Exhibit 10.8
CENTENNIAL BANK HOLDINGS, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Amended and Restated,
Effective January 1, 2009
Centennial Bank
Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
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ARTICLE I
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Establishment and
Purpose
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ARTICLE II
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Definitions
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ARTICLE III
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Eligibility and
Participation
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ARTICLE IV
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Deferrals
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ARTICLE V
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Company
Contributions
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ARTICLE VI
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Benefits
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ARTICLE VII
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Modifications to
Payment Schedules
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ARTICLE VIII
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Valuation of Account
Balances; Investments
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ARTICLE IX
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Administration
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ARTICLE X
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Amendment and
Termination
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ARTICLE XI
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Informal
Funding
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ARTICLE XII
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Claims
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ARTICLE XIII
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General
Provisions
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ARTICLE I
Establishment and
Purpose
Centennial Bank
Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends and
restates the Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), effective
January 1, 2009. This amendment and restatement applies to all
amounts previously or hereafter deferred under the Plan.
The purpose of the Plan
is to attract and retain key employees or Directors by providing
each Participant with an opportunity to defer receipt of a portion
of their salary, bonus, and other specified compensation. The Plan
is not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Code
Section 401(a), but is intended to meet the requirements of
Code Section 409A, and shall be operated and interpreted
consistent with that intent.
The Plan constitutes an
unsecured promise by a Participating Employer to pay benefits in
the future. Participants in the Plan shall have the status of
general unsecured creditors of the Company or the Adopting
Employer, as applicable. Each Participating Employer shall be
solely responsible for payment of the benefits of its employees and
their beneficiaries. The Plan is unfunded for Federal tax purposes
and is intended to be an unfunded arrangement for eligible
employees who are part of a select group of management or highly
compensated employees of the Employer within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA. Any
amounts set aside to defray the liabilities assumed by the Company
or an Adopting Employer will remain the general assets of the
Company or the Adopting Employer and shall remain subject to the
claims of the Company’s or the Adopting Employer’s
creditors until such amounts are distributed to the
Participants.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
2.1
Account.
Account means a
bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee to record the
payment obligation of a Participating Employer to a Participant as
determined under the terms of the Plan. The Committee may maintain
an Account to record the total obligation to a Participant and
component Accounts to reflect amounts payable at different times
and in different forms. Reference to an Account means any such
Account established by the Committee, as the context requires.
Accounts are intended to constitute unfunded obligations within the
meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of
ERISA.
2.2
Account
Balance. Account Balance means, with respect to any
Account, the total payment obligation owed to a Participant from
such Account as of the most recent Valuation Date.
2.3
Adopting
Employer. Adopting Employer means an Affiliate who, with
the consent of the Company, has adopted the Plan for the benefit of
its eligible employees.
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2.4
Affiliate.
Affiliate means a
corporation, trade or business that, together with the Company, is
treated as a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or
(c).
2.5
Beneficiary.
Beneficiary means a
natural person, estate, or trust designated by a Participant to
receive payments to which a Beneficiary is entitled in accordance
with provisions of the Plan. The Participant’s spouse, if
living, otherwise the Participant’s estate, shall be the
Beneficiary if: (i) the Participant has failed to properly
designate a Beneficiary, or (ii) all designated Beneficiaries
have predeceased the Participant.
A former spouse shall
have no interest under the Plan, as Beneficiary or otherwise,
unless the Participant designates such person as a Beneficiary
after dissolution of the marriage, except to the extent provided
under the terms of a domestic relations order as described in
Code Section 414(p)(1)(B).
2.6
Business Day
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A Business Day is each day
on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for
business.
2.7
Change in
Control .
Change in Control, with
respect to a Participating Employer that is organized as a
corporation, occurs on the date on which any of the following
events occur (i) a change in the ownership of the
Participating Employer; (ii) a change in the effective control
of the Participating Employer; (iii) a change in the ownership
of a substantial portion of the assets of the Participating
Employer.
