Exhibit 10.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMB 2005
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS |
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“ Account Balance” |
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“ Accounts” |
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“ Administrator” |
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“ Annual Bonus” |
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“ Annual Company Contribution
Amount” |
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“ Annual Company Matching
Amount” |
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“ Annual Deferral
Amount” |
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“ Annual Installment
Method” |
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“ Base Annual
Salary” |
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“ Beneficiary” |
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“ Beneficiary Designation
Form” |
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“ Board” |
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“ Change in Control” |
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“ Change in Control
Benefits” |
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“ Claimant” |
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“ Code” |
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“ Committee” |
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“ Company” |
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“ Company Contribution
Account” |
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“ Company Matching
Account” |
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“ Deduction
Limitation” |
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“ Deferral Account” |
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“ Director” |
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“ Directors Fees” |
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“ Disability” |
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“ Disability
Benefits” |
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“ Election Form” |
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“ Employee” |
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“ Employer(s)” |
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“ ERISA” |
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“ Equity Plan” |
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“ Exchange Act” |
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“ Fair Market Value” |
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“ First Plan Year” |
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“ Fixed Date Payout” |
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“ Fixed Date Payout Account
Balance” |
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“ 401(k) Plan” |
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“ Measurement Fund” |
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“ Non-Employee
Director” |
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“ Officer” |
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“ Participant” |
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“ Partnership” |
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“ Plan” |
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“ Plan Year” |
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“ Pre-Retirement Survivor
Benefits” |
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“ Quarterly Installment
Method” |
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“ Restricted Stock” |
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“ Restricted Stock
Account” |
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“ Restricted Stock
Amount” |
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“Retirement,”
“Retire(s)” or “Retired” |
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“Retirement
Benefits” |
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“Rule 16b-3” |
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“Securities Act” |
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“Separation from
Service” |
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“Stock” |
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“Stock Unit” |
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“Termination
Benefits” |
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“Termination of
Employment” |
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“Trust” |
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“Unforeseeable Financial
Emergency” |
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“Vesting Date” |
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“Years of Service” |
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| ARTICLE 2. SELECTION, ENROLLMENT,
ELIGIBILITY |
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Selection by Administrator |
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Enrollment Requirements |
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Eligibility Requirements;
Commencement of Participation |
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Termination of Participation and/or
Deferrals |
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| ARTICLE 3. DEFERRAL
COMMITMENTS/COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS/CREDITING/TAXES |
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Election to Defer; Effect of Election
Form |
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Redeferral |
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Special Elections During Transition
Period |
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Annual Minimum |
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Maximum Deferral |
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Accounts; Crediting of Deferrals |
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Vesting |
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Earnings Credits or Losses |
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Distributions |
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| ARTICLE 4. FIXED DATE
PAYOUTS |
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Fixed Date Payout |
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Other Benefits Take Precedence Over
Fixed Date |
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| ARTICLE 5. DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Retirement Benefit |
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Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit |
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Termination Benefit |
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Change in Control Benefit |
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Disability Benefit |
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Stock Distributions |
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Delayed Distributions for Employee
Participants |
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| ARTICLE 6. UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL
EMERGENCIES |
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Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for
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| ARTICLE 7. BENEFICIARY
DESIGNATION |
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Beneficiary |
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Beneficiary Designation; Change;
Spousal Consent |
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Acknowledgment |
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No Beneficiary Designation |
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Doubt as to Beneficiary |
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Discharge of Obligations |
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| ARTICLE 8. LEAVE OF
ABSENCE |
