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(20) Election Date: (i) With respect to Base Salary, January 1st of each Plan Year, or such earlier date as may be designated by the Committee, and
(ii) with respect to Bonuses, two weeks prior to the last day of the Company's third fiscal quarter, or such earlier date as may be designated by the
Committee.
(21) Employee: Any individual on the payroll of an Employer (i) whose wages from the Employer are subject to withholding for purposes of Federal
income taxes and for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, (ii) who is included within a "select group of management or highly
compensated employees," as such term is used in ERISA Section 401(a)(1), and (iii) who is designated by the Committee as eligible to participate
in this Plan.
(22) Employer or Participating Employer: The Company and any Affiliate of the Company to the extent that (i) an Employee of such Affiliate is a
Participant hereunder and (ii) the Affiliate has adopted the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article XI.
(23) ERISA: Public Law No. 93-406, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
(24) Investment Fund(s): The investment fund(s) designated by the Committee from time to time for the hypothetical investment of a Participant's
Accounts pursuant to Article V.
(25) Participant: An Employee participating in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1.
(26) Plan: The Dell Computer Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.
(27) Plan Year: The twelve-consecutive month period commencing January 1 of each year.
(28) Retirement Date: The date upon which a Participant attains sixty-five years of age.
(29) Trust or Trust Fund: The fund consisting of funds, investments and properties, if any, held pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Agreement,
together with all income, profit, and increments thereto.
(30) Trust Agreement: The Dell Computer Corporation Deferred Compensation Trust, entered into between the Company and the Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.3, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
(31) Trustee: The corporation, individual or individuals appointed by the Directors to administer the Trust Fund in accordance with the terms of the
Trust Agreement.
(32) Unforeseeable Financial Emergency: An unexpected need of the Participant for cash, which (i) arises from an illness, casualty loss, sudden
financial reversal, or such other unforeseeable occurrence that is caused by an event beyond the control of the
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