A. | Purpose. United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) sponsors this United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain employees of United Airlines, Inc. and other participating Affiliates. |
B. | Collective Bargaining. As it relates to Qualified Employees who are in the class or craft of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Employer pursuant to which the Employer has agreed to provide such Qualified Employees with participation in a profit sharing bonus plan, this Plan is maintained pursuant to such agreement. |
C. | Cash Bonus Plan. The Plan is a cash bonus plan and is not intended to be (and will not be construed or administered as) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of ERISA. The Plan is intended to be a discretionary cash bonus plan and payments under the Plan will not constitute a part of an employee’s regular rate of pay for any purpose; provided, however, all Awards will be paid to Qualified Employees in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the applicable collective bargaining agreements. Except to the extent specifically provided under a particular pension, insurance, profit sharing, retirement, welfare or other employee benefit plan or arrangement maintained or contributed to by the Company or an Affiliate, the payments to an employee under the Plan will not be treated as “salary,” “wages,” or “cash compensation” to the employee for the purpose of computing benefits to which the employee may be entitled under any such plan or arrangement. |
D. | Effective Date. The Plan commenced on January 1, 2006 as the UAL Corporation Success Sharing Program – Profit Sharing Plan, was previously amended and restated effective January 1, 2011, again effective January 1, 2014, again effective January 1, 2016, and is hereby amended and restated effective January 1, 2019, to reflect the name change of the Company from United Continental Holdings, Inc. to United Airlines Holdings, Inc., effective June 27, 2019, and certain other changes. This amendment and restatement is effective for the 2019 Plan Year and future Plan Years, except as otherwise stated herein, and does not apply to 2018 Plan Year profit sharing payments made in 2019. |
E. | Term. The provisions of the Plan shall continue indefinitely subject to termination by the Company, or, as it relates to any Qualified Employees who are in the class or craft of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement with the Employer pursuant to which the Employer has agreed to provide such Qualified Employees with participation in a profit sharing bonus plan, subject to termination pursuant to the terms of such collective bargaining agreement. |
F. | Definitions. Unless otherwise specified, the capitalized terms under the Plan have the meanings given below: |
A. | Eligibility. A Qualified Employee who is employed for any portion of an Award Year is eligible to receive payment of an Award for such Award Year, unless (1) prior to the end of the Award Year he or she voluntarily terminates employment or (2) prior to the payment date he or she is terminated “for cause” as determined by the Company. Termination of employment due to other reasons, such as involuntary termination (not “for cause”), voluntary termination after the end of the Award Year, death, Disability, Retirement, or Furlough do not disqualify a Qualified Employee from receiving payment of an Award for an Award Year. |
B. | Employee Classifications. The classification by an Employer of an individual as an employee of an Employer within the meaning of the Plan, or as a person who is not an employee of |
A. | Annual Threshold. After the end of each Award Year, if the Company’s Pre-Tax Profit for that year exceeds ten million dollars ($10,000,000), Awards will be determined in accordance with Section III.B. If this threshold is not met, no Awards will be payable under the Plan for the Award Year. |
B. | Determination of Awards. Awards will be determined as follows: |
1. | Determination of Base Percentage A: Base Percentage A is equal to one percent (1%) of Pre-Tax Profit up to and including a Pre-Tax Margin of 6.9%, divided by the total Wages of all Qualified Employees of the Employers for the Award Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the group of Qualified Employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, Base Percentage A is equal to one percent (1%) of Pre-Tax Profit up to and including Pre-Tax Profit for the previous Plan Year. |
2. | Determination of Base Percentage B: Base Percentage B is equal to one percent (1%) of Pre-Tax Profit in excess of a Pre-Tax Margin of 6.9%, divided by the total Wages of all Qualified Employees of the Employers for the Award Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the group of Qualified Employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the Association of Flight Attendants – CWA, Base Percentage A is equal to one percent (1%) of Pre-Tax Profit in excess of Pre-Tax Profit for the previous Plan Year. |
3. | Calculation. Each Qualified Employee eligible under Section II shall be entitled to an Award equal to the following: |
C. | Wages. Wages for a Plan Year will be determined as follows: |
1. | Compensation Included. “Wages” will only include compensation paid (or payable) during a Plan Year to a Qualified Employee for the period he or she is a Qualified Employee and shall include the items listed in Paragraph A-1 of Appendix A. Wages will include compensation not paid as a result of an earnings reduction election made by the Qualified Employee under a Code Sec. 125 cafeteria plan or under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Code Sec. 401(k). |
2. | Exclusions. “Wages” will not include the items of compensation or other payments listed in Paragraph A-2 of Appendix A. |
