Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

AMETEK, INC.

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 

 

Amended and Restated as of October 1, 2018

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article 1. Purpose			1
1.01. Purpose			1
1.02. Effective Date			1
2.03. Compliance with Code Section 409A			1
Article 2. Definitions and Construction			2
2.01. Definitions			2
2.02. Construction			5
Article 3. Eligibility and Participation			6
Article 4. Election Requirements			7
4.01. Compensation Deferral Election Filing Deadline			7
4.02. New Eligible Directors			7
Article 5. Accounts			8
5.01. Accounts and Sub-Accounts			8
5.02. Amounts Allocated to Accounts			8
5.03. Earnings on Accounts			8
5.04. Vesting of Accounts			8
5.05. No Actual Investment			9
5.06. Statement of Accounts			9
5.07. Distributions from Accounts			9
Article 6. Payment of Plan Benefits			10
6.01. Payments from the Retirement Distribution Account			10
6.02. Payments from the In-Service Distribution Account			11
6.03. Payments Upon Death of Participant			13
6.04. Payments in the Event of an Emergency			14
6.05. Payments Upon Disability of Participant			14
6.06. Payments Upon a Change in Control			15
6.07. Administrative Acceleration or Delay of Payment			15
6.08. Withholding			15
6.09. Payment to Guardian			15
6.10. Effect of Payment			15
Article 7. Beneficiary Designation			16
7.01. Beneficiary Designation			16
7.02. Changing Beneficiary			16
7.03. No Beneficiary Designation			16
7.04. Effect of Payment			16

 

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Article 8. Administration of the Plan			17
8.01. Committee Duties			17
8.02. Agents			17
8.03. Binding Effect of Decisions			17
8.04. Indemnity of Committee			17
8.05. Election of Committee After Change in Control			18
Article 9. Claims Procedure			19
9.01. Claim			19
9.02. Denial of Claim			19
9.03. Review of Claim			19
9.04. Final Decision			19
Article 10. Amendment and Termination of Plan			20
Article 11. Miscellaneous			21
11.01. Hypothetical Accounts			21
11.02. Company Obligation			21
11.03. Trust Fund			21
11.04. Nonassignability			21
11.05. Not a Contract of Employment			22
11.06. Protective Provisions			22
11.07. Governing Law			22
11.08. Severability			22
11.09. Headings			22
11.10. Notice			22
11.11. Successors			23
EXHIBIT A			24

 

 

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ARTICLE 1. PURPOSE

1.01. Purpose.

The AMETEK, Inc. Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), is intended to provide a means by which certain non-employee members of the Board of Directors of AMETEK, Inc. can elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of their basic retainer, retainer premiums, and meeting fees.

1.02. Effective Date.

This amendment and restatement of the Plan is effective October 1, 2018. The Plan was originally effective January 1, 2012. Any amount earned by a member of the Board before that date is not eligible for deferral under the Plan. Any individual who the Committee anticipates will be an Eligible Director on or after January 1, 2012 shall be eligible to file a deferral election for Compensation earned after December 31, 2011.

1.03. Compliance with Code Section 409A

This Plan is intended to comply with section 409A of the Code and shall be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent with that purpose. The Committee shall have full authority to take any and all actions as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this intent and purpose of the Plan. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if the Plan is not compliant with section 409A of the Code.

 

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ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

2.01. Definitions.

For the purpose of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

(a)

Account. “Account” or “Accounts” means the hypothetical Retirement Distribution Account and/or In-Service Distribution Account established on the books of the Company pursuant to Section 5.01.

 

(b)

Article. “Article” means an article of this Plan.

 

(c)

Beneficiary. “Beneficiary” means the person, persons or entity as designated by the Participant, entitled under Article 7 to receive any Plan benefits payable after the Participant’s death.

 

(d)

Board. “Board” means the Board of Directors of AMETEK, Inc.

 

(e)

Cause. “Cause” means (1) misappropriation of funds, (2) habitual insobriety or substance abuse, (3) conviction of felony or crime involving moral turpitude, or (4) gross negligence in the performance of duties that has had a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, properties or financial condition of the Company.

 

(f)

Change in Control. A “Change in Control” shall occur if:

 

(1)

Any one Person or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B) of the Treasury Regulations) acquires ownership of stock of the Company that, together with the stock held by such Person or group of Persons, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company. However, if such Person or group of Persons is considered to own more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company before this transfer of the Company’s stock, the acquisition of additional stock by the same Person or group of Persons shall not be considered to cause a Change in Control of the Company; or

 

(2)

Any one Person or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B) of the Treasury Regulations) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or group of Persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company. However, if such Person or group of Persons is considered to own 30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company before this acquisition, the acquisition of additional control or stock of the Company by the same Person or group of Persons shall not cause a Change in Control of the Company; or

(3)

A majority of members of the Company’s Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed

 

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by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board before the date of the appointment or election; or

 

(4)

Any one Person or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B) of the Treasury Regulations) acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such Person or group of Persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to substantially all but in no event less than 40 percent of the total fair market value of all assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. A transfer of assets by the Company will not result in a Change in Control under this Section 2.01(f)(4), if the assets are transferred to:

 

(A)

A shareholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to its stock;

 

(B)

An entity, 50 percent or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company immediately after the transfer of assets;

 

(C)

A Person or more than one Person acting as a group (as defined in section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B) of the Treasury Regulations) that owns, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company; or

 

(D)

An entity, at least 50 percent of the total value or voting power of which is owned directly or indirectly, by a person described in Section 2.01(f)(4)(C), above.

