THE ESTEE LAUDER INC. RETIREMENT GROWTH ACCOUNT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 NAME AND CONSTRUCTION................................................2 SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS..........................................................4 SECTION 3 PARTICIPATION.......................................................12 SECTION 4 RETIREMENT DATES....................................................14 SECTION 5 PARTICIPANTS' RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS...................................15 SECTION 6 CONTRIBUTIONS.......................................................22 SECTION 7 DEATH BENEFIT.......................................................23 SECTION 8 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT...........................................25 SECTION 9 OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT...........................................27 SECTION 10 PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT INCOME.......................................31 SECTION 11 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.........................................33 SECTION 12 INVESTMENT OF PLAN ASSETS; DUTIES OF FUDICIARY COMMITTEE...........36 SECTION 13 OBLIGATIONS OF THE EMPLOYER........................................38 SECTION 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS...........................................39 SECTION 15 ADOPTION OF PLAN BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP...........................41 SECTION 16 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION..........................................43 SECTION 17 LIMITATION ACCORDING TO TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS...........45 SECTION 18 TOP-HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS..........................................46 Exhibit 10.5 AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE ESTEE LAUDER INC. RETIREMENT GROWTH ACCOUNT PLAN SECTION 1 NAME AND CONSTRUCTION 1.1 Name of Plan. This Plan shall be known as the "Estee Lauder Inc. Retirement Growth Account Plan." 1.2 Construction. It is the intention of Estee Lauder that the amended and restated Plan, and its attendant trust fund, will continue to meet the requirements of ERISA and be qualified and exempt from taxes under Sections 401 and 501 of the Code. Effective January 1, 1996, the Plan also is intended to be a "multiple employer plan" within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code. The Plan is intended to be a defined benefit plan for purposes of ERISA and the Code. 1.3 Effective Date. (a) This Amendment and Restatement of the Plan shall generally be effective as of January 1, 1999; provided, however, that: (i) The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.16, 5.2, 7.1(a), 7.3, 8.4(b), 8.4(c) and 15 (other than Section 15.5) shall be effective January 1, 1991. (ii) The provisions of Section 14.10 shall be effective December 12, 1994. (iii) The provisions of Sections 2.6, 2.10, 2.15, 2.19, 2.21, 15.5 and 16, and Appendix K, shall be effective January 1, 1996. (iv) The provisions of Section 7.1(b) shall be effective October 1, 1996, and prior to such date the terms and conditions of such Section are governed by Section 6.1(b) of the Plan in effect on January 1, 1993. (v) The provisions of Sections 2.11 and 5.4 shall be effective January 1, 1997. (vi) The provisions of Appendix L shall be effective November 10, 1997. (vii) The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 5.5 and Section 8.4(a) shall be effective January 1, 1998. (viii) The provisions of Appendix A shall be effective January 1, 1999 (except that those provisions thereof which, by their terms, are not limited to periods on and after that date, shall be effective January 1, 1991). (ix) The changes to such other provisions of the Plan shall be effective as of such dates as are set forth in such provisions. (x) Other provisions of the Plan shall be effective as of such other earlier or later dates as shall be necessary to comply with those changes in applicable law which were effective prior to January 1, 1999. (b) The rights of any person who terminated employment or retired on or before the effective date of any of the relevant provisions of this amendment and restatement of the Plan, including his or her eligibility for benefits, shall be determined solely under the terms of the Plan as in effect on the date of his termination or retirement, unless such person is thereafter reemployed (and, to the extent relevant, again becomes an Active Participant) on or after the effective date of any such provision of amendment and restatement, in which case such provision shall apply to such person. 3 SECTION 2 DEFINITIONS "Accrued Benefit" means a monthly amount of retirement income determined for a Participant as of a specified date, commencing on a Participant's Normal Retirement Date, and payable as a single life annuity. The Accrued Benefit as of a specified date equals the Participant's Retirement Account divided by the applicable factor from Appendix A. For those who were participants in the Prior Plans as of December 31, 1990 and satisfy the applicable requirements set forth in Appendix B, the Accrued Benefit is the greater of the accrued benefit described above or the accrued benefit determined under the Prior Plans, as described in Section 5.5 hereof. 2.1 "Actuarial Equivalent" means, with respect to a Participant's Accrued Benefit, another annuity or benefit that commences at a different date and/or is payable in a different form than the Accrued Benefit, but which has the same present value as the Accrued Benefit, when measured on the basis of the applicable interest rate, mortality table and other factors specified in Appendix A as of the date of commencement of payment of such annuity or benefit, as calculated by or under the supervision of an actuary appointed by Estee Lauder or the Fiduciary Committee, which actuary has been enrolled under Subtitle C of Title III of ERISA. 2.2 "Approved Absence" means (a) any period of absence from work (other than any such absence on account of a period of Disability), with the approval or direction of the Employer, for up to 12 months and, provided said Employee returns to work for the Employer at such time as the Employer may reasonably require, the Approved Absence may exceed such 12-month period but will not be in excess of 24 months, (b) any period of absence during which the Employee was in military service with the armed forces (including Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Service) if the Employee has reemployment rights under applicable laws and complies with the requirements of the law as to reemployment and is reemployed, and (c) any period of Disability, but (except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 5.5) not to exceed twelve months. An Approved Absence will be disregarded for the purpose of the Plan, and the Employee will be regarded as in the service of the Employer during any period of an Approved Absence. The Hours of Service credited during an Approved Absence shall be those which would normally have been credited but for such absence, or in any case in which the Employer is unable to determine such hours normally credited, eight (8) Hours of Service per day. 2.3 "Average Final Compensation" means the highest average annual "compensation" which is produced by averaging an Employee's compensation for any Five (5) consecutive calendar years within the Employee's Years of Credited Service. For purposes of this Section only, "compensation" means the straight time basic salary or wages paid to an Employee by the Employer for his services during each calendar year, inclusive of salary 4 reduction contributions made by an Employer on behalf of the Employee under a "cash or deferred arrangement" described in Section 401(k) of the Code and pre-tax contributions made by the Employee under a "cafeteria plan" described in Section 125 of the Code and maintained by an Employer, but excluding bonuses, payments for overtime, other Employer contributions for pension, insurance or other welfare benefits, or any other special payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.5, "compensation" for each calendar year shall not exceed $150,000, subject to any adjustment, for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, to reflect increases in the cost of living determined by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. 2.4 "Beneficiary" means any person entitled pursuant to Section 7.3 of this Plan to receive benefits because of the death of a Participant. 2.5 "Board of Directors" or "Board" means the Board of Directors of Estee Lauder. 2.6 "Break in Service" means, with respect to any person, a Plan Year during which such person does not perform more than 500 Hours of Service; provided, however, that for purposes of Years of Eligibility Service, such term shall mean the 12-month period commencing on a person's Employment Commencement Date or a Plan Year, as the case may be (a "computation period"), during which such person does not perform more than 500 Hours of Service. A person who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons shall be credited with the lesser of the number of Hours of Service necessary to prevent a Break in Service or the number of hours which otherwise would normally have been credited to such person but for such absence (i) in the computation period in which the absence begins, if necessary to prevent a Break in Service, and (ii) in all other cases, in the following computation period. For purposes of this Section, an absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence (i) by reason of the pregnancy of the person, (ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the person, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with the person in connection with the adoption of such child by such person or (iv) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. No person shall incur a Break in Service solely on account of an absence which qualifies under the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, to the extent required under the provisions of such Act. 2.7 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 2.8 "Committee" means The Estee Lauder Inc. Employee Benefits Committee appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof. 2.9 "Compensation" means, for a particular Plan Year, the straight time basic salary or wages paid to an Employee by the Employer for his services during such Plan Year, inclusive of salary reduction contributions made by an Employer on behalf of the Employee under a "cash or deferred arrangement" described in Section 401(k) of the Code, and pre-tax contributions made by the Employee under a "cafeteria plan" described in Section 125 of the Code and maintained by the Employer, and including bonuses, payments for overtime and shift differential, but excluding commissions, other Employer contributions for pension, insurance or 5 other welfare benefits, or any other special payments and excluding amounts paid under Estee Lauder's Short-Term Disability Plan or Long-Term Disability Plan. In addition to other applicable limitations that may be set forth in the Plan and notwithstanding any other contrary provision of the Plan, Compensation taken into account under the Plan for the purpose of calculating a Plan Participant's Accrued Benefit shall not exceed $200,000 ($150,000 for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994), subject to any adjustment to reflect increases in the cost of living determined by the Secretary or the Treasury pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. 2.10 "Disability" means, with respect to any Employee, a condition which constitutes a disability under the terms of the Employer's Long-Term Disability Plan and under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, regardless of whether such Employee is otherwise in fact entitled to receive benefits under the Employer's Long-Term Disability Plan and/or Title II of the Federal Social Security Act. 2.11 "Early Retirement Date" means the first day of the month which next follows a Participant's termination of employment on or after attainment of at least age 55 and completion of at least ten (10) Years of Service, but prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date. 2.12 "Effective Date," with respect to the Plan as amended and restated and set forth herein, means January 1, 1999; provided, however, that certain provisions of the Plan shall be effective as of the dates set forth in Section 1.3. 2.13 "Employee" means any person who is classified as a common law employee of an Employer, in accordance with the Employer's standard personnel practices; provided, however, that such term shall not include: (a) a person who is represented by or included in a collective bargaining unit recognized by the Employer unless the Employer and the collective bargaining agent have agreed that the Plan shall apply to such unit; (b) with respect to periods prior to July 1, 1998, a In-Store Employee; (c) a person who would be an In-Store Employee, but for the fact that such person is classified as an international military sales person; (d) a person who is a nonresident alien who receives no compensation from an Employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States; (e) a "leased employee," within the meaning of Section 414(n) of the Code; (f) a person who is classified as an "on-call employee" in accordance with the Employer's standard personnel practices; 6 (g) with respect to periods on and after December 1, 1997, a person who is employed by the Aveda Division of Aramis Inc.; or (h) a person who is otherwise classified by the Employer as an independent contractor, in accordance with the Employer's standard personnel practices, regardless of whether such person may thereafter be held to be a common law employee of an Employer by a court, the Internal Revenue Service or any other relevant federal, state or local governmental authority or agency. 2.14 "Employer" means Estee Lauder, and any other company included within the Group that includes Estee Lauder (or any other corporation or unincorporated trade or business not included within the Group that includes Estee Lauder) that adopts the Plan with the approval of Estee Lauder, as provided in Section 15 hereof, and any successor to any such other company. With respect to each Employee, "Employer" shall mean his principal employer. 2.15 "Employment Commencement Date" means, with respect to any person, the date coincident with or next following the date on which such person first performs an Hour of Service; provided, however, that with respect to a person who incurs a Break in Service and is thereafter reemployed, such term shall mean the date subsequent to such Break in Service on which he first performs an Hour of Service. 2.16 "Entry Date" means each January 1 and July 1; provided, however, that prior to January 1, 1993, with respect to any person who was a regular and non-contingent Employee of the Employer, "Entry Date" means the first date coincident with or next following such person's Employment Commencement Date. 2.17 "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 2.18 "Estee Lauder" means Estee Lauder Inc., a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and any successor thereto. 