UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) December 19, 2008

 

 

Wachovia Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

North Carolina

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

1-10000   56-0898180
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

One Wachovia Center  
Charlotte, North Carolina   28288-0013
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(704) 374-6565

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

 

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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

In order to comply with certain federal income tax regulations and make certain other administrative changes, Wachovia Corporation (“Wachovia”) has entered into amendments to certain agreements and/or plans with certain of Wachovia’s executive officers, including named officers in Wachovia’s 2008 proxy statement. The amendments are described below in this Item 1.01 and do not increase or materially alter the benefits provided in such agreements and/or plans.

Amendment to Elective Deferral Plan

On December 19, 2008, Wachovia adopted an amendment and restatement of the Wachovia Corporation Elective Deferral Plan (the “Deferral Plan”). Certain executive officers of Wachovia are eligible to participate in the Deferral Plan and its purpose is to allow participants to defer receipt of portions of their salary and/or annual incentive payments into investment accounts.

The amendment and restatement to the Deferral Plan (1) freezes any future voluntary deferrals of compensation under the plan after December 31, 2008 until determined otherwise by the committee authorized to administer the plan, (2) makes certain technical amendments in order to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and implementing regulations (the “409A Rules”), including but not limited to (i) clarifying the time by which new participants must submit applicable deferral elections, and (ii) specifying the timing requirements for payment of lump sum benefits under the Deferral Plan in the event of a participant’s separation from service, and (3) provides active participants with the ability prior to December 31, 2008 to make a special distribution election indicating a new time and form of distribution for post-2004 deferrals under the Deferral Plan in accordance with certain transition relief provided by the Internal Revenue Service for compliance with the 409A Rules. The amendments do not increase or otherwise change the amount of benefits that participants are entitled to receive under the Deferral Plan. This summary of the material terms of the amendment to the Deferral Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to that amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit (10)(a) to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Savings Restoration Plan

On December 19, 2008, Wachovia adopted an amendment and restatement to the Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (the “Savings Restoration Plan”) which applies only to amounts deferred under the plan on or after January 1, 2005 that are not grandfathered for purposes of application of the 409A Rules (the “Non-Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan”), as well as a separate amendment to the Savings Restoration Plan (as amended and restated on January 1, 2002) which applies only to amounts deferred under the plan before January 1, 2005 that are grandfathered for purposes of application of the 409A Rules (the “Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan”). Certain executive officers of Wachovia participate in the Savings Restoration Plan and its purpose is to restore the benefits that are lost as a result of the contribution limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Service on 401(k) plans, such as the


Wachovia Savings Plan. The Savings Restoration Plan was previously frozen effective as of December 31, 2007 to new participation in, and any future deferrals of compensation under, the Savings Restoration Plan.

The amendment and restatement to the Non-Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan (1) incorporates prior amendments to the Non-Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan and (2) makes certain technical amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules. The separate amendment to the Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan (1) makes certain additional technical amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules and (2) clarifies that the Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan is applicable to participants actively employed by Wachovia on or after January 1, 2002 and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Grandfathered Savings Restoration Plan prior to January 1, 2005.

The amendments do not increase or otherwise change the amount of benefits that participants are entitled to receive under the Savings Restoration Plan. This summary of the material terms of the amendments to the Savings Restoration Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to those amendments, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (10)(b) and (10)(c) to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Legacy First Union Benefit Restoration Plan

On December 19, 2008, Wachovia adopted an amendment and restatement to the Legacy First Union Benefit Restoration Plan (the “Benefit Restoration Plan”) which applies only to amounts deferred under the Benefit Restoration Plan on or after January 1, 2005 that are not grandfathered for purposes of application of the 409A Rules (the “Non-Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan”), as well as a separate amendment to the Benefit Restoration Plan (as amended and restated on April 20, 1999) which applies only to amounts deferred under the Benefit Restoration Plan before January 1, 2005 that are grandfathered for purposes of application of the 409A Rules (the “Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan”). Certain executive officers of Wachovia participate in the Benefit Restoration Plan and its purpose is to restore benefits that were lost as a result of legal limits imposed by the Internal Revenue Service that applied to the Legacy First Union Corporation Pension Plan and Trust. The Benefit Restoration Plan was previously frozen effective as of December 31, 2007 to future benefit accruals under that plan.

The amendment and restatement to the Non-Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan (1) makes certain technical amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules, including but not limited to (i) revising certain definitions, such as the definition of “change of control” to reflect the requirements of the 409A Rules, (ii) eliminating certain payment triggers that are not permissible for purposes of the 409A rules, (iii) providing a general prohibition on accelerated payments, and (iv) providing for a six-month delay for payments to any “specified employee” under the 409A Rules who terminates from employment and is entitled to payments under the terms of the Benefit Restoration Plan, (2) provides that optional form of payment elections by participants will not be allowed after December 31, 2008, except as may be permitted under the 409A Rules, (3) removes a provision providing for offset of amounts payable under the Benefit Restoration Plan by amounts payable under another specified nonqualified deferred compensation plan to avoid an impermissible deferral or acceleration of benefits under the 409A


Rules, and (4) adds certain standard administrative provisions related to administration, claims procedures and amendment and interpretive authority under the Benefit Restoration Plan. The separate amendment to the Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan (1) makes certain technical amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules and (2) adds certain standard administrative provisions to conform administration of the Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan to the Non-Grandfathered Benefit Restoration Plan.

The amendments do not increase or otherwise change the amount of benefits that participants are entitled to receive under the Benefit Restoration Plan. This summary of the material terms of the amendments to the Benefit Restoration Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to those amendments, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (10)(d) and (10)(e) to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors

On December 19, 2008, Wachovia adopted an amendment and restatement of the Wachovia Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Directors’ Plan”). All of the non-employee directors of Wachovia are eligible to participate in the Directors’ Plan and its purpose is to allow participants to defer receipt of payment of their directors’ fees into deferral accounts.

The amendment and restatement to the Directors’ Plan applies only to amounts deferred under the plan on or after January 1, 2005 that are not grandfathered for purposes of application of the 409A Rules and (1) freezes any future voluntary deferrals of compensation under the Directors’ Plan after December 31, 2008 unless determined otherwise by the committee authorized to administer the Directors’ Plan, (2) removes a provision that would have allowed a director to continue participation in the Directors’ Plan upon becoming a director of a subsidiary of Wachovia, and (3) makes certain additional technical amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules. The terms of the Directors’ Plan, as in effect prior to the amendment and restatement, will continue to apply to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005.

The amendments do not increase or otherwise change the amount of benefits that participants are entitled to receive under the Directors’ Plan. This summary of the material terms of the amendment to the Directors’ Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to that amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit (10)(f) to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Amendments to Certain Employment Agreements

On December 29, 2008, Wachovia entered into amendments (the “Amendments”) to the employment agreements between Wachovia and Benjamin P. Jenkins, III, David M. Carroll, Stephen E. Cummings, David K. Zwiener, Thomas J. Wurtz, and certain other Wachovia executive officers, whereby, the parties thereto agreed to make certain amendments in order to comply with the 409A Rules. The Amendments clarify (1) for executives currently employed by Wachovia, in the event of the executive’s disability, his or her employment will be deemed to be


terminated at the end of six months of disability leave, (2) for executives currently employed by Wachovia, that the cash continuance payments to which an executive may be entitled to receive under his or her employment agreement will be paid in installments following a qualifying termination unless the qualifying termination occurs as a result of a change in control event that satisfies certain requirements under the 409A Rules, (3) that to the extent cash continuance payments are paid in installments, the installments will be paid semi-monthly, (4) that any post-employment consulting services that the executive may be asked to perform would not exceed 20% of the level of services performed while the executive was an employee of Wachovia, (5) the timing for payment of reimbursements or benefits under certain fringe benefit plans, (6) that the value of any welfare benefits cannot be cashed-out as required under the 409A Rules, (7) in accordance with the requirements of the 409A Rules, that stock options remaining exercisable following an executive’s termination of employment pursuant to the terms of the executive’s agreement are subject to a maximum exercise period ending on the earlier of the latest date on which the stock option could have expired by its original terms or the tenth anniversary of the date on which the stock option was granted, (8) the special timing rules and other requirements applicable under the 409A Rules for reimbursement or direct payment of legal expenses and tax-gross up payments, (9) that the 409A Rules prohibit the acceleration of payment of deferred compensation, and (10) for employment agreements entered into after 2006, the manner in which payments would be reduced, if necessary, to comply with Wachovia’s Policy Regarding Shareholder Approval of Future Severance Agreements. The Amendments also make certain technical clarifications to the existing provision of the executives’ employment agreements imposing a six-month delay on payment of deferred compensation (including certain severance pay and other benefits) to an executive who is a “specified employee” at the time of his or her termination of employment, as defined in the 409A Rules. For former Wachovia executives whose employment has previously terminated and who are currently receiving payments or other benefits under their agreements, the Amendments also clarify (a) the manner in which the executive may elect to reduce compensation or benefits in the event that the excess parachute tax rules require such a reduction and (b) that compensation and benefits would not be reinstated in the event that Wachovia ceases paying compensation and benefits under the agreement if the executive does not comply with certain obligations described in the employment agreement.

The Amendments do not increase or otherwise change the amount of payments or other benefits that the executives may be entitled to receive under their agreements. This summary of the material terms of the Amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendments, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (10)(g) through (10)(l) to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(c)   Exhibits.
(10)(a)   Amended and Restated Wachovia Corporation Elective Deferral Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009)


(10)(b)   Amended and Restated Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008)
(10)(c)   Amendment 2008-1 to the Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2002)
(10)(d)   Amended and Restated Legacy First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (as amended and restated December 31, 2008)
(10)(e)   Amendment 2008-1 to the Legacy First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (as amended and restated April 20, 1999)
(10)(f)   Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Wachovia Corporation (as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008)
(10)(g)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Benjamin P. Jenkins, III
(10)(h)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and David M. Carroll
(10)(i)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Stephen E. Cummings
(10)(j)   Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and David K. Zwiener
(10)(k)   Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Thomas J. Wurtz.
(10)(l)   Form of Amendments to Employment Agreements between Wachovia and certain other executive officers.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    WACHOVIA CORPORATION
Date: December 29, 2008     By:  

/s/ Jane C. Sherburne

    Name:   Jane C. Sherburne
    Title:  

Senior Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

(10)(a)   Amended and Restated Wachovia Corporation Elective Deferral Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009)
(10)(b)   Amended and Restated Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008)
(10)(c)   Amendment 2008-1 to the Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (as amended and restated effective January 1, 2002)
(10)(d)   Amended and Restated Legacy First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (as amended and restated December 31, 2008)
(10)(e)   Amendment 2008-1 to the Legacy First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (as amended and restated April 20, 1999)
(10)(f)   Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Wachovia Corporation (as amended and restated effective December 31, 2008)
(10)(g)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Benjamin P. Jenkins, III
(10)(h)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and David M. Carroll
(10)(i)   Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Stephen E. Cummings
(10)(j)   Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and David K. Zwiener
(10)(k)   Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement between Wachovia and Thomas J. Wurtz.
(10)(l)   Form of Amendments to Employment Agreements between Wachovia and certain other executive officers.

Exhibit 10(a)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

ELECTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN

(Effective July 1, 1995)

As amended and restated effective January 1, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

            Page

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

   1

1.1

     Establishment    1

1.2

     Purpose    1

1.3

     Application of Plan    1

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

   1

2.1

     Definitions    1

SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION

   6

3.1

     Eligibility    6

SECTION 4. ELECTION TO DEFER

   6

4.1

     Election to Participate    6

SECTION 5. DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS

   8

5.1

     Deferral Accounts    8

5.2

     Charge Against Accounts    9

5.3

     Statement of Accounts    9

5.4

     Acquired Deferral Accounts    9

SECTION 6. BENEFITS

   10

6.1

     Retirement Benefit    10

6.2

     Disability    11

6.3

     Termination Benefit    11

6.4

     Survivor Benefits    12

6.5

     Withdrawal on Account of Unforeseeable Emergency    13

6.6

     Scheduled Distributions    14

6.7

     Small Benefit    15

6.8

     Special Election before December 31, 2008    15

6.9

     Withholding; Payroll Taxes    15

6.10

     No Acceleration of Payment    16

6.11

     Payment Delay for Key Employees    16

SECTION 7. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

   16

7.1

     Beneficiary Designation    16

SECTION 8. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

   17

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

            Page

8.1

     Administration    17

8.2

     Authority    17

8.3

     Hold Harmless    17

8.4

     Rules of Administration    18

8.5

     Claims Procedures    18

SECTION 9. NATURE OF COMPANY’S OBLIGATION

   20

9.1

     No Trust    20

9.2

     Nature of Participant’s Rights and Interests    20

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

   21

10.1

     Alienation of Benefits; Domestic Relations Orders    21

10.2

     No Employment Right    22

10.3

     Amendment or Termination    22

10.4

     Offset    23

10.5

     Protective Provisions    23

10.6

     Gender, Singular, and Plural    23

10.7

     Captions    24

10.8

     Validity    24

10.9

     Applicable Law    24

10.10

     Successors and Assigns    24

10.11

     Section 409A Compliance    24

 

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WACHOVIA CORPORATION

ELECTIVE DEFERRAL PLAN

As amended and restated January 1, 2009

Section 1. Establishment and Purpose

 

1.1 Establishment . Wachovia Corporation (formerly named First Union Corporation) established the Plan effective as of July 1, 1995, to provide an unfunded deferred compensation plan for a select group of management and highly compensated Employees and their Beneficiaries as described herein. The Plan is now hereby further amended and restated effective January 1, 2009 to implement changes required pursuant to and consistent with Code section 409A. Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 the Plan has been operated in accordance with transition relief established by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Code section 409A. This amendment and restatement is adopted in conformity with final regulations under Code section 409A issued by the Treasury Department on April 10, 2007 and effective January 1, 2009.

 

1.2 Purpose . The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means whereby certain selected Employees may defer the receipt of compensation to provide for future income needs and to motivate such Employees to continue to make contributions to the profitable growth of the Company. The Plan shall function solely as a so-called “top hat” plan of deferred compensation subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to such a plan.

 

1.3 Application of Plan . The terms of this Plan, as amended and restated, are applicable only to Eligible Employees who are in the employ of an Employer on or after July 1, 1995, and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan on and after January 1, 2005. The terms of the Plan, as in effect prior to this amended and restated Plan document, shall continue to apply to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005.

Section 2. Definitions

 

2.1 Definitions . Whenever used hereinafter, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:


  a. “Affiliated Company” means (i) any corporation which is a member of the controlled group of corporations which includes the Company, as determined in accordance with the ownership rules of Code section 1563, without regard, however, to subsections (a)(4) or (e)(3)(C) of such section 1563, (ii) any entity with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Code section 414(c) and (iii) any other entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest or owns a substantial capital or profits interest.

 

  b. “Base Salary” means a Participant’s fixed, basic, straight time, and regularly recurring wages and salary, any payment for overtime hours and holiday pay, but excluding (even if includible in gross income) all (i) bonus, long-term incentive awards, and other forms of incentive compensation, (ii) reimbursements or other expense allowances, (iii) moving expenses, (iv) welfare or fringe benefits (cash or non-cash), (v) deferred compensation, (vi) severance pay, and (vii) any other form of special compensation as designated by the Committee.

 

  c. “Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated as such in accordance with Section 7.

 

  d. “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

  e. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereof, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code shall be construed also to refer to any successor sections.

 

  f. “Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

  g. “Company” means Wachovia Corporation and any successor that shall maintain this Plan.

 

  h. “Compensation” means, for any date within a Plan Year, (i) the Participant’s Base Salary for the Plan Year, and (ii) the Participant’s Incentive Award earned and accrued for such Plan Year before any reduction pursuant to the terms of this Plan.

 

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  i. “Death Valuation Date” means the Valuation Date coincident with or next following a Participant’s date of death.

 

  j. “Deferral Account” means the hypothetical account maintained by the Company for recordkeeping purposes with respect to a Participant’s deferrals pursuant to Section 5.1. Within each Deferral Account, separate sub-accounts (“Deferral Sub-Accounts”), shall be maintained to the extent necessary for the administration of the Plan for each different Plan Year deferral election, form of distribution election, or allocation elections among Investment Indexes.

 

  k. “Disability” means any injury, illness or sickness incurred by a Participant which qualifies him or her for disability benefits under the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan, as in effect from time to time (the “LTD Plan”).

 

  l. “Displaced” means that the Participant incurred a Termination of Employment and has been designated as displaced at the time the Participant terminates employment with the Company.

 

  m. “Election Form” means the election form which an Eligible Employee files with the Company to participate in the Plan each Plan Year.

 

  n. “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who is eligible to participate as provided in Section 3.1, excluding:

 

  (i) any Employee who is not on a United States payroll;

 

  (ii) any individual classified as an independent contractor or consultant or as a temporary employee; or

 

  (iii) any individual who has ceased Employee status, whether by reason of Retirement or otherwise.

 

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  o. “Employee” means any person in the employ of the Company (or any other Affiliated Company), subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to both the work to be performed and the manner and method of performance.

 

  p. “Employer” means the Company and any Affiliated Company.

 

  q. “Financial Hardship Distribution” means the benefit that is payable pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Plan.

 

  r. “Incentive Award” means with respect to a Participant for any Plan Year the incentive award or commissions earned and accrued by the Participant pursuant to the terms of an incentive compensation plan of an Employer on account of services rendered to the Employer during the applicable Plan Year.

 

  s. “Investment Indexes” means one or more mutual funds, investment return benchmarks, interest rate indexes or common trust funds designated as available under the Plan by the Committee from time to time.

 

  t. “Matching Contribution” means the Company’s match of a Participant’s Compensation reduction amount as calculated in accordance with Section 4.1(c) of the Plan.

 

  u. “MRCC” means the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor Board committee to whom the Board delegates responsibility for establishing and administering the incentive compensation programs for the executive officers and other senior executives of the Company.

 

  v. “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has filed a completed and executed Election Form with the Committee and is participating in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.

 

  w. “Participating Employer” means the Company and any other Affiliated Company authorized by the Committee to participate in the Plan.

 

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  x. “Pension Contribution” means the lump sum amount credited by the Company on behalf of a Participant as calculated in accordance with Section 4.1(d) of the Plan in the event that the Participant’s pension benefit is reduced under the Pension Plan as a result of Compensation deferral under this Plan.

 

  y. “Pension Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Pension Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

  z. “Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Elective Deferral Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

  aa. “Plan Year” means the Plan’s accounting year of twelve months commencing on January 1 of each year and ending on the following December 31.

 

  bb. “Retirement” means the Participant’s Termination of Employment at a time when the Participant is at least age fifty (50), has completed at least three (3) continuous years of service as an Employee, and has a combined age and length of continuous service as an Employee of at least sixty (60) years.

 

  cc. “Retirement Benefit” means benefits payable to a Participant when such Participant has satisfied all of the eligibility requirements for Retirement.

