Exhibit 10.4
UNION BANK OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective
September 18, 2008
ESTABLISHMENT AND
PURPOSE
Effective January 1, 1988,
Union Bank established the Union Bank Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan to provide certain executives with retirement
benefits in excess of those benefits provided under the
Company’s Retirement Plan.
Effective April 1, 1996, the
Union Bank and The Bank of California, National Association merged.
The combined corporate entity is named the Union Bank of
California, National Association (the
“Bank”).
Effective January 1, 1997, the
Bank amended and restated the Union Bank Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) in its
entirety.
Using an earnings definition based
on base pay but excluding bonuses, incentive payments and other
forms of compensation, the Plan supplements benefits under the
Retirement Plan to the extent such benefits are reduced due to the
limits of Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code. The Plan is
intended to be an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the
purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees, as described in
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of
ERISA.
The Bank hereby further amends and
restates the Plan in its entirety effective September 18,
2008.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Except as follows, all capitalized
terms used in this Plan have the same meaning as in the Retirement
Plan:
1.1
“Bank” means Union Bank
of California, National Association, a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States, or any successor in
interest. Prior to April 1, 1996 the Bank was known as Union
Bank.
1.2
“Board” means the Board
of Directors of the Bank.
1.3
“Company” means the Bank
and any other corporation, trade or business which is authorized to
participate in the Plan by the Board and which constitutes a
controlled group or an affiliated service group of which the Bank
is a member, or are under common control with the Bank, within the
meaning of Code Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o), but only for
the period during which the relationship exists.
1.3A
“Domestic Partner” means
Domestic Partner, as defined in the Union Bank of California
Retirement Plan.
1.4
“Participant” means an
executive of the Company who participates in the Plan pursuant to
Article 2.
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1.5
“Plan” means this Union
Bank of California N.A. Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan.
1.6
“Plan Earnings” means,
notwithstanding the Retirement Plan’s definition of Earnings,
for purposes of determining a Participant’s accrued benefit
under the Plan, a Participant’s regular base salary or wages
received for services rendered to the Company, including base
salary deferred under the Company’s Senior Management
Deferred Compensation Plan, and amounts deferred pursuant to Code
Section 125, 401(k), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or
403(b) which if paid, would have been Plan Earnings. Plan
Earnings do not include commissions, overtime, bonuses, premium
payments, incentive payments, restricted stock awards, bargain
element on stock options (which, for purposes of clarification,
includes payment of the bargain element upon the cancellation of
stock options), special amounts or payments, indemnities, or
Separation Pay Plan payments.
1.7
“Retirement Plan” means
the Union Bank of California Retirement Plan. References in the
Plan to sections of the Retirement Plan shall be deemed to refer to
any sections adopted as successors to those sections pursuant to an
amendment of the Retirement Plan.
1.8
“Vested Termination
Benefit” means a vested benefit payable under
Section 3.9 of the Retirement Plan.
ARTICLE 2
PARTICIPATION
The Participants in the Plan shall
be those Company employees who are selected for Plan participation
by the Bank and (1) who completed a benefit agreement with the
Company on or after January 1, 1988 and before January 1,
1995, or (2) those Company employees who are Senior Vice
Presidents or who have a more senior job title.
ARTICLE 3
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY BENEFITS
A Participant shall be entitled to a
benefit under this Plan only if he or she is vested in and is
eligible for: (1) a vested termination benefit under
Section 3.9 of the Retirement Plan, (2) a Normal
Retirement Benefit under Section 3.1 of the Retirement Plan,
(3) an Early Retirement Benefit under Sections 3.2 to 3.7 or
3.9A of the Retirement Plan, or (4) a Deferred Retirement
Benefit under Section 3.10 of the Retirement Plan. No benefits
shall be paid under this Plan with respect to a Participant who is
not entitled to a benefit under the sections of the Retirement Plan
referenced in the preceding sentence; in particular, no benefits
shall be paid under this Plan with respect to a Participant who is
only entitled to benefits under the Retirement Plan pursuant to
Article V (Death Benefits), or Article VI (Disability
Benefits), except as set forth in Sections 4.5 or 4.7 of this
Plan.
