FIFTH AMENDMENT TO KEY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
Published on March 9, 2000
EXHIBIT 10.1.4
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
KEY EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MARCH 11, 1991
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1990
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.5 of The Coca-Cola Company Key
Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1,
1990 by indenture dated March 11, 1991, which was last amended by the
Fourth Amendment (the "Plan"), the Corporate Retirement Plan
Administrative Committee (the "Committee") has the authority to amend
the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has approved an amendment to the Plan to
incorporate certain changes the Committee deems appropriate in
connection with the Special Retirement Program to be announced by
The Coca-Cola Company (the "Company") on January 26, 2000 as part of
the Company's Strategic Organizational Alignment; and
WHEREAS, the Committee intends that the total benefit payable
under this Plan and the Employee Retirement Plan not be increased as a
result of the Special Retirement Program;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended, effective January 25, 2000,
in the following respects:
1. Section 2.1(a) of the Plan shall be amended to read
as follows:
(a) "BENEFIT SERVICE" has the same meaning in
this Plan as is found in the Qualified Pension Plan except
that any additional service credit granted for purposes of
the "Special Retirement Benefit" as defined in Section 5.8(d)
of the Qualified Pension Plan shall be disregarded under
this Plan.
2. The third sentence of Section 2.1(1) of the Plan
shall be amended to read as follows:
Pay will exclude interest accrued on long-term
incentives and any cash payment made by the Company under
the Special Retirement Program announced by the Company on
January 26, 2000 as part of the Company's Strategic
Organizational Alignment.
3. Section 2.1(p) of the Plan shall be amended to read
as follows:
(p) "VESTING SERVICE" has the same meaning in
this Plan as is found in the Qualified Pension Plan except
that any additional service
credit granted for purposes of the "Special Retirement Benefit"
as defined in Section 5.8(d) of the Qualified Pension Plan shall
be disregarded under this Plan.
4. Section 4.1(b)(2) of the Plan shall be amended to
read as follows:
(2) the monthly normal retirement benefit payable
as a life annuity he would have been entitled to receive at
his Normal Retirement Age (or later retirement) under the
Qualified Pension Plan (as determined without regard to any
additional age or service granted for purposes of the
"Special Retirement Benefit" as defined in Section 5.8(d)
of the Qualified Pension Plan), but for the provisions of
Section 415 and Section 401(a)(17) of the Code;
5. The first sentence of Section 4.1(c) of the Plan
shall be amended to read as follows:
Monthly normal retirement benefit payments in the form of a
life annuity shall commence at the same time as the normal
retirement benefit payable from the Qualified Pension Plan,
as determined without regard to any additional age or
service credit granted for purposes of the "Special
Retirement Benefit" as defined in Section 5.8(d) of the
Qualified Pension Plan.
6. The second sentence of Section 4.2(b) of the Plan
shall be amended to read as follows:
Such amount shall be reduced, using the same reduction
factors as are in use under the Qualified Pension Plan (but
determined without regard to any additional age granted for
purposes of the "Special Retirement Benefit" as defined in
Section 5.8(d) of the Qualified Pension Plan), for each
month by which the Participant's first payment under this
Plan precedes age 62.
7. The first sentence of Section 4.2(c) of the Plan
shall be amended to read as follows:
Monthly early retirement benefit payments in the form of a
life annuity shall commence at the same time as the early
retirement benefit payable from the Employer's Qualified
Pension Plan (as determined without regard to any
additional age or service credit granted for purposes of
the "Special Retirement Benefit" as defined in Section
5.8(d) of the Qualified Pension Plan), except for
Participants not eligible for early retirement under the
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Qualified Pension Plan, in which case early retirement
benefit payments shall commence on the first of the month
following retirement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized representative of
the Committee has executed this Fifth Amendment to the Plan as of the 25th
day of January, 2000. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan shall
remain in full force and effect as prior to this Fifth Amendment.
CORPORATE RETIREMENT PLAN
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
By: /s/ Peggy F. Horn
Chairman
ATTEST: Date: 1/25/2000
/s/ Barbara S. Gilbreath
Secretary
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