Exhibit 10.105
FIRST AMENDED AND
RESTATED
SANTA LUCIA
BANK
DIRECTOR RETIREMENT
AGREEMENT
This First Amended and Restated
Santa Lucia Bank Director Retirement Agreement (hereinafter
“Agreement”) is made and entered into, and is effective
as of January 1, 2008, by and between Santa Lucia Bank
, a bank organized and existing under the laws of the state of
California (hereinafter the “Bank”) and Khatchik
Achadjian, a Director of the Bank (hereinafter
“Director” or “Participant”);
WHEREAS it is the parties’
intent to comply with the final regulations under Internal Revenue
Code Section 409A, issued on April 10, 2007 by the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury
Department;
WHEREFORE, the Bank and Director
hereby agree to amend and restate the Santa Lucia Bank Director
Retirement Agreement, effective as of February 1, 1997
(hereinafter Original Agreement), and thereafter amended by virtue
of the January 10, 2001 Amendment thereto, in its entirety,
and agree that this First Amended and Restated Santa Lucia National
Bank Director Retirement Agreement shall amend, supersede and
replace the, Original Agreement in its entirety;
WHEREFORE, the parties hereby agree
to the following;
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Director has been and
continues to be a valued Director of the Bank, and is now serving
the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Director’s
experience and knowledge of the affairs of the Bank and the banking
industry are extensive and valuable;
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the
best interests of the Bank to provide the Director with certain
fringe benefits, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, in
order to reasonably induce the Director to remain in the
Bank’s employment; and
WHEREAS, the Director and the Bank
wish to specify in writing the terms and conditions upon which this
additional compensatory incentive will be provided to the
Director;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the services to be performed by the Director in the future, as well
as the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, the Director
and the Bank agree as follows:
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AGREEMENT
1.0
Terms and Definitions .
1.1
Accrued Liability Balance . For the purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Accrued Liability Balance” means the liability that
should be accrued by the Bank, under Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (“GAAP”), for the Bank’s obligation to
the Director under this Agreement, by applying Accounting
Principles Board Opinion Number 12 (“APB 12”) as
amended by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Number 106
(“FAS 106”) and the Discount Rate. Any one of a variety
of amortization methods may be used to determine the Accrual
Balance; however, once chosen, the method must be consistently
applied.
1.2
Administrator . The Bank shall be the
“Administrator” and, solely for the purposes of ERISA
as discussed herein, the “fiduciary” of this Agreement
where a fiduciary is required by ERISA.
1.3
Bank. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term
“Bank” or “Employer” shall be read so as to
include the Santa Lucia Bank holding company, Santa Lucia Bancorp,
when permissible.
1.4
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall mean the
Board of Directors for the Bank, hereinafter, the
“Board”.
1.5
Change in Control . For the purpose of this Plan, a “Change in
Control” shall be deemed to have occurred upon any of the
following events, as such terms and events are defined in
Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and the related guidance
and Notices thereto. IRC 409A currently provides that a Change in
Control Event shall include any of the following events (and for
the purposes of this provision, the term “corporation”
shall mean the Bank or the Bank’s holding
company):
A.
A Change in the Ownership of a
Corporation . A change in
the ownership of a corporation occurs on the date that any one
person or persons acting as a group (as defined in IRC 409A),
acquires ownership of stock of the corporation that, together with
stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power
of the stock of such corporation.
B.
Change in the Effective Control
of a Corporation. A
change in the effective control of the corporation shall be deemed
to occur on either of the following dates:
(i) The date any one person, or
persons acting as a group acquires (or has acquired during the 12
month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by
such person or group) ownership of stock of the
corporation
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possessing thirty percent (30%) or
more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation;
or
(ii) The date a majority of
members of the corporation’s board of directors is
replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose
appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the
members of the corporation’s board of directors before the
date of the appointment or election. (In this sub-paragraph, 409A
limits “corporation” to the “relevant”
corporation” as defined therein).
C.