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ARTICLE 4
BENEFIT CALCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION
4.1
Normal Retirement
. A Participant who is eligible for
a Normal Retirement Benefit under the Retirement Plan shall receive
a normal retirement benefit hereunder equal to the excess of
(1) the Participant’s Normal Retirement Benefit under
the Retirement Plan, calculated using Plan Earnings as defined in
Section 1.6 but without regard to the limits of Code Sections
401(a)(17) and 415, over (2) the Participant’s Normal
Retirement Benefit under the Retirement Plan. A normal retirement
benefit hereunder shall be calculated as of the date that the
Participant’s employment terminates and shall commence on the
first day of the next calendar month, without regard to the date
that benefits commence under the Retirement Plan. If the
Participant is married or, effective May 1, 2006, has a
Domestic Partner, when his or her employment terminates, then the
normal retirement benefit hereunder shall be paid to the
Participant in the form of a 50% joint and survivor annuity with
the Participant’s spouse or Domestic Partner as the joint
annuitant. If the Participant is unmarried and, effective
May 1, 2006, does not have a Domestic Partner when his or her
employment terminates, then the normal retirement benefit hereunder
shall be paid to the Participant in the form of a single life
annuity.
4.2
Early Retirement
. A Participant who is eligible for
an Early Retirement Benefit under the Retirement Plan shall receive
an early retirement benefit hereunder equal to the excess of
(1) the Participant’s Early Retirement Benefit under the
Retirement Plan, calculated using Plan Earnings as defined in
Section 1.6 but without regard to the limits of Code Sections
401(a)(17) and 415, over (2) the Participant’s Early
Retirement Benefit under the Retirement Plan. An early retirement
benefit hereunder shall be calculated as of the date that the
Participant’s employment terminates and shall commence on the
first day of the next calendar month, even if the Participant
elects a later Early Retirement Date under the Retirement Plan. If
the Participant is married or, effective May 1, 2006, has a
Domestic Partner, when his or her employment terminates, then the
early retirement benefit hereunder shall be paid to the Participant
in the form of a 50% joint and survivor annuity with the
Participant’s spouse or Domestic Partner designated as the
joint annuitant. If the Participant is unmarried and, effective
May 1, 2006, does not have a Domestic Partner when his or her
employment terminates, then the early retirement benefit hereunder
shall be paid to the Participant in the form of a single life
annuity.
4.3
Deferred Retirement
. A Participant who is eligible for
a Deferred Retirement Benefit under the Retirement Plan shall
receive a deferred retirement benefit hereunder equal to the excess
of (1) the Participant’s Deferred Retirement Benefit
under the Retirement Plan, calculated using Plan Earnings as
defined in Section 1.6 but without regard to the limits of
Code Sections 401(a)(17) and 415, over (2) the
Participant’s Deferred Retirement Benefit under the
Retirement Plan. A deferred retirement benefit hereunder shall be
calculated as of the date that the Participant’s employment
terminates and shall commence on the first day of the next calendar
month, without regard to the date that benefits commence under the
Retirement Plan. If the Participant is married or, effective
May 1, 2006, has a Domestic Partner, when his or her
employment terminates, then the deferred retirement benefit
hereunder shall be paid to the Participant in the form of a 50%
joint and survivor annuity with the Participant’s spouse or
Domestic Partner as the joint annuitant. If the Participant is
unmarried and, effective May 1, 2006, does not have a Domestic
Partner, when his or her employment terminates, then the
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deferred retirement benefit
hereunder shall be paid to the Participant in the form of a single
life annuity.
4.4
Vested Termination Benefit . A Participant who is entitled
to benefits only under Section 3.9 of the Retirement Plan
(Vested Terminated Participants) shall receive a vested termination
benefit hereunder equal to the excess of (1) the
Participant’s Vested Termination Benefit under the Retirement
Plan, calculated using Plan Earnings as defined in Section 1.6
but without regard to the limits of Code Sections 401(a)(17) and
415, over (2) the Participant&