2.19 "Fiduciary Committee" means the Estee Lauder Inc. Fiduciary Investment Committee, the members of which shall be appointed by the Board. 2.20 "Group" means Estee Lauder and any other unit or organization that is related to Estee Lauder as a member of a "controlled group of corporations," a group under "common control" or an "affiliated service group," all as determined pursuant to Sections 414(b), (c), and (m) of the Code. With respect to a participating Employer which is not in the same Group as Estee Lauder, "Group" means such Employer and any other unit or organization that is related to such employer as a member of a "controlled group of corporations," a group under "common control" or an "affiliated service group," all as determined pursuant to Sections 414(b), (c) and (m) of the Code. For purposes of determining whether or not a person is an Employee and the period of employment of such person, each such unit or organization shall be included in the Group only for such period or periods during which it is a "member" of the Group. 2.21 "Hour of Service" means: 7 (a) Each hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly compensated, or entitled to be compensated, by the Employer for the performance of duties. (b) Each hour for which an Employee is credited by the Employer during an Approved Absence. (c) Each hour, to a maximum of 501 hours for any single continuous period, for which an Employee is directly or indirectly compensated, or entitled to be compensated, by the Employer for reasons other than the performance of duties (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holidays, incapacity, layoff, jury duty or military duty. Hours shall not be credited for payment to an Employee from a plan required by workers' compensation, unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws, nor shall hours be credited for reimbursement of such an Employee for his medical or medically-related expenses. (d) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been awarded or agreed to by the Employer provided that if such award or agreement of back pay is for reasons other than the performance of duties, such hours shall be subject to the restrictions of paragraph (c). The same Hours of Service shall not be credited under more than one of the paragraphs above. All Hours of Service shall be computed and credited to computation periods in accordance with Sections 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the Department of Labor regulations; provided, however, that Hours of Service under paragraph (a) above, with respect to any payroll period, shall be credited for the Plan Year in which such payroll period ends. In determining an Employee's Hours of Service, he shall receive credit for all Hours of Service performed for any corporation or other entity which is a member of the Group; provided that (a) he shall not be credited with any Hours of Service performed for any such corporation or other entity prior to the time that such entity becomes a member of the Group and (b) the number of Hours of Service so credited with respect to his employment with such entity shall cease at the time such entity is no longer a member of the Group. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing requirements of this definition, an individual employed by the Employer (or by any other member of the Group which includes the Employer) as a common law employee, but who is not then classified as an Employee (including, but not limited to, an individual who was an Employee and thereafter becomes an Inactive Participant on account of a transfer of employment to a non-Employer member of the Group) shall, except for purposes of determining Years of Credited Service, nevertheless be credited with Hours of Service for all periods with respect to which such person is in fact so employed as a common law employee, to the same extent as if he had been an Employee. 2.22 "In-Store Employee" means any person who: (a) is classified by Estee Lauder, or by any other member of the Group of which Estee Lauder is a part, as a common law employee of such Employer, under such Employer's standard personnel practices; and 8 (b) is paid a commission or whose principal function is making sales directly to the public, other than any such person who is classified by such Employer, under its standard personnel practices, as an international military sales person. 2.23 "Initial Effective Date" means January 1, 1991. 2.24 "Normal Retirement Date" means the first day of the month which next follows a Participant's attainment of at least age 65 and completion of at least Five (5) Years of Service. 2.25 "Normal Retirement Income" means a Participant's Accrued Benefit payable hereunder at his Normal Retirement Date in the form provided in Section 9.1 hereof. 2.26 "Participant" means any person who has become eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 3, and who has neither been paid in full any benefit to which he may be entitled under the Plan nor completely forfeited such benefit. An "Active Participant" means a Participant who is an Employee. An "Inactive Participant" means a Participant who is not an Active Participant. 2.27 "Periodic Adjustment Percentage" means the greater of (i) the arithmetic daily average of one-year Treasury Constant Maturities for each calendar year immediately preceding the applicable Plan Year for which it is applied, as published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or (ii) 4%. 2.28 "Plan" means The Estee Lauder Inc. Retirement Growth Account Plan as effective January 1, 1991, and as it hereafter may be further amended from time to time. 2.29 "Plan Year" means the calendar year. 2.30 "Prior Plan" means the Estee Lauder Inc. Employee Retirement Plan, As Amended Effective July 1, 1975 (incorporating all amendments adopted through December 31, 1990), or the Estee Lauder Hemisphere Corporation Pension Plan, As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1986 (incorporating all amendments adopted through December 31, 1990), as such plans were in effect immediately prior to January 1, 1991, whichever plan (if any) is applicable to a Participant. The terms and provisions of the applicable Prior Plan fix and determine the rights and obligations under the Plan with respect to any Employee whose employment terminated prior to January 1, 1991. 2.31 "Retirement Account" means the bookkeeping account maintained with respect to a Participant as described in Section 5.1 hereof. 2.32 "Retirement Income Commencement Date" means the first day of the first period for which a benefit under the Plan is paid as an annuity or any other form. 9 2.33 "Social Security Earnings Limit" means the thirty-five year average of the maximum annual wages covered by the Federal Social Security Act as in effect, ending in the year Social Security retirement age (as defined in Section 415(b)(8) of the Code) is attained. 2.34 "Surviving Spouse" means a wife or husband of a Participant who has been married to such Participant by legal contract throughout the one-year period ending on the earlier of the death of the Participant or the Participant's Retirement Income Commencement Date; provided, however, that such term shall also include a wife or husband who married the Participant during the one-year period prior to such date and, at the date of the Participant's death, has been married to the Participant for at least one (1) year. 2.35 "Trustee" means the trustee or trustees which may at any time be acting as trustee of the Trust Fund, as provided in Section 12 hereof. 2.36 "Trust Fund" or "Fund" means all funds at any time held by the Trustee and/or insurance company for the purposes of the Plan, as provided in Section 12 hereof. 2.37 "Year of Credited Service" means, with respect to any Participant, a Plan Year during which the Participant completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service as an Employee, commencing on such Participant's Entry Date, or, if later, January 1, 1993. In the case of a Participant who participated in the Plan prior to January 1, 1993, Years of Credited Service shall also include all Years of Credited Service accrued under the Plan as of December 31, 1992; fractional Years of Credited Service accrued under the Plan as of December 31, 1992 shall be converted to Hours of Service by crediting such Participant, for the Plan Year commencing on January 1, 1993, with 190 Hours of Service for each calendar month during which the Participant performed an Hour of Service. In the case of a Participant who was a participant in a Prior Plan, Years of Credited Service shall, in addition, include all Credited Service (as defined in the Prior Plan) recognized under such Prior Plan for benefit accrual purposes as of December 31, 1990. 2.38 "Year of Eligibility Service" means, with respect to any person, a consecutive 12-month period beginning on such person's Employment Commencement Date during which he completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service. If such person fails to complete at least 1,000 Hours of Service during such 12-month period, then a "Year of Eligibility Service" shall be determined based on the completion of at least 1,000 Hours of Service in the Plan Year beginning with or within the 12-month period beginning on such person's Employment Commencement Date, and then each Plan Year thereafter. In the case of a Participant who terminates employment and does not have any nonforfeitable right to his Accrued Benefit, Years of Eligibility Service before a period of consecutive one-year Breaks in Service shall not be taken into account if the number of consecutive one-year Breaks in Service in such period equals or exceeds Five (5). A Participant whose Years of Eligibility Service are disregarded pursuant to the preceding sentence shall, upon his reemployment, be treated as newly employed for eligibility purposes. If a Participant's Years of Service may not thus be disregarded, such Participant shall again become an Active Participant immediately upon the date he first performs an Hour of Service as an Employee. 10 2.39 "Year of Service" means, with respect to any person, a Plan Year during which the person completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service (except as set forth in Section 8.4 hereof (relating to the "rule of parity")) commencing on the later of January 1, 1993, or (i) for purposes of Section 5.2 hereof, in the case of any In-Store Employee who becomes a Participant on July 1, 1998 or in the case of employment by a non-Employer member of the Group, the Employment Commencement Date, (ii) for purposes of Section 5.2, in the case of any Participant not described in the foregoing clause (ii), such person's Entry Date, and (iii) for purposes of Section 8 hereof, the Employment Commencement Date. In the case of a person who was in the employ of an Employer or other member of the Group prior to January 1, 1993, Years of Service shall also include all Years of Service accrued under the Plan as of December 31, 1992; fractional Years of Service accrued under the Plan as of December 31, 1992 shall be converted to Hours of Service by crediting such person, for the Plan Year commencing on January 1, 1993, with 95 Hours of Service for each semi-monthly period during which the person performed an Hour of Service. In the case of a person who was a participant in a Prior Plan, Years of Service shall, in addition, include (i) for purposes of Section 8 hereof, all Service (as defined in the Prior Plan) recognized for purposes of vesting under such Prior Plan as of December 31, 1990 and (ii) for purposes of Section 5.2, all Credited Service (as defined in the Prior Plan) recognized under such Prior Plan for benefit accrual purposes as of December 31, 1990. The masculine pronoun wherever used herein shall include the feminine pronoun, and the singular shall include the plural. 11 SECTION 3 PARTICIPATION 3.1 Each Employee who was a participant in a Prior Plan immediately prior to the Initial Effective Date shall become a Participant herein as of the Initial Effective Date. 3.2 Each person who becomes an Employee on or after the Initial Effective Date, or who became an Employee prior to that date but was not a participant in a Prior Plan immediately prior to the Initial Effective Date, shall become a Participant on the first Entry Date on which such person is an Employee coincident with or next following his completion of a Year of Eligibility Service; provided, however, that any person who was an In-Store Employee on June 30, 1998 and completed at least a Year of Eligibility Service at any time on or prior to such date shall become a Participant on July 1, 1998 if such person remains an Employee on such date; and further, provided, that, in the case of any Employee whose Entry Date, determined without regard to any Year of Eligibility Service requirement, would otherwise have occurred prior to January 1, 1993, such Employee shall become a Participant as of such Entry Date, without the need to also complete a Year of Eligibility Service. 3.3 If a person who has been in the employ of an Employer or another member of the Group as a non-Employee subsequently becomes an Employee, such Employee shall become a Participant in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof. 3.4 A Participant who has become an Inactive Participant on account of his ceasing to be an Employee, while remaining employed by a member of the Group, shall once again become an Active Participant upon the date on which he first performs an Hour of Service as an Employee following the date he becomes an Inactive Participant. 3.5 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, benefits commencing after Normal Retirement Age shall not be less than the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefits to which the Participant would have been entitled if such benefits had commenced at Normal Retirement Age. Upon written notification to a Participant who elects to remain in service pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof, or to a former retired Participant who returns to the service of an Employer as a Participant herein, the retirement income payments to which the Participant is entitled on and after Normal Retirement Age but before he retires (or, in the case of a former retired Participant, again retires) shall be permanently forfeited so long as such Participant remains in "section 203(a)(3)(B) service," as described in Department of Labor Regulation Section 2530.203-3(c). For this purpose, a Participant's service shall be deemed "section 203(a)(3)(B) service" for any month in which he is credited with at least 40 Hours of Service or such other standard as may be applicable under Section 203(a)(3)(B) of ERISA. In the case of a Participant whose retirement income commenced to be paid before his Normal Retirement Date, upon his subsequent retirement, his retirement income shall be recomputed, based on the amount credited to his 12 Retirement Account pursuant to Section 5 hereof and reduced on an actuarial basis to take account of retirement income payments previously received by him. 13 SECTION 4 RETIREMENT DATES 4.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, each Participant may retire on his Normal Retirement Date and shall receive the Normal Retirement Income. 