Exhibit 10.1
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
FOR SELECT
EMPLOYEES
OF
ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK,
INC.
Effective December 5,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE II
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ELIGIBILITY
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3
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2.1.
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Eligibility
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3
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ARTICLE III
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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4
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3.1.
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Establishment of Participant’s
Accounts
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4
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3.2.
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Deemed Investment of Accounts and
Accounting Rules
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4
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3.3.
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Vesting
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4
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ARTICLE IV
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BENEFIT PAYMENTS
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5
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4.1.
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Amount of Benefit
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5
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4.2.
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Form of Distribution
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5
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4.3.
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Death Prior to Termination of
Employment
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5
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4.4.
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Benefit Payments Upon Termination of
Employment
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5
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4.5.
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Unsecured Creditor Status for
Participants
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5
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4.6.
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Election of Time and Form of
Payment
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5
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4.7.
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Timing of Benefit
Payments
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6
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4.8.
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Other Payment Events
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6
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ARTICLE V
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PLAN
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5.1.
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Administration by the Compensation
Committee
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5.2.
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General Powers of
Administration
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ARTICLE VI
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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6.1.
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Amendment or Termination
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6.2.
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Effect of Amendment or
Termination
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ARTICLE VII
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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9
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7.1.
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No Enlargement of Employee Rights
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7.2.
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Spendthrift Provision
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7.3.
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Applicable Law
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9
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7.4.
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Incapacity of Recipient
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9
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7.5.
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Corporate Successors
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7.6.
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Unclaimed Benefits
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9
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7.7.
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Appeals of Denied Claims
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10
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7.8.
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Deduction Limitation on Benefit
Payments
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10
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ARTICLE VIII
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IN-SERVICE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP
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11
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This DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR
SELECT EMPLOYEES OF ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK, INC. (the
“Plan”) is adopted effective December 5,
2008. The Plan is established and maintained by the Company
solely for the purpose of permitting a select group of management
or highly compensated employees to accumulate funds to provide
retirement income. The Plan is intended to be unfunded for
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(“Code”), and for purposes of Title I of the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(“ERISA”).
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Whenever used herein the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below. Words in the
masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall
include the plural, and vice versa, unless qualified by the
context. Any headings used herein are included for ease of
reference only, and are not to be construed so as to alter the
terms hereof.
1.1.
“Account” means the
account maintained for each Participant that represents the
Participant’s total interest in the Plan, accounted for
separately as Annual Accounts for each calendar year contribution
made in accordance with Section 3.1.
1.2.
“Annual Account” means
the separate calendar year contribution made in accordance with
Section 3.1. adjusted for any investment earnings or
losses.
1.3.
“Beneficiary” or
“Beneficiaries” means the individual or trust
designated by the Participant on a Beneficiary Designation
Form filed with the Company to receive the value of the
Participant’s Account in the event of a Participant’s
death following the election of cash installments as provided in
Section 4.6 or to receive the death benefit provided in
Section 4.3 of the Plan in the event of the
Participant’s death prior to retirement or termination of
employment.
1.4.
“Company” means Atlantic
Tele-Network, Inc. or, to the extent provided in
Section 7.5 below, any successor corporation or other entity
resulting from a merger or consolidation into or with the Company
or a transfer or sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company.
1.5.
“Compensation” means a
Participant’s base salary.
1.6.
“Compensation Committee”
means the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
1.7.
“Compensation
Contribution” means the amount credited to a
Participant’s Account in accordance with Section 3.1 of
the Plan.
1.8.
“Compensation Deferral
Form” or “Form” means the written compensation
deferral election filed by the Participant with the Company
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
1.9.
“Domestic Relations
Order” means an order described in
Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
1.10.
“Investment Fund” means
the fund or funds in which a Participant’s Account are deemed
invested.
1.11.
“Participant” means an
employee of the Company who qualifies to participate in the Plan
under the Eligibility requirements of Article II of the
Plan.
1.12.
