Exhibit 4.2
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
LIVE NATION, INC. NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(as renamed herein)
The Live Nation, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (as renamed herein) (the
Plan), originally effective as of November 1, 2005, is hereby amended effective as of August 4,
2006, except as otherwise provided herein:
1. Section 1.01 of the Plan is here by amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Title. This Plan shall be known as the Live Nation, Inc. Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plan (hereinafter referred to as the Plan).
2. Section 1.02 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to aid Live Nation, Inc. and its
affiliates and subsidiaries in retaining and attracting executive Employees and
members of the Board of Directors by providing them with tax deferred savings
opportunities. The Plan provides to Board members, and a select group of management
and highly compensated employees of Live Nation, Inc. with the opportunity to elect
to defer receipt of specified portions of compensation, and to have these deferred
amounts treated as if invested in specified hypothetical investment benchmarks. It
is the intention of the Company that the Plan meet all of the requirements necessary
to qualify as a nonqualified, unfunded, unsecured plan of deferred compensation
within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1), and all Plan
provisions shall be interpreted accordingly. Further, it is the intention of the
Company for the Plan to meet all of the requirements of Code Section 409A and any
regulations or guidance promulgated thereunder so that all amounts deferred by or on
behalf of a Participant hereunder shall not be includible in the income of such
Participant until distributed to the Participant.
3. Section 1.03 of the Plan is hereby amended to add a provision at the end to read as
follows:
On December 21, 2005, what is now named Live Nation, Inc. was spun-off from
Clear Channel Communications Inc. and became a publicly-traded company on the New
York Stock Exchange as of that date. As of December 21, 2005, Live Nation
Worldwide, Inc. (formerly known as SFX Entertainment, Inc.) was the sponsor of the Plan. However, effective August 4, 2006, the
Board of Directors of Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. and the Board of Directors of Live
Nation, Inc. elected to transfer sponsorship of the Plan to the parent corporation,
namely, Live Nation, Inc. Accordingly, the following amendments are being made to
the Plan, effective August 4, 2006: (i) change the name of the Company to Live
Nation, Inc., (ii) rename the Plan the Live Nation, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan, and (iii) provide
that the Company, and its designee as applicable, is responsible for
administration of the Plan.
4. Section 2.01 of the Plan is hereby amended to add a provision at the end to read as
follows:
Effective as of August 4, 2006, Administrative Committee means the Live Nation,
Inc. Benefits Committee. For all purposes under the Plan, the Administrative
Committee shall be the fiduciary of the Plan and, accordingly, any such reference
herein to fiduciary functions and/or responsibilities shall be deemed to be those of
the Administrative Committee.
5. Section 2.04 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Board. Board means the Board of Directors of Live Nation, Inc.
6. Section 2.08
of the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of December 21, 2005, in its entirety to read as follows:
Common
Stock. Common Stock means the common stock of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., $0.10 par value per share and/or the common stock of Live
Nation, Inc., $0.01 par value per share, as applicable.
7. Section 2.09 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Company. Company means Live Nation, Inc. and any subsidiary or
affiliated companies or entities authorized by the Board or the Compensation
Committee to participate in the Plan, or any successor entity by operation of law or
affirmative assumption of the Plan, any trust created by the Company for purposes of
meeting the Companys obligations hereunder, and the obligations of Live Nation,
Inc. with respect to the Plan. For all purposes under the Plan, the Company (and,
as applicable, the Board and Compensation Committee) shall be the settlor and
sponsor of the Plan and, accordingly, any such reference to settlor functions and/or
responsibilities herein shall be deemed to be those of the Company, the Board and
the Compensation Committee.
8. Section 2.14 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Designee. Designee means an individual or entity to whom the
Administrative Committee, the Compensation Committee, and/or the Board, as
applicable, has delegated authority to take action on its behalf under the Plan.
Wherever the Administrative Committee, the Compensation Committee, or the Board, as
applicable, is referenced in the Plan, it shall be deemed to also refer to its
respective Designee(s).
9. Section 2.17 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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Directors Deferral Election Form. Directors Deferral Election Form
means the form established from time to time by the Administrative Committee that a
Director completes and submits to effect a Deferral hereunder.
10. Section 2.30 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Participation Agreement. Participation Agreement means an Eligible
Employees election, made in accordance with procedures established by the
Administrative Committee to effect a Deferral hereunder.
