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DEFINED CONTRIBUTION MAKE-UP PLAN
OF
CONOCOPHILLIPS
TITLE I
(Effective for benefits earned and vested prior
to
January 1, 2005)
2020 AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
The
Defined Contribution Make-Up Plan
of ConocoPhillips, Title I
(the “Frozen Plan”),
is hereby
amended and restated
effective as of
January 1, 2020
(except where another
date is
specified herein with regard to a particular provision).
Immediately prior
to effectiveness of this 2020 Amendment and
Restatement, the Frozen
Plan was and remains subject to the 2012 Restatement of the Defined
Contribution
Make-
Up Plan
of ConocoPhillips, Title
I, which was
effective as of
the "Effective Time"
defined in the Employee Matters Agreement by
and between ConocoPhillips and Phillips
66 (the
"Effective Time"), together
with the First
Amendment to Title
I of the Defined
Contribution Make-Up Plan of ConocoPhillips (2012 Restatement),
effective October 30,
2019.
Preamble
The purpose of this Plan is to attract and retain
key employees by providing supplemental
benefits for
those Eligible Employees
whose benefits under
the CPSP might otherwise
have been
affected by Pay
Limitations or by a
voluntary reduction in
salary under
provisions of KEDCP.
The Defined Contribution Make-Up Plan of ConocoPhillips is
intended to provide certain
specified benefits
to Highly Compensated
Employees whose benefits
under the
ConocoPhillips
Savings Plan might otherwise
be limited. Title I
of the Plan, sometimes
referred to as
the Frozen Plan, is effective with regard to benefits earned
and vested prior
to January 1,
2005, while Title II of the Plan, sometimes referred to
as the Ongoing Plan,
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is effective with regard to
benefits earned or vested after December
31, 2004. Earnings,
gains, and
losses shall be
allocated to the
Title of the Plan
to which the underlying
obligations giving rise
to them are allocated. Other
than earnings, gains, and losses, no
further benefits shall accrue under Title I of this Plan after December 31, 2004.
This
Title I of the
Plan is intended
(1) to be a
“grandfathered” plan pursuant
to Code
section 409A, as enacted
as part of the American Jobs Creation Act
of 2004, and official
guidance issued
thereunder, and (2) to be “a plan which is unfunded and is
maintained by
an employer
primarily for the
purpose of providing
deferred compensation for
a select
group of management or
highly compensated employees” within the meaning of sections
201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of
ERISA. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Plan, this
Plan shall be
interpreted, operated, and
administered in a
manner consistent
with these intentions.
Section
1. Definitions.
For
purposes of the
Plan, the following
terms, as used
herein, shall have
the meaning
specified:
(a)
“Affiliated
Company”
legal entity that is controlled, either directly or indirectly, by ConocoPhillips.
(b)
“Affiliated
Group”
in
which it owns a 5% or more equity interest.
(c)
“Allocation
Ratio”
equal to
the total value of
the unallocated shares
of Stock allocated
to Stock
Savings Feature
participants and beneficiaries
as of a Stock
Savings Feature
Semiannual Allocation
Date or Supplemental
Allocation Date (as
defined in the
CPSP) by
(ii) an amount
equal to the total
net Stock Savings
Feature employee
deposits used
in the calculation
of the Stock
Savings Feature Semiannual
Allocation or Supplemental Allocation (as defined in the CPSP).
(d)
“Beneficiary”
benefit of
a person designated
by a Participant to
receive, in the
event of death,
any unpaid
portion of a
Participant's Benefit from
this Plan, as
provided in
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Section 5.1.
(e)
“Benefit”
Frozen Plan.
(f)
“Board”
shall mean
the Board of
Directors of the
Company, as it may
be
comprised from time to time.
(g)
“Code”
time, or any successor statute.
(h)
“Committee”
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.
(i)
“Company”
any successor
corporation. The Company is a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips.
(j)
“Company Stock
Fund”
accounted for as if investments were
made in the common stock, $0.01 par value,
of ConocoPhillips,
although no such
actual investments need
be made, with
accounting entries
being sufficient therefor.
(k)
“ConocoPhillips”
successor corporation.
