Exhibit #10.10
AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT
CAMDEN NATIONAL
CORPORATION
DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
THIS Amendment and Restatement,
executed the 28th day of November, 2006, by Camden National
Corporation, a Maine Corporation, having its principal place of
business in Camden, Maine (hereinafter the
“Company”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has maintained
a deferred compensation plan for the benefit of its Directors and
for certain Directors of wholly-owned subsidiaries for many years;
and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
merge the frozen deferred compensation plan for Directors of
Kingfield Savings Bank (“KSB”), which currently has
three (3) Participants, with its own Plan, effective as of
September 30, 2006;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
bring the merged plans into compliance with Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the
“Code”), effective as of January 1,
2005.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby
merges the Kingfield Savings Bank Directors Deferred Compensation
Agreement (hereinafter the “KSB Plan”) with its own
plan effective September 30, 2006 and adopts this Amended and
Restated CAMDEN NATIONAL CORPORATION DIRECTOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN (hereinafter the “Plan”), effective as of
January 1, 2005 (except as otherwise stated below):
Effective September 30, 2006,
the benefit payment obligations of the prior Company Plan and the
Kingfield Savings Bank Directors Deferred Compensation Agreement,
which is currently frozen with three (3) continuing
Participants, shall be merged. All prior Deferral Elections and
account balances shall remain in effect until amended as provided
in Sections 4 and 8 below. All prior Participants shall be advised
to sign new payment elections prior to December 31, 2006 as
provided in Section 8 below; provided, however, that if a
Participant fails to sign a new payment election by
December 31, 2006, the Default Distribution Schedule specified
in Section 8 shall apply to all prior Plan benefits as of
January 1, 2007. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
merged Plan document, the provisions of Paragraphs V, VII, VIII, IX
and X of the KSB Plan (relating to interest credits, distributions
and death benefits) shall continue to apply to the three
(3) former Participants in the KSB Plan with regard to their
Bank director fees, (but not their corporate director fees), but
only to the extent that the continuation of such provisions shall
be consistent with Code Section 409A and the final regulations
thereunder. It is the intent of the Company to maintain the terms
of the KSB Plan (for the three former Participants therein) as
originally documented with only such exceptions as are required for
the Plan to become and remain compliant with Code
Section 409A.
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2.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH CODE SECTION 409A
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The merged Plan has and shall
continue to be operated in good faith compliance with Code
Section 409A effective as of January 1, 2005, in
accordance with guidance promulgated by IRS Notice 2005-1 and the
Proposed Regulations issued under Code Section 409A on
September 29, 2005. Upon the issuance and effective date of
final Treasury Regulations under Code 409A, the Plan shall be
operated and administered in accordance with such final
regulations.
Any Eligible Director of the
Company, or an Affiliate, who was a Participant in one of the
predecessor plans as of December 31, 2004 shall be eligible to
continue participation on and after January 1, 2005.
After
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January 1, 2005, Directors shall be
eligible to join the Plan and become Participants in this Plan
(a) effective as of January 1 of the calendar year after
completion of a Deferral Election, or (b) within thirty
(30) days after being elected a Director of the Company or an
Affiliate if a Deferral Election is executed within said thirty
(30) day period. The term “Eligible Director”
shall mean any Director of the Company or a Director of an
Affiliate which has agreed to participate in this Plan.
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(a)
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Timing of
Deferral Election.
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A Participant may make an initial
election to defer up to one hundred percent (100%) of his or
her Eligible Compensation in any calendar year by the completion of
an Initial Deferral Election in the form attached as Schedule A
hereto, as amended from time to time. After making an initial
election, Participants shall thereafter execute annual deferral
elections in the form of Schedule B hereto. All such Deferral
Elections shall become effective on January 1 of the calendar
year following execution; provided, however, that newly-elected
Directors may make Initial Deferral Elections for the remainder of
the calendar year in which they are initially eligible as long as
they so elect in writing within thirty (30) days after being
elected a Director of the Company or an Affiliate. The term
“Eligible Compensation” shall mean the Eligible
Director’s fees paid or accrued by the Company or it
Affiliates.
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(b)
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Filing of
Election Form
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An Eligible Director must file a
Deferral Election prior to the first day of each Plan Year, except
for the first Plan Year, in order to become a Participant during
such Plan Year. An Eligible Director shall file only one Deferral
Election for each Plan Year, and such Deferral Election shall be
irrevocable. Such Deferral Election form may not be changed after
its effective date and shall remain in effect for the Plan Year for
which it is effective; provided, however, that the distribution
election may be amended as described in Section 7(b) below and
in accordance with Code Section 409A.
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(c)
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Improper or No
Election
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An Eligible Director who has not
filed a Deferral Election form for a Plan Year, or who files an
election form in a manner which does not comply with the terms and
conditions herein, shall not become a Participant in the Plan for
such Plan Year. Amounts deferred by such Eligible Director in any
prior Plan Year shall continue to be recognized and administered as
provided herein.
Elective deferrals shall always be
100% vested and non-forfeitable.
