GREYSTONE COMMUNITIES
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
The general
purpose of the Greystone Communities Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide certain
designated employees of Greystone Communities Inc. (hereinafter
“Company”) and its Affiliates, the opportunity to
participate in an unfunded, deferred compensation plan maintained
by the Company primarily for the purpose of providing deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
employees. It is the goal of the Company to maintain this Plan in
order to allow its participants an opportunity to defer
compensation as a means of saving for retirement, disability, death
and/or other purposes.
For the
purposes of this Plan, certain words or phrases used herein,
whether used in the singular or plural form, will have the
following meanings:
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“ Administrative Agent
” means the person(s) designated by the Company, or Plan
Administrator (defined below) to perform ministerial acts in
furtherance of the Plan’s purpose.
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“ Affiliate ”
means any successor entity of the Company, whether by merger,
consolidation, or a sale of substantially all of its assets, or any
subsidiary or related entity of the Company which is a member of
its controlled group, within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code or trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) which
are under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of
the Code.
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“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including applicable
Treasury regulations.
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“ Company ” means
Greystone Communities Inc.
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“ Compensation ”
means the total of all amounts to be made available during the Plan
Year by the Employer to a Participant, but excluding bonuses paid
in stock. Compensation shall not include amounts paid as
reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Employer, nor
incidental benefits paid on behalf of a Participant, such as
hospitalization insurance, health and accident insurance,
additional temporary subsistence allowances, commissions, and group
life insurance.
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“ Deferred Compensation
” means the amount of Compensation not yet earned, which the
Participant and the Employer mutually agree to defer on behalf of a
Participant in accordance with the provisions of the Plan,
consisting of the Stated Deferral and any discretionary Company
match that may be credited to a Participant’s account from
time to time.
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“ Disability ”
means:
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(a)
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an
inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity 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 (12) months,
or
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(b)
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an
inability, by reason of any medical determinable physical or mental
impairment which 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 Company or
its Affiliates.
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The permanence
and degree of a physical or mental impairment shall be demonstrated
by competent medical evidence, and a determination of disability
shall be made in the sole discretion of the Plan Administrator
(defined below). The participant may appeal the decision of the
Plan Administrator (defined below) to the Board as provided for by
Article XII of the Plan. The decision of the Board shall be
final.
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“ Effective Date
” means the first date of a Participant’s deferral of
Compensation under the terms of the Plan.
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“ Employee ”
means an employee of the Company or its Affiliates, including any
field marketing or co-employed (leased) employee of the
Company or its Affiliates.
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“ Eligible Employee
” means an Employee who is designated by the Plan
Administrator (defined below) to be eligible to participate in this
Plan, provided that the Employee (i) is a Highly Compensated
Employee (defined below); (ii) has been an Employee for at
least two (2) full years; and is in an employee category of
Senior Manager (defined below) or higher. “Eligible
Employee” shall also mean an employee who was participating
in or had benefits remaining in the Plan at the time of his
retirement, death, or termination of employment, and who retains,
or whose beneficiaries retain, benefits under the Plan in
accordance with its terms.
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“ Employer ”
means collectively the Company or its Affiliates.
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“ Highly Compensated
Employee ” means an Employee who during the preceding
Plan Year had Compensation in excess of $100,000 (as adjusted by
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the relevant
year).
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“ Participant ”
means those Eligible Employees who executed a Participation
Agreement.
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“ Participation
Agreement ” means the agreement executed by the Eligible
Employee and the Employer which evidences the mutual agreement to
defer Compensation of the Eligible Employee pursuant to the
Plan.
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“ Plan ” means
the Greystone Communities Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plan.
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“ Plan Administrator
” means any administrative agent designated by the Plan
Administrator it deems advisable or desirable to carry out the
terms and conditions of this Plan to act in furtherance of the
Plan’s purpose.
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“ Plan Year ”
means the calendar year, beginning January 1
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and ending
December 31 st .
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“ Stated Deferral
” means the amount of Compensation elected by the Participant
to defer, as set forth in the Participation Agreement, stated as a
percentage of the Participant’s Compensation.
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“ Termination of
Services ” means the severance of the Participant’s
employment with the Employer.
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“ Unforeseeable
Emergency ” means severe financial hardship to the
Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or
accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a
dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the
Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to
casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Participant.
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Article III:
Administration
This Plan shall be
administered by the Plan Administrator, within the following
general guidelines:
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For
all amounts of Deferred Compensation held by the Trustee of the
Greystone Communities Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Trust (the
“Trustee”), the Trustee shall be directed to disburse
benefits in accordance with instructions from the Plan
Administrator, based upon the elections made in the Eligible
Employee’s Participation Agreement and the terms of the Plan.
Each Participation Agreement, as such may be from time to time
amended, shall become a part of this Plan and shall be incorporated
herein by this specific reference thereto.
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All
Deferred Compensation amounts (if any) invested by either the Plan
Administrator or the Trustee, are, and shall remain, the assets of
the Employer, and such amounts shall always be held by and in the
name of the Employer or by and in the name of the Trustee. Such
assets shall at no time be vested in any Participant or beneficiary
for whose benefit an account is or may be maintained and the rights
of any Participant or beneficiary for whose benefit an account is
or may be maintained, if any, shall merely be that of an unsecured
general creditor of the Employer.
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An
individual account shall be maintained in the name of each
Participant to reflect the value of each Participant’s
Deferred Compensation account. For those accounts held by the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be directed to charge each
Participant’s individual Deferred Compensation account with
all expenses attributable to said account’s investment and
maintenance. For those accounts invested by the Plan Administrator,
the Plan Administrator shall charge each Participant’s
account with all expenses attributable to said account’s
investment and maintenance.
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The
Plan Administrator shall have the power to construe the Plan, to
prescribe rules and regulations relating to the Plan and to make
other determinations necessary or desirable for administering the
Plan. The Plan Administrator may correct any defect or supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan in the manner
and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry it into effect.
The Plan Administrator may delegate the responsibility of
performing ministerial acts in furtherance of the Plan’s
purpose to administrative agents (“Administrative
Agents”) as it deems advisable or desirable to carry out the
terms and conditions of this Plan.
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A
majority of the members of the Plan Administrator shall constitute
a quorum, and the Plan Administrator shall act by majority action
at a meeting, except that action permitted to be taken at a meeting
may be taken without a meeting if written consent thereto is given
by all members of the Plan Administrator.
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Any Employee
who is designated by the Plan Administrator shall be eligible to
participate in this Plan, provided that the Employee:
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1.
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is
a Highly Compensated Employee;
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2.
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has
been an Employee for at least two (2) full years;
and
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3.
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is
in an employee category of Senior Manager or higher.
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In Addition to
the requirements and conditions of Article VI, the following
provisions are applicable to Participants:
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1.
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Election .
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The
Participation Agreement shall set forth the Stated Deferral elected
by the Participant. The Stated Deferral will either (a) reduce
the Compensation otherwise payable to the Participant during the
Plan Year in the manner directed by the Participant, or, in the
absence of any such direction, in the manner determined by the Plan
Administrator.
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Further, upon execution of the
Participation Agreement, each Participant must make an
irrevocable election (except to the extent the Plan permits
a subsequent deferral election) regarding the timing and method of
distribution of the account balance pursuant to the provisions of
Article VI below. If a Participant fails to make an
irrevocable election regarding the timing and method of
distribution of the account balance, the Participant will be deemed
to have elected the default provisions of the
Participant̵
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