ConocoPhillips is a
publicly held corporation
and the
parent of the Company.
(l)
“CPSP”
shall mean the ConocoPhillips Savings Plan.
(m)
“CPSP
Pay”
"
Pay
"
(n)
“DCMP
Pay”
"
Pay
"
Limitations or voluntary salary reduction under provisions of the KEDCP.
(o)
“Disability”
ConocoPhillips, of
a Participant, because
of an injury or
sickness, to work
at a
reasonable occupation that is available with a member of the Affiliated
Group.
(p)
“Election Form”
shall
mean a written form,
including one in
electronic format,
provided by the
Plan Administrator pursuant to which a
Participant may elect the
time and form
of payment of his or her Benefits.
(q)
“Eligible
Employee”
amount set
forth in Code section
401(a)(17), as amended
from time to time,
or
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who is
eligible to elect
a voluntary salary
reduction under the
provisions of the
KEDCP.
(r)
“Employee”
Company or any Participating Subsidiary.
(s)
“ERISA”
shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as
amended from time to
time, or any successor statute.
(t)
“Exchange
Act”
and in effect
from time to time, or any successor statute.
(u)
“Frozen
Plan”
ConocoPhillips.
(v)
“Investment
Options”
time to time by the
Plan Administrator, used to credit
earnings, gains, and losses
on
Supplemental Thrift Feature Account and Supplemental Stock Savings Feature
Account balances.
(w)
“KEDCP”
ConocoPhillips or
any similar or
successor plan maintained
by an Affiliated
Company.
(x)
“Layoff”
“Laid
Off”
Work Force
Stabilization Plan of
Phillips Petroleum Company,
the Phillips
Petroleum
Company Executive Severance Plan, the Conoco
Severance Pay Plan,
the Conoco
Inc. Key Employee
Severance Plan, or
any similar plan
which the
Company, any
Participating Subsidiary, or a member of the Affiliated Group may
adopt from
time to time under
the terms of which
the Participant executes and
does not
revoke a general
release of liability,
acceptable to the Company,
Participating Subsidiary,
or a member of
the Affiliated Group,
as applicable,
under such layoff plan.
(y)
“Ongoing Plan”
shall
mean Title II of
the Defined Contribution
Make-Up Plan
of ConocoPhillips.
(z)
“Other
Obligations”
"
Other
Obligations
"
Amendment to and Merger of Amended and Restated Conoco Inc. Salary Deferral
& Savings
Restoration Plan into
Key Employee Deferred
Compensation Plan of
ConocoPhillips and
Defined Contribution Make-Up
Plan of ConocoPhillips,
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pursuant to
which a portion of
the Amended and
Restated Conoco Inc. Salary
Deferral & Savings Restoration Plan
is merged into this Plan effective October 3,
2003.
(aa)
“Participant”
Benefit
from this Plan as a
result of being an Eligible Employee
and any person
for whom
a Supplemental Thrift
Feature Account and/or
a Supplemental Stock
Savings
Feature Account is maintained.
(bb)
“Participating
Subsidiary”
and of which one or more Employees
are Participants eligible to make deposits to
the CPSP or are eligible for Benefits pursuant to this Plan.
(cc)
“Pay
Limitations”
CPSP that are set forth in Code section 401(a)(17), as
adjusted.
(dd)
“Plan”
shall mean
the Defined Contribution
Make-Up Plan of
ConocoPhillips.
The Plan is sponsored and maintained by the Company.
(ee)
“Plan
Administrator”
(ff)
“Plan Year ”
shall mean January 1 through December 31.
(gg)
“Retirement”
Participating Subsidiary,
or a member of
the Affiliated Group
that qualifies the
Employee for
Retirement as that
term is defined in
the applicable provisions of
the ConocoPhillips
Retirement Plan, the
Retirement Plan of
Conoco, or of the
applicable retirement plan of a
member of the Affiliated Group. Notwithstanding
the foregoing,
an Employee will
not be considered
to be in
Retirement for
purposes of
this Plan if he
is entering Retirement
under the Retirement
Plan of
Conoco prior
to age 55, unless
he had attained age
50 on or before
August 30,
2002.
(hh)
“Stock”
ConocoPhillips.