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| ARTICLE 9. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT
OR MODIFICATION |
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Termination With Respect to Account
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Amendment |
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Effect of Payment |
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| ARTICLE 10. ADMINISTRATION |
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Administrator Duties |
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Binding Effect of Decisions |
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Committee |
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Indemnification |
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Employer Information |
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| ARTICLE 11. CLAIMS
PROCEDURES |
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Presentation of Claim |
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Notification of Decision |
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Review of a Denied Claim |
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Decision on Review |
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Designation |
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Arbitration |
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| ARTICLE 12. TRUST |
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Establishment of the Trust |
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Interrelationship of the Plan and the
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Investment of Trust Assets |
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Distributions From the Trust |
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Limitations on Stock Distributed from
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| ARTICLE 13. PROVISIONS RELATING TO
SECURITIES LAWS |
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Designation of Participants |
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Action by Committee |
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Compliance with Section 16 |
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Committee Approval |
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| ARTICLE 14. CERTAIN CORPORATE
EVENTS |
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| ARTICLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Status of Plan |
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Unsecured General Creditor |
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Employer’s Liability |
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Nonassignability |
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Sources of Stock |
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Tax Withholding |
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Coordination with Other Benefits |
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Compliance |
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Not a Contract of Employment |
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Furnishing Information |
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Governing Law |
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Notice |
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Successors |
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Spouse’s Interest |
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Validity |
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Incompetent |
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Court Order |
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Accelerated Distributions, Trust
Distributions and Plan Interpretation |
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Insurance |
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Status of Company as a REIT |
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AMB 2005
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
Purpose
AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”) established the AMB
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan effective September 1,
1999, as amended and restated September 1, 2002 (the
“Grandfathered Plan”) under which all deferred amounts
were vested on or before December 31, 2004 and not subject to
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”). In order to preserve the exemption from
Section 409A of the Code for the Grandfathered Plan, the
vested amounts deferred thereunder and the earnings on such vested
amounts so deferred, deferrals for amounts vested on or after
January 1, 2005 shall no longer be allowed under the
Grandfathered Plan.
The Company previously adopted the
AMB 2005 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan for the benefit of
a select group of management and highly compensated Employees and
Directors who contribute materially to the continued growth,
development and future business success of AMB Property, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and
the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, that sponsor the plan.
This plan was intended to comply with the provisions of and the
Department of Treasury proposed and final rules, regulations and
other guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code and
not result in a penalty tax thereunder. In April 2007, the
Department of Treasury issued final regulations pursuant to
Section 409A of the Code. To conform with the final
regulations, the Company hereby amends and restates the AMB 2005
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended and restated,
the “Plan”). Any deferred amounts under the
Grandfathered Plan which were not earned and vested as of
December 31, 2004 shall automatically transfer to this Plan.
This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of
Title I of ERISA.
This Plan shall consist of two plans,
one for the benefit of a select group of management and highly
compensated employees of the Employers as described in
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, and one for
the benefit of Non-Employee members of the boards of directors of
any Employer. To the extent required by law, the terms of this Plan
applicable to Directors shall also constitute a separate written
plan document with its terms set forth in the applicable portions
of this Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
As used within this document, the
following words and phrases have the meanings described in this
Article 1 unless a different meaning is required by the
context. Some of the words and phrases used in the Plan are not
defined in this Article 1, but for convenience, are defined as
they are introduced into the text. Words in the masculine gender
shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. Any headings used
are included for ease of reference only and are not to be construed
so as to alter any of the terms of the Plan.
1.1 “ Account Balance
” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the
records of the Employer equal to the sum of (i) the Deferral
Account balance, (ii) the vested Company Contribution Account
balance, (iii) the vested Company Matching Account balance,
and (iv) the Restricted Stock Account balance. The Account
Balance, and each other specified account balance, shall be a
bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for
the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a
Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this
Plan.
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1.2 “ Accounts ”
of a Participant shall mean, as the context indicates, either or
all of his or her Deferral Account, Company Contribution Account,
Company Matching Account and Restricted Stock Account.
1.3 “ Administrator
” shall mean the Committee appointed pursuant to
Article 10 to administer the Plan, or such other person or
persons to whom the Committee has delegated its duties pursuant to
Article 10.
