EXHIBIT 10.5
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
EXECUTIVES
Effective June 1,
1995
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 1998
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2002
Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2008
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
EXECUTIVES
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
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Compensation
Deferral Election
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Total and
Permanent Disability
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ARTICLE II
Participation
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Eligibility for
Participation
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Commencement of
Participation
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ARTICLE III
Contributions
ARTICLE IV
Vesting
ARTICLE V
Accounts
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Investments,
Gains and Losses
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ARTICLE VI
Distributions
ARTICLE VII
Beneficiaries
ARTICLE VIII
Funding
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Prohibition
Against Funding
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Withholding of
Employee Contributions
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ARTICLE IX
Claims Procedure
ARTICLE X
Administration of the
Plan
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Committee as
Administrator
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Actions Taken
by the Committee
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Employers to
Furnish Information
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ARTICLE XI
General Provisions
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Amendment and
Termination
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ARTICLE XII
Adoption
MOVADO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
EXECUTIVES
Movado Group, Inc., a New York corporationand
Movado Retail Group, Inc. a New Jersey corporation, hereby adopt
this Amended and Restated Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan for Executives.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
1.1
Account . The bookkeeping account
established for each Participant as provided in Section 5.1
hereof.
1.2
Administrator . The committee
appointed pursuant to ARTICLE X.
1.3
Affiliate . Any entity (i) that directly or
indirectly is controlled by, controls or is under common control
with the Company, or (ii) in which the Company has a significant
equity interest, in either case as determined by the
Board.
1.4 Base
Salary . The basic salary payable to a Participant by
the Employers attributable to services performed in a Plan
Year. Base Salary shall only include regularly scheduled
salary payable throughout the year, as determined by the
Employers.
1.5 Base
Salary Deferrals . The portion of Base
Salary that a Participant elects to defer under the Plan as part of
a Compensation Deferral Election.
1.6
Bonus . The annual incentive bonus,
if any, payable by the Employers to a Participant who is not
classified by the Employer as a sales executive, upon the
satisfaction of certain specified performance goals.
1.7 Bonus
Deferrals . The portion of Bonus that a
Participant who is not classified by the Employer as a sales
executive elects to defer under the Plan as part of a Compensation
Deferral Election.
1.8 Change in
Control . The occurrence of:
(i) the acquisition by
any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section
13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of 30% or more (on a fully diluted basis) of (A) the then
outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, taking into
account as outstanding for this purpose such common stock issuable
upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of
convertible stock or debt, and the exercise of any similar right to
acquire such common stock (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock")
and (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting
Securities"); provided, however, that for purposes of the Plan, the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control:
(I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate, (II) any
acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by
the Company or any Affiliate, (III) any acquisition by a "Permitted
Transferee," as defined in the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, (IV) any acquisition which complies with clauses
(A), (B) and (C) of clause (v) of this Section 1.8, or (V) with
respect to the Plan benefit of a particular Participant, any
acquisition by such Participant or any group of persons including
such Participant (or any entity controlled by such Participant or
any group of persons including such Participant);
(ii) individuals who,
on the date hereof, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent
Directors") cease for any reason during any 12-month period to
constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any
person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof, whose
election or nomination for election was approved by
a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors
then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the
proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a
nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination)
shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no
individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the
Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest
with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or
threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of
any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent
Director;
(iii) irrevocable
termination and liquidation of the Plan within 12 months of the
dissolution of the Company taxed under Section 331 of the Code, or
with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C.
Section 503(b)(1)(A);
(iv) the sale of all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company;
or
(v) the consummation
of a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar
form of corporate transaction involving the Company that requires
the approval of the Company’s stockholders, whether for such
transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a
"Business Combination"), unless immediately following such Business
Combination: (A) at least 50% of the total voting power of (x) the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination (the
"Surviving Company"), or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent
corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of
sufficient voting
securities
eligible to elect a majority of the directors of the Surviving
Company (the "Parent Company"), is represented by the Outstanding
Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior
to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by
shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were
converted pursuant to such Business Combination), and such voting
power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same
proportion as the voting power of the Outstanding Company Voting
Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the
Business Combination, (B) no Person (other than any employee
benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Company or
the Parent Company or a "Permitted Transferee," as defined in the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation), is or becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the
total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to
elect directors of the Parent Company (or, if there is no Parent
Company, the Surviving Company) and (C) at least a majority of the
members of the board of directors of the Parent Company (or, if
there is no Parent Company, the Surviving Company) following the
consummation of the Business Combination were Board members at the
time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial
agreement providing for such Business Combination.
1.9 Class
Year Account . The bookkeeping subaccounts
established for each Participant as provided in Section
5.1.
