-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, W2PKFfsMquXjXezxHHon/fVWMir7lxTB3Y4NrkSSrPFDPibwJykNAMlvb1DCVwi6 GnzkZgzc+iK+4HXpPIqkzA== 0000950116-04-003230.txt : 20041103 0000950116-04-003230.hdr.sgml : 20041103 20041103163210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950116-04-003230 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041028 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20041103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOLL BROTHERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794170 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 232416878 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09186 FILM NUMBER: 041116716 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3103 PHILMONT AVE CITY: HUNTINGDON VALLEY STATE: PA ZIP: 19006 BUSINESS PHONE: 2159388000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3103 PHILMONT AVENUE CITY: HUNTINGDON VALLEY STATE: PA ZIP: 19006 8-K 1 eightk.htm FORM 8-K Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 28, 2004

Toll Brothers, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware 001-09186 23-2416878

(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

3103 Philmont Avenue, Huntingdon Valley, PA   19006

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (215) 938-8000
 


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

        Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01.           Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Amendment to the Toll Brothers, Inc. Cash Bonus Plan

The Toll Brothers, Inc. Cash Bonus Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), provides that Mr. Robert I. Toll will receive a cash bonus award (before the stock conversion feature described below) for the Company’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 (“fiscal 2004”) and subsequent years equal to the sum of (i) 1.5% of the Company’s income before income taxes (as defined in the Plan) in excess of 10% and up to 20% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, (ii) 3.0% of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 20% and up to 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, and (iii) 6.0% of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year.

Under the stock conversion feature of the Plan, Mr. Toll’s cash bonus awards for the Company’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2002 and 2003 were paid, and his fiscal 2004 cash bonus would be payable, in shares of the Company’s common stock calculated by dividing the dollar amount of the bonus awards (calculated as described above by $19.3125 (the “Award Conversion Price”), as approved by stockholders at the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders).

On October 28, 2004, the Board of Directors and Mr. Toll mutually agreed to reduce the bonus formula otherwise applicable under the Plan with regard to Mr. Toll’s 2004 bonus to an amount equal to the sum of (i) 1.5% of the Company’s income before income taxes (as defined in the Plan) in excess of 10% and up to 20% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, (ii) 2.25% (reduced from 3.0%) of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 20% and up to 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, and (iii) 3.5% (reduced from 6%) of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year. In addition, the Board of Directors and Mr. Toll agreed to cap the number of shares that will be paid to Mr. Toll as his bonus for fiscal year 2004 by limiting the appreciation in the share value that would be taken into account to an amount no more than 221% of the original Award Conversion Price (i.e., limiting the increase in value as though the stock had appreciated only to $42.68 per share), rather than to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on October 29, 2004, which was $46.35.

The Board of Directors on October 28, 2004 also amended the Plan (the “Plan Amendment”), subject to stockholder approval at the Company’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to reduce the formula for Mr. Toll’s cash bonus award (before adjustment for any change in the Company’s stock price as described below) for the Company’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2005 and for subsequent fiscal years to an amount equal to the sum of (i) 1.5% of the Company’s income before income taxes (as defined in the Plan) in excess of 10% and up to 20% of shareholders’ equity (as defined in the Plan) of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, (ii) 2.25% (reduced from 3.0%) of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 20% and up to 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, and (iii) 3.5% (reduced from 6%) of the Company’s income before income taxes in excess of 30% of shareholders’ equity of the Company as of the end of the preceding fiscal year. The Plan Amendment also provides that for each of the fiscal years ending October 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 the cash bonus be adjusted as follows: (a) the cash bonus will be converted into shares by dividing the cash bonus by the closing price on the NYSE of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day of the Company’s 2004 fiscal year, October 29, 2004 (the “New Award Conversion Price”), and (b) the number of shares calculated in (a) will then be multiplied by the closing price of the Company’s common stocks on the NYSE on the last trading day of the fiscal year for which the bonus is being calculated (the “Stock-Adjusted Bonus Value”). The Stock-Adjusted Bonus Value, subject to the caps or limitations outlined below, will be paid 60% in cash, with the remaining 40% being paid in shares of the Company’s common stock calculated by dividing 40% of the Stock-Adjusted Bonus Value by the closing price of the Company’s common stocks on the NYSE on the last trading day of the fiscal year for which the bonus is applicable. The Plan Amendment provides that the price of the Company’s common stock used in determining the Stock-Adjusted Bonus Value may not exceed 160% of the New Award Conversion Price and the Stock-Adjusted Bonus Value is further capped so that it may not exceed 2.9% of the Company’s income before income taxes (as defined in the Plan).

