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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 1996
Registration No. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 94-1369731
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
300 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025-1164
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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(Full Title of the Plans)
Robert J. Vizas
Raychem Corporation
300 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025-1164
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(415) 361-3333
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to: Sarah A. O'Dowd
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
525 University Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301-1908
(415) 324-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of maximum maximum
securities Amount offering aggregate Amount of
to be to be price per offering registration
registered (1) registered(2) share price(2) fee
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Common Stock,
$1.00 par value $5,000,000 100% $5,000,000 $1,724.14
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(1) The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of
Raychem Corporation to pay deferred compensation in the future in
accordance with the terms of the Raychem Corporation Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan for a select group of eligible employees.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
STATEMENT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement covers securities of the Registrant
of the same class as other securities for which registration statements on Form
S-8 relating to the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan are effective. Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference
the contents of these previously-filed registration statements: Registration
Nos. 33-58437 and 33-58871.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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5 Opinion of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
23.1 Consent of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
(filed as part of Exhibit 5)
23.2 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants
24 Power of Attorney (see pages 5-6)
99.1 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers and sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in a successful defense of any action, suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on this 22nd day of
January, 1996.
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
By: /S/ RAYMOND J. SIMS
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Raymond J. Sims
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENTS
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Richard A. Kashnow, Raymond J.
Sims and Robert J. Vizas, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
full power to act without the other such person's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent for such person in such person's name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as they or such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/S/RICHARD A. KASHNOW President, Chief January 22, 1996
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Richard A. Kashnow Chairman of the Board
of Directors (Principal
Executive Officer)
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/S/RAYMOND J. SIMS Senior Vice President and January 22, 1996
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Raymond J. Sims (Principal Financial
Officer)
/S/DEIDRA D. BARSOTTI Vice President and
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Deidra D. Barsotti Accounting Officer)
/S/PAUL M. COOK Director January 22, 1996
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Paul M. Cook
/S/RICHARD DULUDE Director January 22, 1996
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Richard Dulude
/S/JAMES F. GIBBONS Director January 22, 1996
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James F. Gibbons
/S/JOHN P. MCTAGUE Director January 22, 1996
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John P. McTague
/S/DEAN O. MORTON Director January 22, 1996
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Dean O. Morton
/S/ISAAC STEIN Director January 22, 1996
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Isaac Stein
/S/CYRIL J. YANSOUNI Director January 22, 1996
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Cyril J. Yansouni
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Index to Exhibits
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5 Opinion of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe 8
23.1 Consent of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe (filed as
part of Exhibit 5) --
23.2 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants 12
24 Power of Attorney (see pages 5-6) 5
99.1 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan 14
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EXHIBIT 5
January 22, 1996
11850-0200
Raychem Corporation
300 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025-1164
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Raychem Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") which the Company proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about January 22, 1996 for the
purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, $5,000,000
of deferred compensation obligations (the "Obligations") which will represent
unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future
in accordance with the terms of the Raychem Corporation Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
We have assumed the authenticity of all records, documents and
instruments submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the
legal capacity of natural persons and the conformity to the originals of all
records, documents and instruments submitted to us as copies.
In rendering our opinion, we have examined the following records,
documents and instruments:
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(a) The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Company certified by the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware as of January 19, 1996 and certified to
us by an officer of the Company as being complete and in
full force and effect as of the date of this opinion;
(b) The Bylaws of the Company certified to us by an officer of
the Company as being complete and in full force and effect
as of the date of this opinion;
(c) A Certificate of the Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company (i) attaching records
certified to us as constituting all records of proceedings
and actions of the Board of Directors of the Company
relating to the Plan and the Registration Statement, and
(ii) certifying as to certain factual matters;
(d) The Registration Statement; and
(e) The Plan.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of California
and the Delaware General Corporation Law, and we disclaim any opinion as to the
laws of any other jurisdiction. We further disclaim any opinion as to any
statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order or other promulgation of any other
jurisdiction or any regional or local governmental body or as to any related
judicial or administrative opinion. We express no opinion as to the applicable
choice of law provisions contained in the Plan.