11. Section 3.01 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Administrative Procedures. This Plan shall be administered by the
Administrative Committee in its capacity as the fiduciary and the Company, the Board
and the Compensation Committee in their capacity as the settlor. Actions taken by
the Company, the Board and/or the Compensation Committee shall be in accordance with
each of their normal governing procedures. Actions taken by the Administrative
Committee shall be in accordance with its bylaws, which may be amended from time to
time.
12. Section 3.02 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Administration of the Plan. The Administrative Committee shall be
responsible for the administration of this Plan and shall have all powers necessary
to administer this Plan, including discretionary authority to determine eligibility
for benefits and to decide claims under the terms of this Plan. Subject
to the terms of the Plan, the Administrative Committee may from time to time
establish rules, forms and procedures for the administration of the Plan, and except
as herein otherwise expressly provided, it shall have the exclusive right and
discretion to interpret the Plan and to decide any and all matters arising
thereunder or in connection with the administration and operation of the Plan. All
rules, interpretations, decisions, actions and records of the Administrative
Committee regarding or arising in connection with the administration of the Plan
shall be conclusive and binding on the Participants and Beneficiaries and
all persons having or claiming to have any right or interest in or under the Plan,
and cannot be overruled by a court of law unless arbitrary or capricious.
13. Section 3.03 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Delegation. The Compensation Committee and the Administrative Committee
may each delegate to its Designee responsibility for performing certain
administrative and ministerial functions under the Plan. The Designee may determine
in the first instance issues related to eligibility, Hypothetical
Investment Benchmarks, determination of Deferral and Matching Contribution Account
balances, crediting of hypothetical earnings and debiting of hypothetical losses and
distributions, in-service withdrawals, deferral elections, claims for benefits
and any other duties concerning the day-to-day operation of this Plan. The
Compensation Committee and/or the Administrative Committee shall have
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discretion to delegate to the Designee such additional duties as it may determine.
The Designee may retain and supervise outside providers, third party administrators,
record keepers and professionals (including in-house professionals) to perform any
or all of the duties delegated to it hereunder.
14. Section 3.05 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Indemnification. The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, indemnify and hold harmless each current and former Director, officer or
Employee of the Company (including the heirs, executors, administrators and other
personal representatives of such person), and each member of the Compensation
Committee and Administrative Committee against any and all direct and indirect
liabilities, demands, claims, losses, taxes, costs, and expenses, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys fees or other liabilities, demands, claims,
losses, taxes, costs, and expenses from such persons defense if the Company (or any
related entity) fails to provide such defense, which arise at any time during and/or
after the period in which such person is or was acting or failing to act with regard
to the administration or operation of the Plan, and which arise out of, relate to,
or result from any action, inaction, or conduct attributable to such person, which
action, inaction, or conduct occurs in whole or in part during the period in which
such person is or was acting or failing to act with regard to the Plan; provided,
however, that: (i) such person will not be indemnified or held harmless at any time
if his or her actions, inactions, or conduct arise out of, relate to, or result from
his or her gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, or otherwise willful
violation of the law, including, without limitation, a breach of fiduciary duty
under ERISA, insofar as such breach of fiduciary duty consists of gross negligence,
bad faith, willful misconduct or otherwise willful violation of the law; and (ii)
such person promptly notifies the General Counsel of the Company of any claim, suit,
action, or proceeding involving this Plan; and (iii) such person fully cooperates in
the defense of any such claim, suit, action, or proceeding, and gives the Company
(or its authorized delegate) sole and exclusive authority to act on his or her
behalf in the event of any such claim, suit, action, or proceeding arising out of,
relating to, or resulting from his or her action, inaction, or conduct while serving
this Plan.
15. Section 3.06 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Expenses. Any expense incurred by the Company, the Compensation Committee,
or the Administrative Committee relative to the administration of this Plan shall be
borne by the Company and may be deducted from the Deferral and Matching Contribution
Accounts of the Participants, as determined by the Compensation Committee and/or the
Administrative Committee, each in its sole and absolute discretion.
16. Section 4.03 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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Review Procedure. The claimant may, within 90 days after the denial of a
claim submitted hereunder, submit in writing to the Administrative Committee a
notice that the claimant contests the denial of his or her claim and desires a
further review. The Administrative Committee shall authorize the claimant to review
pertinent documents and submit issues and comments to it relating to the claim, and
shall review the claim at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
17. Section 4.04 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Review of Appeal. The Administrative Committee will render a final
decision on a claim submitted hereunder and contested with specific reasons
therefore in writing and will transmit it to the claimant within 60 days of the next
regularly scheduled Administrative Committee meeting following written request for
review, unless the Chairperson of the Administrative Committee determines that
additional time, not exceeding 60 days, is needed, and so notifies the Participant.
