Sprint - Nextel 2011 Annual Report Download - page 234

SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
2.1 Definitions. The following terms, when capitalized as shown below, shall have the following respective meanings,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. References to any provision of the
Code herein shall include any successor provisions thereto.
"Committee" means the committee established pursuant to Section 9.
"Company" means Sprint Nextel Corporation, a Kansas corporation ("Sprint") and its successor or successors.
"Deferred Compensation Plan Deferrals" means the amount of compensation deferred by a Participant in the Sprint
Executive Deferred Compensation Plan to the extent such compensation would have been compensation for purposes o
f
determining a Participant’s benefit under the Qualified Pension Plan had the amount not been deferred; provided, however, that
a Deferred Compensation Plan Deferral shall not include any amount deferred for which the Participant receives a pension
make-up benefit as such term is defined in the Sprint Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
"Employee" means any person employed by an Employer who receives regular stated compensation other than a
pension, retainer or fee under contract.
"Employer" means the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which participates in a Qualified Pension Plan.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. References to any
provision of ERISA herein shall include any successor provisions thereto.
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