Committee may permit or require a participant to defer receipt of the payment of an award to the extent provided under any deferred compensation plan of the Company or pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement, either of which satisfies the requirements for exemption from or complies with Section 409A.

 

5.3 Deductions. The Company shall deduct from the payment of each award any withholdings required by law; and the Company may deduct any amounts due from the recipient to the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

5.4 Notice; Distribution Date. The Committee or its delegates shall advise participants of their awards under the Plan, and shall fix the distribution date or dates for such awards. Awards shall be paid on the distribution date or as soon thereafter as reasonably possible.

 

6. Repeal; Amendments. The Plan and any and all provisions hereof may be repealed or amended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any meeting if the notice of such meetings sets forth the form of the proposal for such repeal or amendment or a summary thereof. No repeal or amendment of the Plan shall operate to annul or modify any award previously made under the Plan.

 

7. Nonassignability. No awards authorized or made pursuant to the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, execution, attachment, garnishment or any other legal process, and any attempt to subject an award to any of the foregoing shall be void.

 

8. Compliance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.2 to the contrary, it is the Company’s intention that any and all compensation payable under the Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Section 409A, and all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements.

 

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9. Clawback Policy. The Board shall, in all appropriate circumstances, require reimbursement of any annual incentive payment or long-term incentive payment under any award to an executive officer where: (1) the payment was predicated upon achieving certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a substantial restatement of Company financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the Board determines the executive engaged in intentional misconduct that caused or substantially caused the need for the substantial restatement; and (3) a lower payment would have been made to the executive based upon the restated financial results. In each such instance, the Company will, to the extent practicable, seek to recover from the individual executive the amount by which the individual executive’s incentive payments for the relevant period exceeded the lower payment that would have been made based on the restated financial results. For purposes of this policy, the term “executive officer” means any officer who has been designated an executive officer by the Board.

 

10. No Individual Rights. No individual shall have any claim to be granted any award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of participants under the Plan. Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Subsidiary or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate a participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.

 

11. No Trust or Fund. The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any participant, and no participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

 

12. Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

 

13. Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee’s determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

The Boeing Company

2004 Variable Compensation Plan

(Formerly the 1999 Bonus and Retention Award Plan)

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008)

 

1. Purpose . The purpose of this Plan is to assist The Boeing Company (the “Company”) in attracting, motivating and retaining the best talent, given the multitude and variety of products and services provided by employees across the enterprise, by permitting the payment of any types of extraordinary compensation to different employees or groups of employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, when it is determined such arrangements are in the best interest of the Company.

Examples of types of compensation and programs to be permitted under this Plan are:

 

  a. signing bonuses, retention incentive arrangements, completion bonuses and similar types of compensation;

 

  b. individual or group incentive bonus programs or arrangements that are associated with acquisitions, stand-alone subsidiaries or other unique business requirements;

 

  c. individual or group sales incentive bonus or commission programs that are associated with acquisitions, stand-alone subsidiaries or other distinct business situations as to which this type of program is appropriate;

 

  d. group incentive bonus programs or arrangements established pursuant to collective bargaining.

 

2. Conditions Applicable to Certain Programs.

 

  2.1 Programs Not Related to Earnings and Profits. The chief human resources officer of the Company, or his or her delegate, must approve any program or arrangement established under this Plan pursuant to which the payment of compensation will not be measured on the earnings or profits of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, subject to any established Company guidelines for the types of compensation to be provided under the program or arrangement.

Examples include, but are not limited to, signing bonuses, retention incentive arrangements, completion bonuses and similar types of compensation.

 

  2.2 Programs Related to Earnings and Profits. If and to the extent payment of compensation under a program or arrangement established under this Plan is measured on earnings or profits of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the program or arrangement will be subject to all of the conditions listed in the remainder of this Section 2.

 

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Examples include, but are not limited to, incentive plans tied to unique business requirements, such as acquired plans, commission plans, and incentive plans for collective bargaining units.

 

  a. Approval Authority. The program must be approved by the President and CEO of the Company or chief human resources officer of the Company.

 

  b. Adoption of Program. The Vice President, Compensation and Benefits of The Boeing Company must adopt every program or arrangement under the Plan, and any amendments.

In addition, the head of the relevant business unit (Vice President level or above) must also adopt the program. If the program is established to cover employees of a subsidiary of the Company, then the board of directors or similar governing body of the subsidiary (or its delegate) must adopt the program, in place of the head of the business unit.

