EXHIBIT 10.84
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
U.S. NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Amended as of December 16, 1998
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SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
U.S. NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
AMENDED AS OF DECEMBER 16, 1998
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (the "Company"), acting on behalf of itself and its U.S. subsidiaries, initially adopted the
Sun Microsystems, Inc. U.S. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), effective July 1, 1995.
RECITALS
1. The Company maintains the Plan, a deferred compensation plan for the benefit of a select group of
management or highly compensated employees of the Company as well as members of the Company's Board of
Directors.
2. Under the Plan, the Company is obligated to pay vested accrued benefits to Plan Participants and their
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries from the Company's general assets.
3. The Company intends to enter into an agreement (the "Trust Agreement") with a person or persons, including
an entity, who shall serve as trustee (the "Trustee") under an irrevocable trust, to be used in connection with the
Plan (the "Trust").
4. The Company intends to make contributions to the Trust so that such contributions will be held by the Trust
and invested, reinvested and distributed, all in accordance with this Plan and the Trust Agreement.
5. The Company intends that amounts contributed to the Trust and the earnings thereon shall be used by the
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1. Purpose ..................................................................4
2. Definitions...............................................................4
3. Eligibility ..............................................................6
4. Election to Participate in Plan...........................................6
5. Accounts..................................................................7
6. Deferral Increments and Growth............................................7
7. Earning