Based upon the foregoing and our examination of such questions of
law as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion,
it is our opinion that, when issued by the Company in the manner provided in the
Plan, the Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject, as to
enforcement, (i) to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditor's rights, and (ii) to general principles of equity, whether such
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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The opinion is rendered to you in connection with the issuance of
the Obligations and is solely for your benefit. This opinion may not be relied
upon by you for any other purpose, or relied upon by any other person, firm,
corporation or other entity for any purpose, without our prior written consent.
We disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change of law that occurs, or
any facts of which we become aware, after the date of this opinion.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE & MCAULIFFE
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated July 18, 1995, which appears on page
27 of the 1995 Annual Report to Stockholders of Raychem Corporation, which is
incorporated by reference in Raychem Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended June 30, 1995. We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which appears on
page 15 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Price Waterhouse LLP
San Jose, Caifornia
January 22, 1996
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EXHIBIT 99.1
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15, 1995)
The Raychem Corporation 1995 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan was
initially adopted by the Board of Directors on February 17, 1995, and has been
amended and restated on behalf of the Board as the Raychem Corporation Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan to read as follows effective as of December 15, 1995:
1. PURPOSE.
The primary purpose of this Raychem Corporation Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is to enable a select group of highly compensated
management employees of Raychem Corporation and its subsidiaries to defer
receipt of salary, bonuses and/or supplemental retirement benefits payable under
Company compensation programs. By means of this Plan the Company seeks to
attract, retain, and motivate key management personnel for itself and its
subsidiaries.
2. DEFINITIONS.
2.1 ADMINISTRATOR. "Administrator" shall mean the Board or a
committee of the Board as provided in Section 3 below.
2.2 BENEFICIARY. "Beneficiary" shall mean the person or persons
designated by a Participant (in accordance with Section 7.1) to receive the
balance of the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account in the event the
Participant dies before receiving the entire amount credited to such Account.
2.3 BOARD. "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
2.4 BONUS AMOUNT. "Bonus Amount" shall mean the amount of any bonus
payable to a Participant under a bonus plan sponsored by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company attributable to services performed in a Participation
Year.
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2.5 CHANGE IN CONTROL. "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence
of any of the following:
(a) any "person," as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") (other than
the Company, a subsidiary, an affiliate or a Company-sponsored employee benefit
plan, including any trustee of such plan acting as trustee), becoming the
"beneficial owner" (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or
more of the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding securities;
(b) the solicitation of proxies (within the meaning of Rule
14a-1(k) under the Exchange Act and any successor rule) with respect to the
electing of any director of the Company, where such solicitation is for any
candidate who is not a candidate proposed by a majority of the Board in office
immediately before the time of such election; or
(c) the dissolution or liquidation (partial or total) of the
Company or a sale of assets involving 30% or more of the assets of the Company,
any merger or reorganization of the Company whether or not another entity is the
survivor, a transaction pursuant to which the holders, as a group, of all of the
shares of the Company outstanding immediately before the transaction hold, as a
group, less than 70% of the shares of the Company outstanding after the
transaction, or any other event that the Board determines, in its discretion,
would materially alter the structure or ownership of the Company.
2.6 COMPANY. "Company" shall mean Raychem Corporation and any
successor to Raychem Corporation.
2.7 DEFERRAL AMOUNT. "Deferral Amount" shall mean all or that
portion of a Bonus Amount, all or that portion of a Salary Amount (not in excess
of 50% by an Employee), and/or the amount from the Raychem Corporation Amended
and Restated Bonus Deferral Plan that a Participant elects to defer under or
transfer to this Plan.
2.8 DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNT. "Deferred Compensation Account"
shall mean the account established for a Participant pursuant to Section 6.
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2.9 EMPLOYEE. "Employee" shall mean an employee of the Company or
any subsidiary of the Company.
