EX-10.15 7 ex10_15.htm EXHIBIT 10.15 TO 2Q2005 FORM 10-Q FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS RETIREMENT BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN Exhibit 10.15 to 2Q2005 Form 10-Q First Amendment to the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan


Exhibit 10.15
 
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE
WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS RETIREMENT BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN

WHEREAS, Weingarten Realty Investors (the “Sponsor”) adopted the Weingarten Realty Investors Retirement Benefit Restoration Plan (the “Plan”), adopted September 1, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the Sponsor desires to amend the definition of “Compensation” (referred to hereafter as “Earnings”) applied in the calculation of benefits under the Plan and to adopt certain conforming amendments as hereafter provided;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sponsor amends the Plan as follows:


Effective January 1, 2003, Article I, Section 1.6 “Compensation” is renumbered to Section 1.7 and is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
 
1.7
The Earnings of a Participant shall have the same meaning as Section 1.1(p) of the Pension Plan except that the following modifications to such definition shall apply for purposes of the Plan:

(a)  
Earnings shall be increased by:
 
(i)  
the fair market value (determined by the Board) of restricted stock awards granted during the Plan Year;
 
(ii)  
the fair market value (determined by the Board) of stock options granted during the Plan Year; and
 
(b)  
Earnings shall be decreased by:
 
(i)  
any amount realized from the exercise of a non-statutory stock option or from a disqualifying disposition of an incentive stock option during the Plan Year;
 
(ii)  
any amount includable in income derived from a non-qualified deferred compensation plan during the Plan Year;
 
(iii)  
any amount includable in income by reason of a Participant becoming substantially vested in any restricted stock award or other transfer of property subject to Section 83 of the Code during the Plan Year.
 



Effective January 1, 2003, Article I, Section 1.7 “Disability” is renumbered as Section 1.6.
 
Effective January 1, 2003, Article I, Section 1.17 is amended by the addition of the following sentence:
 
“Retirement Age” shall mean the latest of the attainment of age 65, the completion of five (5) years of participation in the Plan, or the Participant’s attained age.


Effective January 1, 2003, Article III, Section 3.1 of the Plan is amended as underscored to read as follows:
 
3.1
Employer Credits. The Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant an amount each year designed to provide the Participant a benefit equal to the additional retirement benefit he or she would have received under the Pension Plan if such benefit were determined under the Pension Plan’s Defined Benefit Formula in effect December 31, 2001, but applying the definition of “Earnings” contained herein. The amount credited each Plan Year to the Account of a Participant shall be calculated as an actuarially determined level percentage of the participant’s projected Earnings that amortizes the unfunded present value of the Restoration Benefit described below over the period remaining until the Participant attains Retirement Age. The Restoration Benefit shall be equal to the excess of:
 
(i)  
the projected retirement benefit to which the Participant would have been entitled at Retirement Age if such benefit were calculated under the Pension Plan’s Defined Benefit Formula in effect December 31, 2001, but applying the definition of “Earnings” contained herein; over
 
(ii)  
the projected retirement benefit payable to the Participant at Retirement Age under the Pension Plan’s Cash Balance Formula in effect April 1, 2002.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has executed this instrument this 3 day of November, 2003.

Weingarten Realty Investors

By:  /s/ Stephen Richter
                        Title:  Sr. Vice President, CFO