AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMB NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective September 1,
2002
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1.5 “Annual Company Contribution
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1.6 “Annual Company Matching
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1.7 “Annual Deferral
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1.11 “Beneficiary Designation
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1.13 A “Change in
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1.14 “Change of Control
Benefit”
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1.19 “Company Contribution
Account”
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1.20 “Company Matching
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1.21 “Deduction
Limitation”
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1.26 “Disability Benefit”
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1.28 “Eligible Stock
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1.38 “Fixed Date Payout Account
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1.41 “Non-Employee
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1.47 “Pre-Retirement Survivor
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1.48 “Quarterly Installment
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1.50 “Restricted Stock
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1.51 “Restricted Stock
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1.52 “Retirement”,
“Retire(s)” or “Retired”
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1.53 “Retirement Benefit”
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1.56 “Semi-Annual Installment
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1.58 “Stock-for-Stock
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1.59 “Stock Option
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1.60 “Stock Option
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1.63 “Termination
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1.64 “Termination of
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1.66 “Unforeseeable Financial
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ARTICLE 2. SELECTION, ENROLLMENT,
ELIGIBILITY
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2.1 Selection by Administrator
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2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of
Participation
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2.4 Termination of Participation and/or
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ARTICLE 3. DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY
CONTRIBUTIONS/CREDITING/TAXES
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3.1 Election to Defer; Effect of Election
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4.3 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit
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ARTICLE 5. UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES;
WITHDRAWAL ELECTION
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5.1 Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for
Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
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ARTICLE 6. BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
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6.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal
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6.6 Discharge of Obligations
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ARTICLE 7. LEAVE OF ABSENCE
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ARTICLE 8. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR
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ARTICLE 9. ADMINISTRATION
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9.2 Binding Effect of Decisions
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ARTICLE 10. CLAIMS PROCEDURES
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11.1 Establishment of the Trust
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ARTICLE 12. PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES
LAWS
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12.1 Designation of Participants
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12.3 Compliance with Section 16
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ARTICLE 13. CERTAIN CORPORATE EVENTS
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ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS
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14.2 Unsecured General Creditor
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14.7 Coordination with Other Benefits
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14.9 Not a Contract of Employment
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14.18 Distribution in the Event of
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AMB
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective
September 1, 2002
AMB Property
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”),
established, effective September 1, 1999, the AMB Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated
September 1, 2002 (the “Plan”) for the benefit of
a select group of management and highly compensated Employees and
Directors who contribute materially to the continued growth,
development and future business success of AMB Property, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and
the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor this Plan.
This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA.
The Company and
the Partnership hereby amend and restate the Plan effective
October 2, 2006, as set forth herein. This restatement shall
not diminish any Plan benefits currently accounted for under the
Plan as amended and restated effective September 1, 2002, and
to the extent necessary to provide benefits to a Participant or
Beneficiary under the Plan, this restatement shall not be
imposed.
So that certain
amounts deferred hereunder remain grandfathered under and exempt
from Section 409A of the Code (as defined below) and for other
reasons stated therein, the Company and the Partnership have
adopted that certain AMB 2005 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan effective as of January 1, 2005 (the “2005
Plan”). All amounts deferred under the Plan that were earned
and vested as of December 31, 2004, including any earnings and
losses credited thereto, shall continue to be subject to the terms
of this Plan. All amounts deferred under the Plan that were not yet
earned and vested as of December 31, 2004, including earnings
and losses credited thereto, shall not be subject to the terms of
this Plan but instead, effective January 1, 2005, such amounts
shall be subject to the terms of the 2005 Plan.
This Plan shall
consist of two plans, one for the benefit of a select group of
management and highly compensated employees of the Employers as
described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of
ERISA, and one for the benefit of Non-Employee members of the
boards of directors of any Employer. To the extent required by law,
the terms of this Plan applicable to Directors shall also
constitute a separate written plan document with its terms set
forth in the applicable portions of this Plan.
As used within
this document, the following words and phrases have the meanings
described in this Article 1 unless a different meaning is
required by the context. Some of the words and phrases used in the
Plan are not defined in this Article 1, but for convenience,
are defined as they are introduced into the text. Words in the
masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.
Any headings used are included for ease of reference only and are
not to be construed so as to alter any of the terms of the
Plan.