(ii)
“Stock Savings
Feature”
(jj)
“Subsidiary”
shall mean any
corporation or other entity that is treated as a single
employer with ConocoPhillips
under section 414(b) , (c), or
(m) of the Code. In
applying section 1563(a)(1), (2), and
(3) of the Code for purposes
of determining
a controlled
group of corporations
under section 414(b)
and for purposes of
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determining trades
or businesses (whether
or not incorporated)
under common
control under
regulation section 1.414(c)-2
for purposes of
Code section 414(c),
the language
“at least 80%”
shall be used
without substitution as
allowed under
regulations pursuant to Code section 409A.
(kk)
“Supplemental Stock Savings
Contributions”
in which the
Participant’s Pay first exceeds the Pay Limitations in a year,
for each
month that the Participant
makes deposits to the Stock Savings Feature, 1% of the
amount of the
Participant’s voluntary salary reduction under the
KEDCP for that
month, and
(ii) provided the Participant is
making deposits to the Stock Savings
Feature in the month in
which the Participant’s Pay exceeds the
Pay Limitations,
for that month
and for each month thereafter until
the end of the year, 1%
of the
sum of
the amount of the
Participant’s voluntary salary
reduction under the
KEDCP for
that month plus
the amount of the
Participant’s Pay for
that month
that is in excess of the Pay Limitations for that year.
(ll)
“Supplemental Stock
Savings Feature
Account”
account of
a Participant that
reflects the portion
of his or her
Benefit that is
intended to
replace certain Stock Savings Feature benefits to which the Participant
might otherwise be
entitled but for the application of the Pay Limitations and/or a
voluntary salary reduction under the KEDCP.
(mm)
“Supplemental Thrift
Contributions”
which
the Participant’s Pay first exceeds
the Pay Limitations in
a year, the same
percentage of
a Participant’s Pay
that the Participant
is depositing as a
Basic
Deposit to
the Thrift Feature
for that month
multiplied by the
amount of the
Participant’s
voluntary salary reduction under the KEDCP for that month, and (ii)
provided the Participant is making
deposits to the Thrift Feature for
the month in
which the
Participant’s Pay exceeds
the Pay Limitations
and each month
thereafter
until the end of
the year, the same
percentage of the
Participant’s Pay
that the
Participant was depositing as a Basic Deposit to the
Thrift Feature for the
month in which
he or she reached the Pay
Limitations for the year, multiplied by
the sum
of the amount of
the Participant’s voluntary
salary reduction under the
KEDCP for
that month plus
the amount of the
Participant’s Pay for
that month
that is in excess of the Pay Limitations for that year.
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(nn)
“Supplemental Thrift Feature
Account”
a Participant which
reflects the portion of his or
her Benefit which is intended to
replace certain Thrift Feature benefits to which the
Participant might otherwise be
entitled but
for the application
of the Pay
Limitations and/or a
voluntary salary
reduction under the KEDCP.
(oo)
“Thrift
Feature”
(pp)
“Trustee”
trust agreement between the Company and the trustee, or any successor trustee.
(qq)
“Valuation
Date”
Section
2. Eligibility.
Benefits may only be granted to Eligible Employees.
Section
3. Supplemental Thrift Feature Account
Benefits.
For each payroll period in which Company Contributions
to a Participant's account in the
Thrift Feature
are, or would be,
limited by the Pay
Limitations and/or by
a voluntary
salary reduction
to the KEDCP, a
Benefit amount shall
be credited to his
or her
Supplemental Thrift
Feature Account no
later than the end
of the month
following the
Valuation Date
that Company contributions
are made to the
Participant’s Thrift Feature
Account, or would be made to such
account but for Pay Limitations. The Participant will
be credited
with an amount
equal to the
amount of his or
her Supplemental Thrift
Contributions each
month to the same
investment funds and
in the same
proportions as
the Participant has
directed his or her latest available
investment allocation for Deposits
to
the Thrift Feature.