2.10 ERISA. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
2.11 INITIAL DEFERRAL ELECTION. "Initial Deferral Election" shall
mean an election made pursuant to Section 5.1.
2.12 INSOLVENCY. "Insolvency" shall mean the condition of being
unable to pay debts as they mature or being subject to proceedings as a debtor
under the federal Bankruptcy Code.
2.13 OPTIONAL DISTRIBUTION ELECTION. "Optional Distribution
Election" shall mean an election made pursuant to Section 5.3.2 or 5.3.4.
2.14 PARTICIPANT. "Participant" shall mean (a) an Employee whose
rate of compensation is among the highest three percent of all Employees and who
is selected by the Company to participate in this Plan, (b) a consultant to the
Company who was selected by the Company to participate in this Plan while an
Employee and (c) a director of the Company unless participation in this Plan
would cause the director not to be "disinterested" within the meaning of Rule
16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
2.15 PARTICIPATION YEAR. "Participation Year" shall mean the fiscal
year ending June 30.
2.16 SALARY AMOUNT. "Salary Amount" shall mean the amount payable to
a Participant by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company as base salary
attributable to services performed in a Participation Year. In the case of a
Participant who is a director or a former Employee, "Salary Amount" shall mean
the Participant's compensation as a director of or consultant to the Company
during a Participation Year.
2.17 SERP AMOUNT. "SERP Amount" shall mean the amount of a
Participant's lump sum benefit under the Raychem Corporation Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan transferred to this Plan at the Participant's
election.
2.18 SUBSEQUENT DEFERRAL ELECTION. "Subsequent Deferral Election"
shall mean an election made pursuant to Section 5.3.1.
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2.19 TOTALLY DISABLED. "Totally Disabled" shall mean a physical or
mental incapacity (a) that prevents a Participant from performing his or her
normal job with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and (b) that a
physician satisfactory to the Administrator certifies is likely to be permanent.
2.20 TRUST. "Trust" shall mean the trust established by the Trust
Agreement.
2.21 TRUST AGREEMENT. "Trust Agreement" shall mean the trust
agreement between the Company and the Trustee with respect to the assets held in
trust under this Plan.
2.22 TRUSTEE. "Trustee" shall mean the trustee(s) of the Trust
appointed pursuant to Section 10.1, and any successor trustee(s) appointed
pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
3. ADMINISTRATION.
3.1 ADMINISTRATOR. This Plan shall be administered by the Board
or, upon delegation by the Board, by a committee consisting of not less than two
directors (in either case, the "Administrator"). In connection with the
administration of this Plan, the Administrator shall have the powers possessed
by the Board. The Administrator may act only by a majority of its members. The
Administrator may delegate administrative duties to such Employees as it deems
proper. The Board at any time may terminate the authority delegated to any
committee of the Board pursuant to this Section 3.1 and revest in the Board the
administration of this Plan.
3.2 ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINATIONS BINDING. The Administrator may
adopt, alter, and repeal administrative rules, guidelines, and practices
governing this Plan as it from time to time shall deem advisable, may interpret
the terms and provisions of this Plan, may correct any defect, omission, or
inconsistency in this Plan, and may otherwise supervise the administration of
this Plan. All decisions made by the Administrator shall be binding on all
persons, including the Company and all Participants and Beneficiaries. No member
of the Administrator shall be liable for any action that he or she has in good
faith taken or failed to take with respect to this Plan.
3.3 INDEMNITY. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
each member of the Administrator, and each officer and Employee, to the fullest
extent permissible by law, against any
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and all liabilities arising by reason of any action taken or omitted in
connection with this Plan, including expenses reasonably incurred in the defense
of any claim of such liability.
4. SELECTION OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS.
The Company shall select Employee Participants for each Participation
Year before the first day of each such year; provided that, for the
Participation Year in which this Plan is adopted, the Company shall select
Employee Participants for such fiscal year within 30 days after adoption of this
Plan. Once selected, an Employee Participant shall automatically be a
Participant for succeeding Participation Years until otherwise notified by the
Company.