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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

In 1999 the Company purchased split dollar life insurance policies for a number of executives and Bruce E. Toll, as Vice-Chairman of the Company, in order to provide retirement benefits. As a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Company suspended payments with respect to all such policies. The Company has determined that the policies for the executive officers, Wayne S. Patterson and Bruce E. Toll (the “participants”) should not be reinstated. Partly in response thereto, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors commenced a review of the Company’s retirement planning for executives, and, ultimately, on October 28, 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors established the Toll Brothers, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “SERP”) effective September 1, 2004 to provide certain executives and advisers of the Company with retirement benefits. The Board of Directors designated Robert I. Toll, Zvi Barzilay, Joel H. Rassman, Wayne S. Patterson and Bruce E. Toll as participants under the SERP.

Under the terms of the SERP, each participant is entitled to an annual benefit for a period of 20 years upon (i) the completion of 20 years of service with the Company and (ii) reaching “normal retirement age,” which age is 62. Benefits are payable to a participant’s designated beneficiary upon the death of a participant who has reached 20 years of service with the Company. As of September 1, 2004, all of the participants had 20 or more years of service with the Company. The SERP provides for annual benefits of $500,000 for Robert I. Toll, $260,000 for Zvi Barzilay, $250,000 for Joel H. Rassman and $125,000 for Wayne S. Patterson. Upon execution of a proposed advisory and non-competition agreement by Bruce E. Toll and the Company, Bruce E. Toll will become a participant in the SERP with an annual benefit of $230,000. Under the terms of his proposed advisory and non-competition agreement, Bruce E. Toll will be eligible to receive retirement benefits at the later of age 62, or the cessation of payments to him under the terms of his proposed agreement, and any extensions thereof.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the SERP, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)      Exhibits.

          The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

          Exhibit
          No.                      Description

          10.1       Toll Brothers, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

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SIGNATURES

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

  TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
     
Dated: November 3, 2004 By: Joseph R. Sicree                             
  Joseph R. Sicree
Vice President, Chief
   Accounting Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

          The following exhibit is filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

          Exhibit
          No.                      Description

          10.1       Toll Brothers, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

 

          * Filed electronically herewith.