1.1 “
Account Balance ” shall mean, with respect to a
Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the
sum of (i) the Deferral Account balance, (ii) the vested
Company Contribution Account balance, (iii) the vested Company
Matching Account balance, (iv) the Stock Option Account
balance and (v) the Restricted Stock Account balance. The
Account Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be
a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device
for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to
a Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to
this Plan.
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1.2 “
Accounts ” of a Participant shall mean, as the context
indicates, either or all of his or her Deferral Account, Company
Contribution Account, Company Matching Account, Stock Option
Account and Restricted Stock Account.
1.3 “
Administrator ” shall mean the Committee appointed
pursuant to Article 9 to administer the Plan, or such other
person or persons to whom the Committee has delegated its duties
pursuant to Article 9.
1.4 “
Annual Bonus ” shall mean any compensation, in
addition to Base Annual Salary relating to services performed
during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year
or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar
year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any
Employer’s annual bonus and cash incentive plans, excluding
stock options and restricted stock.
1.5 “
Annual Company Contribution Amount ” shall mean, for
any one Plan Year, the amount determined in accordance with
Section 3.4(b).
1.6 “
Annual Company Matching Amount ” for any one Plan Year
shall be the amount determined in accordance with
Section 3.4(c).
1.7 “
Annual Deferral Amount ” shall mean that portion of a
Participant’s Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and Directors
Fees that a Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in
accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event
of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a
Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such
year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount
withheld prior to such event.
1.8 “
Annual Installment Method ” shall be an annual
installment payment over the number of years selected by the
Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows:
The Account Balance of the Participant (or the Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout) shall be
calculated as of the close of business three business days prior to
the last business day of the fourth quarter. The annual installment
shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the
numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the
remaining number of yearly payments due the Participant. By way of
example, if the Participant elects a ten year Annual Installment
Method, the first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance (or
the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date
Payout), calculated as described in this definition. The following
year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the Account Balance (or the Fixed
Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout),
calculated as described in this definition. Each annual installment
shall be paid on or as soon as practicable after the last business
day of the fourth quarter.
1.9 “
Base Annual Salary ” shall mean the annual cash
compensation relating to services performed during any calendar
year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the
Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding
bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options,
relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards,
directors fees and other fees, automobile and other allowances paid
to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not
such allowances are included in the Employee’s gross income).
Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for
compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant
pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer
and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included
in the Participant’s gross income under Code
Sections 125, 132(f), 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to
plans established by any Employer; provided , however
, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to
the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have
been payable in cash to the Employee.
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1.10 “
Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more persons, trusts,
estates or other entities, designated in accordance with
Article 5, that are entitled to receive benefits under this
Plan upon the death of a Participant.
1.11 “
Beneficiary Designation Form ” shall mean the form
established from time to time by the Administrator that a
Participant completes, signs and returns to the Administrator to
designate one or more Beneficiaries.
1.12 “
Board ” shall mean the board of directors of the
Company.
1.13 A “
Change in Control ” shall be deemed to occur
if
(a) the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation
of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets,
or the Company disposes of more than fifty percent (50%) of its
interest in AMB Property, L.P.;
(b) any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing forty percent (40%) or more of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities;
(c) during any
period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period
prior to the date of this Plan), individuals who at the beginning
of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other
than a director designated by a person who has entered into an
agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in
clauses (a), (b) or (d)) whose election by the Board or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors
then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least
a majority thereof; or
(d) the
stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of
the Company with any other corporation (or other entity), other
than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the
voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior
thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or
by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity)
more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or
(B) where more than fifty percent (50%) of the directors of
the Company or the surviving entity after such merger or
consolidation were directors of the Company immediately before such
merger or consolidation.
1.14 “
Change of Control Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set
forth in Section 4.5.
1.15 “
Claimant ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1.
1.16 “
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as it may be amended from time to time.
1.17 “
Committee ” shall mean the Compensation Committee of
the Board or another committee or subcommittee of the Board
appointed to administer the Plan pursuant to
Article 9.
1.18 “
Company ” shall mean AMB Property Corporation, a
Maryland corporation, and any successor to all or substantially all
of the Company’s assets or business.
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1.19 “
Company Contribution Account ” shall mean (i) the
sum of all of a Participant’s Annual Company Contribution
Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account.
1.20 “
Company Matching Account ” shall mean (i) the sum
of all of a Participant’s Annual Company Matching Amounts,
plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Matching Account, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant’s
Company Matching Account.