5. ELECTIONS; PAYMENT OF PLAN BENEFITS.
5.1 INITIAL DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. A Participant may specify his or her
Deferral Amount for a Participation Year at any time before the first business
day of that Participation Year by filing an Initial Deferral Election with the
Administrator; provided, however, that with respect to the Participation Year
during which this Plan is adopted by the Board, a Participant may file an
Initial Deferral Election for the remainder of that Participation Year within 30
days after being notified of selection as a Participant.
5.2 GENERAL RULE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO
DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. Subject to Section 13.2 (dealing with the Insolvency of the
Company) and to the terms of any elections filed under Section 5.3, 100% of a
Participant's Deferral Amount for a given Participation Year (adjusted for net
investment income or loss attributable to the Deferral Amount) shall be
determined as of the last business day of the December after the end of such
Participation Year or, if later and if elected by the Participant, the last
business day of December 2000 or any fifth year thereafter (in either case, the
"Determination Date"), and shall be distributed to the Participant as soon as
practicable after the Determination Date.
5.3 ELECTIONS REGARDING SUBSEQUENT DEFERRALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS FROM
DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEFERRAL AMOUNTS. Notwithstanding
Section 5.2, distributions from Deferred Compensation Accounts attributable to
Deferral
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Amounts shall be made in accordance with instructions provided in any elections
filed pursuant to this Section 5.3.
5.3.1 SUBSEQUENT DEFERRAL ELECTIONS. On or before the first business day
of the June before the date that a distribution from a Deferred Compensation
Account otherwise is to be made pursuant to Section 5.2 or pursuant to the most
recent Subsequent Deferral Election filed pursuant to this Section 5.3.1, a
Participant may, by filing a Subsequent Deferral Election with the
Administrator, defer payment of all or any portion of the amount otherwise
distributable from the Deferral Amount portion of his or her Deferred
Compensation Account for an additional one-year period (or such longer period as
is approved by the Administrator); provided that any such Subsequent Deferral
Election shall be effective only with the consent of the Administrator. As it is
in the Company's interest to defer payments of compensation, the Administrator
shall be deemed to consent to a Subsequent Deferral Election unless the
Administrator notifies the Participant in writing, within ten business days
after receipt of the Subsequent Deferral Election, that consent is not given.
5.3.2 OPTIONAL DISTRIBUTION ELECTION -- IN-KIND DISTRIBUTIONS. On or
before the first business day of the June before the date that a distribution
from the Deferral Amount portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Account is
to be made, a Participant may file an Optional Distribution Election with the
Administrator electing to receive an in-kind distribution of all of the assets,
or of specified assets credited to the Deferral Amount portion of his or her
Deferred Compensation Account, in lieu of cash.
5.3.3 MANNER AND PLACE OF FILING ELECTIONS. All Initial and Subsequent
Deferral Elections and Optional Distribution Elections shall be in writing on a
form prescribed by the Administrator and shall be filed with the Administrator
at the principal executive offices of the Company.
5.3.4 TERMINATION OF SERVICE. If a Participant ceases to be an Employee
or a director of or consultant to the Company for any reason other than
retirement, the Deferral Amount portion of the Participant's Deferred
Compensation Account (Deferral Amounts adjusted for net investment income or
loss) shall be determined as of the last business day of the December following
the end of the Participation Year in which service terminates and shall be
distributed to the Participant as soon as practicable thereafter;
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provided, however, (a) unless the Participant so elects, no payment from the
Participant's Deferred Compensation Account that would, but for the termination
of service, have occurred before the time described above, shall be delayed
pursuant to this Section 5.3.4, and (b) if the Participant so elects at least 15
days before the date of termination (an "Optional Distribution Election"), the
Participant shall receive all, or a specified percentage or dollar amount, of
the Deferral Amount portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Account in a
lump sum or in annual installments (commencing on the date that the distribution
otherwise would be made) over a period of 5, 10, or 15 years, as the Participant
elects. (If a percentage is elected in an Optional Distribution Election, the
Administrator in its sole judgment shall calculate the appropriate amount to be
distributed on each installment date.) Unless a different amount (or method of
calculation) is specified in the Optional Distribution Election, the amount on
any distribution date shall be the amount then in the Participant's Deferred
Compensation Account attributable to the Deferral Amount divided by the number
of installments yet to be paid (including the then-current installment). For
purposes of this Plan, a Participant who becomes Totally Disabled shall be
deemed to have ceased to be an Employee on the date he or she is determined to
be so disabled, without regard to whether he or she continues to be treated as
an Employee for any other purpose.