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The Company hereby establishes a defined benefit pension plan known as the Toll Brothers, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "Plan") effective as of September 1, 2004 (the "Effective Date"). 1.2 PURPOSE. The principal purposes of the Plan are to provide certain executives and consultants or advisors, as defined in Article III, with competitive retirement benefits, protect against reductions in retirement benefits due to tax law limitations on qualified plans, and encourage the continued employment or service of such individuals with the Company. ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS 2.1 BOARD. "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company. 2.2 CAUSE. "Cause" means conduct by the Participant reasonably likely to cause material harm to the Company that consists of proven gross negligence, wanton or willful disregard of duties, acts of fraud, embezzlement, theft or the commission of a felony in the course of his employment or service, as determined by the Board after full consideration of the facts presented on behalf of both the Company and the Participant. 2.3 COMPANY. "Company" means the Toll Brothers, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 2.4 EMPLOYMENT. "Employment" means the period or periods during which a Participant is an employee of the Company, or, in the case of a consultant or advisor to the Company, is providing services to the Company. 2.5 ERISA. "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor act thereto. 2.6 NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE. "Normal Retirement Age" shall mean age 62. 2.7 PARTICIPANT. "Participant" means an eligible executive, consultant or advisor of the Company selected to receive benefits under the Plan as provided in Article III of this Plan. 2.8 SCHEDULE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS. "Schedule of Retirement Benefits" means the schedule of Participants and retirement benefits attached hereto, as that may be amended from time to time. 2.9 TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY. "Termination by the Company" means either a termination by the Company of a Participant's employment, or a termination by the Participant of his employment with the Company by reason of: (a) a material diminution in his title, position, reporting relationship, status, duties or responsibilities; (b) the assignment of duties and responsibilities that are inconsistent, in a material respect, with the scope of duties and responsibilities associated with his position; (c) a material reduction to his base salary; or (d) a material reduction to incentive, retirement and welfare plans available to the Participant; provided, however, that a Participant's termination of employment shall only be treated as a Termination by the Company if the Participant has provide notice to the Company of the basis for his determination that he intends to terminate his employment and the Company has not corrected the situation within thirty (30) days. 2.10 TOP HAT PLAN. "Top Hat Plan" means a nonqualified, unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits to a Participant who falls within a select group of "management or highly compensated employees" within the meaning of Section 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA. ARTICLE III - RETIREMENT 3.1 ELIGIBILITY. Only those key executives, consultants or advisors who are designated as eligible to participate in the Plan on the Schedule of Retirement Benefits shall be eligible for benefits hereunder. 3.2 PARTICIPATION. The Board, or such person or entity designated by the Board, acting in its discretion, may designate any eligible employee, consultant or advisor as a Participant under this Plan, and may designate any conditions applicable to any such Participant. Such designation shall be in writing and shall be effective as of the date contained therein. Participation in the Plan is terminable by the Board, in its discretion, upon written notice to the Participant, and termination shall be effective as of the date contained therein, but in no event earlier than the date of such notice, provided that no such termination shall in any material manner reduce or adversely affect any Participant's rights to vested benefits hereunder without the consent of the Participant. 3.3 NONCOMPETITION. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, neither a Participant nor a Participant's spouse nor any other beneficiary of a Participant shall receive any further benefits hereunder if the Participant, without prior written consent of the Board, prior to attaining age 65, engages in (as a principal, partner, director, officer, agent, employee, consultant, owner, independent contractor of otherwise), or acquires a material financial interest in, any business that is a direct competitor of the Company under circumstances where the Participant's actions or interests with respect to such competitor are reasonably likely to cause material harm to the Company; provided, however, that this Section 3.3 shall cease to be applicable with respect to any Participant, upon the Termination by the Company of the Participant's employment without Cause. -2- ARTICLE IV - AMOUNT, FORM, AND PAYMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT 4.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT. Subject to the terms of this Plan, a Participant who retires from Employment shall be entitled to receive an annual retirement benefit as set forth in the Schedule of Retirement Benefits starting as of the date of the Participant's retirement on or after attaining Normal Retirement Age. 4.2 FORM OF BENEFIT. The benefit payable to a Participant shall be paid at the time and in the manner set forth in the Schedule of Retirement Benefits. 4.3 DEATH BENEFIT. If a Participant dies before such Participant retires, but at a time when the Participant's benefit has become vested, the benefit that would have been payable to the Participant shall be paid to the Participant's designated beneficiary, if any, and otherwise to the Participant's estate, at the time and in the manner provided for in the Schedule of Retirement Benefits as though the Participant had survived. If a Participant dies after payment of benefits under the Plan has commenced, the remaining installments, if any, shall be paid to the Participant's designated beneficiary, if any, and otherwise to the Participant's estate. 4.4 VESTING. Except as otherwise provided in the Schedule of Retirement Benefits, a Participant's benefit under the Plan shall be forfeited if the Participant's employment terminates for any reason prior to his or her completion of twenty (20) years of service with the Company. For these purposes, periods of service prior to the adoption of the Plan shall be taken into account. ARTICLE V - ADMINISTRATION 5.1 AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD. This Plan shall be administered by the Board or any committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board or applicable committee shall have the authority to make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and to decide or resolve any and all questions, including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall act as the plan administrator for purposes of any filings with any governmental entity or in the event claims for benefits are made by any Participant. 5.2 AGENTS. In the administration of this Plan, the Board may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to such agents such administrative duties as it deems advisable and allowable under the terms of the Plan. 5.3 DECISIONS BINDING. The decision or action of the Board with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation, and application of this Plan and any rules or guidelines made in connection with this Plan shall be final and conclusive, and shall be binding upon all persons and entities having any interest in this Plan. -3- 5.4 INDEMNITY OF BOARD. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Board and its individual members along with any other committee that may be established to administer the Plan pursuant to Paragraph 5.1 and any members thereof, against any and all claims, loss, damage, expense, or liability arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan. 5.5 COST OF ADMINISTRATION. The Company shall bear all expenses of administration of this Plan. 5.6 CLAIMS. (a) A Participant or a Participant's beneficiary for benefits under the Plan may file a written claim for benefits under the Plan with the Plan Administrator, if he believes that he is entitled to receive benefits under the Plan but is not receiving benefits under the Plan or if he is receiving benefits under the Plan, but disputes the amount and/or form of benefits received. Such written claim for benefits shall set forth the nature of the claim and/or dispute, and set forth all facts and circumstances which are relevant to the claim. (b) If, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Company denies the claim of the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary for benefits under the Plan, the Company shall provide written notice, within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim, setting forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant: (i) the specific reasons for such denial; (ii) the specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the denial is based; (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is needed; and (iv) an explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure and the time limitations of this subsection applicable thereto. (c) The Participant or the Participant's beneficiary whose claim for benefit has been denied may request review by the Company of the denied claim by notifying the Company in writing within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notification of claim denial. As part of said review procedure, the claimant or the claimant's authorized representative may review pertinent documents and submit issues and comments to the Company in writing. The Company shall render its decision to the claimant in writing in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant not later than sixty (60) days after receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an extension of time, in which case decision shall be rendered as soon after the sixty-day period as possible, but not later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after receipt of the request for review. The decision on review shall state the specific reasons therefor and the specific Plan reference on which it is based. -4- ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 6.1 The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan (and the Schedule of Retirement Benefits) at any time, and from time to time, by action of a majority of the members of the Board. Except as described below in this Article VI, no such amendment or termination shall in any material manner reduce or adversely affect any Participant's rights to benefits hereunder without the consent of such Participant. 6.2 The Board may terminate the Plan and commence termination payout for all Participants, or remove certain employees as Participants, if it is determined by the United States Department of Labor or a court of competent jurisdiction that the Plan constitutes an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA which is not exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA; provided, however, that if the Plan is terminated pursuant to this sentence, then all Participants shall be deemed to be fully vested in the benefits described in Article IV as of the date immediately preceding such termination and shall be paid in a single lump-sum the actuarially equivalent present value of such benefit as soon as practicable (but in no case more than 90 days) after such termination. ARTICLE VII - MISCELLANEOUS 7.1 UNFUNDED PLAN. This Plan is intended to be a Top Hat Plan and therefore exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Title I of ERISA. Such status shall not be adversely affected by the establishment of any trust pursuant to Paragraph 7.4 below. 7.2 UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR. Each Participant and his or her beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no secured legal or equitable rights, interests, or claims in any property or assets of the Company, nor shall any such persons have any rights, interests or claims in any life insurance policies, annuity contracts, or the proceeds therefrom owned or which may be acquired by the Company. Except as provided in Paragraph 7.4, such policies, annuity contracts, or other assets of the Company shall not be held under any trust for the benefit of a Participant, his or her beneficiaries, heirs, successors or assigns, or held, in any way, as collateral security for the fulfilling of any obligations of the Company under this Plan. Any and all of the Company's assets and policies shall be, and shall remain for purposes of this Plan, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Company. The Company's obligation under this Plan shall be that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future. 7.3 SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS. As of the Effective Date, the Plan is the intended to be a supplemental source of Company paid retirement benefits for Participants and not the sole source of such benefits. The benefit payable hereunder shall, therefore, not be subject to any reduction because of benefits that may be paid or otherwise provided to a Participant, except to the extent that an offset is explicitly provided for in a contractual arrangement with a particular Participant. -5- 7.4 TRUST FUND. (a) At its discretion, the Company may establish one or more grantor trusts, with such trustees as the Board may approve, for the purpose of providing for the payment of benefits under this Plan. Such trust or trusts may be irrevocable, but the assets thereof shall be subject to the claims of the Company's general creditors. To the extent any benefits provided under this Plan are actually paid from any such trust, the Company shall have no further obligation with respect thereto, but to the extent not so paid, such benefits shall remain the obligation of, and shall be paid by, the Company. (b) At its discretion, the Company may, in addition to or in lieu of establishing one or more grantor trusts as described in clause (a) above, take other actions to fund the benefits provided for under this Plan, but in no event shall the Company establish any funding mechanism which would result in the Plan failing to qualify as a Top Hat Plan exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of Title I of ERISA. 7.4 NONASSIGNABILITY. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage, or otherwise encumber, 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 nonassignable and nontransferable, provided that a Participant may assign the right to receive such amounts to trusts or limited partnerships established for the benefit of the Participant's spouse or children. No part of the amount 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 shall such amounts or rights to such amounts be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant's or any other person's bankruptcy or insolvency. 7.5 NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Company and any Participant, and Participants (and Participants' beneficiaries) shall have no rights against the Company except as may otherwise be specifically provided herein. Moreover, nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Company or to interfere with the right of the Company to discipline or discharge any Participant at any time. 7.6 VALIDITY. If any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal and invalid provision had never been inserted herein. 7.7 SUCCESSORS. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and the Company shall require all its successors and assigns to expressly assume its obligations hereunder. 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 the Company. -6- 7.8 TAX WITHHOLDING. The Company shall have the right to require Participants to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local tax withholding requirements, or to deduct from payments made pursuant to the Plan amounts sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements. 7.9 GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of this agreement shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Pennsylvania except as preempted by Federal law. 7.10 FORFEITURE. All benefits hereunder shall be subject to forfeiture in their entirety in the event that Participant's employment is terminated for Cause. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Plan to be adopted as of the Effective Date. THE TOLL BROTHERS, INC. By:__________________________ -7- SCHEDULE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS The Participants in the Plan and the annual benefit payable to each Participant is as set forth below: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARTICIPANT ANNUAL BENEFIT - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Toll $500,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zvi Barzilay $260,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Rassman $250,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Patterson $125,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce E. Toll $230,000 (proposed) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The annual benefit shall be payable for twenty (20) years, commencing as soon as practicable following the Participant's retirement at any time after the Participant has attained Normal Retirement Age, except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Participant. The annual benefit shall be paid either as a series of annual installments, or as a series of more frequent (e.g., monthly) installments as determined by the Board. A Participant with a vested benefit under the Plan who terminates employment prior to attaining Normal Retirement Age, and who has not forfeited his benefit under applicable provisions of the Plan, shall be entitled to receive his annual benefit, as described above, commencing as of his Normal Retirement Age, except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Participant. -8-
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