1.21 “
Deduction Limitation ” shall mean the following
described limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be
distributable pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as
otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied to all
distributions that are “subject to the Deduction
Limitation” under this Plan. If an Employer determines in
good faith prior to a Change in Control that there is a reasonable
likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a
taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by the
Employer solely by reason of the limitation under Code
Section 162(m), then to the extent deemed necessary by the
Employer to ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to
the Participant pursuant to this Plan prior to the Change in
Control is deductible, the Employer may defer all or any portion of
a distribution under this Plan. Any amounts deferred pursuant to
this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with
additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.11 below, even
if such amount is being paid out in installments. The amounts so
deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the
Participant or his or her Beneficiary (in the event of the
Participant’s death) at the earliest possible date, as
determined by the Employer in good faith, on which the
deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant
for the taxable year of the Employer during which the distribution
is made will not be limited by Section 162(m), or if earlier,
the date that is thirteen (13) months following a Change in
Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the
Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made
after a Change in Control.
1.22 “
Deferral Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all
of a Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Deferral Account, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral
Account.
1.23 “
Director ” shall mean any member of the board of
directors of any Employer.
1.24 “
Directors Fees ” shall mean the annual fees paid by
any Employer, including retainer fees and meetings fees, as
compensation for serving on the board of directors.
1.25 “
Disability ” shall mean a physical or mental
incapacity as a result of which a Participant becomes unable to
continue the proper performance of his or her duties as an employee
of his or her Employer for six consecutive calendar months or for
shorter periods aggregating one hundred eighty (180) business
days in any twelve (12) month period, but only to the extent
that such definition does not violate the Americans with
Disabilities Act. The existence of a Disability shall be determined
by the Administrator on the advice of a physician chosen by the
Administrator.
1.26 “
Disability Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Section 4.6.
1.27 “
Election Form ” shall mean the form established from
time to time by the Administrator that a Participant completes,
signs and returns to the Administrator to make an election under
the Plan.
1.28 “
Eligible Stock Option ” shall mean one or more
non-qualified stock option(s) selected by the Administrator in its
sole discretion and exercisable under an Equity Plan.
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1.29 “
Employee ” shall mean a person who is an employee of
any Employer.
1.30 “
Employer(s) ” shall initially mean AMB Property, L.P.,
but shall also include the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries
(now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been
selected by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted
the Plan as a sponsor.
1.31 “
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to
time.
1.32 “
Equity Plan ” shall mean any stock option or other
incentive compensation plan which is maintained by the Company or
AMB Property, L. P. and which provides for grants of stock options
and/or restricted stock.
1.33 “
Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
1.34 “
Exercise Date ” shall mean, with respect to an
Eligible Stock Option, the date on which the Participant exercises
such Eligible Stock Option.
1.35 “
Fair Market Value ” of a share of Stock as of a given
date shall be (a) the closing price of a share of Stock on the
principal exchange on which shares of Stock are then trading, if
any (or as reported on any composite index which includes such
principal exchange), on such date, or if shares were not traded on
such date, then on the next preceding date on which a trade
occurred, or (b) if Stock is not traded on an exchange but is
quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean between
the closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on
such date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system;
or (c) if Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not
quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock as established by the Administrator
acting in good faith. In determining the Fair Market Value of the
Stock, the Administrator may rely on the closing price as reported
in the New York Stock Exchange composite transactions published in
the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal.
1.36 “
First Plan Year ” shall mean the period beginning
September 1, 2002 and ending December 31,
2002.
1.37 “
Fixed Date Payout ” shall mean the payout set forth in
Section 4.1.
1.38 “
Fixed Date Payout Account Balance ” shall mean, with
respect to a Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer
equal to the sum of (i) the amount deferred by the Participant
pursuant to an Election Form and with respect to which a Fixed Date
Payout was elected, plus (ii) amounts credited or debited in
the manner provided in Section 3.6 on such amount. The Fixed
Date Payout Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and
shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and
determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or
her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
1.39 “
401(k) Plan ” shall mean that certain AMB Property,
L.P. Savings and Retirement Plan, effective October 1, 1983,
adopted by the Company.
1.40 “
Measurement Fund ” shall mean the investment fund or
funds selected by the Administrator from time to time.
1.41 “
Non-Employee Director ” shall mean a Director who is
not an Employee of the Company.
1.42 “
Officer ” shall mean a person who is an officer of the
Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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1.43 “
Participant ” shall mean any Employee or Director
(i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who
elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who signs an Election
Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, (iv) whose signed
Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the
Administrator, and (v) who commences participation in the
Plan. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant shall not be
treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance
under the Plan, even if he or she has an interest in the
Participant’s benefits under the Plan as a result of
applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal
separation or divorce.