5.3.5 RETIREMENT. If a Participant ceases to be an Employee or a
director of or consultant to the Company due to retirement, the retirement shall
generally be treated as a termination of service subject to Section 5.3.4
hereof; provided, however, that the Participant may, at least 15 days before the
date of termination of service, in addition to the elections permitted by
Section 5.3.4, elect with respect to any distributions from the Deferral Amount
portion of the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account that would otherwise
occur more than 15 days after the latest date to make such election, to receive
all, or a specified percentage or dollar amount, of the Deferral Amount portion
of the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account in a lump sum or in annual
installments (commencing no later than as soon as practicable after December 31
of the calendar year in which he or she reaches age 70 1/2) over a period of 5,
10 or 15 years.
5.4 DISTRIBUTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SERP AMOUNTS. Subject to Section 13.2
(dealing with the Insolvency of the Company), the portion of a Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account
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attributable to the Participant's SERP Amount (the SERP amount adjusted for net
investment income or loss) shall be distributed to the Participant in accordance
with the Participant's written election filed with the Administrator at the
principal executive offices of the Company at least 15 days before the
Participant ceases to be an Employee. The Participant may elect to receive all,
or a specified percentage or dollar amount, of the Deferral Amount portion of
the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account in a lump sum or in annual
installments (commencing no later than as soon as practicable after December 31
of the calendar year in which he or she reaches age 70 1/2) over a period of 5,
10 or 15 years. (If a percentage is elected, the Administrator in its sole
judgment shall calculate the appropriate amount to be distributed on each
installment date.) Unless a different amount (or method of calculation) is
specified in the election, the amount on any distribution date shall be the
amount then in the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account attributable to
the SERP Amount divided by the number of installments yet to be paid (including
the then-current installment). If a Participant fails to make a valid election
with respect to the time and method of Plan distribution attributable to the
SERP Amount portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Account, such portion
shall be distributed to the Participant as soon as practicable after December 31
of the calendar year in which the SERP Amount is credited to the Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account. On or before the first business day of the June
before the date that a distribution from the SERP Amount portion of his or her
Deferred Compensation Account is to be made, a Participant may file a written
election with the Administrator to receive an in-kind distribution of all of the
assets, or of specified assets credited to the SERP Amount portion of his or her
Deferred Compensation Account, in lieu of cash.
5.5 HARDSHIP. Upon the request of a Participant and based upon a showing
of severe financial hardship caused by accident, illness, or any other similar
event beyond the Participant's control, the Administrator may, in its sole
discretion, accelerate (to such time as the Administrator may elect) the time of
payment of that portion (up to all) of the amount credited to the Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account in order to alleviate such hardship.
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6. DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS.
6.1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. The Administrator shall establish and maintain a
separate Deferred Compensation Account for each Participant. Each Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account shall be credited with the Participant's Deferral
Amount and any SERP Amount, and with earnings and realized and unrealized gains
with respect to such amounts, and shall be charged with any amount distributed
to or with respect to, the Participant in accordance with this Plan, with
realized and unrealized losses incurred by the Deferred Compensation Account and
with any expenses, fees, and withholding taxes properly chargeable to the
Deferred Compensation Account or imposed in respect of compensation deferred or
payable under this Plan.