 

  dd. “Retirement Valuation Date” means the Valuation Date immediately prior to the date a Participant ceases to be an Employee on account of Retirement.

 

  ee. “Savings Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Savings Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

  ff. “Scheduled Distribution” means a distribution of all or a portion of a Participant’s Deferral Account as elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 6.6.

 

  gg. “Survivor Benefit” means those Plan benefits that become payable upon the death of a Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.4.

 

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  hh. “Termination Benefit” means benefits payable to a Participant when such Participant has ceased to be an Employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3.

 

  ii. “Termination of Employment” means the Participant’s termination of Employee status for any reason, including (without limitation) by reason of a voluntary termination or resignation, Retirement or death, and shall be determined in accordance with the applicable standards established pursuant to Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

  jj. “Termination Valuation Date” means the Valuation Date immediately prior to the date a Participant has a Termination of Employment.

 

  kk. “Valuation Date” means any day the United States financial markets are open for which a Participant’s Deferral Account is required to be valued for any purpose under the Plan.

Section 3. Eligibility for Participation

 

3.1 Eligibility . The Committee shall determine which Employees shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for a given Plan Year; provided, however, any such Employee must be a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees. The Committee’s determination of eligibility for any given Plan Year does not guarantee eligibility in subsequent Plan Years. In the event any Employee is no longer designated as an active Participant eligible to make further deferrals under the Plan, such Employee shall become an inactive Participant as of January 1 of the following year and will retain all other rights described under this Plan until the Employee again becomes an active Participant.

Section 4. Election to Defer

 

4.1

Election to Participate . Any Eligible Employee may enroll in the Plan effective as of the first day of a Plan Year, by filing a completed and fully executed Election Form with the Committee during enrollment periods established by the Committee, but in no event later than the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year. On such Election Form

 

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for each Plan Year, the Eligible Employee shall (i) irrevocably elect the amount of Compensation for such Plan Year to be deferred, and (ii) irrevocably elect the time and form of distribution in which the Deferral Sub-Account for such Plan Year shall be paid in accordance with Section 6. A Participant’s deferral election and election as to time and form of distribution shall automatically carry over to subsequent Plan Years (provided the Participant is deemed an Eligible Employee in such subsequent Plan Year) unless the Participant files a completed and fully executed Election Form with the Committee during the enrollment period for such Plan Year.

 

  a. Deferral Election . An Eligible Employee may elect to defer a percentage of the Eligible Employee’s Compensation for the applicable Plan Year.

 

  b. Maximum and Minimum Deferrals . The maximum amount of Compensation that may be deferred for all Plan Years shall be 75 percent of any Base Salary earned and accrued for such Plan Years, and 90 percent of any Incentive Awards earned and accrued for such Plan Years (less such amounts necessary to cover any applicable tax withholding or payroll deductions). The minimum deferral of Base Salary or Incentive Award for any Plan Year shall be 1%.

 

  c. Matching Contribution . Each Participant who makes a deferral election pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and whose Compensation (after reduction for any salary deferral under Section 4.1(a)) is less than the applicable compensation limit under Code section 401(a)(17) shall be entitled to have a Matching Contribution made to such Participant’s Deferral Account, up to the matching limit for matching contributions under the Savings Plan for such Plan Year. The Matching Contribution for each Plan Year will be equal to the lesser of (i) such matching limit under the Savings Plan, or (ii) the product of (1) the amount of Compensation the Participant elects to defer under the Plan, and (2) the matching rate as in effect under the Savings Plan. Matching Contributions shall be made on the last day of the Plan Year provided the Participant is an Employee on such date, and shall be invested as part of the Participant’s Deferral Account in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Plan in the same proportions and in the same Investment Indexes as the Participant’s Compensation reduction amount.

 

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  d. Additional Pension Contribution . Each Participant shall be entitled to receive an additional Pension Contribution to such Participant’s Deferral Account on the last day of the Plan Year provided the Participant is an Employee on such date if his or her pension benefits are reduced under the Pension Plan as a result of Compensation deferral under this Plan. The additional Pension Contribution shall be the lump sum amount equal to the excess of (1) the benefit that the Participant would be entitled to under the Pension Plan if his or her deferral of Compensation under the Plan had not reduced the benefits otherwise payable under the Pension Plan, over (2) the actual benefit to which the Participant is entitled under the Pension Plan, plus interest on such contributions credited at the rate provided under the Pension Plan as if the Pension Contribution had been directly credited under the Pension Plan.

 

  e. A Matching Contribution and Pension Contribution shall be made on the last day of the Plan Year for any Participant who is Displaced or ceases to be an Employee on account of Retirement during the Plan Year and who would otherwise be eligible for such contributions.

 

  f. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Participants may not make any voluntary deferrals of Compensation under the Plan after December 31, 2008 until determined otherwise by the Committee.

Section 5. Deferral Accounts

 

5.1 Deferral Accounts . The Committee shall establish and maintain a separate Deferral Account for each Participant. The amount by which a Participant’s Compensation is reduced pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be credited by the Company to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date the amount of the compensation that is deferred otherwise would have been payable. The value of each Participant’s Deferral Account shall be adjusted each day the financial markets in the United States are open as follows:

 

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  a. Pursuant to the procedures established by the Committee, a Participant shall elect to have his Deferral Sub-Account for a given Plan Year allocated among Deferral Sub-Accounts to reflect the Participant’s selection of the Investment Indexes available under the Plan at that time, in 1 percent increments, up to 100 percent of the amount credited to such Deferral Sub-Account.

 

  b. Such Deferral Sub-Account shall be credited or debited to reflect gains or losses (including dividends and capital gains and losses) as if the Deferral Sub-Account had been invested in an equivalent number of shares or units of the funds or investments referenced by the Investment Indexes available under the Plan from time to time, pursuant to the allocation elections made by the Participant from time to time.

 

  c. Pursuant to the procedures established by the Committee, a Participant may change the election with respect to the allocation of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts among the Investment Indexes available under the Plan from time to time. Unless the Participant indicates otherwise, any such reallocation election shall apply to all such Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts.

 

5.2 Charge Against Accounts . There shall be charged against each Participant’s Deferral Account any payments made to the Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with Section 6. In addition, the Committee may allocate a portion of any administrative expenses of the Plan to each Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

5.3 Statement of Accounts . The Committee shall submit to each participant, within a reasonable period of time after the close of each calendar quarter of a Plan Year, a statement of the balance in each such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the last Valuation Date of such quarter, in such form as the Committee deems appropriate.

 

5.4

Acquired Deferral Accounts . In addition to the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company may authorize the transfer to a Participant’s Deferral Account, such Participant’s deferred balances held under a deferral plan maintained by any organization acquired by the Company or an Affiliated Company. Such balances transferred will

 

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retain the deferral period, vesting provisions and distribution provisions as set forth in the original deferral plan acquired by the Company or an Affiliated Company, and such provisions shall be incorporated herein.

Section 6. Benefits

 

6.1 Retirement Benefit . Upon Retirement of a Participant, the Committee shall direct the Participant’s Employer to pay a Retirement Benefit based on the value of the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Retirement Valuation Date (as set forth below). Such Retirement Benefit shall be paid in the manner originally elected by the Participant on each Plan Year’s Election Form in the form of either a lump sum, or annual installments over five (5) or ten (10) years.

 

  a. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in a lump sum, the Participant shall receive payment of such Retirement Benefit as soon as reasonably possible after the Retirement Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Retirement Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Retirement Valuation Date, if later.

 

  b. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in installments, the amount to be paid with each installment shall be the value of such Deferral Sub-Account as of the date of the installment Valuation Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining. For purposes of this Section, the installment Valuation Date for the first installment payment shall be the Retirement Valuation Date, and the installment Valuation Date for subsequent installment payments shall be the first Valuation Date of each Plan Year thereafter, provided, however, that in no event shall more than one installment payment be made to a Participant in any one Plan Year. A Participant shall receive each installment payment as soon are reasonably possible after the applicable installment Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the applicable Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the applicable Valuation Date, if later.

 

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  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Retirement Benefit, such Participant shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

6.2 Disability . If a Participant suffers a Disability, the value of each of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts will continue to be adjusted in accordance with Section 5.1(b). If the Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of the Plan be deemed on the first day following such six-month period to have had a Termination of Employment, and the Participant’s Deferral Account will be distributed as a Retirement Benefit or Termination Benefit, as applicable.

 

6.3 Termination Benefit . If a Participant has a Termination of Employment for a reason other than a Retirement (as described in Section 6.1), including a Termination of Employment due to Disability, the Committee shall direct the Participant’s Employer to pay a Termination Benefit based on the value of the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Termination Valuation Date (as set forth below). Such Termination Benefit shall be paid in the manner elected by the Participant on each Plan Year’s Election Form in the form of either a lump sum payment or annual installments over five (5) or ten (10) years.

 

  a. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in a lump sum, the Participant shall receive payment of such Termination Benefit as soon as reasonably possible after the Termination Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Termination Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Termination Valuation Date, if later.

 

  b.

If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in installments, the amount to be paid with each installment shall be the value of such Deferral Sub-Account as of the date of the installment Valuation Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining. For the purposes of this Section, the installment Valuation Date for the first installment payment shall be the Termination Valuation Date, and the installment Valuation Date for subsequent installment payments shall be the first Valuation Date of each Plan Year thereafter; provided, however, that in no event shall more than one installment payment be made to a

 

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Participant in any one Plan Year. A Participant shall receive each installment payment as soon are reasonably possible after the applicable installment Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the applicable Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the applicable Valuation Date, if later.

 

  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Termination Benefit, such Participant shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

6.4 Survivor Benefits .

 

  a. Pre-Retirement. If a Participant dies before otherwise becoming eligible to receive Retirement Benefits, a Survivor Benefit will be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum equal to such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Death Valuation Date. A Beneficiary shall receive the Survivor Benefit as soon as possible after the Death Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Death Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Death Valuation Date, if later. If a Participant dies after becoming eligible to receive Retirement Benefits but before such benefits have been paid in full, the Retirement Benefits the deceased Participant would have otherwise received shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary as a Survivor Benefit pursuant to the Participant’s prior elections.

 

  b. Post-Retirement. If a Participant dies after such Retirement Benefits have commenced, the Retirement Benefits the deceased Participant would have otherwise received shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary as a Survivor Benefit pursuant to the Participant’s prior elections.

 

  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Survivor Benefit, a Beneficiary shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

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6.5 Withdrawal on Account of Unforeseeable Emergency .

 

  a. While employed by the Company or an Affiliated Company, a Participant or Beneficiary may, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency (as defined below) request a withdrawal from his or her Deferral Account by filing a withdrawal request at a time and in a manner determined by the Committee. Any such withdrawal shall not be for a greater amount than the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the unforeseeable emergency (including applicable income taxes and penalties reasonably expected to result from the withdrawal), and shall be subject to approval by the Committee. The Committee shall consider any requests for payment under this provision on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis and in accordance with the standards of interpretation described in Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The circumstances that will constitute an unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, no withdrawal may be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved (i) through reimbursement or compensation by available insurance or otherwise, (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (iii) by the additional compensation that will be available to the Participant as a result of the suspension of Participant deferrals pursuant to subsection (c) below. The withdrawal shall be paid in the form of a single lump payment five (5) days following the Committee’s approval of the withdrawal, or at such later time as permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

  b. For purposes of this provision, “unforeseeable emergency” shall mean (i) a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code section 152, without regard to Code section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) or (d)(1)(B)); (ii) loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or (iii) other similar or extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

 

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  c. In the event a Participant receives a withdrawal pursuant to this provision, his or her Compensation deferrals under the Plan will be automatically suspended. The Participant may apply to the Committee to resume Compensation deferrals with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after the January 1 following the date of suspension, provided, that the Committee shall approve such resumption only if the Committee determines that the Participant is no longer incurring the unforeseeable emergency for which the withdrawal was approved. Any application to resume Compensation deferrals must be made in accordance with the deferral election procedures set forth in Section 4.

The amount of benefits otherwise payable under the Plan shall thereafter be adjusted to reflect the reduction of a Deferral Account due to the early payment of the Financial Hardship Distribution.

 

6.6 Scheduled Distributions .

 

  a. In General. A Participant may, when filing an Election Form with respect to a given Plan Year, elect to receive a distribution while employed of all or a portion of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account for such Plan Year at a specified time or times in the future. The election of such a Scheduled Distribution shall be irrevocable and shall apply only to prospective deferrals for that Plan Year.

 

  b. Timing and Forms of Distribution. The first year specified for a Scheduled Distribution must be at least five (5) Plan Years after the Plan Year in which commencement of deferrals covered by the Election Form in which a Scheduled Distribution is elected. A Participant will receive such Scheduled Distribution in either a lump sum or in annual installments over five (5) of ten (10) years as specified on the Election Form.

 

  c. Election Void Upon Death and Termination of Employment. In the event a Participant has elected to receive any Scheduled Distributions and, before said distributions the Participant dies or has a Termination of Employment, the election with respect to such Scheduled Distributions shall be voided and such Participant’s Deferral Account shall be paid as a Termination Benefit.

 

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6.7 Small Benefit . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the total amount owed to a Participant or a Beneficiary after the Participant ceases to be an Employee is no greater than $15,500 (or such greater amount as is permitted under Code section 409A and the Regulations thereunder), the Committee shall distribute such amount in a single lump sum.

 

6.8 Special Election before December 31, 2008 . Prior to December 31, 2008 (or such earlier time as the Committee may designate), a Participant who has a Deferral Account may make a new distribution election with respect to amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account pursuant to Section 4 hereof on or after January 1, 2005 (“Post-2004 Deferrals”) indicating a new time and form of distribution of his Post-2004 Deferrals in accordance with the procedures established by the Committee, provided that payment may not commence pursuant to such election prior to July 2009. The Participant may choose from a lump sum payment or annual installments over five (5) or ten (10) years with respect to the Participant’s Post-2004 Deferrals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Participant shall not be permitted in calendar year 2008 to (a) change payment elections in a manner that will defer distribution of amounts that the Participant otherwise would have received in 2008 or (b) accelerate payments that would otherwise be made at a later date into 2008.

 

6.9 Withholding; Payroll Taxes . To the extent required by the law in effect at the time payments are made, a Participant’s Employer shall withhold from payments made hereunder the taxes required to be withheld by the federal or any state or local government. As to any payroll tax that is due from a Participant for Compensation deferred under this Plan, the Employer shall collect such tax from funds paid to such Participant with respect to other compensation not deferred under the Plan unless said other compensation is insufficient to pay such payroll taxes whereupon the shortfall shall serve to reduce the elected deferral amount.

 

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6.10 No Acceleration of Payment . No Participant shall be permitted, and the Committee shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any benefit payment under this Plan, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

6.11 Payment Delay for Key Employees . Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no distribution which becomes due and payable by reason of a Participant’s “separation from service” under Code section 409A shall be made to the Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, if the Participant is deemed at the time of such separation from service to be a “key employee” within the meaning of that term under Code section 416(i) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code section 409A(a)(2). Upon the expiration of the applicable Code section 409A(a)(2) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 6.11 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid to the Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death) in a lump sum, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. During such deferral period, the Participant’s Deferral Account under the Plan shall continue to be subject to the investment return provisions of Section 5.1.

Section 7. Beneficiary Designation

 

7.1 Beneficiary Designation . Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to whom payment under this Plan shall be made in the event of Participant’s death prior to complete distribution to Participant of the Benefits due under the Plan. Each Beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in writing with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime on a form prescribed by the Committee.

 

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The filing of a new Beneficiary designation form will cancel all Beneficiary designations previously filed.

Section 8. Administration of the Plan

 

8.1 Administration . The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Committee”) of two (2) or more members as designated from time to time by the MRCC of the Board. The Committee shall have full and complete authority to (i) administer the Plan; (ii) select the eligible employees who are to participate in the Plan; (iii) appoint additional members of the Committee; and (iv) delegate authority to perform particular functions with respect to the Plan, including, without limitation, functions involving the exercise of discretion, to any agent (including any officer or employee of the Company) or to any subcommittee or member of the Committee, provided that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Committee.

 

8.2 Authority . The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of rules and regulations for plan administration shall be made by the Committee. Decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan, including (without limitation) all decisions relating to an individual’s eligibility for participation in the Plan, his or her entitlement to benefits hereunder and the amount of any such benefit entitlement. Prior to paying a benefit under the Plan, the Committee may require the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or material as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Committee may withhold payment of a benefit under the Plan until it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its correctness and genuineness.

 

8.3

Hold Harmless . To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on such member’s behalf in such member’s capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums of which are paid from the Company’s

 

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own assets), each member of the Committee and each other officer, employee, or director of the Company or an Affiliated Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

 

8.4 Rules of Administration . The Committee shall adopt such rules for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, make factual decisions and determinations, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and, except as provided in Section 8.5, such action (including factual decisions and determinations) shall be binding and conclusive. The determinations of the Committee shall be subject to review only for abuse of discretion.

 

8.5 Claims Procedures .

 

  a. Benefits under this Plan will be paid only if the Committee decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to them. All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted to the Committee, which shall have the initial responsibility for determining the eligibility of any Participant or beneficiary for benefits. Applications for benefits shall be submitted within two years of the later of (i) the date on which payment of benefits under the Plan was made, or (ii) the date on which the action complained or grieved of occurred. The Committee may adopt forms for the submission of claim for benefits in which case all claims for benefits shall be filed on such forms. The term “Committee” as used in this Section shall refer to any committee or organization, if any, that has been delegated the authority described herein by the Committee.

 

  b. Any claims for benefits shall be made in writing and shall set forth the facts which such Participant or beneficiary believes to be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit claimed. Each such claim must be supported by such information and data as the Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or Disability), and location of residence shall be required of all claims for benefits.

 

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  c. If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall give the claimant written notice of the decision within ninety (90) days of the date the claim was submitted. Such written notice shall set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (1) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (2) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (3) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, along with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (4) appropriate information about the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review of the denial.

 

  d. The ninety-day period for review of a claim for benefits may be extended for an additional ninety (90) days by a written notice to the claimant setting forth the reason for the extension, which notice shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original ninety (90) day period.

 

  e. If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the claimant or his duly authorized representative, at the claimant’s sole expense, may appeal the denial to the Committee within sixty (60) days of receipt of the denial. In pursuing his appeal, the claimant or his duly authorized representative:

 

  (i) may request in writing that the Committee review the denial;

 

  (ii) may review pertinent documents; and

 

  (iii) may submit issues and comments in writing.

 

  f.

The decision on review shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension of time is required, written notice of the extension shall be

 

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furnished to the claimant before the end of the original sixty-day period. The decision on review shall be made in writing, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and in the event of an adverse decision on review shall give the specific reason or reasons for the denial, shall include specific references to the provision of the plan on which any claim denial is based, and shall inform the claimant that access will be afforded to all documents pertinent to the claim for benefits. No action at law or in equity to recover benefits under the Plan shall be commenced later than one year from the date a decision on review is furnished to the claimant.

