EXHIBIT 10.1.3
THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF
BOSTON
PENSION BENEFIT EQUALIZATION
PLAN
(Effective January 1, 2009,
as amended April 15, 2009)
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
(the “Bank”) adopted the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Boston Pension Benefit Equalization Plan (the “Plan”),
as a component of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Benefit
Equalization Plan, effective January 1, 1993. The Plan
is herein amended and restated in order to comply with Code
Section 409A, as enacted by the American Jobs Creation Act of
2004 and applicable regulations thereunder. This amendment
and restatement shall be effective January 1, 2009 and is
further amended on April 15, 2009; provided, however, that any
provision required to be effective on and after January 1,
2005 in order for the Plan to comply with Code Section 409A
shall become effective as of January 1, 2005 (or such later
date as shall be permitted under applicable Code Section 409A
transition rules); and provided further, that if the application of
any amended or restated provision below to a Member’s
Grandfathered Supplemental Benefit (as defined below) would
constitute a “material modification” for purposes of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-6(a)(4), the corresponding
provision of the Prior Plan shall apply in lieu of such amended or
restated provision.
The Plan is established and
maintained by the Bank in order to provide designated Eligible
Executives with the benefits which would have been provided under
the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (the
“Qualified Plan”) if (a) their benefits under the
Qualified Plan were not limited by certain limitations imposed by
the Internal Revenue Code applicable to the Qualified Plan;
(b) “Salary” as defined in the Qualified Plan took
into account amounts paid under the Bank’s incentive
compensation plan(s) and elective deferrals to the Federal
Home Loan Bank of Boston Thrift Benefit Equalization Plan; and
(c) certain benefit adjustments were provided to Executive
Officers as described herein.
The Plan is a governmental plan
under Section 4(b) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and is
therefore exempt from coverage under ERISA. The Plan is
unfunded and maintained primarily for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly
compensated employees, and is not intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
SECTION 1 - DEFINITIONS
Each word used herein not defined
below that begins with a capital letter and is defined in the
Qualified Plan shall have the same definition as the definition
given to that word in the Qualified Plan. Wherever used
herein, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set
forth:
1.1
“
Administrator
” means
the Committee or such person or persons as may be appointed by the
Committee to be responsible for those functions assigned to the
Administrator under the Plan.
1.2
“
Affiliate ” means any entity
that is a member of a “controlled group” of
corporations with the Bank under Code Section 414(b) or a
trade or business under common control with the Bank under Code
Section 414(c); provided, however, that in applying
Code
Sections 1563(a)(1),
(2) and (3) for purposes of Code Section 414(b), the
language “at least 50 percent” will be used instead of
“at least 80 percent” each place it appears, and in
applying Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2 for purposes
of Code Section 414(c), the language “at least 50
percent” will be used instead of “at least 80
percent” each place it appears. In addition, to the
extent that the Administrator determines that legitimate business
criteria exist to use a reduced ownership percentage to determine
whether an entity is an Affiliate for purposes of determining
whether a Termination of Employment has occurred, the Administrator
may designate an entity that would meet the definition of
“Affiliate” substituting 20 percent in place of 50
percent in the preceding sentence as an Affiliate in Appendix A
hereto. Such designation shall be made by December 31,
2008 or, if later, at the time a 20 percent or more ownership
interest in such entity is acquired.
1.3
“
Bank ” means the Federal
Home Loan Bank of Boston.
1.4
“
Beneficiary
” means
the person, persons or trust designated by a Member as direct or
contingent beneficiary in the manner prescribed by the
Administrator. The Beneficiary of a Member who has not
effectively designated a beneficiary shall be his or her
estate.
1.5
“
Board of Directors
” means
the Board of Directors of the Bank.
1.6
“
Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any
successor thereto.
1.7
“
Code Limitations
” means
(a) the cap on compensation taken into account by the
Qualified Plan under Code Section 401(a)(17); and (b) the
overall limitation on benefits imposed by Code Section 415(b),
as such provisions may be amended from time to time, and any
similar successor provisions of federal tax law.