Section
3.1 Supplemental Thrift Feature Account
Earnings
The Supplemental
Thrift Feature Account
shall be eligible
to be invested in
the same
investment funds as
are made available to Participants in
the Thrift Feature from time to
time. While such investments
shall consist solely of book entries
and shall not actually
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be invested in such funds, the book entry share value of such deemed
investment funds in
this Plan shall
be determined to be the same
share value as the actual value
of shares in
the investment
funds of the
CPSP. The amounts
deemed invested in
this Plan shall be
valued at the same time and in the
same manner as though they were actually invested in
the CPSP.
Also, deemed investments
in the Participant’s
Supplemental Thrift Feature
Account
may be exchanged into other available investment
funds in the same manner, at
the same times, and subject
to the same limitations as though
the deemed amounts were
actually invested
in the CPSP.
However, to the
extent that earnings
in the form of
dividends on
Company Stock in
the CPSP are
eligible to be
passed through to the
Participant, such dividends will be deemed to have been reinvested in the Company Stock
Fund of
this Plan, without
regard to whether
the Participant has
made a pass through
election under the CPSP.
Section
4. Supplemental Stock Savings Feature Account
Benefits.
For each
month in which a
Semiannual Allocation or
Supplemental Allocation (as
defined
in the CPSP) to a Participant's account in
the Stock Savings Feature is, or would
be, limited
by the Pay
Limitations and/or by
a voluntary salary
reduction under the
KEDCP, a
Benefit amount shall
be credited to his
or her Supplemental
Stock Savings
Feature Account. The
amount to be credited shall be calculated in shares in the Company
Stock Fund of this Plan
as though the Participant had made
Supplemental Stock Savings
Contributions and
shall be equal to
(i) the Participant's
Supplemental Stock Savings
Contributions during the applicable Allocation Period (as defined in the CPSP) multiplied
by the applicable Allocation Ratio, divided by (ii) the share
value for the Company Stock
Fund of
the CPSP on the applicable
Allocation Date. This
amount shall be credited no
later than
the end of the
month following the
Valuation Date that
the Semiannual
Allocation or
Supplemental Allocation to
the Company Stock
Fund would have been
made had
the Participant received
a Semiannual Allocation
or Supplemental Allocation
under the
Stock Savings Feature.
A share in the
Company Stock Fund
of the
Supplemental Stock Savings
Feature Account shall have a value
equivalent to a share in
the Company
Stock Fund of the CPSP.
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Section 4.1 Supplemental Stock Savings Account Feature
Earnings
After being
initially invested in
the Company Stock
Fund account, the
amounts in the
Participant’s Supplemental
Stock Savings Feature Account shall thereafter
be eligible to
be invested
in the same
investment funds as
are made available
to Participants in the
CPSP from time to time. While such
investments shall consist solely of book entries and
shall not actually
be invested in such funds,
the book entry share
value of such deemed
investment funds
in this Plan shall be determined to be the same share value as the actual
value of
shares in the
investment funds of
the CPSP. The
amounts deemed invested in
this Plan shall
be valued at the
same time and in
the same manner
as though they were
actually invested
in the CPSP.
Also, deemed investments
in the Participant’s
Supplemental Stock
Savings Feature Account
may be exchanged
into other available
investment funds
in the same
manner, at the
same times, and
subject to the same
limitations as though the deemed amounts were actually invested in
the CPSP. However,
to
the extent that earnings in the
form of dividends on Company Stock
in the CPSP are
eligible to
be passed through
to the Participant,
such dividends will
be deemed to have
been reinvested in
the Company Stock
Fund of this Plan,
without regard to whether the
Participant has made a pass through election under the
CPSP.
Section
5. Payment.
If
a Participant terminates
employment with the
Affiliated Group for
any reason except
death,
Disability, Layoff during or after the year
in which the Participant reaches age 50,
or Retirement,
Benefits which the
Participant is eligible
to receive under
this Plan shall
be paid
in one lump sum
cash payment as
soon as practicable
following his or her
termination. If
a Participant dies
prior to Retirement,
Benefits which the
Participant is
eligible to
receive under this
Plan shall be paid
in one lump sum
cash payment to the
Participant's Beneficiary
as soon as
practicable after his
or her death. If
a Participant
Retires, is
Laid off during or
after the year in
which the Participant
reaches age 50, or
becomes Disabled,
Benefits which the
Participant is eligible
to receive under
this Plan
shall be
paid in one lump
sum cash payment
as soon as
practicable following the
Participant's Retirement,
Layoff, determination of
Disability, or termination of
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employment; provided that such a
Participant may indicate
a preference to
defer part or
all of such lump sum cash
payment under the terms of the KEDCP.
