EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm ENSCO 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN ENSCO 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

Exhibit 99.1

 

ENSCO

 

2005

 

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE

 

RETIREMENT PLAN

 

Effective January 1, 2005


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

               Page

ARTICLE I

   PURPOSE    2

ARTICLE II

   DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION    2

            2.1

   Definitions    2
     (a)    “Account”    2
     (b)    “Administrator”    2
     (c)    “Affiliate”    3
     (d)    “Automatic Deferral”    3
     (e)    “Basic Deferral”    3
     (f)    “Beneficiary”    3
     (g)    “Board”    3
     (h)    “Benefits”    3
     (i)    “Code”    3
     (j)    “Committee”    3
     (k)    “Company”    3
     (l)    “Compensation”    4
     (m)    “Deferred Compensation”    4
     (n)    “Deferred Compensation Election”    4
     (o)    “Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement”    4
     (p)    “Disability”    4
     (q)    “Discretionary Deferral”    4
     (r)    “Distribution Entitlement Date”    4
     (s)    “Effective Date”    4
     (t)    “Eligible Employee”    5
     (u)    “Employee”    5
     (v)    “Employer”    5
     (w)    “Employer Discretionary Contributions”    5
     (x)    “ERISA”    5
     (y)    “401(k) Plan”    5
     (z)    “Insolvent”    5
     (aa)    “Key Employee”    5
     (bb)    “Matching Contributions”    6
     (cc)    “Non-Key Employee”    6
     (dd)    “Normal Retirement Age”    6
     (ee)    “Participant”    6
     (ff)    “Plan”    6
     (gg)    “Plan Year”    6
     (hh)    “Period of Service”    6
     (ii)    “Year of Service”    6

            2.2

   Construction    6

 

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ARTICLE III

   PARTICIPATION AND VESTING    7

            3.1

   Eligibility and Participation    7

            3.2

   Cessation of Participation    7

ARTICLE IV

   CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTING    7

            4.1

   Deferred Compensation    7
     (a)    Automatic Deferral    8
     (b)    Basic Deferrals    8
     (c)    Discretionary Deferrals    8
     (d)    Limit on Deferrals    8
     (e)    Failure to Elect    8

            4.2

   Matching Contributions    9

            4.3

   Employer Discretionary Contribution    9

            4.4

   Vesting    9

            4.5

   Accounting for Deferred Compensation    10

            4.6

   Plan Benefits    11

ARTICLE V

   DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS    11

            5.1

   Payment of Benefits    11
     (a)    Distribution Entitlement Date for Non-Key Employees    11
     (b)    Distribution Entitlement Date for Key Employees    11

            5.2

   Timing of Certain Payments    11
     (a)    An Unforeseeable Emergency of the Participant    11
     (b)    Domestic Relations Orders    12
     (c)    Conflicts of Interest    12
     (d)    Change in Circumstances    12

            5.3

   Form of Payment and Deferral of Timing of Payment    12

            5.4

   Designation of Beneficiary    13

ARTICLE VI

   PAYMENT LIMITATIONS    13

            6.1

   Payment Due an Incompetent    13

            6.2

   Spendthrift Clause    14

ARTICLE VII

   FUNDING    14

            7.1

   Funding    14

            7.2

   Investments    15

ARTICLE VIII

   ADMINISTRATION    15

            8.1

   Authority of the Administrator    15

            8.2

   Claims Procedure    15

            8.3

   Cost of Administration    15

 

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            8.4

   Limitations on Plan Administration    15

ARTICLE IX

   OTHER BENEFIT PLANS OF THE COMPANY    16

            9.1

   Other Plans    16

ARTICLE X

   AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN    16

            10.1

   Amendment    16

            10.2

   Termination    16

            10.3

   Continuation    17

ARTICLE XI

   MISCELLANEOUS    17

            11.1

   Rights Against Employer    17

            11.2

   Action Taken in Good Faith    17

            11.3

   Limitation of Liability/Rights of Indemnification    17

            11.4

   Severability    18

 

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ENSCO

2005

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

(Effective January 1, 2005)

 

THIS AGREEMENT, executed this 31st day of December, 2004, and effective the first day of January, 2005, by ENSCO International Incorporated, having its principal office in Dallas, Texas (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, effective April 1, 1995, Energy Service Company, Inc. adopted the Energy Service Company, Inc. Select Executive Retirement Plan (the “Original SERP”);

 

WHEREAS, the name of the Company was changed to ENSCO International Incorporated;

 

WHEREAS, the Company amended and restated the Original SERP, effective January 1, 1997, to provide a discretionary profit sharing contribution, to rename the Original SERP the ENSCO Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, and to coordinate the operation of the Original SERP with the ENSCO Savings Plan;

 