1.10
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
1.11
Company . Movado Group, Inc., a New
York corporation.
1.12 Company
Stock . Common stock of the
Company.
1.13
Compensation . For a Participant
who is not classified by the Employer as a sales executive, the
Participant’s Base Salary and Bonus, and for a Participant
who is classified by the Employer as a sales executive, the
Participant’s Base Salary only.
1.14
Compensation Deferral Election
. The written agreement submitted to the Administrator,
by which an Eligible Employee agrees to participate in the Plan and
make Base Salary Deferrals, and if the Eligible Employee is not
classified by the Employer as a sales executive, Bonus Deferrals or
both, as applicable, under the Plan in accordance with Section
3.1.
1.15
Compensation Deferrals . A
Participant’s Base Salary Deferrals, and if the Eligible
Employee is not classified by the Employer as a sales executive,
Bonus Deferrals or both as applicable.
1.16 Effective
Date . The Plan was originally effective on
June 1, 1995. This amendment and restatement of the
Plan is effective January 1, 2008, following good-faith
operational compliance with the applicable requirements of Section
409A of the Code since January 1, 2005.
1.17 Eligible
Employee . An Employee of an Employer who is
a "management or highly compensated" Employee within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
1.18
Employee . Any person employed by
an Employer.
1.19
Employers . Movado Group, Inc., a
New York corporation and Movado Retail Group, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation.
1.20 Employer
Contribution . A discretionary contribution
made by the Employers to the Trust that is credited to one or more
Participant’s Accounts in accordance with Section
3.3.
1.21
ERISA . The Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.22 Fair
Market Value . On a given date means (i) if
the Company Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the
closing sale price reported as having occurred on the primary
exchange with which the Company Stock is listed and traded on that
date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last
preceding date on which such a sale was reported; (ii) if the
Company Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but
is quoted in the National Market System of the National Association
of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") on a
last sale basis, the last sale price reported on that date, or, if
there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date
on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Company Stock is not
listed on a national securities exchange nor quoted in NASDAQ on a
last sale basis, the amount determined by the Administrator to be
the fair market value based upon a good faith attempt to value the
Company Stock accurately and computed in accordance with applicable
regulations of the Internal Revenue Service
1.23
Group I Employee . An Employee
who is designated as a Group I Employee by an Employer on
Schedule A attached hereto, as such Schedule A may be amended
by the Employer from time to time.
1.24
Group II Employee . An
Employee who is designated as a Group II Employee by an
Employer on Schedule A attached hereto, as such Schedule A may
be amended by the Employer from time to time.
1.25 Matching
Contribution . A contribution made by the
Employers to the Trust that is credited to one or more
Participant’s Accounts in accordance with Section
3.2.
1.26
Participant . An Eligible Employee
who has become a Participant as provided in Section 2.1 and whose
Account has not been fully distributed.
1.27
Plan . This Amended and Restated
Movado Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for
Executives.
1.28 Plan
Year . The twelve (12) month period
commencing each January 1 and ending each
December 31.
1.29 Total and
Permanent Disability . Any medically
determinable physical or mental disorder that renders a Participant
incapable of continuing in the employment of an Employer and which
is expected to continue for the remainder of a Participant’s
life, as determined by the Administrator in its sole
discretion.
1.30
Trust . The trust under the Plan,
which trust shall at all times constitute a "rabbi
trust".
1.31
Trustee . The trustee under the
Trust and any successor Trustee appointed pursuant to the
Trust.
1.32
Unforeseeable Emergency .
A
severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from (i) an
illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant's spouse,
the Participant's beneficiary, or the Participant's dependent (as
defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Section
152(b)(1), 152(b)(2) and 152(d)(1)(B)); (ii) loss of the
Participant's
property due to
casualty (including the need to rebuild a home following damage to
a home which is not otherwise covered by insurance); or (iii) other
similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the Participant's control, including (a)
the imminent foreclosure of or eviction from the Participant's
primary residence, (b) the need to pay for medical expenses,
including non-refundable deductibles, as well as for the costs of
prescription drug medication, or (c) to pay for the funeral
expenses of the Participant's spouse, beneficiary or dependent (as
defined in Section 152 of the Code, without regard to Section
152(b)(1), 152(b)(2) and 152(d)(1)(B)).
1.33 Year of
Service . A Participant’s twelve (12)
month period of employment with an Employer beginning on the
Participant’s first day of employment with the
Employer. Periods of employment of less than twelve (12)
full months shall not constitute a Year of Service.
ARTICLE II
Participation
2.1
Eligibility for Participation .
(a) The Employers
shall determine which Eligible Employees shall become Participants
and the category of benefits, under Section 2.3, to which they will
be entitled. The Employers’
determination under this Section 2.1 and under Section 2.3 shall be
set forth in Schedule A, attached hereto.