For purposes of this
Section, a change in the ownership of the Participating Employer
occurs on the date on which any one person, or more than one person
acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Participating
Employer that, together with stock held by such person or group
constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total
voting power of the stock of the Participating Employer. A change
in the effective control of the Participating Employer occurs on
the date on which either (i) a person, or more than one person
acting as a group, acquires ownership of stock of the Participating
Employer possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the
stock of the Participating Employer, taking into account all such
stock acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the
most recent acquisition, or (ii) a majority of the members of
the Participating Employer’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 such Board
of Directors prior to the date of the appointment or election, but
only if no other corporation is a majority shareholder of the
Participating Employer. A change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of assets occurs on the date on which any one person, or
more than one person acting as a group, other than a person or
group of persons that is related to the Participating Employer,
acquires assets from the Participating Employer that have a total
gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total
gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Participating
Employer immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions,
taking into account all such assets acquired during the 12-month
period ending on the date of the most recent
acquisition.
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An event constitutes a
Change in Control with respect to a Participant only if the
Participant performs services for the Participating Employer that
has experienced the Change in Control, or the Participant’s
relationship to the affected Participating Employer otherwise
satisfies the requirements of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(ii).
The determination as to
the occurrence of a Change in Control shall be based on objective
facts and in accordance with the requirements of Code
Section 409A.
2.8
Claimant.
Claimant means a
Participant or Beneficiary filing a claim under Article XII of
this Plan.
2.9
Code.
Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
2.10
Code
Section 409A. Code Section 409A means section 409A of
the Code, and regulations and other guidance issued by the Treasury
Department and Internal Revenue Service thereunder.
2.11
Committee.
Committee means the
Compensation, Nominating, and Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
2.12
Company.
Company means Centennial
Bank Holdings, Inc.
2.13
Company
Contribution. Company Contribution means a credit by a
Participating Employer to a Participant’s Account(s) in
accordance with the provisions of Article V of the Plan.
Company Contributions are credited at the sole discretion of the
Participating Employer and the fact that a Company Contribution is
credited in one year shall not obligate the Participating Employer
to continue to make such Company Contribution in subsequent years.
Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, a reference to
Company Contribution shall include Earnings attributable to such
contribution.
2.14
Company
Stock. Company
Stock means phantom shares of common stock issued by Centennial
Bank Holdings, Inc.
2.15
Compensation. Compensation means a Participant’s base
salary, bonus, commission, Directors fees, and such other cash or
equity-based compensation (if any) approved by the Committee as
Compensation that may be deferred under this Plan. Compensation
shall not include any compensation that has been previously
deferred under this Plan or any other arrangement subject to Code
Section 409A.
2.16
Compensation Deferral
Agreement. Compensation Deferral Agreement means an
agreement between a Participant and a Participating Employer that
specifies (i) the amount of each component of Compensation
that the Participant has elected to defer to the Plan in accordance
with the provisions of Article IV, and (ii) the Payment
Schedule applicable to one or more Accounts. The Committee may
permit different deferral amounts for each component of
Compensation and may establish a minimum or maximum deferral amount
for each such component. Unless otherwise specified by
the
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Committee in the
Compensation Deferral Agreement, Participants may defer up to 80%
of their base salary and up to 100% of other types of Compensation
for a Plan Year. A Compensation Deferral Agreement may also specify
the investment allocation described in Section 8.4.
2.17
Death
Benefit. Death
Benefit means the benefit payable under the Plan to a
Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) upon the Participant’s
death as provided in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
2.18
Deferral.
Deferral means a credit to
a Participant’s Account(s) that records that portion of
the Participant’s Compensation that the Participant has
elected to defer to the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Article IV. Unless the context of the Plan clearly indicates
otherwise, a reference to Deferrals includes Earnings attributable
to such Deferrals.
Deferrals shall be
calculated with respect to the gross cash Compensation payable to
the Participant prior to any deductions or withholdings, but shall
be reduced by the Committee as necessary so that it does not exceed
100% of the cash Compensation of the Participant remaining after
deduction of all required income and employment taxes,
401(k) and other employee benefit deductions, and other
deductions required by law. Changes to payroll withholdings that
affect the amount of Compensation being deferred to the Plan shall
be allowed only to the extent permissible under Code
Section 409A.