WHEREAS, the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration of the Department of Labor issued final regulations establishing new standards for processing benefit claims of participants and beneficiaries under Section 8.2 of the Original SERP which were subsequently clarified by further guidance from the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (collectively the “Final Claims Procedure Regulations”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company adopted Amendment No. 1 to the amended and restated Original SERP, effective as of January 1, 2002, to revise Section 8.2 of the Original SERP to provide that the administrator of the Original SERP shall process benefit claims of participants and beneficiaries pursuant to the claims procedure specified in the summary plan description for the Original SERP which shall comply with the Final Claims Procedure Regulations, as may be amended from time to time;

 

WHEREAS, the Company amended and restated the Original SERP effective as of January 1, 2004;

 

WHEREAS, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “AJCA”) enacted new section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), which imposes new rules regarding the timing of elections and distributions under nonqualified deferred compensation plans effective for years beginning after December 31, 2004; and

 

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WHEREAS, the Company has determined to comply with the AJCA and new section 409A of the Code by freezing the Original SERP and adopting the ENSCO 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), effective January 1, 2005;

 

NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby adopted to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

PURPOSE

 

The objective and purpose of this Plan is to attract and retain competent officers and key executives by offering flexible compensation opportunities to officers and key executives of the Company and its Affiliates and to offer them an opportunity to build an estate or supplement income for use after retirement. In addition to this Plan, the Company sponsors certain broad-based employee benefit plans covering its employees.

 

Through this Plan, the Company intends to permit the deferral of compensation and to provide additional benefits to a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company and its Affiliates. Accordingly, it is intended that this Plan shall not constitute a “qualified plan” subject to the limitations of section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), nor shall it constitute a “funded plan”, for purposes of such requirements. It is also intended that this Plan shall be exempt from the participation and vesting requirements of Part 2 of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), the funding requirements of Part 3 of Title I of ERISA, and the fiduciary requirements of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA by reason of the exclusions afforded plans which are unfunded and maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

2.1 Definitions. When a word or phrase shall appear in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be a term defined in this Section 2.1. The following words and phrases with the initial letter capitalized shall have the meaning set forth in this Section 2.1, unless a different meaning is required by the context in which the word or phrase is used.

 

(a) “Account”. means the individual bookkeeping account established for each Participant in the Plan, as described in Section 4.5.

 

(b) “Administrator”. means the Committee, except to the extent that the Board has appointed another person or persons, or a committee of the Board, to

 

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serve as the Administrator with respect to the Plan. The Committee may delegate to the management of the Company the authority and duties relating to the routine administration of the Plan.

 

(c) “Affiliate”. means a corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 414(b) of the Code) which includes the Company, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which are in common control (as defined in section 414(c) of the Code) with the Company, or any entity that is a member of the same affiliated service group (as defined in section 414(m) of the Code) as the Company.

 

(d) “Automatic Deferral”. means the Compensation deferral described in Section 4.1 made by a Participant who has reached the statutory limits on annual compensation (as provided and defined in section 1.5 of the 401(k) Plan), elective deferrals or contributions or benefits under the 401(k) Plan.

 

(e) “Basic Deferral”. means the Compensation deferral described in Section 4.1 made by a Participant who has elected to make a Compensation deferral to the Plan in such amount as provided in Section 4.1 of the Plan.

 

(f) “Beneficiary”. means the person designated in writing by the Participant pursuant to Section 5.4 to receive Benefits in the event of his or her death.

 

(g) “Board”. means the Board of Directors of the Company, or any committee of the Board authorized to act on its behalf.

 

(h) “Benefits”. means the sum of amounts representing the Participant’s Automatic Deferrals, if any; Basic Deferrals; Discretionary Deferrals, if any; vested Employer Discretionary Contributions; and vested Matching Contributions credited to the Participant’s Account, plus earnings thereon and less losses allocable thereto, if any, attributable to the investment of such amounts.

 

(i) “Code”. means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include that section, applicable Treasury regulations or other applicable guidance promulgated thereunder and any comparable section of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes said section, effective as of the date such comparable section is effective with respect to the Plan.

 

(j) “Committee”. means the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other Committee as may be appointed by the Board from time to time.

 

(k) “Company”. means ENSCO International Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, or such other organization which, pursuant to a spinoff, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or similar corporate transaction where a significant portion of the Company’s employees become employees of such organization, adopts and assumes the Plan as the sponsor with the consent of the Company and agrees to

 

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accept the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the sponsor of the Plan. Reference in the Plan to the Company shall refer to any such organization which adopts and assumes the sponsorship of the Plan.