1.4 “ Annual Bonus
” shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual
Salary relating to services performed during any calendar year,
whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the
Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, payable to a
Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s annual bonus
and cash incentive plans, excluding stock options and restricted
stock.
1.5 “ Annual Company
Contribution Amount ” shall mean, for any one Plan Year,
the amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6(b).
1.6 “ Annual Company
Matching Amount ” for any one Plan Year shall be the
amount determined in accordance with Section 3.6(c).
1.7 “ Annual Deferral
Amount ” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s
Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and Directors Fees that a
Participant elects to have, and is deferred, in accordance with
Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a
Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a Termination
of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s
Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to
such event.
1.8 “ Annual Installment
Method ” shall be an annual installment payment over the
number of years selected by the Participant in accordance with this
Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the Participant
(or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed
Date Payout) shall be calculated as of the close of business three
business days prior to the last business day of the fourth quarter
preceding the distribution. The annual installment shall be
calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator
of which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining
number of yearly payments due the Participant. By way of example,
if the Participant elects a ten year Annual Installment Method, the
first payment shall be 1/10 of the Account Balance (or the Fixed
Date Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout),
calculated as described in this definition. The following year, the
payment shall be 1/9 of the Account Balance (or the Fixed Date
Payout Account Balance, in the event of a Fixed Date Payout),
calculated as described in this definition.
1.9 “ Base Annual Salary
” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to
services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in
such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2
for such calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime,
fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, incentive
payments, non-monetary awards, directors fees and other fees,
automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for
employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are
included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Annual Salary
shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily
deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all
qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be
calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the
Participant’s gross income under Code Sections 125,
132(f), 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established
by any Employer; provided , however , that all such
amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that,
had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in
cash to the Employee.
1.10 “ Beneficiary
” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other
entities, designated in accordance with Article 7, that are
entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a
Participant.
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1.11 “ Beneficiary
Designation Form ” shall mean the form established from
time to time by the Administrator that a Participant completes,
signs and returns to the Administrator to designate one or more
Beneficiaries.
1.12 “ Board ”
shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
1.13 “ Change in Control
” shall mean any of the following events:
(a) the complete liquidation of the
Company or the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets, or the disposition
by the Company of more than fifty percent (50%) of its interest in
the Partnership;
(b) any Person (as defined below) is
or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s
then outstanding securities. For purposes of this definition,
(i) the term “Person” is used as such term is used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided ,
however , that the term shall not include the Company, any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, and any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company, in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company,
and (ii) the term “Beneficial Owner” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act;
(c) during any period of twelve
(12) consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than
a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company to effect a transaction described in clauses (a),
(b) or (d)) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office
who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;
or
(d) the consummation of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation (or other
entity); provided , that , a Change in Control shall
not be deemed to occur (i) as the result of a merger or
consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities
of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (ii) where more than
fifty percent (50%) of the directors of the Company or the
surviving entity after such merger or consolidation were directors
of the Company immediately before such merger or
consolidation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Change in Control shall be limited to such transactions as
constitute a change in the ownership or effective control of the
Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets
of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v)
of the Code and the proposed and final Department of Treasury
rules, regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder,
1.14 “ Change in Control
Benefits ” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Section 5.4.
1.15 “ Claimant ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
1.16 “ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended
from time to time.
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1.17 “ Committee ”
shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board or another
committee or subcommittee of the Board appointed to administer the
Plan pursuant to Article 10.
1.18 “ Company ”
shall mean AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and
any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets or business.
1.19 “ Company Contribution
Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
Participant’s Annual Company Contribution Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Contribution Account.
1.20 “ Company Matching
Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a
Participant’s Annual Company Matching Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable
crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Company Matching Account, less (iii) all
distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant’s
Company Matching Account.
