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DIRECTORS' FEE DEFERRAL AGREEMENT

Deferred Unit Award Agreement

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Title: DIRECTORS' FEE DEFERRAL AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Maryland     Date: 3/10/2004
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

DIRECTORS' FEE DEFERRAL AGREEMENT, Parties: sandy spring bancorp inc , sandy spring bank
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Exhibit 10(h)

DIRECTORS’ FEE DEFERRAL AGREEMENT
As Amended

     THIS AGREEMENT, made this day of     , 2003 by and between Sandy Spring Bank (the “Bank”), and                              (the “Director”) amends and restates as of this day any and all Directors’ Fee Agreement(s) previously entered by the Bank and the Director.

INTRODUCTION

     To encourage the Director to remain a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors, the Bank is willing to provide the Director an opportunity to defer receipt of Directors’ fees and to accumulate interest on the fees so deferred as provided in this Agreement. Amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement are unfunded, and the Bank will pay benefits from its general assets. Deferred fees and interest on them are subject to substantial restrictions and limitations.

AGREEMENT

     The Director and the Bank agree as follows:

Article 1
Definitions

1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified:

 

1.1.1

 

“Change in Control” means the transfer of 51% or more of the Bank’s outstanding voting common stock followed within twenty-four months by termination of the Director’s status as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors.

 

 

1.1.2

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a code section shall be deemed to be that section as it now exists and to any successor provision.

 

 

 

1.1.3

 

“Election Form” means the form attached as Exhibit I.

 

 

 

1.1.4

 

“Fees” means the total Directors fees payable to the Director.

 

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1.1.5

 

“Insurance Policy” means a single premium life insurance policy which may be acquired by the Bank, in its sole discretion, as the sole owner, on the life of the Director in connection with this Agreement.

 

 

1.1.6.

 

“Joint and Survivor Annuity Payments” means a form of benefit equal to the monthly payments that would be payable under a straight-life, maximum monthly payment, lifetime joint and survivor annuity for the Director and the Director’s spouse, that could be purchased from an issuer rated superior by A.M. Best (or, in the Bank’s discretion, with an equivalent rating from another rating organization of similar reputation) for cash equal to the applicable amount of benefit. Joint and Survivor Annuity Payments terminate upon the payment for the month of death of the survivor of the Director and this spouse.

 

 

 

1.1.7

 

“Prime Rate” for a calendar year means the lowest Prime Rate reported for the last business day before January 1 of that year in the “Money Rates” column of the Wall Street Journal, or, if such rate is not published or its definition of such rate in the Wall Street Journal is substantially changed, such reasonably equivalent rate that the Board of Directors of the Bank in its good faith discretion shall establish.

 

 

 

1.1.8

 

“Termination of Service” means the Director’s ceasing to be a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors (excluding directors emeriti ) for any reason whatsoever.

 

Article 2
Deferral Election

     2.1 Initial Election. The Director shall make an initial deferral election under this Agreement by filing with the Bank a signed Election Form within 30 days after the date of this Agreement. The Election Form shall set forth the amount of fees to be deferred and the form of benefit payment. The Election Form shall be effective to defer only fees earned after the date the Election Form is received by the Bank.

     2.2 Election Changes

 

2.2.1

 

Generally. The Director may modify the amount of Fees to be deferred by filing with the Bank a signed Election Form. The Election shall set forth the amount of Fees to be deferred and the form of benefit payment. The modified deferral or form of benefit shall not be effective until the calendar year following the year in which the subsequent Election Form is received by the Bank. The Election Form shall be effective to defer only Fees earned after the date the Election Form is received by the Bank.

 

 

2.2.2

 

Hardship. If an unforeseeable financial emergency arising from the death of a family member, divorce, sickness, injury, catastrophe or similar event outside the control of the Director occurs, the Director, by written instruction to the Bank may

 

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cease deferrals under this Agreement.

Article 3
Deferral Account

     3.1 Establishing and Crediting. The Bank shall establish a Deferral Account on its books for the Director, and shall credit to the Deferral Account the following amounts:

 

3.1.1

 

Deferrals. The Fees deferred by the Director as of the time the fees would have otherwise been paid to the Director.

 

 

3.1.2

 

Interest. On the first day of each month and immediately prior to the payment of any benefits, interest on the account balance since the preceding credit under this Section 3.1.2, if any, at an annual rate, compounded monthly, equal to the Prime Rate for the calendar year for the period or periods for which such accrual is recorded.

 

     3.2 Statement of Accounts. The Bank shall provide to the Director, within one-hundred and twenty days after each calendar year-end, a statement setting forth the Deferral Account balance.

     3.3 Accounting Device Only. The Deferral Account is solely a device for measuring amounts to be paid under this Agreement. The Deferral Account is not a trust fund of any kind. The Director is a general unsecured creditor of the Bank for the payment of benefits. The benefits represent the mere Bank promise to pay such benefits. The Director’s rights are not subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, or garnishment by the Director’s creditors.

ARTICLE 4
Lifetime Benefits

     4.1 Normal Termination Benefit. Upon the Director’s Termination of Service, the Bank shall pay to the Director the benefit described in this Section 4.1.

 

4.1.1

 

Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.1 is the Deferral Account balance at the Director’s Termination of Service.

 

 

4.1.2

 

Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the Director in the form elected by the Director on the Election Form. The Bank shall continue to credit interest under Section 3.1.2 on any unpaid balance of the benefit, other than benefits for which the Joint and Survivor Annuity Payments form of payment has

 

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been elected.

     4.2 Change in Control Benefit. Upon a Change in Control while the Director is in the active service of the Bank, the Bank shall pay to the Director the benefit described in this Section 4.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.

 

4.2.1

 

Amount of Benefit. The benefit under this Section 4.2 is the Deferral Account balance at the date of the Director’s termination of Service.

 

 

4.2.2

 

Payment of Benefit. The Bank shall pay the benefit to the Director in a lump sum within ten calendar days after the Director’s Termination of Service.

 

     4.3 Hardship Distribution. Upon the Bank’s determination (following petition by the Director) that the Director has suffered an unforeseeable financial emergency as described in Section 2.2.2, the Bank s


 
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