GIBRALTAR DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
Plan Effective August 1,
2004
As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009
This Gibraltar
Deferred Compensation Plan, formerly known as the “Air Vent
Deferred Compensation Plan” (the “Plan”) was
established effective August 1, 2004 to provide certain
employees of Gibraltar Steel Corporation of New York (the
“Company”) and its Affiliates the opportunity to defer
receipt of taxable compensation and to provide for the notional
investment of the compensation deferred.
The Plan is
intended to be unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(3) and 401(a) (1) of Title I of
ERISA.
Except as
otherwise provided herein, this amendment and restatement of the
Plan, which is effective January 1, 2009, is intended to
comply with final regulations promulgated under Internal Revenue
Code (“Code”) Section 409A
This amendment
and restatement of the Plan also provides for the merger into the
Plan of the Gibraltar 401(k) Restoration Plan.
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS. The
following capitalized words and phrases shall have the following
meanings in the Plan unless a different meaning is clearly required
by the context:
1.1.
“Account” means an account maintained on the books
of the Company or its designee to record a Participant’s
entitlement to future payments under the Plan. Accounts are record
keeping devices only and do not reflect a segregation of
funds.
1.2.
“Account Balance” means the total amount of
Employee Deferrals, Employer Contributions and Notional Earnings
credited to a Participant’s Accounts at any given
time.
1.3.
“Affiliate” means an entity that is related to the
Company within the meaning of Code Section 414(b) or 414(c)
(Gibraltar Industries, Inc. and entities subject to 80% or greater
control by Gibraltar Industries, Inc.). An entity is an
“Affiliate” only during the time that it is related to
the Company within the meaning of Code Section 414(b) or
414(c)
1.4.
“Beneficiary” means a beneficiary designated by a
Participant in accordance with Section 8 to receive the
Participant’s Account Balance in the event the Participant
dies before his Account has been fully distributed.
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1.5.
“Bonus” means compensation that is normally payable
to a Participant in a single sum in the calendar year following the
Service Year in which it was earned and is paid under an
arrangement determined by the Committee to constitute a bonus
arrangement.
1.6.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as
amended.
1.7.
“Committee” means the Committee appointed by the
Board of Directors of the Company, or its designee, that
administers the Plan in accordance with Section 12.
1.8.
“Company” means Gibraltar Steel Corporation of New
York.
1.9.
“Deferral Election” means an election filed with
the Committee by a Participant in accordance with Section 3 to
defer payment of a portion of Regular Compensation and/or Bonus
earned with respect to services performed by the Participant during
a given Service Year.
1.10.
“Employee Deferral” means the portion of Regular
Compensation and/or Bonus that is deferred under the Plan pursuant
to a Participant’s Deferral Election.
1.11.
“Employee Deferral Account” means an Account
maintained on the books of the Company or its designee to record
the Employee Deferrals and Notional Earnings thereon of a
Participant. An Employee Deferral Account may have such subaccounts
as the Committee determines to be necessary or
convenient.
1.12.
“Employer” means the Company and each entity that
on the date of reference is an Affiliate.
1.13.
“Employer Contribution” means a contribution deemed
to be made under the Plan by the Employer on behalf of an employee
that does not result from an Employee Deferral.
1.14.
“Employer Contribution Account” means an Account
maintained on the books of the Company or its designee to record
Employer Contributions and Notional Earnings thereon. An Employer
Contribution Account may have such sub-accounts as the Committee
determines to be necessary or convenient.
1.15.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 as amended.
1.16.
“Irrevocable Date” means the date on which a
Participant’s Deferral Election becomes irrevocable. The
Irrevocable Date for a Deferral Election made in the calendar year
preceding the relevant Service Year is the December 31st
preceding the relevant Service Year. The Irrevocable Date for a
Deferral Election made by a Newly Eligible Employee during the
calendar year that is the relevant Service Year is date on which
the Deferral Election form is completed, signed and returned to the
Committee.
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1.17.
“Newly Eligible Employee” means an employee who
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan during a given Service
Year and who was not eligible to participate in the Plan or in any
other nonqualifled deferred compensation plan sponsored by the
Company or an Affiliate that is described in Treas. Reg.
§1.409AI(c)(2)(A) (account balance plans permitting employee
elective deferrals) during the 24 month period ending on the
day before the day on which the employee becomes eligible to
participate in this Plan (other than the accrual of
earnings).
1.18.
“Notional Earnings” means the hypothetical income,
gain and/or loss deemed earned by a Participant’s Accounts
which are deemed to be invested in one or more Notional Funds as
provided in Section 5. Notional Earnings shall reflect any
fees or expenses that would be imposed by or in connection with the
real investment fund that serves as the basis for the Notional Fund
to the same extent as if monies had actually been invested in such
real investment fund.
1.19.
“Notional Fund” means a deemed investment fund that
returns Notional Earnings equal to the real income, gain or loss
returned by a real investment fund, consisting of one or more
stocks, bonds, mutual funds or other publicly traded securities,
which is tracked by the Notional Fund.
1.20.