 

(l) “Compensation”. means the base wages and salary paid to an eligible Employee by an Employer for a Plan Year plus amounts applied to purchase medical benefits pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria plan as defined in section 125 of the Code sponsored by an Employer, amounts deferred pursuant to a salary reduction agreement authorized under the 401(k) Plan, and amounts deferred pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under any other plan described in sections 401(k) and 408(k) of the Code sponsored by an Employer.

 

(m) “Deferred Compensation”. means the amount credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Election in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof and shall include Basic Deferrals under Section 4.1(a), Automatic Deferrals under Section 4.1(b) and Discretionary Deferrals under Section 4.1(c).

 

(n) “Deferred Compensation Election”. means the election by a Participant to defer his or her Compensation as an Automatic Deferral, Basic Deferral and/or Discretionary Deferral in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

(o) “Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement”. means the written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and a Participant pursuant to which the Participant consents to participation in the Plan and the deferral of Compensation hereunder.

 

(p) “Disability”. means a disability suffered by a Participant because he or she (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any 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 12 months, or (ii) is, by reason of any 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 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering Employees of the Participant’s Employer.

 

(q) “Discretionary Deferral”. means the Compensation deferral described in Section 4.1 made by a Participant who has elected to make a Compensation deferral to the Plan in such amount as provided in Section 4.1 of the Plan.

 

(r) “Distribution Entitlement Date”. means the date specified in Section 5.1(a) for a Participant who is a Non-Key Employee and in Section 5.1(b) for a Participant who is a Key Employee.

 

(s) “Effective Date”. means January 1, 2005.

 

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(t) “Eligible Employee”. means an Employee who is selected by the Committee pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof as eligible to participate in the Plan for a Plan Year.

 

(u) “Employee”. means any individual in the employ of an Employer who is on an Employer’s United States dollar payroll (and who is classified as an Employee by the Employer). The term “Employee” shall not include any individual who by contract is not classified by the Employer as a common law employee of the Employer, even if such individual is included on the Employer’s payroll for Federal income tax withholding purposes or whether such person is later classified as an employee by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, a court, an administrative agency or an Employer.

 

(v) “Employer”. means the Company and any other Affiliate, with respect to its Employees, provided such Affiliate is designated by the Board or the Committee as an Employer under the Plan and whose designation as such has become effective and has continued in effect. The designation shall become effective only when it shall have been accepted by the governing body of the Employer. An Employer may revoke its acceptance of such designation at any time, but until such acceptance has been revoked, all of the provisions of the Plan and amendments thereto shall apply to the Employees of the Employer. In the event the designation of the Employer as such is revoked by the governing body of the Employer, such revocation will not be deemed a termination of the Plan.

 

(w) “Employer Discretionary Contributions”. means amounts credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof.

 

(x) “ERISA”. means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(y) “401(k) Plan”. means the ENSCO Savings Plan, as such plan may be amended from time to time.

 

(z) “Insolvent”. means with respect to each Employer, such Employer being unable to pay its debts as they become due or being subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

(aa) “Key Employee”. means an Employee who, at any time during the Plan Year, is:

 

(i) an officer of any Employer having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under section 416(i)(1) of the Code);

 

(ii) a more than five-percent owner of any Employer; or

 

(iii) a more than one percent owner of any Employer having annual compensation from all Employers of more than $150,000.

 

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For purposes of this subsection (aa), “annual compensation” shall mean annual compensation as defined in section 415(c)(3) of the Code, which includes amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which are excludable from the Participant’s gross income under sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B) or 403(b) of the Code. For purposes of subsection (aa)(i), no more than 50 Employees (or, if lesser, the greater of three or ten percent of the Employees) shall be treated as officers. The constructive ownership rules of Section 318 of the Code (or the principles of that section, in the case of an unincorporated Employer) will apply to determine ownership in each Employer.

 

(bb) “Matching Contributions”. means the contribution made by the Company on behalf of a Participant who makes Automatic Deferrals and/or Basic Deferrals to the Plan as described in Section 4.2.

 

(cc) “Non-Key Employee”. means any Employee who is not a Key Employee.

 

(dd) “Normal Retirement Age”. means the date a Participant attains age 65.

 

(ee) “Participant”. means an Eligible Employee who has elected to participate in the Plan by executing a Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof.

 

(ff) “Plan”. means the ENSCO 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as described in this document, and as it may hereafter be amended.

 

(gg) “Plan Year”. means the fiscal year of this Plan, which shall commence on January 1 each year and end on December 31 of such year.

 

(hh) “Period of Service”. means for each Employee eligible to participate in the Plan on and after January 1, 2005, the period commencing January 1, 2005 and ending December 31, 2005 and thereafter, the twelve-month period ending each December 31. For an Employee who first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan after January 1, 2005, his first Period of Service shall commence on his eligibility date and shall end on the following December 31st.