1.8
“
Committee ” means the Personnel
Committee of the Board of Directors, which is authorized to perform
the functions described in Article V.
1.9
“
Disability
” means
that the Member (a) is unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can
be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months; (b) is, by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in
death or 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; or (c) has been determined to
be totally disabled by the Social Security Administration.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, whether a Member has incurred a
Disability with respect to his or her Grandfathered Supplemental
Benefit shall be determined under the provisions of the Prior
Plan.
1.10
“
Effective Date
” means
January 1, 2009. The Plan was initially effective
January 1, 1993 and was restated effective January 1,
1997. Any provision of this amendment and restatement
required to be effective on and after January 1, 2005 in order
for the Plan to comply with Code Section 409A shall become
effective as of January 1, 2005 (or such later date up to
January 1, 2008 as shall be permitted under applicable Code
Section 409A transition rules).
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1.11
“
Eligible Executive
” or
“ Executive ” means an employee of
the Bank who is a corporate officer and (a) is eligible to
participate in the Thrift BEP, or (b) has been selected to be
an Eligible Executive by the Committee.
1.12
“
Executive Officer
” means an
Eligible Executive who is designated as an Executive Officer by the
Board of Directors or the Committee.
1.13
“
Grandfathered Supplemental
Benefit ” means, for any Member
in the Plan on or before December 31, 2004, the present value
of the amount to which the Member would have been entitled under
the Plan if he or she had voluntarily terminated service without
cause on December 31, 2004 (or his or her earlier termination
of employment), and received a payment of the benefits available
from the Plan on the earliest possible date allowed under the Plan
in the form with the maximum value. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for any subsequent Plan Year, the Grandfathered
Supplemental Benefit may increase to equal the present value of the
benefit the Member actually becomes entitled to, in the form and at
the time actually paid, determined under the terms of the Plan
(including applicable Code limits), as in effect on October 3,
2004, without regard to any further services rendered by the
service provider after December 31, 2004, or any other events
affecting the amount of or the entitlement to benefits (other than
the Member’s election with respect to the time or form of an
available benefit). For purposes of calculating the present
value of the Grandfathered Supplemental Benefit, reasonable
actuarial assumptions and methods must be used. The
Grandfathered Supplemental Benefit shall be calculated in
accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under
Code Section 409A in order to treat the greatest proportion of
accrued benefit possible as not subject to Section 409A
because it was vested and accrued prior to January 1,
2005.
1.14
“
Incentive Compensation
” means
annual bonus under the Bank’s Executive Incentive Plan and,
if applicable, any long-term incentive compensation payable to a
Member under the Bank’s incentive compensation
plan(s).
1.15
“
Member ” means a participant
in this Plan, unless it is clear from the context that
participation in the Qualified Plan is referenced.
1.16
“
Non-Grandfathered Supplemental
Benefit ” means the amount of
the Member’s accrued benefit under the Plan, other than his
or her Grandfathered Supplemental Benefit, if any.
1.17
“
Pension Commencement
Date ” means the first day
of the first period for which a Supplemental Benefit is paid as an
annuity or lump sum. The Pension Commencement Date is
determined separately for Grandfathered and Non-Grandfathered
Supplemental Benefits.
1.18
“
Plan ” means The Federal
Home Loan Bank of Boston Pension Benefit Equalization Plan, as set
forth herein or as it may be amended or restated from time to
time.
1.19
“
Plan Year ” means the calendar
year.
1.20
“
Prior Plan
” means
the Plan as in effect on October 3, 2004.
1.21
“
Qualified Plan
” means
the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions, as
from time to time amended. Any reference to a section of the
Qualified Plan
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herein shall be deemed to
refer to any successor provision of the Qualified Plan which may
govern the subject matter of the referenced section in the
future.