 

  g. All power and authority granted to the Committee as a Plan Administrator for purposes of this provision and all purposes under the Plan may be delegated by the Committee to any person, committee, or entity pursuant to a specific or general delegation.

Section 9. Nature of Company’s Obligation

 

9.1 No Trust . The Company’s obligation under this Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay. The Company shall not be obligated under any circumstances to fund its financial obligations under this Plan prior to the date any benefits become payable pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and neither the Company, members of the Board or Committee, nor any other person shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan; provided, however, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) establish a grantor trust, the income of which Code sections 671 through 679, to provide for the accumulation of funds to satisfy all or a portion of its financial liabilities with respect to this Plan, (ii) purchase life insurance policies on the life of a Participant, in which case the Participant shall cooperate with the Company in complying with any underwriting requirements with respect to such a policy, or (iii) both.

 

9.2

Nature of Participant’s Rights and Interests . Any assets which the Company may choose to acquire to help cover its financial liabilities, including, but not limited to any assets referred to in Section 9.1, are and will remain general assets of the Company subject to the claims of its general creditors. The Company does not give, and this Plan

 

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does not give, any ownership interest in any assets of the Company to a Participant or Beneficiary. All rights of ownership in any assets are and remain in the Company, and the rights of each Participant, any Beneficiary, or any person claiming through a Participant shall be solely those of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. Any liability of the Company to any Participant, Beneficiary, or any person claiming through a Participant shall be based solely upon the contractual obligations created by the Plan.

Section 10. Miscellaneous

 

10.1 Alienation of Benefits; Domestic Relations Orders .

 

  a. No person entitled to benefits under the Plan shall have any right to transfer, assign, alienate, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber his or her interest in such benefits prior to actual receipt of those benefits. Except for the offset rights provided under Section 10.4, the benefits payable under the Plan shall not, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person and shall not, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be transferable by operation of law in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Participant or any other person.

 

  b.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments otherwise due the Participant hereunder may instead be assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse pursuant to the terms of any domestic relations order within the meaning of Code section 414(p)(1)(B) which is issued with respect to those subaccounts, and the Participant shall cease to have any right, interest or entitlement to the portion of any payment or subaccount assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse in accordance with the terms of such order. The portion of the payment or subaccount assigned or distributable to the spouse or former spouse shall be paid in the form of a single lump distribution within 15 days following the Committee’s approval of the domestic relations order or at such later time as permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, provided the Participant is at the time fully vested in that portion. A domestic

 

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relations order shall not qualify for approval under this provision, and no distribution shall be made with respect to such order, if the order requires that payment be made at a time or in a manner other than the time and manner specified herein. Distributions made pursuant to this provision are intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder, and this provision shall be construed and administered accordingly.

 

10.2 No Employment Right . Neither the action of the Company or the Participating Employer in establishing or maintaining the Plan, nor any action taken under the Plan by the Committee, nor any provision of the Plan itself shall be construed so as to grant any person the right to remain in the employ of the Company, the Participating Employer or any other Affiliated Company for any period of specific duration, and the Participant shall at all times remain an Employee at will and may accordingly be discharged at any time, with or without cause and with or without advance notice of such discharge.

 

10.3

Amendment or Termination . The MRCC or its delegate may at any time amend the provisions of the Plan to any extent and in any manner the MRCC shall deem advisable, and such amendment shall become effective at the time of such MRCC action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the MRCC or its delegate may amend the Plan to impose such restrictions upon the timing, filing and effectiveness of the investment procedures and investment alternatives available under Section 5 and the distribution provisions of Section 6 which the MRCC or its delegate deems appropriate or advisable in order to avoid the current income taxation of the balances credited to the outstanding Deferral Accounts under the Plan or any other adverse tax consequences which might otherwise occur as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations governing incentive and deferred compensation arrangements such as the Plan. The MRCC or its delegate may also at any time terminate the Plan in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of Code section 409A regarding plan terminations. Except for such modifications, limitations or restrictions as may otherwise be required to avoid current income taxation or other adverse tax consequences to Participants as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations applicable to the Plan, no such plan amendment or plan termination, whether authorized by the MRCC or its delegate, shall adversely affect the benefits of

 

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Participants accrued to date under the Plan or otherwise reduce the then outstanding balances credited to their Deferral Accounts or otherwise adversely affect the vesting schedules or distribution provisions in effect for those Deferral Accounts, and the balances credited to those Deferral Accounts prior to the date of any such plan amendment or termination shall, subject to the foregoing exception, continue to become due and payable in accordance with the vesting and distribution provisions as in effect immediately prior to such amendment or termination. The terms of an employment agreement or other individual agreement with a Participant (a “Participant Agreement”) may modify the terms of the Plan with respect to that Participant, provided that the Participant Agreement was approved by the MRCC or its delegate. The manner and extent to which a Participant Agreement modifies the terms of this Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

10.4 Offset . Should the Participating Employer or any other Affiliated Company have a right of offset against any outstanding debt or other monetary obligation owed to the Company by the Participant, then the Participating Employer shall be authorized to offset the amount of that debt or obligation (whether or not then due and payable) against the amount of benefits which otherwise remain distributable to the Participant under the Plan after the Participating Employer’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes on that distribution, to the maximum extent permissible by law and to the extent permitted under Code section 409A and applicable regulations.

 

10.5 Protective Provisions . Each Participant shall cooperate with the Employer by furnishing any and all information requested by the Employer in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Employer may deem necessary and taking such other relevant action as may be requested by the Employer. If a Participant refuses to so cooperate , the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan, other than payment to such Participant of the cumulative reductions in Compensation theretofore made pursuant to this Plan.

 

10.6 Gender, Singular, and Plural . All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.

 

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10.7 Captions . The captions of the sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

 

10.8 Validity . In the event any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void, or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Plan.

 

10.9 Applicable Law . The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement for a select group of management and other highly compensated individuals, and all rights hereunder shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects in accordance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to such an arrangement and, to the extent not pre-empted thereby, the laws of the State of North Carolina without resort to its conflict-of-laws provisions. If any provision of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.

 

10.10 Successors and Assigns . The obligation of each Participating Employer to make the payments required hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of that Participating Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or other reorganization.

 

10.11 Section 409A Compliance . This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and regulations thereunder. Any provision of this document that is contrary to the requirements of Code section 409A and the regulations thereunder shall be null, void and of no effect and the Committee shall interpret the document consistent with the requirements of Code section 409A, which shall govern the administration of the Plan in the event of a conflict between Plan terms and the requirements of Code section 409A and the regulations thereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WACHOVIA CORPORATION has caused this Plan amendment and restatement to be executed on its behalf by its duly-authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Charles D. Loring

Its:  

Senior Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10(b)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

SAVINGS RESTORATION PLAN

As amended and restated effective December 31, 2008


Exhibit 10(b)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

Savings Restoration Plan

As amended and restated effective December 31, 2008

Section 1.        Establishment and Purpose

 

  1.1 Establishment .    Wachovia Corporation established, effective as of January 1, 2002 an unfunded deferred compensation plan for a select group of management and highly compensated Employees and their Beneficiaries as described herein, known as the “WACHOVIA CORPORATION SAVINGS RESTORATION PLAN” (the “Plan”).

 

  1.2 Purpose .    The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means whereby certain selected Employees may defer the receipt of compensation and the receipt of a Company Matching Contribution that would otherwise be limited due to statutory or governmental regulation in the Savings Plan, and to motivate such Employees to continue to make contributions to the profitable growth of the Company. The Plan shall function solely as a so-called “top hat” plan of deferred compensation subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to such a plan.

 

  1.3 Application of Plan .    The terms of this Plan, as amended and restated, are applicable only to Eligible Employees who are in the employ of an Employer on or after January 1, 2002, and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005. The terms of the Plan, as in effect prior to this amended and restated Plan document, shall continue to apply to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005. The Plan has been amended to implement changes required pursuant to and consistent with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 the Plan has been operated in accordance with transition relief established by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Code section 409A. This amendment and restatement is adopted in conformity with final regulations under Code section 409A issued by the Treasury Department on April 10, 2007 and effective January 1, 2009.

 

  1.4 Plan Frozen .    Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, (i) no Employee may first become a Participant in the Plan after December 31, 2007, (ii) no Participant may elect to defer Compensation to the Plan and no deferred amounts will be credited to a Participant’s Deferral Account under Section 4.1(a) of the Plan for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, and (iii) , the Company will not credit a Participant’s Deferral Account with contributions (including Company Matching Contributions) for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2008; provided that, each Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts will continue to be credited or debited to reflect any gains or losses as if the Deferral Sub-Accounts had been invested in the Investment Indexes pursuant to the allocation elections made by the Participant, as provided in Section 5.


Section 2.        Definitions

 

  2.1 Definitions .    Whenever used hereinafter, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below:

 

  a. “Affiliated Company” means (i) any corporation which is a member of the controlled group of corporations which includes the Company, as determined in accordance with the ownership rules of Code section 1563, without regard, however, to subsections (a)(4) or (e)(3)(C) of such section 1563, (ii) any entity with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Code section 414(c) and (iii) any other entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest or owns a substantial capital or profits interest.

 

  b. “Applicable Limitations” means the statutory and regulatory provisions that reduce benefits and/or contributions under the Savings Plan, including, but not limited to Code sections 401(a)(17), 402(g) and 415.

 

  c. “Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated as such in accordance with Section 7.

 

  d. “Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

  e. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereof, as interpreted by the rules and regulations issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code shall be construed also to refer to any successor sections.

 

  f. “Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

 

  g. “Company” means Wachovia.

 

  h. “Company Matching Contribution” means the amount which an Employer would be obligated to contribute to the Savings Plan but for the Applicable Limitations, subject to all vesting requirements of the Savings Plan.

 

  i. “Compensation” means, for any date within a Plan Year, the Participant’s Salary as it may be adjusted from time to time during the Plan Year.

 

  j. “Death Valuation Date” means the Valuation Date coincident with or next following a Participant’s date of death.

 

  k. “Deferral Account” means the hypothetical account maintained by the Company for recordkeeping purposes with respect to a Participant’s deferrals pursuant to Section 5.1. Within each Deferral Account, separate sub-accounts (“Deferral Sub-Accounts”), shall be maintained to the extent necessary for the administration of the Plan for each different Plan Year deferral election, form of distribution election, or allocation elections among Investment Indexes.

 

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  l. “Disability” means any injury, illness or sickness incurred by a Participant which qualifies him or her for disability benefits under the Company’s Long Term Disability Plan, as in effect from time to time (the “LTD Plan”).

 

  m. “Election Form” means the election form which an Eligible Employee files with the Company to participate in the Plan each Plan Year.

 

  n. “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who is eligible to participate as provided in Section 3.1.

 

  o. “Employee” means any person employed by an Employer who, under an Employer’s employment classification practices, is considered a regular salaried employee.

 

  p. “Employer” means Wachovia and any Affiliated Company.

 

  q. “Investment Indexes” mean one or more mutual funds, investment return benchmarks, interest rate indexes or common trust funds designated as available under the Plan by the Committee from time to time.

 

  r. “MRCC” means the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor Board committee to whom the Board delegates responsibility for establishing and administering the incentive compensation programs for the executive officers and other senior executives of the Company.

 

  s. “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has filed a completed and executed Election Form with the Committee and is participating in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.

 

  t. “Pension Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Pension Plan and Trust (plan number 001), as amended from time to time.

 

  u. “Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

  v. “Plan Year” means the Plan’s accounting year of twelve months commencing on January 1 of each year and ending on the following December 31.

 

  w. “Retirement” means the Participant’s Termination of Employment at a time when the Participant is at least age fifty (50), has completed at least three (3) continuous years of service as an Employee, and has a combined age and length of continuous service as an Employee of at least sixty (60) years.

 

  x. “Retirement Benefit” means benefits payable to a Participant when such Participant has satisfied all of the eligibility requirements for Retirement.

 

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  y. “Retirement Valuation Date” means the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the date a Participant ceases to be an Employee on account of Retirement.

 

  z. “Salary” means a Participant’s fixed, basic, straight time, and regularly recurring wages and salary, any payment for overtime hours, vacation pay, compensation paid in lieu of vacation, and holiday pay, but excluding (even if includible in gross income) all (i) bonus, long-term incentive awards, and other forms of incentive compensation, (ii) reimbursements or other expense allowances, (iii) moving expenses, (iv) welfare or fringe benefits (cash or non-cash), (v) deferred compensation, (vi) severance pay, and (vii) any other form of special compensation as designated by the Committee.

 

  aa. “Savings Plan” means the Wachovia Corporation Savings Plan (plan number 002), as may be amended from time to time.

 

  bb. “Scheduled Distribution” means a distribution of all or a portion of a Participant’s Deferral Account as elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 6.6.

 

  cc. “Survivor Benefit” means those Plan benefits that become payable upon the death of a Participant pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.4.

 

  dd. “Termination Benefit” means benefits payable to a Participant when such Participant has ceased to be an Employee pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3.

 

  ee. “Termination of Employment” means the Participant’s termination of Employee status for any reason, including (without limitation) by reason of a voluntary termination or resignation, Retirement or death, and shall be determined in accordance with the applicable standards established pursuant to Code section 409A.

 

  ff. “Termination Valuation Date” means the later of the Valuation Date coincident with or next following the date a Participant has a Termination of Employment.

 

  gg. “Valuation Date” means any day the United States financial markets are open for which a Participant’s Deferral Account is required to be valued for any purpose under the Plan.

 

  hh. “Wachovia” means Wachovia Corporation or any successor that shall maintain this Plan.

Section 3.        Eligibility for Participation

 

  3.1

Eligibility .    Subject to the provisions of Section 1.4, the Committee (or its delegatee) shall determine which Employees shall be eligible to participate in the Plan for a given Plan Year; provided, however, any such Employee must be a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees. The Committee’s determination of

 

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eligibility for any given Plan Year does not guarantee eligibility in subsequent Plan Years. In the event any Employee is no longer designated as an active Participant eligible to make further deferrals under the Plan, such Employee shall become an inactive Participant as of January 1 of the following year and will retain all other rights described under this Plan, until the Employee again becomes an active Participant.

Section 4.        Election to Participate

 

  4.1 Election to Participate .    Subject to the provisions of Section 1.4, an Eligible Employee may enroll in the Plan effective as of the first day of a Plan Year, by filing a completed and fully executed Election Form with the Committee during enrollment periods established by the Committee, but in no event later than the last day of the immediately preceding Plan Year. On such Election Form for each Plan Year, the Eligible Employee shall (i) irrevocably elect the amount of Compensation for such Plan Year to be deferred, and (ii) irrevocably elect the time and form of distribution in which the Deferral Sub-Account for such Plan Year shall be paid in accordance with Section 6.1. The Election Form filed by each Eligible Employee shall automatically remain in effect for subsequent Plan Years (provided the Participant is deemed an Eligible Employee in such subsequent Plan Years) unless the Participant files a new Election Form prior to the start of any subsequent Plan Year in which he or she indicates new elections to be in effect for that Plan Year.

 

  a. Deferral Election.    A Participant may elect to defer Compensation on a pre-tax basis only, in accordance with the Employee contribution provisions of the Savings Plan for the applicable Plan Year. Deferrals under the Plan will be credited in accordance with the applicable deferral election to the extent that the Participant’s deferral elections exceed the Applicable Limitations under the Savings Plan. Any amounts that cannot be credited to the Participant’s account under the Savings Plan because of the Applicable Limitations shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account maintained pursuant to Section 5.

 

  b. Matching Credits.    Each Participant’s Deferral Account who has made a deferral election under Section 4.1(a) will be credited with a Company Matching Contribution for each pay period to the extent any amounts cannot be credited to the Participant’s account under the Savings Plan because of the Applicable Limitations.

 

  c. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, effective as of January 1, 2005, the Committee (or its delegee) may reduce or otherwise limit a Participant’s deferral election so that amounts credited to the Participant’s Deferral Account and corresponding Matching Contributions do not exceed allowable limits under Code section 409A. Any such reductions or limitations shall be determined by the Committee (or its delegee) in its sole discretion, and shall be communicated to Participants who may be affected. The reductions or limitations shall be determined prior to the beginning of the Plan Year to which they are applicable, except that for the 2005 Plan Year, such reductions or limitations shall be determined and applied prior to December 31, 2005.

 

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  d. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Participants may not make any voluntary deferrals of Compensation under the Plan after December 31, 2007.

Section 5.        Deferral Accounts

 

  5.1 Deferral Accounts .    The Committee shall establish and maintain a separate Deferral Account for each Participant. The amount by which a Participant’s Compensation is reduced pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be credited by the Company to the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date the amount of the compensation that is deferred otherwise would have been payable. The value of each Participant’s Deferral Account shall be adjusted each day the financial markets in the United States are open as follows:

 

  a. Pursuant to the procedures established by the Committee, a Participant shall elect to have his Deferral Sub-Account for a given Plan Year allocated among Deferral Sub-Accounts to reflect the Participant’s selection of the Investment Indexes available under the Plan at that time, in 5 percent increments, up to 100 percent of the amount credited to such Deferral Sub-Account.

 

  b. Such Deferral Sub-Account shall be credited or debited to reflect gains or losses (including dividends and capital gains and losses) as if the Deferral Sub-Account had been invested in an equivalent number of shares or units of the funds or investments referenced by the Investment Indexes available under the Plan from time to time, pursuant to the allocation elections made by the Participant from time to time.

 

  c. Pursuant to the procedures established by the Committee, a Participant may change the election with respect to the allocation of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts among the Investment Indexes available under the Plan from time to time. Unless the Participant indicates otherwise, any such reallocation election shall apply to all such Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts.

 

  5.2 Charge Against Accounts .    There shall be charged against each Participant’s Deferral Account any payments made to the Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with Section 6. In addition, the Committee may allocate a portion of any administrative expenses of the Plan to each Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

  5.3 Statement of Accounts .    The Committee shall submit to each participant, within a reasonable period of time after the close of each calendar quarter of a Plan Year, a statement of the balance in each such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the last Valuation Date of such quarter, in such form as the Committee deems appropriate.

 

  5.4 Acquired Deferral Accounts .    In addition to the foregoing, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company may authorize the transfer to a Participant’s Deferral Account of such Participant’s deferred balances held under a deferral plan maintained by any organization acquired by the Company. Such balances transferred will retain the deferral period, vesting provisions and distribution provisions as set forth in the original deferral plan acquired by the Company.