 

  c. Performance Goals and Objectives.

 

  i. Establishment of Performance Goals and Objectives. The program or arrangement must provide for the establishment of goals and related awards prior to the beginning of any performance period.

 

  ii. Approval of Performance Goals and Objectives. The Vice President, Compensation and Benefits of The Boeing Company must approve the goals and related potential awards established for a performance period prior to the beginning of the performance period.

In addition, the head of the relevant business unit (Vice President level or above) must also approve the goals and related potential awards established for a performance period prior to the beginning of the performance period. If the program is established to cover employees of a subsidiary of the Company, then the board of directors or similar governing body of the subsidiary (or its delegate) must adopt the program, in place of the business unit head.

 

  iii. Adjustment of Performance Goals and Objectives. The program or arrangement may provide for the adjustment of goals and related potential awards after the start of a performance period, to account for extraordinary events, changed business conditions or some similar unplanned event or change in conditions. In such a case, the adjustments must be approved by the Vice President, Compensation and Benefits of The Boeing Company and, as applicable, business unit head or the subsidiary board of directors or similar governing body.

 

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  d. Ineligible Participants. Employees participating in any annual executive or employee incentive compensation program under the Incentive Compensation Plan for Officers and Employees of The Boeing Company and Subsidiaries (As Amended and Restated), or The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated), as applicable, or The Boeing Company Employee Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated) will not be eligible to participate.

 

  e. Individual Award Maximum . Except in the case of an individual or group sales incentive or commission program, actual individual awards will not exceed 200% of target bonus awards.

 

  f. Program Award Maximum. The aggregate annual actual bonus awards for all participants in a program will not exceed $25,000,000.

 

  g. Approval of Award Payments. The Program Administrator must approve actual awards under the program or arrangement prior to payout in conjunction with the applicable business unit head or subsidiary board of directors or similar governing body.

 

3. Plan Reference. Each program must reference that it is established under the authority of this Plan and subject to the provisions hereof.

 

4. Administration . The Plan will be administered by the chief human resources officer of the Company, or a delegate. Any program or arrangement established under this Plan will provide for a Program Administrator with the responsibility for day-to-day administration of each program or arrangement as provided in each program document.

 

5. Eligibility and Participation . Except as provided in Section 2.d above, all employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who are not elected officers will be eligible to receive awards under this Plan. Participation will be subject to the provisions contained in any program maintained under this Plan. Participation of union-represented employees is subject to the terms of the relevant collective bargaining agreements.

 

6. Report of Payments under the Plan . On a semi-annual basis, or more or less often as requested by the Compensation Committee, management will report to the Committee on the types and amounts of awards made under this Plan.

 

7. Forms of Awards . Awards under this Plan will be made entirely in cash.

 

8. Term of the Plan . The Plan will become effective upon approval by a two-thirds majority of the members of the Board of Directors, and will remain in effect until termination by the Board.

 

9.

Code Section 409A. Except as specifically provided otherwise, it is the Company’s intention that any and all compensation payable under the Plan and any programs or arrangements established under this Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under

 

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Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”), and all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements. With respect to any payment intended to be exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A which is to be paid out when vested and qualify for the short-term deferral exemption to Code Section 409A, such payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible after the award became vested, but in no event shall such payment be made later than 2  1 / 2 months after the end of the calendar year in which the award became vested. Notwithstanding the foregoing, programs or arrangements established under this Plan may be designed to qualify for another exemption under Code Section 409A, or to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A, pursuant to the specific terms of such programs or arrangements.

 

10. Amendment . The Plan may be amended by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

11. No Right to Employment . Nothing in this Plan will be construed to confer upon any employee or Plan participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

12. Nonassignability . No awards authorized or made pursuant to the Plan will be subject in any manner to assignment, alienation, transfer, attachment or any other legal process, and any attempt to subject any such award to any of the foregoing will be void, except that the Company or a subsidiary may withhold from a program payment amounts owed to it by the award recipient, and amounts required to be withheld from it by the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement.

