SUN BANCORP, INC.
2004 STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE
PLAN
As Amended and Restated July
2009
1.
Purpose of the Plan. The Plan shall be known as the Sun
Bancorp, Inc. (“Company”) 2004 Stock-Based Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to
attract and retain qualified personnel for positions of substantial
responsibility and to provide additional incentive to officers,
employees, directors and other persons providing services to the
Company, or any present or future parent or subsidiary of the
Company to promote the success of the business. The Plan is
intended to provide for the grant of “Incentive Stock
Options,” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
Non-Incentive Stock Options, options that do not so qualify, Stock
Appreciation Rights and Stock Awards. The provisions of the Plan
relating to Incentive Stock Options shall be interpreted to conform
to the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
2.
Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in
this Plan with an initial capital letter, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meaning as set forth
below. Wherever appropriate, the masculine pronoun shall include
the feminine pronoun and the singular shall include the
plural.
“Advisory Director”
shall mean a person serving as a director emeritus, advisory
director, consulting director or other similar position as may be
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Bank or the Company from
time to time.
“Award” means the grant
by the Committee of an Incentive Stock Option, a Non-Incentive
Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Stock Award, or any
combination thereof, as provided in the Plan.
“Bank” shall mean Sun
National Bank, Vineland, New Jersey, or any successor corporation
thereto.
“Board” shall mean the
Board of Directors of the Company, or any successor or parent
corporation thereto.
“Change in Control”
shall mean: (i) the sale of all, or substantially all, of the
assets of the Company; (ii) the merger or recapitalization of the
Company whereby the Company is not the surviving entity; (iii) a
change in control of the Company, as otherwise defined or
determined by the Federal Reserve Board or regulations promulgated
by it; or (iv) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of the
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of that term as it is used
in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of twenty-five
percent (25%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of the
Company by any person, trust, entity or group. This limitation
shall not apply to the purchase of shares by underwriters in
connection with a public offering of Company stock. The term
“person” refers to an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, association, joint venture, pool, syndicate,
sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization or any other form
of entity not specifically listed herein.
“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Committee” shall mean
the Board or the Stock Option Committee appointed by the Board in
accordance with Section 5(a) of the Plan.
“Common Stock” shall
mean common stock of the Company, or any successor or parent
corporation thereto.
“Company” shall mean Sun
Bancorp, Inc., the parent corporation of the Bank, or any successor
or Parent thereof.
“Continuous Employment”
or “Continuous Status as an Employee” shall mean the
absence of any interruption or termination of employment with the
Company or any present or future Parent or Subsidiary of the
Company. Employment shall not be considered interrupted in the case
of sick leave, military leave or any other leave of absence
approved by the Company or in the case of transfers between payroll
locations, of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, its
Subsidiaries or a successor.
“Date of Grant” shall
mean the date that an Award is made to a Participant or such later
date as authorized in accordance with the Plan or by the
Committee.
“Director” shall mean a
member of the Board of the Company or the Bank, or any successor or
parent corporation thereto.
“Disability” means (a)
with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the “permanent and
total disability” of the Employee as such term is defined at
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code; and (b) with respect to Non-Incentive
Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights or Stock Awards, any
physical or mental impairment which renders the Participant
incapable of continuing in the employment or service of the Bank or
the Parent in his then current capacity as determined by the
Committee.
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“Effective Date” shall
mean the date of approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the
Company.
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“Employee” shall mean
any person employed by the Company or any present or future Parent
or Subsidiary of the Company.
“Fair Market Value”
shall mean: (i) if the Common Stock is traded otherwise than on a
national securities exchange, then the Fair Market Value per Share
shall be equal to not less than the last reported sale price of
such Common Stock on such date, or if there are no sales on such
date, then the mean between the last bid and ask price on such date
or, if there is no bid and ask price on said date, then on the
immediately prior business day on which there was a bid and ask
price. If no such bid and ask price is available, then the Fair
Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good faith; or
(ii) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities
exchange (including the NASDAQ Stock Market), then the Fair Market
Value per Share shall be not less than the last reported sale price
of such Common Stock on such date, or if there are no sales on such
date, if there were no sales on said date, then the Fair Market
Value shall be not less than the mean between the last bid and ask
price on such date. If no such bid and ask price is available, then
the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in good
faith.