1.22
“
Qualified Plan Retirement
Benefit ” means the benefit
payable to a Member pursuant to the Qualified Plan.
1.23
“
Qualified Plan Survivor
Benefit ” means the death
benefit payable under the Qualified Plan upon the death of a Member
prior to his or her Pension Commencement Date, including (if
applicable) any “Active Service Death Benefit” (as
described in Article V, Section 4, of the Qualified
Plan).
1.24
“
Supplemental Benefit
” means a
Supplemental Retirement Benefit or Supplemental Survivor Benefit
payable under the terms of the Plan.
1.25
“
Supplemental Retirement
Benefit ” means the benefit
payable to a Plan Member pursuant to the Plan.
1.26
“
Supplemental Survivor
Benefit ” means the benefit
payable under the Plan with respect to the death of a Member prior
to the Pension Commencement Date.
1.27
“
Thrift BEP
” means
the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Thrift Benefit Equalization
Plan, as it may be amended or restated from time to
time.
1.28
“
Termination of
Employment ” means the severing of
employment with the Bank and any Affiliates, voluntarily or
involuntarily, for any reason. A Termination of Employment
will be deemed to have occurred if the facts and circumstances
indicate that the Bank and the Member reasonably anticipate that no
further services will be performed after a certain date or that the
level of bona fide services the Member will perform for the
Bank and its Affiliates after such date (whether as an employee or
as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more
than 20% of the average level of bona fide services
performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor)
over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period
of services to the employer if the Member has been providing
services to the Bank and its Affiliates less than 36 months).
A Member will not be deemed to have incurred a Termination of
Employment while he or she is on military leave, sick leave, or
other bona fide leave of absence (such as temporary
employment by the government) if the period of such leave does not
exceed six months or such longer period as the Member’s right
to reemployment with the Bank is provided either by statute or by
contract. For this purpose, a leave of absence is bona
fide only if there is a reasonable expectation that the Member
will return to employment at the conclusion of the leave. If
the period of leave exceeds six months and the Member’s right
to reemployment is not provided either by statute or by contract,
the Termination of Employment will be deemed to occur on the first
date immediately following such six-month period. Whether a
Member incurs a Termination of Employment will be determined in
accordance with the requirements of Code
Section 409A.
Words in the masculine gender shall
include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural, and
vice versa, unless qualified by the context. Any headings
used herein are included for ease of reference only and are not to
be construed so as to alter the terms hereof.
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SECTION 2 - ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
2.1
Participation
. Each
Member of the Plan on December 31, 2007 will continue as a
Member on the effective date of the amendment and restatement of
this Plan and thereafter to the extent eligible. Each other
Eligible Executive who is a participant in the Qualified Plan shall
become a Member on the earlier of (a) the effective date of
the Eligible Executive’s election to participate in the
Thrift BEP or January 1, 2008, if later; or (b) the
effective date as of which he or she is designated as a Member in
the Plan by the Committee. Within thirty (30) days of
becoming a Member (or a participant in any similar non-account
balance, non-qualified deferred compensation plan maintained by the
Bank), the Member shall file an election with the Administrator
designating how his or her Supplemental Benefit shall be
paid. If an Eligible Executive became a Member under clause
(a) above and is subsequently designated as eligible for
enhanced benefits under clause (b) above, the distribution
election made in connection with his or her initial participation
shall continue to apply. The Surviving Spouse of a Member
described above who dies prior to the Member’s Pension
Commencement Date shall be eligible to receive a Supplemental
Survivor Benefit, as set forth below.