3. | Reemployment. In the event a Qualified Employee terminates employment and is reemployed by an Employer, such employee’s Wages will include amounts paid during the applicable Plan Year, both prior to the termination and following such reemployment. |
4. | Change of Position. In the event that a Qualified Employee transfers from one Employee Group to another Employee Group during the calendar year, the Qualified Employee’s Wages while a member of each Employee Group shall be distinguished and applied to the appropriate formula under Section III.B. |
5. | Determination of Wages. Subject to the provisions of Appendix A, the Company’s Executive Vice President – Human Resources and Labor Relations will determine, in his or her discretion (subject to a contrary requirement under any applicable collective bargaining agreement or determination under any applicable collective bargaining agreement grievance procedure in the case of an employee who is in the class or craft of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement), whether an item of compensation is included or excluded from the definition of “Wages.” |
D. | Time of Payment. Award payments will be made following determination of the Company’s Pre-Tax Profit for the fiscal year, but not later than March 15 or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its reasonable discretion, vary the time for making the payments provided herein, provided such modification does not cause the payments to become subject to the tax under Section 409A of the Code. Nothing herein shall be construed to grant to any Qualified Employee who is entitled to payment of an Award or to any person claiming under or through such Qualified Employee the right to elect a modification of the time for receiving payments hereunder. |
E. | Payment Methods. Each Qualified Employee entitled to an Award will receive payment of the Award in cash, subject to such employee’s right, if any, to elect to defer receipt of a portion of such cash payment as may be permitted under any Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan in which the Qualified Employee is eligible to participate. Payment is subject to any applicable withholding taxes and other amounts the Company reasonably determines it is obligated to withhold or deduct pursuant to federal, state or local laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing: |
1. | The Committee shall have the right, in its reasonable discretion, to vary the form of payment of Awards payable to Officers by payment in shares of the Company’s common stock. In the event the Company reasonably anticipates that the Company’s deduction with respect to a payment otherwise would be limited or eliminated by application of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may enter into an agreement with an Officer to provide payment of an Award on a deferred basis through a bookkeeping account, the value of which may be determined by reference to the Company’s common stock, provided such written deferred payment arrangement complies with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including the requirement that the payment be made either at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably anticipates the payment of the amount will not be limited or eliminated by application of Section 162(m) of the Code or the calendar year in which the officer separates from service with the Company and all affiliates. |
2. | Payment of Awards for any employee group shall be made as a profit sharing contribution to the applicable Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan if required under the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the case of the Management and Administrative Employee Group, if so determined by the Company. |
A. | Plan Administration. The Company or its delegate has the authority and responsibility to manage and control the general administration of the Plan, except as to matters expressly reserved in the Plan to the Committee. Determinations, decisions and actions of the Company or, if applicable, the Committee, in connection with the construction, interpretation, administration, or application of the Plan will be final, conclusive, and binding upon any person, including any employee of any Employer, any Qualified Employee and any person claiming under or through the Qualified Employee. No employee of an Employer, any member of the Board, any delegate of the Board, or any member of the Committee will be liable for any determination, decision, or action made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award made under the Plan. |
B. | Committee. The Committee has the sole authority and responsibility to administer Awards payable to Officers. |
A. | Authority to Amend or Terminate Plan. The Plan may at any time be amended, modified, suspended or terminated, as the Company in its sole discretion determines. Such amendment, modification, or termination of the Plan will not require any notice or the consent, ratification, or approval of any party, including any Qualified Employee who is then eligible to participate in the Plan. |
B. | Authority to Amend Awards. The Committee in its sole discretion may reduce or eliminate an Award payable to any member of the Management and Administrative Employee Group classified by the Company as a management employee. In addition, the Company may reduce any Award other than an Award payable to an Officer, prior to the payment of the Award, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate to comply with laws, including applicable securities laws, local laws outside the United States and the pooling of interests requirements in connection with a merger, provided that nothing in this Section V.B affects the rights of any employee to an Award required under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. |