 

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Exhibit 10.9

THE BOEING COMPANY

EXECUTIVE LAYOFF BENEFITS PLAN

Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1—PURPOSE

   1

ARTICLE 2—DEFINITIONS

   1

2.1

  

Affiliate or Subsidiary

   1

2.2

  

Base Salary

   1

2.3

  

Code

   1

2.4

  

Committee

   1

2.5

  

Company

   1

2.6

  

Compensation Committee

   1

2.7

  

Employee

   1

2.8

  

Equivalent Employment

   1

2.9

  

ERISA

   2

2.10

  

E-Series Payroll Employee

   2

2.11

  

Incentive Plan

   2

2.12

  

Involuntary Layoff

   2

2.13

  

Layoff Benefit

   2

2.14

  

Layoff Event

   2

2.15

  

Plan

   2

2.16

  

Plan Year

   2

2.17

  

Service

   2

2.18

  

Specified Employee

   2

ARTICLE 3—ELIGIBILITY AND LAYOFF EVENT

   2

3.1

  

Eligibility

   2

3.2

  

Participating Groups

   3

3.3

  

Layoff Events

   3

ARTICLE 4—LAYOFF BENEFIT

   3

4.1

  

Layoff Benefit

   3

4.2

  

Timing of Payment

   4

4.3

  

Limit on Payment

   4

4.4

  

Recovery of Payment

   4

4.5

  

Recovery of Debt

   4

4.6

  

Waiver of Claims

   4

4.7

  

Death Benefit

   5

ARTICLE 5—ADMINISTRATION

   5

5.1

  

Plan Administration

   5

5.2

  

Rules and Procedures

   5

5.3

  

Committee Liability

   5

5.4

  

Claim Procedure

   5

ARTICLE 6—GENERAL PROVISIONS

   5

6.1

  

Plan Amendment and Termination

   5

6.2

  

Funding

   5

6.3

  

Benefit Plan Application

   6

6.4

  

Provision Against Anticipation

   6

6.5

  

Employment Status

   6

6.6

  

Facility of Payment

   6

6.7

  

Construction

   6

6.8

  

Legal Actions

   6

6.9

  

Compliance With Code Section 409A

   6

 

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ARTICLE 1

PURPOSE

The Boeing Company established The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan to provide for lump sum payments as layoff benefits for its executive employees effective August 1, 1997. This document is an amendment and complete restatement of the Plan and is effective for Layoff Events occurring on or after January 1, 2008.

It is intended that this Plan constitute a welfare benefit severance pay plan under ERISA and that any and all amounts payable under this Plan satisfy the requirements for exemption from Code Section 409A. The Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with such intentions.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

 

2.1 Affiliate or Subsidiary means a member (other than The Boeing Company) of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 1563(a) determined without regard to Code Sections 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(c)), a group of trades or businesses (whether incorporated or not) which are under common control within the meaning of Code Section 414(c), or an affiliated service group (as defined in Code Section 414(m) or 414(o)) of which The Boeing Company is a part.

 

2.2 Base Salary means annual salary excluding bonuses and incentive payments, fringe benefits, and other perquisites.

 

2.3 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.4 Committee means the Employee Benefit Plans Committee (or its successor) appointed by the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company.

 

2.5 Company means The Boeing Company and any Affiliate or Subsidiary which has adopted the Plan by action of its Board of Directors.

 

2.6 Compensation Committee means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of The Boeing Company.

 

2.7 Employee means a person who is employed by the Company including a person on an approved leave of absence.

 

2.8 Equivalent Employment means an employment offer made prior to a Layoff Event:

 

  a) at an annual base salary equal to no less than 90% of the Employee’s Base Salary at the time of the offer;

 

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  b) if the Employee is eligible for incentive compensation, with a target under the applicable incentive compensation plan which is no less than 90% of the Employee’s target at the time of the offer; and

 

  c) for a job which is located within 70 miles of the normal location of the Employee’s employment at the time of the offer.

 

2.9 ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

2.10 E-Series Payroll Employees means Employees with an executive designation of level E1 to E6.

 

2.11 Incentive Plan means The Boeing Company Elected Officer Annual Incentive Plan or the Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company and Subsidiaries, as applicable.

 

2.12 Involuntary Layoff means that an Employee’s position has been eliminated by the Company.

 

2.13 Layoff Benefit is defined in Article 4.

 

2.14 Layoff Event is defined in Section 3.3.

 

2.15 Plan means The Boeing Company Executive Layoff Benefits Plan.

 

2.16 Plan Year means the calendar year.

 

2.17 Service shall be determined in the same manner as the service time calculation under the Company Service Awards Program procedure.