 

(ii) “Year of Service”. means each calendar year during which an Employee performs at least 1,000 hours of service for an Affiliate (and any other entity, if the Employee’s service with such entity would be recognized for purposes of the 401(k) Plan), including all Years of Service prior to the Effective Date of the Plan.

 

2.2 Construction. If any provision of this Plan is determined to be for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Plan shall continue in full force and effect. All of the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and shall be administered according to the laws of such state, except as otherwise required by ERISA, the Code or other applicable federal law.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

PARTICIPATION AND VESTING

 

3.1 Eligibility and Participation. The Committee shall meet at least once prior to each Period of Service during the term of this Agreement and irrevocably specify the name of each Employee who shall be entitled to participate in the Plan for the immediately following Period of Service. In addition, the Administrator may determine during a Period of Service to designate an individual who has become an Employee during that Period of Service as eligible to participate in the Plan for the remaining portion of that Period of Service. An Employee shall be eligible to receive a Benefit hereunder if such Employee has been designated as an Eligible Employee pursuant to this Section 3.1 and has entered into a Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement with the Employer in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof. If the Committee fails to designate an Employee as eligible to participate in the Plan for a particular Period of Service and such Employee was eligible to participate in the Plan for the immediately preceding Period of Service, the Administrator shall notify the Employee in writing of his or her ineligibility to participate in the Plan as soon as administratively possible after making its decision regarding his or her eligibility.

 

3.2 Cessation of Participation. A Participant will cease to be a Participant as of the earlier of (i) the date on which the Plan terminates, or (ii) the date on which he or she ceases to be an Eligible Employee under Section 3.1 and has received a distribution of his or her Account.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTING

 

4.1 Deferred Compensation. An Eligible Employee may become a Participant by electing to defer Compensation pursuant to a Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement. Such Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement shall be entered into prior to the first day of the Period of Service for which the Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement is effective or, in the case of an Employee who is hired during such Plan Year and designated as eligible to participate in the Plan for such Plan Year, such Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement shall be entered into within 30 days after such date of hire and shall only be effective with respect to Compensation earned after the date such Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement is received by the Administrator. A Participant’s Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement shall only be effective with respect to a single Plan Year and shall be irrevocable for the duration of such Plan Year. Deferral elections for each subsequent Plan Year of participation shall be made pursuant to new Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreements.

 

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(a) Automatic Deferral. Effective January 1, 2005, each Eligible Employee may elect to automatically have a percentage of his or her Compensation deferred under the Plan as an Automatic Deferral when he or she reaches any of the following statutory limitations under the 401(k) Plan: (i) the $210,000 limitation on annual compensation (as provided and defined in Section 1.5 of the 401(k) Plan) under section 401(a)(17) of the Code, as it may be adjusted pursuant to section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code; (ii) the $14,000 limitation imposed on elective deferrals under section 402(g) of the Code, or such other amount prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury at the same time and in the same manner as provided under section 415(d) of the Code for adjusting the dollar limitation in effect under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code; (iii) the percentage limitations on elective deferrals under section 401(k) of the Code; or (iv) the limitations on contributions and benefits under section 415 of the Code. An Eligible Employee may elect to make Automatic Deferrals in addition to or in lieu of Basic Deferrals under Section 4.1(b).

 

(b) Basic Deferrals. Prior to each Period of Service, the Committee shall determine the maximum percentage of Compensation that each Eligible Employee may elect to defer under the Plan as a Basic Deferral for the immediately following Period of Service. The maximum percentage determined for a Plan Year shall remain in effect and apply to each succeeding Plan Year unless determined otherwise by the Committee.

 

(c) Discretionary Deferrals. Prior to each Period of Service, the Committee shall determine the maximum percentage of Compensation that each Eligible Employee may elect to defer under the Plan as a Discretionary Deferral for the immediately following Period of Service. In addition, the Committee may determine that an Eligible Employee may elect to defer prior to each Period of Service all or a portion his or her award, if any, for that Period of Service under the ENSCO International Incorporated 2005 Cash Incentive Plan.

 

(d) Limit on Deferrals. The maximum amount of Automatic Deferrals and Basic Deferrals made by a Participant, when aggregated with any other deferrals made by the Participant under the 401(k) Plan, for any calendar year, shall not exceed 50 percent of his or her Compensation for the calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 4.1(d), for the first Period of Service in which an Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the Eligible Employee may elect to defer up to such maximum percentage of Compensation permitted by the Administrator for that Period of Service with respect to Compensation for services performed subsequent to the election.

 

(e) Failure to Elect. If an Eligible Employee does not execute a Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement and elect to defer an amount of his or her Compensation for a particular Period of Service in accordance with this Section 4.1, he or she may not participate in the Plan for that Period of Service. Thereafter, he or she may elect to participate in the Plan with respect to future Periods of Service, if he or she is then an Eligible Employee, by executing a Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement and irrevocably electing to defer a percentage of his or her Compensation prior to any such future Period of Service.