1.21 “ Deduction
Limitation ” shall mean the following described
limitation on a benefit that may otherwise be distributable
pursuant to the provisions of this Plan. Except as otherwise
provided, this limitation shall be applied to all distributions
that are “subject to the Deduction Limitation” under
this Plan. If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a
Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any
compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the
Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason
of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then to the
extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire
amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to this Plan
prior to the Change in Control is deductible, the Employer may
defer all or any portion of a distribution under this Plan. Any
amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be
credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with
Section 3.8 below, even if such amount is being paid out in
installments. The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon
shall be distributed to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary
(in the event of the Participant’s death) at the earliest
possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on
which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the
Participant for the taxable year of the Employer during which the
distribution is made will not be limited by Section 162(m).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the
Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made
after a Change in Control.
1.22 “ Deferral Account
” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant’s
Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in
accordance with all the applicable crediting provisions of this
Plan that relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her
Deferral Account.
1.23 “ Director ”
shall mean any member of the board of directors of the
Company.
1.24 “ Directors Fees
” shall mean the annual fees paid by the Company, including
retainer fees and meetings fees, as compensation for serving on the
board of directors.
1.25 “ Disability
” shall mean that a Participant (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 twelve (12) months, or (b) is, by reason
of any medically undeterminable physical or mental impairment that
can be expected to result in death or can be expected to result in
death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement
benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under
an accident or health plan covering employees of such
Participant’s Employer, or (c) is determined to be
totally disabled by the Social Security Administration. The
existence
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of a
Disability under clause (a) and (b) shall be determined
by the Administrator on the advice of a physician chosen by the
Administrator.
1.27 “ Disability
Benefit s” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Section 5.5.
1.28 “ Election Form
” shall mean the form established from time to time by the
Administrator that a Participant completes, signs and returns to
the Administrator to make an election under the Plan.
1.29 “ Employee ”
shall mean a person who is an officer and employee of any
Employer.
1.30 “ Employer(s)
” shall initially mean AMB Property, L.P., but shall also
include the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in
existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected
by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan
as a sponsor.
1.31 “ ERISA ”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
it may be amended from time to time.
1.32 “ Equity Plan
” shall mean any stock option or other incentive compensation
plan which is maintained by the Company or AMB Property, L. P. and
which provides for grants of restricted stock.
1.33 “ Exchange Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
1.34 “ Fair Market Value
” of a share of Stock as of a given date shall be
(a) the closing price of a share of Stock on the principal
exchange on which shares of Stock are then trading, if any (or as
reported on any composite index which includes such principal
exchange), on such date, or if shares were not traded on such date,
then on the next following date on which a trade occurred, or
(b) if Stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on
NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean between the
closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such
date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or
(c) if Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not
quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock as established by the Administrator
acting in good faith. In determining the Fair Market Value of the
Stock, the Administrator may rely on the closing price as reported
in the New York Stock Exchange composite transactions published in
the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal.
1.35 “ First Plan Year
” shall mean the period beginning January 1, 2005 and
ending December 31, 2005.
1.36 “ Fixed Date Payout
” shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.
1.37 “ Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance ” shall mean, with respect to a
Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the
sum of (i) the amount deferred by the Participant pursuant to
an Election Form and with respect to which a Fixed Date Payout was
elected, plus (ii) amounts credited or debited in the manner
provided in Section 3.8 on such amount. The Fixed Date Payout
Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be
utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination
of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her
designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.
1.38 “ 401(k) Plan
” shall mean that certain AMB Property, L.P. Savings and
Retirement Plan, effective October 1, 1983, initially adopted
by the Company’s predecessor-in-interest and as subsequently
amended.
1.39 “ Measurement Fund
” shall mean the investment fund or funds selected by the
Administrator from time to time.
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1.40 “ Non-Employee
Director ” shall mean a Director who is not an Employee
of any Employer.