6.2 INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS. By written investment directions to the
Administrator, each Participant shall direct the investment of his or her
Deferred Compensation Account among the investment funds available under this
Plan. In the absence of timely instructions, a Participant's Deferred
Compensation Account shall be invested in a money market fund (or, if there is
no money market fund among the investment funds available under this Plan, in
the investment fund that most closely resembles a money market fund). In
accordance with rules established by the Administrator, each Participant shall
be allowed to modify his or her investment directions (or the initial investment
made in the absence of directions from the Participant) with respect to all or
any portion of his or her Deferred Compensation Account, effective as of the
first day of the next calendar quarter following the date of the modification. A
Participant's change of investment directions shall apply to the existing
balance in his or her Deferred Compensation Account and to the amount of future
Deferral Amounts, as the Participant may elect.
6.3 DESIGNATION OF AVAILABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS. The Chief Financial
Officer of the Company shall select the investment funds that will initially be
available for the investment of Deferred Compensation Accounts hereunder. The
Chief Financial Officer shall have the power and authority, in his or her sole
and absolute discretion, to add any new investment fund deemed to be desirable
and to eliminate any investment fund previously available hereunder in which no
portion of any Participant's Deferred Compensation Account is invested.
6.4 VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS. As soon as administratively practical after
the end of each calendar quarter, and after the
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removal or resignation of the Trustee, the Trustee shall value each Deferred
Compensation Account then maintained hereunder, based on fair market values as
of the close of the relevant quarter or the close of the shorter period ending
with such removal or resignation, as applicable. Each Participant's Deferred
Compensation Account shall be valued separately. Any earnings and realized and
unrealized gains attributable to a Participant's Deferred Compensation Account
shall be credited to such Account on a segregated basis, and any amounts
distributed from, any realized and unrealized losses incurred by, and any
expenses and fees properly chargeable to, a Participant's Deferred Compensation
Account shall be charged against such Account on a segregated basis.
6.5 STATEMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS. As soon as administratively practical
after each valuation described in Section 6.4, the Trustee (or the Company)
shall provide each Participant (or, if applicable, Beneficiary) with a statement
that discloses the results of such valuation with respect to the Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account.
6.6 VESTING. Subject to the provisions of Section 13.2 (dealing with the
Insolvency of the Company), a Participant shall at all times have a fully vested
(i.e., nonforfeitable) interest in his or her Deferred Compensation Account.
7. DEATH BENEFITS.
7.1 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. Each Participant shall have the right to
designate a Beneficiary to receive the balance, if any, of the Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account at the time of the Participant's death and shall
have the right at any time to revoke such designation or to substitute another
such Beneficiary (without the consent of any Beneficiary who had been designated
before the time of such revocation or substitution). No Beneficiary designation
made pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall be effective unless it is in writing and
received by the Administrator before the death of the Participant. If a
Participant is married, the Participant's designation of any Beneficiary other
than his or her spouse must be consented to in writing by the Participant's
spouse, unless the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrator that such consent cannot be obtained because the spouse cannot be
located. To be effective, a spouse's consent must be witnessed by the
Administrator or a notary public. If there is no valid designation of
Beneficiary on file with the Administrator at the
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time of a Participant's death, or if a validly designated Beneficiary is not
living at the time a payment is to be made to such Beneficiary under this Plan,
the balance of the deceased Participant's Deferred Compensation Account shall be
payable to the Participant's spouse if then living, or if not, to the
Participant's estate.
7.2 GENERAL RULE FOR PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTIONS INCIDENT TO DEATH.
Subject to the provisions of Section 13.2 (dealing with the Insolvency of the
Company), if a Participant dies before he or she has received the entire amount
credited to his or her Deferred Compensation Account, all of the Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account shall be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in
a single lump-sum distribution of cash as soon as practicable after the
Participant dies.
