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Title: Retirement Plan
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/15/2006
Industry: BANKRG     Sector: FINANC

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RETIREMENT PLAN

 

FOR

 

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

 

OF

 

U.S.B. HOLDING CO., INC.

 

AND CERTAIN AFFILIATES

 

 

 

 

 

Effective as of May 19, 1999

Amended as of March 20, 2002

Further Amended as of January 1, 2005

 

 

 


 

Retirement Plan for Non-Employee Directors

of U.S.B. Holding Co., Inc.

 

The Retirement Plan for Non-Employee Directors of U.S.B. Holding Co., Inc. (the “Plan”) is hereby adopted, effective as of May 19, 1999, by U.S.B. Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”) for the purposes of providing modest retirement income for Directors who have provided long service on the Company’s Board of Directors, and to encourage future Directors to provide long and valuable services.

 

The provisions of the Plan are as follows:

 

1.

All Directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company or any affiliate shall be eligible to receive a benefit under the Plan.

 

2.

Every eligible Director who shall have served at least fifteen (15) aggregate years on the Company’s Board of Directors shall be eligible to receive a retirement benefit under this Plan. In the event a “Change of Control” (as defined below) occurs, every eligible Director currently serving on the Company’s Board of Directors shall be fully vested and entitled to the full retirement benefit under this Plan.

 

The amount of retirement benefit shall be the sum of $2,000, payable each month, for a period not to exceed ten (10) years.

 

The first payment shall be made on the first day of the month following the Director’s Separation from Service, and payments shall continue for a period ending with the earlier of (a) the month in which the 120th monthly payment is made or (b) the month in which the Director shall die, subject to Section 3 below. Alternatively, the Director may elect, under Section 4 of the Plan, to be paid the retirement benefit in a single lump sum.

 

3.

If the Director is married at the time of his retirement and at the time of his/her death while receiving benefits under this Plan, a benefit equal to $1,000 per month if the Director has qualified, by serving fifteen or more years on the Board of Director’s, for a benefit under this Plan, and one-half (1/2) of the pro-rated benefit payable due to a “Change of Control” (if the Director is eligible for a benefit only as a result of a "Change in Control") shall be paid to the Director’s spouse for the remainder of the 120 month period or until the death of the spouse, whichever occurs first. If the spouse does not survive the Director, no benefit shall be paid under the Plan following the Director’s death.

 

4.

Upon joining the Board, or within 90 days following the effective date of the Plan (for those serving on the Board on May 19, 1999), each Director shall complete a Distribution Election Form provided by the Company. Each Director may elect to be paid his/her benefit in the form of a single lump sum on the first day of the calendar month following Separation from Service, or the first day of the calendar year following Separation from Service; provided, however, that if the Director is a Specified Employee immediately prior to Separation from Service, the payment of his/her benefit shall be paid or commence on the first day of the seventh calendar month following Separation from Service. The Director may elect a different permitted form of payment for payments due after the occurrence of a Change in Control Event. The lump sum shall equal the present value of $200,000, discounted based on the average ten-year advance rate of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York over the thirty day period preceding the payment date, assuming interest would have compounded and payments would have been made in equal monthly installments over the ten year discount period. The present value calculation must be consistent with financial accounting requirements with respect to the determination of the expense to be recorded on the Company’s Income Statement with respect to such payment. If the Director does not elect a lump sum payment, payments shall be made monthly, as stated above.

 

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5. 

(a) At any time not less than twelve (12) months prior to retirement, a Director may file a written election with the Company changing the form of payment under the Plan from monthly payments to a lump sum, or from a lump sum to monthly payments. Such election shall not be effective until twelve months following its receipt by the Company. This election is only available prior to January 1, 2005.

 

 

 

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