4.2 A Participant may retire on or after his Early Retirement Date and shall be entitled to receive his Accrued Benefit on or after his termination of employment in accordance with the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof. 4.3 Any Participant whose employment is continued by the Employer after the Participant has reached his Normal Retirement Date shall receive retirement income payments commencing on the first day of the month following the date of his actual retirement, based on the amount credited to his Retirement Account at such date. 14 SECTION 5 PARTICIPANTS' RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS 5.1 A Retirement Account shall be established and maintained for each Participant pursuant to this Section 5 (and for certain individuals who were participants in a Prior Plan) to which credits shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 hereof, an Inactive Participant who was a participant in a Prior Plan before January 1, 1991 but is not an Active Participant at any time on or after January 1, 1991 shall be credited with an amount equal to his "Accrued Benefit under the Prior Plan," determined in accordance with Appendix A, but a Retirement Account shall not be established for such Inactive Participant. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.5 and 5.6 hereof, a Participant's Accrued Benefit under this Plan shall be based on the amount credited to his Retirement Account. The Retirement Account established and maintained pursuant to this Section 5 is intended to be a bookkeeping account. Neither the establishment of such Retirement Account nor the making of credits to such Retirement Account shall be construed as an allocation of assets of the Plan to, or a segregation of such assets in, such account, or otherwise as creating a right of the Participant to receive specific assets of the Plan. Benefits provided under the Plan shall be paid from the general assets of the Plan in the amounts, in the forms and at the times provided in Sections 4, 8, 9 and 10 hereof. 5.2 The annual amount credited to a Participant's Retirement Account pursuant to this Section shall be based upon the Participant's Years of Service and the Participant's Compensation for the applicable Plan Year or portion thereof. Credits pursuant to this Section shall be made to a Participant's Retirement Account as of the last day of each Plan Year beginning with 1991 and ending with the last day of the month in which occurs the Participant's termination of employment. (a) For each Participant who has fewer than Five (5) Years of Service as of the last day of the Plan Year, credits shall be made to the Participant's Retirement Account in an amount equal to three percent (3%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year. (b) For each Participant who has Five (5) Years of Service as of the last day of the Plan Year, credits shall be made to the Participant's Retirement Account in an amount equal to the sum of (i) three percent (3%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant preceding the anniversary of his Entry Date ("Anniversary Date") and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant, and (ii) four percent (4%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant following the Anniversary Date (including the calendar month in 15 which the Anniversary Date occurs) and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant. (c) For each Participant who has more than Five (5) but fewer than ten (10) Years of Service as of the last day of the Plan Year, credits shall be made to the Participant's Retirement Account in an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year. (d) For each Participant who has ten (10) Years of Service as of the last day of the Plan Year, credits shall be made to the Participant's Retirement Account in an amount equal to the sum of (i) four percent (4%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant preceding the Anniversary Date and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant, and (ii) five percent (5%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant following the Anniversary Date (including the calendar month in which the Anniversary Date occurs) and the denominator of which is the number of whole months in such Plan Year while an Active Participant. (e) For each Participant who has more than ten (10) Years of Service as of the last day of the Plan Year, credits shall be made to the Participant's Retirement Account in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Participant's Compensation earned while an Active Participant for such Plan Year. No credits shall be made pursuant to this Section with respect to any period during which a Participant is an Inactive Participant. In the event that a Participant becomes an Inactive Participant by reason of his transfer of employment to a non-Employer member of the Group, no credits shall be made to his Retirement Account pursuant to this Section after the end of the month in which the transfer occurs, and for purposes of this Section his Compensation shall be considered to be $0 after the end of the Plan Year in which the transfer occurs until such time that he again performs an Hour of Service as an Employee (i.e., again becomes an Active Participant); provided, however, that such Participant's Retirement Account balance shall continue to be increased in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof following such transfer. 5.3 In the case of an Active Participant in the Plan who as of the Initial Effective Date had an accrued benefit under a Prior Plan as of December 31, 1990, there shall be credited to the Retirement Account of such Participant as of January 1, 1991, an amount that is the single sum value of his "Accrued Benefit under the Prior Plan," determined in accordance with Appendix A. 5.4 For Plan Years beginning on or after the Initial Effective Date, each Participant's Retirement Account balance on the first day of the Plan Year shall be automatically increased as of the last day of the Plan Year by an amount equal to the Retirement Account balance on the first day of the Plan Year multiplied by the Periodic Adjustment Percentage; 16 provided, however, in the case of a Participant who terminates employment, for any reason, such increase shall continue to be made until the last date as of which a Retirement Account balance is maintained for such Participant; further provided, however, if such increase is for less than a full Plan Year, the Periodic Adjustment Percentage shall be proportionately reduced. 5.5 In the case of any Participant on or after the Initial Effective Date who was a Participant under a Prior Plan on December 31, 1990 and satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in Appendix B, such Participant's Accrued Benefit shall be the greater of (ii) the amount credited to his Retirement Account or (ii) the accrued benefit which would have been determined for him under the terms and provisions of the Prior Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Initial Effective Date, had such Prior Plan continued in effect until the date of his termination of employment. For this purpose, in the case of the Prior Plan which is the Estee Lauder Inc. Employee Retirement Plan, the annual amount of the Participant's Normal Retirement Income is equal to the greater of (a), (b), (c) or (d) below: (a) One percent (1%) of that portion of his Average Final Compensation which is not in excess of his Social Security Earnings Limit plus one and one-half percent (1-1/2%) of that portion of such Average Final Compensation which is in excess of such Social Security Earnings Limit, multiplied by the number of his Years of Credited Service. (b) $2,500 with 25 or more Years of Credited Service and reduced proportionately for Years of Credited Service less than 25. (c) The amount which would otherwise have been determined under (a) above had such Participant terminated employment on December 31, 1988, calculated without regard to any dollar limitations on the amount of "Average Final Compensation" otherwise taken into account under the Estee Lauder Inc. Employee Retirement Plan as then in effect. (d) The amount which would otherwise have been determined under (a) above had such Participant terminated employment on December 31, 1993 (or, if earlier, his actual date of termination of employment) and had such Participant's "compensation" (as used in Section 1.4) for each Plan Year during the period ending on such applicable date been limited to $200,000 (or such greater amount as may have been permitted after taking into account increases for cost of living for such Plan Year, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) and with such dollar limit further applied by taking into account the family aggregation rules of Section 414(q)(6) of the Code pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code (as in effect on such applicable date). In the case of the Estee Lauder Hemisphere Corporation Pension Plan, the annual amount of the Participant's Normal Retirement Income would be equal to the greater of (a), (b), (c) or (d) below: (a) One percent (1%) of that portion of his Average Final Compensation which is not in excess of his Social Security Earnings Limit plus one and one-half percent (1-1/2%) of that portion of such Average Final Compensation which is in excess of such Social Security Earnings Limited, multiplied by the number of his Years of Credited Service. 17 (b) $1,620 with 25 or more Years of Credited Service and reduced proportionately for Years of Credited Service less than 25. (c) The amount which would otherwise have been determined under (a) above had such Participant terminated employment on December 31, 1988 and calculated without regard to any dollar limitations on the amount of "Average Final Compensation" otherwise taken into account under the Estee Lauder Hemisphere Corporation Pension Plan as then in effect. (d) The amount which would otherwise have been determined under (a) above had such Participant terminated employment on December 31, 1993 (or, if earlier, his actual date of termination of employment) and had such Participant's "compensation" (as used in Section 1.4) for each Plan Year during the period ending on such applicable date been limited to $200,000 (or such greater amount as may have been permitted after taking into account increases for cost of living for such Plan Year, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) and with such dollar limit further applied by taking into account the family aggregation rules of Section 14(q)(6) of the Code pursuant to Section 401(a)(17) of the Code (as in effect on such applicable date). In the case of a Participant whose Accrued Benefit is determined under the terms of a Prior Plan under this Section, a Participant may, subject to consent as provided in Sections 9.4 and 9.5 hereof, elect a reduced retirement income to commence on the first day of any month which is between the date of his Early Retirement Date and his Normal Retirement Date. In the case of the Estee Lauder Inc. Employee Retirement Plan, the amount of the percentage of such reduction shall be equal to the sum of (a) the product derived by multiplying 7/12ths of one percent (1%) times the number of whole calendar months by which the pension commencement date precedes the Participant's attainment of age 57 and (b) the product derived by multiplying 5/12ths of one percent (1%) by the excess of (i) the number of whole calendar months by which the pension commencement date precedes the Participant's attainment of age 62 over (ii) the number of whole calendar months specified in (a). No reduction shall be applied to such early retirement income amount if the pension commencement date occurs on or after the Participant's attainment of age 62. In the case of the Estee Lauder Inc. Hemisphere Corporation Pension Plan, the amount of the percentage of such reduction shall be equal to the sum of (a) the product derived by multiplying 1/4 of one percent (1%) times the number of whole calendar months (up to and including the first 60 thereof) by which the pension commencement date precedes the Normal Retirement Date and (b) the product derived by multiplying 1/2 of one percent (1%) by the number of calendar months, if any, by which the pension commencement date precedes by more than 60 calendar months the Normal Retirement Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary: (a) in the case of any Participant who is eligible for a benefit set forth in this Section 5.5 and incurs a Disability prior to January 1, 1998, such Participant (i) shall continue to be credited with Hours of Service during the period of such Disability, to the same extent as if such person 18 had not become so disabled, for purposes of determining such person's Years of Credited Service used in calculating such person's benefit pursuant to this Section 5.5, and (ii) shall, during the portion of such Participant's period of such Disability beginning on January 1st of the year following the year in which such period of Disability first commenced, be considered to continue to receive "compensation" for purposes of determining such person's Average Final Compensation, based upon such person's level of "base pay" as in effect immediately prior to the incurring of such Disability, and (b) in the case of any Participant who is eligible for a benefit set forth in this Section 5.5 and incurs a Disability on or after January 1, 1998, such Participant (i) shall continue to be credited with Hours of Service during a period not exceeding the first twelve months of such Disability, to the same extent as if such person had not become so disabled, for purposes of determining such person's Years of Credited Service used in calculating such person's benefit pursuant to this Section 5.5, and (ii) shall, during that portion (if any) of such Participant's period of such Disability beginning on January 1st of the year following the year in which such period of Disability first commenced during which such Participant continues to be so credited with Hours of Service pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i), be considered to continue to receive "compensation" for purposes of determining such person's Average Final Compensation, based upon such person's level of "base pay" as in effect immediately prior to the incurring of such Disability; provided, however, that in no event shall such person continue to be so credited with Hours of Service or be imputed with "compensation" for periods after such person's Normal Retirement Date. 5.6 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere in the Plan, any Participant who retires on or after his Normal Retirement Date with at least Five (5) Years of Credited Service but less than ten (10) Years of Credited Service shall be entitled to a Normal Retirement Income of not less than $100 per month for life, and any Participant who retires on or after his Normal Retirement Date with at least ten (10) Years of Credited Service shall be entitled to a Normal Retirement Income of not less than $200 per month for life. 5.7 The benefits otherwise payable to a Participant or a Beneficiary under this Plan and, where relevant, the Accrued Benefit of a Participant, shall be limited to the extent required, and only to the extent required, by the provisions of Section 415 of the Code and rulings, notices and regulations issued thereunder. To the extent applicable, Section 415 of the Code and rulings, notices and regulations issued thereunder are hereby incorporated by reference into this Plan. In calculating