A. | No Contract of Employment, etc. Neither this Plan nor any award under the Plan constitutes a contract of employment and participation in the Plan will not give any employee the right to be retained in the service of the Company or any Affiliate or to continue in any position or at any level of compensation. Nothing contained in the Plan will prohibit or interfere with the Company’s or an Affiliate’s right to assign projects, tasks and responsibilities to any employee or to alter the nature of the Company’s or an Affiliate’s rights with respect to the employee’s employment relationship, including the right to terminate any employee at any time, with or without prior notice, and for any reason within the constraints of existing law. |
B. | Governing Law. The validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan and any rules, regulations and actions relating to the Plan will be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois, notwithstanding the conflicts of law principles of any jurisdiction. |
C. | Conflict. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, the Plan Rules or Plan administration, the Employer’s obligations to any employees covered by collective bargaining agreements shall be governed by the applicable terms of such agreements, and any conflict between the terms of the Plan, the Plan Rules or Plan administration and the applicable collective bargaining agreements with respect to such employees shall be resolved in favor of the Employer’s obligations under the applicable collective bargaining agreements. |
• | base pay |
• | overtime pay |
• | holiday pay |
• | longevity pay |
• | sick pay |
• | lead/purser/service director pay |
• | high skill premium/longevity pay |
• | language premium |
• | international and night flying premium pay |
• | pay for time taken as vacation |
• | payment for accrued vacation not taken as vacation when paid on account of (i) a leave or (ii) a termination of employment due to a reduction in force or for a military leave |
• | shift differential pay |
• | back pay to the extent such pay is otherwise categorized as Wages related to the applicable Plan Year (other than judicial or administrative awards of grievance pay or back pay (including settlements thereof)) |
• | delayed activation pay |
• | bypass pay |
• | check pilot premium pay |
• | double town salary expense |
• | senior/junior manning pay |
• | operational integrity pay |
• | temporary reclass pay |
• | Hawaiian override |
• | deferred compensation (other than pursuant to Code Sec. 125 or 401(k)) |
• | moving expense and similar allowances |
• | performance incentive awards, profit sharing awards or sales incentive awards |
• | expense reimbursements and per diems |
• | severance, termination pay and related payments |
• | payment for accrued vacation time not taken as vacation when paid on account of termination of employment, other than on account of a reduction in force or for a military leave |
• | disability and workers compensation payments |
• | duty-free commissions |
• | recognition lump sums |
• | flight expense |
• | retropay created by execution of a collective bargaining agreement, unless the collective bargaining agreement requires inclusion |
• | reimbursable cleaning |
• | Employer contributions to employee benefit plans |
• | solely for purposes of making an award payment under this Plan, judicial or administrative awards for grievance pay or back pay (including settlements thereof) |
• | imputed income for employee or dependent life insurance coverage |
• | imputed income from pass service charges |
• | taxable travel |
• | imputed income from domestic partner benefits |
• | cash payments made pursuant to any agreement, program, arrangement or plan designed to compensate an employee for amounts that may not be credited or allocated to the employee under a qualified retirement plan due to limitations imposed by tax laws |
• | taxable fringe benefits, including taxable reimbursement of insurance premiums |
• | expatriate allowances |
• | hiring bonuses or other special payments relating to the initiation of employment |
• | amounts realized with respect to restricted stock, non-qualified stock options or stock appreciation rights |
• | lost luggage advance |
• | interest payments |
• | taxable distributions of the Company’s common stock or notes (including cash in lieu of such stock or notes) made in connection with UAL Corporation’s confirmed plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code |
• | payments made to employees domiciled outside of the United States that are in lieu of Employer contributions to a retirement plan |
• | any amount counted as wages under this Plan or any other profit sharing plan for a prior Award Year. |
Labor Group | Union Representation | Factor for Base Percentage A | Factor for Base Percentage B |
Represented | |||
Central Load Planners | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Customer Service Representatives | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Dispatchers | PAFCA | 5 | 10 |
Fleet Service Employees | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Flight Attendants | AFA | 10 | 20 |
Maintenance Instructors | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Pilots | ALPA | 10 | 20 |
Reservations Representatives | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Simulator Technicians | IBT | 5 | 10 |
Storekeeper Employees | IAM | 5 | 10 |
Technicians | IBT | 5 | 10 |
Tech Ops Maintenance Controllers | IBT | 5 | 10 |
Catering Operations | UH | 5 | 10 |
Non-Represented | |||
Flight Qualified Management | None | 5 | 10 |
Management & Administrative | None | 5 | 10 |