All
lump sum cash payments shall be
made only as of
a Valuation Date and shall
be net
of withholding for applicable taxes required by law.
The
Chief Executive Officer of ConocoPhillips, with
respect to Participants who are not
subject to
section 16 of
the Exchange Act,
and the Committee,
with respect to
Participants who
are subject to
section 16 of the
Exchange Act, shall
consider such
indication
of preference and shall respectively decide
in the Chief Executive Officer's or
the Committee's sole
discretion whether to accept or reject
the preference expressed. In
the event
the Chief Executive
Officer or the
Committee, as applicable,
accepts such
Participant's preference,
the Participant's Benefit
from this Plan
shall be credited
as an
Award under
the KEDCP as soon
as practicable after
the Participant's Retirement,
Layoff, or the date the Participant is determined to be
Disabled.
Section 5.1 Beneficiary Designation.
A
Participant may designate
a Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries to
receive the entire balance
of the
Participant’s Deferred Compensation
Account by giving
signed written notice of
such designation to the Plan
Administrator upon forms supplied by and
delivered to the
Plan Administrator
and may revoke
such designations in
writing; provided, that writing
and signing
may be done by
any electronic means
approved by the
Plan Administrator.
The Participant
may from time to
time change or
cancel any previous beneficiary
designation in
the same manner.
The last beneficiary
designation received by
the Plan
Administrator shall be
controlling over any prior designation
and over any testamentary
or other
disposition. After acceptance
by the Plan
Administrator of such written
designation, it shall take effect
as of the date on which
it was signed by the Participant,
whether the Participant is living
at the time of such receipt,
but without prejudice to the
Company or
any member of the
Controlled Group or
the Plan Administrator
or their
respective employees
and agents on account of any payment made under this
Plan before
receipt of
such designation. If
no designation of a
Beneficiary is on
file with the Plan
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Administrator at
the time of the
death of the
Participant or such
designation is not
effective for
any reason as
determined by the
Plan Administrator, then,
for purposes of
this Plan,
“Beneficiary” shall mean,
and such Benefits
shall be paid
to, (i) the
Participant's surviving
spouse as of the
Participant's date of
death, or (ii) if
there is no
surviving spouse as of
the Participant's date of death, the Participant’s estate.
Section
6. Nonassignability.
The
interest of a
Participant or his
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries
hereunder may not be
sold, transferred,
assigned, or encumbered
in any manner,
either voluntarily or
involuntarily, and
any attempt so to
anticipate, alienate, sell,
transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber, or charge the same shall be
null and void; neither shall the Benefits hereunder
be liable
for or subject to
the debts, contracts,
liabilities, engagements, or
torts of any
person to
whom such Benefits
or funds are
payable, nor shall
they be an asset
in
bankruptcy or subject to garnishment, attachment, or other legal or equitable proceedings.
Section
7. Administration.
(a)
The Plan shall be administered by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator
may delegate
to employees of
the Company or any
Affiliated Company the
authority to
execute and deliver
such instruments and
documents, to do
all such
acts and
things, and to take
such other steps
deemed necessary, advisable, or
convenient for
the effective administration
of the Plan in
accordance with its
terms and
purpose, except that
the Plan Administrator
may not delegate any
discretionary authority
with respect to
substantive decisions or functions
regarding the
Plan or Benefits
under the Plan.
The Plan Administrator may
designate a
third party to
provide services that
may include record keeping,
Participant accounting, Participant communication, payment of installments to the
Participant, tax
reporting, and any
other services specified
in an agreement with
such third party. The
Plan Administrator may adopt such rules,
regulations, and
forms as
deemed desirable for
administration of the
Plan and shall
have the
discretionary authority
to allocate responsibilities
under the Plan to
such other
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persons as
may be designated.