For purposes of this Section 2.01(f), no acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by the Participant, the Participant’s affiliates and associates, the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan shall constitute a Change in Control.

For purposes of this Section 2.01(f), the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(1)

“Company” shall mean AMETEK, Inc.

 

(2)

“Person” shall mean any individual or individuals other than the Participant, the Participant’s affiliates and associates, the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, or any person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan.

 

(g)

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

 

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(h)

Committee. “Committee” means the Committee (or its delegee) that administers the Plan pursuant to Article 8.

 

(i)

Company. “Company” means AMETEK, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any directly or indirectly affiliated subsidiary corporations, any other affiliate designated by the Board, or any successor to the business thereof.

 

(j)

Compensation. “Compensation” means the basic retainer, retainer premiums, and meeting fees paid to an Eligible Director.

 

(k)

Disability. “Disability” means a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months that renders a Participant unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity. The Committee shall determine the existence of a Disability, in its sole discretion, and may rely on advice from a medical examiner satisfactory to the Committee in making the determination. A Participant will also be considered disabled if the Participant has been determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. The term “Disability” is intended to comply with section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code and shall be interpreted to permit a Participant to take a distribution in any circumstance that would be permitted under section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code.

 

(l)

Distribution Option. “Distribution Option” means the two distribution options that are available under the Plan: the Retirement Distribution Option and the In-Service Distribution Option.

 

(m)

Eligible Director. “Eligible Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company.

 

(n)

Investment Funds. “Investment Funds” means the separate deemed investment funds identified on Exhibit A of the Plan that a Participant may direct be used as a method to measure the growth of the Participant’s Compensation deferrals, if any, while credited to the Participant’s Accounts.

 

(o)

In-Service Distribution Account. “In-Service Distribution Account” means the Account maintained for a Participant to which Compensation deferrals are credited pursuant to the In-Service Distribution Option.

 

(p)

In-Service Distribution Option. “In-Service Distribution Option” means the Distribution Option pursuant to which benefits are payable in accordance with Section 6.02.

 

(q)

Participant. “Participant” means any director who is eligible and has become a participant pursuant to Article 3. Such director shall remain a Participant in this Plan until such time as all benefits payable under this Plan have been paid in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(r)

Plan. “Plan” means this AMETEK, Inc. Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

(s)

Plan Year. “Plan Year” means the 12-month period beginning on each January 1 and ending on the following December 31.

 

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(t)

Pre-2019 Sub-Account. “Pre-2019 Sub-Account” means a type of Sub-Account described in Section 5.01 that is established and maintained within each Account for all deferrals, if any, of Compensation earned by a Participant before January 1, 2019, and any earnings on such amounts.

 

(u)

Retirement. “Retirement” or “Retires” means a Participant’s Separation from Service with the Company (for reasons other than death) at or after attaining age 55 and completing 5 or more Years of Service.

 

(v)

Retirement Distribution Account. “Retirement Distribution Account” means the Account maintained for a Participant to which Compensation deferrals are credited pursuant to the Retirement Distribution Option.

 

(w)

Retirement Distribution Option. “Retirement Distribution Option” means the Distribution Option pursuant to which benefits are payable in accordance with Section 6.01.

 

(x)

Section. “Section” means a section of this Plan.

 

(y)

Separation from Service. “Separates from Service” or “Separation from Service” means separation from service within the meaning of section 409A of the Code.

 

(z)

Sub-Account. “Sub-Account” means a hypothetical sub-account within a Retirement Distribution Account or In-Service Distribution Account established on the books of the Company pursuant to Section 5.01. A Sub-Account within a Retirement Distribution Account is a “Retirement Distribution Sub-Account,“ and a Sub-Account within an In-Service Distribution Account is an “In-Service Distribution Sub-Account.” “Sub-Account” includes a Pre-2019 Sub-Account.

 

(aa)

Valuation Date. “Valuation Date” means (1) the distribution date if the distribution date is a business day; or (2) the next business day following the distribution date if the distribution date is not a business day (e.g., falls on a weekend or holiday).

 

(bb)

Voting Securities. “Voting Securities” means the common securities of AMETEK, Inc. that carry the right to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

(cc)

Year of Service. “Year of Service” means the 12-month period following the date that the Participant is first elected to the Board and each consecutive 12-month period following the anniversary of that date that is completed before the Participant ceases to actively serve on the Board.

2.02. Construction.

For purposes of the Plan, unless the contrary is clearly indicated by the context,

 

(a)

the use of the masculine gender shall also include within its meaning the feminine and vice versa,

 

(b)

the use of the singular shall also include within its meaning the plural and vice versa, and

 

(c)

the word “include” shall mean to include without limitation.