“Plan Year” means the
year ending December 31.
1.13.
“Valuation Date” shall
mean each day on which the U.S. financial markets are
open.
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY
2.1.
Eligibility. Upon
establishment of this Plan, and from time-to-time thereafter, the
Compensation Committee shall determine which key employees of the
Company are eligible to participate in this Plan, except that
eligibility shall be limited to management employees or highly
compensated employees, within the meaning of Title I of
ERISA. A Participant’s participation in the Plan may be
terminated by the Compensation Committee at any time with respect
to future Compensation Contributions.
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ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1.
Establishment of Participant’s
Accounts . No later than the last day of the 2008 Plan
Year, the Company shall credit to the Participant’s Account a
Compensation Contribution equal to 8% of the Participant’s
Compensation for such 2008 Plan Year. In addition, no later
than the last day of each succeeding Plan Year ( i.e. , 2009
and after), the Company shall credit to the Participant’s
Account a Compensation Contribution equal to 8% of the
Participant’s Compensation for the applicable year, prorated
for such Plan Year if a Participant’s participation in the
Plan begins after the first day of the applicable Plan Year.
The Company may credit additional Compensation Contributions to the
Participant’s Annual Account in its sole discretion and from
time to time. Such additional amounts so credited to the
Participant may be smaller or larger than the amount credited to
any other Participant. Compensation Contributions shall only
be made on a behalf of a Participant who is an active employee as
of the day of such contribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, make a contribution for any
Plan Year in which the Participant’s employment is terminated
to the extent a Compensation Contribution has not been previously
made for such Plan Year. The amount (or the method of formula
for determining the amount) of a Compensation Contribution shall be
set forth in one or more documents, which shall be deemed to be
incorporated into this Plan, no later than the date on which such
Compensation Contribution is credited to a Participant’s
Account.
3.2.
Deemed Investment of Accounts and
Accounting Rules.
(a)
Investment
Funds . The
Participants’ Accounts shall be deemed invested in such
Investment Funds as selected in advance by the Compensation
Committee, and as may be modified from time to time.
(b)
Manner and Time of Debiting
Distributions.
For any Participant who receives a distribution from his Account,
distribution shall be made in accordance with provisions dealing
with the timing of commencement of benefit payments in
Article IV. The distribution shall be equal to or based
on the fair market value of the Participant’s Account as of
the Valuation Date of the distribution.
3.3.
Vesting. A Participant will at
all times be fully vested and will have a nonforfeitable interest
in the balance of his Account.
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ARTICLE IV
BENEFIT PAYMENTS
4.1.
Amount of Benefit .
The benefit payable to a Participant or such Participant’s
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries shall be the amount of the
Participant’s Account determined in accordance with
Article III of the Plan.
4.2.
Form of Distribution
. The Annual Accounts payable to a Participant under
this Plan shall be paid to such Participant as a cash single sum or
annual installments over a period of years, which may not exceed 15
years as the Participant elects in accordance with
Section 4.6. If the Participant elects the installment
form of distributions, each annual installment will be determined
by multiplying the then-current balance of the Participant’s
Annual Account by a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the
denominator of which is the number of years remaining in the payout
period and will be treated as a separate payment in accordance with
Treasury Regulation §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).
4.3.
Death Prior to Termination of
Employment . In the event of the Participant’s
death prior to termination of employment, the benefit provided
shall be a lump sum distribution to his Beneficiary. Payment
shall be made by the end of the calendar year in which his death
occurs.
4.4.
Benefit Payments Upon Termination of
Employment . Except as otherwise provided herein, the
benefit payable to a Participant under this Plan shall be payable
following Participant’s termination of employment in
accordance with Section 4.7. In the event of a
Participant’s death after termination of employment but
before all of his Account has been paid to him, the lump sum
distribution or the remainder of the installments due to him shall
be paid to his Beneficiary at the same time it would have been paid
to the Participant. To the extent required in order to avoid
accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A
of the Code, the Participant shall not be consi