PEOPLES STATE BANK
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE II. ADMINISTRATION
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.01. Administration of the Plan
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE III. PARTICIPATION
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.01. Eligibility to Participate
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.02. Modification of Participation
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.03. Termination of Participation
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE IV. DEFERRED COMPENSATION
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.01. Deferral of Bonuses by Officers
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.02. Deferral of Fees by Directors
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE V. ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.01. Establishment of Accounts
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.02. Allocation of Interest to
Accounts
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.03. Vesting of Accounts
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.04. Statement of Accounts
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.01. Benefit upon Officer’s Normal
Retirement, Disability and Termination of Employment or
Director’s Cessation of Service as a Director
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.02. Method of Payment of Benefits
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.04. Commencement of Payments
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.02. Board’s Right to
Terminate
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
PEOPLES STATE BANK
AMENDED AND RESTATED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
WHEREAS, Peoples
State Bank, a Michigan corporation (hereinafter referred to as the
“Bank”), established the Peoples State Bank Deferred
Compensation Plan (hereinafter referred to as the
“Plan”) for certain Officers and Directors of the Bank,
effective as of July 1, 1995.
WHEREAS, the Bank
amended and restated the Plan, effective as of January 1, 1997
(“Prior Amendment”).
WHEREAS, the Bank
hereby amends and restates the Plan in order to comply with the
applicable provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004,
Internal Revenue Code Section 409A (“Section
409A”).
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Bank hereby amends and restates the Plan and Prior Amendment in
its entirety, effective as of January 1, 2005.
The purpose of
this Plan is to provide a means by which certain Officers and
Directors of the Bank may elect to defer the receipt of certain
compensation.
1.01.
“Beneficiary” means the individual, trust or estate
designated by the Participant to receive the Participant’s
benefits after his death on a Designation of Beneficiary form
prescribed by the Committee and filed with the Bank before the
Participant’s death. A Participant may revoke, amend or alter
such Beneficiary designation at any time. In the absence of an
effective designation of Beneficiary, or if the Beneficiary does
not survive the Participant, the Participant’s benefits shall
be paid to the individual in (or paid in equal shares by right of
representation to the individuals in) the first of the following
classes of successive preference Beneficiaries in which there shall
be an individual surviving such Participant: (a) his
spouse,(b) his issue; (c) his parents; or (d) his
brothers and sisters and issue thereof. If no such Beneficiary
survives the Participant, the Participant’s benefits shall be
paid to the Participant’s estate.
1.02.
“Bank” means Peoples State Bank, a Michigan
corporation, and any successor, and any organization into which or
with which the Bank may merge or consolidate or to which all or
substantially all of the Bank’s assets may be
transferred.
1.03. “Board
of Directors” or “Board” means the board of
directors of Peoples State Bank. For purposes of determining which
Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan and effective
with respect to all director fees payable on or after
September 1, 2003, “Board of Directors” or
“Board” shall include the members of the board of
directors of PSB Group, Inc. (the “Holding
Company”).
1
1.04.
“Change in Control” means the time any person or entity
acquires 50% or more the Holding Company’s outstanding voting
stock. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, no event shall be
considered a Change in Control, unless the event also constitutes a
change in the ownership or effective control pursuant to
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) and the final regulations promulgated
thereunder.
1.05.
“Committee” means the Compensation and Benefits
Committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the
Plan, or any successor thereto.
1.06.
“Deferred Benefit” means the benefit payable to, or on
behalf of, a Participant upon his retirement, death, disability, or
termination of employment from the Bank or upon the cessation of
service as a Director of the Bank, as calculated under
Article VII hereof.
1.07.
“Deferred Benefit Account” means the account or
accounts maintained on the books of the Bank for each Participant
pursuant to Article VI. A Participant’s Deferred Benefit
Account shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement
and determination of the amounts to be paid to the Participant
shall not constitute or be treated as a trust fund of any
kind.
1.08.
“Director” means a director on the Board of Directors
of the Bank or the Holding Company.
1.09.
“Disability” or “Disabled Participant”
means 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 12 months or is by reason
of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which
can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12 months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period
of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan
covering employees of the Bank.
1.10.
“Effective Date” means January 1, 2005.
1.11.
“Normal Retirement Age” means the time at which a
Participant attains age 65.
1.12.
“Officer” means a person employed as an officer of the
Bank.
1.13.
“Participant” means each individual who is a Director
or any individual who is an Officer designated by the Committee as
eligible to participate in this Plan and who elects to participate
by filing a Participation Agreement, as provided in ARTICLE
IV.
1.14.
“Participation Agreement” means the agreement filed by
a Participant prior to the beginning of the first period for which
the Participant’s compensation is to be deferred pursuant to
the Plan.
1.15.
“Plan” means the Peoples State Bank Deferred
Compensation Plan as set forth herein and as may be amended from
time to time.
2
1.16. “Plan
Year” means the calendar year, except that the first Plan
Year shall be a short Plan Year and shall begin on July 1,
1995, the date this Plan is executed by the Bank, and shall end on
December 31, 1995.
1.17.
“Separation from Service” means the Participant’s
termination of employment or cessation from service as a Director
for any reason other than death provided the termination of
employment or cessation from service as a Director is a Separation
from Service as defined in Section 409A and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
1.18.
“Specified Employee” means a key employee (as defined
in Section 416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph 5
thereof) of the Bank if any stock of the Bank is publicly traded on
an established securities market or otherwise.
ARTICLE II.
ADMINISTRATION
2.01.
Administration of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the
Committee which shall have full and exclusive power to interpret
the Plan, to determine the amount and manner of any deferrals and
payments and to adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary
for its administration. A member of the Committee who is a
Participant shall not vote on any question relating specifically to
himself; and, in the event the remaining members of the Committee
are unable to come to a determination of any question, the same
shall be determined by the Board of Directors. The decisions of the
Committee shall be final and conclusive on all persons and the
Committee shall not be subject to liability thereon. The Committee
may delegate specific responsibilities it assumes under this Plan
which are administrative or ministerial in nature by notifying a
delegate as to the duties and responsibilities
delegated.
2.02. Claims
Procedure. Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be made in
writing to the Committee. If a claim for benefits is wholly or
partially denied, the Committee shall, within a reasonable period
of time, but not later than 90 days after receipt of the
claim, provide the claimant notice written in a manner calculated
to be understood by the claimant of:
(a) The
specific reason or reasons for denial;
(b) Specific
reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is
based;
(c) A
description of any additional material or information necessary for
the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such
material or information is necessary; and
(d) Any
explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedure.
A Participant
whose claim for benefits under the Plan has been denied, or his
duly authorized representative, may request a review upon written
application to the Committee, may review pertinent documents, and
may submit issues and comments in writing. The claimant’s
written request for review must be submitted to the Committee
within 60 days after receipt by the claimant of written
notification of the denial of a claim. A decision by the Committee
shall be made promptly, and not later than 60 days after the
Committee’s receipt of a request for review,
3
unless special
circumstances require an extension of time for proceeding, in which
case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not
later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review.
The decision on review shall be in writing and shall include
specific reasons for the decision, specific reference to the
pertinent Plan provision on which the decision is based, and be
written in a manner calculated to be understood by the
claimant.
ARTICLE III.
PARTICIPATION
3.01. Eligibility
to Participate. Each Director and any Officer who is designated by
the Committee
|