“Incentive Stock Option”
or “ISO” shall mean an option to purchase Shares
granted by the Committee pursuant to Section 8 hereof which is
subject to the limitations and restrictions of Section 8 hereof and
is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section
422 of the Code.
“Non-Incentive Stock
Option” or “Non-ISO” shall mean an option to
purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 9 hereof, which option
is not intended to qualify under Section 422 of the
Code.
“Option” shall mean an
Incentive Stock Option or Non-Incentive Stock Option granted
pursuant to this Plan providing the holder of such Option with the
right to purchase Common Stock.
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“Optioned Stock” shall
mean stock subject to an Option granted pursuant to the
Plan.
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“Optionee” shall mean
any person who receives an Option or Award pursuant to the
Plan.
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“Parent” shall mean any
present or future corporation which would be a “parent
corporation” of the Bank or the Company as defined in
Sections 424(e) and (g) of the Code.
“Participant” means any
Director, officer, Employee or Advisory Director of the Company or
any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company or any other person
providing a service to the Company who is selected by the Committee
to receive an Award, or who by the express terms of the Plan is
granted an Award.
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“Plan” shall mean the
Sun Bancorp, Inc. 2004 Stock-Based Incentive Plan.
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“Share” shall mean one
share of the Common Stock.
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“Stock Appreciation
Right” or “SAR” shall mean an Award granted in
accordance with Section 25 of the Plan.
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“Stock Award” shall mean
the award of Shares in accordance with Section 12 of the
Plan.
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“Subsidiary” shall mean
any present or future corporation which constitutes a
“subsidiary corporation” as defined in Sections 424(f)
and (g) of the Code.
3.
Shares Subject to the Plan. Except as otherwise required by
the provisions of Section 13 hereof, the aggregate number of Shares
with respect to which Awards may be made pursuant to the Plan shall
not exceed 496,125 Shares; provided however, the aggregate number
of shares issuable as Stock Awards under the Plan shall not exceed
55,125 Shares. Such Shares may either be from authorized but
unissued shares, treasury shares or shares purchased in the market
for Plan purposes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
effective May 17, 2007, the aggregate number of Shares with respect
to which Awards may be made pursuant to the Plan shall be increased
by 800,000 additional Shares to a total of 1,296,125 Shares
issuable under the Plan of which the aggregate number of additional
Shares issuable as Stock Awards under the Plan shall not exceed
300,000 Shares to a total of 355,125 aggregate Stock Awards. Stock
Appreciation Rights may be issued singularly or in tandem with
Options with respect to all Shares issuable under the Plan;
provided, however, the exercise of one instrument shall result in
the immediate expiration and cancellation of its tandem award. If
an Award shall expire, become unexercisable, or be forfeited for
any reason prior to its exercise, new Awards may be granted under
the Plan with respect to the number of Shares as to which such
expiration has occurred. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, effective July 16, 2009, the aggregate number of Shares
with respect to which Awards may be made pursuant to the Plan shall
be increased by 1,000,000 additional Shares to a total of 2,500,425
Shares issuable under the Plan of which the aggregate number of
additional Shares issuable as Stock Awards under the Plan shall not
exceed 350,000 Shares to a total of 761,101 aggregate Stock
Awards.
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Six Month Holding
Period.
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Subject to vesting requirements, if
applicable, except in the event of death or Disability of the
Participant or a Change in Control of the Company, a minimum of six
months must elapse between the
date of the grant of an Award and
the date of the sale of the Common Stock received through such
Award.
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5.