 

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ARTICLE 3. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

Eligibility to participate in the Plan shall be limited to members of the Board who are not employees of the Company. An Eligible Director shall become a Participant in the Plan when the Eligible Director first makes a Compensation deferral election pursuant to Article 4.

 

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ARTICLE 4. ELECTION REQUIREMENTS

4.01. Compensation Deferral Election Filing Deadline.

 

(a)

Except as provided in Section 4.02, below, an election to defer an amount equal to all or part of an Eligible Director’s Compensation shall be filed with the Committee by December 15th of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which the Compensation is earned. A deferral election, once filed, shall be irrevocable and shall remain in effect until the end of the Plan Year to which it pertains. However, an Eligible Director may choose for the deferral election to apply to subsequent Plan Years, in which case the deferral election shall remain in effect until the last day of the Plan Year in which Eligible Director timely files a new deferral election in accordance with this Section 4.01, and such new election shall apply to Compensation earned in the following Plan Year.

 

(b)

An election made pursuant to Section 4.01(a) shall be in writing, in a form acceptable to the Committee, and shall specify such information as required by the Committee. The Committee may establish minimum or maximum amounts that may be deferred under this Section 4.01 and may change such standards from time to time. Any such limits shall be communicated by the Committee to the Participants before the commencement of a Plan Year.

4.02. New Eligible Directors.

The Committee may, in its discretion, permit a director who first becomes an Eligible Director after the beginning of a Plan Year to make a Compensation deferral for that Plan Year by filing a completed and fully executed deferral election form, in accordance with Section 4.01(a), within thirty (30) days following the date the director becomes an Eligible Director, unless the Eligible Director was previously eligible to participate in another account-based deferred compensation arrangement of the Company. If the Eligible Director was previously eligible to participate in another account-based deferred compensation arrangement of the Company, the Eligible Director shall not be permitted to make a Compensation deferral under this Section 4.02 or Section 4.01 for the Plan Year in which the Eligible Director first becomes an Eligible Director but shall be permitted to make a Compensation deferral pursuant to Section 4.01 for the Plan Year after the Plan Year in which the Eligible Director becomes an Eligible Director and each subsequent Plan Year. Any Compensation deferral made under this Section 4.02 shall apply only to Compensation earned for services performed after the election is made.

 

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ARTICLE 5. ACCOUNTS

5.01. Accounts and Sub-Accounts.

The Committee shall establish and maintain separate Accounts and Sub-Accounts with respect to each Participant. There are two types of Accounts: a Retirement Distribution Account and/or an In-Service Distribution Account. Each Account consists of one or more Sub-Accounts. A new Sub-Account shall be established under an Account for each year in which a Compensation deferral is earned on or after January 1, 2019. Effective January 1, 2019, a Pre-2019 Sub-Account shall be established and maintained within each Account for all deferrals, if any, of Compensation earned before January 1, 2019, and earnings on those amounts

The amount of the Compensation deferral pursuant to Sections 4.01 or 4.02 shall be credited by the Company to the Participant’s Sub-Accounts on the day such Compensation would otherwise have been paid, in accordance with the Distribution Options elected by the Participant on the deferral election form. The Participant’s Accounts (and Sub-Accounts) shall be reduced by the amount of payments made by the Company to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan and shall be adjusted to reflect investment gains and losses.

5.02. Amounts Allocated to Accounts.

An Eligible Director shall allocate the Eligible Director’s Compensation deferrals between the Distribution Options; provided, however that 100% of such Compensation deferrals may be allocated to one or the other of the Distribution Options.

5.03. Earnings on Accounts.

A Participant’s Accounts shall be credited with earnings from time to time in accordance with the deemed earnings on Investment Funds elected by the Participant. Participants may allocate their Retirement Distribution Account and their In-Service Distribution Account among the Investment Funds available under the Plan in increments and at times specified by the Committee. The deemed rate of return, positive or negative, credited under each Investment Fund is based upon the actual investment performance of the applicable Investment Funds listed on Exhibit A of the Plan. The Company may specify on Exhibit A of the Plan a default Investment Fund in which amounts will be deemed invested in the absence of an election by the Participant. The Company reserves the right, on a prospective basis, to add or delete Investment Funds.

5.04. Vesting of Accounts.

A Participant’s Accounts shall be 100% vested at all times. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.04, the Committee may cause a forfeiture with respect to all or a portion of a Participant’s Accounts if the Committee determines that the Participant’s Separation from Service is for Cause.

 

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5.05. No Actual Investment.

Notwithstanding that the returns credited to Participants’ Accounts are based upon the actual performance of the corresponding deemed Investment Funds selected by a Participant, the Company shall not be obligated to invest any Compensation deferrals by Participants under this Plan and the Participant shall have no interest in any amounts that are actually invested to pay benefits under this Plan.

5.06. Statement of Accounts.

The Committee shall provide to each Participant, not less frequently than annually, a statement in such form as the Committee deems desirable setting forth the balance standing to the credit of each Participant in each of the Participant’s Accounts.