“Participant” means an employee of the Company or
an Affiliate who has become eligible to participate in the Plan in
accordance with Section 2, and includes a former Participant
whose Account Balance has not been completely paid from the Plan.
The term “Participant” also includes an individual who
has a Restoration Plan Account, regardless of whether such
individual has ever become eligible to participate in the Plan in
accordance with Section 2.
1.21.
“Payment Event” means an event that occurs on a
single date such as a Participant’s Separation from Service
that triggers the payment of all or some of a Participant’s
Account Balance.
1.22.
“Plan” means this Gibraltar Deferred Compensation
Plan formerly known as the “Air Vent Deferred Compensation
Plan” as set forth herein and as amended.
1.23.
“Regular Compensation” means salary that would be
earned in a given Service Year and otherwise paid in that year (or
deemed earned and otherwise paid in a given Service Year in
accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(a)(13) concerning a pay
period that begins in one year and ends in the next year). Regular
Compensation shall be determined in the same manner as compensation
eligible for deferral under the Gibraltar 401(k) Plan except that
Regular Compensation (i) is not limited by Code
Section 401(a)(17) (limit on pensionable compensation),
(ii) is not reduced by amounts deferred under this Plan, and
(iii) does not include any Bonus.
1.24.
“Restoration Plan Account” means an Account
maintained on the books of the Company or its designee to record a
Participant’s account balance under the
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Restoration
Plan which was merged into this Plan effective December 31,
2008 as provided in Section 20. A Restoration Plan Account may have
such sub-accounts as the Committee determines to be necessary or
convenient.
1.25.
“Restoration Plan” means the Gibraltar 401(k)
Restoration Plan which was established effective January 15,
2004 and which is merged into this Plan effective December 31,
2008 as provided in Section 20.
1.26.
“Separation from Service”
(a)
In General. “Separation from Service” means the
Participant retires, or otherwise has a termination of employment
with all Employers. However, the employment relationship is treated
as continuing intact while the individual is on military leave,
sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of
such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the
individual retains a right to reemployment with an Employer under
an applicable statute or by contract. A leave of absence
constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a
reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform
services for an Employer. If the period of leave exceeds six months
and the individual does not retain a right to reemployment under an
applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is
deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such
six-month period.
(b)
Service As An Independent Contractor. If the Participant
provides services to an Employer as an independent contractor, the
Participant will not be considered to have a Separation from
Service until the Participant has ceased providing services both as
an employee and as an independent contractor. The preceding
sentence shall not apply to the extent that the Participant’s
sole activity as an independent contractor with respect to the
Employer is to serve on the Employer’s Board of
Directors
(c)
Separation from Service in Connection with a Sale of Employer
Assets. Where as part of a sale or other disposition of assets
by an Employer (“Seller”) to an unrelated entity
(“Buyer”), an employee of the Seller would otherwise
experience a Separation from Service with the Seller, the Seller
and the Buyer may specify whether an employee providing services to
the Seller immediately before the asset purchase transaction and
providing services to the Buyer after and in connection with the
asset purchase transaction has experienced a Separation from
Service for purposes of this Section 1.26, provided that the
asset purchase transaction results from bona fide, arm’s
length negotiations, all employees providing services to the Seller
immediately before the asset purchase transaction and providing
services to the Buyer after and in connection with the asset
purchase transaction are treated consistently (regardless of
position at the Seller) for purposes of applying the provisions of
any nonqualified deferred compensation plan, and such treatment
is specified in writing no later than the closing date of the
asset purchase transaction.
(d)
Application of Treasury Requlations. The definition of
“Separation from Service” provided in this
Section 1.26 is intended to follow the default rules of
the
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definition of
“Separation from Service” set forth at Treas. Reg.
§1.409A-1(h) and shall be construed accordingly.
1.27.
“Service Year” means the calendar year during which
the Participant performs services resulting in the earning of
Regular Compensation or Bonus that is deferred pursuant to a
Deferral Election.
1.28.
“Specified Employee” means an Employee who is a
“specified employee” within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(2)(B)(i) and Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) as
determined by the Company in a uniform manner for all nonqualified
deferred compensation plans maintained by the Company under written
rules adopted by the Company for the identification of Specified
Employees as may be in effect and compliant with Regulation §
1.409A-1(i) on the date of the Employee’s Separation from
Service. If there are no written rules adopted by the Company for
the identification of Specified Employees in effect and compliant
with Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) on the date of the
Employee’s Separation from Service, then the default rules of
Regulation § 1.409A-1(i) shall apply. (In general, Specified
Employees are officers of the Company or an Affiliate who earned
annual compensation greater than the amount provided in Code
section 416(i)(1)(A)(i) ($150,000 in 2008) or the highest paid 50
of such officers, if less.)
SECTION 2.
ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE.
2.1. In
General. Any employee of an Employer who is on the United
States payroll and who is designated by the President of the
Company with respect to a Service Year may be eligible to make
Employee Deferrals under the Plan with respect to that Service
Year. However, an employee shall not be eligible to participate in
the Plan in a given Service Year unless the employee receives an
invitation from the Committee to participate in such Service Year.