 

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Section 6.        Benefits

 

  6.1 Retirement Benefit .    Upon Retirement of a Participant, the Participant’s Employer (or another entity as directed by the Committee) shall pay a Retirement Benefit based on the value of the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Retirement Valuation Date (as set forth below). Such Retirement Benefit shall be paid in the manner as elected by the Participant on each Plan Year’s Election Form in the form of either a lump sum or ten (10) annual installments:

 

  a. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in a lump sum, the Participant shall receive payment of such Retirement Benefit as soon as reasonably possible after the Retirement Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Retirement Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Retirement Valuation Date, if later.

 

  b. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in installments, the amount to be paid with each installment shall be the value of such Deferral Sub-Account as of the date of the installment Valuation Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining. For purposes of this Section, the installment Valuation Date for the first installment payment shall be the Retirement Valuation Date, and the installment Valuation Date for subsequent installment payments shall be the first Valuation Date of each Plan Year thereafter; provided, however, that in no event shall more than one installment payment be made to a Participant in any one Plan Year. A Participant shall receive each installment payment as soon as are reasonably possible after the applicable installment Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the applicable Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the applicable Valuation Date, if later.

 

  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Retirement Benefit, such Participant shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

  6.2 Disability .    If a Participant suffers a Disability, the value of each of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Accounts will continue to be adjusted in accordance with Section 5.1(b). If the Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of the Plan be deemed on the first day following such six-month period to have had a Termination of Employment, and the Participant’s Deferral Account will be distributed as a Retirement Benefit or a Termination Benefit, as applicable.

 

  6.3 Termination Benefit .    If a Participant has a Termination of Employment for a reason other than a Retirement (as described in Section 6.1), including a Termination of Employment due to Disability, the Committee shall direct the Participant’s Employer to pay a Termination Benefit based on the value of the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Termination Valuation Date (as set forth below). Such Termination Benefit shall be paid in the manner elected by the Participant on each Plan Year’s Election Form in the form of either a lump sum payment or ten (10) annual installments:

 

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  a. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in a lump sum, the Participant shall receive payment of such Termination Benefit as soon as reasonably possible after the Termination Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Termination Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Termination Valuation Date, if later.

 

  b. If a Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account is payable in installments, the amount to be paid with each installment shall be the value of such Deferral Sub-Account as of the date of the installment Valuation Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is one (1) and the denominator of which is the number of installment payments remaining. For the purposes of this Section, the installment Valuation Date for the first installment payment shall be the Termination Valuation Date, and the installment Valuation Date for subsequent installment payments shall be the first Valuation Date of each Plan Year thereafter; provided, however, that in no event shall more than one installment payment be made to a Participant in any one Plan Year. A Participant shall receive each installment payment as soon as are reasonably possible after the applicable installment Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the applicable Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the applicable Valuation Date, if later.

 

  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Termination Benefit, such Participant shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

  6.4 Survivor Benefits .

 

  a. Pre-Retirement.    If a Participant dies before otherwise becoming eligible to receive Retirement Benefits, a Survivor Benefit will be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum equal to such Participant’s Deferral Account as of the Death Valuation Date. A Beneficiary shall receive the Survivor Benefit as soon as possible after the Death Valuation Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year of the Death Valuation Date or the 15th day of the third calendar month following the Death Valuation Date, if later. If a Participant dies after becoming eligible to receive Retirement Benefits but before such benefits have been paid in full, the Retirement Benefits the deceased Participant would have otherwise received shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary as a Survivor Benefit pursuant to the Participant’s prior elections.

 

  b. Post-Retirement.    If a Participant dies after such Retirement Benefits have commenced, the Retirement Benefits the deceased Participant would have otherwise received shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary as a Survivor Benefit pursuant to the Participant’s prior elections.

 

  c. Following receipt of a Participant’s complete Survivor Benefit, a Beneficiary shall be entitled to no further benefits under the Plan.

 

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  6.5 Withdrawal on Account of Unforeseeable Emergency .

 

  a. While employed by the Company or an Affiliated Company, a Participant or Beneficiary may, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency (as defined below) request a withdrawal from his or her Deferral Account by filing a withdrawal request at a time and in a manner determined by the Committee. Any such withdrawal shall not be for a greater amount than the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the unforeseeable emergency (including applicable income taxes and penalties reasonably expected to result from the withdrawal), and shall be subject to approval by the Committee. The Committee shall consider any requests for payment under this provision on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis and in accordance with the standards of interpretation described in Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The circumstances that will constitute an unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, no withdrawal may be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved: (i) through reimbursement or compensation by available insurance or otherwise, (ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or (iii) by the additional compensation that will be available to the Participant as a result of the suspension of Participant deferrals pursuant to subsection (c) below. The withdrawal shall be paid in the form of a single lump payment five (5) days following the Committee’s approval of the withdrawal, or at such later time as permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

  b. For purposes of this provision, “unforeseeable emergency” shall mean (i) a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s Beneficiary or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code section 152, without regard to Code section 152(b)(1), (b)(2) or (d)(1)(B)); (ii) loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or (iii) other similar or extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

 

  c. In the event a Participant receives a withdrawal pursuant to this provision, his or her Compensation deferrals under the Plan will be automatically suspended. The Participant may apply to the Committee to resume Compensation deferrals with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after the January 1 following the date of suspension, provided, that the Committee shall approve such resumption only if the Committee determines that the Participant is no longer incurring the unforeseeable emergency for which the withdrawal was approved. Any application to resume Compensation deferrals must be made in accordance with the deferral election procedures set forth in Section 4.

The amount of benefits otherwise payable under the Plan shall thereafter be adjusted to reflect the reduction of a Deferral Account due to the early payment on account of unforeseeable emergency.

 

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  6.6 Scheduled Distributions .

 

  a. In General.    A Participant may, when filing an Election Form with respect to a given Plan Year, elect to receive a distribution while employed of all or a portion of the Participant’s Deferral Sub-Account for such Plan Year at a specified time or times in the future. The election of such a Scheduled Distribution shall be irrevocable and shall apply only to prospective deferrals for that Plan Year.

 

  b. Timing and Forms of Distribution.    The first year specified for a Scheduled Distribution must be at least five (5) Plan Years after the Plan Year in which commencement of deferrals covered by the Election Form in which a Scheduled Distribution is elected. A Participant will receive such Scheduled Distribution in either a lump sum or in annual installments over ten (10) years as specified on the Election Form.

 

  c. Election Void Upon Death and Termination of Employment.    In the event a Participant has elected to receive any Scheduled Distributions and, before said distributions the Participant dies or has a Termination of Employment, the election with respect to such Scheduled Distributions shall be voided and such Participant’s Deferral Account shall be paid as a Termination Benefit.

 

  6.7 Small Benefit .    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the total amount owed to a Participant or a Beneficiary after the Participant ceases to be an Employee is no greater than $15,500 (or such greater amount as is permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder), the Committee shall distribute such amount in a single lump sum.

 

  6.8 Withholding; Payroll Taxes .    To the extent required by the law in effect at the time payments are made, a Participant’s Employer shall withhold from payments made hereunder the taxes required to be withheld by the federal or any state or local government. As to any payroll tax that is due from a Participant for Compensation deferred under this Plan, the Employer shall collect such tax from funds paid to such Participant with respect to other compensation not deferred under the Plan unless said other compensation is insufficient to pay such payroll taxes whereupon the shortfall shall serve to reduce the elected deferral amount.

 

  6.9 No Acceleration of Payment .    No Participant shall be permitted, and the Committee shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any benefit payment under this Plan, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

  6.10

Payment Delay for Key Employees .    Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no distribution which becomes due and payable by means of a Participant’s “separation from service” under Code section 409A shall be made to the Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code section 409A), or (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, if

 

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the Participant is deemed at the time of such separation from service to be a key employee within the meaning of that term under Code section 416(i) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code section 409(a)(2). Upon the expiration of the applicable Code section 409(a)(2) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 6.10 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid to the Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death) in a lump sum, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. During such deferral period, the Participant’s Deferral Account under the Plan shall continue to be subject to the investment return provisions of Section 5.1. Whether the Participant is a “key employee” shall be determined in accordance with Code section 416(i) and such written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes.

Section 7.        Beneficiary Designation

 

  7.1 Beneficiary Designation .    Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate any person or persons as Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to whom payment under this Plan shall be made in the event of Participant’s death prior to complete distribution to Participant of the Benefits due under the Plan. Each Beneficiary designation shall become effective only when filed in writing with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime on a form prescribed by the Committee.

The filing of a new Beneficiary designation form will cancel all Beneficiary designations previously filed.

Section 8.        Administration of the Plan

 

  8.1 Administration .    The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Committee”) of two (2) or more members as designated from time to time by the MRCC of the Board. The Committee shall have full and complete authority to (i) administer the Plan; (ii) select the eligible employees who are to participate in the Plan; (iii) appoint additional members of the Committee; and (iv) delegate authority to perform particular functions with respect to the Plan, including, without limitation, functions involving the exercise of discretion, to any agent (including any officer or employee of the Company) or to any subcommittee or member of the Committee, provided that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Committee.

 

  8.2

Authority .    The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of rules and regulations for plan administration shall be made by the Committee. Decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan, including (without limitation) all decisions relating to an individual’s eligibility for participation in the Plan, his or her entitlement to benefits hereunder and the amount of any such benefit entitlement. Prior to paying a benefit under the Plan, the Committee may require the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or material as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to

 

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make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Committee may withhold payment of a benefit under the Plan until it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its correctness and genuineness

 

  8.3 Hold Harmless .    To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on such member’s behalf in such member’s capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums of which are paid from the Company’s own assets), each member of the Committee and each other officer, employee, or director of the Company or an Affiliated Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

 

  8.4 Rules of Administration .    The Committee shall adopt such rules for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, make factual decisions and determinations, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and, except as provided in Section 7.5, such action (including factual decisions and determinations) shall be binding and conclusive. The determinations of the Committee shall be subject to review only for abuse of discretion.

 

  8.5 Claims Procedures .

 

  a. Benefits under this Plan will be paid only if the Committee decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to them. All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted to the Committee, which shall have the initial responsibility for determining the eligibility of any Participant or beneficiary for benefits. Applications for benefits shall be submitted within two years of the later of (i) the date on which payment of benefits under the Plan was made, or (ii) the date on which the action complained or grieved of occurred. The Committee may adopt forms for the submission of claim for benefits in which case all claims for benefits shall be filed on such forms. The term “Committee” as used in this Section shall refer to any committee or organization, if any, that has been delegated the authority described herein by the Committee.

 

  b. Any claims for benefits shall be made in writing and shall set forth the facts which such Participant or beneficiary believes to be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit claimed. Each such claim must be supported by such information and data as the Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or Disability), and location of residence shall be required of all claims for benefits.

 

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  c. If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall give the claimant written notice of the decision within ninety (90) days of the date the claim was submitted. Such written notice shall set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, along with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) appropriate information about the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review of the denial.

 

  d. The ninety-day period for review of a claim for benefits may be extended for an additional ninety (90) days by a written notice to the claimant setting forth the reason for the extension, which notice shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original ninety (90) day period.

 

  e. If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the claimant or his duly authorized representative, at the claimant’s sole expense, may appeal the denial to the Committee within sixty (60) days of receipt of the denial. In pursuing his appeal, the claimant or his duly authorized representative:

 

  (i) may request in writing that the Committee review the denial;

 

  (ii) may review pertinent documents; and

 

  (iii) may submit issues and comments in writing.

 

  f. The decision on review shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension of time is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original sixty-day period. The decision on review shall be made in writing, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and in the event of an adverse decision on review shall give the specific reason or reasons for the denial, shall include specific references to the provision of the plan on which any claim denial is based, and shall inform the claimant that access will be afforded to all documents pertinent to the claim for benefits. No action at law or in equity to recover benefits under the Plan shall be commenced later than one year from the date a decision on review is furnished to the claimant.

 

  g. All power and authority granted to the Committee as a Plan Administrator for purposes of this provision and all purposes under the Plan may be delegated by the Committee to any person, committee, or entity pursuant to a specific or general delegation.

 

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Section 9.        Nature of Company’s Obligation

 

  9.1 No Trust .    The Company’s obligation under this Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay. The Company shall not be obligated under any circumstances to fund its financial obligations under this Plan prior to the date any benefits become payable pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and neither the Company, the Employer, members of the Board or Committee, nor any other person shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan; provided, however, the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) establish a grantor trust, the income of which is treated as income of the Company pursuant to Code sections 671 through 679, to provide for the accumulation of funds to satisfy all or a portion of its financial liabilities with respect to this Plan, (ii) purchase life insurance policies on the life of a Participant, in which case the Participant shall cooperate with the Company in complying with any underwriting requirements with respect to such a policy, or (iii) both.

 

  9.2 Nature of Participant’s Rights and Interests .    Any assets which the Company may choose to acquire to help cover its financial liabilities, including, but not limited to any assets referred to in Section 9.1, are and will remain general assets of the Company subject to the claims of its general creditors. The Company does not give, and this Plan does not give, any ownership interest in any assets of the Company to a Participant or Beneficiary. All rights of ownership in any assets are and remain in the Company, and the rights of each Participant, any Beneficiary, or any person claiming through a Participant shall be solely those of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. Any liability of the Company to any Participant, Beneficiary, or any person claiming through a Participant shall be based solely upon the contractual obligations created by the Plan.

Section 10.        Miscellaneous

 

  10.1 Alienation of Benefits; Domestic Relations Orders .

 

  a. No person entitled to benefits under the Plan shall have any right to transfer, assign, alienate, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber his or her interest in such benefits prior to actual receipt of those benefits. Except for the offset rights provided under Section 10.5, the benefits payable under the Plan shall not, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person and shall not, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be transferable by operation of law in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Participant or any other person.

 

  b.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments otherwise due the Participant hereunder may instead be assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse pursuant to the terms of any domestic relations order within the meaning of Code section 414(p)(1)(B) which is issued with respect to those subaccounts, and the Participant shall cease to have any right, interest or entitlement to the portion of any payment or subaccount assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse in accordance with the terms of such order. The portion of the

 

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payment or subaccount assigned or distributable to the spouse or former spouse shall be paid in the form of a single lump distribution within 15 days following the Committee’s approval of the domestic relations order or at such later time as permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, provided the Participant is at the time fully vested in that portion. A domestic relations order shall not qualify for approval under this provision, and no distribution shall be made with respect to such order, if the order requires that payment be made at a time or in a manner other than the time and manner specified herein. Distributions made pursuant to this provision are intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder, and this provision shall be construed and administered accordingly.

 

  10.2 No Employment Right .    Neither the action of the Company in establishing or maintaining the Plan, nor any action taken under the Plan by the Committee, nor any provision of the Plan itself shall be construed so as to grant any person the right to remain in the employ of the Company or any Affiliated Company for any period of specific duration, and the Participant shall at all times remain an Employee at will and may accordingly be discharged at any time, with or without cause and with or without advance notice of such discharge.

 

  10.3 Amendment or Termination .    The MRCC or its delegate may at any time amend the provisions of the Plan to any extent and in any manner the MRCC shall deem advisable, and such amendment shall become effective at the time of such MRCC action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the MRCC or its delegate may amend the Plan to impose such restrictions upon the timing, filing and effectiveness of the investment procedures and investment alternatives available under Section 5 and the distribution provisions of Section 6 which the MRCC or its delegate deems appropriate or advisable in order to avoid the current income taxation of the balances credited to the outstanding Deferral Accounts under the Plan or any other adverse tax consequences which might otherwise occur as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations governing incentive and deferred compensation arrangements such as the Plan. The MRCC or its delegate may also at any time terminate the Plan in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of Code section 409A regarding plan terminations. Except for such modifications, limitations or restrictions as may otherwise be required to avoid current income taxation or other adverse tax consequences to Participants as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations applicable to the Plan, no such plan amendment or plan termination, whether authorized by the MRCC or its delegate, shall adversely affect the benefits of Participants accrued to date under the Plan or otherwise adversely affect the vesting schedules or distribution provisions in effect for benefits, and the benefits accrued prior to the date of any such plan amendment or termination shall, subject to the foregoing exception, continue to become due and payable in accordance with the vesting and distribution provisions as in effect immediately prior to such amendment or termination. The terms of an employment agreement or other individual agreement with a Participant (a “Participant Agreement”) may modify the terms of the Plan with respect to that Participant, provided that the Participant Agreement was approved by the MRCC or its delegate. The manner and extent to which a Participant Agreement modifies the terms of this Plan shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

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  10.4 Protective Provisions .    Each Participant shall cooperate with the Employer by furnishing any and all information requested by the Employer in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, taking such physical examinations as the Employer may deem necessary and taking such other relevant action as may be requested by the Employer. If a Participant refuses to so cooperate, the Employer shall have no further obligation to the Participant under the Plan, other than payment to such Participant of the cumulative reductions in Compensation theretofore made pursuant to this Plan (subject to reduction due to change in value as a result of investment performance). If the Employer exercises its rights under this Section 10.4, in no event may any investment gains be later reinstated or paid to the Participant after such Compensation reductions have begun to be paid.

 

  10.5 Offset .    Should the Employer have a right of offset against any outstanding debt or other monetary obligation owed to the Employer by the Participant, then the Employer shall be authorized to offset the amount of that debt or obligation (whether or not then due and payable) against the amount of benefits which otherwise remain distributable to the Participant under the Plan after the Company’s collection of all applicable withholding taxes on that distribution, to the maximum extent permissible by law and to the extent permitted under Code section 409A and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

  10.6 Gender, Singular, and Plural .    All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the identity of the person or persons may require. As the context may require, the singular may be read as the plural and the plural as the singular.

 

  10.7 Captions .    The captions of the sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

 

  10.8 Validity .    In the event any provision of the Plan is held invalid, void, or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the validity of any other provision of this Plan.

 

  10.9 Applicable Law .    The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement for a select group of management and other highly compensated individuals, and all rights hereunder shall be construed, administered and governed in all respects in accordance with the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended from time to time) applicable to such an arrangement and, to the extent not pre-empted thereby, the laws of the State of North Carolina without resort to its conflict-of-laws provisions. If any provision of this Plan shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect

 

  10.10 Successors and Assigns .      The obligation of the Employer to make the payments required hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or other reorganization.

 

  10.11

Section 409A Compliance .    This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder. Any provision of this document that is contrary to the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury

 

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Regulations thereunder shall be null, void and of no effect and the Committee shall interpret the document consistent with the requirements of Code section 409A, which shall govern the administration of the Plan in the event of a conflict between Plan terms and the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Wachovia Corporation has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Charles D. Loring

Title:  

Senior Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10(c)

AMENDMENT 2008-1 TO THE

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

SAVINGS RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated January 1, 2002)

WHEREAS , Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) established the Wachovia Corporation Savings Restoration Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain of its employees, effective as of January 1, 2002;

WHEREAS , the Plan has been amended since its original effective date;

WHEREAS , the Company adopted, effective as of December 31, 2008, an amended and restated version of the Plan (the “Restated Plan”) that applies solely to amounts deferred under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005, as determined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”);

WHEREAS , the Company now wishes to amend the Plan to clarify that the Plan applies solely to amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 (as determined under Section 409A), and to make certain other clarifications and changes to the Plan;

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Plan, the Company may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason by action of its Board of Directors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsection 1.3 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

1.3          Application of the Plan .    The terms of this Plan, as amended, are applicable only to Eligible Employees who are in the active employ of an Employer on or after January 1, 2002 and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005. An Eligible Employee who retires or terminates employment with all Employers prior to such date will not be covered by this Plan.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Section 2.1(f) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“(f)          “Committee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Section 2.1 is further amended to add the following new subsection (s) to read as follows:

“(s)          “MRCC” means the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor Board committee to whom the Board delegates responsibility for establishing and administering the incentive compensation programs for the executive officers and other senior executives of the Company.


NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Section 8.1 is replaced in its entirety with the following new sections:

8.1          Administration .    The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Committee”) of two (2) or more members as designated from time to time by the MRCC of the Board. The Committee shall have full and complete authority to (i) administer the Plan; (ii) select the eligible employees who are to participate in the Plan; (iii) appoint additional members of the Committee; and (iv) delegate authority to perform particular functions with respect to the Plan, including, without limitation, functions involving the exercise of discretion, to any agent (including any officer or employee of the Company) or to any subcommittee or member of the Committee, provided that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Committee.

8.2          Authority .    The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of rules and regulations for plan administration shall be made by the Committee. Decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan, including (without limitation) all decisions relating to an individual’s eligibility for participation in the Plan, his or her entitlement to benefits hereunder and the amount of any such benefit entitlement. Prior to paying a benefit under the Plan, the Committee may require the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or material as the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Committee may withhold payment of a benefit under the Plan until it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its correctness and genuineness

8.3          Hold Harmless .    To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on such member’s behalf in such member’s capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums of which are paid from the Company’s own assets), each member of the Committee and each other officer, employee, or director of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

8.4          Rules of Administration .    The Committee shall adopt such rules for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, make

 

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factual decisions and determinations, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and, except as provided in Section 8.5, such action (including factual decisions and determinations) shall be binding and conclusive. The determinations of the Committee shall be subject to review only for abuse of discretion.

8.5          Claims Procedures .

      a.      Benefits under this Plan will be paid only if the Committee decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to them. All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted to the Committee, which shall have the initial responsibility for determining the eligibility of any Participant or beneficiary for benefits. Applications for benefits shall be submitted within two years of the later of (i) the date on which payment of benefits under the Plan was made, or (ii) the date on which the action complained or grieved of occurred. The Committee may adopt forms for the submission of claim for benefits in which case all claims for benefits shall be filed on such forms. The term “Committee” as used in this Section shall refer to any committee or organization, if any, that has been delegated the authority described herein by the Committee.

      b.      Any claims for benefits shall be made in writing and shall set forth the facts which such Participant or beneficiary believes to be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit claimed. Each such claim must be supported by such information and data as the Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or Disability), and location of residence shall be required of all claims for benefits.

      c.      If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall give the claimant written notice of the decision within ninety (90) days of the date the claim was submitted. Such written notice shall set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, along with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) appropriate information about the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review of the denial.

      d.      The ninety-day period for review of a claim for benefits may be extended for an additional ninety (90) days by a written notice to the claimant setting forth the reason for the extension, which notice shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original ninety (90) day period.

      e.      If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the claimant or his duly authorized representative, at the claimant’s sole expense, may appeal the denial to the Committee within sixty (60) days of receipt of the denial. In pursuing his appeal, the claimant or his duly authorized representative:

 

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      (i)      may request in writing that the Committee review the denial;

      (ii)     may review pertinent documents; and

      (iii)    may submit issues and comments in writing.

      f.      The decision on review shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension of time is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original sixty-day period. The decision on review shall be made in writing, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and in the event of an adverse decision on review shall give the specific reason or reasons for the denial, shall include specific references to the provision of the plan on which any claim denial is based, and shall inform the claimant that access will be afforded to all documents pertinent to the claim for benefits. No action at law or in equity to recover benefits under the Plan shall be commenced later than one year from the date a decision on review is furnished to the claimant.

      g.      All power and authority granted to the Committee as a Plan Administrator for purposes of this provision and all purposes under the Plan may be delegated by the Committee to any person, committee, or entity pursuant to a specific or general delegation.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Section X is amended to add the following new subsection 10.10:

10.10    Successors and Assigns .    The obligation of the Employer to make the payments required hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or other reorganization.”

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Wachovia Corporation has caused this Amendment 2008-1 to the Plan to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:  

  /s/ Charles D. Loring

Title:  

Senior Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10(d)

First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan

(Effective December 31, 1993)

As amended and restated December 31, 2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION I.

  

ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE

   1

1.1

   Establishment of the Plan    1

1.2

   Purpose of the Plan    1

1.3

   Application of the Plan    1

SECTION II.

  

DEFINITIONS

   1

2.1

   Accrued Benefit    1

2.2

   Actuarial Equivalent    2

2.3

   Affiliate    2

2.4

   Applicable Federal Rate    2

2.5

   Beneficiary    2

2.6

   Benefit Commencement Date    2

2.7

   Board    2

2.8

   Cause    2

2.9

   Change of Control    2

2.10

   Code    3

2.11

   Company    3

2.12

   Disability    3

2.13

   Earliest Retirement Age    3

2.14

   Employee    3

2.15

   Employer    4

2.16

   ERISA    4

2.17

   Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent    4

2.18

   MRCC    4

2.19

   Normal Retirement Date    4

2.20

   Participant    4

2.21

   Pension Plan    4

2.22

   Plan    4

2.23

   Plan Administrator    4

2.24

   Plan Year    4

2.25

   Present Value    4

2.26

   Service    4

2.27

   Termination of Service    5

2.28

   Year    5


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2.29

   Years of Service    5
SECTION III.   

PARTICIPATION

   5

3.1

   Eligibility    5

3.2

   Duration    5
SECTION IV.   

BENEFITS

   5

4.1

   Retirement Benefits    5

4.2

   Disability Retirement Benefits    6

4.3

   Termination Benefit    7

4.4

   Form of Payment    7

4.5

   Payments in the Event of a Change of Control    8

4.6

   No Payments upon a Participant’s Termination for Cause    10
SECTION V.   

PRERETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS

   11

5.1

   Eligibility    11

5.2

   Amount    11

5.3

   Commencement    11
SECTION VI.   

FINANCING

   12

6.1

   Financing    12

6.2

   No Trust Created    12

6.3

   Unsecured Interest    12
SECTION VII.   

ADMINISTRATION

   12

7.1

   Administration    12

7.2

   Authority    12

7.3

   Rules of Administration    12

7.4

   Claims Procedures    13

7.5

   Tax Withholding    14

7.6

   Expenses    14

7.7

   Actuarial Equivalence    14

7.8

   Liability of Plan Administrator; Indemnification    14
SECTION VIII.   

ADOPTION OF THE PLAN BY THE AFFILIATE; AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

   15

8.1

   Adoption of the Plan by the Affiliate    15

8.2

   Amendment and Termination of the Plan    15


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SECTION IX.   

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION

   15

9.1

   No Contract of Employment    15

9.2

   Severability    15

9.3

   Applicable Law    15

9.4

   Successors and Assigns    16


First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan

(Effective December 31, 1993)

As amended and restated December 31, 2008

Section I.         Establishment and Purpose

1.1           Establishment of the Plan . Wachovia Corporation (formerly named First Union Corporation) (the “Company”) established this supplemental retirement plan for eligible employees of the Company and participating Affiliates, effective as of December 31, 1993. This plan is known as the “First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan” (hereinafter called the “Plan”). The Plan was amended and restated as of April 20,1999, and was subsequently amended in certain respects prior to the adoption of this amendment and restatement.

1.2           Purpose of the Plan . The Plan is intended to restore benefits that are curtailed as a result of legal limits that apply to the Pension Plan (as defined below). Participants ceased to accrue benefits under the Plan effective as of December 31, 2007 and any Employee who is not an active or inactive Participant on December 31, 2007 shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

The portion of the Plan which restores benefits affected by the limits described in Code section 415 is intended to be an “excess benefit plan” as defined in ERISA section 3(36). The portion of the Plan which restores benefits affected by the compensation limit described in Code section 401(a)(17) is intended to be a plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a “select group of management or highly compensated employees.”

1.3           Application of the Plan . The terms of this Plan, as amended and restated, are applicable only to eligible Employees who are in the active employ of the Company or a participating Affiliate on or after December 31, 1993 and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005. The terms of the Plan, as in effect prior to this amended and restated Plan document, shall continue to apply to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005. The Plan has been amended to implement changes required pursuant to and consistent with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 the Plan has been operated in accordance with transition relief established by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Code section 409A. This amendment and restatement is adopted in conformity with final regulations under Code section 409A issued by the Treasury Department on April 10, 2007 and effective January 1, 2009.

Section II.         Definitions

Whenever used hereinafter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless otherwise expressly provided. When the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized. The definition of any term in the singular shall also include the plural and any masculine terminology shall be deemed to refer to either a male or female.

2.1          “ Accrued Benefit ” means the portion of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit under the Pension Plan attributable to service and compensation credited for periods on or after


January 1, 2005 and determined on the assumption that the Participant had a Termination of Employment on December 31, 2007 (or in the case of a Participant who terminated employment on account of Disability, that the participant had a Disability Retirement Date of December 31, 2007). For purposes of this definition, the terms “Accrued Benefit”, “Termination of Employment” and “Disability Retirement Date” shall have the same meaning as assigned to those terms under the Pension Plan, subject to the modifications described herein.

2.2          “ Actuarial Equivalent ” means a benefit having the same value as the benefit which it replaces, computed on the bases of the actuarial equivalence assumptions in effect under the Pension Plan.

2.3          “ Affiliate ” means (i) any corporation which is a member of the controlled group of corporations which includes the Company, as determined in accordance with the ownership rules of Code section 1563, without regard, however, to subsections (a)(4) or (e)(3)(C) of such section 1563, (ii) any entity with which the Company would be considered a single employer under Code Section 414(c) and (iii) any other entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest or owns a substantial capital or profits interest.

2.4          “ Applicable Federal Rate ” means the interest rate provided for under Code section 1274(d) in effect as of (i) the date of a Change of Control, or if elected in writing by the Company and a Participant, at the time a Participant becomes a Participant, (ii) the later of (a) December 31, 1993 or (b) the date an individual becomes a Participant pursuant to Section 3.2.

2.5          “ Beneficiary ” means the individual designated by the Participant to receive any death benefits payable on the Participant’s behalf under the Pension Plan.

2.6          “ Benefit Commencement Date ” means the date on which a Participant’s benefits shall commence under Section IV. Except as otherwise provided under section 4.2, a Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date shall be the first day of the month next following the later of —

(a)          the Participant’s Termination of Service; or

(b)          the date on which the Participant attains his or her Earliest Retirement Age.

2.7          “ Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

2.8          “ Cause ” means an act or acts of a Participant’s personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order. For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on a Participant’s part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by him not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

2.9          “ Change of Control ” means a change in ownership of the Company (as described in subsection (i)) or a change in effective control of the Company (as described in subsection (ii)):

 

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(i)        Any person or more than one person acting as a group acquires beneficial ownership of Company stock that, together with the Company stock already held by such person or group, represents more than 50 percent of the total voting power of Company stock; provided, however, that if any one person or more than one person acting as a group is considered to own more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of Company stock, the acquisition of additional Company stock by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the ownership of the Company for purposes of this subsection (i) or to cause a change in effective control of the Company for purposes of subsection (ii); or

(ii)        Any person or more than one person acting as a group acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-consecutive-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership of Company stock possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of Company stock; or (2) a majority of members of the Board is replaced during a twelve-consecutive-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the date of the appointment or election; provided, however, that if any one person or more than one person acting as a group is considered to effectively control Company for purposes of this subsection (ii), the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the effective control for purposes of this subsection (ii) or to cause a change in ownership of the Company for purposes of subsection (i).

For purposes of this Section 2.9, the term “group” shall have the meaning provided in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B), (vi)(D) or (vii)(C), as applicable. The term “beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning provided in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(iii). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.9 to the contrary, an event which does not constitute a change in the ownership or a change in the effective control of the Company, each as defined in Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5), shall not constitute a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan.

2.10        “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or as it may be amended from time to time. A reference to a particular section of the Code shall also be deemed to refer to any Treasury Regulations under that section.

2.11        “ Company ” means Wachovia Corporation and any successor thereto that agrees to adopt and continue the Plan.

2.12        “ Disability ” means any physical or mental condition which would result in the Participant incurring a “Disability” under disability provisions contained in the Pension Plan.

2.13        “ Earliest Retirement Age ” means the earliest date on which a Participant could retire and elect to commence benefits under the terms of the Pension Plan, as in effect on December 31, 2008.

2.14        “ Employee ” means any person who is employed by an Employer.

 

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2.15        “ Employer ” means the Company and each Affiliate which has adopted the Plan for the benefit of its eligible Employees.

2.16        “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or as it may be amended from time to time. A reference to a particular section of ERISA shall also be deemed to refer to the regulations under that section.

2.17        “ Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent ” means a single payment which is actuarially equivalent to the annuity benefit due a Participant under the Plan computed using the “applicable interest rate” required by Code section 417(e)(3) under the Company’s Pension Plan and the mortality assumptions utilized in the most recent actuarial valuation for the Company’s Pension Plan.

2.18        “ MRCC ” means the Management Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board or any successor Board committee to whom the Board delegates responsibility for establishing and administering the incentive compensation programs for the executive officers and other senior executives of the Company.

2.19        “ Normal Retirement Date ” means the first day of the month next following the later of the—

(a)          Participant’s sixty-fifth birthday; or

(b)          the fifth anniversary of the date on which the Participant commenced participation under the Pension Plan.

2.20        “ Participant ” means an Employee who has met, and continues to meet, the eligibility requirements of section 3.1.

2.21        “ Pension Plan ” means the Wachovia Corporation Pension Plan, as amended from time to time, and any successor or replacement plan.

2.22        “ Plan ” means this First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan.

2.23        “ Plan Administrator ” means the Administrative Committee, as defined in Section 7.1.

2.24        “ Plan Year ” means the calendar year.

2.25        “ Present Value ” means the present value of a payment or payments computed using an interest rate equal to 1.2 times the Applicable Federal Rate (compounded semi-annually) and the number of Years, including any fraction thereof, by which the date of a Change of Control or Termination of Service (as applicable) precedes the Participant’s attainment of his Earliest Retirement Age.

2.26        “ Service ” means a Participant’s aggregate elapsed time, in Years of Service, as an Employee of the Company from his initial date of hire to the earlier to occur of his termination of employment or his Normal Retirement Date.

 

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2.27        “ Termination of Service ” means a Participant’s termination of Employee status for any reason, including (without limitation) by reason of a voluntary termination, resignation or retirement, and shall be determined in accordance with the applicable standards established pursuant to Code section 409A.

2.28        “ Year ” means the 12 month period beginning January 1 and ending December 31.

2.29        “ Years of Service ” shall have the same meaning assigned to such term in the Pension Plan.

Section III.         Participation

3.1           Eligibility . An Employee shall become a Participant as of the date he or she is designated by the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, as eligible to participate in the Plan. Participation in that part of the Plan which restores Pension Plan benefits that are curtailed under the compensation limit in effect under Code section 401(a) (17) shall be limited to Employees who are members of a “select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of ERISA section 201(2); provided however, an Employee who participates in the First Union Corporation Supplemental Retirement Plan shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, any Employee who is not an active or inactive Participant on December 31, 2007 shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan.

3.2           Duration . An Employee who becomes a Participant under Section 3.1 shall remain an active Participant until the earlier of —

 

  (a) his or her Termination of Service; or

 

  (b) a determination by the Plan Administrator that he or she is no longer eligible to participate in the Plan.

An individual whose active participation is terminated under this section 3.2(a) shall continue to be an inactive Participant until all benefits to which he or she is entitled to under the Plan have been paid.

Section IV.         Benefits

4.1           Retirement Benefits .

(a)           Eligibility . A Participant who has a vested interest in a retirement benefit under the Pension Plan shall be eligible for a retirement benefit under this section 4.1 upon a Termination of Service that occurs on or after attainment of the Participant’s Earliest Retirement Age. Except as otherwise provided in section 4.4, the normal retirement benefit shall be calculated as a single life annuity commencing on or after the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date. However, if the Participant’s Termination of Service precedes his or her Normal Retirement Date, the benefit determined under this section 4.1 shall be reduced in accordance with section 4.1 (b) (2).

 

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  (b) Amount .

 

  (1) In General . Subject to paragraph (2) below, a Participant who is eligible for a retirement benefit under subsection 4.1(a) shall be entitled to a monthly benefit equal to the difference between (A) and (B), where –

 

  (A) is the benefit the Participant would be entitled to receive under the Pension Plan as of his or her Normal Retirement Date based on the Participant’s Accrued Benefit on December 31, 2007, but calculated without regard to the compensation limit in effect under Code section 401(a)(17) or the benefit limit in effect under Code section 415; and

 

  (B) is the benefit payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan as of his or her Normal Retirement Date based on the Participant’s Accrued Benefit on December 31, 2007.

 

  (2) Early Retirement . In the case of a Participant whose Termination of Service precedes his or her Normal Retirement Date, the monthly benefit determined under paragraph (1) shall be reduced for early retirement in the same manner and amount as an early retirement benefit payable under the Pension Plan.

 

  (c) Commencement and Duration . Payments will commence on the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date in the form of payment prescribed in Section 4.4.

4.2           Disability Retirement Benefits .

 

  (a) Eligibility . A Participant who incurs a Termination of Service on account of Disability shall be eligible for a disability retirement benefit under the Plan. If the Participant’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of the Plan be deemed on the first day following such six month period to have had a Termination of Service. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.4, the disability benefit shall be calculated and paid as a single life annuity commencing on the Participant’s Normal Retirement Date.

 

  (b) Amount . A disabled Participant who is eligible for a disability retirement benefit under subsection 4.2(a) shall be entitled to a monthly retirement benefit equal to the difference between (1) and (2), where –

 

  (1) is the disability retirement benefit the Participant would be entitled to receive under the Pension Plan at his or her Normal Retirement Date based on the Participant’s Accrued Benefit on December 31, 2007, but calculated without regard to the limits described in subsection 4.1(b)(1)(A); and

 

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  (2) is the disability benefit payable to the Participant under the Pension Plan as of his or her Normal Retirement Date based on the Participant’s Accrued Benefit on December 31, 2007.

 

  (c) Commencement and Duration . Payments will commence on the first day of the month immediately following the Participant’s attainment of his or her Normal Retirement Age in the form of payment prescribed in Section 4.4.