2.2
Elections under Section 409A
Transition Rules . Pursuant to Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) Notice 2005-1, Q&A-19(c),
as extended by Notice of Proposed Rulemaking REG-158080-04 and IRS
Notice 2007—86, a Member who (a) has not incurred a
Termination of Employment or (b) has incurred a Termination of
Employment but has neither entered pay status under the Plan nor
had an annuity purchased in connection with his or her benefits
under the Plan, may, in 2008, modify or make a new election
regarding distribution of his or her Non-Grandfathered Supplemental
Benefit at such time and in such form as the Administrator shall
designate; provided, however, that no such distribution election
made in 2008 may affect payments that the Member would otherwise
receive in 2008 or cause payments to be made in 2008. In
addition, pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-1,
Q&A-23, as extended, in the case of a distribution commencing
on or before December 31, 2008 (or such later date as shall be
permitted by the Administrator consistent with Code
Section 409A and regulations thereunder), an election as to
the time and form of payment of the Member’s benefit under
the Qualified Plan shall govern distribution of the Member’s
Non-Grandfathered Supplemental Benefit under this Plan, to the
extent provided under the terms of the Prior Plan.
2.3
Cessation of
Participation . An Executive shall
cease to be a Member in the Plan if (a) he or she incurs a
Termination of Employment for any reason, (b) he or she
remains in the service of a Bank but ceases to be an Eligible
Executive as described in Section 1.11 due to a change in
employment status, except to the extent that the Committee
determines otherwise, or (c) the Plan is terminated or
otherwise amended so that the Executive ceases to be eligible for
participation; provided, however, that such individual shall
continue to be a Member solely with respect to his or her benefits
accrued through the date of such cessation, to the extent that such
benefits are or become vested prior to the Member’s
Termination of Employment. Such cessation of participation
shall be effective upon the date of the change in status described
in clause (a) or (b) above, or upon the effective date of
an amendment or termination of the Plan described in clause
(c) above.
2.4
Vesting . A Member (or his or
her Beneficiary, as the case may be) shall be or become vested in
his or her Supplemental Benefit as and to the same extent that he
or she is vested under the terms of the Qualified Plan.
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SECTION 3 - SUPPLEMENTAL
RETIREMENT BENEFIT
3.1
Amount . The Supplemental
Retirement Benefit payable to a Member on or after his or her
Normal Retirement Date shall be a monthly amount equal to the
difference between either (a) or (b) below, as
applicable, minus (c) below, adjusted as determined in
accordance with Section 3.2 or 3.3, as applicable,
where:
(a)
in the case of an
Eligible Executive described in clause (a) of
Section 1.11 who becomes a Member under clause (a) of
Section 2.1 as a result of participation in the Thrift BEP,
the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit to
which the Member would have been entitled under the terms of the
Qualified Plan if such benefit were computed by including in the
definition of “Salary” any amounts voluntarily deferred
by the Member under the Thrift BEP; or
(b)
in the case of an
Eligible Executive described in clause (b) of
Section 1.11 who becomes a Member under clause (b) of
Section 2.1, the monthly amount of the Qualified Plan
Retirement Benefit to which the Member would have been entitled
under the terms of the Qualified Plan if such benefit were
computed:
(i)
including in the
definition of “Salary” any amounts voluntarily deferred
by the Member under the Thrift BEP;
(ii)
without regard to
Code Limitations;
(iii)
including in the
definition of “Salary” any Incentive Compensation paid
during the applicable Plan Year (determined prior to any deferral
under the Thrift BEP);
(iv)
subject to the
last paragraph of Section 3.1, by recognizing the
Member’s years of service from his or her initial date of
employment with any employer participating in the Qualified Plan to
his or her date of membership in the Qualified Plan as benefit
service under the Qualified Plan; provided, however, that in the
case of an individual who becomes a Member on or after
January 1, 2009, or who first becomes an Eligible Executive
under clause (b) of Section 1.11 on or after that date,
only the Member’s years of service with the Bank from initial
date of employment with the Bank shall be so recognized;
and
(v)
solely with
respect to Executive Officers whose most recent date of hire by the
Bank is prior to January 9, 2006 and who have continuously
been an Executive Officer since January 1, 2008, by applying
an increased annual pension accrual rate of two and three-eighths
percent (2.375%); provided, however, that aggregate pension
benefits payable to any Executive Officer (taking into account
benefits determined under this Plan and the Qualified Plan, and
from any other defined benefit pension plan in which the Member
participated during any period of service taken into account in
calculating the Member’s benefit hereunder) shall not exceed
a percentage of the Member’s “High-3 Salary”
(taking into account compensation described in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above) equal to sixty-five percent (65%)
for Senior Vice Presidents, seventy percent (70%) for Executive
Vice Presidents and eighty percent (80%) for the
President;
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MINUS
(c)
the monthly
amount of the Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit payable to the Plan
Member under the terms of the Qualified Plan.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the amount of a Member’s Supplemental
Retirement Benefit shall not be less than zero. Subject to
Section 6.1 and the provisions of Code Section 409A, the
method for calculating a Member’s Non-Grandfathered
Supplemental Benefit may be modified from time to time in an offer
letter or employment agreement approved by the Committee and
accepted by the Member, or other writing specifically approved by
the Committee and making specific reference to this
Plan.