5.07. Distributions from Sub-Accounts.

Any distribution made to or on behalf of a Participant from one or more of the Participant’s Sub-Accounts in an amount that is less than the entire balance of any such Sub-Account shall be made pro rata from each of the Investment Funds to which such Sub-Account is then allocated except, and only to the extent, that the Participant (or Beneficiary, if applicable) elects, before the scheduled distribution date, to receive a distribution in shares of Voting Securities, up to the value of the amount to be distributed. Distributions shall be in the form of cash, except that a Participant shall receive deemed investments in Voting Securities (including deemed investments in the AMETEK Company Stock Fund) in shares of Voting Securities. Any Voting Securities distributed shall be deemed issued pursuant to the AMETEK, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan that provides Eligible Directors with the opportunity to receive Voting Securities.

 

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ARTICLE 6. PAYMENT OF PLAN BENEFITS

6.01. Payments from the Retirement Distribution Account.

Except as provided in Sections 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, and 6.06, benefits under the Retirement Distribution Option shall be paid to a Participant as follows:

 

(a)

General. Unless otherwise elected pursuant to Section 6.01(b) or modified pursuant to Section 6.01(c), a Participant who Retires shall receive the Participant’s Retirement Distribution Account in the form of a lump sum on the January 31 of the Plan Year following the year in which the Participant Retires.

 

(b)

Distribution Election. A Participant may elect a form or time of payment other than those provided in Section 6.01(a) for a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account, other than a Pre-2019 Sub-Account, by filing a distribution election form for the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account with the Committee at the same time the Participant is required to make an irrevocable Compensation deferral election under the Plan for the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account for the Plan Year. The distribution election for any Pre-2019 Sub-Account of a Retirement Distribution Account is the distribution election on file for the Sub-Account as of October 1, 2018. The distribution election shall determine the time and manner of the distribution from the Participant’s Retirement Distribution Sub-Account under this Section 6.01 if the Participant Retires, unless the election is modified pursuant to Section 6.01(c). An Eligible Director may choose for the form or time election under this Section 6.01(b) to apply to deferrals to Retirement Distribution Sub-Accounts for subsequent Plan Years, in which case the form or time election shall remain in effect until the last day of the Plan Year in which Eligible Director timely files a new form or time election in accordance with this Section 6.01(b), and such new election shall apply to Compensation earned in the following Plan Year.

 

(1)

Optional Forms of Distribution. A Participant who does not wish to receive a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account in the form of a lump sum may elect to receive the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account in the form of up to fifteen (15) annual installments.

 

(2)

Optional Times for Distribution. A Participant who does not wish to receive a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account as provided in Section 6.01(a) may elect for distribution of the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account to commence on one of the following: (A) January 31 of the second, third, fourth or fifth Plan Year following the year in which the Participant Retires or (B) the later of (i) January 31 of the Plan Year following the year in which the Participant Retires, or (ii) January 31 of the Plan Year following the year in which the Participant becomes age 75.

 

(c)

Modification of Distribution Election. After making an initial distribution election pursuant to Section 6.01(b) or making a Compensation deferral that is subject to the default distribution rule set forth in Section 6.01(a), a Participant may file an election with the Committee, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, to modify the payment date or to specify that a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account be paid in installments rather than a lump sum or in a greater number of annual installments (but not more than fifteen (15) annual installments); provided, however, that such

 

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election:

 

(1)

is filed with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment;

 

(2)

is not effective until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the election is made;

 

(3)

defers the lump sum payment or the first installment payment with respect to which such election is made for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date such payment would have otherwise been made;

 

(4)

does not accelerate payment of the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account; and

 

(5)

does not request more than fifteen (15) annual installments.

 

(d)

Amount of Payments.

 

(1)

Lump sum payment. Any lump-sum benefit payable from a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account in accordance with this Section 6.01 shall be paid in an amount equal to the value of the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date.

 

(2)

Installment Payments. If annual installments are elected for a Retirement Distribution Sub-Account in accordance with this Section 6.01, the amount of the first annual installment payment shall equal (A) the value of the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date, divided by (B) the number of annual installment payments elected by the Participant. The remaining annual installments shall be paid on January 31 of each succeeding Plan Year in an amount equal to (C) the value of the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date divided by (D) the number of installments remaining.

 

(e)

Benefits Upon Separation from Service. Any Retirement Distribution Sub-Account of a Participant who Separates from Service (other than by reason of the Participant’s death or Retirement) before the date on which the Retirement Distribution Sub-Account would otherwise be distributed shall be distributed in a lump sum on the January 31 of the Plan Year following the year in which the Participant Separates from Service.

6.02. Payments from the In-Service Distribution Account.

Except as provided in Sections 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, and 6.06, benefits under the In-Service Distribution Option shall be paid to a Participant as follows:

 

(a)

General. Except as provided in Section 6.02(e), otherwise elected pursuant to Section 6.02(b), or otherwise modified in accordance with Section 6.02(c), a Participant’s In-Service Distribution Sub-Account shall be paid in a lump sum on the date that occurs two years after the Participant elects to allocate a portion of the Compensation deferral to the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account.