2.19
Director. Director means a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
2.20
Disabled.
Disabled means that a
Participant 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 twelve
months, (i) unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity, or (ii) receiving income replacement benefits for a
period of not less than three months under an accident and health
plan covering employees of the Participant’s employer. The
Committee shall determine whether a Participant is Disabled in
accordance with Code Section 409A provided, however, that a
Participant shall be deemed to be Disabled if determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration or the
Railroad Retirement Board.
2.21
Earnings.
Earnings mean an
adjustment to the value of an Account in accordance with
Article VIII.
2.22
Effective
Date. Effective
Date means January 1, 2009. Prior to the Effective Date, the
prior Plan document will control, subject to the requirement that
the Plan be administered in accordance with Code
Section 409A.
2.23
Eligible
Employee. Eligible Employee means a member of a
“select group of management or highly compensated
employees” of a Participating Employer within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, as
determined by the Committee from time to time in its sole
discretion.
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2.24
Employee.
Employee means a
common-law employee of an Employer.
2.25
Employer.
Employer means, with
respect to Employees it employs, the Company and each
Affiliate.
2.26
ERISA.
ERISA means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
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Fiscal Year
Compensation. Fiscal Year Compensation means Compensation
earned during one or more consecutive fiscal years of a
Participating Employer, all of which is paid after the last day of
such fiscal year or years.
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Participant.
Participant means an
Eligible Employee or a Director who has received notification of
his or her eligibility to defer Compensation under the Plan under
Section 3.1 and any other person with an Account Balance
greater than zero, regardless of whether such individual continues
to be an Eligible Employee or a Director. A Participant’s
continued participation in the Plan shall be governed by
Section 3.2 of the Plan.
2.29
Participating
Employer. Participating Employer means the Company and
each Adopting Employer.
2.30
Payment
Schedule. Payment Schedule means the date as of which
payment of an Account under the Plan will commence and the form in
which payment of such Account will be made.
2.31
Performance-Based
Compensation. Performance-Based Compensation means
Compensation where the amount of, or entitlement to, the
Compensation is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established
organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a
performance period of at least twelve consecutive months.
Organizational or individual performance criteria are considered
pre-established if established in writing by not later than ninety
(90) days after the commencement of the period of service to which
the criteria relate, provided that the outcome is substantially
uncertain at the time the criteria are established. The
determination of whether Compensation qualifies as
“Performance-Based Compensation” will be made in
accordance with Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e) and
subsequent guidance.
2.32
Plan.
Generally, the term Plan
means the “Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan” as documented herein and as may be amended
from time to time hereafter. However, to the extent permitted or
required under Code Section 409A, the term Plan may in the
appropriate context also mean a portion of the Plan that is treated
as a single plan under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(c), or the
Plan or portion of the Plan and any other nonqualified deferred
compensation plan or portion thereof that is treated as a single
plan under such section.
2.33
Plan Year.
Plan Year means
January 1 through December 31.
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2.34
Retirement.
Retirement means a
voluntary Separation from Service on or after attaining age
55.
2.35
Retirement
Benefit. Retirement Benefit means the benefit payable to
a Participant under the Plan following the Retirement of the
Participant.
2.36
Retirement/Termination
Account. Retirement/Termination Account means an Account
established by the Committee to record the amounts payable to a
Participant upon Separation from Service. Unless the Participant
has established a Specified Date Account, all Deferrals and Company
Contributions shall be allocated to a Retirement/Termination
Account on behalf of the Participant.
2.37
Separation from
Service. An
Employee incurs a Separation from Service upon termination of
employment with the Employer. A Director incurs a Separation from
Service upon termination of his or her service as a Director.
Whether a Separation from Service has occurred shall be determined
by the Committee in accordance with Code
Section 409A.
Except in the case of
an Employee on a bona fide leave of absence as provided below, an
Employee is deemed to have incurred a Separation from Service if
the Employer and the Employee reasonably anticipated that the level
of services to be performed by the Employee after a date certain
would be reduced to 20% or less of the average services rendered by
the Employee during the immediately preceding 36-month period (or
the total period of employment, if less than 36 months),
disregarding periods during which the Employee was on a bona fide
leave of absence.