If a Member
(i) incurs a Termination of Employment and receives a full
distribution of his or her Supplemental Retirement Benefit, and
(ii) is later re-employed by the Bank and again becomes a
Member, the Supplemental Retirement Benefit that accrues following
such re-employment shall be calculated by disregarding any portion
of his or her prior service with respect to which the
Member’s Supplemental Retirement Benefit distribution was
calculated.
3.2
Adjustment and Payment of
Grandfathered Supplemental Retirement Benefits
. The
amount of Grandfathered Supplemental Retirement Benefit to which a
Member may be entitled, if any, shall be determined under the terms
of the Prior Plan, and shall be subject to such adjustments to
reflect the time and method of payment, and any “Active
Service Death Benefit” (as defined in Article V,
Section 4 (or successor provision) of the Qualified Plan),
“Retirement Adjustment Payment” (as defined in
Article V, Section 5 (or successor provision) of the
Qualified Plan), or “Annual Increment” (as defined in
Article V, Section 6(A) (or successor provision) of
the Qualified Plan) as may apply under the terms of the Prior Plan
and are both earned and vested prior to January 1, 2005.
An ad hoc cost of living adjustment (referred to as a
“Single Purchase Fixed Percentage Adjustment” as
defined in Article V, Section 6(B) (or successor
provision) of the Qualified Plan) applicable under the Qualified
Plan shall be taken into account solely to the extent provided by
the Administrator consistent with Code Section 409A.
Under Section 3.02(a) of the Prior Plan, if a
Member’s Grandfathered Supplemental Retirement Benefit is not
paid in the “Regular Form” under the Qualified Plan,
the benefit payable in an optional form shall be of equivalent
actuarial value to the benefit otherwise payable in the Regular
Form, determined using the same actuarial factors and assumptions
then used to determine actuarial equivalence under the Qualified
Plan. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.3,
Grandfathered Supplemental Retirement Benefits to which a Member
may be entitled, if any, shall be paid in accordance with the terms
of the Prior Plan. Under Section 3.02(a) of the
Prior Plan, such benefit shall be paid in the same form as elected
by the Member under the Qualified Plan; provided, however, that an
election to receive a lump sum payment under the Plan must be filed
at least twelve (12) calendar months prior to the Member’s
retirement.
3.3
Adjustment of Non-Grandfathered
Supplemental Retirement Benefits . The amount of
Non-Grandfathered Supplemental Retirement Benefit described in
Section 3.1 above shall be calculated based upon the
Member’s Qualified Plan Retirement Benefit determined as of
the earlier of (a) the Member’s actual
“Commencement Date” under the Qualified Plan, or
(b) the Member’s Pension Commencement Date under this
Plan (including the Pension Commencement Date of any Grandfathered
Supplemental Benefit). To the extent that the Member’s
Commencement Date under the Qualified Plan is used as the
calculation date, the Member’s
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Non-Grandfathered
Supplemental Retirement Benefit payable upon the Pension
Commencement Date shall be (i)&nb
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