The Plan Administrator
shall have absolute
discretion in
carrying out its
responsibilities, and all
interpretations, findings of
fact and
resolutions described herein
which are made by
the Plan Administrator
shall be
binding, final and conclusive on all parties.
and without compensation for services
under this Plan. All expenses of
the Plan
Administrator and his or her delegates for services under this Plan shall be paid by
the Company.
None of the Plan
Administrator or his
or her delegates
shall be
liable for
any act or
omission on his or
her own part
excepting his or
her own
willful misconduct.
Without limiting the
generality of the
foregoing, any such
decision or
action taken by
the Plan Administrator
or his or her
delegates in
reliance upon
any information supplied
by an officer of
the Company, the
Company's legal
counsel, or the
Company's independent accountants in
connection with
the administration of
this Plan shall be
deemed to have been
taken in good faith.
(b)
Any claim
for benefits hereunder
shall be presented
in writing to the
Plan
Administrator for
consideration, grant, or
denial. In the
event that a claim
is
denied in whole or in
part by the Plan Administrator, the
claimant, within ninety
days of
receipt of said
claim by the Plan
Administrator, shall receive written
notice of denial. Such notice shall contain:
(1) A statement of the specific reason or reasons for the denial;
(2) Specific
references to the
pertinent provisions hereunder
on which such
denial is based;
(3) A
description of any
additional material or
information necessary to
perfect
the claim and an explanation of
why such material or information
is
necessary; and
(4) An
explanation of the
following claims review
procedure set forth in
paragraph (c) below.
(c)
part by
the Plan Administrator
may request a
review of the
denial by making
written
application to the Trustee. The claimant shall have the
right to review all
pertinent documents
relating to the
claim and to
submit issues and
comments in
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writing to
the Trustee. Any
person filing an
appeal from the
denial of a claim
must do
so in writing
within sixty days
after receipt of
written notice of
denial.
The
Trustee shall render
a decision regarding
the claim within
sixty days after
receipt
of a request for review, unless
special circumstances require an extension
of time
for processing, in
which case a
decision shall be
rendered within a
reasonable time,
but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review.
claim in
whole or in part, shall set forth the
same information as is required in an
initial notice of denial by the Plan Administrator, other than
an explanation of this
claims review
procedure. The Trustee
shall have
absolute discretion in carrying
out its responsibilities to make its decision of an
appeal, including the authority to
interpret and construe the terms hereunder, and all
interpretations, findings of fact,
and the decision of the Trustee regarding the appeal shall be
final, conclusive, and
binding on all parties.
(d)
Compliance with
the procedures described
in paragraphs (b)
and (c) shall be
a
condition precedent to the filing of any action to obtain any benefit
or enforce any
right that
any individual may
claim hereunder. Notwithstanding
anything to the
contrary in
this Plan, these
paragraphs (b), (c)
and (d) may not
be amended
without the
written consent of
a seventy-five percent
(75%) majority of
Participants and
Beneficiaries and such
paragraphs shall survive
the termination
of this Plan until all benefits accrued hereunder have been paid.
Section
8. Rights of Employees and
Participants.
Nothing contained
in the Plan (or
in any other
documents related to
this Plan or to
any
Benefit) shall
confer upon any
Employee or Participant
any right to
continue in the
employ or
other service of
the Company or any
member of the
Affiliated Group or
constitute any contract
or limit in
any way the right
of the Company or
any member of
the
Affiliat ed Group to change
such person's compensation or
other benefits or position
or to
terminate the employment of such person with or without cause.
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Section 9. Awards in
Foreign Countries.
The Board
or its delegate
shall have the
authority to adopt
such modifications,
procedures,
and subplans as may be necessary
or desirable to comply with provisions of
the laws
of foreign countries
in which the
Company or Participating
Subsidiaries may
operate
to assure the viability of the
Benefits of Participants employed in such countries
and to meet the purpose of this
Plan.
Section 10. Amendment and
Termination.
The Board reserves the right to amend
this Plan from time to time, to terminate
this Plan
entirely at
any time, and to
delegate such authority
as the Board deems
necessary or
desirable; provided,
however, that no
amendment may affect
the balance in a
Participant’s account
on the effective
date of the
amendment; and further
provided, the
Company shall
remain liable for any Benefits accrued under this Plan
prior to the date of
amendment or
termination.