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Administration of the
Plan.
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(a)
Composition of the Committee . The Plan shall be
administered by the Board of Directors of the Company or a
Committee which shall consist of not less than two Directors of the
Company appointed by the Board and serving at the pleasure of the
Board. All persons designated as members of the Committee shall
meet the requirements of a “Non-Employee Director”
within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, as found at 17 CFR
‘240.16b-3.
(b)
Powers of the Committee . The Committee is authorized (but
only to the extent not contrary to the express provisions of the
Plan or to resolutions adopted by the Board) to interpret the Plan,
to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to
the Plan, to determine the form and content of Awards to be issued
under the Plan and to make other determinations necessary or
advisable for the administration of the Plan, and shall have and
may exercise such other power and authority as may be delegated to
it by the Board from time to time. A majority of the entire
Committee shall constitute a quorum and the action of a majority of
the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be deemed the action of the Committee. In no event may the
Committee revoke outstanding Awards without the consent of the
Participant.
The President of the Company and
such other officers as shall be designated by the Committee are
hereby authorized to execute written agreements evidencing Awards
on behalf of the Company and to cause them to be delivered to the
Participants. Such agreements shall set forth the Option exercise
price, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Option,
the expiration date of such Options, and such other terms and
restrictions applicable to such Award as are determined in
accordance with the Plan or the actions of the
Committee.
(c)
Effect of Committee’s Decision . All decisions,
determinations and interpretations of the Committee shall be final
and conclusive on all persons affected thereby.
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6.
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Eligibility for Awards and
Limitations.
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(a) The
Committee shall from time to time determine the Participants who
shall be granted Awards under the Plan, the number of Awards to be
granted to each such Participant, and whether Options granted to
each such Participant under the Plan shall be Incentive and/or
Non-Incentive Stock Options. In selecting Participants and in
determining the Awards to be granted to each such Participant, the
Committee may consider the nature of the prior and anticipated
future services rendered by each such Participant, each such
Participant’s current and potential contribution to the
Company and such other factors as the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, deem relevant. Participants who have been granted an
Award may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional
Awards.
(b) The
aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date the Option
is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options are exercisable for the first time by each Employee during
any calendar year (under all Incentive Stock Option plans, as
defined in Section 422 of the Code, of the Company or any present
or future Parent or Subsidiary of the Company) shall not exceed
$100,000. Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this Section 6,
the Committee may grant Options in excess of the foregoing
limitations, provided said Options shall be clearly and
specifically designated as not being Incentive Stock
Options.
(c) In
no event shall Shares subject to Awards granted to any Participant
exceed more than 25% of the total number of Shares authorized for
delivery under the Plan.
7.
Term of the Plan. The Plan shall continue in effect for a
term of ten (10) years from the Effective Date, unless sooner
terminated pursuant to Section 18 hereof. No Award shall be granted
under the Plan after ten (10) years from the Effective
Date.
8.
Terms and Conditions of Incentive Stock Options. Incentive
Stock Options may be granted only to Participants who are
Employees. Each Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan
shall be evidenced by an instrument in such form as the Committee
shall from time to time approve. Each Incentive Stock Option
granted pursuant to the Plan shall comply with, and be subject to,
the following terms and conditions:
(i)
The price per Share at which each
Incentive Stock Option granted by the Committee under the Plan may
be exercised shall not, as to any particular Incentive Stock
Option, be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on
the date that such Incentive Stock Option is granted.
(ii) In the case of an Employee who owns Common Stock
representing more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Common
Stock at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, the
Incentive Stock Option exercise price shall not be less than one
hundred and ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of the
Common Stock on the date that the Incentive Stock Option is
granted.
(b)
Payment . Full payment for each Share of Common Stock
purchased upon the exercise of any Incentive Stock Option granted
under the Plan shall be made at the time of exercise of each such
Incentive Stock Option and shall be paid in cash (in United States
Dollars), Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock.