4.3           Termination Benefit .

 

  (a) Eligibility . A Participant who experiences a Termination of Service (for reasons other than Cause, death or long-term disability) on or after he has completed ten Years of Service but before attainment of the Participant’s Earliest Retirement Age shall be eligible for a termination benefit under the Plan.

 

  (b) Amount . A Participant who is eligible pursuant to (a) above shall be entitled to a monthly termination benefit computed in the same manner as an early retirement benefit under section 4.1(b) (2) hereof, based upon his Service at termination and assuming that he attained his Earliest Retirement Age on the day before his termination; provided, however, such amount shall be actuarially reduced for early payment.

 

  (c) Commencement and Duration . Payments will commence on the Participant’s Benefit Commencement Date in the form of payment prescribed in Section 4.4.

4.4           Form of Payment .

 

  (a) Unmarried Participant . The form of payment for a Participant who is not married on his or her Benefit Commencement Date shall be a single life annuity, payable monthly.

 

  (b) Married Participant . The form of payment for a Participant who is married on his or her Benefit Commencement Date shall be a joint and 50 percent surviving spouse annuity, payable monthly. A joint and 50 percent surviving spouse annuity provides—

 

  (1) a monthly benefit to the Participant for life; and

 

  (2) upon the Participant’s death, a monthly benefit to the Participant’s surviving spouse for life equal to 50 percent of the amount payable during the Participant’s lifetime.

 

  (c)

Optional Form of Payment Elections . In accordance with its express discretionary authority under this subsection (c), and pursuant to the transition relief established by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Code section 409A, the Plan Administrator permitted Participants to elect the form of payment for amounts deferred under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005. Such elections were made by Participants on or before December 31, 2008. The form

 

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of payment elections made by such Participants and which were approved by the Plan Administrator are specified in Schedule A of this Plan. Participants shall not be permitted to make optional form of payment elections after December 31, 2008 except and to the extent permitted under Section 409A and applicable Treasury Regulations.

4.5           Payments in the Event of a Change of Control .

In the event of a Change of Control, Plan benefits will be paid to the Participants in accordance with this subsection 4.5. It is intended that any payment made under this subsection 4.5 shall not constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Code section 280G(b)(2)(A) and that the Plan shall be construed to effectuate such intent. The aggregate payments to be made under the Plan to “disqualified individuals” as defined in Code section 280G(c), shall be reduced by an amount so that the Present Value of the payments which are contingent upon a Change of Control do not equal or exceed three times the Participant’s average annual taxable compensation from the Company for the most recent five taxable years ending before the Change of Control.

 

  (a) Payments to Terminated or Retired Participants .

 

  (1) Eligibility . A terminated or retired Participant, or if he is deceased, the terminated or retired Participant’s beneficiary, who is receiving benefits pursuant to subsection 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 as of the date of a Change of Control.

 

  (2) Amount . A terminated or retired Participant, or if he is deceased, the retired Participant’s beneficiary, who is eligible pursuant to (1) above, shall be paid the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of the remaining payments to be made under the Plan to the terminated or retired Participant, or if he is deceased, the terminated or retired Participant’s beneficiary.

 

  (3) Commencement and Duration . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to (2) above shall be paid within ten business days of the Change of Control.

 

  (b) Payments upon a Participant’s Termination for a Reason other than Cause within Two Years Following a Change of Control .

 

  (1) Eligibility . A Participant who has ten Years of Service who has a Termination of Service for any reason other than for Cause, early retirement, normal retirement, death or long-term disability within two (2) years following a Change of Control.

 

  (2) Amount . A Participant who is eligible pursuant to (1) above shall be paid the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of his early retirement benefit payable pursuant to subsection 4.3(b) based upon his service termination and assuming that he retired at his Earliest Retirement Age on the Participant’s date of termination.

 

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  (3) Commencement and Duration . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to (2) above shall be paid within ten business days of the Participant’s Termination of Service.

 

  (c) Normal Retirement Benefit within Two Years Following a Change of Control .

 

  (1) Eligibility . A Participant who meets the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection 4.1(a) within two (2) years following a Change of Control.

 

  (2) Amount . A Participant who is eligible pursuant to (1) above shall be paid the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of his normal retirement benefit payable pursuant to subsection 4.1(b).

 

  (3) Commencement and Duration . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to (2) above shall be paid within ten business days of the date the Participant’s Termination of Service.

 

  (d) Early Retirement Benefit within Two Years Following a Change of Control .

 

  (1) Eligibility . A Participant who meets the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection 4.1(b)(2) within two (2) years following a Change of Control.

 

  (2) Amount . A Participant who is eligible pursuant to (1) above shall be paid the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of his early retirement benefit payable pursuant to subsection 4.1(b)(2).

 

  (3) Commencement and Duration . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to (2) above shall be paid within ten business days of the date the Participant’s Termination of Service.

 

  (e) Disability Retirement Benefit within Two Years Following a Change of Control .

 

  (1) Eligibility . A Participant who (i) experiences a Termination of Service after being determined to be totally disabled under by the Company’s Long-Term Disability Plan, (ii) has completed ten Years of Service by the date of his Termination of Service, and (iii) whose Termination of Service occurs within two (2) years following a Change of Control. If the Participant’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of the Plan be deemed on the first day following such six month period to have had a Termination of Service.

 

  (2) Amount . A Participant who is eligible pursuant to (1) above shall be paid the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of the disability retirement benefit payable pursuant to subsection 4.2(b).

 

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  (3) Commencement and Duration . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to (2) above shall be paid within ten business days of the date the Participant’s Termination of Service.

4.6           No Payments upon a Participant’s Termination for Cause .

Notwithstanding another provision of the Plan, if a Participant has a Termination of Service for Cause, no benefit will be due or payable under the Plan.

4.7           Cessation of Accruals .

Service performed by a Participant after December 31, 2007 shall not be taken into account in determining a Participant’s accrued benefit under the Plan. However, to the extent provided in this Section IV, such Service shall be taken into account for purposes of determining eligibility to receive a benefit or to determine the amount by which a Participant’s benefit will be actuarially reduced for early payment.

4.8           No Acceleration of Payment .

No Participant shall be permitted, and the Plan Administrator shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any benefit payment under this Plan, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

4.9           Payment Delay for Key Employees .

Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no distribution which becomes due and payable by means of a Participant’s “separation from service” under Code section 409A shall be made to the Participant prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Participant’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code section 409A), or (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, if the Participant is deemed at the time of such separation from service to be a key employee within the meaning of that term under Code section 416(i) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code section 409(a)(2). Upon the expiration of the applicable Code section 409(a)(2) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 4.9 (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid to the Participant (or the Participant’s Beneficiary in the event of the Participant’s death) in a lump sum, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. No interest shall be paid on the amounts for which payment is delayed pursuant to this provision. Whether the Participant is a “key employee” shall be determined in accordance with Code section 416(i) and such written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes.

 

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Section V.         Preretirement Death Benefits

5.1           Eligibility .

 

  (a) Active Employees . In the case of a Participant who has a vested interest in his accrued benefit under the Pension Plan, and who dies while actively employed by the Company or an Affiliate, there shall be payable to his or her Beneficiary a lump sum preretirement death benefit equal to the amount determined under subsection 5.2 (a).

 

  (b) Former Employees . In the case of a former Participant who has a vested interest in his accrued benefit under the Pension Plan, and who dies after his Termination of Service but before his Benefit Commencement Date, there shall be payable to such Participants’ surviving spouse a lump sum preretirement death benefit equal to the amount determined under subsection 5.2 (b).

 

  (c) No other Death Benefits . If a Participant dies before earning a vested interest in his or her accrued benefit under the Pension Plan, or if a former Participant does not have a surviving spouse, no death benefits shall be payable on the Participants’ behalf.

5.2           Amount .

 

  (a) Active Employees . The benefit payable to an eligible Beneficiary under subsection 5.1(a) shall be the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of the monthly benefit accrued by the Participant under subsection 4.1, reduced in the same manner and amount as preretirement death benefits under the Pension Plan if the date of the Participant’s death precedes his or her Normal Retirement Date.

 

  (b) Former Employees . The benefit payable to an eligible surviving spouse under subsection 5.1(b) shall be the Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent of the monthly benefit accrued by the Participant under subsection 4.1, as a survivor annuity under the form of payment described in subsection 4.4(b), if:

 

  (1) in the case of a Participant who dies after attaining his Earliest Retirement Age, the Participant had retired with an immediate benefit under subsection 4.4(b) on the day before his death.

 

  (2) in the case of a Participant who dies on or before attaining his Earliest Retirement Age, the Participant had terminated employment on the date of death (if employment had not yet terminated), survived to the Earliest Retirement Age, retired with an immediate benefit under subsection 4.4(b) at the Earliest Retirement Age, and died on the day after the day on which he would have attained the Earliest Retirement Age.

5.3           Commencement . The Lump Sum Actuarial Equivalent payable pursuant to Section 5.2 above shall be paid within ten business days of the Participant’s death.

 

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Section VI.         Financing

6.1           Financing . The benefits under the Plan shall be paid out of the general assets of the Employer. The benefits shall not be funded in advance of payment in any way.

6.2           No Trust Created . Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between an Employer and any Participant, Participant’s spouse, beneficiary, or any other person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a rabbi trust can be established if deemed to be beneficial to the Plan Participants.

6.3           Unsecured Interest . No Participant shall have any interest whatsoever in any specific asset of the Company or an Affiliate. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of an Employer.

Section VII.         Administration

7.1           Administration . The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Administrative Committee”) of two (2) or more members as designated from time to time by the MRCC of the Board. The Administrative Committee shall have full and complete authority to (i) administer the Plan; (ii) select the eligible employees who are to participate in the Plan; (iii) appoint additional members of the Administrative Committee; and (iv) delegate authority to perform particular functions with respect to the Plan, including, without limitation, functions involving the exercise of discretion, to any agent (including any officer or employee of the Company) or to any subcommittee or member of the Administrative Committee, provided that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Administrative Committee.

7.2           Authority . The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of rules and regulations for plan administration shall be made by the Administrative Committee. Decisions of the Administrative Committee shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan, including (without limitation) all decisions relating to an individual’s eligibility for participation in the Plan, his or her entitlement to benefits hereunder and the amount of any such benefit entitlement. Prior to paying a benefit under the Plan, the Administrative Committee may require the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or material as the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Administrative Committee may withhold payment of a benefit under the Plan until it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its correctness and genuineness.

7.3           Rules of Administration . The Administrative Committee shall adopt such rules for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, make factual decisions and determinations, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and, except as provided in Section 7.4, such action (including factual decisions and determinations) shall be binding and conclusive. The determinations of the Administrative Committee shall be subject to review only for abuse of discretion.

 

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7.4           Claims Procedures .

       (a)        Benefits under this Plan will be paid only if the Administrative Committee decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to them. All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted to the Administrative Committee, which shall have the initial responsibility for determining the eligibility of any Participant or beneficiary for benefits. Applications for benefits shall be submitted within two years of the later of (i) the date on which payment of benefits under the Plan was made, or (ii) the date on which the action complained or grieved of occurred. The Administrative Committee may adopt forms for the submission of claim for benefits in which case all claims for benefits shall be filed on such forms. The term “Administrative Committee” as used in this Section shall refer to any committee or organization, if any, that has been delegated the authority described herein by the Administrative Committee.

       (b)        Any claims for benefits shall be made in writing and shall set forth the facts which such Participant or beneficiary believes to be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit claimed. Each such claim must be supported by such information and data as the Administrative Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or Disability), and location of residence shall be required of all claims for benefits.

       (c)        If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Administrative Committee shall give the claimant written notice of the decision within ninety (90) days of the date the claim was submitted. Such written notice shall set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, along with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) appropriate information about the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review of the denial.

       (d)        The ninety-day period for review of a claim for benefits may be extended for an additional ninety (90) days by a written notice to the claimant setting forth the reason for the extension, which notice shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original ninety (90) day period.

       (e)        If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the claimant or his duly authorized representative, at the claimant’s sole expense, may appeal the denial to the Administrative Committee within sixty (60) days of receipt of the denial. In pursuing his appeal, the claimant or his duly authorized representative:

           (i)          may request in writing that the Administrative Committee review the denial;

           (ii)         may review pertinent documents; and

           (iii)        may submit issues and comments in writing.

 

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       (f)        The decision on review shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension of time is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original sixty-day period. The decision on review shall be made in writing, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and in the event of an adverse decision on review shall give the specific reason or reasons for the denial, shall include specific references to the provision of the plan on which any claim denial is based, and shall inform the claimant that access will be afforded to all documents pertinent to the claim for benefits. No action at law or in equity to recover benefits under the Plan shall be commenced later than one year from the date a decision on review is furnished to the claimant.

       (g)        All power and authority granted to the Administrative Committee as a Plan Administrator for purposes of this provision and all purposes under the Plan may be delegated by the Administrative Committee to any person, committee, or entity pursuant to a specific or general delegation.

7.5           Tax Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any payment under this Plan any federal, state, or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to the payment and any sum the Employer may reasonably estimate as necessary to cover any taxes for which they may be liable and that may be assessed with regard to such payment. Upon discharge or settlement of such tax liability, the Employer shall distribute the balance of such sum, if any, to the Participant from whose payment it was withheld, or if such Participant is then deceased, to the beneficiary of such Participant. Prior to making any payment hereunder, the Company may require such documents from any taxing authority, or may require such indemnities or surety bond as the Company shall reasonably deem necessary for its protection. As to any payroll tax that must be withheld in accordance with the applicable statute, the Employer may withhold as necessary any payroll taxes that are due.

7.6           Expenses . All expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan shall be paid by the Employer.

7.7           Actuarial Equivalence . In determining the actuarial equivalent value of a benefit payable under the Plan or of any other benefit, the Company, in consultation with an actuary selected by the Company, shall use any generally accepted actuarial tables and reasonable interest assumptions, as the Company shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

7.8           Liability of Plan Administrator; Indemnification . To the extent permitted by law, the Plan Administrator and its members shall not be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of the Plan unless attributable to his own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company shall indemnify the Plan Administrator and its members against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses, including counsel fees, incurred by them, and any liability, including any amounts paid in settlement with their approval, arising from their action or failure to act, except when the same is judicially determined to be attributable to their gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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Section VIII.         Adoption of the Plan by the Affiliate; Amendment and Termination of the Plan .

8.1           Adoption of the Plan by the Affiliate . An Affiliate may adopt the Plan by appropriate action of its board of directors or authorized officers or representatives, subject to the approval of the Board.

8.2           Amendment and Termination of the Plan . The MRCC or its delegate may at any time amend the provisions of the Plan to any extent and in any manner the MRCC shall deem advisable, and such amendment shall become effective at the time of such MRCC action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the MRCC or its delegate may amend the Plan to impose such restrictions upon the distribution provisions of Sections IV and V which the MRCC or its delegate deems appropriate or advisable in order to avoid the current income taxation of benefits under the Plan or any other adverse tax consequences which might otherwise occur as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations governing incentive and deferred compensation arrangements such as the Plan. The MRCC or its delegate may also at any time terminate the Plan in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of Code section 409A regarding plan terminations. Except for such modifications, limitations or restrictions as may otherwise be required to avoid current income taxation or other adverse tax consequences to Participants as a result of changes to the tax laws and regulations applicable to the Plan, no such plan amendment or plan termination, whether authorized by the MRCC or its delegate, shall (i) have the effect of reducing the benefits accrued by a Participant prior to the date of the amendment or termination or (ii) otherwise adversely affect the vesting schedules or distribution provisions in effect for benefits, and the benefits accrued prior to the date of any such plan amendment or termination shall, subject to the foregoing exception, continue to become due and payable in accordance with the vesting and distribution provisions as in effect immediately prior to such amendment or termination. Notice of any such amendment or termination shall be given in writing to each Participant and beneficiary of a deceased Participant having an interest in the Plan. The terms of an employment agreement or other individual agreement with a Participant (a “Participant Agreement”) may modify the terms of the Plan with respect to that Participant, provided that the Participant Agreement was approved by the MRCC or its delegate. The manner and extent to which a Participant Agreement modifies the terms of this Plan shall be determined by the Administrative Committee in its sole discretion.

Section IX.         Miscellaneous Provision

9.1           No Contract of Employment . Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to give any Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Company or its Affiliates or to interfere with the right of the Company or its Affiliates to discharge a Participant at any time.

9.2           Severability . If any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect its remaining parts. The Plan shall be construed and enforced as if it did not contain the illegal or invalid provision.

9.3           Applicable Law . Except to the extent preempted by applicable federal law, this Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of North Carolina.

 

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9.4           Successors and Assigns . The obligation of the Employer to make the payments required hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or other reorganization.

9.5           Section 409A Compliance . This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder. Any provision of this document that is contrary to the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder shall be null, void and of no effect and the Committee shall interpret the document consistent with the requirements of Code section 409A, which shall govern the administration of the Plan in the event of a conflict between Plan terms and the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Wachovia Corporation has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:                   /s/ Charles D. Loring                 
Title:                   Senior Vice President                

 

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Schedule A – Form of Payment Elections

Pursuant to Section 4.4(c), the Plan Administrator has permitted Participants to make form of payment elections. The Participants who made such elections, when the elections were made and the form of payment that was elected by the Participant and approved by the Plan Administrator, are as follows:

Elections Made on or Before December 31, 2005

Participant                                           Payment Form Elected

[Names redacted]

Elections Made on or Before December 31, 2006

Participant                                           Payment Form Elected

[Names redacted]

Elections Made on or Before December 31, 2007

Participant                                           Payment Form Elected

[Names redacted]

Elections Made on or Before December 31, 2008

Participant                                           Payment Form Elected

[Names redacted]

 

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Exhibit 10(e)

AMENDMENT 2008-1 TO THE FIRST UNION CORPORATION

BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated April 20, 1999)

WHEREAS , First Union Corporation (“First Union”) established the First Union Corporation Benefit Restoration Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain of its employees, effective as of December 31, 1993;

WHEREAS , by and through merger, Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) is the successor in interest to First Union and currently maintains the Plan;

WHEREAS , the Plan has been amended since its original effective date;

WHEREAS , the Company adopted, effective as of December 31, 2008, an amended and restated version of the Plan (the “Restated Plan”) that applies solely to amounts deferred under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005, as determined under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury Regulations thereunder (“Section 409A”);

WHEREAS , the Company now wishes to amend the Plan to clarify that the Plan applies solely to amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005 (as determined under Section 409A), as well make certain other clarifications and changes to the Plan;

WHEREAS , pursuant to subsection 8.2 of the Plan, the Company may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason by action of its Board of Directors.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsection 1.3 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“1.3           Application of the Plan . The terms of this Plan, as amended, are applicable only to eligible Employees who are in the active employ of the Company or a participating Affiliate on or after December 31, 1993 and only with respect to amounts deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsection 2.16 of the Plan is amended to delete the phrase “the most recent Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation discount rate in effect for the Company’s Pension Plan” and substitute in its place the following phrase:

“the ‘applicable interest rate’ required by Section 417(e)(3) of the Code under the Company’s Pension Plan.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsection 2.30 of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“2.30        “ Accrued Benefit ” means the portion of the Participant’s Accrued Benefit under the Pension Plan attributable to service and compensation credited for periods prior to January 1, 2005, determined


on the assumption that the Participant had a Termination of Employment on December 31, 2007 (or in the case of a Participant who terminated employment on account of Disability, that the participant had a Disability Retirement Date of December 31, 2007). For purposes of this definition, the terms “Accrued Benefit”, “Termination of Employment” and “Disability Retirement Date” shall have the same meaning as assigned to those terms under the Pension Plan, subject to the modifications described herein.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsection 4.4(c) of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read in the same manner as it read when the Plan was amended and restated as of April 20, 1999. Any amendments to such subsection that were adopted after the April 20, 1999 amendment and restatement of the Plan, and before the date of this Amendment 2008-1, apply solely to benefits payable under the Restated Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, the third paragraph or subsection 4.5 of the Plan is amended to delete the phrase “the most recent Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation discount rate in effect for the Company’s qualified pension plan” and substitute in its place the following phrase:

“the ‘applicable interest rate’ required by Section 417(e)(3) of the Code under the Company’s Pension Plan.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, subsections 7.1 and 7.2 are replaced in their entirety with the following new subsections, and the remainder of Section VII is renumbered accordingly:

“7.1           Administration . The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Administrative Committee”) of two (2) or more members as designated from time to time by the Board (or a committee thereof). The Administrative Committee shall have full and complete authority to (i) administer the Plan; (ii) select the eligible employees who are to participate in the Plan; (iii) appoint additional members of the Administrative Committee; and (iv) delegate authority to perform particular functions with respect to the Plan, including, without limitation, functions involving the exercise of discretion, to any agent (including any officer or employee of the Company) or to any subcommittee or member of the Administrative Committee, provided that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Administrative Committee.