 

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4.2 Matching Contributions. For each calendar year, the Employer will credit each Participant’s Account with amounts that represent Matching Contributions equal to such percentage, as determined from time to time by the Committee under the 401(k) Plan, of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Election for that calendar year up to six percent of the Participant’s Compensation, reduced by the amount of employer matching contributions, if any, made on behalf of the Participant to the 401(k) Plan for that calendar year. Amounts representing Matching Contributions shall be determined and credited to each Participant’s Account after first crediting employer matching contributions to the Participant’s account under the 401(k) Plan. The value of Matching Contributions credited to a Participant’s Account will be used, along with the value of the Participant’s Employer Discretionary Contributions, if any, and Deferred Compensation credited to his or her Account, to determine his or her Benefits as specified herein.

 

4.3 Employer Discretionary Contribution. An Employer may contribute hereunder as an Employer Discretionary Contribution for a Plan Year such amount, if any, as shall be determined by the Committee from time to time, including such amounts as the Committee determines to be necessary because one or more Participants are unable to receive the entire amount of the allocation of the profit sharing contribution to which each such Participant would have been entitled under the 401(k) Plan for a Plan Year, but were prevented from receiving under the 401(k) Plan because of one or more of the limitations described in Section 4.1(a). The Employer Discretionary Contribution, if any, may be made with respect to active Participants and inactive Participants, as determined by the Committee. Amounts representing Employer Discretionary Contributions, if any, for a Plan Year shall be determined and credited to each Participant’s Account at such times and in such amounts as determined by the Administrator for the Plan Year. Such contributions shall be vested at such time as determined by the Administrator in accordance with the resolutions of the Committee authorizing the contribution. The value of Employer Discretionary Contributions credited to a Participant’s Account will be used, along with the value of the Participant’s Matching Contributions, if any, and Deferred Compensation credited to his or her Account, to determine his or her Benefits as specified herein.

 

4.4 Vesting. Participants shall be 100 percent vested in the Automatic Deferrals, Basic Deferrals and Discretionary Deferrals credited to his or her Account, including the earnings thereon if such amounts are invested pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof. A Participant will become vested in the Employer Discretionary Contributions, if any, credited to his or her Account, including the earnings thereon if such amounts are invested pursuant to Section 7.2, in accordance with the resolutions of the Committee authorizing the contribution. A Participant will become vested in the Matching Contributions credited to his or her Account, including the earnings thereon if such amounts are invested pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, as follows:

 

Year of Service


   Vested Percentage

 

less than 2

   0  

2 but less than 3

   20 %

3 but less than 4

   40 %

4 but less than 5

   60 %

5 but less than 6

   80 %

6 or more

   100 %

 

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In addition, a Participant will become 100 percent vested in the Employer Discretionary Contributions, if any, and Matching Contributions credited to his or her Account, including the earnings thereon if such amounts are invested pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, regardless of his or her Years of Service upon the occurrence, while employed by an Employer, of his or her death or Disability, attainment of his Normal Retirement Age or termination of the Plan.

 

4.5 Accounting for Deferred Compensation. The Administrator shall establish and maintain an individual Account under the name of each Participant under the Plan. Each Account shall be adjusted at least quarterly to reflect the Basic Deferrals, Automatic Deferrals, Discretionary Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Employer Discretionary Contributions credited thereto, if any; earnings credited on such Basic Deferrals, Automatic Deferrals, Discretionary Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Employer Discretionary Contributions pursuant to Section 7.2; and any payment of amounts attributable to such Basic Deferrals, Automatic Deferrals, Discretionary Deferrals, Matching Contributions and Employer Discretionary Contributions under this Plan. The amounts of Basic Deferrals, Automatic Deferrals, Discretionary Deferrals, Matching Contributions, and Employer Discretionary Contributions shall be credited to the Participant’s Account at such time as such Compensation would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant not elected to defer such Compensation pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Plan. Each such Account shall be credited with earnings and/or losses computed pursuant to Section 7.2 in the manner specified by Section 7.2. In the sole discretion of the Administrator, more than one Account may be established for each Participant to facilitate record keeping convenience and accuracy. Each such Account shall be credited and adjusted as provided in this Plan. Amounts credited to each such Account shall be held with the general assets of the Employer that employs that Participant.

 

Establishment and maintenance of a separate Account or Accounts for each Participant shall not be construed as giving any person any interest in assets of the Company or an Employer, or a right to payment other than as provided hereunder. Each Account shall be maintained until all amounts credited to such Account have been distributed in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Plan.