1.41 “ Officer ”
shall mean a person who is an officer of the Company and an
employee of the Partnership or a U.S. affiliate of the Partnership,
as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
1.42 “ Participant
” shall mean (i) an Officer or Director who is subject
to United States income tax or (ii) any Employee designated to
participate in the Plan by the Administrator and who is subject to
United States income tax who (A) elects to participate in the
Plan, (B) signs an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
Form, (C) whose signed Election Form and Beneficiary
Designation Form are accepted by the Administrator, and
(D) who commences participation in the Plan. A spouse or
former spouse of a Participant shall not be treated as a
Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the Plan,
even if he or she has an interest in the Participant’s
benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property
settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.
1.43 “ Partnership
” shall mean AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, and any successor to all or substantially all of the
Partnership’s assets or business.
1.44 “ Plan ”
shall mean the AMB 2005 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan,
which shall be evidenced by this instrument, as amended from time
to time.
1.45 “ Plan Year ”
shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year
and continuing through December 31 of such calendar
year.
1.46 “ Pre-Retirement
Survivor Benefits ” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Sections 5.2.
1.47 “ Quarterly Installment
Method ” shall be a quarterly installment payment over
the number of quarters selected by the Participant in accordance
with this Plan, calculated as follows: The Account Balance of the
Participant (or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the event
of a Fixed Date Payout) shall be calculated as of the close of
business three business days prior to the last business day of the
quarter preceding the distribution. The quarterly installment shall
be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the
numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the
remaining number of quarterly payments due the Participant. By way
of example, if the Participant elects a twenty (20) quarter
Quarterly Installment Method, the first payment shall be 1/20 of
the Account Balance (or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in
the event of a Fixed Date Payout), calculated as described in this
definition. The following quarter, the payment shall be 1/19 of the
Account Balance (or the Fixed Date Payout Account Balance, in the
event of a Fixed Date Payout), calculated as described in this
definition.
1.48 “ Restricted Stock
” shall mean shares of restricted Stock which are or have
been awarded to a Participant under an Equity Plan; provided
, however , that Restricted Stock shall not include any
restricted Stock granted to a newly-hired Participant after
December 15, 2005 in connection with such Participant’s
acceptance or commencement of employment with an Employer.
1.49 “ Restricted Stock
Account ” shall mean (i) the sum of the
Participant’s Restricted Stock Amounts, plus
(ii) amounts credited/debited in accordance with all the
applicable crediting/debiting provisions of this Plan that relate
to the Participant’s Restricted Stock Account, less
(iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her
Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the
Participant’s Restricted Stock Account. The Restricted Stock
Account balance shall be denominated in Stock Units.
1.50 “ Restricted Stock
Amount ” shall mean, for any grant of Restricted Stock,
the amount of such Restricted Stock deferred in accordance with
Section 3.1(b) of this Plan, calculated using the Fair Market
Value of a share of Stock on the day on which such Restricted Stock
would otherwise vest, but for the election to defer.
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1.51 “ Retirement
,” “ Retire(s) ” or “ Retired
” shall mean a Termination of Employment from the Company and
all Employers for any reason on or after the earlier of the
attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) a
combined age and Years of Service equaling at least fifty-five
(55) with a minimum of ten (10) Years of Service.
1.52 “ Retirement
Benefits ” shall mean the benefits set forth in
Section 5.1.
1.53 “ Rule 16b-3
” shall mean that certain Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange
Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time.
1.54 “ Securities Act
” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.55 “ Separation from
Service ” shall mean, a Participant’s separation
from service with the Company, Partnership and any Employer as a
result of the Participant’s death, Disability, Retirement or
other event of termination in which the facts and circumstances
indicate that the Employer and Participant reasonably anticipated
either that no further services would be performed after a certain
date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant would
perform after such date would permanently decrease to no more than
twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services
performed over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the
full period in which the Participant provided services to the
Employer if the Participant has been providing services for less
than 36 months), as determined by the Administrator in its
sole discretion.