1.44 “
Partnership ” shall mean AMB Property, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, and any successor to all or
substantially all of the Partnership’s assets or
business.
1.45 “
Plan ” shall mean the Amended and Restated AMB
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced
by this instrument, as amended from time to time.
1.46 “
Plan Year ” shall, except for the First Plan Year,
mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and
continuing through December 31 of such calendar
year.
1.47 “
Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit ” shall mean the
benefit set forth in Section 4.3.
1.48 “
Quarterly Installment Method ” shall be a quarterly
installment payment over the number of quarters selected by the
Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows:
The Account Balance of the Participant (or the Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout) shall be
calculated as of the close of business three business days prior to
the last business day of the quarter. The quarterly installment
shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the
numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the
remaining number of quarterly payments due the Participant. By way
of example, if the Participant elects a twenty (20) quarter
Quarterly Installment Method, the first payment shall be 1/20 of
the Account Balance (or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in
the event of a Fixed Date Payout), calculated as described in this
definition. The following quarter, the payment shall be 1/19 of the
Account Balance (or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the
event of a Fixed Date Payout), calculated as described in this
definition. Each quarterly installment shall be paid on or as soon
as practicable after the last business day of the applicable
quarter.
1.49 “
Restricted Stock ” shall mean unvested shares of
restricted Stock which are or have been awarded to a Participant
under an Equity Plan.
1.50 “
Restricted Stock Account ” shall mean (i) the sum
of the Participant’s Restricted Stock Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited/debited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this Plan that relate
to the Participant’s Restricted Stock Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Restricted Stock Account. The Restricted Stock
Account balance shall be denominated in Stock Units.
1.51 “
Restricted Stock Amount ” shall mean, for any grant of
Restricted Stock, the amount of such Restricted Stock deferred in
accordance with Section 3.1(c) of this Plan, calculated using
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on day on which such
Restricted Stock would otherwise vest, but for the election to
defer.
1.52 “
Retirement ”, “ Retire(s) ” or
“ Retired ” shall mean, with respect to an
Employee, severance from employment from all Employers, and with
respect to a Director who is not an Employee, severance of his or
her directorships with all Employers, for any reason other than a
leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier of
the attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) a
combined age and Years of Service equaling at least fifty-five
(55) with a minimum of ten (10) Years of Service. If a
Participant is both an Employee and a Director, Retirement shall
not occur until he or she Retires as both an Employee and a
Director; provided , however , that such a
Participant may elect, at least one (1) year prior to
Retirement and in accordance with the policies and procedures
established by the Administrator,
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to Retire for
purposes of this Plan at the time he or she Retires as an Employee,
which Retirement shall be deemed to be a Retirement as an
Employee.
1.53 “
Retirement Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Section 4.2.
1.54 “
Rule 16b-3 ” shall mean that certain
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time.
1.55 “
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
1.56 “
Semi-Annual Installment Method ” shall be a
semi-annual installment payment over the number of years selected
by the Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as
follows: The Account Balance of the Participant (or the Fixed Date
Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout) shall
be calculated as of the close of business three business days prior
to the last business day of the second and fourth quarters. The
semi-annual installment shall be calculated by multiplying this
balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the
denominator of which is the remaining number of semi-annual
payments due the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant
elects to be paid out by the Semi-Annual Installment Method over 10
years, the first payment shall be 1/20 of the Account Balance (or
the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date
Payout), calculated as described in this definition. The following
payment, two quarters later, shall be 1/19 of the Account Balance
(or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed
Date Payout), calculated as described in this definition. Each
semi-annual installment shall be paid on or as soon as practicable
after the last business day of the applicable quarter.
1.57 “
Stock ” shall mean AMB Property Corporation common
stock, $.01 par value.