 

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4.6 Plan Benefits. Subject to the vesting provisions of Section 4.4 hereof and the provisions of Article V, the Benefits to which a Participant and, if applicable, his or her Beneficiary shall be entitled under the Plan will consist of Deferred Compensation, Employer Discretionary Contributions and Matching Contributions credited to such Participant’s Account, plus earnings thereon and less losses allocable thereto, if any, attributable to the investment of such amounts pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS

 

5.1 Payment of Benefits. Except as provided in Section 10.2 in the event of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in Section 10.2), the amount credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Article IV hereof, to the extent vested pursuant to Section 4.4, shall be payable to the Participant or, if applicable, to his or her Beneficiary in accordance with the provisions of this Article V. If the Employer has obtained life insurance policies as a reserve for the discharge of its obligations under the Plan, the Employer acting through its governing body may, in its discretion, distribute any such policy to a Participant when the Participant’s Benefits become payable to satisfy all or a portion of the Employer’s obligation to the Participant hereunder. Unless paid earlier pursuant to Section 5.2 or Section 10.2, payment of a Participant’s Benefit under the Plan shall commence in the form elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof within 30 days following the Distribution Entitlement Date specified in subsection (a) or (b), hereof, whichever is applicable. A Participant may elect pursuant to Section 5.3 to defer the Benefit payment date or Benefit commencement date of his or her Benefits.

 

(a) Distribution Entitlement Date for Non-Key Employees. The Distribution Entitlement Date for any Participant who is a Non-Key Employee is the date of the Participant’s death, Disability or other separation from service with his or her Employer and all Affiliates.

 

(b) Distribution Entitlement Date for Key Employees. The Distribution Entitlement Date for any Participant who is a Key Employee is the date which is six months after the date of the Participant’s separation from service with his or her Employer and all Affiliates, or, if earlier, the date of death or Disability of the Participant.

 

5.2 Timing of Certain Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Committee shall have the right to direct payment of Benefits to Participants prior to the time such Benefits otherwise would be payable hereunder if the Committee in good faith determines that any of the following conditions or events has occurred:

 

(a) An Unforeseeable Emergency of the Participant. An unforeseeable emergency is a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from

 

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an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or a dependent (as defined in section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, 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. An unforeseeable emergency will not exist, however, if the emergency may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause a severe financial hardship. In addition, an unforeseeable emergency will not exist, as a result of the Participant’s need to send a child to college or desire to purchase a home. The amount distributed to a Participant on account of an unforeseeable emergency may not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy such emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which the hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise, or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause a severe financial hardship.

 

(b) Domestic Relations Orders. The Administrator may determine to permit acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to an individual other than a Participant as may be necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code).

 

(c) Conflicts of Interest. The Administrator may determine to permit acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan as may be necessary to comply with a certificate of divestiture (as defined in section 1043(b)(2) of the Code).

 

(d) Change in Circumstances. A change in circumstances relating to the operation of the Plan or the taxation of Participants, arising from a change in the federal or applicable state tax or revenue laws, a published ruling or similar announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, a regulation issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, a change in securities laws or regulations, the issuance of an advisory opinion, regulation or other published position by the Department of Labor, or a change in accounting requirements which causes (i) Participants to be taxable on their Benefits prior to the time Benefits otherwise would be payable hereunder, (ii) the Plan to be considered as funded for purposes of Title I of ERISA, or (iii) a material change regarding the tax or financial accounting consequences of maintaining the Plan to the Company or any Employer; provided, in any event, any determination by the Committee under this Section 5.2(d) cannot be considered to be the exercise of impermissible discretion under section 409A of the Code.

 

5.3 Form of Payment and Deferral of Timing of Payment. Each Participant may elect on his or her initial Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement filed with the Administrator under the Plan whether his or her Benefits will be paid in the form of a single sum payment or substantially equal monthly installments over a period of 60 months. In addition, the Participant may elect on his or her initial Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement filed with the Administrator under the Plan to defer the Benefit payment date or Benefit commencement date specified in Section 5.1

 

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to a date that is not beyond the second anniversary of the normal Benefit payment date or Benefit commencement date specified in Section 5.1. Subject to the requirements of the next sentence, the Participant may change the form in which his or her Benefits will be paid as specified in his or her initial Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement from a single sum payment to substantially equal monthly installments over a period of 60 months. If an election is made pursuant to the preceding sentence, (i) it cannot take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the new election is made, and (ii) for an election related to a payment that is not made by reason of the Participant’s Disability, the occurrence of an unforeseeable emergency under Section 5.2(a), or the Participant’s death, the first payment with respect to which this election is made shall be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date on which the single sum payment would otherwise have been made. If a Participant has not elected a form of payment for his or her Benefits pursuant to this Section 5.3, the Participant’s Benefits will be paid in a single sum payment. If such Participant is receiving installment payments hereunder and dies prior to the payment of all monthly installments, the remaining portion of the Participant’s Benefits will continue to be paid in monthly installments to his or her Beneficiary for the remaining installment period in the same amount and manner as they would have been paid to the Participant. If the Participant elects to defer the Benefit payment date or Benefit commencement date and dies before that deferred Benefit payment date or deferred Benefit commencement date specified in his or her Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement, the Participant’s Benefits will be paid or commence to be paid to his or her Beneficiary in the form and upon the date elected by the Participant.