An Employee who is
absent from work due to military leave, sick leave, or other bona
fide leave of absence shall incur a Separation from Service on the
first date immediately following the later of (i) the
six-month anniversary of the commencement of the leave or
(ii) the expiration of the Employee’s right, if any, to
reemployment under statute or contract. Notwithstanding the
preceding, however, an Employee who is absent from work due to a
physical or mental impairment that is expected to result in death
or last for a continuous period of at least six months and that
prevents the Employee from performing the duties of his position of
employment or a similar position shall incur a Separation from
Service on the first date immediately following the 29-month
anniversary of the commencement of the leave.
If a Participant is
both a Director and an Employee, Separation from Service under this
Plan will occur upon an individual’s separation in both
capacities. For purposes of determining whether a Separation from
Service has occurred, the Employer means the Employer as defined in
Section 2.26 of the Plan, except that for purposes of
determining whether another organization is an Affiliate of the
Company, common ownership of at least 50% shall be
determinative.
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The Committee
specifically reserves the right to determine whether a sale or
other disposition of substantial assets to an unrelated party
constitutes a Separation from Service with respect to a Participant
providing services to the seller immediately prior to the
transaction and providing services to the buyer after the
transaction. Such determination shall be made in accordance with
the requirements of Code Section 409A.
2.38
Specified Date
Account. A
Specified Date Account means an Account established pursuant to
Section 4.3 that will be paid (or that will commence to be
paid) at a future date as specified in the Participant’s
Compensation Deferral Agreement. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, a Participant may maintain no more than five Specified
Date Accounts. A Specified Date Account may be identified in
enrollment materials as an “In-Service
Account”.
2.39
Specified Date
Benefit. Specified Date Benefit means the benefit
payable to a Participant under the Plan in accordance with
Section 6.1(c).
2.40
Substantial Risk of
Forfeiture. Substantial Risk of Forfeiture shall have the
meaning specified in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(d).
2.41
Termination
Benefit. Termination Benefit means the benefit payable
to a Participant under the Plan following the Participant’s
Separation from Service prior to Retirement.
2.42
Unforeseeable
Emergency. An
Unforeseeable Emergency means a severe financial hardship to the
Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the
Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code section 152,
without regard to section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), or a
Beneficiary; loss of the Participant’s property due to
casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to
a home not otherwise covered by insurance, for example, as a
result of a natural disaster); or other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant. The types of events which may
qualify as an Unforeseeable Emergency may be limited by the
Committee.
2.43
Valuation
Date. Valuation
Date shall mean each Business Day.
ARTICLE III
Eligibility and
Participation
3.1
Eligibility and
Participation. An Eligible Employee or a Director becomes a
Participant upon the earlier to occur of (i) a credit of
Company Contributions under Article V or (ii) receipt of
notification of eligibility to participate.
3.2
Duration.
A Participant shall be
eligible to defer Compensation and receive allocations of Company
Contributions, subject to the terms of the Plan, for as long as
such Participant remains an Eligible Employee or a Director. A
Participant who is no longer an Eligible Employee or a Director but
has not Separated from Service may not defer
Compensation
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under the Plan but may
otherwise exercise all of the rights of a Participant under the
Plan with respect to his or her Account(s). On and after a
Separation from Service, a Participant shall remain a Participant
as long as his or her Account Balance is greater than zero and
during such time may continue to make allocation elections as
provided in Section 8.4. An individual shall cease being a
Participant in the Plan when all benefits under the Plan to which
he or she is entitled have been paid
ARTICLE IV
Deferrals
4.1
Deferral Elections,
Generally.
(a)
A Participant may elect to
defer Compensation during the enrollment periods established by the
Committee and in the manner specified by the Committee, but in any
event, in accordance with Section 4.2. A Compensation Deferral
Agreement that is not timely filed with respect to a service period
or component of Compensation shall be considered void and shall
have no effect with respect to such service period or Compensation.
The Committee may modify any Compensation Deferral Agreement prior
to the date the election becomes irrevocable under the
rules of Section 4.2.
