RENASANT BANK
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED INCOME
PLAN
RENASANT BANK
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED INCOME
PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1 - Definitions
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Article 2 - Participation
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Designation of Participants
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Conditions of Participation
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Commencement of Participation
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Loss of Eligible Employee Status
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Article 3 - Contributions
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Deferral Elections - General
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Time of Election
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Distribution Elections
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Additional Requirements
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Employer Discretionary Contributions
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Crediting of Contributions
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Article 4 - Vesting
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Article 5 - Accounts
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Accounts
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Investments, Gains and Losses
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Article 6 - Distributions
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Distribution Election
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Distributions From an In-Service
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Distributions Upon Retirement
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Installment Payments
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Distributions Due to Other Separation from
Service
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Distributions upon Disability
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Distributions upon Death Prior to
Retirement
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Distributions upon Death On or After Separation
from Service
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Changes to Distribution Elections
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Small Benefits
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Delay in Payment
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Article 7 - Beneficiaries
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Beneficiaries
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Lost Beneficiary
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Article 8 - Funding
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Article 9 - Claims Administration
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Construction
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Denial
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Claims Procedure
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Right of Appeal
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Review of Appeal
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Article 10 - General Provisions
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Administrator
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No Assignment
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No Employment Rights
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Incompetence
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Identity
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Other Benefits
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Right of Setoff
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Expenses
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Insolvency
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Termination
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Separation from Service after Change in
Control
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Amendment or Modification
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Construction
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Governing Law
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Severability
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Headings
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Terms
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409A Compliance
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Payments Upon Income Inclusion Under
409A
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Special Election
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Transitional Provisions
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ii
RENASANT BANK
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED INCOME
PLAN
Renasant Bank, a financial
institution with its principal place of business in Tupelo
Mississippi (the “Bank”), its parent, Renasant
Corporation (the “Company”) , and other affiliates and
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Employer”), hereby
consolidate, amend and restate, in their entirety, the Renasant
Bank Executive Deferred Compensation Plan – A, the Renasant
Bank Executive Deferred Compensation Plan – B, and the
Renasant Bank Executive Deferred Compensation Plan – BRP
(collectively, the “Prior Plans”). This consolidation,
amendment and restatement are made pursuant to Article 9.1 of the
Prior Plans. This amended and restated Plan is an unfunded
arrangement and is intended to comply with Internal Revenue Code
Section 409A.
This Plan amendment and restatement
is effective January 1, 2007, or such earlier date or dates as
may be provided herein, and shall represent the restatement and
continuation of the Prior Plans. This Plan amendment and
restatement is intended to comply with Code Section 409A and
the regulations and other guidance promulgated
thereunder.
Article 1 -
Definitions
1.1 Account.
The bookkeeping account established
for each Participant as provided in Section 5.1
hereof.
1.2 Administrator.
The appropriate officers of the
Bank, who shall act as the Administrator with respect to the
Eligible Employees of each Employer designated
hereunder.
1.3 Affiliate.
Any corporation or other entity, 50%
of the equity securities of which are owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company.
1.4 Bank.
Renasant Bank or any successor
thereto.
1.5 Bonus.
The amount payable under a separate
bonus or annual incentive plan maintained by the
Employer.
1.6 Change in
Control.
The term “Change in
Control” shall mean and be deemed to occur upon a Change
in Ownership, a Change in Effective Control or a Change in the
Ownership of Assets. For this purpose:
(a) A “Change in
Ownership” means that a person or group acquires, directly or
indirectly in accordance with Code Section 318, more than 50%
of the aggregate fair market value or voting power of the capital
stock of the Company, including for this purpose capital stock
previously acquired by such person or group; provided, however,
that a Change in Ownership shall not be deemed to occur hereunder
if, at the time of any such acquisition, such person or group owns
more than 50% of the aggregate fair market value or voting power of
the Company’s capital stock.
(b) A “Change in Effective
Control” means that (i) a person or group acquires (or
has acquired during the immediately preceding twelve (12)-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
person or group), directly or indirectly in accordance with Code
Section 318, ownership of the capital stock of the Company
possessing 35% or more of the total voting power of the Company, or
(ii) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Company is replaced during any twelve (12)-month period,
whether by appointment or election, without endorsement by a
majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of such
appointment or election.
(c) A “Change in the Ownership
of Assets” means that any person or group acquires (or has
acquired during the immediately preceding twelve (12)-month period
ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) assets of the
Company with an aggregate gross fair market value of not less than
40% of the aggregate gross fair market value of the assets of the
Company immediately prior to such acquisition. For this purpose,
gross fair market value shall mean the fair value of the affected
assets determined without regard to any liabilities associated with
such assets.
The Board of Directors of the
Company shall certify that a Change in Control has occurred
hereunder in a manner consistent with the provisions of Code
Section 409A.
1.7 Code.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, including any rule, regulation or other applicable
guidance promulgated thereunder.
1.8 Committee.
The Compensation Committee of the
Company’s Board of Directors.
