Exhibit 10.2
FLATBUSH FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DIRECTOR RETIREMENT PLAN
Brooklyn, New York
Amendment and Restatement Effective
March 1, 2006
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DIRECTOR RETIREMENT
PLAN
This Amended and Restated Director Retirement
Plan (the “Plan”) amends and restates the Flatbush
Federal Savings & Loan of Brooklyn Directors Retirement Plan,
which was effective June 1, 1999 (the “Directors Retirement
Plan”). This Plan formalizes the understanding by
and between Flatbush Federal Savings & Loan Association (the
“Association”), a federally chartered stock savings
association, and its non-employee directors, hereinafter referred
to as “Director(s),” who shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan by execution of a Director Retirement Plan
Joinder Agreement (“Joinder Agreement”) in a form
provided by the Association. The Association has herein
restated the Plan with the intention that the Plan shall at all
times satisfy Section 409A of the Code (as defined herein) and the
regulations thereunder. The provisions of the Plan shall
be construed to effectuate such intentions.
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS , the Directors serve the Association as members
of the Board of Directors (“Board”); and
WHEREAS , the Association previously established the
Directors Retirement Plan to recognize the Directors who have
provided long and faithful service to the Association, to ensure
the continued service on the Board by such Directors until
retirement age, and to recruit and retain highly qualified
individuals as Directors in the future; and
WHEREAS , the Association and the Directors intend this
Plan to be considered an unfunded arrangement, maintained primarily
to provide supplemental retirement income for such Directors;
and
WHEREAS , Section 409A of the Code (as defined
herein) requires that certain types of deferred compensation
arrangements comply with its terms or be subject to current taxes
and penalties; and
WHEREAS , Code Section 409A and the final regulations
issued thereunder in April of 2007 necessitate further changes to
the Directors Retirement Plan; and
WHEREAS , the Association hereby amends and restates the
Director Retirement Plan in order to comply with Code Section
409A.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual promises herein contained, the Association and the Directors
agree as follows:
SECTION I
DEFINITIONS
When used herein, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings below unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise:
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Act ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
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Administrator ” means the Association.
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“Annual Fees”
means the sum of fees paid to a
Director for attendance at regularly scheduled Board of Directors
meetings for the calendar year in which a Director’s Benefit
Age occurs.
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Annual Retainer ” means the annual retainer paid to a
Director.
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“
Association ” means Flatbush Federal Savings &
Loan Association and any successor thereto.
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“
Beneficiary ” means the person or persons (and their
heirs) designated as Beneficiary in the Director’s Joinder
Agreement to whom the deceased Director’s benefits are
payable. If no Beneficiary is so designated, then the
Director’s Spouse, if living, will be deemed the
Beneficiary. If the Director’s Spouse is not
living, then the Children of the Director will be deemed the
Beneficiaries and will take on a per stirpes
basis. If there are no living Children, then the Estate
will be deemed the Beneficiary.
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“
Benefit Age ” shall mean the later of age 65 or the
Director’s age on the date the Director completes five (5)
years of Service on the Board, provided, however, that if
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Director’s years of Service include years
that the Director is an employee-Director, the Director must first
complete eighteen (18) months of Service as a non-employee Director
in order to attain his or her Benefit Age.
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Benefit Eligibility Date ” shall be the date on which
a Director is entitled to receive a benefit under the
Plan. A Director’s “Benefit Eligibility
Date” shall occur on the 1st day of the calendar month
coincident with or next following (i) the month in which
the Director retires following attainment of his Benefit Age; (ii)
the month in which a Disability determination is made; (iii) the
month in which the Director dies; or (iv) the month in which the
Director’s Service is terminated (either voluntarily or
involuntarily) following a Change in Control.
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Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Association.
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Cause ” means personal dishonesty, incompetence,
willful misconduct, will malfeasance, breach of fiduciary duty
involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated
duties, willful violation of any law, rule, regulation (other than
traffic violations or similar offenses), or final cease-and desist
order, material breach of any provision of the Plan, or gross
negligence in matters of material importance to the
Association.