7.3 INVESTMENT RIGHTS DURING DISTRIBUTION PERIOD. For so long as a
deceased Participant's Deferred Compensation Account has not been fully
distributed to his or her Beneficiary, the assets credited to the Account shall
remain in the Trust, and the Beneficiary shall have the rights provided to
Participants in Section 6.2 (with respect to directing the investment of such
Account).
8. VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR DISTRIBUTION.
When a Participant or Beneficiary is to receive a distribution from a
Deferred Compensation Account, the Account shall be valued (or, in the case of
an in-kind distribution, the number of shares or other units in the Account
shall be determined) as of the quarterly valuation date coinciding with or
immediately preceding the date the distribution is to be made.
9. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
Within 30 days following a Change in Control, a Participant or a
Beneficiary may elect to accelerate, to a date no earlier than 60 days following
the date of the election, the time of payment of all or a portion of the amount
credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account on the date of such
Change in Control. This election shall be available whether or not the
Participant ceases to be an Employee or perform services in connection with such
Change in Control. The provisions of this Section 9 shall be deemed applicable
upon the occurrence of any Change in Control, notwithstanding that this Plan may
be amended or terminated thereafter.
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10. TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT; DEFERRAL AND SERP AMOUNTS
CONTRIBUTED TO TRUST; PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
10.1 TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGREEMENT. The Company shall appoint a Trustee
to hold the amount of each Participant's Deferral Amount and SERP Amount in
trust and shall enter into a Trust Agreement with such Trustee with respect to
the management and disposition of such funds. All contributions to the Trust
shall be held and invested by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this
Plan and the Trust Agreement.
10.2 CONTRIBUTION OF DEFERRAL AND SERP AMOUNTS TO TRUST. The amount of
each Participant's Deferral Amount and SERP Amount shall be contributed to the
Trust established hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable, and no more than
30 days, after the amount otherwise would have been paid to the Participant.
Such contributions shall be made by the Participant's employer.
10.3 PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. All expenses of operating and administering
this Plan, including the fees of, and general expenses incurred by, the Trustee,
shall be paid by the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however,
expenses incurred in connection with the investment of any Participant's
Deferred Compensation Account, including brokerage fees or commissions, and any
fees payable to an investment manager in connection with its management of the
investment of all or any portion of a Participant's Deferred Compensation
Account, shall be charged to or paid from such Participant's Deferred
Compensation Account, as appropriate.
11. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION.
The Board shall have the right to amend, suspend or terminate this Plan
at any time and for any reason. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however,
subject to the provisions of Section 13.2 (dealing with the Insolvency of the
Company), no amendment or termination of this Plan shall reduce any
Participant's or Beneficiary's rights or benefits accrued under this Plan before
the date the amendment is adopted or this Plan is terminated, as appropriate,
including the Participant's or Beneficiary's right to payment of the balance of
his or her Deferred Compensation Account as of such date. Upon the termination
of this Plan, the Trust shall continue until all Deferred Compensation Accounts
have been distributed to the appropriate Participants and Beneficiaries in
accordance with the
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provisions of this Plan and the Trust Agreement in effect at the time of such
termination.
12. CLAIMS AND REVIEW PROCEDURE.
12.1 CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS. The Administrator shall determine each
Participant's and Beneficiary's right to benefits under this Plan. If a
Participant or Beneficiary disagrees with the Administrator's determination, he
or she may file a written request for review of the determination, and such
request will be treated as a claim for benefits hereunder. Any such claim shall
be filed with the Administrator at the principal executive offices of the
Company.
12.2 DENIAL OF CLAIMS. In the event that any claim for benefits is
denied, in whole or in part, the Administrator shall notify the claimant in
writing of such denial and of the claimant's right to a review thereof. Such
written notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant, specific reasons for the denial, specific references to the Plan
provisions on which the denial is based, a description of any information or
material necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material
is necessary, and an explanation of this Plan's procedure for review of denied
claims. Such written notice shall be given to the claimant within 90 days after
the Administrator receives the claim, unless special circumstances require an
extension of time, up to an additional 90 days, for processing the claim. If
such an extension is required, a written notice indicating the reason an
extension is required and the date by which the Administrator expects to render
its decision shall be furnished to the claimant before the end of the initial
90-day period. If written notice of the denial of a claim for benefits, or of
the fact that an extension of time is necessary for processing a claim, is not
furnished within the time specified in this Section 12.2, the claim shall be
deemed to be denied, and the claimant shall be permitted to appeal such denial
in accordance with the procedure for review of denied claims set forth in
Section 12.3.