Change in the Ownership of a
Substantial Portion of a Corporation’s Assets
. A change in the ownership of a
substantial portion of a corporation’s assets shall be deemed
to occur on the date that any one person or group acquires (or has
acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of
the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from
the corporation that have a total gross fair market value equal to
or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market
value of all of the assets of the corporation immediately before
such acquisition or acquisitions. No Change in Control shall result
if the assets are transferred to certain entities controlled
directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the transferring
corporation.
For the purposes of this definition,
the term “corporation” shall be read as including the
Bank or the bank’s holding company, Santa Lucia Bancorp. In
addition to the forgoing, and in accordance with IRC 409A, in order
to constitute a Change in Control event with respect to a
participant, the Change in Control must relate to (i) the
corporation for whom participant is performing services at the time
of the Change in Control; (ii) the corporation that is liable
for the payment of the deferred compensation (or all corporations
liable for the payment if more than one corporation is liable) but
only if either the deferred compensation is attributable to the
performance of service by the Participant for such corporation (or
corporations) or there is a bona fide business purpose for such
corporation or corporations to be liable for such payment and, in
either case, no significant purpose of making such corporation or
corporations liable for such payment is the avoidance of Federal
income tax; or (iii) a corporation that is a majority
shareholder of a corporation identified above, or any corporation
in a chain of corporations in which each corporation is a majority
shareholder of another corporation in the chain, ending in a
corporation identified above. Should there be any question of
whether a Change in Control has occurred such as to trigger payment
of a benefit described herein, any ambiguity shall be resolved in
accordance with the final regulations and any subsequent
clarification of IRC 409A.
1.6
The Code . The “Code” shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.7
Deferral Account and Deferral Amounts.
The term “Deferral
Amounts” refers to those amounts Director previously deferred
under the Original Agreement, and which the Bank maintained as
separate account balance in the Director’s Deferral Account.
The deferral element of this plan was eliminated by Amendment in
July of 2003, however the Deferral
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Account was maintained, accounted
for and credited with interest pursuant to the terms of the
Original Agreement. In addition, the Deferral Account served
as a bookkeeping entry only and was utilized solely as a device for
the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to, or
in respect of, a Participant pursuant to the Original
Agreement.
1.8
Disability/Disabled . For the purposes of this Agreement, Director
will be considered Disabled if:
A
The Director is unable to engage in
any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than twelve (12) months; or
B.
The Director is, by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving
income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three
(3) months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Employee’s Bank.
1.9
Early Retirement/ Early Retirement Age .
The term “Early
Retirement” shall mean the Director’s Separation From
Service on or after attaining the Early Retirement Age of
sixty-five (65) but before attaining the Normal Retirement Age, and
for any reason other than a Removal for Cause.
1.10
Early Involuntary Termination . The
term “Early Involuntary Termination” means that the
Director, prior to attaining Early Retirement Age, has been
notified in writing that his service as a Director is terminated
for reasons other than an approved leave of absence or a Removal
for Cause.
1.11
Early Voluntary Termination . The term “Early
Voluntary Termination” means that the Director, prior to
attaining the Early Retirement Age, has voluntarily Separated from
Service with the Company.
1.12
Effective Date . The term “Effective Date” shall mean
the date first written above.
1.13
ERISA . The
term “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.14
Director Benefit . The term “Director Benefit” shall
mean the benefit amounts determined pursuant to Paragraphs 1
through 6 herein (including sub-paragraphs, as applicable),
forfeited, reduced or adjusted to the extent:
(a) required under the other provisions of this Agreement;
(b) required by reason of the lawful order of any regulatory
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Bank; or
(c) required in order for the Bank to comply with any and
all
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applicable state and federal laws, including,
but not limited to, income, employment and disability income tax
laws ( e.g. , FICA, FUTA, SDI).
1.15
IRC 409A . The term “IRC 409A” shall
refer to the final regulations issued by the IRS and the Treasury
Department under Section 409A of the Code.
1.16
Normal Retirement/ Normal Retirement Age .