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Change in Control ” shall mean (i) a change in
ownership of the Association under paragraph (a) below, or (ii) a
change in effective control of the Association under paragraph (b)
below, or (iii) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion
of the assets of the Association under paragraph (c)
below:
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Change in
the ownership of the Association. A change in the ownership of the
Association shall occur on the date that any one person, or more
than one person acting as a group (as defined in Final Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B) or subsequent guidance),
acquires ownership of stock of the corporation that, together with
stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50
percent of the total fair market value or total voting power of the
stock of such corporation.
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Change in
the effective control of the Association. A change in the effective control of
the Association shall occur on the date that either (i) any
one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined
in Final Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D) or
subsequent guidance), acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
person or persons) ownership of stock of the corporation possessing
30 percent or more of the total voting power of the stock of such
corporation; or (ii) a majority of members of the
corporation’s board of directors is replaced during any
12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not
endorsed by a majority of the members of the corporation’s
board of directors prior to the date of the appointment or
election, provided that this sub-section (ii) is inapplicable where
a majority shareholder of the Association is another
corporation.
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Change in
the ownership of a substantial portion of the Association’s
assets. A
change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the
Association’s assets shall occur on the date that any one
person, or more than one person acting as a group (as defined in
Final Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(C) or
subsequent guidance), acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
person or persons) assets from the corporation that have a total
gross fair market value equal to or more than 40 percent of the
total gross fair market value of (i) all of the assets of the
Association, or (ii) the value of the assets being disposed of,
either of which is determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets.
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, a Change in Control shall not be
deemed to have occurred upon the conversion of Flatbush Federal
Bancorp, Inc.’s mutual holding company parent to stock form,
or in connection with any reorganization used to effect such a
conversion.
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Each of the
sub-paragraphs (a) through (c) above shall be construed to be
consistent with the requirements of Final Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A
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3(i)(5) or
subsequent guidance, except to the extent that such proposed
regulations are superseded by subsequent guidance.
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Children ” means the Director’s children, or the
issue of any deceased Children, then living at the time payments
are due the Children under this Plan. The term
“Children” shall include both natural and adopted
Children.
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Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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Disability ” means any case in which a Director: (i)
is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months; (ii) is, by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months
under an accident and health plan covering employees or
non-employee directors of the Association; or (iii) is determined
to be disabled by the Social Security Administration.
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Disability Benefit ” means the monthly benefit payable
to the Director following a determination of the Director’s
Disability, provided the Director has completed five (5) years of
Service at such time. The Disability Benefit shall be
equal to the Retirement Benefit as set forth in Section 1.19, based
on the Director’s Annual Fee at the date of the
Director’s cessation of Service due to the
Disability.
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Estate ” means the estate of the Director.
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Payout Period ” means the time frame during which
certain benefits payable hereunder shall be
distributed. Payments shall be made in equal monthly
installments for a period of sixty (60) consecutive months
commencing on the Benefit Eligibility Date.
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“ Plan
Year ” shall mean the calendar year.
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Retirement Benefit ” means an annual amount payable to
the Director who retires from or otherwise terminates service with
the Board (other than for Cause). The Retirement Benefit
shall be equal to sixty percent (60%) of the Director’s
Annual Fees in the Director’s last year of Service on the
Board plus sixty percent (60%) of the Director’s
Annual Retainer paid with respect to the Director’s last year
of Service on the Board. Each monthly payment during the
Payout Period will equal one-twelfth (1/12) of the Retirement
Benefit.
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Separation from Service ” or “Separated from
Service” shall mean, consistent with Code Section
409A(2)(a)(i), the Director’s death, retirement, or
termination of service from the Board following a failure to be
reappointed or reelected to the Board. For these
purposes, a Director shall not be deemed to have a Separation from
Service until the Director no longer serves on the Board of the
Association, the Association’s holding company, or any member
of a controlled group of corporations with the Association or
holding company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
§1.409A-1(a)(3).
