Deferral of Retainers. Non-Employee Directors may elect to defer payment of all or a portion of the annual retainers described in Section 2(a) and the exceptional meeting fees described in Section 2(d) into specified investment funds and/or into vested restricted share units for shares of the Company's common stock, which deferral will be made pursuant to the terms of the Company's Amended and Restated Deferred Fee Plan for Directors or its successor plan (the "Deferred Fee Plan"). Unless otherwise determined by the Board, any restricted share units will be granted under the 2013 Howmet Aerospace Stock Incentive Plan or its successor plan (the "Equity Plan"), on the date on which such retainer(s) would otherwise have been paid in cash. The extent to which a Non-Employee Director may defer annual retainer payments into vested restricted share units will therefore be subject to any limit on awards granted to a Non-Employee Director set forth in the Equity Plan.
Deferral of Retainers. A Participant’s election to defer a Retainer is subject to the following requirements:
Deferral of Retainers into Stock Units. Each Non-Employee Director may elect to defer all (100%) or fifty percent (50%) of the Director's Annual Retainer earned during the relevant calendar year into Stock Units. The number of Stock Units acquired shall equal the portion of the Annual Retainer being deferred into Stock Units in a calendar month, divided by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the last Trading Day in such calendar month, and such Stock Units shall be credited to the Non-Employee Director’s account effective the day the number of Stock Units is determined. Amounts are deferred at the time they otherwise would have been paid were it not for the relevant deferral election.
Annual Retainers. Each Non-Employee Director shall receive an annual retainer of $75,000 for service on the Board. Each Non-Employee Director shall also receive $5,000 annually in addition to the annual retainer for serving as a Board Chair for one of the three (3) established Board Committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Cash Retainers. Each Nonemployee Director is eligible to receive cash retainers at the applicable rates set forth in the following table for each full year of service as # a chairperson and/or member of the Board and # a chairperson of a committee of the Board (“Committee”):
Note: Chair and committee member retainers are in addition to retainers for members of the Board of Directors.
No additional compensation for attending individual committee meetings. All cash retainers will be paid quarterly, in arrears, or upon the earlier resignation or removal of the non-employee directors, pro-rated based on the number of actual days served by the director during such calendar quarter. Chair and committee member retainers are in addition to retainers for members of the Board.
Additional Retainers for Committee Membership:
Optional Deferral Elections. A Non-Employee Director may submit a written election to the Secretary of the Company not to have the deferral provisions of Section 13.2(a) apply to the Non-Employee Director’s retainer fees or to have a deferral of a percentage other than fifty percent (50%) apply (an “Optional Deferral Election”) as follows:
Deferral of Distributions. A Participant may elect to defer payment of his Normal Retirement Benefit payable pursuant to [Section 5.1], his Early Retirement Benefit payable pursuant to [Section 5.2] or a Termination of Employment distribution pursuant to [Section 5.3] for a period of five (5) years from the date such payment would otherwise be made by making a deferral election at least twelve (12) months before the date payment would otherwise be made. In the event that the Participant becomes entitled to a distribution pursuant to [Section 5.1], [Section 5.2] or [Section 5.3] during this twelve (12) month period, the deferral election will be of no effect and payment of the Participant's benefits will commence at the time specified in [Section 5.1], [Section 5.2] or [Section 5.3], as applicable. A Participant who becomes entitled to distribution of a Disability benefit pursuant to [Section 5.6] may not elect to defer payment of such distribution pursuant to this [Section 5.7] and any deferral election made by such Participant will be null and of no effect.
Salary Deferral Elections. Salary Deferrals shall be credited to an Eligible Employee’s Post-2004 Account in accordance with such Eligible Employee’s election and subject to the following rules:
Annual Deferral Amount. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect, subject to withholding described in [Section 5.2(a)], to defer Salary and Bonus according to the following schedule:
Irrevocable Deferral Elections. Once a Plan Year has commenced, a Participant may not elect to change his or her deferral election that is in effect for that Plan Year, except if and to the extent permitted by the Committee and made in accordance with the provisions of [Section 3.2(c)] and Code section 409A specifically relating to a change and/or revocation of deferral elections related to a Participant’s Disability or an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency or a hardship distribution under the Qualified Plan.
Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant’s Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Salary and Bonus, that are not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participant’s share of any Employer-provided welfare and fringe benefits elected by the Participant and/or FICA or other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to satisfy the Participant’s election with respect to Employer-provided welfare and fringe benefits and the Employer’s obligation to withhold FICA and other employment taxes.
Cancellation of Deferral. Subject to [Section 409A], if it is determined that a Participant is suffering from a Disability, such Participant’s deferrals shall thereupon be cancelled by the later of the end of the Plan Year or the fifteenth day of the third month following the date the Participant incurs a Disability.
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