A Newly Eligible Employee shall be deemed to have become eligible
on the date the employee receives such an invitation.
2.2.
Committee Discretion. Notwithstanding Section 2.1,
the Committee may use such criteria it deems appropriate to
determine which employees may be eligible to participate in the
Plan in a given Service Year including, but not limited to, setting
a threshold for expected compensation. Such criteria shall take
into account that the Plan is maintained primarily for the purpose
of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management
or highly compensated employees within the meaning of
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
SECTION 3.
EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS.
3.1.
Amounts That May Be Deferred. A Participant may elect to
defer receipt of up to 50% of his Regular Compensation earned
during a given Service Year and/or up to 100% of his Bonus earned
during a given Service Year. For purposes of this Section 3.1,
Regular Compensation is deemed earned during a given Service Year
if it is payable during that Service Year with respect to services
performed during a regular
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pay period that
ends within that Service Year, and a Bonus is deemed earned during
a given Service Year if it is payable during a calendar year
following that Service Year with respect to services performed
during that Service Year.
3.2. When
and How Deferral Elections Are Made. A Participant shall
make a Deferral Election by completing and signing a Deferral
Election form prescribed by the Committee and returning the
completed and signed form to the Committee on or before
December 15 of the calendar year preceding the Service Year in
which the compensation will be earned. The December 15 date
may be extended in special circumstances in the discretion of the
Committee but not beyond December 31. The Deferral Election
shall specify a whole number percentage of the Regular Compensation
and/or Bonus earned during the relevant Service Year that will be
deferred. The Participant’s initial Deferral Election shall
also specify the time and manner of future payment of the amounts
deferred and Notional Earnings attributable thereto in accordance
with Section 7.1.
3.3.
Special Rule for Newly Eligible Employees.
Notwithstanding Section 3.2, in the case of a Newly Eligible
Employee, the employee’s initial Deferral Election may be
filed with the Committee as late as 30 days after the employee
has received an invitation to participate in the Plan, and will
become irrevocable immediately upon filing, provided that the
Deferral Election will not apply to Regular Compensation or Bonus
earned with respect to services performed on or before the date on
which the Deferral Election becomes irrevocable.
3.4.
Deferral Elections Are Irrevocable.
(a)
General Rule. A Deferral Election shall become irrevocable
on the relevant Irrevocable Date. Once a Deferral Election becomes
irrevocable, it shall remain in effect according to its terms until
the last day of the Service Year to which it relates. A Deferral
Election shall remain Irrevocable and shall be given effect even if
the employee transfers to an Affiliate that has not adopted the
Plan. An election to defer compensation (as distinguished from an
election as to time and form of future payment of the deferred
compensation) shall be effective for only one Service Year and the
employee will have to make a new Deferral Election to defer
compensation with respect to any subsequent Service
Year.
(b) Cancellation Following Hardship or Emergency
Distribution. Notwithstanding Section 3.4(a), a Deferral
Election will be cancelled and no longer effective for the
remainder of a Service Year in which the employee receives a
payment on account of an unforeseeable emergency as provided in
Section 10 or in which the employee receives a hardship
distribution within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
§1.401(k)-1(d)(3) from a 401(k) plan maintained by the Company
or an Affiliate. The cancellation shall begin with the first pay
period ending at least 10 days after payment on account of
unforeseeable emergency or hardship distribution.
3.5.
Employee Deferral Account. Employee Deferrals and all
Notional Earnings
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attributable
thereto shall be credited to the Participant’s Employee
Deferral Account and shall be fully vested at all times.
SECTION 4.
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.
4.1 .
In General. An Employer may make Employer Contributions
under the Plan on behalf of any one or more eligible employees or
no employees with respect to any given Service Year but shall be
under no obligation to do so unless and until the Employer has
given an employee notice of an Employer Contribution as required in
Section 4.2. Employer Contributions may be made in any amount
and may be designed to function as matching contributions with
respect to Employee Deferrals or may be unrelated to Employee
Deferrals. Employer Contributions may be subject to such vesting
restrictions (or none) as the Employer may elect. Employer
Contributions shall not be dependent upon an employee’s
participation or nonparticipation under any other plan of any
Employer.
4.2.
Notice to Employee. Any Employer Contribution that will be
made (or matching contribution that may be made) on behalf of an
Employee with respect to a given Service Year shall be described to
the employee in a written notice furnished to the employee by the
Committee on or before the employee’s Irrevocable Date for
the relevant Service Year. Such notice shall describe the amount of
the Employer Contribution, the conditions if any under which it
will be made, and any vesting restriction applicable to the
contribution.
4.3.
Employer Contribution Account. Employer Contributions and
all Notional Earnings attributable thereto shall be credited to the
employee’s Employer Contribution Account and shall become
vested as provided in the notice furnished to the employee in
accordance with Section 4.2.
4.4.
Time and Form of Payment. An Employer Contribution made on
behalf of an employee with respect to a given Service Year shall be
paid at the same time and in the same form as any Employee Deferral
made by the Employee with respect to such Service Year, as
determined by the employee’s payment election then in effect.
If an Employer Contribution is made with resp
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