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Service ” means all years of service as a Director of
the Association and all predecessor (or successor) entities of the
Association. Years of service as a Director need not be
continuous.
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Spouse ” means the individual to whom the Director is
legally married at the time of the Director’s
death.
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Survivor’s Benefit ” means an annual amount
payable to the Beneficiary in monthly installments throughout the
Payout Period, and subject to Subsection 3.2. The
Survivor’s Benefit shall be equal to the Retirement Benefit
payable to the Director, based on the Director’s Annual
Retainer Fee at the date of death.
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SECTION II
ESTABLISHMENT OF RABBI
TRUST
The Association may establish a rabbi trust into
which the Association may contribute assets which shall be held
therein, subject to the claims of the Association’s creditors
in the event of the Association’s “Insolvency” as
defined in the agreement which establishes such rabbi
trust,
until the
contributed assets are paid to the Directors and their
Beneficiaries in such manner and at such times as specified in this
Plan. It is the intention of the Association to make
contributions to the rabbi trust to provide the Association with a
source of funds to assist it in meeting the liabilities of this
Plan. The rabbi trust and any assets held therein shall
conform to the terms of the rabbi trust agreement which may be
established in conjunction with this Plan. To the extent
the language in this Plan is modified by the language in the rabbi
trust agreement, the rabbi trust agreement shall supersede this
Plan. Any contributions to the rabbi trust shall be made
during each Plan Year in accordance with the rabbi trust
agreement.
SECTION III
BENEFITS
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Retirement
Benefit . A
Director who remains in the Service of the Board until attainment
of his Benefit Age shall be entitled to the Retirement
Benefit. Such Retirement Benefit shall commence on the
Benefit Eligibility Date, and shall be payable in monthly
installments throughout the Payout Period. In the event
a Director dies after commencement of the Retirement Benefit
payments but before completion of all such payments due and owing
hereunder, the Association shall pay to the Director’s
Beneficiary a continuation of the monthly installments for the
remainder of the Payout Period.
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Death During
Service on the Board .
If the Director dies while in the Service of the
Association, the Director’s Beneficiary shall be entitled to
the Survivor’s Benefit, provided the Director has completed
five (5) years of Service at the time of death. The
Survivor’s Benefit shall commence on the Benefit Eligibility
Date and shall be payable in monthly installments throughout the
Payout Period. The Survivor’s Benefit shall be
equal to the full Retirement Benefit, calculated as if the Director
had survived and remained in the Service of the Association until
reaching his Benefit Age.
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Separation
from Service Related to a Change in Control .
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If a Change in
Control occurs at the Association, and thereafter the Director
Separates from Service with Board (either voluntarily or
involuntarily), other than
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due to
termination for Cause, the Director shall be entitled to
his full Retirement Benefit. Such benefit shall commence
on the Benefit Eligibility Date, and shall be payable in monthly
installments throughout the Payout Period. In the event
that the Director dies at any time after commencement of the
payments, but prior to completion of all such payments due and
owing hereunder, the Association, or its successor, shall pay to
the Director’s Beneficiary a continuation of the monthly
installments for the remainder of the Payout Period.
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If, after a
Separation from Service, the Director dies prior to commencement of
the Retirement Benefit hereunder, the Director’s Beneficiary
shall be entitled to the Survivor’s Benefit which shall
commence on the Benefit Eligibility Date. The
Survivor’s Benefit shall be payable in monthly installments
over the Payout Period.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Director shall have the right
within thirty (30) days of becoming a Plan participant to elect in
his Joinder Agreement to receive the present value of his
Retirement Benefit payable upon a Separation from Service within
two (2) years following a Change in Control (determined using the
applicable federal rate as set forth in Code Section 1274(d)), to
be paid in a single cash lump sum distribution on the
Director’s Benefit Eligibility Date. If the
Director has not made any election, his
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