1.58 “
Stock-for-Stock Exercise ” shall mean the exercise by
a Participant of an Eligible Stock Option by actually delivering to
the Company whole shares of Stock with a Fair Market Value on the
date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of the
Eligible Stock Option in the manner contemplated by the Internal
Revenue Service’s Revenue Ruling 80-244. If the aggregate
exercise price would require the payment of a fractional share,
such fractional share shall be paid in cash and not in Stock. Stock
used for this purpose shall be either (i) Stock which was not
acquired by the Participant from the Company, with a loan or other
extension of credit by the Company or otherwise in a transaction
involving the Company, or (ii) Stock acquired by the
Participant in a transaction involving the Company and which has
been held by the Participant for a period of more than six
(6) months prior to the date of exercise; provided,
however , that if the Participant delivers to the Company Stock
acquired through the exercise of an “incentive stock
option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code, such
Stock shall have been held by the Participant for a period of more
than (i) twenty-four (24) months after the date on which such
incentive stock option was granted to the Participant and (ii)
twelve (12) months after the date on which such incentive
stock option was exercised by the Participant.
1.59 “
Stock Option Account ” shall mean the sum of
(i) the Participant’s Stock Option Amounts, plus
(ii) Stock Units credited/debited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this Plan that relate
to the Participant’s Stock Option Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Stock Option Account. The Stock Option Account
balance shall be denominated in Stock Units.
1.60 “
Stock Option Amount ” shall mean, for any Eligible
Stock Option, the amount of Stock Option Gains deferred in
accordance with Section 3.1(b) of this Plan, calculated using
the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Exercise
Date.
1.61 “
Stock Option Gain ” shall mean the amount of a
Participant’s net gain resulting from the Participant’s
Stock-for-Stock Exercise of an Eligible Stock Option. For example,
assume a Participant elects to defer the Stock Option Gain accrued
upon exercise of an Eligible Stock Option to purchase
1,000
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shares of Stock
at an exercise price of $20 per share, when Stock has a current
fair market value of $25 per share. Using a Stock-for-Stock
Exercise, the Participant would deliver 800 shares of Stock (worth
$20,000) to exercise the Eligible Stock Option and receive, in
return, 800 shares of Stock plus a Stock Option Gain (in this case,
in the form of a credit of 200 Stock Units to the
Participant’s Stock Option Account) equal to $5,000 (i.e.,
the current value of the remaining 200 shares of Stock).
1.62 “
Stock Unit ” shall mean a notational unit representing
the right to receive a share of Stock.
1.63 “
Termination Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth
in Section 4.4.
1.64 “
Termination of Employment ” shall mean the severing of
employment with all Employers, or service as a Director of all
Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than
Retirement, Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence. If
a Participant is both an Employee and a Director, a Termination of
Employment shall occur only upon the termination of the last
position held; provided , however , that such a
Participant may elect, at least one (1) year before Termination of
Employment and in accordance with the policies and procedures
established by the Administrator, to be treated for purposes of
this Plan as having experienced a Termination of Employment at the
time he or she ceases employment with an Employer as an
Employee.
1.65 “
Trust ” shall mean one or more trusts established
pursuant to that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2002, between the Company and the trustee named therein, as amended
from time to time.
1.66 “
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency ” shall mean an
unanticipated emergency that is caused by an event beyond the
control of the Participant that would result in severe financial
hardship to the Participant not covered by insurance, liquidation
of other assets (to the extent the liquidation itself will not
cause severe financial hardship or cessation of deferrals under
this Plan, resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness
or accident of the Participant or a dependent (as defined in
Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, (ii) a loss of
the Participant’s property due to casualty, or
(iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances
arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
Participant, all as determined in the sole discretion of the
Administrator.
1.67 “
Vesting Date ” shall mean, with respect to Restricted
Stock deferred hereunder, the date on which the Restricted Stock
would vest under the terms of the Equity Plan pursuant to which it
was issued and the Participant’s Restricted Stock Agreement
but for the election to defer such Restricted Stock.
1.68 “
Years of Service ” shall mean each twelve
(12) month period during which a Participant is employed by an
Employer, whether or not continuous, and including periods
commencing prior to the effective date of this Plan;
provided , however , that in the case of a
Participant whose employment with an Employer has been interrupted
by a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or more (a
“ Break in Service ”), his or her Years of
Service prior to such Break in Service shall be disregarded for any
purpose under the Plan.
ARTICLE 2.
SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Selection
by Administrator . Participation in the Plan shall be limited
to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees
and Non-Employee Directors of the Employers, as determined by the
Administrator in its sole discretion. Subject to the requirements
of Article 12, from that group, the Administrator shall
select, in its sole discretion, Employees and Non-Employee
Directors to participate in the Plan.
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2.2 Enrollment
Requirements . As a condition to participation, each selected
Employee or Non-Employee Director shall complete, execute and
return to the Administrator an Election Form and a Beneficiary
Designation Form. In addition, the Administrator shall establish
from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it
determines in its sole discretion are necessary.
