Exhibit 10.1
MAYFLOWER CO-OPERATIVE
BANK
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
The Board of Directors of Mayflower
Co-operative Bank (“Bank”) has adopted this Deferred
Compensation Plan, effective February 12, 1998, in order to
recognize the contributions of its directors and select executive
officers of the Bank to the growth, success and profitability of
the Bank, as well as to encourage the continued contributions of
the directors and executive officers to the Bank’s long-term
financial success through a performance-based plan.
This document (the “409A
Program”) amends and restates the Plan effective as of
January 1, 2005, and it sets forth the terms of the Plan that
are applicable to Deferrals subject to Section 409A of the
Code, i.e., deferrals and Bank Credits (and earnings thereon)
credited after December 31, 2004.
Other deferrals under the Plan shall
be governed by a separate document that sets forth the
pre-Section 409A terms of the Plan (the “Pre-409A
Program”). Together, this document and the document for the
Pre-409A Program describe the terms of a single plan. However,
amounts subject to the terms of this 409A Program and amounts
subject to the terms of the Pre-409A Program shall be tracked
separately at all times. The preservation of the terms of the
Pre-409A Program, without material modification, and the separation
between the 409A Program amounts and the Pre-409A Program amounts
are intended to permit the Pre-409A Program to remain exempt from
Section 409A, and the administration of the Plan shall be
consistent with this intent.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
The following words and phrases,
when used in the Plan with an initial capital letter, shall have
the meanings set forth below unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
1.1 “Account”
shall mean a bookkeeping account maintained by the Bank in the name
of the Participant.
1.2 “Affiliate”
shall mean any “parent corporation” or
“subsidiary corporation” of the Bank, as the terms are
defined in Section 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the
Code.
1.3 “Bank” shall
mean Mayflower Co-operative Bank, and any successor to its
interest.
1.4 “Bank
Credits” shall mean any credits that the Bank may make to
Accounts pursuant to Article III.
1.5 “Beneficiary”
shall mean the person or persons whom a Participant may designate
as the beneficiary of the Participant’s Benefits, and shall
mean the Participant’s estate in the absence of a valid
designation.
1.6 “Benefits”
shall mean benefits accrued under Articles II and III of the
Plan.
1.7 “Board” shall
mean the Board of Directors of the Bank.
1.8 “Change in
Control” shall mean a “change in ownership”,
“change in effective control” or “change in
ownership of a substantial portion of assets” for purposes of
Section 409A of the Code.
1.9 “Code” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.10 “Committee”
shall mean any committee that the Board may appoint to administer
and effectuate the Plan. The Committee may act only by a majority
of it members and may act through meetings or written consents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act at any time in
lieu of the Committee with respect to any action that the Committee
may take pursuant to the Plan.
1.11 “Common
Stock” shall mean the common stock of the
Bank.
1.12 “Deferrals”
shall mean any Participant-directed deferrals of director fees,
salary, or cash bonuses that occur pursuant to Section 2.1
hereof.
1.13 “Deferral Election
Form” shall mean the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“A”.
1.14 “Disability”
shall mean any condition that results in a Participant’s
entitlement to collect long-term disability benefits from the Bank.
In the absence of a plan by which the Bank provides such benefits,
“Disability” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
1.15 “Distribution Election
Form” shall mean the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“B”.
1.16 “Effective
Date” shall mean January 1, 2005, as referenced in
the opening paragraphs of this document.
1.17 “Employee”
shall mean any person who is employed by the Bank.
1.18 “Just Cause”
shall mean misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving personal
profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violations of any law, rule or regulation (other than traffic
violations or similar offenses), or final cease-and-desist
order.
1.19
“Participant” shall mean each Director, and any
Employee who is designated by the Board for participation in the
Plan, provided that an Employee shall be eligible for Plan
participation only if he or she is a member of a select group of
the Bank’s senior officers for purposes of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
1.20 “Plan” shall
mean the Mayflower Co-operative Bank Deferred Compensation
Plan.
1.21 “Plan Year”
shall mean each January 1 through and including
December 31.
1.22 “Trust
Agreement” shall mean that agreement entered into
pursuant to the terms hereof between the Bank and the
Trustee.
1.23 “ Trust”
shall mean the trust created under the terms of the Trust
Agreement.
1.24 “Trustee
“shall mean that person(s) or entity appointed by the
Committee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to hold legal title to
the Plan Assets for the purposes set forth herein.
1.25 “Valuation
Date” shall mean the last day of each calendar quarter of
each Plan Year.
1.26 “Year of
Service” shall mean a Plan Year at the end of which a
Participant is an Employee or member of the Board.
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ARTICLE II
Deferrals
2.1 Participant
Deferrals . Each Participant may elect, on the Deferral
Election Form, to defer the receipt of any Bank Credits. Such
elections shall be irrevocable until the end of the Plan Year to
which they relate, and be effective on January 1
st
for compensation
earned after that date following their acceptance by the Committee,
provided that the Bank shall credit all such Deferrals by a
Participant to the Participant’s Account as of each Valuation
Date.
2.2 Rate of Return on Deferred
Compensation. As of each Valuation Date, the Bank shall credit
the portion of each Account that is attributable to Deferrals with
a rate of return equal to 25% of 75% of the Bank’s
return-on-average equity, determined in accordance with GAAP, for
the most recently completed fiscal year of the Bank.
2.3 Vesting. Each Participant
shall at all times be 100% vested in the portion of his or her
Account that is attributable to Deferrals.
ARTICLE III
Bank Credits;
Vesting
3.1 Bank Credits. Within 10
days of the last day of each calendar quarter, the Bank shall
credit the Account of each Participant with the applicable amount
set forth in the following schedule:
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Directors
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Other
Participants
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Calendar quarters Ending Before
4/30/00
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$
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750.00
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375.00
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6/30/00 - 3/31/02
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$
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900.00
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450.00
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After 3/31/02
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$
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1,000.00
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$
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500.00
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Unless the Board amends the Plan
before a subsequent Plan Year begins, the same credits will be made
within 10 days of the last day of each calendar quarter of such
Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bank Credits shall be
paid to a Participant in cash rather than credited to the
Participant’s Account if the Participant has not made a
deferral election pursuant to Section 2.1
3.2 Vesting of Bank Credits.
Subject to Section 4.4 hereof, each Participant’s vested
interest in the portion of the Participant’s Account that is
attributable to Bank Credits shall be 100%.
3.3 Rate of Return on Bank
Credits. The portion of a Participant’s Account that is
attributable to Bank Credits shall be adjusted on each Valuation
Date in the same manner as adjustments occur pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof.
ARTICLE IV
Distributions from
Accounts
4.1 Distributions. Subject to
Article X hereof, the Bank shall distribute the vested balance
credited to a Participant’s Account in accordance with the
Participant’s Distribution Election Form, which shall be
valid and honored only if made in accordance with Section 4.2
hereof. In the absence of a valid
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election, the Bank shall distribute the
Participant’s Account in substantially equal annual
installments over a period of five (5) years, beginning on the
first day of the second month following the Participant’s
termination from the Bank for any reason other than Just Cause. The
Participant’s Account shall be paid in cash, and quarterly
credits pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 3.3 shall continue with
respect to the undistributed balance in the Participant’s
Account.
4.2 Distribution Elections
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(a) In order to be effective, a
Participant’s Distribution Election Form must be
rec