Section
11. Method of Providing
Payments.
(a)
Nonsegregation. Amounts
deferred pursuant to
this Plan and the
crediting of
amounts to a
Participant’s accounts shall represent the
Company’s unfunded and
unsecured promise
to pay compensation
in the future.
With respect to said
amounts, the relationship of the Company and
a Participant shall be that of debtor
and general
unsecured creditor. While
the Company may
make investments for
the purpose
of measuring and
meeting its obligations
under this Plan such
investments shall remain the sole property of the Company subject to claims of its
creditors generally, and shall not be
deemed to form or be included in any part of
the Participant’s accounts.
(b)
Funding. It is the
intention of the Company
that this Plan shall be
unfunded for
federal tax purposes
and for purposes of Title I
of ERISA. All amounts payable
under
this Plan shall be
paid solely from the
general
assets of the Company
and
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any rights
accruing to a
Participant under this
Plan shall be
those of a general
creditor; provided, however, that the
Company may establish one or more grantor
trusts to satisfy part or
all of the Company's Plan payment
obligations so long as
this Plan
remains unfunded for
purposes of sections
201(2), 301(a)(3), and
401(a)(1)
of ERISA.
Section
12. Miscellaneous
Provisions.
(a)
Except as
otherwise provided herein,
the Plan shall
be binding upon the
Company, its successors and assigns,
including but not limited to any corporation
which may acquire all or substantially all of the
Company's assets and business or
with or into which the Company may be consolidated or
merged.
(b)
This Plan shall be construed,
regulated, and administered in
accordance with the
laws of the State
of Texas except to the extent that said laws have been preempted
by the
laws of the United
States. The forum
and venue for any
suit brought
regarding any claim under this Plan shall be in Harris County, Texas.
(c)
If any
provision of this
Plan shall be held
illegal or invalid
for any reason, said
illegality or
invalidity shall not
affect the remaining
provisions hereof; instead,
each provision
shall be fully
severable, and this
Plan shall be
construed and
enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included
herein.
(d)
For purposes
of this Plan,
electronic communications and
signatures shall be
considered to
be in writing if made in conformity with procedures
which the Plan
Administrator may adopt from time to time.
(e)
The Plan
Administrator, in its
sole discretion, may
direct that a
payment to be
made to
an incompetent or
disabled person, whether
because of minority or
mental or
physical disability, instead
be made to the
guardian or legal
representative of
such person or to
the person having
custody of such person
(unless prior claim therefor shall
have been made by a duly
qualified guardian or
other legal
representative), without further
liability either on
the part of the
Company or
a Participating Subsidiary
or the Plan for
the amount of such
payment to
the person on whose
benefit such payment
is made. Any payment
made in
accordance with the
provisions of this
provision shall be
a complete
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discharge of
any liability of
the Company, its
Subsidiaries, and this
Plan with
respect to the Benefits so paid.
(f)
Payment of
Plan Benefits may
be subject to
administrative or other
delays that
result in
payment to the
Participant or his
beneficiaries on a
date later than the
date specified
in this Plan or
the Participant's Election
Form. No Participant or
Beneficiary shall
be entitled to any
additional earnings or
interest in respect of
any such payment delays, nor shall any Participant or Beneficiary be provided any
election with respect to the timing of any delayed payment.
(g)
If all
or any part of
any Participant's or
Beneficiary's Benefit hereunder shall
become subject to any estate, inheritance, income, employment or other tax which
the Company
shall be required
to pay or
withhold, the Company
shall have the
full
power and authority to withhold and
pay such tax out of any
monies or other
property held
for the account of
the Participant or
Beneficiary whose interests
hereunder are
so affected (including,
without limitation, by
reducing and
offsetting the Participant's
or Beneficiary's account balance). Prior to making any
payment, the
Company may require
such releases or
other documents from any
lawful taxing authority as it shall deem necessary or desirable.
(h)
No amount
accrued or payable
hereunder shall be
deemed to be a
portion of an
Employee's compensation
or earnings for
the purpose of any
other employee
benefit plan
adopted or maintained
by the Company,
nor shall this Plan
be
deemed to amend or modify the provisions of the CPSP.
