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(d)
"Code" shall
mean the
Internal
Revenue
Code of
1986, as
amended
from
time to
time, or any successor statute.
(e)
"Committee" shall
mean
the
Nonqualified Plans
Benefit Committee
as appointed
from
time
to
time
by
the
Board;
provided,
however,
that
until
a
successor
is
appointed by
the
Board,
the individual
serving as
the
Company’s
Vice
President
with
responsibility over human resources shall be sole member of the Committee.
(f)
"Company" shall mean
ConocoPhillips
Company,
a Delaware corporation,
or any
successor corporation.
The Company is a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips.
(g)
"ConocoPhillips"
shall
mean
ConocoPhillips,
a
Delaware
corporation,
or
any
successor
corporation.
ConocoPhillips
is
a
publicly
held
corporation
and
the
parent of the Company.
(h)
"Controlled
Group" shall mean ConocoPhillips and its Subsidiaries.
(i)
"Employee"
shall
mean
a
person
who
is
an
active
participant
or
a
terminated
vested participant in the Retirement Plan.
(j)
"ERISA"
shall
mean
the
Employee
Retirement
Income
Security
Act
of
1974,
as
amended from time to time, or any successor statute.
(k)
“Final
Average
Earnings”
shall
mean
“final
average
earnings”
as
that
term
is
defined in Title I of the ConocoPhillips Retirement Plan.
(l)
"Incentive
Compensation
Plan"
shall
mean
the
Incentive
Compensation
Plan
of
Phillips Petroleum
Company,
the Annual Incentive Compensation Plan of Phillips
Petroleum
Company,
the Variable
Cash Incentive Program
of
ConocoPhillips,
or
successor plans or
programs,
or all, as the context may require.
(m)
"KEDCP"
shall
mean
the
Key
Employee
Deferred
Compensation
Plan
of
ConocoPhillips or a successor plan.
(n)
"MSBP"
shall
mean
the
Burlington
Resources
Inc.
Management
Supplemental
Benefits Plan (or any successor plan thereto).
(o)
"Participant"
shall
mean
an
Employee
who
is
eligible
to
receive
a
benefit
from
this
Plan,
whether
as
an
active
participant
who
is
currently
employed
by
a
member
of
the
Controlled
Group
or
as
a
terminated
vested
participant
who
was
previously employed by a member of the Controlled Group.