Annual Executive Incentive Compensation Plan – United Technologies Corp.
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
ANNUAL EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
AMENDMENT 1
VI. COVERED EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE POOL
A. INTRODUCTION. The Covered Employee Performance Pool shall be added to
the Annual Incentive Plan, effective January 1, 1995, for the purpose of
establishing a fund from which annual incentive awards to the Corporation's
Chief Executive Officer and four other most highly compensated executives
who are considered 'covered employees' within the meaning of Internal
Revenue Code Section 162(m) shall be paid. The five individuals who will
participate in the Covered Employee Performance Pool shall be determined as
of the last day of each fiscal year and shall be referred to as the
'Performance Pool Participants.' The Covered Employee Performance Pool
shall be the exclusive source of Annual Incentive Plan Awards for
Performance Pool Participants. In no event will a Performance Pool
Participant be eligible to receive an Annual Incentive Award from either the
Corporate Fund or the Operating Unit Funds.
B. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section VI the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
Committee means the Corporation's Board of Directors Committee on
Compensation and Executive Development.
Adjusted Net Income means, for each fiscal year of the Corporation,
net income reported on its consolidated financial statement included
in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for such year, adjusted to
eliminate: (i) restructuring charges to the extent they are
separately disclosed in the Corporation's Annual Report; (ii) the
effects of changes in accounting principles; and (iii) 'extraordinary
items' determined under generally accepted accounting principles.
C. ALLOCATIONS TO THE COVERED EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE POOL
(i) Aggregate Annual Allocation.
Each year an amount equal to 0.75% of the Corporation's Adjusted
Net Income shall be allocated to the Covered Employee Performance
Pool. Such amount is the maximum amount that may be distributed
from the Covered Employee Performance Pool to the Performance
Pool Participants.
(ii) Allocation of Individual Awards.
Each year the maximum award payable to a Performance Pool
Participant shall be as follows: the Chief Executive Officer -
30% of the amount allocated to the Covered Employee Performance
Pool; and the four other Covered Employee Pool Participants -
17.5% of the amount allocated to the Covered Employee Performance
Pool.
D. Discretion to Reduce Annual Incentive Plan Awards for Performance
Pool Participants.
Performance Pool Participants will be eligible to receive Annual
Incentive Plan Awards with respect to each year for which an amount is
allocated to the Covered Employee Performance Pool. The Committee
may, in its sole discretion, reduce the amount of any Performance Pool
Participant's Annual Incentive Plan Award, taking into account such
factors as it deems relevant, including, without limitation: (i) the
Corporation's Adjusted Net Income; (ii) other significant financial
or strategic achievements during the year; (iii) its subjective
assessment of each Performance Pool Participant's overall performance
for the year; and (iv) information about compensation practices at
other peer group companies for the purpose of evaluating competitive
compensation levels so that the Committee may determine that the
amount of the annual incentive award is within the targeted
competitive compensation range of the Corporation's executive
compensation program.
The Committee shall determine the amount of any reduction in a
Performance Pool Participant's Award on the basis of the foregoing and
other factors it deems relevant and shall not be required to establish
any allocation or weighting formula with respect to the factors it
considers. The Committee shall have no obligation to disburse the
full amount allocated to the Covered Employee Performance Pool.
Amounts allocated but not actually disbursed to a Performance Pool
Participant may not be re-allocated to other Performance Pool
Participants or utilized for awards in respect of other years. In no
event shall any Performance Pool Participant's Annual Incentive Plan
Award exceed the amount allocated to the Covered Employee Performance
Pool with respect to such Participant.
E. ADMINISTRATION. The Committee shall have exclusive authority to
interpret this Section VI and to administer the Covered Employee
Performance Pool. The Committee shall be responsible for certifying
the amount of Adjusted Net Income to be allocated to the Covered
Employee Pool each year. The Committee shall rely on such financial
information and other materials as it deems necessary and appropriate
to certify the amount of Adjusted Net Income to be allocated to the
Covered Employee Performance Pool. The Committee shall administer the
Covered Employee Performance Pool so that Annual Incentive Plan Awards
paid therefrom will meet the requirements of 'performance-based
compensation' as defined in Code Section 162(m).
F. AMENDMENT. The Committee shall have the authority to amend the Annual
Incentive Plan, provided however, that the Committee may not amend the
Annual Incentive Plan after the first 90 days of any award year in a
manner that would, directly or indirectly: (i) change the method of
calculating the amount allocated to the Covered Employee Performance
Pool for that year; (ii) increase the maximum award payable to any
Performance Pool Participant for that year; or (iii) remove the
amendment restriction set forth in this sentence with respect to that
year.
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