 

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(b)

Distribution Election. A Participant may elect a form or time of payment other than those provided in Section 6.02(a) for an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account by filing a distribution election form for the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account with the Committee at the same time that the Participant is required to make an irrevocable Compensation deferral election for the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account. Except as provided in Section 6.02(e), this distribution election shall determine the time and manner of the distribution from the Participant’s In-Service Distribution Sub-Account, unless the election is modified pursuant to Section 6.02(c).

 

(1)

Optional Forms of Distribution. A Participant who does not wish to receive an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account in the form of a lump sum may elect to receive the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account in the form of up to fifteen (15) annual installments.

 

(2)

Optional Times for Distribution. A Participant who does not wish to receive an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account as provided in Section 6.02(a) may elect for distribution of the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account to commence on any specified future date occurring no earlier than January 1 of the Plan Year following the first anniversary of the date the Compensation deferral election related to the Sub-Account becomes irrevocable.

 

(c)

Modification of Distribution Election. After making an initial distribution election pursuant to Section 6.02(b) or making a Compensation deferral that is subject to the default distribution rule set forth in Section 6.02(a), a Participant may file an election with the Committee, in a form satisfactory to the Committee, to modify the payment date or to specify that an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account be paid in installments rather than a lump sum or in a greater number of annual installments (but not more than fifteen (15) annual installments); provided, however, that such election:

 

(1)

is filed with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment;

 

(2)

is not effective until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which the election is made;

 

(3)

defers the lump sum payment or the first installment payment with respect to which such election is made for a period of not less than five (5) years from the date such payment would have otherwise been made;

 

(4)

does not accelerate payment of the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account; and

 

(5)

does not request more than fifteen (15) annual installments.

 

(d)

Amount of Payments.

 

(1)

Lump Sum. Any lump-sum amount payable from an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account in accordance with this Section 6.02 shall be paid in an

 

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amount equal to the value of the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date.

 

(2)

Installment Payments. If annual installment payments are elected for an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account in accordance with this Section 6.02, the first annual installment payment shall equal (A) the value of the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date, divided by (B) the number of annual installment payments elected by the Participant. The remaining annual installments shall be paid on January 31 of each succeeding Plan Year in an amount equal to (A) the value of the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account as of the Valuation Date divided by (B) the number of installments remaining.

 

(e)

Benefits Upon Separation from Service. If a Participant Separates from Service prior to the date on which an In-Service Distribution Sub-Account would otherwise be distributed, other than by reason of the Participant’s death, any amounts credited to the In-Service Distribution Sub-Account shall be distributed in a lump sum on the January 31 of the Plan Year following the year in which the Participant Separates from Service.

6.03. Payments Upon Death of Participant.

 

(a)

Death of Participant Before the Commencement of Benefits.

If a Participant dies before beginning to receive benefits from one or more Sub-Accounts in accordance with Section 6.01 or 6.02, the sum of benefits due from all such Sub-Accounts shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a single lump sum on the first day of the month following the Participant’s death, in lieu of any benefits otherwise payable under the Plan to or on behalf of such Participant. The amount of any lump sum benefit payable in accordance with this Section 6.03 shall equal the value of such Sub-Accounts as of the Valuation Date.

 

(b)

Death of Participant After Benefits Have Commenced.

If a Participant dies after annual installments payable under Section 6.01 or 6.02 from a Sub-Account have commenced, but before the entire balance of any such Sub-Account has been paid, any remaining installments shall be paid in lump sum on the first day of the month following the Participant’s death. If installments remain to be paid from more than one Sub-Account, a single lump sum payment will be made on the first day of the month following the Participant’s death equal to the sum of the remaining installments for all such Sub-Accounts.

6.04. Payments in the Event of an Emergency.

 

(a)

Eligibility for Emergency Benefit.

If the Committee, in its sole discretion, determines, upon written request of a Participant, that the Participant has suffered an unforeseeable financial emergency (within the meaning of section 409A of the Code), the Company shall pay to the Participant from the Participant’s Accounts, within thirty (30) days following such determination, an amount necessary to meet the emergency, after deduction of any

 

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and all taxes as may be required pursuant to Section 6.08 (the “Emergency Benefit”). For purposes of this Plan, an unforeseeable financial emergency is an unexpected need for cash arising from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or dependent; loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. It is intended that the Committee’s determination as to whether a Participant has suffered an “unforeseeable financial emergency” shall be made consistent with the requirements under section 409(A) of the Code. Cash needs arising from foreseeable events such as the purchase of a house or education expenses for children shall not be considered to be the result of an unforeseeable financial emergency.

 

(b)

Source of Payment.

Emergency Benefits shall be paid first from the Participant’s In-Service Distribution Account, if any, to the extent the balance of such In-Service Distribution Account is sufficient to meet the emergency. If the distribution exhausts the In-Service Distribution Account, the Retirement Distribution Account may be accessed. Emergency Benefits shall be paid from the Sub-Accounts within each Account in sequential order based on distribution date starting with the Sub-Account with the earliest distribution date. With respect to that portion of any Account that is distributed to a Participant as an Emergency Benefit in accordance with this Section 6.04, no further benefit shall be payable to the Participant under this Plan.