these limits, the following rules shall apply: (a) Except where otherwise specifically set forth in rulings, notices and regulations incorporated into this Plan by reference, the limitations applicable to alternative forms of benefits (other than a "qualified joint and survivor annuity," as defined in Section 417(b) of the Code) shall be determined using the factors set forth in Appendix A. (b) If the applicable limits of Section 415 of the Code are increased after a benefit is in pay status by virtue of an adjustment to those limits reflecting a change in the cost of 19 living index, benefit payments to a Participant or his Beneficiary shall be increased automatically to the maximum extent permitted under the revised limits. This increase shall occur only to the extent it would not cause the benefit to exceed the benefit to which the Participant or Beneficiary would have been entitled in the absence of the limits under Section 415 of the Code. (c) If, upon the death of a Participant whose benefits were limited under this Section, the Surviving Spouse shall be entitled to a benefit payment smaller than that which was payable while the Participant was alive, the benefit payments to the Surviving Spouse shall equal the lesser of: (i) the benefit payment which would be payable to the Surviving Spouse if benefits under this Plan had not been limited by this Section, and (ii) the benefit payment which would be payable to the Surviving Spouse if the benefit provided under this Plan had been a "qualified joint and survivor annuity," as defined in Section 417(b) of the Code, with survivor benefits equal to 100% of the amount payable while the Participant was alive, in an amount equal to the maximum limitations provided under this Section. (d) If the Participant is, or ever has been, covered under one or more qualified defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer or another member of the Group, the combined plan limits of Section 415(e) of the Code shall be calculated by reducing the limits applicable to this Plan first, prior to restricting annual additions to any such defined contribution plan; provided, however, that this paragraph (d) shall apply only with respect to Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 2000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the benefits otherwise payable to (or on account of) any Participant on or after January 1, 2,000 (including any Participant who is already receiving an annuity under the Plan prior to that date) shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the Code, be determined by disregarding any limit which may have been previously imposed on such person's benefits under this Plan pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence; provided, however, that there shall be no adjustment in the benefits otherwise paid to such person with respect to periods prior to January 1, 2,000; and, further provided, that this sentence shall not apply with respect to any person who has, prior to January 1, 2000, received a lump sum distribution under the Plan. (e) If the Participant is entitled to a benefit under any defined benefit plan which is, or ever has been, maintained by the Employer or another member of the Group, the limits under this Section shall be applied to the combined benefits payable and the benefit payable hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to make the combined benefits meet the limits under this Section. (f) To calculate average compensation for a Participant's high-three years of service, compensation shall be the Employee's Compensation, and the three-year average shall be calculated using consecutive limitation years. A limitation year shall be a Plan Year for purposes of this Section. 20 (g) The amendments to Section 415(b) of the Code made by Public Law 103-465 (as modified by Public Law 104-188) shall first be effective January 1, 1999. 5.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Accrued Benefit of an Inactive Participant who (i) was a participant in a Prior Plan and (ii) had a condition of Disability as of December 30, 1990, shall continue to be determined under the benefit formula of such Prior Plan, unless such Inactive Participant is eligible for the benefit set forth in Section 5.5 hereof. A Participant who first has a condition of Disability on or after January 1, 1991 shall be covered under the benefit formula of this Plan as of the Initial Effective Date unless such Participant is eligible for the benefit set forth in Section 5.5 hereof. For purposes of determining the opening Retirement Account balance under this Plan, Average Final Compensation shall be used, except that with respect to any year in which there were no earnings or earnings were reduced because of Disability, such Participant's last year of actual base pay shall be used on an annualized basis. 21 SECTION 6 CONTRIBUTIONS 6.1 No contributions are to be made by Participants under this Plan. 6.2 Subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, the Employer intends to contribute over a period of time such amounts as may be determined by actuarial calculations to be required of the Employer to provide benefits in accordance with the Plan. Any forfeitures arising under the Plan shall not be applied to increase the benefits any Participant would otherwise receive under the Plan but shall be applied to reduce the Employer contributions under the Plan. 6.3 Subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, the administrative expenses of the Plan, except to the extent paid by the Employer, shall be paid out of the funds of the Plan. 6.4 Except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) below, and except as provided in Section 16 hereof, Employer contributions made under the Plan will be held for the exclusive benefit of Participants, and their joint annuitants or Beneficiaries and may not revert to the Employer. (a) A contribution made by the Employer under a mistake of fact may be returned to the Employer within one (1) year after it is contributed to the Plan. (b) A contribution conditioned upon its deductibility under Section 404 of the Code may be returned, to the extent the deduction is disallowed, to the Employer within one (1) year after the disallowance. The maximum contribution that may be returned to the Employer will not exceed the amount actually contributed to the Plan, or the value of such contribution on the date it is returned to the Employer, if less. 6.5 In recognition of the fact that the Plan is, effective January 1, 1996, subject to the requirements of Section 413(c) of the Code, the provisions of Section 413(c)(4) of the Code shall, with respect to periods on and after that date, be applied consistent with such rules and procedures as shall be adopted by the actuary appointed under the Plan. 22 SECTION 7 DEATH BENEFIT 7.1 Death Before Retirement Date. (a) If a Participant with a nonforfeitable right to the amount credited to his Retirement Account pursuant to Section 8 hereof dies prior to commencement of benefits, then his Surviving Spouse, or if (i) the Participant elects a Beneficiary other than his Surviving Spouse and such Surviving Spouse consents to such designation pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Plan or (ii) the Participant is unmarried, the Participant's designated Beneficiary, shall receive the amount credited to the Retirement Account, payable in a single life annuity. The Surviving Spouse (or designated Beneficiary, if applicable) may elect to receive such benefit in a cash lump sum payment; provided, however, that if the Actuarial Equivalent value of such amount does not exceed $3,500 (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), such value shall automatically be paid in a cash lump sum in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10.1 hereof. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection (a), if (i) a Participant described in such subsection (a) was subject to the provisions of Section 5.5 and (ii) at the time of his death there is a Surviving Spouse and the Participant has not designated a Beneficiary other than his Surviving Spouse with such Surviving Spouse's consent pursuant to Section 7.3, the single life annuity otherwise payable to such Surviving Spouse pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall not be less than the single life annuity otherwise payable to such person determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.1 or 6.2, as the case may be, of the appropriate Prior Plan and based solely on such Participant's Normal Retirement Income determined in accordance with Section 5.5; provided, however, that if the Actuarial Equivalent value of the single life annuity otherwise so determined pursuant to this subsection (b) does not exceed $3,500 (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), such value shall automatically be paid in a cash lump sum in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10.1 hereof. 7.2 Death After Date of Commencement of Benefits. In the event of a Participant's death after commencement of benefits, and if an optional form of benefit under Section 9.3 hereof is applicable, then the death benefit payable hereunder, if any, shall be determined in accordance with such optional election. Otherwise, no death benefit shall be payable. 7.3 Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant has a Surviving Spouse, his Surviving Spouse shall be his Beneficiary, unless the Participant designates someone other than his Surviving Spouse as his Beneficiary (other than as a contingent Beneficiary) and the Surviving Spouse consents to such designation. If the Participant does not have a Surviving Spouse or if his Surviving Spouse consents, the Participant shall have the right to designate any 23 person as a Beneficiary, to receive the amount, if any, payable pursuant to this Plan upon his death and may from time to time change any such designation in accordance with procedures established by the Committee. Each such designation shall be in a written instrument filed with the Committee or its designee, and shall be in such form as may be required by the Committee or its designee. In the event that a Participant designates someone other than his Surviving Spouse as his Beneficiary (other than as a contingent Beneficiary), such Beneficiary designation shall not be effective unless (i) the Surviving Spouse consents to such Beneficiary designation in writing, in a form acceptable to the Committee or its designee, and such consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public or (ii) the Participant provides the Committee or its designee with sufficient evidence to show that the Participant does not have a Surviving Spouse or that his Surviving Spouse cannot be located. The Committee shall decide which Beneficiary, if any, shall have been validly designated. If a Participant does not have a Surviving Spouse and no Beneficiary has been designated, or if a Participant does not have a Surviving Spouse and the Committee determines that a designation made by the Participant is not effective for any reason, the Committee shall designate as Beneficiary the estate of the deceased Participant. 24 SECTION 8 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 8.1 A Participant shall be 100% vested in the amount credited to his Retirement Account after having completed at least Five (5) Years of Service. If a Participant terminates employment other than by early or normal retirement or death after having completed at least Five (5) Years of Service, he shall be entitled to elect payment of the amount credited to his Retirement Account as of such date of termination in a cash lump sum or, (i) if the Participant has a Surviving Spouse at the time of such termination of employment, as an annuity of the form described in Section 9.2 hereof or (ii) if the Participant has no Surviving Spouse at the time of such termination of employment, as an annuity of the form of benefit described in Section 9.1 hereof. Such payment shall be made (or in the case of an annuity, shall commence) in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10.1 hereof, and such election to be subject to consent as provided in Sections 9.4 and 9.5 hereof; provided, however, that if the Actuarial Equivalent value of such amount does not exceed $3,500 (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), such value shall automatically be paid in a cash lump sum in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10.1 hereof. If such Participant does not elect such lump sum or annuity, he shall be entitled to receive a Normal Retirement Income commencing on his Normal Retirement Date, payable in a lump sum or as an annuity, in accordance with Sections 9.1 or 9.2 hereof, to the extent applicable. For purposes of this Section 8, a Participant who is terminated for Disability after a one-year absence because of Disability shall be deemed to have completed at least Five (5) Years of Service. 8.2 In no event shall the retirement income of a terminated Employee who was a participant under a Prior Plan immediately prior to the Initial Effective Date be less than the Actuarial Equivalent of the benefit that would have been payable under the Prior Plan had the Participant's employment terminated immediately prior to the Initial Effective Date. 8.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, each Participant shall be 100% vested in his Retirement Account on his Normal Retirement Date. 8.4 (a) If a Participant's service terminates prior to having completed Five (5) Years of Service, and at a time when he is 0% vested in the amount credited to his Retirement Account, he shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, be deemed to automatically receive, as of such person's date of termination of employment, a single lump sum distribution which is the Actuarial Equivalent of his entire vested Accrued Benefit under the Plan, and he shall thereupon forfeit his Retirement Account as of such same date. Any forfeiture resulting from the operation of this Section, or any other provisions of the Plan, shall be used to reduce future Employer contributions. (b) If a Participant's Retirement Account is forfeited pursuant to the preceding paragraph (a) above and such Participant is subsequently reemployed as an Employee of an Employer (i) after the number of consecutive one-year Breaks in Service equals or exceeds Five (5), the Years of Service completed prior to the Breaks in Service shall not be aggregated 25 with Years of Service completed after the reemployment date, or (ii) prior to incurring Five (5) or more consecutive one-year Breaks in Service, the amounts previously credited to his Retirement Account will be restored, the Years of Service completed prior to the Breaks in Service will be aggregated with the Years of Service after his reemployment date and the Participant shall become a Participant of the Plan upon his reemployment. (c) If a Participant's vested percentage is 100% at the time of his termination of employment, and such Participant is subsequently reemployed as an Employee of an Employer, Years of Service completed prior to any number of one-year Breaks in Service shall be aggregated with Years of Service after the reemployment. If such Participant received a complete distribution of his benefits under the Plan prior to his reemployment, then the amounts credited to his Retirement Account as of his date of termination shall be restored on his reemployment date, but any subsequent distribution paid to the Participant after his reemployment shall be offset by the present value of any distributions previously paid to him at any time in accordance with the requirements of Section 411(a)(7) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 8.