(b) An Employer may
determine that a Participant shall cease being a Participant as of
any date specified by it; provided , however , that
the Employer may not reduce the Account of any such Participant as
of the date such determination is made. Any such
determination shall be specified in Schedule B, attached
hereto.
2.2
Commencement of Participation .
(a) Each Eligible
Employee selected to become a Participant (pursuant to Section 2.1)
shall become a Participant as of the date specified by an
Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 2.2(a), a Compensation Deferral Election with respect to a
Plan Year shall not be effective except to the extent it complies
with Section 3.1.
2.3
Benefits . The Employers shall
determine, from time to time, whether a Participant is to be
treated as a Group I or Group II Employee. An
Employer may change the
classification
of any Participant as of any date specified by it; provided
, however , that the Account of any such Participant shall
not be reduced by such change of classification. The
classification of any Participant shall be set forth in
Schedule A, attached hereto. Participants shall
cease to contribute hereunder after they cease to be employed by
any of the Employers.
ARTICLE III
Contributions
3.1
Compensation Deferrals .
(a) The Employers
shall credit to the Account of a Participant an amount equal to the
amount designated in the Participant’s Compensation Deferral
Election for each Plan Year. Such amounts shall not be
made available to such Participant, except as provided in ARTICLE
VI, and shall reduce such Participant’s Compensation from an
Employer in accordance with the provisions of the applicable
Compensation Deferral Election; provided , however ,
that all such amounts shall be subject to the rights of the general
creditors of each of the Employers as provided in ARTICLE
VIII.
(b) Each Eligible
Employee shall deliver a Compensation Deferral Election to his or
her Employer before any Compensation Deferrals become
effective. Such Compensation Deferral Election shall be
void with respect to any Compensation Deferral unless submitted
before the beginning of the calendar year during which the amount
to be deferred will be earned; provided , however ,
that in the year in which an Employee is first eligible to
participate in this Plan or in any other individual account
nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained by any of the
Employers, such Compensation Deferral Election may be filed within
thirty (30) days of the date on which the Employee is first
eligible to so participate, respectively, with respect to
Compensation earned during the remainder of the calendar year, and,
provided further , that a Bonus Deferral Election may
be submitted as late as by the end of the sixth month of the
applicable Bonus performance period.
(c) The Compensation
Deferral Election shall designate the amount of Compensation
deferred by each Participant and such other items as the
Administrator may prescribe. A new Compensation Deferral
Election shall be required for purposes of each Bonus
Deferral. With respect to Base Salary Deferrals, once
the applicable Compensation Deferral Election has been made, the
Participant's Base Salary Deferrals shall remain in effect until
revoked by the Participant by his or her effecting a new
Compensation Deferral Election with
respect to Base
Salary Deferrals, which revocation shall be effective as of the
next Plan Year following the filing of the New Compensation
Deferral Election. There shall be no maximum limit on
the Compensation Deferrals permitted for each
Participant.
3.2 Matching
Contributions .
(a) For each Plan
Year, each Employer shall credit to the Account of each Participant
who (i) is employed thereby, (ii) is a Group I Employee and
(iii) has made Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, a
Matching Contribution in an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the amount of such Participant’s Compensation
Deferrals for such Plan Year, up to a maximum annual amount equal
to ten percent (10%) of the amount of such Participant’s Base
Salary in effect as of the last day of such Plan Year.
(b) Each Employer
shall credit to the Account of each Participant who (i) is employed
thereby, (ii) is a Group II Employee and (iii) has made
Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year, a Matching Contribution
in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of
such Participant’s Compensation Deferrals for such Plan Year,
up to a maximum annual amount equal to five percent (5%) of the
amount of such Participant’s Base Salary in effect as of the
last day of such Plan Year.
(c) Matching
Contributions for a Plan Year will be credited to the Account of a
Participant under this Section 3.2 only if the Participant is an
Employee on the last day of such Plan Year; provided ,
however , that this requirement shall be waived in the event
of: (i) the death of a Participant during such Plan Year,
(ii) the termination of the Participant’s employment
with the Employers during such Plan Year after having incurred a
Total and Permanent Disability, or (iii) the termination of
the Participant’s employment with the Employers during such
Plan Year after having attained the age of sixty-five
(65).
(d) Twenty percent
(20%) of the amount of each Matching Contribution made for a
Participant shall be made in rights to receive shares of Company
Stock under Section 3.3.
(a) Matching
Contributions for a Participant in the form of rights to receive
shares of Company Stock shall consist of bookkeeping credits to the
Accounts and Class Year Accounts for such
Participant. Such credits will initially be determined
by crediting to such Participant’s Accounts and Class Year
Accounts the number of shares (including fractional