 

(c)

Restriction on Deferrals.

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary and to the extent permitted by section 409A of the Code, an outstanding Compensation deferral by a Participant who receives an Emergency Benefit in any Plan Year shall be canceled for that Plan year and any subsequent Plan Years.

6.05. Payments Upon Disability of Participant.

If a Participant becomes disabled before beginning to receive benefits in accordance with Section 6.01 or 6.02, benefits shall be paid to the Participant in a lump sum within thirty (30) days after the Committee finds, in its sole discretion, that the Participant has a Disability.

6.06. Payments Upon a Change in Control.

If there is a Change in Control, a Participant will receive the full amount credited to the Participant’s Retirement Distribution Account and In-Service Distribution Account in a lump sum. Any lump-sum benefit payable in accordance with this paragraph shall be paid in, but not later than January 31 of, the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which such Change in Control occurs, in an amount equal to the value of such Retirement Distribution Account and In-Service Distribution Account as of the Valuation Date.

6.07. Administrative Acceleration or Delay of Payment.

A payment is treated as being made on the date when it is due under the Plan if the payment is made (a) no earlier than thirty (30) days before the due date specified by the Plan or (b) on

 

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a date no later than the due date specified by the Plan that is either (1) in the same Plan Year (for a payment whose specified due date is on or before September 30) or (2) by the fifteenth (15th) day of the third calendar month following the date specified by the Plan (for a payment whose specified due date is on or after October 1).

6.08. Withholding.

The Company shall withhold from any payment made pursuant to this Plan any taxes the Company reasonably believes are required to be withheld from such payments under local, state, or federal law. Unless otherwise determined by the Company, withholding obligations on Voting Securities shall be settled with Voting Securities, including Voting Securities that are part of a distribution that gives rise to the withholding obligation.

6.09. Payment to Guardian.

If a Plan benefit is payable to a minor or a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of the property, the Committee may direct payment to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or person. The Committee may require proof of incompetency, minority, incapacity or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Committee and Company from all liability with respect to such benefit.

6.10. Effect of Payment.

The full payment of the applicable benefit under this Article 6 shall completely discharge all obligations on the part of the Company to the Participant (and the Participant’s Beneficiary) with respect to the operation of this Plan, and the Participant’s (and Participant’s Beneficiary’s) rights under this Plan shall terminate.

 

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ARTICLE 7. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

7.01. Beneficiary Designation.

Each Participant shall have the right, at any time before the Participant’s death, to designate one (1) or more persons or entities as Beneficiary (both primary and secondary) to whom benefits under this Plan shall be paid in the event of the Participant’s death prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s Account. Each Beneficiary designation shall be in a written form prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective only if filed with the Committee during the Participant’s lifetime.

7.02. Changing Beneficiary.

Any Beneficiary designation may be changed without the consent of the previously named Beneficiary by the filing of a new Beneficiary designation with the Committee.

7.03. No Beneficiary Designation.

If any Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary in the manner provided above, if the designation is void, or if the Beneficiary designated by a deceased Participant dies before the Participant or before complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall be the person in the first of the following classes in which there is a survivor:

 

(a)

the Participant’s surviving spouse;

 

(b)

the Participant’s children in equal shares, except that if any of the children predeceases the Participant but leaves surviving issue, then such issue shall take by right of representation the share the deceased child would have taken if living; or

 

(c)

the Participant’s estate.

7.04. Effect of Payment.

Payment to the Beneficiary shall completely discharge the Company’s obligations under this Plan.

 

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ARTICLE 8. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

8.01. Committee Duties.

This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall consist of the members of the Compensation Committee of the Board or its delegee(s), except in the event of a Change in Control as provided in Section 8.05 below. The Committee shall have the full discretionary authority to (a) make, amend, interpret and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and decide or resolve any and all questions, including interpretations of the Plan, as they may arise in such administration, and (b) establish and maintain an investment policy for the Plan, select appropriate Investment Funds to implement the investment policy, monitor the performance of such Investment Funds, and change the selection of Investment Funds from time to time in a manner consistent with the objectives of the investment policy. A Committee member who is also a Participant in this Plan shall be prohibited from voting on any matter which may, in the opinion of the balance of the Committee, directly affect the Committee member’s individual rights or benefits under this Plan. A majority vote of the Committee members permitted to vote shall control any decision.

8.02. Agents.

The Committee may, from time to time, delegate to the executive officers of the Company such administrative duties as it deems appropriate, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit, and consult with counsel who may be counsel to the Company. The Committee has delegated joint responsibility for the administrative oversight of the Plan to the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Administrative Officer of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Administrative Officer of the Company may delegate the day-to-day operations of the Plan to such employees or agents as they deem appropriate.

8.03. Binding Effect of Decisions.

The decision or action of the Committee, its delegees, or agents with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

8.04. Indemnity of Committee.

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and any of its delegees or agents who are employees of the Company from any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses (including counsel fees) and liability (including any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or any other matter with the consent of the Board) arising from any act or omission of such individual, except when the same is due to gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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8.05. Election of Committee After Change in Control.

