Exhibit 10.15
GARTNER, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective January 1, 2009
(approved by the Board of Directors on October 28, 2008
with further revisions approved by Lewis G. Schwartz on behalf of the Retirement Benefit
Committee of Gartner, Inc. on December 19, 2008
pursuant to a delegation of authority by the Board of Directors)
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GARTNER, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
PREAMBLE
This Garner, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) was adopted, effective January 1,
2005, by Gartner, Inc. and is hereby amended and restated effective January 1, 2009.
The Plan is an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for
a select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company. This Plan is
intended, and shall be construed, to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and
applicable guidance issued thereunder (“Section 409A”) and shall be amended by the Company,
retroactive to its effective date if appropriate, in the event that the Company determines such
amendment is necessary to comply with Section 409A.
The Company has entered into an agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) with an institutional trustee
(the “Trustee”) under an irrevocable trust to be used in connection with the Plan and the
Grandfathered Plan described below (the “Rabbi Trust”). The Company intends the Trust to be a
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
2
ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION
5
ARTICLE III DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
6
ARTICLE
IV
ACCOUNTS
9
ARTICLE
V
VESTING
11
ARTICLE
VI
RABBI TRUST
12
ARTICLE
VII
DISTRIBUTIONS
13
ARTICLE
VIII
ADMINISTRATION
18
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
20
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GARTNER, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
PREAMBLE
This Garner, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) was adopted, effective January 1,
2005, by Gartner