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8 and solely in the case of a Participant subject to the provisions of Section 5.5: (a) if such Participant's Accrued Benefit is in fact determined pursuant to Section 5.5, rather than with reference to the amount credited to his Retirement Account, then the provisions of Section 8.1 shall instead be applied with reference to such Accrued Benefit so determined pursuant to Section 5.5, and in connection therewith, the amount of any cash lump sum shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of such Accrued Benefit; and (b) regardless of whether such Participant's Accrued Benefit is in fact so determined pursuant to Section 5.5, the provisions of Section 8.4 shall be applied with reference to both such person's Retirement Account and the amount otherwise calculated pursuant to Section 5.5. 26 SECTION 9 OPTIONAL FORMS OF BENEFIT 9.1 Normal Form of Benefit. (a) The normal form of benefit shall be an income payable monthly for life, commencing on the Normal Retirement Date and terminating with the payment preceding death; provided, however, that a Participant may, with spousal consent under the terms of Section 9.4 hereof, if applicable, elect to receive the amount credited to his Retirement Account in a single cash lump sum; further provided, however, that if the Actuarial Equivalent value of such amount does not exceed $3,500 (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), such value shall automatically be paid to the Participant in a cash lump sum in accordance with the last sentence of Section 10.1 hereof. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection (a) and solely in the case of a Participant subject to the provisions of Section 5.5, if such Participant's Accrued Benefit is in fact determined pursuant to Section 5.5, rather than with reference to the amount credited to his Retirement Account, then the provisions of the foregoing subsection (a) shall instead be applied with reference to such Accrued Benefit so determined pursuant to Section 5.5, and in connection therewith, the amount of any cash lump sum shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of such Accrued Benefit. 9.2 Automatic Post-Retirement Surviving Spouse Option. Subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth in this Section, if a Participant has a Surviving Spouse at his Retirement Income Commencement Date, the amount of retirement income payment to which he would otherwise be entitled under the normal form of benefit described in Section 9.1 shall be reduced on an Actuarial Equivalent basis to reflect the fact that, if such spouse shall survive him, a retirement income shall be payable under the Plan to his Surviving Spouse during such spouse's remaining lifetime after his death in an amount equal to 50% of the reduced amount of retirement income payments. A married Participant may elect (and may revoke such election and thereafter reelect) that his retirement income not be paid in the 50% joint and survivor form described in the preceding sentence, subject to the provisions of Section 9.4 hereof. 9.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9, a Participant who retires on or after his Early Retirement Date may, subject to consent as provided in Sections 9.4 and 9.5 hereof, elect to receive the value of (i) his entire Accrued Benefit in accordance with one of the following optional forms, except that Option 1 or 2 may not be elected with respect to an Accrued Benefit accrued prior to January 1, 1991; (ii) his Accrued Benefit as of his Retirement Income Commencement Date less the value of his Accrued Benefit as of December 31, 1990 separately in accordance with Option 1 or 2; and (iii) his Accrued Benefit as of December 31, 1990, under a Prior Plan separately in accordance with Option 3, 4 or 5; provided, however, that 27 the Prior Plan benefit may be received separately only if a Participant elects Option 1 or 2 under clause (ii) hereof. Option 1. An Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to the retired Participant for the rest of his life, and after his death either 50% or 100% (in accordance with his election) of such Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to his contingent annuitant for the rest of the contingent annuitant's life. Option 2. An Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to the retired Participant payable for the greater of his lifetime or a period of ten (10) years. If the retired Participant dies before the expiration of ten (10) years, the remaining installments of his Actuarial Equivalent retirement income shall be paid to his Beneficiary. Option 3. An Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to the retired Participant for the rest of his life, and after his death either 25%, 66.67%, 75% or 100% (in accordance with his election) of such Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to his contingent annuitant for the rest of the contingent annuitant's life. Option 4. An Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to the retired Participant for the rest of his life, and if he dies before receiving 120 monthly payments, such Actuarial Equivalent retirement income to be paid to his Beneficiary for the remainder of the 120 months. Option 5. A Participant who retires early in accordance with Section 4.2 hereof may elect to receive an Actuarial Equivalent retirement income providing larger monthly payments, in lieu of the retirement income otherwise payable upon early retirement, until the earliest date on which his Social Security benefit could commence; thereafter his monthly retirement income payments shall be reduced by the estimated monthly amount of his Social Security benefit computed to commence on such date. This optional form provides, insofar as practical, a level total retirement income (from this Plan and Social Security) for the Participant. In the event of the election of this Social Security adjustment option, the monthly payment of the adjusted retirement income shall commence at the date of retirement and shall cease with the earlier of the last payment prior to the death of the Participant or the last payment payable as calculated under this option. 9.4 The following rules and requirements must be met in order for any optional form of retirement income to be applicable. (a) The election must be made pursuant to a qualified election (as described in paragraphs (b) and (g) of this Section) and filed with the Committee or its designee within the 90-day period ending on the Retirement Income Commencement Date. (b) The consent of a contingent annuitant or Beneficiary shall not be required for a qualified election of an option; except that, if a married Participant elects to receive a form of benefit other than the Automatic Post-Retirement Survivor Spouse Option described in Section 9.2 hereof, a qualified election requires that the Surviving Spouse waive such spouse's 28 right to the Automatic Post-Retirement Surviving Spouse Option. Such waiver shall not be effective unless (i) the consent is in writing; (ii) the election designates a specific alternate Beneficiary, including any class of Beneficiaries or any contingent Beneficiaries, which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the Surviving Spouse expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further spousal consent); (ii) the Surviving Spouse's consent acknowledges the effect of the election; (iv) the Surviving Spouse's consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary public; and (v) the election designates a form of benefit payment that may not be changed without spousal consent (or the Surviving Spouse expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further spousal consent). In the absence of a waiver by such spouse, other than for the reason that such spouse cannot be located, the election of a form of payment other than as provided in Section 9.2 hereof shall be null and void. Any consent by a Surviving Spouse obtained under this provision (or establishment that the consent of a Surviving Spouse may not be obtained) shall be effective only with respect to such Surviving Spouse. A consent that permits designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by the Surviving Spouse must acknowledge that such spouse has the right to limit consent to a specific Beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where applicable, and that such spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both of such rights. A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the consent of the Surviving Spouse at any time prior to the commencement of benefits. The number of revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this provision shall be valid unless the Participant has received notice as provided in paragraph (g) of this Section. (c) An election may not be made nor will it be accepted by the Committee or its designee, or if accepted it shall become null and void, if the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Participant's entire Accrued Benefit as of his Retirement Income Commencement Date would be $3,500 or less (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 or less (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), and such value shall automatically be paid to the Participant in a cash lump sum. (d) If the stated effective date of the option is prior to the Participant's Normal Retirement Date and the Participant continues in service after such stated effective date, the election shall become null and void but, subject to the rules and requirements contained in this Section, the Participant may thereafter make another election. If the stated effective date is the Participant's Normal Retirement Date or any later date and he continues in service after such stated effective date, the option shall take effect upon his subsequent death or retirement. (e) If a Participant who has elected Option 4 under Section 9.3 hereof dies while the option is in effect, and his Beneficiary is a natural person who survives the Participant but dies before the 120 monthly payments have been paid to the Participant and the Beneficiary, the lump sum discounted value of the unpaid balance of such 120 monthly payments shall be paid to the Beneficiary's estate. (f) If the contingent annuitant is other than the Surviving Spouse, and if the actuarial present value of the payments to be made to the Participant under an option will be less than 51% of the Actuarial Equivalent value of the normal form of retirement benefit provided in Section 9.1 hereof, the optional benefit shall be adjusted so that the value of the 29 Participant's benefit will be equal to 51% of the Actuarial Equivalent value of the Participant's normal form of retirement benefit. (g) No election shall be a qualified election unless, at least 30 days (or such a shorter period permitted by the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and no more than 90 days prior to the Participant's Retirement Income Commencement Date, the Committee shall furnish him (by mail or personal delivery) a statement generally describing the 50% joint and survivor form and explaining the relative financial effects of making an election under Section 9.2 hereof, or an election of an optional form of payment under Section 9.3 hereof. The statement shall also describe the right of the Participant and his Surviving Spouse to waive the 50% joint and survivor form, the effect of such a waiver, and the right to revoke such waiver. 9.5 If the Actuarial Equivalent value of a Participant's vested Accrued Benefit exceeds (or at the time of any prior distribution exceeded) $3,500 (with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1998) or $5,000 (with respect to Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1998), and the Accrued Benefit is "immediately distributable" (as defined below), the Participant and any Surviving Spouse (or where either the Participant or the spouse has died, the survivor) must consent to any distribution of such Accrued Benefit. An Accrued Benefit is "immediately distributable" if any part of the Accrued Benefit could be distributed to the Participant (or Surviving Spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have attained if not deceased) Normal Retirement Age. The consent of the Participant and any Surviving Spouse shall be obtained in writing within the 90-day period ending on the Retirement Income Commencement Date. The Participant and any Surviving Spouse shall be notified of the right to defer any distribution until the Participant's Accrued Benefit is no longer immediately distributable. Such notification shall include a general description of the material features, and an explanation of the relative values of, the optional forms of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that would satisfy the notice requirements of Section 417(a)(3) of the Code, and shall be provided no less than 30 days (or such shorter period permitted by the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) and no more than 90 days prior to the Retirement Income Commencement Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent to the commencement of a distribution in the 50% or 100% joint and survivor form while the Accrued Benefit is immediately distributable. Neither the consent of the Participant nor the Surviving Spouse shall be required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Section 401(a)(9) or 415 of the Code. 30 SECTION 10 PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT INCOME 10.1 Subject to the provisions of Sections 9 and 11 hereof, retirement income payable in other than a lump sum shall be payable in monthly installments, as of the first day of each month with the first payment to be made as of the appropriate retirement date or earlier date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the 60th day after the later of the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65 or terminates employment or in which occurs his tenth (10th) Year of Credited Service, and with final payment to be made as of the first day of the month in which death occurs, or, if earlier, the first day of the month payments cease under the option elected. Subject to the foregoing sentence, retirement income payable in a single cash lump sum shall be paid on or as soon as administratively possible following the date he becomes entitled thereto. 