(i)
It is the intention of
the Company that, so long as
any of ConocoPhillips’ equity
securities are
registered pursuant to
section 12(b) or
12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, this
Plan shall be operated in compliance
with 16(b) and,
if any Plan provision or transaction is found not to comply
with section 16(b), that
provision or
transaction, as the
case may be, shall
be deemed null and
void
ab
initio
.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, the Company, in its
absolute
discretion, may bifurcate the Plan so
as to restrict, limit or condition the
use of
any provision of
the Plan to
Participants who are
officers and directors
subject to
section 16(b) without
so restricting, limiting
or conditioning the Plan
with respect to other Participants.
(j)
This Frozen Plan was frozen effective as of December 31, 2004, and was replaced
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by the
Ongoing Plan. The
distribution of amounts
that were earned
and vested
(within the
meaning of Code
section 409A and
official guidance issued
thereunder) under the Frozen Plan prior to January
1, 2005 (and earnings thereon)
are exempt
from the requirements
of Code section
409A shall be made
in
accordance with the terms of the Frozen Plan.
(k)
This Plan was previously restated
and amended on December 29, 2005, effective
as of
January 1, 2005.
Effective at that
time, this Plan
assumed the Other
Obligations and
any other obligations,
claims, benefits, rights,
and duties as set
forth in
the Amendment to
and Merger of
Amended and Restated
Conoco Inc.
Salary Deferral
& Savings Restoration
Plan into Key
Employee Deferred
Compensation Plan
of ConocoPhillips and
Defined Contribution Make-Up Plan
of ConocoPhillips,
pursuant to which
a portion of the
Amended and Restated
Conoco Inc.
Salary Deferral &
Savings Restoration Plan
was merged into this
Plan effective
October 3, 2003.
Such Other Obligations
shall be deemed to
be
part of
the Supplemental Thrift
Benefit Feature account
of each affected
Participant and
book entries made
in accordance with
the investment directions
for
each affected Participant at such time.
(l)
At the Effective Time, certain active
employees of Phillips 66 and members of its
controlled group
ceased to participate
in the Plan, and
the liabilities, including
liabilities related to benefits grandfathered from
Code section 409A
(
i.e.
, amounts
deferred and
vested prior to
January 1, 2005),
for these participant's benefits
under the Plan were transferred to the members of the Phillips 66 controlled group
and continued
as the Phillips
66 Defined Contribution
Make-Up Plan.
ConocoPhillips distributed
its interest in
Phillips 66 to its
shareholders as of the
Distribution. Notwithstanding
Section 10 of this Plan, on
and after the Effective
Time, the Company, ConocoPhillips,
other members of the Controlled Group (as
determined after the Distribution), the
Plan, any directors, officers, or employees
of any
member of the
Controlled Group (as
determined after the Distribution),
and any
successors thereto, shall
have no further
obligation or liability
to, or on
behalf of,
any such participant
with respect to
any benefit, amount,
or right
transferred to or due under the Phillips 66 Defined Contribution Make-Up Plan.
Further, as of the Distribution, any Phillips 66
common stock ("Phillips 66
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Stock") held
in the Company
Stock Fund shall
be transferred to
a separate
Investment Option
under this Plan
that is accounted
for as if
investments were
made in
Phillips 66 Stock,
although no such
actual investments need
be made,
with accounting
entries being sufficient
therefor. Investments in
the Phillips 66
Stock fund
will be determined
as of the
Distribution. On and
after the
Distribution,
a Participant will be allowed to
hold or liquidate his or her deemed
investment in Phillips 66 Stock. No
additional deemed investments in Phillips 66
Stock will be allowed to be elected.
Section
13. Effective Date of the Restated
Plan.
Title I of the
Defined Contribution Make-Up Plan of ConocoPhillips
is hereby amended
and restated as set forth
in this 2020 Amendment and Restatement effective as of January
1, 2020.
Executed this ____ day of December 2019, by a duly authorized officer of the Company.
______________________________
Heather G. Sirdashney
Vice President, Human Resources
DCMP Title I 2020 Restatement 12-19-2019