2.3
Eligibility; Commencement of Participation . Provided an
Employee or Non-Employee Director selected to participate in the
Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and
required by the Administrator, including returning all required
documents to the Administrator within the specified time period,
that Employee or Non-Employee Director shall commence participation
in the Plan on the day on which his or her Election Form first
becomes effective or the date on which a contribution is first
credited to his or her Company Contribution Account or Company
Matching Account.
2.4 Termination
of Participation and/or Deferrals . If the Administrator
determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as
a member of a select group of management or highly compensated
employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance
with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, or as a
Non-Employee Director, the Administrator shall have the right, in
its sole discretion, to (a) terminate any deferral election
the Participant has made for the remainder of the Plan Year in
which the Participant’s membership status changes, (b)
prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections
and/or (c) immediately distribute the Participant’s then
Account Balance as a Termination Benefit and terminate the
Participant’s participation in the Plan.
2.5
Pre-Existing Elections . All Participant elections in effect
as of the effective date of the amendment and restatement of the
Plan shall remain in full force and effect through the end of the
First Plan Year unless a Participant elects to revise such election
as permitted by the Committee.
ARTICLE 3.
DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY
CONTRIBUTIONS/CREDITING/TAXES
3.1 Election to
Defer; Effect of Election Form . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein and such terms and conditions as the
Administrator may determine, Participants may elect to defer Base
Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, Directors Fees, Stock Option Amounts
and Restricted Stock Amounts by timely completing and delivering to
the Administrator an Election Form. After a Plan Year commences,
such deferral election shall be irrevocable and shall continue for
the entire Plan Year and subsequent years except that it shall
terminate upon the execution and timely submission of a newly
completed Election Form or Termination of Employment.
(a) Base Annual
Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Directors Fees . Subject to any
terms and conditions imposed by the Administrator, Participants may
elect to defer, under the Plan, Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus
and/or Directors Fees. For these elections to be valid with respect
to deferrals of Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Directors
Fees, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the
Participant, timely delivered to the Administrator no later than
September 30 of the year immediately preceding the Plan Year
for which the deferral election is to be effective and accepted by
the Administrator. If no such Election Form is timely delivered for
a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan
Year.
(b) Stock
Option Deferral . Subject to any terms and conditions imposed
by the Administrator, Participants may elect to defer, under the
Plan, Stock Option Gains attributable to an Eligible Stock Option
exercise. For an election to defer Stock Option Gain upon an
Eligible Stock Option exercise to be valid: (i) an Election
Form must be completed and signed by the Participant which
designates the Eligible Stock Option; (ii) the Election Form
must be timely delivered to the Administrator and accepted by the
Administrator at least twelve (12) months prior to the
Exercise Date; (iii) the Eligible Stock Option must be
exercised using an actual or attestation Stock-for-Stock Exercise;
and (iv) the Stock actually or constructively delivered by the
Participant to exercise the Eligible Stock Option must have been
owned by the
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Participant
during the entire six (6) month period prior to its
delivery.
(c) Restricted
Stock . Subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the
Administrator, Participants may elect to defer, under the Plan,
Restricted Stock Amounts. For an election to defer Restricted Stock
Amounts to be valid: (i) an Election Form must be completed
and signed by the Participant, which designates such Restricted
Stock; (ii) such Election Form must be timely delivered to the
Administrator and accepted by the Administrator during the periods
specified in clause (iii), below, and (iii) with respect to
elections made during the First Plan Year, such Restricted Stock
must be surrendered to the Company at least three (3) months prior
to the Vesting Date, and with respect to elections made during
subsequent Plan Years of the Plan, such Restricted Stock must be
surrendered to the Company at least twelve (12) months prior
to such Vesting Date.
(d)
Dividends . Stock Dividends and Non-Stock Dividends (as
defined in Section 3.4(f) below) payable with respect to Stock
Units allocated to the Participant’s Accounts shall be
deferred in accordance with the Participant’s deferral
election made in connection with the related deferral of Stock
Option Amounts or Restricted Stock Amounts, or deferral of Annual
Base Salary, Annual Bonus or Directors Fees into a Measurement Fund
denominated in Stock.
(e)
Redeferral . A Participant may annually change his or her
election to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a
new Election Form to the Administrator, provided ,
however , that such change shall not be given any effect
unless a full calendar year passes between the calendar year in
which such Election Form is submitted and the calendar year in
which the distribution date design
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