10.2 Anything elsewhere in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, the entire nonforfeitable interest of each Participant shall be either: (a) distributed to the Participant not later than the Participant's "Required Beginning Date" (as defined in Section 10.2(b)), or (b) distributed to, or for the benefit of, the Participant and the Participant's contingent annuitant in installments beginning not later than the Participant's Required Beginning Date and continuing, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, (i) over the life of the Participant or over the lives of the Participant and the Participant's contingent annuitant or (ii) over a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant and the Participant's Beneficiary. For purposes of this Section, the "Required Beginning Date" shall mean the later of April 1 of the calendar year which follows the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2, or the calendar year in which the Participant retires; provided, however, that a distribution to a Participant who is a five percent owner (as defined in Section 416 of the Code) shall begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year which follows the calendar year in which such Participant attains age 70-1/2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Participant who attains age 70-1/2 after December 31, 1995 but on or before December 31, 1997 may elect to nevertheless commence his distribution on April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2 even if the Participant is still employed by the Employer. In addition to the foregoing, in applying the rules of this Section 10.2, the regulations promulgated under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code are incorporated herein by reference, as are the rules promulgated by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service with respect to compliance with Section 401(a)(9) of the Code without violating Section 411(d)(6) of the Code. If distribution of a Participant's nonforfeitable interest has begun in accordance with Section 10.2(b) hereof and the Participant dies before his entire nonforfeitable interest has 31 been distributed to him, the remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used under Section 10.2(b) hereof as of the date of the Participant's death. If a Participant dies before distribution of the Participant's nonforfeitable interest has begun in accordance with Section 10.2(b) hereof, the entire nonforfeitable interest shall be distributed within five years after the death of the Participant, except such portion thereof as shall be payable in installments to, or for the benefit of, the Participant's contingent annuitant, beginning not later than one (1) year after the date of the Participant's death and continuing, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, over the life of the contingent annuitant (or over a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the contingent annuitant); provided, however, that if the Surviving Spouse is the Participant's contingent annuitant, the date on which the distributions are required to begin shall not be later than the Participant's Required Beginning Date and, if the Surviving Spouse dies before the distributions to the Surviving Spouse begin, this paragraph shall be applied as if the Surviving Spouse was the Participant. 32 SECTION 11 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN 11.1 Except with respect to those responsibilities delegated to the Fiduciary Committee hereunder, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of the Plan. The Committee shall be a "named fiduciary" under Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA. The Committee shall consist of at least three (3) members who shall be appointed in the manner authorized by the Board. Vacancies therein shall be filled in the same manner as appointments. Any member of the Committee may be removed by action of the Board or may resign of his own accord by delivering his written resignation to the Board and to the secretary of the Committee. 11.2 The members of the Committee shall elect from their number a chairman and shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a member of the Committee. They may appoint from their number subcommittees with such powers as they shall determine, may authorize one or more of their number or any agent to execute or deliver any instrument or make any payment in their behalf, and may employ clerks and may employ such counsel, accountants, and actuaries as may be required in carrying out the provisions of the Plan. 11.3 The Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at such time, and at such place as they may determine. 11.4 A majority of the members of the Committee at the time in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions or other actions taken by the Committee shall be by vote of a majority of those present at the meeting, but not less than two (2), or in writing by a majority of members at the time in office, if they act without a meeting. 11.5 No member of the Committee who is also an Employee shall receive any compensation for his services as such, but the Employer may reimburse any member for any necessary expenses incurred. 11.6 The Committee shall from time to time establish rules for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of its business. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, the Committee shall have the exclusive right to interpret the Plan and to decide any matters arising thereunder in connection with the administration of the Plan, the eligibility of any person to benefits thereunder and the amounts of such benefits. It shall endeavor to act by general rules so as not to discriminate in favor of any person. Its decisions and the records of the Committee shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employer, the Participants, and all other persons having any interest under the Plan. The Committee shall have the power to amend the Plan in order to comply with applicable law and to ensure effective operation of the Plan for the benefit of Participants, provided that such amendment does not increase the total cost of providing benefits under the 33 Plan by an amount in excess of $200,000 in any Plan Year computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting or actuarial principles; and provided, further, that such amendment does not affect the duties delegated hereunder to the Fiduciary Committee. The Committee may appoint a Plan administrator for the Plan and shall delegate to the Plan administrator the duty to maintain all records and accounts necessary for the effective administration of the Plan, and to take any actions necessary to comply with the reporting and disclosure requirements imposed by the Code, ERISA and any other applicable federal or state statute or regulation, including any law or regulation promulgated by any foreign governing body which applies to the Plan. The Committee may delegate to any Plan administrator such other duties as it may deem necessary and appropriate. The Committee shall receive reports from each such Plan administrator as the Committee may request. 11.7 The Committee shall cause to be maintained accounts showing the fiscal transactions of the Plan, and in connection therewith shall require the Trustee to submit any necessary reports, and shall keep in convenient form such data as may be necessary for actuarial valuations of the assets and liabilities of the Plan. 11.8 The members of the Committee, the Fiduciary Committee, the Board, and the officers and directors of the Employer shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations, certificates, and reports furnished by any duly appointed actuary, upon all certificates and reports made by any duly appointed accountant, and upon all opinions given by any duly appointed legal counsel. The members of the Committee, the Fiduciary Committee, the Board, and the officers and directors of the Employer shall not be held liable for any action taken in good faith in reliance upon any such tables, valuations, certificates, reports, or opinions. All actions so taken shall be conclusive upon each of them and upon all persons having any interest under the Plan. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by virtue of any instrument executed by him or on his behalf as a member of the Committee, or for any mistake of judgment made by himself or any other member or by anyone employed by the Employer, or for any loss unless resulting from his own actions, including gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each member of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Employer against losses reasonably incurred by him in connection with any claim, proceeding or action to which he may be a party by reason of his membership in the Committee (including amounts paid in a settlement approved by the Employer and reasonable attorney's fees and expenses incurred in connection with such claim, proceeding or action); provided, however, that such indemnification shall not apply to matters as to which he shall be finally adjudged, by a court of competent jurisdiction in a decision from which no appeal may be taken or with respect to which the time to appeal has expired without an appeal having been made, to have engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct. The foregoing right of indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which any such member may be entitled as a matter of law or pursuant to the bylaws of Estee Lauder or any other Employer. 11.9 In the event that any Participant, contingent annuitant or Beneficiary claims to be entitled to a benefit under the Plan, and the Committee determines that such claim 34 should be denied in whole or in part, the Committee shall, in writing, notify such claimant within 90 days of receipt of such claim that his claim has been denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial. Such notification shall be written in a manner reasonably expected to be understood by such Participant or other payee and shall set forth the pertinent sections of the Plan relied on and, where appropriate, an explanation of how the claimant can obtain review of such denial. Within 60 days after the mailing or delivery by the Committee of such notice, such claimant may request, by mailing or delivery of written notice to the Committee, a review by the Committee of the decision denying the claim. If the claimant fails to request such a hearing within such 60-day period, it shall be conclusively determined for all purposes of this Plan that the denial of such claim by the Committee is correct. If such claimant requests a review within such 60-day period, he shall have the opportunity to review pertinent documents and to submit a written statement to the Committee. After such review, the Committee shall determine whether such denial of the claim was correct and shall notify such claimant in writing of its determination within 60 days from receipt of his request and no further review shall thereafter be required by the Committee. 35 SECTION 12 INVESTMENT OF PLAN ASSETS; DUTIES OF FUDICIARY COMMITTEE 12.1 All assets for providing the benefits of the Plan shall be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of Participants, contingent annuitants and Beneficiaries under the Plan, and no part of the corpus or income shall be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants, contingent annuitants, and Beneficiaries under the Plan except as provided in Sections 6.3 and 16.4 hereof. No Participant, contingent annuitant, or Beneficiary under the Plan, nor any other person, shall have any interest in or right to any part of the earnings of the Trust Fund, or any rights in, to, or under the Trust Fund or any part of its assets, except to the extent expressly provided in the Plan. 12.2 All contributions to the Plan by the Employer shall be committed in trust to the Trustee and/or to an insurance company as provided for in Section 404 of ERISA. The Trustee shall be appointed from time to time by the Fiduciary Committee by the appropriate instrument, with such powers in the Trustee as to investment, reinvestment, control, and disbursement of the funds as the Fiduciary Committee shall approve and as shall be in accordance with the Plan. The Fiduciary Committee may remove, replace, or add a Trustee at any time. Upon the removal, replacement, or resignation of any Trustee, the Fiduciary Committee may designate a successor Trustee. 12.3 In the discretion of the Fiduciary Committee all contributions to the Plan by the Employer committed to the Trustee and/or insurance company may be commingled from time to time in whole or in part with any other fund or funds held by the Trustee and/or insurance company for use in connection with the payment of pensions of any Employee of the Employer or with any other fund or funds held by the Trustee and/or insurance company pursuant to any other retirement plan which is a qualified pension plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. For purposes of this Plan, the word "fund" or "funds" as used in this Section 12 and hereafter in this Plan shall mean the allocable portion of the fund or funds held by the Trustee and/or insurance company in respect of the contributions made pursuant to this Plan. 12.4 The Fiduciary Committee shall determine the manner in which the funds of the Plan shall be disbursed in accordance with the Plan and the provisions of the trust instrument, including the form of voucher or warrant to be used in making disbursements and the qualifications of persons authorized to approve and sign the same and any other matters incident to the disbursement of such funds. 12.5 The Fiduciary Committee shall adopt from time to time actuarial tables to be used as the basis for all actuarial calculations and shall recommend the rates of contribution payable by the Employer to the Plan as provided in Section 6 hereof. The Fiduciary Committee shall determine from time to time the per centum rate of interest to be used as the basis for all 36 calculations. As an aid to the Fiduciary Committee in adopting tables and in recommending the rates of contribution payable by the Employer to the Plan, the actuary appointed by the Fiduciary Committee shall make annual actuarial valuations of the assets and liabilities of the Plan and shall certify to the Fiduciary Committee the tables and rates of contribution which he would recommend for use by the Fiduciary Committee. 37 SECTION 13 OBLIGATIONS OF THE EMPLOYER 13.1 All contributions by the Employer for benefits under the Plan shall be voluntary, and the Employer shall be under no legal obligation to make and/or continue to make them. The Employer shall have no liability in respect to payments or benefits or otherwise under the Plan, and the Employer shall have no liability in respect to the administration of the Trust Fund or of the funds, securities, or other assets paid over to the Trustee, and each Participant, each contingent annuitant, and each Beneficiary shall look solely to such Trust Fund for any payments or benefits under the Plan. 38 SECTION 14 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 14.1 Except as otherwise provided by law (which shall include a "qualified domestic relations order" pursuant to Section 414(p) of the Code and any other circumstance described in Section 401(a)(13) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder), no benefit payable under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge; nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of the person entitled to such benefit. 14.2 If any Participant, contingent annuitant, or Beneficiary under the Plan shall become bankrupt or attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber or charge any benefit in a manner not allowed pursuant to Section 14.1, then such benefit shall, in the discretion of the Committee, cease and terminate. In that event the Committee shall hold or apply the benefit or any part thereof to or for such Participant, contingent annuitant or Beneficiary, his spouse, children, or other dependents, or any of them, in such manner and in such proportions as the Committee shall in its sole discretion determine. 