 

2.18 Specified Employee means an Employee who is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A. Specified Employee status is determined on the last day of the prior Plan Year, to take effect as of April 1 of the Plan Year for a 12-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Specified Employees shall be determined by including the employees whom the Company reasonably determines to be the 75 top-paid officers of the Company rather than the 50 top-paid officers as provided under Code Section 416(i)(1)(A), to the extent permitted under Code Section 409A.

ARTICLE 3

ELIGIBILITY AND LAYOFF EVENT

 

3.1 Eligibility . In order to be eligible for a Layoff Benefit, an Employee must meet the following requirements as of the date of the Layoff Event:

 

  a) The Employee must be a member of a participating group of Employees in accordance with Section 3.2;

 

  b) The Employee must have at least one year of Service; and

 

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  c) A Layoff Event must occur with respect to the Employee.

 

3.2 Participating Groups . Employees of the Company who are E-Series Payroll Employees shall participate in the Plan. The Compensation Committee may, by written resolution, provide for participation of other Employees as of an effective date specified in the resolution.

 

3.3 Layoff Events . A Layoff Event is an Involuntary Layoff from employment with the Company, but does not include a layoff if:

 

  a) The Employee becomes employed by the Company or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company within 90 days of the layoff or refuses an offer of employment by the Company or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company as an E-Series Payroll Employee;

 

  b) The layoff occurs (i) because of a merger, sale, spin-off, reorganization, or similar transfer of assets or stock, or because of a change in the operator of a facility or a party to a contract, or because of an outsourcing of work, and (ii) the Employee either continues in Equivalent Employment (in the case of a stock sale or similar transaction), or the Employee is offered Equivalent Employment with the new employer, operator or contractor (or an affiliated business enterprise);

 

  c) The layoff occurs because of an act of God, natural disaster or national emergency;

 

  d) The layoff occurs because of a strike, picketing of the Company’s premises, work stoppage or any similar action that would interrupt or interfere with any operation of the Company; or

 

  e) The termination of employment of the Employee is for any reason other than Involuntary Layoff, such as voluntary or temporary layoff, completion of a temporary assignment, resignation, dismissal, retirement, death or leave of absence.

ARTICLE 4

LAYOFF BENEFIT

 

4.1 Layoff Benefit . The Layoff Benefit for an Employee who incurs a Layoff Event on or after April 1, 2001 is equal to:

 

  a) One year of Base Salary (as in effect immediately prior to the Layoff Event), plus

 

  b) The Employee’s annual target incentive under the Incentive Plan multiplied by the Company’s actual performance score for the year during which the Layoff Event occurs, less

 

  c) If applicable, the total of all payments made, or to be made, pursuant to any individual employment, separation or severance agreement.

 

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4.2 Timing of Payment . An Employee will receive the portion of the Layoff Benefit described in Section 4.1(a) (as adjusted by Section 4.1(c)) in a lump sum within a reasonable period of time following the Layoff Event, but in no event later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the calendar year in which occurs the Layoff Event. An Employee will receive the portion, if any, of the Layoff Benefit described in Section 4.1(b) (as adjusted by Section 4.1(c)) in a lump sum in the year following the year of the Layoff Event, but in no event later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the year following the year in which occurs the Layoff Event.

It is intended all amounts payable under this Plan shall satisfy the requirements for exemption under Code Section 409A, and all terms and provisions shall be interpreted to satisfy such requirements. Specifically, it is intended that an amount payable under this Plan qualify as a short-term deferral (as described in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(4)) and, to the extent not a short-term deferral, as a separation payment due to an involuntary separation from service (as described in Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)). However, in the unlikely event that a portion of a Layoff Benefit payable to a Specified Employee is not exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A (a “Non-Exempt Amount”), such Non-Exempt Amount will be paid to the Specified Employee as soon as practicable on or after the later of (i) the first day of the seventh month following the Specified Employee’s Layoff Event, or (ii) the time specified in the paragraph above.

All payments under this Plan shall be net of any and all applicable withholding taxes, and interest shall not accrue on any portion of the Layoff Benefit, regardless of the time of payment.