Common Stock utilized in full or partial payment of the exercise
price must have been owned by the party exercising such Option for
not less than six months prior to the date of exercise of such
Option, and such Common Stock shall be valued at the Fair Market
Value at the date of exercise. The Company shall accept full or
partial payment in Common Stock only to the extent permitted by
applicable law. No Shares of Common Stock shall be issued until
full payment has been received by the Company, and no Optionee
shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company until
Shares of Common Stock are issued to the Optionee.
(c)
Term of Incentive Stock Option . The term of exercisability
of each Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall
be not more than ten (10) years from the date each such Incentive
Stock Option is granted, provided that in the case of an Employee
who owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the
Common Stock outstanding at the time the Incentive Stock Option is
granted, the term of exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option
shall not exceed five (5) years.
(d)
Exercise Generally . Except as otherwise provided in Section
10 hereof, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised unless the
Optionee shall have been in the employ of the Company at all times
during the period beginning with the date of grant of any such
Incentive Stock Option and ending on the date three (3) months
prior to the date of exercise of any such Incentive Stock Option.
The Committee may impose additional conditions upon the right of an
Optionee to exercise any Incentive Stock Option granted hereunder
which are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan or the
requirements for qualification as an Incentive Stock Option. Except
as otherwise provided by the terms of the Plan or
by action of the Committee at the
time of the grant of the Options, the Options will be first
exercisable at the rate of 20% as of the date of grant of such
Options and 20% on each anniversary thereafter.
(e)
Cashless Exercise . Subject to vesting requirements, if
applicable, an Optionee who has held an Incentive Stock Option for
at least six months may engage in the “cashless
exercise” of the Option. Upon a cashless exercise, an
Optionee gives the Company written notice of the exercise of the
Option together with an order to a registered broker-dealer or
equivalent third party, to sell part or all of the Optioned Stock
and to deliver enough of the proceeds to the Company to pay the
Option exercise price and any applicable withholding taxes. If the
Optionee does not sell the Optioned Stock through a registered
broker-dealer or equivalent third party, the Optionee can give the
Company written notice of the exercise of the Option and the third
party purchaser of the Optioned Stock shall pay the Option exercise
price plus any applicable withholding taxes to the Company. Such
Options shall not be deemed exercised until the Company has
received full payment of the exercise price of such
Options.
(f)
Transferability . An Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant
to the Plan shall be exercised during an Optionee’s lifetime
only by the Optionee to whom it was granted and shall not be
assignable or transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution.
9.
Terms and Conditions of Non-Incentive Stock Options. Each
Non-Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be
evidenced by an instrument in such form as the Committee shall from
time to time approve. Each Non-Incentive Stock Option granted
pursuant to the Plan shall comply with and be subject to the
following terms and conditions.
(a)
Option Price . The exercise price per Share of Common Stock
for each Non-Incentive Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan
shall be at such price as the Committee may determine in its sole
discretion, but in no event less than the Fair Market Value of such
Common Stock on the date of grant as determined by the Committee in
good faith.
(b)
Payment . Full payment for each Share of Common Stock
purchased upon the exercise of any Non-Incentive Stock Option
granted under the Plan shall be made at the time of exercise of
each such Non-Incentive Stock Option and shall be paid in cash (in
United States Dollars), Common Stock or a combination of cash and
Common Stock. Common Stock utilized in full or partial payment of
the exercise price must have been owned by the party exercising
such Option for not less than six months prior to the date of
exercise of such Option, and such Common Stock shall be valued at
the Fair Market Value at the date of exercise. The Company shall
accept full or partial payment in Common Stock only to the extent
permitted by applicable law. No Shares of Common Stock shall be
issued until full payment has been received by the Company and no
Optionee shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of the
Company until the Shares of Common Stock are issued to the
Optionee.
(c)
Term . The term of exercisability of each Non-Incentive
Stock Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be not more than
ten (10) years from the date each