14.3 The establishment and/or maintenance of the Plan shall not be construed as conferring any rights upon any Employee or any person for a continuation of employment, and shall not be construed as limiting in any way the right of the Employer to discharge any Employee or to treat him without regard to the effect which such treatment might have upon him as a Participant of the Plan. 14.4 If any person entitled to receive any benefits from the Trust Fund is a minor or, in the judgment of the Committee, legally, physically or mentally incapable of personally receiving any distributions, the Committee may instruct the Trustee to make distribution to such other person, persons, or institutions that, in the judgment of the Committee, are then maintaining or have custody of such distributee. 14.5 The determination of the Committee as to the identity of the proper payee of any benefit under the Plan and the amount of such benefit properly payable shall be conclusive, and payment in accordance with such determination shall constitute a complete discharge of all obligations on account of such benefit. 14.6 In the event any amount shall become payable from the Trust Fund to a Beneficiary or the estate of any deceased person and if, after written notice from the Trustee mailed to the last known address of such Beneficiary, or of the executor or administrator of such estate (as certified to the Trustee by the Committee), such person or such executor or administrator shall not have presented himself to the Trustee within two years after the mailing of such notice, the Trustee shall notify the Committee, and the Committee shall instruct the Trustee 39 to distribute such amount due to such Beneficiary or such estate among one or more of the spouse and blood relatives of such deceased person, as designated by the Committee. 14.7 This Plan may be adopted, by action of the Board of Directors, with respect to Employees who are United States citizens employed by a foreign subsidiary (as defined in Section 3121(1)(8) of the Code) of the Employer, with such Employees being treated as Employees of an Employer for the purpose described in Section 406 of the Code if the following conditions are met: (a) the Employer has entered into an agreement under Section 3121(1) of the Code which applies to the foreign subsidiary by which such Employees are employed; and (b) no contributions under another funded plan of deferred compensation (whether or not a plan described in Section 401(a), 403(a), or 405(a) of the Code) are provided by any other Employer with respect to the remuneration paid to such Employees by such subsidiary. 14.8 In the case of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other plan each Participant in the Plan will (if the Plan then terminated) receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated). Such merger, consolidation or transfer shall comply with Section 414(l) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. 14.9 The rights of any person who terminated employment or retired on or before the effective date of any of the relevant provisions of this restatement, including his eligibility for benefits, shall be determined solely under the terms of the Plan as in effect on the date of his termination of employment or retirement, unless such person is thereafter reemployed and again becomes a Participant. 14.10 Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. 40 SECTION 15 ADOPTION OF PLAN BY MEMBERS OF THE GROUP 15.1 Any member of the Group, other than Estee Lauder, or any other corporation or unincorporated trade or business which is not a member of the Group may, with the consent of the Board of Directors, adopt this Plan, thereby bringing such Group member or other corporation or unincorporated trade or business within the definition of Employer. With respect to such member of the Group or other corporation or unincorporated trade or business, the term "Original Effective Date" of the Plan shall refer to the date as to which such member adopts the Plan or the date as of which the Plan is extended to such member as the case may be. 15.2 The Board of Directors shall, subject to the requirements of ERISA and the Code, determine the extent to which, if at all, the period of employment prior to the extension of the Plan to a member of the Group or other corporation or unincorporated trade or business shall be recognized for purposes of the Plan. 15.3 In the event that a retirement plan or pension plan maintained by a member of the Group, or other corporation or unincorporated trade or business, for any other division, plant, or location is added to this Plan, the rights and benefits of Employees who were covered under such other plan shall, from and after the Original Effective Date of the Plan with respect to said Employer, be determined under such terms and conditions with respect to such Employees as shall be specified by the Board of Directors in the resolution approving the adoption or extension of the Plan as to the said Employees. The assets under such other plans maintained by a member of the group applicable to Employees to be covered by this Plan shall, to the extent practicable and subject to the provisions of Section 14.8 hereof, be transferred to the Fund under this Plan, and such transferred assets shall be merged with the Fund held under this Plan. 15.4 If any Employer which has come within the definition of Employer pursuant to this Section 15 subsequently withdraws or is withdrawn from the Plan, or discontinues the Plan with respect to all or part of its Employees, the Committee shall determine the share of the Fund which shall be allocated to the Employees of such Employer who are thereby affected. If a separate defined benefit pension plan is being continued for such Employees, such Employer shall, subject to the provisions of Section 14.8 hereof, designate a successor Trustee under a separate instrument to whom such allocable funds shall be transferred with respect to all or the specified classifications of its Employees, as the case may be, unless the Board of Directors shall determine that such Employer and its affected Employees may upon proper action of such Employer continue to participate in the Trust Fund maintained in connection with this Plan. If the Plan is discontinued with respect to all or part of such Employer's Employees, such allocable funds shall be allocated with respect to each Employee affected, and shall be applied pursuant to Section 16.4 hereof. 41 15.5 If any Employer which is not a member of the Group which includes Estee Lauder adopts the Plan in accordance with Section 15.1, the Plan shall be treated as a "multiple employer plan" within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code, and it shall comply with all the requirements of the Code and ERISA applicable to such plans. 42 SECTION 16 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION 16.1 Estee Lauder reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, by action of the Committee to amend, in whole or in part, retroactively or prospectively or both, any or all of the provisions of the Plan; provided, however, that no part of the assets of the Plan shall, by reason of any amendment, be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants, contingent annuitants, and Beneficiaries; and further provided that any amendment adopted by the Committee which would cause the Plan and the trust established under the Plan to cease to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) or 501(a) of the Code respectively, shall be null and void; and any actions taken under the Plan pursuant to such amendment, any benefit increases (or decreases) accruing under the Plan as a result of such amendment, and any increases (or decreases) in benefit payments under the Plan made as a result of such amendment, during the period from the date of adoption of such amendment to the date it is determined that such amendment should so cause the Plan and the trust under the Plan to cease to meet such requirements, shall be, respectively, rectified, nullified, and restored as soon as possible to the extent necessary to permit the Plan and the trust under the Plan to continue to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code, respectively. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph herein, no amendment to the Plan shall: (a) reduce the Participant's accrued normal retirement income as of the date on which the amendment is adopted, (b) eliminate or reduce any early retirement benefit or retirement-type subsidy to be determined by regulation), or an optional form of retirement income under the Plan, with respect to the accrued normal retirement income, or (c) reduce a retired Participant's retirement income as of the beginning of the Plan Year in which the amendment is effective. The Board of Directors' approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan which is anticipated by the Committee to increase the cost to Estee Lauder of maintaining the Plan by $200,000 or more in any year, computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting or actuarial principles. 16.2 The Board of Directors may terminate the Plan at any time as to all or any particular group or groups of Participants and such other persons, if any, who have or may become entitled to benefits under the Plan on account of such Participants as to whom the Plan shall have been terminated, which Participants and other persons shall be referred to collectively as the terminated group in this Section 16. After the Plan termination date which is applicable to the terminated group, benefits shall be provided to the terminated group in accordance with Section 16.4 hereof. In the event of such termination, each member of the terminated group will be fully (100%) vested in his accrued benefit. 43 16.3 The terminated group's portion of the Fund shall equal the sum of that part of the fair market value on the Plan termination date of the entire Fund that would have been allocated to each person in the terminated group in accordance with Section 16.4 hereof if the Plan had been terminated on such date as to all Participants in the Plan and no expenses were incurred in connection with such termination of the Plan. 16.4 A terminated group's share of the Fund shall be allocated as follows: (a) first, to provide benefits to each person in the terminated group in accordance with Section 4044(a) of ERISA, and the regulations issued pursuant thereto; (b) then, to the extent that after the making of the allocation described in (a) above, there remain in the Fund any assets which are applicable to the terminated group, the said assets shall be applied to pay for any unpaid administrative expenses for the administration of the Plan as to the terminated group; and (c) lastly, to the extent that after making the allocations described in (a) and (b) above, there remain in the Fund any assets which are applicable to the terminated group, then such remaining assets shall be paid to the Employer for its own use and benefit provided that such payment to the Employer does not contravene any provision of law. 44 SECTION 17 LIMITATION ACCORDING TO TREASURY DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS The purpose of this Section is to conform the Plan to the requirements of Section 1.401(a)(4)-5(b) of the Income Tax Regulations. 17.1 If a benefit becomes or is payable for a Plan Year to a Participant who is among the 25 highest paid "highly compensated employees" or "highly compensated former employees" (each as defined in Section 414(q) of the Code and regulations and rulings issued thereunder) for a Plan Year, such benefit cannot exceed an amount equal to the payments that would be made during the Plan Year on behalf of the Participant under a single life annuity that is the Actuarial Equivalent of the sum of the Participant's Accrued Benefit and any other benefits under the Plan; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply if (i) benefits that would be payable to such a Participant are less than one percent (1%) of the total value of current liabilities under the Plan, or (ii) the assets of the Trust Fund exceed, immediately after payment of a benefit to such a Participant, 110% of the value of current liabilities under the Plan. (For purposes of this Section, the value of current liabilities shall be as defined in Section 412(l)(7) of the Code.) 17.2 In the event of a termination of the Plan, the benefit of any highly compensated employee or highly compensated former employee shall be limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Section 401(a)(4) of the Code. 17.3 In the event Congress should provide by statute, or the Internal Revenue Service or Department of the Treasury should provide by regulation or ruling, that such limitations are no longer necessary for the Plan to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) or other applicable provisions of the Code then in effect, such limitations shall become void and shall no longer apply, without the necessity of further amendment to the Plan. 45 SECTION 18 TOP-HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS 18.1 Anything elsewhere in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 18 shall apply to the Plan for any Plan Year if, on the last day of the preceding Plan Year, either (i) the present equivalent actuarial value of the cumulative accrued normal retirement income of Key Employees exceeds 60% of the present equivalent actuarial value of the cumulative accrued normal retirement income of all Participants, or (ii) the sum of (A) the present equivalent actuarial value of the cumulative accrued normal retirement income of Key Employees under the Plan, (B) the present equivalent actuarial value of the accumulated accrued benefits of Key Employees under all other qualified defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group, and (C) the cumulative accrued benefits of Key Employees under all qualified defined contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group exceeds 60% of the sum of (D) the present equivalent actuarial value of the cumulative accrued normal retirement income of all Participants under the Plan, (E) the present equivalent actuarial value of the accumulated accrued benefits of all Participants under all other qualified defined benefit plans included in the Aggregation Group, and (F) the cumulative accrued benefits of all Participants under all qualified defined contribution plans included in the Aggregation Group. For the purpose of the foregoing sentence, the "equivalent actuarial value" of the cumulative accrued normal retirement income of each Participant under the Plan shall be calculated utilizing a five percent (5%) interest rate assumption and is increased by the amount of the aggregate distributions, if any, made with respect to the Participant under the Plan during the five-year period ending on the last day of the preceding Plan Year; and the present equivalent actuarial value of the accumulated accrued benefit of each Participant under all other qualified defined benefit plans and the cumulative accrued benefit of each Participant under any qualified defined contribution plan shall be increased by the amount of the aggregate distributions, if any, made with respect to the Participant under such other plan during that five-year period. The term "Aggregation Group" shall mean all plans to which the Employer contributes in which a Key Employee is a Participant and all other plans to which the Employer contributes that enable any such plan to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(4) or Section 410 of the Code. If a Participant is not a Key Employee for any Plan Year, but was a Key Employee in a prior Plan Year, the accrued normal retirement income for such Participant shall not be taken into account. The accrued normal retirement income of any Participant or former Participant who has not during the five-year period ending on the last day of the preceding Plan Year received from the Employer any compensation (other than benefits under the Plan) shall not be taken into account. In any Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 apply and thereafter, each Employee who is a Participant during that Plan Year and has completed at least three (3) Years of Service shall have a nonforfeitable right, in the event he ceases to be an Employee prior to his Normal Retirement Date, otherwise than by death or early retirement, to receive for the remainder of his life (beginning at his Normal Retirement Date if he is still living) a deferred vested retirement income in an amount per month equal to his accrued normal retirement income computed as of 46 the date he ceases to be an Employee (including benefits accrued before the provisions of this Section 18 apply). Notwithstanding the foregoing, each such Employee who has completed not less than three (3) Years of Service shall be permitted to elect, within 90 days after the first day of the Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 apply, to have his nonforfeitable percentage computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 hereof without regard to this paragraph. 