(a) Facts and circumstances which may
be considered in determining whether a Separation of Service
occurred, include, without limitation, whether the Participant
continues to be treated as an employee for other purposes (such as
continuation of salary and participation in employee benefit
programs), whether similarly situated service providers have been
treated consistently, and whether the Participant is eligible to
perform services for, and realistically available to perform
services for, other employers in the same line of business.
(b) In addition, a Separation from
Service shall be presumed to occur in the following
instances:
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if a Participant’s period of leave exceeds six
(6) months and the Participant’s right to reemployment
or service is not provided either by statute or contract, then the
Participant is deemed to have experienced a Separation from Service
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if a Participant continues to provide services to an Employer,
the facts and circumstances indicate that the Employer did not
intend the Participant to provide more than insignificant services
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the Participant ceases to provide services as an Officer or
Employee at an annual rate that is at least equal to twenty percent
(20%) of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately
preceding three full calendar years of employment (or, if employed
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Separation from Service shall be presumed not to occur in
the following instances:
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the mere change in capacity in which the Participant renders
service to the Company, the Partnership or any other Employer from
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the employment relationship is treated as continuing intact
while the Participant 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 (6)
months, or if longer, so long as the individual’s right to
reemployment or service with the Company or an Employer is provided
by either statute or contract; provided that with respect to a
disability leave, the employment relationship will be treated as
continuing for a period of up to 29 months, unless terminated
earlier by the Participant or Employer, regardless of whether the
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where an Officer or Employee continues to provide services to a
prior Employer in a capacity other than as an employee and such
Officer or Employee is providing services at an annual rate that is
fifty percent (50%) or more of the services rendered, on average,
during the immediately preceding three full calendar years of
employment (or if employed less than three years, such lesser
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In determining whether a separation
of service has occurred, periods during which the Participant is on
an unpaid bona fide leave of absence are disregarded (including for
purposes of determining the relevant 36-month period), and periods
during which the Participant is on a paid bona fide leave of
absence are treated as periods during which the Participant
provided services at the level at which the Participant would have
been required to perform services to receive the compensation if
not on a bona fide leave of absence. A leave of absence constitutes
a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable
expectation that the Participant will return to perform services
for the Company or Employer.
“Disability leave” means
leave due to the Participant’s inability to perform the
duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position
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 six
months.
1.56 “ Stock ”
shall mean AMB Property Corporation common stock, $.01 par
value.
1.57 “ Stock Unit
” shall mean a notational unit representing the right to
receive a share of Stock.
1.58 “ Termination
Benefits ” shall mean the benefit set forth in
Section 5.3.
1.59 “ Termination of
Employment ” shall mean the severing of employment with
all Employers, or service as a Director of the Company, voluntarily
or involuntarily, for any reason other than Disability, death or an
authorized leave of absence, which constitutes a Separation from
Service with respect to the Company and Employer, as determined by
the Administrator in its sole discretion.
1.60 “ Trust ”
shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to that certain
Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2002, between the Company
and the trustee named therein, as amended from time to time.
1.61 “ Unforeseeable
Financial Emergency ” shall mean an unanticipated
emergency that is caused by an event beyond the control of the
Participant that would result in severe financial hardship to the
Participant not covered by insurance, liquidation of other assets
(to the extent the liquidation itself will
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not
cause severe financial hardship, or cessation of deferrals under
this Plan, resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness
or accident of the Participant or a dependent (as defined in
Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, (ii) a loss of
the Participant’s property due to casualty, or (iii) such
other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a
result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as
determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator and which
constitutes an “unforeseeable emergency” within the
meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Code. For the
avoidance of doubt, an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency shall not
include, among other things, sending a child to college or
purchasing a home.
1.62 “ Vesting Date
” shall mean, with respect to Restricted Stock deferred
hereunder, the date on which the last share or tranche of a
Restricted Stock award would vest under the terms of the Equity
Plan pursuant to which it was issued and the Participant’s
Restricted Stock Agreement but for the election to defer such
Restricted Stock (i.e., when a Restricted Stock award fully
vests).