(b)
The Participant shall
specify on his or her Compensation Deferral Agreement whether to
allocate Deferrals to a Retirement/Termination Account or to a
Specified Date Account. If no designation is made, all Deferrals
shall be allocated to the Retirement/Termination Account. A
Participant may also specify in his or her Compensation Deferral
Agreement the Payment Schedule applicable to his or her Plan
Accounts. If the Payment Schedule is not specified in a
Compensation Deferral Agreement, the Payment Schedule shall be the
Payment Schedule specified in Section 6.2.
4.2
Timing Requirements for Compensation Deferral
Agreements.
(a)
First
Year of Eligibility. In the case of the first year in which an
Eligible Employee or a Director becomes eligible to participate in
the Plan, he has up to 30 days following his initial eligibility to
submit a Compensation Deferral Agreement with respect to
Compensation to be earned during such year. The Compensation
Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes irrevocable
upon the end of such 30-day period. The determination of whether an
Eligible Employee or a Director may file a Compensation Deferral
Agreement under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance
with the rules of Code Section 409A, including the
provisions of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-2(a)(7).
A Compensation Deferral
Agreement filed under this paragraph applies to Compensation earned
on and after the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement becomes
irrevocable.
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(b)
Prior
Year Election. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 4.2, Participants may defer Compensation by filing a
Compensation Deferral Agreement no later than December 31 of
the year prior to the year in which the Compensation to be deferred
is earned. A Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this
paragraph shall become irrevocable with respect to such
Compensation as of January 1 of the year in which such
Compensation is earned.
(c)
Performance-Based
Compensation. Participants may file a Compensation Deferral
Agreement with respect to Performance-Based Compensation no later
than the date that is six months before the end of the performance
period, provided that:
(i)
the Participant performs
services continuously from the later of the beginning of the
performance period or the date the criteria are established through
the date the Compensation Deferral Agreement is submitted;
and
(ii)
the Compensation is not
readily ascertainable as of the date the Compensation Deferral
Agreement is filed.
A Compensation Deferral
Agreement becomes irrevocable with respect to Performance-Based
Compensation as of the day immediately following the latest date
for filing such election. Any election to defer Performance-Based
Compensation that is made in accordance with this paragraph and
that becomes payable as a result of the Participant’s death
or disability (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(e))
or upon a Change in Control (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)) prior to the satisfaction of the
performance criteria, will be void.
(d)
Sales
Commissions. Sales commissions (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-2(a)(12)(i)) are considered to be earned in the
taxable year of the Participant in which the sale occurs. The
Compensation Deferral Agreement must be filed before the last day
of the year preceding the year in which the sales commissions are
earned and becomes irrevocable after that date.
(e)
Fiscal Year
Compensation. A
Participant may defer Fiscal Year Compensation by filing a
Compensation Deferral Agreement prior to the first day of the
fiscal year or years in which such Fiscal Year Compensation is
earned. The Compensation Deferral Agreement described in this
paragraph becomes irrevocable on the first day of the fiscal year
or years to which it applies.
(f)
Short-Term
Deferrals. Compensation that meets the definition of a
“short-term deferral” described in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) may be deferred in accordance with
the rules of Article VII, applied as if the date the
Substantial Risk of Forfeiture lapses is the date payments were
originally scheduled to commence, provided, however, that the
provisions of Section 7.3 shall not apply to
payments
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attributable to a
Change in Control (as defined in Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)).
(g)
Certain Forfeitable
Rights. With
respect to a legally binding right to a payment in a subsequent
year that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the
Participant’s continued services for a period of at least
twelve months from the date the Participant obtains the legally
binding right, an election to defer such Compensation may be made
on or before the 30th day after the Participant obtains the legally
binding right to the Compensation, provided that the election is
made at least twelve months in advance of the earliest date at
which the forfeiture condition could lapse. The Compensation
Deferral Agreement described in this paragraph becomes irrevocable
after such 30th day. If the forfeiture condition applicable to the
payment lapses before the end of the required service period as a
result of the Participant’s death or disability (as defined
in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(4)) or upon a Change in
Control (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)),
the Compensation Deferral Agreement will be void unless it would be
considered timely under another rule described in this
Section.