The term “Normal
Retirement” shall mean the Director’s Separation From
Service on or after attaining the Normal Retirement Age of
seventy-five (75) and for any reason other than a Removal for
Cause.
1.17
Plan Year . The “Plan Year” shall mean the
calendar year.
1.18
Removed for Cause . The term “Removed (removal) for
Cause” shall mean termination of Director’s Service by
reason of any of the following: any act of embezzlement, fraud,
breach of fiduciary duty, dishonesty, deliberate or reported
disregard of the policies and rules of the Company as adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Company, unauthorized use or
disclosure of any trade secrets or confidential information of the
Company, competition with the Company, inducement of any customer
of the Company to breach a contract with the Company, inducement of
any principal for whom the Company acts as an agent to terminate
such agency relationship, gross negligence adversely
impacting the Company, willful breach of this Agreement, or
any other willful misconduct.
1.19
Service/ Separation From Service . As it applies to Director, the term
“Service” shall refer to the services Director provides
and performs while serving on the Board of Directors. In
addition, the term “Separation from Service” shall be
read and interpreted consistent with IRC 409A and any future
notices or guidance related thereto. As the term applies herein to
individuals who are serving on the Board of Directors, but who are
not also acting as employees of the Bank, the term
“Separation from Service” shall mean the expiration of
all contracts or terms of service under which the Director is
performing services as a member of the Board of Directors, and
where expiration constitutes a good faith and complete termination
of the service relationship.
In addition to the foregoing, and
consistent with IRC 409A, if Participant provides services both as
an employee and a member of the Board of Directors (or an analogous
position with respect to a non-corporate service recipient), the
services provided as a director are not taken into account in
determining whether the Participant has a separation from service
as an employee for purposes of a nonqualified deferred compensation
plan in which the Participant participates as an employee that is
not aggregated with any plan in which the Participant participates
as a director . In addition, if a Participant provides services
both as an employee and a member of the Board of Directors (or an
analogous position with respect to a non-corporate service
recipient), the services provided as an employee are not taken into
account in determining whether the Participant has a separation
from service as a director for purposes of a nonqualified deferred
compensation plan in which the Participant participates as a
director that is not aggregated with any plan in which the service
provider participates as an employee.
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2.0
Scope, Purpose and Effect .
2.1
Contract of Employment . Although this Agreement is intended to
provide the Director with an additional incentive to remain a
Director of the Bank, this Agreement shall not be deemed to
constitute a contract of employment between the Director and the
Bank.
2.2
Fringe Benefit . The benefits provided by this Agreement are
granted by the Bank as a fringe benefit to the Director and are not
a part of any salary reduction plan or any arrangement deferring a
bonus or a salary increase. The Director has no option to take any
current payments or bonus in lieu of the benefits provided by this
Agreement.
2.3
Prohibited Payments. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, if any payment made under this Agreement is a
“golden parachute payment” as defined in
Section 28(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. section 1828(k) and Part 359 of the Rules and
Regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(collectively, the “FDIC Rules”) or is otherwise
prohibited, restricted or subject to the prior approval of a Bank
Regulator, no payment shall be made hereunder without complying
with said FDIC Rules.
3.0
Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Compliance
. It is the intent
of the parties to comply with all applicable Internal Revenue Code
Sections, including, but not limited to, IRC 409A. Furthermore, for
the purposes of this Agreement, IRC Section 409A shall be read
to include any related or relevant IRS Notices or clarifications
(including but not limited to Notice 2006-79 and Notice 2007-86).
While it is understood that a general IRC 409A savings clause will
not be effective, the parties intend that any ambiguities regarding
any terms or payouts contained herein shall be interpreted in a
manner consistent with IRC 409A.
In addition, for any benefits
payable pursuant to this Agreement due to a Separation From
Service, if the individual is a Specified Employee (as defined
herein and by IRC 409A), any such benefit shall be withheld for six
(6) months following such Separation From Service in order to
comply with IRC 409A, if necessary. In addition, for any