After a Change in Control, the Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee if vacancies on the Committee are filled by majority vote of the remaining Committee members and Committee members may be removed only by such a vote. If members of the Compensation Committee are not elected or removed pursuant to the preceding sentence after a Change in Control, the Plan shall be administered by a Committee that consists of the same number of members as the Compensation Committee before the Change in Control and is comprised of the remaining Compensation Committee members and members elected by majority vote of the remaining Committee members. Members of the Committee may be removed only by a majority vote of the remaining Committee members. If no members of the Compensation Committee before the Change in Control remain, a new Committee shall be elected by majority vote of the Participants in the Plan immediately preceding such Change in Control. No amendment shall be made to Article 8 or other Plan provisions regarding Committee authority with respect to the Plan without prior approval by the Committee.

 

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ARTICLE 9. CLAIMS PROCEDURE

9.01. Claim.

Any person or entity claiming a benefit, requesting an interpretation or ruling under the Plan (hereinafter referred to as “Claimant”), or requesting information under the Plan shall present the request in writing to the Corporate Human Resources Department, which shall respond in writing as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim, unless the Corporate Human Resources Department notifies the Claimant that special circumstances require an additional period of time (not to exceed 90 days) to review the claim properly.

9.02. Denial of Claim.

If the claim or request is denied, the written notice of denial shall state:

 

(a)

the reasons for denial, with specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based;

 

(b)

a description of any additional material or information required and an explanation of why it is necessary; and

 

(c)

an explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedure.

9.03. Review of Claim.

Any Claimant whose claim or request is denied or who has not received a response within the time limits set forth above may request a review by notice given in writing to the Committee. Such request must be made within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Claimant of the written notice of denial, or, in the event Claimant has not received a timely response, within 60 days after the date the Corporate Human Resources Department was required to respond to the claim under Section 9.01. The claim or request shall be reviewed by the Committee which may, but shall not be required to, grant the Claimant a hearing. On review, the claimant may have representation, examine pertinent documents, and submit issues and comments in writing.

9.04. Final Decision.

The decision on review shall normally be made within sixty (60) days after the Committee’s receipt of claimant’s claim or request. If an extension of time is required for a hearing or other special circumstances, the Claimant shall be notified and the time limit shall be one hundred twenty (120) days. The decision shall be in writing and shall state the reasons and the relevant Plan provisions. All decisions on review shall be final and bind all parties concerned.

 

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ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

The Plan may be amended, suspended, discontinued or terminated at any time by the Board; provided, however, that no such amendment, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall reduce or in any manner adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to benefits that are payable or may become payable under the Plan based upon the balance of the Participant’s Retirement Account and In-Service Distribution Account as of the effective date of such amendment, suspension, discontinuance or termination.

 

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ARTICLE 11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.01. Hypothetical Accounts.

Each account, sub-account and investment established under the Plan shall be hypothetical in nature and shall be maintained for bookkeeping purposes only. The accounts and sub-accounts established under the Plan shall hold no actual funds or assets. Any liability of the Company to any Participant, former Participant, or Beneficiary with respect to a right to payment shall be based solely upon contractual obligations created by the Plan. Neither the Company, the Board, nor any other person shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between or among the Company, a Participant, or any other person.

11.02. Company Obligation.

The Company shall not be required to fund any obligations under the Plan. Except as provided in Section 11.03, any assets that may be accumulated by the Company to meet its obligations under the Plan shall for all purposes be part of the general assets of the Company. To the extent that any Participant or Beneficiary acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan for which the Company is liable, such rights shall be no greater than the rights of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

11.03. Trust Fund.

The Company shall be responsible for the payment of all benefits provided under the Plan. Before a Change in Control, at its discretion, the Company may establish one (1) or more trusts, with such trustees as the Committee may approve, for the purpose of assisting in the payment of such benefits. Following a Change in Control, the Company shall establish one (1) or more trusts, with such trustees as the Committee may approve, for the purpose of assisting in the payment of such benefits. If, as a result of a Change in Control, Voting Securities will no longer exist, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allocate the value of each Participant’s Voting Securities to an Investment Fund. Although such a trust may be irrevocable, its assets shall be held for payment of all Company’s general creditors in the event of insolvency. To the extent any benefits provided under the Plan are paid from any such trust, Company shall have no further obligation to pay them. If not paid from the trust, such benefits shall remain the obligation of Company. No assets of the trust or the Company shall become restricted to provide benefits under the Plan in connection with a change in the Company’s financial health.

11.04. Nonassignability.

Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate or convey in advance of actual receipt the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are, expressly declared to be unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, 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, nor be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency, except that

 

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the Committee may recognize a domestic relations order in accordance with procedures that it may establish for this purpose.

11.05. Not a Contract of Employment.

This Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment between Company and the Participant. Nothing in this Plan shall give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to discipline or discharge a Participant at any time.

11.06. Protective Provisions.

A Participant will cooperate with Company by furnishing any and all information requested by Company, in order to facilitate the payment of benefits hereunder, and by taking such other action as may be requested by Company.