(h)
Company Awards.
Participating Employers
may unilaterally provide for deferrals of Company awards prior to
the date of such awards. Deferrals of Company awards (such as
sign-on, retention, or severance pay) may be negotiated with a
Participant or prospective Employee prior to the date such
individual has a legally binding right to such
Compensation.
(i)
“Evergreen”
Deferral Elections. The Committee, in its discretion, may provide
in the Compensation Deferral Agreement that such Compensation
Deferral Agreement will continue in effect for each subsequent year
or performance period. Such “evergreen” Compensation
Deferral Agreements will become effective with respect to an item
of Compensation on the date such election becomes irrevocable under
this Section 4.2. An evergreen Compensation Deferral Agreement
may be terminated or modified prospectively with respect to
Compensation for which such election remains revocable under this
Section 4.2. A Participant whose Compensation Deferral
Agreement is cancelled in accordance with Section 4.6 will be
required to file a new Compensation Deferral Agreement under this
Article IV in order to recommence Deferrals under the
Plan.
4.3
Allocation of
Deferrals. A
Compensation Deferral Agreement may allocate Deferrals to one or
more Specified Date Accounts and/or to the Retirement/Termination
Account. The Committee may, in its discretion, establish a minimum
deferral period for Specified Date Accounts (for example, the third
Plan Year following the year Compensation subject to the
Compensation Deferral Agreement is earned).
4.4
Deductions from
Pay. The
Committee has the authority to determine the payroll practices
under which any component of Compensation subject to a Compensation
Deferral Agreement will be deducted from a Participant’s
Compensation.
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4.5
Vesting.
Participant Deferrals
shall be 100% vested at all times.
4.6
Cancellation of
Deferrals. The
Committee may cancel a Participant’s Deferrals (i) for
the balance of the Plan Year in which an Unforeseeable Emergency
occurs, (ii) if the Participant receives a hardship
distribution under the Employer’s qualified 401(k) plan,
through the end of the Plan Year in which the six-month anniversary
of the hardship distribution falls, and (iii) during periods
in which the Participant is unable to perform the duties of his or
her position or any substantially similar position due to a mental
or physical impairment that can be expected to result in death or
last for a continuous period of at least six months, provided
cancellation occurs by the later of the end of the taxable year of
the Participant or the 15 th day of the third month
following the date the Participant incurs the disability (as
defined in this paragraph (iii)).
ARTICLE V
Company
Contributions
5.1
401(k) Plan Excess
and/or Make-Up Contribution . The Company may, in its sole discretion, make
a Company Contribution at the end of each Plan Year in an amount
(if any) to restore lost company matching contributions to the
Company’s 401(k) plan that would have been made by the
Company during the 401(k) plan year that corresponds to this
Plan Year because of deferrals into this Plan (a
“Make-Up” Company Contribution) or because of
limitations imposed by Code Section 401(a)(17) on the amount
of Compensation that can be considered to determine
401(k) plan matching company contributions (an
“Excess” Company Contribution), or both. The
amount of such Company Contribution shall equal the difference
between the amount of company matching contribution that would have
been made to the Participant’s account in the Company
401(k) plan had Deferrals into this Plan not occurred and/or
had Code Section 401(a)(17) limits applied; and (ii) the
actual amount of the Company matching contribution to the
401(k) plan for such Participant during such plan year.
Make-Up Company Contributions will be credited to a
Participant’s Retirement/Termination Account.
5.2
Discretionary Company
Contributions. The Participating Employer may, from time to
time in its sole and absolute discretion, credit Company
Contributions to any Participant in any amount determined by the
Participating Employer. Such contributions will be credited to a
Participant’s Retirement/Termination Account.
5.3
Vesting
. The
“Make-Up” and/or “Excess” Company
Contribution described in Section 5.1 above, and the Earnings
thereon, shall vest in accordance with the same vesting schedule as
is utilized in the 401(k) plan for Company matching
contributions to that plan. Company Co
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