 

5.4 Designation of Beneficiary. Each Participant must designate a Beneficiary to receive his or her Benefits in the event of his or her death, by completing his or her Deferred Compensation/Participation Agreement and filing it with the Administrator. The Administrator will recognize the most recent written Beneficiary designation on file prior to a Participant’s death. If a designated Beneficiary is not living at the time of the Participant’s death, then the Administrator will pay Participant’s Benefits to the Participant’s personal representative, executor, or administrator, as specified by the appropriate legal jurisdiction. Any such payment to the Participant’s Beneficiary or, if applicable, to his or her personal representative, executor or administrator shall operate as a complete discharge of all obligations of the Administrator and the Employer to the extent of the payment so made.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

PAYMENT LIMITATIONS

 

6.1 Payment Due an Incompetent. If the Administrator shall find that any person to whom any payment is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his or her affairs because of mental or physical illness, accident or death, or is a minor, any payment due (unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian, committee or other legal representative) may be paid to the spouse, a child, a parent, a brother or sister or any person deemed by the Administrator, in its sole

 

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discretion, to have incurred expenses for such person otherwise entitled to payment, in such manner and proportions as the Administrator may determine. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liabilities of the Employer under this Plan, and the Employer shall have no further obligation to see to the application of any money so paid.

 

6.2 Spendthrift Clause. No right, title or interest of any kind in the Plan shall be transferable or assignable by any Participant or Beneficiary or be subject to alienation, anticipation, encumbrance, garnishment, attachment, execution or levy of any kind, whether voluntary or involuntary, nor subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of the Participant or Beneficiary. Any attempt to alienate, anticipate, encumber, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, garnish, attach or otherwise subject to legal or equitable process or encumber or dispose of any interest in the Plan shall be void.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

FUNDING

 

7.1 Funding. All Benefits under this Plan shall be paid or provided directly by the Employer. Such Benefits shall be general obligations of the Employer which shall not require the segregation of any funds or property therefor.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the discretion of the Employer, the Employer’s obligations hereunder may be satisfied from a grantor trust established by the Employer, the terms of which will be substantially similar to the terms of the model trust issued by the Internal Revenue Service in Revenue Procedure 92-64 and shall comply with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, from an escrow account established at a bank or trust company, or from an insurance contract or contracts owned by the Employer. The assets of any such trust, escrow account and any such insurance policy shall continue for all purposes to be a part of the general funds of the Employer, shall be considered solely a means to assist the Employer to meet its contractual obligations under this Plan and shall not create a funded account or security interest for the benefit of any Participant under this Plan. All such assets shall be subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Employer in the event the Employer is Insolvent.

 

If a single trust or other funding vehicle is established as a reserve for the obligations hereunder of more than one Employer, including by the Company with respect to its obligations to its non-employee directors under the ENSCO 2005 Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan, the assets of any such trust or funding vehicle shall, to the extent attributable to contributions made by a particular Employer, be subject to the claims of the general creditors of that Employer in the event such Employer is Insolvent, and each Employer will be treated as a separate grantor to the extent of its participation in any trust so established. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive a payment from an Employer under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of that Employer.

 

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7.2 Investments. If a trust is established as provided for in Section 7.1, earnings and/or losses of the trust attributable to amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall increase or, if applicable, decrease such Participant’s Account for purposes of determining the Participant’s Benefits payable hereunder. The Committee may determine from time to time to direct the investment manager appointed pursuant to any such trust to invest the assets credited to a Participant’s Account in accordance with the wishes and written directions of that Participant from among the registered mutual funds and the Company stock fund offered to the participants in the 401(k) Plan from time to time under the terms of the 401(k) Plan. If the Committee determines for any reason that a particular fund cannot be made available, a comparable fund will be substituted in its place.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

8.1 Authority of the Administrator. The Administrator shall have full power and authority to interpret, construe and administer the Plan. The Administrator’s interpretation and construction hereof, and actions hereunder, including any determination of the amount or recipient of any payment to be made under the Plan, shall be binding and conclusive on all persons and for all purposes. In addition, the Administrator may employ attorneys, accountants, and other professional advisors to assist the Administrator in its administration of the Plan. The Company shall pay the reasonable fees of any such advisor employed by the Administrator. To the extent permitted by law, the Administrator, any member of the Board, any member of the Committee, and any employee of an Employer 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 or her own willful misconduct or lack of good faith.