11.07. Governing Law.

The Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance with applicable federal law and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (without regard to the legislative or judicial conflict of laws rules of any state or other jurisdiction).

11.08. Severability.

If any provision of this Plan is held unenforceable, the remainder of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect without regard to such unenforceable provision and shall be applied as though the unenforceable provision were not contained in the Plan. In addition, if any provision of the Plan shall be found to violate section 409A of the Code or otherwise result in benefits under the Plan being subject to income tax prior to distribution, such provision shall be void and unenforceable, and the Plan shall be administered without regard to such provision.

11.09. Headings.

Headings are inserted in this Plan for convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in the construction of the provisions of the Plan.

11.10. Notice.

Any notice required or permitted under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered or sent by registered mail, certified mail, or reputable overnight delivery service. Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail or overnight delivery, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification or on the records of the overnight delivery company. Mailed notice to the Committee shall be directed to the Company’s address. Mailed notice to a Participant or Beneficiary shall be directed to the individual’s last known address in Company’s records.

 

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11.11. Successors.

The provisions of this Plan shall bind the Company and its successors and assigns. The term successors as used herein shall include any corporate or other business entity which shall, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the business and assets of Company, and successors of any such corporation or other business entity.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and as evidence of the adoption of this Plan by the Company, AMETEK, Inc. has executed the same this 30th day of Sept., 2018.

 

 

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EXHIBIT A TO AMETEK, INC. DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

LIST OF INVESTMENT FUNDS

Effective before October 1, 2018:

 

1.

The “AMETEK Fund” which consists of deemed investments in whole and fractional shares of Voting Securities based on the average closing price of the shares on the principal exchange on which the shares are traded for the last 10 trading days of the month preceding the deemed investment. Deemed dividends on the shares allocated to the AMETEK Fund shall be credited to the Fund during a Plan Year when dividends are actually paid on shares of Voting Securities and shall be deemed to be invested in additional shares of Voting Securities on the last business day of such Plan Year based on the closing price of the shares on the principal exchange on which the shares are traded for the first 10 trading days of December preceding the deemed investment. Deemed investments in whole and fractional shares of Voting Securities under the Plan shall be considered grants of stock units (or phantom stock) under the AMETEK, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan or any successor plan that provides Eligible Directors with the opportunity to receive grants of stock units or phantom stock in Voting Securities.

The AMETEK Fund shall be closed to new deemed investments, effective September 28, 2018 (the “Closing Date”). Any cash representing deemed dividends credited to the AMETEK Fund during 2018 on or before the Closing Date shall be transferred to the AMETEK Company Stock Fund on October 1, 2018 (“Transferred Dividend Credits”). Likewise, the value of a Participant’s deemed investment in Voting Securities in the AMETEK Fund shall be transferred to the AMETEK Company Stock Fund on October 1, 2018, and converted to unitized shares under the AMETEK Company Stock Fund as described below.

 

2.	The “Interest Fund” which shall be deemed to earn compound interest on principal at one and one-half percent higher than the 10-year Treasury Note rate as set forth in The Wall Street Journal as of the first business day of each calendar quarter.

The Interest Fund with quarterly interest as described in this paragraph shall be closed to new deemed investments, effective September 28, 2018. The interest rate for the third quarter of 2018 shall be equal to (1) the sum of one and one-half percent plus the 10-year Treasury Note rate as set forth in The Wall Street Journal as of October 1, 2018, divided by (2) a fraction determined by dividing the number of days in the third quarter (92) by the number of days in the year (365). Any interest due or owing under the Interest Fund as of September 28, 2018, shall be credited on September 28, 2018, prior to closing the Interest Fund. All deemed investments in the Interest Fund will be transferred to the daily interest version of the Interest Fund (described below) effective October 1, 2018.

Effective October 1, 2018:

 

1.	“AMETEK Retirement and Savings Plan Investment Options”: The deemed investments in the investment funds offered under the AMETEK, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan, including the AMETEK Company Stock Fund.

A Participant’s closing deemed investment balance in the AMETEK Fund as of the

 

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Closing Date, shall be deemed invested in the AMETEK Company Stock Fund as of October 1, 2018. A Participant’s opening deemed investment balance in the AMETEK Company Stock Fund as of October 1, 2018 shall consist of:

 

(a)

Unitized shares in the AMETEK Company Stock Fund equal to the deemed value of the Participant’s hypothetical investment in Voting Securities in the AMETEK Fund on the Closing Date, determined using the closing price of the shares on the principal exchange on which the shares are traded as of the Closing Date; and

 

(b)

Unitized shares in the AMETEK Company Stock Fund equal to the deemed value of the Participant’s Transferred Dividend Credits divided by the closing price of the unitized shares as of the Closing Date.

 

2.	The “Interest Fund” which shall be deemed to earn compound interest on principal at one and one-half percent higher than the 10-year Treasury Note rate as set forth in The Wall Street Journal as of each business day.

A Participant’s opening deemed investment balance in this daily interest version of the Interest Fund as of October 1, 2018, shall equal the Participant’s deemed closing balance, if any, in the quarterly interest version of the Interest Fund as of September 28, 2018.

 

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