18.2 In any Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 apply, if the accrued normal retirement income of any Participant who is not a Key Employee, when expressed as an equivalent actuarial value of a benefit payable annually in the form of a single life annuity (with no ancillary benefits) beginning when the Participant attains age 65 (without taking into account contributions or benefits under Chapter 2 of Chapter 21 of Title II of the Social Security Act, or any other Federal or State law), is less than the Compensation from Estee Lauder not in excess of $150,000, for years in the Participant's Testing Period, then the accrued normal retirement income of that Participant shall be increased to an amount equal at the last day of that Plan Year to such Applicable Percentage of the Participant's average Compensation from the Employer for years in the Participant's Testing Period. 18.3 In any Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 apply, the Compensation from the Employer of each Participant taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the first $150,000 (or such other figure as shall result from such annual cost-of-living adjustments as the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall make pursuant to Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code). 18.4 In any Plan Year commencing prior to January 1, 2000 for which the provisions of this Section 18 apply, the figure "1.0" shall be substituted for the figure "1.25" as required by Section 416 of the Code for the purpose of determining an Employee's "defined contribution plan fraction" and "defined benefit plan fraction" under Section 415(e) of the Code. 18.5 For purposes of this Section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Applicable Percentage" means, in respect of any Participant, the lesser of (i) 2 percent multiplied by the number of the Participant's Years of Service (disregarding any Year of Service in which ended a Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 were not applicable and any Year of Service completed in a Plan Year beginning before January 1, 1984) or (ii) 20 percent. (b) "Compensation" means, for purposes of this Section only, Compensation as defined in Section 2.10 hereof but including any special pay or remuneration reportable to the Internal Revenue Service on Form W-2 for Federal income tax purposes, but with respect to Plan Years commencing prior to January 1, 1998, "Compensation" excludes contributions made by an Employer on behalf of an Employee under a "cash or deferred arrangement" described in Section 401(k) of the Code. 47 (c) "Key Employee" means a Participant, former Participant or the contingent annuitant of any Participant who, at any time during the Plan Year or any of the four preceding Plan Years, is or was (i) an officer of an Employer whose compensation from the Employer for the Plan Year exceeds $45,000 (or such other figure as shall result from such annual cost-of-living adjustments as the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall make pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Code), or (ii) one (1) of the ten (10) employees of the Employer whose Compensation for the Plan Year exceeds $30,000 (or such other figure as shall result from such annual cost-of-living adjustments as the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate shall make pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Code) and who owns the largest interests in the Employer, or (iii) the owner of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding stock of the Employer (or stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer), or (iv) an owner of one percent (1%) or more of the outstanding stock of the Employer (or stock possessing more than one percent (1%) of the total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer) whose Compensation from the Employer for the Plan Year is more than $150,000. Any Employee who is not a Key Employee shall be deemed a Non-Key Employee. (d) "Testing Period" means, in respect of any Participant, the period of consecutive years (not exceeding Five (5)), and disregarding any Year of Service in which ended a Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 were not applicable, any Year of Service completed in a Plan Year beginning before January 1, 1984, and any year that begins after the close of the last Plan Year for which the provisions of this Section 18 were applicable) during which the Participant had the greatest aggregate Compensation from the Employer. 48 THE ESTEE LAUDER INC. RETIREMENT GROWTH ACCOUNT PLAN As Amended and Restated Generally Effective January 1, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS APPENDIX A A-1 APPENDIX B B-1 APPENDIX C C-1 APPENDIX D D-1 APPENDIX E E-1 APPENDIX F F-1 APPENDIX G G-1 APPENDIX H H-1 APPENDIX I I-1 APPENDIX J J-1 APPENDIX K K-1 APPENDIX L L-1 APPENDIX M M-1 APPENDIX A 1. Except as otherwise noted below, the assumptions to be used to convert a single life annuity into any other form of benefit, other than a lump sum distribution, are as follows: Interest Rate: 6% Mortality Table: 1971 TPF&C Mortality Table for male lives, set back four years 2. To the extent that (A) any Participant's Retirement Account is to be converted into an equivalent, immediately payable, annual amount of single life annuity and (B) the distribution of such single life annuity is to begin as of date prior to January 1, 1999, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to such Participant's Retirement Account, with such factor based upon the above specified mortality table and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") immediate interest rate applicable to the month as of which the distribution of the single life annuity is otherwise to begin. To the extent that (A) any Participant's Retirement Account is to be converted into an equivalent, immediately payable, annual amount of single life annuity and (B) the distribution of such single life annuity is to begin as of date during calendar year 1999, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to such Participant's Retirement Account, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and whichever of the following two interest rates results in the larger single life annuity: (i) the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which the distribution of the single life annuity is otherwise to begin, and (ii) such same "applicable interest rate" as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the month in which falls the date as of which such distribution of the single life annuity is otherwise to begin. To the extent that (A) any Participant's Retirement Account is to be converted into an equivalent, immediately payable, annual amount of single life annuity and (B) the distribution of such single life annuity is to begin as of date on or after January 1, 2000, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to such Participant's Retirement Account, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as similarly so amended) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which the distribution of the single life annuity is otherwise to begin. A-1 3. To the extent that (A) any immediately payable, lump sum distribution under the Plan is the equivalent of a single life annuity otherwise deferred to a Participant's Normal Retirement Date and (B) such distribution is to occur as of a date prior to January 1, 1999, such Participant's Retirement Account is converted into an annual amount of such a deferred single life annuity using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the above specified mortality table and the PBGC immediate/deferred blended interest rate (under Section 417(e)(3) of the Code, as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of Public Law 103-465) applicable to the month as of which the distribution of such lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur. To the extent that (A) any immediately payable, lump sum distribution under the Plan is the equivalent of a single life annuity otherwise deferred to a Participant's Normal Retirement Date and (B) such distribution is to occur as of a date during calendar year 1999, such Participant's Retirement Account is converted into an annual amount of such a deferred single life annuity using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and whichever of the following two interest rates results in the larger single life annuity: (i) the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur, and (ii) such same "applicable interest rate" as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the month in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. To the extent that (A) any immediately payable, lump sum distribution under the Plan is the equivalent of a single life annuity otherwise deferred to a Participant's Normal Retirement Date and (B) such distribution is to occur as of a date on or after January 1, 2000, such Participant's Retirement Account is converted into an annual amount of such a deferred single life annuity using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and the applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as similarly so amended) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. 4. To the extent that (A) any Participant's single life annuity otherwise payable immediately is converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution and (B) the distribution of such lump sum benefit is to occur as of a date prior to January 1, 1999, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to the annual A-2 amount of such single life annuity, with such factor based upon the above specified mortality table and the PBGC immediate interest rate applicable to the month as of which the distribution of such lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur. To the extent that (A) any Participant's single life annuity otherwise payable immediately is converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution and (B) the distribution of such lump sum benefit is to occur as of a date during calendar year 1999, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to the annual amount of such single life annuity, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and whichever of the following two interest rates results in the larger single life annuity: (i) the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur, and (ii) such same "applicable interest rate" as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the month in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. To the extent that (A) any Participant's single life annuity otherwise payable immediately is converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution and (B) the distribution of such lump sum benefit is to occur as of a date on or after January 1, 2000, such conversion shall be done by applying an immediate conversion factor to the annual amount of such single life annuity, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as also so amended) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. 5. Each Participant's single life annuity otherwise deferred to such Participant's Normal Retirement Date is, if the distribution of a lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur as of a date prior to January 1, 1999, converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution by using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the above specified mortality table and the PBGC immediate/deferred blended interest rate (under Section 417(e)(3) of the Code, as in effect immediately prior to the enactment of Public Law 103-465) applicable to the month as of which the distribution of such lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur. Each Participant's single life annuity otherwise deferred to such Participant's Normal Retirement Date is, if the distribution of a lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur as of a date during calendar year 1999, converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution by using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law A-3 103-465) and whichever of the following two interest rates results in the larger single life annuity: (i) the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur, and (ii) such same "applicable interest rate" as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the month in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. Each Participant's single life annuity otherwise deferred to such Participant's Normal Retirement Date is, if the distribution of a lump sum benefit is otherwise to occur as of a date on or after January 1, 2000, converted into an equivalent, immediately payable lump sum distribution by using a deferred conversion factor, with such factor based upon the "applicable mortality table" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as amended by Public Law 103-465) and the "applicable interest rate" (as defined under Section 417(e)(3)(A) of the Code, as similarly so amended) as in effect for the second calendar month immediately prior to the first day of the calendar quarter in which falls the date as of which such distribution is otherwise to occur. A-4 APPENDIX B In order to receive the benefits described in Section 5.5 of the Plan, a Participant must have been a participant under a Prior Plan on December 31, 1990 and must satisfy the requirements set forth below that correspond to his termination of employment date.
Retirement Growth Account Plan - The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.
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