 

8.2 Claims Procedure. The Administrator shall process all benefit claims of Participants and Beneficiaries pursuant to the claims procedure specified in the summary plan description for the Plan and shall act in a manner which is consistent with regulations published from time to time by the Department of Labor.

 

8.3 Cost of Administration. The cost of this Plan and the expenses of administering the Plan shall be paid by the Employer.

 

8.4 Limitations on Plan Administration. No person to whom discretionary authority is granted hereunder shall vote or act upon any matter involving his or her own rights, benefits or participation in the Plan.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

OTHER BENEFIT PLANS OF THE COMPANY

 

9.1 Other Plans. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent a Participant prior to his or her death, or his or her spouse or other Beneficiary after his or her death, from receiving, in addition to any payments provided for under this Plan, any payments provided for under any other plan or benefit program of the Company or an Affiliate, or which would otherwise be payable or distributable to him or her, his or her surviving spouse or Beneficiary under any plan or policy of the Company or otherwise. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed as preventing the Company or any of its Affiliates from establishing any other or different plans providing for current or deferred compensation for employees. Unless specifically provided otherwise in any plan of the Company intended to “qualify” under section 401 of the Code, Compensation deferrals made under this Plan shall constitute earnings or compensation for purposes of determining contributions or benefits under such qualified plan.

 

ARTICLE X

 

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

 

10.1 Amendment. The Committee shall have the right to amend this Plan at any time and from time to time, including a retroactive amendment. Any such amendment shall become effective upon the date stated therein, and shall be binding on all Employers then participating in the Plan, except as otherwise provided in such amendment; provided, however, that no such action shall affect any Benefit adversely to which a Participant would be entitled had he or she incurred a separation from service with his or her Employer and all Affiliates immediately before such amendment was effective.

 

10.2 Termination. The Company has established this Plan with the bona fide intention and expectation that from year to year it will deem it advisable to continue it in effect. However, the Committee, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate the Plan in its entirety at any time; provided, however, that no such action shall affect any Benefit adversely to which a Participant would be entitled had he or she incurred a separation from service with his or her Employer and all Affiliates immediately before such termination was effective.

 

Upon a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee shall have the right to determine within the immediately succeeding 12-month period whether the Plan shall terminate upon which all Benefits shall become distributable in accordance with the elections of each Participant under Article V as if each such Participant had incurred a separation from service with his or her Employer and all Affiliates as of the effective date of such termination of the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, a Change in Control of the Company shall be deemed to occur if there is a change (i) in the ownership of the Company, which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person

 

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acting as a group, acquires ownership of the stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50 percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company; (ii) in the effective control of the Company, which occurs on the date that either (A) any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) ownership of stock of the Company possessing 35 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, or (B) a majority of the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election; or (iii) in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets, which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the total gross fair market value of all of the 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. The determination of whether a Change in Control has occurred shall be determined by the Committee consistent with section 409A of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations and guidance.

 

10.3 Continuation. The Company intends to continue this Plan indefinitely, but nevertheless assumes no contractual obligation beyond the promise to pay the benefits described in this Plan.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Rights Against Employer. The Plan shall not be deemed to be a consideration for, or an inducement for, the employment of any Employee by the Employer. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be deemed to give any Employee the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the right of the Employer to discharge any Employee at any time, without regard to the effect such discharge may have on any rights under the Plan.

 

11.2 Action Taken in Good Faith. To the extent permitted by ERISA, the Administrator and each employee, officer and director of an Affiliate who have duties and responsibilities with respect to the establishment or administration of the Plan shall be fully protected with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith.

 

11.3 Limitation of Liability/Rights of Indemnification. No member of the Committee or any person acting as a delegate of the Committee with respect to this Plan shall be liable for any action that is taken or is omitted to be taken or for any losses

 

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resulting from any action, interpretation, construction or omission made in good faith with respect to this Plan. In addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as directors, members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Company against any reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and necessarily incurred, which they or any of them may incur by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with this Plan, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement of any claim related thereto (provided such settlement is approved by independent legal counsel selected by the Company), or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding that such director or Committee member is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; provided that within sixty (60) days after institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a director or Committee member shall in writing offer the Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle the defense of the same.

 

11.4 Severability. In the event that any provision of this Plan shall be declared illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Plan but shall be fully severable and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this ENSCO 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan as of this 31st day of December, 2004 to be effective as of January 1, 2005.

 

ENSCO INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED

By:

 

/s/ Chuck Mills


Its:

 

Vice President – Human Resources & Security

 

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