7.2           Authority . The interpretation and construction of any provision of the Plan and the adoption of rules and regulations for plan administration shall be made by the Administrative Committee. Decisions of the Administrative Committee shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan, including (without

 

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limitation) all decisions relating to an individual’s eligibility for participation in the Plan, his or her entitlement to benefits hereunder and the amount of any such benefit entitlement. Prior to paying a benefit under the Plan, the Administrative Committee may require the Participant, former Participant or Beneficiary to provide such information or material as the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion, shall deem necessary to make any determination it may be required to make under the Plan. The Administrative Committee may withhold payment of a benefit under the Plan until it receives all such information and material and is reasonably satisfied of its correctness and genuineness.

7.3           Rules of Administration . The Administrative Committee shall adopt such rules for administration of the Plan as it considers desirable, provided they do not conflict with the Plan, and may construe the Plan, correct defects, make factual decisions and determinations, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan and, except as provided in Section 7.4, such action (including factual decisions and determinations) shall be binding and conclusive. The determinations of the Administrative Committee shall be subject to review only for abuse of discretion.

7.4           Claims Procedures .

 

  (a) Benefits under this Plan will be paid only if the Administrative Committee decides in its discretion that the applicant is entitled to them. All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted to the Administrative Committee, which shall have the initial responsibility for determining the eligibility of any Participant or beneficiary for benefits. Applications for benefits shall be submitted within two years of the later of (i) the date on which payment of benefits under the Plan was made, or (ii) the date on which the action complained or grieved of occurred. The Administrative Committee may adopt forms for the submission of claim for benefits in which case all claims for benefits shall be filed on such forms. The term “Administrative Committee” as used in this Section shall refer to any committee or organization, if any, that has been delegated the authority described herein by the Administrative Committee.

 

  (b)

Any claims for benefits shall be made in writing and shall set forth the facts which such Participant or beneficiary believes to be sufficient to entitle him to the benefit claimed. Each such claim must be supported by such

 

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information and data as the Administrative Committee deems relevant and appropriate. Evidence of age, marital status (and, in the appropriate instances, health, death or Disability), and location of residence shall be required of all claims for benefits.

 

  (c) If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the Administrative Committee shall give the claimant written notice of the decision within ninety (90) days of the date the claim was submitted. Such written notice shall set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant (i) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (ii) specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim, along with an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and (iv) appropriate information about the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review of the denial.

 

  (d) The ninety-day period for review of a claim for benefits may be extended for an additional ninety (90) days by a written notice to the claimant setting forth the reason for the extension, which notice shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original ninety (90) day period.

 

  (e) If a claim for benefits is denied in whole or in part, the claimant or his duly authorized representative, at the claimant’s sole expense, may appeal the denial to the Administrative Committee within sixty (60) days of receipt of the denial. In pursuing his appeal, the claimant or his duly authorized representative:

(i)          may request in writing that the Administrative Committee review the denial;

(ii)         may review pertinent documents; and

(iii)        may submit issues and comments in writing.

 

  (f)

The decision on review shall be made within sixty (60) days of receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. If such an extension

 

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of time is required, written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the original sixty-day period. The decision on review shall be made in writing, shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, and in the event of an adverse decision on review shall give the specific reason or reasons for the denial, shall include specific references to the provision of the plan on which any claim denial is based, and shall inform the claimant that access will be afforded to all documents pertinent to the claim for benefits. No action at law or in equity to recover benefits under the Plan shall be commenced later than one year from the date a decision on review is furnished to the claimant.

 

  (g) All power and authority granted to the Administrative Committee as a Plan Administrator for purposes of this provision and all purposes under the Plan may be delegated by the Administrative Committee to any person, committee, or entity pursuant to a specific or general delegation.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Section IX is amended to add the following new subsection 9.4:

“9.4           Successors and Assigns . The obligation of the Employer to make the payments required hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Employer, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or other reorganization.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that effective as of December 31, 2008, Schedule B of the Plan is deleted in its entirety and shall apply solely to benefits payable under the Restated Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Wachovia Corporation has caused this Amendment 2008-1 to the Plan to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:     /s/ Charles D. Loring                             
Title:           Senior Vice President                      

 

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Exhibit 10(f)

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

OF

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

As amended and restated effective December 31, 2008


Exhibit 10(f)

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

OF WACHOVIA CORPORATION

As amended and restated effective December 31, 2008

 

1. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION

(a)        Each member of the Board of Directors of Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”), who is not an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors of the Company (the “Plan”). The term “Director” means (i) a non-employee director of the Company, (ii) any special advisory consultant of the Company appointed as such pursuant to the resolutions adopted by the Board on December 16, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to time, and (iii) any other special advisory consultant or director of any of the Company’s subsidiary banks designated by the Committee (as defined below) to be a participant in the Plan, and the term “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(b)        The terms of this Plan, as amended and restated, are applicable only to amounts deferred by Directors under the Plan on or after January 1, 2005. The terms of the Plan, as in effect prior to this amended and restated Plan document, shall continue to apply to amounts deferred prior to January 1, 2005. The Plan has been amended to implement changes required pursuant to and consistent with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2008 the Plan has been operated in accordance with transition relief established by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Code section 409A. This amendment and restatement is adopted in conformity with final regulations under Code section 409A issued by the Treasury Department on April 10, 2007 and effective January 1, 2009.

 

2. ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the Management Resources & Compensation Committee of the Board (including any successor thereto, the “Committee”). The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board. The Committee shall have full power and authority to interpret the terms of the Plan, to determine all questions arising in the administration of the Plan, and to adopt such rules and procedures as it may deem advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

3. DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

(a)        Prior to January 1 of each calendar year (the “Service Year”), each Director may irrevocably elect to have all or any part (stated as a percentage) of the fees and retainers (“Fees”) for services as a Director (including fees payable for services as a member of a committee of the Board) that will be earned during the Service Year deferred under the Plan and credited to an interest account (“Interest Account”) and/or to a stock account (“Stock Account”).


(b)        If a person becomes a Director during a Service Year and thereby becomes eligible to participate in this Plan for the first time (and has not previously been eligible to participate in any other plan that is required to be aggregated with this Plan for purposes of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder), the Director may irrevocably elect within 30 days following the date on which his or her term as a Director begins to have all or any part (stated as a percentage) of the Fees that the Director will earn for the remainder of such Service Year deferred under the Plan and credited to the Interest Account and/or the Stock Account.

(c)        A Director who terminates service as a Director, and who subsequently becomes a Director and thereby re-qualifies for participation in the Plan, shall be eligible to elect to defer Fees only pursuant to the election procedure described in Section 3(a).

(d)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Directors may not make any voluntary deferrals of Fees under the Plan after December 31, 2008 until determined otherwise by the Committee.

 

4. DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

(a)        Amounts credited to the Interest Account pursuant to Section 3 hereof during each calendar year shall be credited with interest as of the following December 31 in an amount equal to the Director’s average month-end balance in the Interest Account during such calendar year multiplied by an interest rate equal to (i) the average prime rate of interest charged for commercial loans as of the last day of each calendar quarter (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31) by a commercial bank selected by the Committee, or (ii) such other interest rate as the Committee may otherwise determine.

(b)        Amounts credited to the Stock Account pursuant to Section 3 hereof shall be deemed to be invested in a theoretical number of units of Common Stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”) obtained by dividing the dollar amount of such amounts by the Market Value Per Share, as defined below, on the date such amounts are transferred from the Interest Account to the Stock Account or the date deferred Fees would otherwise be payable to the Director, as applicable. The number of such units shall be computed to four (4) decimal places. From time to time additional units shall be credited to the Stock Account in amounts equal to:

            (i)        the amount of any cash dividend (or the fair market value of a dividend paid in property, other than a dividend paid in Common Stock) which the Director would have received if on the record date for such dividend the Director had been the owner of record of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of units (including fractions) then credited to the Stock Account, divided by the Market Value Per Share on the date such dividend is paid; and

 

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            (ii)       the number of full and fractional shares of Common Stock which the Director would have received if on the record date for a dividend which is to be paid in Common Stock, the Director had been the owner of record of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of units (including fractions) then credited to the Stock Account.

The Stock Account shall also be appropriately adjusted for any change in the Common Stock by reason of any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, or any similar change affecting the Common Stock.

(c)        For purposes of the Plan, “Market Value Per Share” is defined as the last sale price per share on the date of reference for shares of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on such date (or, if such date shall not be a business day, the next preceding day which shall be a business day). If no sale occurs on such date, the Market Value Per Share shall be determined, in the manner described above, as of the first preceding business day on which a sale occurs.

(d)        Prior to January 1 of each Service Year, each Director participating in the Plan may elect to have all or any part of the balance credited to such Director’s Interest Account or Stock Account, as applicable, transferred to a Stock Account or Interest Account, as applicable. Such election shall not alter in any way the deferral election made by the Director under Section 3(a), the distribution election made by such Director under Section 5(a) or the deemed distribution election described in Section 5(b) in the event that the Director failed to make a distribution election pursuant to Section 5(a).

 

5. DISTRIBUTIONS

(a)        At the time a Director makes his or her initial election to defer Fees pursuant to Section 3, the Director shall also make an irrevocable election as to the time and form of distribution of the Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account. The Director may elect one of the following distribution options:

            (i) to receive a lump sum payment of the total balance of the Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account on the January 1 immediately following the Director’s Termination Date (as defined below),

            (ii) to receive a lump sum payment of the total balance of the Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account on the January 1 that is at least 2 years and not more than 10 years following the Director’s Termination Date (as specified by the Director in his or her election), or

            (iii) to receive the total balance of the Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account in a series of consecutive annual installment payments (x) beginning on January 1 of the calendar year that is at least 2 years and not more than 9 years following the Director’s Termination Date and (y) ending on January 1 of the calendar year that is at least 3 years and not more than 10 years following the Director’s Termination Date (as specified by the Director in his or her election). The amount of each such installment payment shall be equal to the

 

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then-applicable account balance multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be one and the denominator of which shall be the number of installment payments remaining.

For purpose of the Plan, a Director’s “Termination Date” shall mean the date on which there is a good faith and complete termination of the Director’s relationship as a Director, and shall be determined in accordance with applicable standards established pursuant to Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(b)        In the event the Director fails to make the election provided in the preceding sentence, the total balance of such Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account shall be paid at the time and in the manner described in clause (i) of Section 5(a). In the event such Director makes an election provided in clauses (ii) or (iii) of Section 5(a), such Director shall also make an irrevocable election to either (x) maintain such Director’s participation in the Stock Account during the applicable distribution period, or (y) transfer the value of the units in such Director’s Stock Account, if any, to the Interest Account, based on the Market Value Per Share of the number of units (including fractions) credited to the Stock Account on the Termination Date, during the applicable distribution period. A Director participating in the Interest Account prior to the Termination Date shall continue to participate in the Interest Account during the applicable distribution period.

(c)        If a Director should die before full payment of the total balance in his or her Interest Account and/or Stock Account, as applicable, the remaining balance shall be paid in a lump sum to his or her designated beneficiaries or estate, as applicable, on the January 1 immediately following the death of the Director.

(d)        Pending distribution pursuant to this Section 5, amounts credited to the Interest Account shall continue to accrue interest at the rate stated in Section 4(a) of the Plan. Pending distribution pursuant to this Section 5, amounts credited to the Stock Account shall continue to accrue additional units of Common Stock in accordance with Section 4(b) of the Plan.

(e)        No Director shall be permitted, and neither the Company nor the Committee shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment under this Plan, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(f)        Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no distribution which becomes due and payable by means of a Director’s “separation from service” under Code section 409A shall be made to the Director prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Director’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code section 409A), or (ii) the date of the Director’s death, if the Participant is deemed at the time of such separation from service to be a key employee within the meaning of that term under Code section 416(i) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Code section 409(a)(2). Upon the

 

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expiration of the applicable Code section 409(a)(2) deferral period, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 5(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid to the Director (or the Director’s Beneficiary in the event of the Director’s death) in a lump sum, and any remaining payments due under the Plan shall be paid in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. During such deferral period, the Director’s Stock Account and/or Interest Account under the Plan shall continue to be subject to the investment return provisions of Section 4. Whether the Director is a “key employee” shall be determined in accordance with Code section 416(i) and such written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes.

 

6. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY

A director may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries (which may be an entity other than a natural person) to receive any payments to be made under Section 5 of the Plan upon the Director’s death. At any time, and from time to time, any such designation may be changed or cancelled by the Director without the consent of any beneficiary. Any such designation, change or cancellation must be by written notice filed with the Secretary of the Company and shall not be effective until received by the Secretary of the Company. If a Director designates more than one beneficiary, any payments under Section 5 of the Plan to such beneficiaries shall be made in equal shares unless the Director has designated otherwise, in which case the payments shall be made in the shares designated by the Director. If no beneficiary has been named by a Director, payment shall be made to the Director’s estate.

 

7. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Board may at any time amend or terminate the Plan, subject to the requirements of Code section 409A regarding plan terminations; provided that no such amendment or termination shall alter or impair existing rights of a Director under the Plan.

 

8. MISCELLANEOUS

(a)        Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as conferring upon any Director any right to continue as a member of the Board.

(b)        The crediting of units to the Stock Account under Section 4(b) hereof shall not be deemed to create for any Director any interest in any class of equity securities of the Company.

(c)        Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as giving any Director or any other person any equity or interest of any kind in the assets of the Company or creating a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship of any kind between the Company and any such person. As to any claim for payments due under the provisions of the Plan, any Director and any other persons having a claim for payments shall be unsecured creditors of the Company.

 

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(d)        Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed so as to prevent the Company from taking any corporate action which is deemed by the Company to be appropriate or in its best interest, subject to Sections 6(f) and 8(h).

(e)        The rights and benefits of a Director under the Plan are personal to the Director, and neither the Director nor any designated beneficiary shall have the power or right to transfer, assign, anticipate, mortgage, or otherwise encumber any payments to be made under the Plan, except as provided in Section 6 hereof. The benefits payable under the Plan shall not, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Director or any other person and shall not, to the maximum extent permitted by law, be transferable by operation of law in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Director or any other person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any payments otherwise due the Director hereunder may instead be assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse pursuant to the terms of any domestic relations order within the meaning of Code section 414(p)(1)(B), which is issued with respect to the Director’s Interest Account and/or the Stock Account, and the Director shall cease to have any right, interest or entitlement to the portion of any payment or Interest Account and/or the Stock Account assigned or distributed to his or her spouse or former spouse in accordance with the terms of such order. The portion of the payment or Interest Account and/or the Stock Account assigned or distributable to the spouse or former spouse shall be paid in the form of a single lump distribution within 15 days following the Committee’s approval of the domestic relations order or at such later time as permitted under Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. A domestic relations order shall not qualify for approval under this provision, and no distribution shall be made with respect to such order, if the order requires that payment be made at a time or in a manner other than the time and manner specified herein. Distributions made pursuant to this provision are intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder, and this provision shall be construed and administered accordingly.

(f)         The provisions of the Plan shall inure to the benefit of the Director’s designated beneficiaries, executors and administrators, and shall be binding upon the Company’s assigns and successors in interest.

(g)        The Plan shall be interpreted in accordance with, and all rights thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of North Carolina.

(h)        This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code section 409A and Treasury Regulations thereunder. Any provision of this document that is contrary to the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder shall be null, void and of no effect and the Committee shall interpret the document consistent with the requirements of Code section 409A, which shall govern the administration of the Plan in the event of a conflict between Plan terms and the requirements of Code section 409A and the Treasury Regulations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Wachovia Corporation has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf by a duly authorized officer on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION
By:                       /s/ Charles D. Loring                      
Title:                       Senior Vice President                     

 

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Exhibit 10(g)

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December 29, 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2001 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and BENJAMIN P. JENKINS, III (the “Executive”), as subsequently amended.

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.        Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2.        Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).

3.        Section 4(a)(i) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(i)       the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of (A) the Executive’s Annual


Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, and (B) the product of (1) an Annual Bonus of an amount equal to the greater of (x) the highest annual cash incentive bonus paid by the Company to the Executive for the three calendar years prior to the Date of Termination or (y) the Executive’s then applicable “target” incentive bonus under the then applicable cash incentive compensation plan prior to the Date of Termination (the greater of clauses (x) or (y) is defined as the “Base Bonus”), and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, to the extent not theretofore paid (the “Pro Rata Bonus”), (C) any unpaid Annual Bonus for the prior year, and (D) any accrued paid time off, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”).