18. Section 6.03 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Election Procedures. Eligible Employees who wish to make a Deferral must
do so for each applicable Plan Year under the terms of the Plan. However, an
election to defer until Retirement will remain in effect until modified or
terminated as provided in Section 6.04 hereof. Future Deferrals will be terminated
automatically for any Participant who is deemed by the Administrative Committee to
no longer be eligible for participation in the Plan and there will be no
acceleration of the distribution of such a Participants vested account balance as a
result of cessation of eligibility to participate. For purposes of this Article VI,
a Participants election made for the Plan Year beginning on or after January 1,
2005 to defer a portion of his or her Bonus shall apply to the Bonus earned in the
following Plan Year and otherwise payable in the second Plan Year following the year
in which the deferral election was made. Consistent with the above, the
Administrative Committee may establish rules and procedures governing when a
Deferral will be effective and what Compensation will be deferred by the Deferral,
provided that such rules and procedures are not more permissive or inconsistent with
the terms and provisions of the Plan and are consistent with the provisions of Code
Section 409A and the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
19. Section 6.04 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Modification or Revocation of Election by Participant. Subject to the
provisions of this section and Section 6.05, all Deferrals hereunder are
irrevocable. A Participant may not increase or decrease the amount of his or her
Deferrals during a Plan Year. Elections to increase or decrease Deferrals of future
Eligible Compensation must be made between November 16 and December 15 of any year
to be effective on January 1 of the next Plan Year. In the event a Participant has
an unforeseeable emergency in accordance with Section 8.08 or receives a
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hardship withdrawal under the terms of the Live Nation, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
(or another 401(k) plan maintained by the Company or one of its subsidiaries or
affiliates), such Participant may discontinue future Deferrals during any Plan Year
under the Plan by completing and submitting a revised Participation Agreement or
Directors Deferral Election Form, as the case may be. If such election is made on
or before the 15th day of any calendar month, discontinuance shall take
effect as of the first day of the following month. If such election is made after
the 15th day of any calendar month, discontinuance shall take effect as
of the first day of the second month following such election. If a Participant
discontinues a Base Salary and Commission Deferral during a Plan Year, he will not
be permitted to again elect to make any Base Salary and Commission Deferrals under
the Plan until the beginning of the next Plan Year following the Plan Year in which
such discontinuance was made.
20. Section 7.04 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Valuation of Accounts. The Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts are
bookkeeping accounts, the value of which shall be based upon the performance of
Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks designated by the Participant from a group of
Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks selected by the Administrative Committee in its
sole and absolute discretion. Any and all dividends interest and other
distributions paid with respect to a Hypothetical Investment Benchmark will be
deemed to be immediately reinvested in such Hypothetical Investment Benchmark.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms of this Plan place no obligation upon the
Company or the Administrative Committee to invest or to continue to invest any
portion of the amounts in the Participants Deferral and Matching Contribution
Accounts, to invest in or to continue to invest in any specific asset, to liquidate
any particular investment, or to apply in any specific manner the proceeds from the
sale, liquidation, or maturity of any particular investment on a pre-tax basis. It
is understood and agreed that neither the Company nor the Administrative Committee
assumes any risk of any decrease in the value of any investments or the
Participants Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts, and the Companys sole
obligations are to maintain the Participants Deferral and Matching Contribution
Accounts and make payments to the Participant as herein provided.
21. Section 7.05(a) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the manner in which his or her
Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts will be deemed to be invested, by
selecting from among the Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks designated by the
Administrative Committee in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time and
specified in the Participant Agreement or the Directors Deferral Election Form, as
the case may be, in accordance with such rules, regulations and procedures as the
Administrative Committee may establish from time to time.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, earnings and losses based on a
Participants Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks investment elections shall begin to
accrue as of the date such Participants Deferrals and Matching Contributions are
credited to his/her Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts. A designation of
Hypothetical Investment Benchmark shall continue in effect unless and until amended
with the submission of a new designation in accordance with Section 7.05(b) herein.
Each successive designation of Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks for a
Participants Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts established in any
particular Plan Year may be applicable to either future contributions to or the
cumulative balance of a Deferral Account balance, or to both, at the election of the
Participant.