In addition to the elective
deferrals by Participants authorized under Section 4 above,
the Company shall be authorized, from time to time, to make
non-elective contributions to the Plan on behalf of any Eligible
Director, in such amounts and at such times as the Company shall
determine. If any such Eligible Director has not previously elected
to participate, he or she shall become a Participant upon the
crediting of a non-elective contribution on such
Participant’s behalf. Such contributions shall be credited to
the Deferred Compensation Account of the Participant as provided in
Section 6 and shall earn interest or other earnings as
provided in Section 6. Non-elective contributions made by the
Company shall be recorded separately from elective deferrals, and
may be subject to a vesting schedule if so designated by the
Company. Such non-elective contributions shall be considered 100%
vested unless a vesting schedule is designated at the time of
contribution. To the extent vested, non-elective contributions,
adjusted for earnings as provided in Section 6, shall be
distributed in accordance with the distribution schedule selected
by the Participant with respect to the Participant’s elective
deferrals, if any, for the Plan Year such non-elective
contributions are made by the Company. If no distribution election
has been made for the applicable Plan Year, distribution of the
non-elective contributions shall be made in accordance with the
Default Distribution Schedule described in Section 8
below.
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6.
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DEFERRED
COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS
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(a)
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Establishment
of accounts
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The Company shall record elective
deferrals and non-elective contributions (hereinafter,
collectively, “Deferred Compensation”) credited on
behalf of each Participant as bookkeeping entries, (hereinafter the
“Account”) for such Participant. The Company shall also
credit to each Participant’s Account the applicable
investment return based on the investment option designated from
time to time.
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(b)
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Investment of
Accounts
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Funds credited to each
Participant’s Account, if any, may be kept in cash or
invested or reinvested in mutual funds, stock (including Camden
National Corporation Stock), bonds, securities, annuity contracts,
life insurance contracts, or any other assets as the Company may
select in its sole discretion, although the Company shall make
reasonable efforts to accommodate the investment requests of
Participants from time to time. The Company, in its discretion, may
utilize a so-called “Rabbi Trust”, as described in
Section 12 below, to hold such assets. Notwithstanding,
however, this Plan is intended to qualify as an unfunded deferred
compensation plan which is categorized as a so-called “top
hat plan” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). Former Participants in
the KSB Plan may continue to elect to have their pre-merger account
balances, and future bank director fees (but not future director
fees from the parent corporation) invested as such contributions
were previously invested under Paragraph V of the KSB Plan;
provided, however, that if any former KSB Participant elects to
utilize other investment options provided by the Company for their
bank director fees, such election shall be irrevocable with regard
to the amounts involved, and such amounts, as adjusted for
earnings, may not be returned to the KSB fixed income option
thereafter.
Each Participant acknowledges that
this “Deferred Compensation Plan” is an unfunded plan
as more particularly described in Section 12 below.
Participant investment directions shall provide the means of
determining the net investment experience credit or debit
adjustment to be recorded daily for each respective
Participant’s Account. However, nothing in this Plan shall
require that any funds be set aside to provide benefits under this
Plan, or that any Participant’s investment directions be
followed for any purpose other than calculating and recording
investment adjustments. Hence, investment directions made under
this Plan shall be considered phantom or “deemed”
investment directions, rather than directions that control actual
investments.
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7.
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DISTRIBUTION
OF DEFERRED COMPENSATION
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(a)
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Distribution
Election and Restrictions
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Except as provided in Section 8
below, each Participant shall elect the commencement date for
distribution and the distribution schedule at the time of making an
Initial Deferral Election. The form to be used for such designation
is attached as Schedule A, which is incorporated herein by
reference. Distribution may not commence earlier than
(i) separation from service, (ii) the date of the
Participant’s disability, (iii) the Participant’s
death, (iv) a specified distribution date designated in the
Deferral Election, or (v) a change of ownership or effective
control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion
of the assets of the Company. All of the terms used in this Section
shall be defined and interpreted in accordance with the final
regulations issued under Code Section 409A. Former
Participants in the KSB Plan shall be authorized to elect monthly
distributions over a period of One Hundred Twenty (120) months
as previously allowed under the KSB Plan.
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(b)
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Changes to
Distribution Election
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Except for distributions on account
of a Participant’s disability or death, a Participant may
change the date of distribution of his or her Deferred
Compensation, but only if all of the following requirements are
met: (i) the distribution payment which is delayed must be
deferred for a period of not less than five (5) years from the
date such payment would otherwise have been made, (ii) the
election to delay such payment must be made not less than 12 months
prior to the date of the first scheduled payment, and
(iii) such delay or change must be consistent with the final
regulations issued under Code Section 409A.
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(c)
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Distributions
to Specified Employees
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Notwithstanding the foregoing and
any elections made by a Participant, if the Participant is a key
employee as defined in Code Section 409A, distributions upon
separation from service may not be made earlier than six
(6) months after the date of such Participant’s
separation in accordance with Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i)
and the regulations thereunder.
Notwithstanding any
distribution election made by a Participant on his or her Deferral
Elections referenced in this Section and in Section 8 below,
if a Participant separates from service with the Company and its
Affiliates, and the Participant’s entire account balance
under this Plan totals less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000),
the entire balance of said Participant’s Deferred
Compensation Account shall be distributed to him or her in one lump
sum on or before the later of (i) Decem