 

4.3 Limit on Payment . No Employee shall be paid more than one Layoff Benefit under this Plan.

 

4.4 Recovery of Payment . If a Layoff Benefit is paid to an Employee and the Committee determines that all or part of such payment was not owed under the terms of the Plan, the Company reserves the right to recover such payment, including deducting such amounts from any sums due the Employee.

 

4.5 Recovery of Debt . If an Employee owes the Company an acknowledged debt, including, but not limited to, loans, relocation fees, and travel advances, such debt may be deducted from the Layoff Benefit, subject to applicable state laws.

 

4.6 Waiver of Claims . As a condition to receiving the Layoff Benefit described in Section 4.2, the Employee must execute a release of all claims by submitting to the Company a Waiver and Release form in a form provided by the Company.

 

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4.7 Death Benefit . No Layoff Benefits are due under the Plan with respect to an Employee to the extent not received by the Employee prior to his death.

ARTICLE 5

ADMINISTRATION

 

5.1 Plan Administration . The Committee will serve as the Plan administrator and named fiduciary pursuant to ERISA. The Committee will have complete control of the administration of the Plan, subject to the provisions hereof, with all powers necessary to enable it to carry out its duties properly in that respect. Not in limitation, but in amplification of the foregoing, it will have the power to interpret the Plan, to apply its discretion, and to determine all questions that may arise hereunder, including all questions relating to the eligibility of Employees to participate in the Plan and the amount of benefit to which any Employee may become entitled. Its decisions upon all matters within the scope of its authority will be final and binding.

 

5.2 Rules and Procedures . The Committee will establish rules and procedures to be followed by Employees in filing applications for benefits and in other matters required to administer the Plan.

 

5.3 Committee Liability . The members of the Committee shall use ordinary care and diligence in the performance of their duties, but no member shall be personally liable by virtue of any contract, agreement, or other instrument made or executed by a member of the Committee, nor for any mistake or judgment made by such member or by any other member. No member of the Committee will be liable for the neglect, omission or wrongdoing of any other member or of the agents or counsel of the Committee. The Company shall indemnify each member of the Committee against, and hold each member harmless from any and all expenses and liabilities arising out of, any act or omission to act as a member of the Committee, to the fullest extent permitted under the by-laws of the Company.

 

5.4 Claim Procedure . The Committee shall adopt procedures for the presentation of claims for benefits and for the review of the denial of such claims by the Committee. The decision of the Committee upon such review shall be final, subject to appeal rights provided by law.

ARTICLE 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

6.1 Plan Amendment and Termination . The Company, acting through the Compensation Committee, may amend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time. Such amendments may include any remedial retroactive changes to comply with the requirements of any law or regulation issued by any government agency to which the Company is subject.

 

6.2 Funding . The Plan shall be unfunded, and Layoff Benefits shall be paid from the general assets of the Company.

 

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6.3 Benefit Plan Application . Layoff Benefits and periods for which an Employee receives a Layoff Benefit shall not be considered as compensation or service under any employee benefit plan or program and shall not be counted toward Service under this Plan. Layoff Benefits may not be deferred into the Voluntary Investment Plan or any other cash or deferred arrangement.

 

6.4 Provision Against Anticipation . No benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, or other legal process, and any attempt to do so shall be void.

 

6.5 Employment Status . Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained in, or recalled to, the employ of the Company or to interfere with the rights of the Company to discharge any Employee at any time.

 

6.6 Facility of Payment . If any Employee is physically or mentally incapable of giving a valid receipt for any payment due and no legal representative has been appointed for such Employee, the Committee may make such payment to any person or institution maintaining such Employee and the release of such person or institution will be a valid and complete discharge for such payment. Any final payment or distribution to any Employee or the legal representative of the Employee in accordance with the provisions herein will be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Plan, the Committee, and the Company arising under or by virtue of the Plan.

 

6.7 Construction . The validity of the Plan or any of its provisions will be determined under and will be construed according to federal law and, to the extent permissible, according to the internal laws of the state of Illinois. If any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination will not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan will be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included.

 

6.8 Legal Actions . No legal action may be brought in court on a claim for benefits under the Plan after 180 days following the decision on appeal (or 180 days following the expiration of the time to make an appeal if no appeal is made).

 

6.9 Compliance With Code Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the Employee’s rights under this Plan with respect to any Non-Exempt Amount (as defined in Section 4.2) and the provisions of this Plan relating to such Non-Exempt Amount will be deemed modified in order to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A to the extent determined by the Committee.

 

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