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12.3 REVIEW OF DENIED CLAIMS. Any person whose claim for benefits is
denied (or deemed denied), in whole or in part, or such person's duly authorized
representative, may appeal from such denial by submitting a request for a review
of the claim to the Administrator within 60 days after receiving written notice
of the denial (or, in the case of a deemed denial, within 60 days after the
claim is deemed denied). The Administrator shall give the claimant or such
representative an opportunity to review pertinent documents that are not
privileged in preparing a request for review. A request for review shall be in
writing and shall be addressed to the Administrator at the principal executive
offices of the Company. A request for review shall set forth all of the grounds
on which it is based, all facts in support of the request and any other matters
the claimant deems pertinent. The Administrator may require the claimant to
submit such additional facts, documents, or other material as it may deem
necessary or appropriate in making its review.
12.4 DECISION ON REVIEW. The Administrator shall act on each request for
review within 60 days after receipt thereof, unless special circumstances
require an extension of time, up to an additional 60 days, for processing the
request. If such an extension is required, written notice of the extension shall
be furnished to the claimant within the initial 60-day period. The Administrator
shall give prompt, written notice of its decision to the claimant. In the event
that the Administrator affirms the denial of the claim for benefits, in whole or
in part, such notice shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by
the claimant, specific reasons for the denial and specific references to the
Plan provisions upon which the decision is based. If written notice of the
Administrator's decision on a request for review, or of the fact that an
extension of time is necessary for processing a request, is not given to the
claimant within the time prescribed in this Section 12.4, the claim shall be
deemed to have been denied on review.
13. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
13.1 NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this Plan shall in any
way be construed as conferring upon a Participant the right to continue as an
Employee.
13.2 EFFECT OF INSOLVENCY/PARTICIPANTS ARE GENERAL CREDITORS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, in the event of the Insolvency
of the Company, but not in any other circumstance, the assets of the Trust shall
be subject to the
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claims of the general creditors of the Company. In such event, all Participants
and Beneficiaries under this Plan shall constitute unsecured general creditors
of the Company with respect to amounts otherwise payable hereunder and shall
have no special or priority claim with respect to the assets held in the Trust.
13.3 NO ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS. Except as set forth in Section 13.2
(dealing with the Insolvency of the Company) and as otherwise provided by
applicable law, the interest of any person in this Plan, in the Trust, or in any
distribution to be made under this Plan may not be assigned, pledged, alienated,
anticipated, or otherwise encumbered (either at law or in equity) and shall not
be subject to attachment, bankruptcy, garnishment, levy, execution, or other
legal or equitable process. Any act in violation of this Section 13.3 shall be
void.
13.4 INCAPACITY. If the Administrator determines that any person is
unable to handle properly any amounts payable under this Plan, the Administrator
may make any arrangement for payment on such person's behalf that it determines
will be beneficial to such person, including (without limitation) the payment of
such amounts to the guardian, conservator, spouse, or dependent(s) of such
person.
13.5 SINGULAR/PLURAL. Wherever used herein, the singular number or
tense shall include the plural.
13.6 CHOICE OF LAW. This Plan and all rights hereunder shall be
interpreted and construed in accordance with ERISA, and, to the extent state law
is not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the State of California.
14. ADOPTION.
To record the adoption of this amended and restated Raychem Corporation
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, this document is executed on behalf of the
Board by an authorized officer this 15th day of December, 1995.
/S/ RAYMOND J. SIMS
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Raymond J. Sims
Chief Financial Officer
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