4.        Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii)      for the thirty-six (36) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the third anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to three times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B) the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the five years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

5.        Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any

 

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other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

6.        Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

7.        Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

8.        Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

 

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9.        Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e)       Cause; Other than for Good Reason .    If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

10.      Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f)        Delayed Payment Date .    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

11.      Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The

 

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Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

12.      Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

13.      Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

(f)       Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

           (i)        Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

           (ii)       The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

           (iii)      Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such

 

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expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

14.      Section 11(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

15.      Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k)       No Acceleration of Payments .    The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l)        Compliance with Code Section 409A .    The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m)       Separate Payment .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n)        Change in Control .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

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(o)       Expense Reimbursements .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p)       Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

16.      This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

17.      This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Charles D. Loring

Name:

 

Charles D. Loring

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

   
/s/ Benjamin P. Jenkins, III       December 18, 2008

Benjamin P. Jenkins, III

   

Date

 

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Exhibit 10(h)

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December 29, 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2001, and restated February 1, 2005 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and DAVID M. CARROLL (the “Executive”), as subsequently amended.

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.        Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2.        Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).


3.        Section 4(a)(i) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(i)       the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, and (B) the product of (1) an Annual Bonus of an amount equal to the greater of (x) the highest annual cash incentive bonus paid by the Company to the Executive for the three calendar years prior to the Date of Termination or (y) the Executive’s then applicable “target” incentive bonus under the then applicable cash incentive compensation plan prior to the Date of Termination (the greater of clauses (x) or (y) is defined as the “Base Bonus”), and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, to the extent not theretofore paid (the “Pro Rata Bonus”), (C) any unpaid Annual Bonus for the prior year, and (D) any accrued paid time off, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”).

4.        Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii)      for the thirty-six (36) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the third anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to three times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B) the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the five years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

 

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5.        Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

6.        Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

7.        Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such

 

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programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

8.        Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

9.        Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e)        Cause; Other than for Good Reason .    If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

10.      Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f)        Delayed Payment Date .    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

 

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11.      Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

12.      Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

13.      Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

(f)       Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

   (i)        Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

 

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   (ii)       The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

   (iii)      Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

14.      Section 11(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

15.      Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k)       No Acceleration of Payments .    The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l)        Compliance with Code Section 409A .    The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A,

 

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be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m)      Separate Payment .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n)       Change in Control .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

(o)       Expense Reimbursements .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p)       Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the

 

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Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

16.      This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

17.      This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Charles D. Loring

Name:

 

Charles D. Loring

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

   
/s/ David M. Carroll    

December 19, 2008

David M. Carroll

   

Date

 

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Exhibit 10(i)

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December 29, 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2001, as amended December 20, 2005 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and STEPHEN E. CUMMINGS (the “Executive”), as subsequently amended.

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1. Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2. Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).

3. Section 4(a)(i) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of (A) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, and (B) the product of (1) an Annual Bonus of an amount equal to the greater of (x) the highest annual cash incentive bonus paid by the Company to the Executive for the three calendar years prior to the Date of Termination or (y) the Executive’s then applicable “target” incentive bonus under the then applicable cash incentive compensation plan prior to the Date of Termination (the greater of clauses (x) or (y) is defined as the “Base Bonus”), and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, to the extent not theretofore paid (the “Pro Rata Bonus”), (C) any unpaid Annual Bonus for the prior year, and (D) any accrued paid time off, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”).


4. Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii) for the thirty-six (36) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the third anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to three times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B) the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the five years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

 

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5. Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

6. Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

7. Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program, the Wachovia Executive Physical Program and the Wachovia Estate Preservation Bonus Plan. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in

 

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connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

8. Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

9. Section 4(d) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the third and fourth sentence.

10. Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e) Cause; Other than for Good Reason . If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

11. Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f) Delayed Payment Date . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

 

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12. Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting [the fifth sentence] of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

13. Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

14. Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

(i) Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

 

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(ii) The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

(iii) Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

15. Section 11(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

16. Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k) No Acceleration of Payments . The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l) Compliance with Code Section 409A . The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the

 

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meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m) Separate Payment . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n) Change in Control . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

(o) Expense Reimbursements . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p) Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not

 

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incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

17. This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

18. This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

   

By:

 

/s/ Charles D. Loring

   

Name:

 

Charles D. Loring

   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

   

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

/s/ Stephen E. Cummings

   

December 18, 2008

Stephen E. Cummings

   

Date

 

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Exhibit 10(j)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December 29, 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated September 8, 2008 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and DAVID K. ZWIENER (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1. Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2. Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).

3. Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii) for the twenty-four (24) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the second anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash


payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to two times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B), the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the three years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

4. Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

5. Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated

 

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as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

6. Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

7. Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

8. Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e) Cause; Other than for Good Reason . If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) her Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

9. Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f) Delayed Payment Date . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes

 

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entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

10. Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

11. Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

12. Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

 

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(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

(i) Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

(ii) The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

(iii) Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

13. Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new sentences to the end of that section:

The Executive may, subject to the approval of the Company, determine which payments will be reduced to comply with the limit described herein; provided that the reduction does not change the time or schedule of such payments from the time or schedule prescribed under this Agreement, and provided that the reduction does not reduce or otherwise modify in any way amounts payable to the Executive under the terms of any other plan, contract or other arrangement that is subject to Section 409A of the Code. If the reduction is to be applied to a schedule of payments, the reduction must either (i) proportionately reduce the amount of each scheduled payment, or (ii) eliminate the Executive’s right to receive the scheduled payments.

 

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14. Section 12(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

15. Section 12 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k) No Acceleration of Payments . The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l) Compliance with Code Section 409A . The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m) Separate Payment . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n) Change in Control . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

(o) Expense Reimbursements . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or

 

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the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p) Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

16. This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

17. This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Charles D. Loring

 

Name: Charles D. Loring

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

 

/s/ David K. Zwiener

 

December 29, 2008

David K. Zwiener

 

Date

 

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Exhibit 10(k)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December 29, 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated November 30, 2006 (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and THOMAS J. WURTZ (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.        Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii)      for the twenty-four (24) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the second anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to two times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B), the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the three years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes.

2.        Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any other taxable year, and the right to life insurance


benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

3.        Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

4.        Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

 

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5.        Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

6.        Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence at the end of that section:

The term “key employee” shall have the same meaning as assigned to that term under Section 416(i) of the Code, without regard to Section 416(i)(5) of the Code, and whether the Executive is a key employee shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes.

7.        Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

8.        Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

 

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9.        Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

(f)       Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

   (i)         Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

   (ii)         The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

   (iii)         Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

10.      Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new sentences to the end of that section:

The Executive may, subject to the approval of the Company, determine which payments will be reduced to comply with the limit described herein; provided that the reduction does not change the time or schedule of such payments from the time or schedule prescribed under this Agreement, and provided that the reduction does not reduce or otherwise modify in any way amounts payable to the Executive under the terms of any other plan, contract or other arrangement that is subject to Section 409A of the Code. If the reduction is to be applied to a schedule of payments, the reduction

 

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must either (i) proportionately reduce the amount of each scheduled payment, or (ii) eliminate the Executive’s right to receive the scheduled payments.

11.      Section 12(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Section 409A of the Code applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

12.      Section 12 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k)       No Acceleration of Payments .    The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l)        Compliance with Code Section 409A .    The parties intend that any payment under this Agreement shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret the Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to further modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

13.      This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

14.      This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By:    /s/ Charles D. Loring

Name:

 

Charles D. Loring

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

Agreed and Accepted:

   
/s/ Thomas J. Wurtz    

December 19, 2008

Thomas J. Wurtz

   

Date

 

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Exhibit 10(l)

Form of Amendment to Post-2006 Employment Agreements

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December [          ], 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated                          (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and                          (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.        Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2.        Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).

3.        Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii)       for the twenty-four (24) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the second anniversary of that


date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to two times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B), the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the three years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

4.        Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

5.        Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant

 

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to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

6.        Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

7.        Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

8.        Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e)        Cause; Other than for Good Reason .    If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) her Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

9.        Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f)         Delayed Payment Date .    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of

 

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the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

10.        Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

11.        Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

 

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12.    Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

 

  (f)

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

(i)        Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

(ii)       The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

(iii)      Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

13.    Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new sentences to the end of that section:

The Executive may, subject to the approval of the Company, determine which payments will be reduced to comply with the limit described herein; provided that the reduction does not change the time or schedule of such payments from the time or schedule prescribed under this Agreement, and provided that the reduction does not reduce or otherwise modify in any way amounts payable to the Executive under the terms of any other plan, contract or other arrangement that is subject to Section 409A of the Code. If the reduction is to be applied to a schedule of payments, the reduction must either (i) proportionately reduce the amount of each scheduled payment, or (ii) eliminate the Executive’s right to receive the scheduled payments.

 

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14.        Section 12(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

15.        Section 12 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k)          No Acceleration of Payments .    The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l)           Compliance with Code Section 409A .    The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m)         Separate Payment .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n)          Change in Control .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

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entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p)         Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

16.        This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

17.        This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 12(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By:

 

 

Name:

Title:

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

 

 

   

 

 
   

Date

 

 

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Form of Amendment to Pre-2006 Employment Agreements

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment dated December          , 2008 (the “Amendment”), to the Employment Agreement dated                          (the “Employment Agreement”) by and between Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) and                          (the “Executive”), as subsequently amended.

WHEREAS, certain compensation, benefits and other amounts payable under the Employment Agreement are subject to Section 409A (“Code Section 409A”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirements of the final regulations under Code Section 409A;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1.        Section 3(a) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Executive’s Disability leave is at least six months, the Participant shall for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have had a termination of employment on the first day following such six-month period and that date shall be treated as the Disability Effective Date.

2.        Section 3(c) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason, provided that the Termination Date occurs during the 2-year period immediately following the date that the events or actions giving rise to the Good Reason termination occur. In no event shall a termination of the Executive’s employment for Good Reason occur unless the Executive gives written notice to the Company in accordance with and within the time period specified in Section 3(d) below stating with specificity the events or actions that constitute Good Reason. The Executive shall provide the Company with an opportunity to cure (if curable) the events or actions constituting Good Reason within a reasonable period of time, but at least 30 days from the date the Company receives the Notice of Termination (as defined in Section 3(d) below).

3.        Section 4(a)(i) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(i)        the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of (A) the Executive’s Annual


Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, and (B) the product of (1) an Annual Bonus of an amount equal to the greater of (x) the highest annual cash incentive bonus paid by the Company to the Executive for the three calendar years prior to the Date of Termination or (y) the Executive’s then applicable “target” incentive bonus under the then applicable cash incentive compensation plan prior to the Date of Termination (the greater of clauses (x) or (y) is defined as the “Base Bonus”), and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365, to the extent not theretofore paid (the “Pro Rata Bonus”), (C) any unpaid Annual Bonus for the prior year, and (D) any accrued paid time off, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (A), (B), (C), and (D) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Accrued Obligations”).

4.        Section 4(a)(ii) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(ii)       for the thirty-six (36) month period beginning immediately after the Executive’s Date of Termination and ending on the third anniversary of that date (the “Compensation Continuance Period”), the Company shall make cash payments to the Executive equal in the aggregate to three times the sum of (A) the Executive’s highest Annual Base Salary during the twelve months immediately prior to the Date of Termination, (B) the Base Bonus, and (C) the amount equal to the highest matching contribution by the Company to the Executive’s account in the Company’s 401(k) plan for the five years immediately prior to the Date of Termination (the payments described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Payments” and, together with the benefits referred to in Sections 4(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii), shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Compensation Continuance Benefits”). The Compensation Continuance Payments shall be made in substantially equal semi-monthly payments, and the Company shall withhold from the Compensation Continuance Payments all applicable federal, state and local taxes. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control that qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5) and which has occurred during the 2-year period immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the Compensation Continuance Payments to the Executive in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination.

5.        Section 4(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the last sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The amount of any life insurance benefits provided under the Wachovia Executive Life Insurance Plan (or any successor or replacement plan thereto) shall not affect the life insurance benefits that may be provided under that plan in any

 

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other taxable year, and the right to life insurance benefits under that plan may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company reasonably determines that providing continued coverage under one or more of its welfare benefit plans contemplated herein could adversely affect the tax treatment of other participants covered under such plans, or would otherwise have adverse legal ramifications, the Company may, in its discretion, provide other coverage at least as valuable as the continued coverage through insurance.

6.        Section 4(a)(iv) of the Employment Agreement is amended to delete the last sentence of that section and to substitute the following new sentence in its place:

Notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, all stock options granted to the Executive as of the date of this Agreement and during the Employment Period will be exercisable until the scheduled expiration date of such stock options or, if earlier, the tenth (10 th ) anniversary of the original date on which the stock option was granted. In the event any such stock options are designated as “incentive stock options” pursuant to section 422 of the Code (as defined herein), such stock options shall be treated as non-qualified stock options for purposes of this sentence to the extent that they are exercised after the period specified in section 422(a)(2) of the Code (to the extent such provision applies).

7.        Section 4(a)(v) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentences at the end of that section:

The programs in which the Executive shall continue to participate during the Compensation Continuance Period shall be the Wachovia Executive Financial Planning Program and the Wachovia Executive Physical Program. Any expense reimbursements payable to the Executive under such plans and programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement under such programs and the amount of any benefits provided under such programs shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the benefits that may be provided under such programs in any other taxable year, and the right to expense reimbursement or benefits under such programs may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. Any tax reimbursements paid in connection with such programs shall be paid no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year that next follows the taxable year in which the Executive pays such tax.

8.        Section 4(a)(vii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended to delete the phrase “outplacement services” and to substitute the phrase “reasonable outplacement services” in its place.

 

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9.        Section 4(e) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(e)        Cause; Other than for Good Reason .    If the Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason (other than for Retirement) during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations of the Company to the Executive other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (x) his Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, and (y) Other Benefits, in each case only to the extent owing and theretofore unpaid.

10.      Section 4(f) of the Employment Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

(f)         Delayed Payment Date .    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed at the time to be a “specified employee” (determined in accordance with Code Section 409A and Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(2)) and such delayed commencement is otherwise required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code, no payments or benefits to which the Executive otherwise becomes entitled under this Agreement and that are subject to Code Section 409A shall be made or provided to the Executive prior to the earlier of (i) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 409A) or (ii) the date of the Executive’s death. Upon the expiration of the applicable Code Section 409A(a)(2) deferral period referred to in the preceding sentence, all payments and benefits deferred pursuant to this Section 4(f) (whether they would have otherwise been payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such deferral) shall be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. Whether the Executive is a “specified employee” shall be determined in accordance with written guidelines adopted by the Company for such purposes and consistent with the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 409A.

11.      Section 6 of the Employment Agreement is amended by deleting the fifth sentence of that section and by adding the following new sentences in its place:

The Company agrees to pay as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses (“Legal Costs”) which the Executive may reasonably incur during the Executive’s lifetime as a result of any contest by the Company, the Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement). Legal Costs will be paid within 30 days of when they are incurred and in no event later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Legal Costs were incurred. The

 

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Company will pay interest on the amount of any Legal Costs that are paid more than 30 days after the date on which such Legal Costs were incurred at the applicable Federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code. The amount of Legal Costs reimbursable for any calendar year will not be affected by the amount reimbursed in any other taxable year, and the Executive’s right to payment of Legal Costs shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

12.        Section 7(b)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

In no event shall the level of such consulting services exceed 20% of the average level of services performed by the Executive over the 36-month period immediately preceding the date on which the Executive’s employment terminated (or the full period of services that the Executive performed for the Company if the Executive provided services for fewer than 36 months).

13.        Section 8 of the Employment Agreement is amended by adding the following new subsection (f) to the end of that section:

 

  (f)

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary:

(i)        Any Gross-Up Payment made with respect to an Excise Tax (but excluding for this purpose any interest or penalties with respect to such tax), and including (but not limited to) any Gross-Up Payment with respect to an Excise Tax that the Company has paid on behalf of the Executive prior to directing the Executive to claim a refund and any Underpayment described in Section 8(b), shall be paid no later than the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the Excise Tax in respect to which such Gross-Up Payment or Underpayment relates is remitted to the applicable taxing authority.

(ii)       The reimbursement of any expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with a contest respecting the existence or amount of any Excise Tax to which the Executive may be entitled pursuant to this Section 8 shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the taxes that are subject to the contest are remitted to the applicable taxing authority or, if no taxes are remitted, the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the contest is completed or there is a final and nonappealable settlement or other resolution of the contest.

(iii)      Any other expense reimbursement to which the Executive may be entitled under this Section 8 for an expense incurred during the Executive’s lifetime that is not described above, including, but not limited to, any Gross-Up Payment with respect to the interest or penalty component of an Excise Tax, shall be made no later than the end of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of any such

 

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expenses eligible for reimbursement paid during the Executive’s taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, and the right to any such expense reimbursement may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit.

14.        Section 11(g) of the Employment Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence to the end of that section:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such modification shall be made to any plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement (the “Other Arrangements”) to the extent such modification would violate any requirement of Code Section 409A applicable to the Other Arrangements or to this Agreement.

15.        Section 11 of the Employment Agreement is further amended to add the following new subsections:

(k)          No Acceleration of Payments .    The Executive shall not be permitted, and the Company shall not have any discretion, to accelerate the timing or schedule of any payment or benefit under this Agreement that is subject to Code Section 409A, except as specifically provided herein or as may be permitted pursuant Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

(l)           Compliance with Code Section 409A .    The parties intend that all compensation and benefits paid or provided to the Executive by the Company that qualifies as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”), including but not limited to any payment made or any benefit provided under this Agreement, shall, to the extent subject to Code Section 409A, be paid or provided in compliance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and the parties shall interpret this Agreement in accordance with Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The parties agree to cooperate in good faith to comply with Code Section 409A and further agree to modify this Agreement to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A.

(m)         Separate Payment .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, each and every payment made under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment and not as a series of payments.

(n)         Change in Control .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit that (i) qualifies as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation and (ii) is paid or distributed due to a Change in Control, whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, shall only be paid or distributed if such event that qualifies as a Change in Control under this Agreement also qualifies as either a “change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation” in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5).

 

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(o)          Expense Reimbursements .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent any reimbursement, payment or entitlement under this Agreement or otherwise does not qualify as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, (x) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit (as defined in Code Section 409A) to the Executive during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement or provided as in-kind benefits to the Executive in any other calendar year, (y) the reimbursements for expenses for which the Executive is entitled shall be made on or before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the applicable expense is incurred and (z) the right to payment or reimbursement or in-kind benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit

(p)          Reimbursement of Expenses in Connection with a Separation from Service .    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any payment or benefit paid or provided under Section 4 above or otherwise paid or provided due to a “separation from service” (as such term is described and used in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) that is exempt from Code Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) shall be paid or provided to the Executive only to the extent the expenses are not incurred or the benefits are not provided beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs; provided, however that the Company reimburses such expenses no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable year of the Executive in which the separation from service occurs.

16.        This Amendment is effective as of December 31, 2008.

17.        This Amendment constitutes an amendment to the Employment Agreement pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Employment Agreement. All provisions of the Employment Agreement not affected by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue to be binding obligations of both parties hereto. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Employment Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed by its duly authorized officer, and the Executive has signed this amendment as of the date set forth below.

 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

By:

 

 

Name:

Title:

AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

 

 

   

 

 
   

Date

 

 

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