22. Section 7.05(d) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
(i)
Effective as of December 21, 2005, subject to Section 7.05(d)(v), the Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks available
for Deferral and Matching Contribution Accounts from time to time may include a
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Share Fund and/or a Live Nation, Inc. Share
Fund, which shall consist of deemed investments in shares of Common Stock, as
applicable. Deferrals that were historically deemed to be invested in either of
such share funds shall be converted into Share Units based upon the Fair Market
Value of the applicable Common Stock as of the date(s) the Deferrals or Matching
Contributions were credited to the Participants Deferral or Matching Contribution
Account, as applicable. The portion of any Deferral or Matching Contribution
Account that was invested in either or both of the share funds shall be credited
with additional Share Units of Common Stock with respect to cash dividends, if any,
paid on the applicable Common Stock as of the payment date of such dividend.
(ii) When a reallocation among Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks or a distribution
of all or a portion of a Participants Deferral or Matching Contribution Account
that is invested in the Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Share Fund
and/or, effective as of December 21, 2005, the
Live Nation, Inc. Share Fund is to be made, the balance of such share fund
allocation shall be determined by dividing the Fair Market Value of one share of the
applicable Common Stock on the most recent Valuation Date preceding the date of such
reallocation or distribution into the number of Share Units to be reallocated or
distributed. Deferral amounts for which either of the share funds were selected as
a Hypothetical Investment Benchmark shall be distributed in the form of cash having
a value equal to the Deferral or Matching Contribution balance allocated to the
applicable share fund divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock
on the Valuation Date.
(iii) In the event of a stock dividend, split-up or
combination of the applicable Common Stock, merger, consolidation, reorganization,
re-capitalization, or other change in the corporate structure or capitalization
affecting the applicable Common Stock, such that an adjustment is determined by the
Administrative Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under this Plan, then the Administrative
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Committee may make appropriate adjustments to the number of deemed shares of Common
Stock credited to any Deferral or Matching Contribution Account. The determination
of the Administrative Committee as to such adjustments, if any, shall be binding and
conclusive.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Company shall adopt such
procedures as it may determine are necessary to ensure that with respect to any
Participant who is actually or potentially subject to Section 16(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the crediting of deemed shares to such
Participants Deferral or Matching Contribution Account is not deemed to be a
non-exempt purchase for purposes of such Section 16(b), including without limitation
requiring that no shares of Common Stock or cash relating to such deemed shares may
be distributed for six months after being credited to such Deferral or Matching
Contribution Account.
(v) Prior to the spin-off of the Company on December 21, 2005, the Hypothetical
Investment Benchmarks available for Deferral and Matching Contributions included a
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Share Fund. As a result of the spin-off of the
Company, effective as of December 21, 2005, the Hypothetical Investment Benchmarks included both the Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. Share Fund and the Live Nation, Inc. Share Fund. Each such
share fund is held as a wasting investment fund to be sold as directed by
Participants. The Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Share Fund shall no longer be
a Hypothetical Investment Benchmark as of December 18, 2006.
23. Section 10.01 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Amendment. The Board reserves the right to amend this Plan from time to
time in whole or in part; provided, however, that no such amendment may reduce, or
relieve the Company of any obligation with respect to the balance of any Deferral
and Matching Contribution Accounts maintained under this Plan as accrued at the time
of such amendment, nor shall any amendment otherwise have a retroactive effect,
without the written consent of the affected Participant or Beneficiary, as the case
may be.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the duly appointed delegate of the Board may
approve amendments to the Plan, with or without prior approval or subsequent
ratification by the Board of Directors, if the amendment:
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is designed to facilitate administration of the Plan or to improve the
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does not materially change the benefits provided under the Plan
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24. Section 12.03 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance
of this Plan shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the State of
California, without reference to principles of conflict of law, except to the extent
preempted by federal law.
25. Section 12.07 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
If a Participant or Beneficiary is declared an incompetent or is a minor or a
conservator, guardian, or other person legally charged with his or her care has been
appointed, any benefits to which such Participant or Beneficiary is entitled will be
payable to such conservator, guardian, or other person legally charged with his or
her care. The decision of the Administrative Committee in such matters will be
final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and upon each Participant,
Beneficiary and every other person or party interested or concerned. The Company,
the Compensation Committee, and the Administrative Committee will not be under any
duty to see to the proper application of such payments.
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26. Except as otherwise provided in this Amendment No. 1, all other terms and conditions of
the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Live Nation, Inc., by its duly authorized representative, has caused this
Amendment to be executed as of the 7th day of December, 2006.
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Live Nation, Inc.
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/s/ Michael Rowles
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Michael Rowles |
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
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