1.63 “ Years of Service
” shall mean each twelve (12) month period during which
a Participant is employed by an Employer, including, without
limitation, service as a Director, whether or not continuous, and
including periods commencing prior to the effective date of this
Plan; provided , however , that in the case of a
Participant whose employment with an Employer or service as a
Director has been interrupted by a period of twelve
(12) consecutive months or more (a “ Break in
Service ”), his or her Years of Service prior to such
Break in Service shall be disregarded for any purpose under the
Plan.
ARTICLE 2.
SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY
2.1 Selection by Administrator
. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a select group of
management and highly compensated Employees and Non-Employee
Directors, as determined by the Administrator in its sole
discretion. Officers and Non-Employee Directors shall be
automatically eligible to participate in the Plan. Subject to the
requirements of Article 13, from the group described in the
first sentence of this Section 2.1, the Administrator shall
select, in its sole discretion, additional Employees to participate
in the Plan.
2.2 Enrollment Requirements .
As a condition to participation, each Officer, selected Employee or
Non-Employee Director shall complete, execute and return to the
Administrator an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form.
In addition, the Administrator shall establish from time to time
such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole
discretion are necessary.
2.3 Eligibility Requirements;
Commencement of Participation .
(a) Eligibility; Commencement of
Participation . Provided an Officer, Non-Employee Director or
Employee selected to participate in the Plan has met all enrollment
requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the
Administrator, including returning all required documents to the
Administrator within the specified time period, that Employee,
Officer or Non-Employee Director shall commence participation in
the Plan on the day on which his or her Election Form first becomes
effective or the date on which a contribution is first credited to
his or her Company Contribution Account or Company Matching
Account.
(b) U.S. Payroll Requirement
. Compensation eligible to be deferred under the Plan will
only be deferred under a Participant’s deferral election to
the extent a Participant elects to defer compensation paid from the
U.S. payroll of the Company, the Partnership or its subsidiaries
and is not covered under a non-U.S. retirement plan.
2.4 Termination of Participation
and/or Deferrals . If the Administrator determines in good
faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a
select group of management or highly compensated employees, as
membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections
201(2),
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301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, or as a Non-Employee Director,
the Administrator shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to
(a) prevent the Participant from making future deferral
elections and/or (b) terminate the Participant’s
participation in the Plan.
2.5 Pre-Existing Elections .
All Participant elections in effect as of the effective date of the
Plan shall remain in full force and effect until distribution of
the amounts deferred thereunder unless changed or cancelled in
accordance with Section 3.3 of this Plan.
ARTICLE 3.
DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/COMPANY
CONTRIBUTIONS/CREDITING/TAXES
3.1 Election to Defer; Effect of
Election Form . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may
determine, Participants may elect to defer Base Annual Salary,
Annual Bonus, Directors Fees and Restricted Stock Amounts by timely
completing and delivering to the Administrator an Election Form.
Subject to the terms and conditions herein, after a Plan Year
commences, such deferral election shall be irrevocable and shall
continue for the entire Plan Year and subsequent years until its
termination upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment,
complete distribution of benefits or amendment pursuant to
Section 3.2 or Section 3.3.
(a) Base Annual Salary, Annual
Bonus and/or Directors Fees . Subject to any terms and
conditions imposed by the Administrator, Participants may elect to
defer, under the Plan, Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or
Directors Fees. For these elections to be valid with respect to
deferrals of Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Directors
Fees, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the
Participant, timely delivered to the Administrator no later than
December 31 of the year immediately preceding the Plan Year
for which the Base Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Director Fees
are earned or such earlier date determined and set by the
Administrator in its sole discretion, and accepted by the
Administrator. If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a
Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan
Year.
(b) Restricted Stock . Subject
to any terms and condit
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