1.9 Compensation.
The Participant’s earned
income, including Salary, Bonus, and other remuneration from the
Employer.
1.10 Company.
Renasant Corporation or any
successor thereto.
1.11 Deferrals.
The portion of Compensation that a
Participant elects to defer in accordance with Article 3
hereof.
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1.12 Deferral Election.
The separate agreement, submitted to
the Administrator, by which an Eligible Employee agrees to
participate in the Plan and make Deferrals thereto.
1.13 Disability.
A Participant shall be considered
disabled if:
(a) The Participant is unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months,
or
(b) The Participant is, by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can
be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months,
receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than
three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Participant’s Employer.
1.14 Effective
Date.
January 1, 2007, except as may
be earlier provided herein.
1.15 Eligible
Employee.
An Employee shall be considered an
Eligible Employee if such Employee is designated as an Eligible
Employee in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof. The
designation of an Employee as an Eligible Employee in any year
shall not confer upon such Employee any right to be designated as
an Eligible Employee in any future Plan Year.
1.16 Employee.
Any person employed by the Employer
as a common law employee.
1.17 Employer.
With respect to any Participant
hereunder, the Company, Renasant Bank or an Affiliate thereof who
acts as the common law employer of such Participant.
1.18 Employer Discretionary
Contribution.
A discretionary contribution made by
the Employer that is credited to one or more Participant’s
Accounts in accordance with the terms of Section 3.5
hereof.
1.19 ERISA.
The Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.20 Investment
Fund.
Each notional investment(s), which
serves as a means to measure value, increases or decreases with
respect to a Participant’s Accounts.
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1.21 Participant.
An Eligible Employee who is
designated as a Participant as provided in Article 2 and satisfies
the conditions set forth therein.
1.22 Payment Date.
May 15th or November 15th
or the first business day thereafter.
1.23 Plan Years.
January 1st through
December 31st.
1.24 Retirement or
Retire.
Retirement or Retire means that a
Separation from Service has occurred either (a) on or after a
Participant has reached age sixty-five (65), or (b) on or
after a Participant has attained a combined Years of Service and
age equal to or greater than seventy (70).
1.25 Salary.
An Eligible Employee’s base
salary rate or rates in effect at any time during a Plan Year,
including any pretax elective deferrals from said Salary to any
Employer sponsored plan that includes amounts deferred under a
Deferral Election or any elective deferral as defined in Code
Section 402(g)(3) or any amount contributed or deferred at the
election of the Eligible Employee in accordance with Code
Section 125 or 132(f)(4) or any amount deferred under the
Employer’s Deferred Stock Unit Plan.
1.26 Separation from
Service.
A separation from service with the
Employer or a service recipient within the meaning of Code
Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i).
1.27 Years of
Service.
A Participant’s “Years
of Service” shall be measured by employment during a twelve
(12)-month period commencing with the Participant’s date of
hire and anniversaries thereof.
Article 2 -
Participation
2.1 Designation of
Participants.
The Committee shall designate those
executive officers of the Company and the Bank who are eligible for
participation hereunder; any such designation may be given in the
form of a standing designation. Other Eligible Employees may be
designated by the Committee or its designee; any such designation
may be made individually or in groups or categories, including by
title or pay grade.
2.2 Conditions of
Participation.
As a condition of participation
hereunder, each Eligible Employee shall consent to the issuance of
one or more policies of insurance on his or her life, in such form,
in such face amount, and at such times as the Employer or the
Administrator may request, and shall consent
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to such physical examinations or other
requirements to be insured as may be imposed by any insurer
designed by the Employer. If an Eligible Employee does not timely
provide such consent, he or she shall not participate hereunder or
his or her participation shall cease. Any Account maintained for
such Participant shall be held subject to the provisions of
Section 2.4 hereof.
2.3 Commencement of
Participation.
Each Eligible Employee shall become
a Participant hereunder at the earlier of the date on which his or
her Deferral Election first becomes effective, the date on which an
Employer Discretionary Contribution is first credited to his or her
Account, or as of January 1, 2005, if he or she was a
participant in the Prior Plans.
2.4 Loss of Eligible Employee
Status.
A Participant who is no longer an
Eligible Employee shall not be permitted to submit a Deferral
Election and all Deferrals for such Participant shall cease as of
the end of the Plan Year in which such Participant is determined to
no longer be an Eligible Employee. Amounts credited to the Account
of such a Participant shall continue to be held, pursuant to the
terms of the Plan and shall be distributed as provided in Article
6.
Article 3 -
Contributions
3.1 Deferral Elections -
General.
A Participant’s Deferral
Election for a Plan Year shall be irrevocable for such year;
provided, however that a cessation of Deferrals hereunder shall be
allowed if required under the Employer’s qualified 401(k)
plan as a condition of hardship withdrawal from such plan. Amounts
deferred hereunder shall not be made available, except as may be
expressly provided herein, and shall reduce a Participant’s
Compensation in accordance with the provisions of his or her
Deferral Election. A Deferral Election hereunder shall comply with
the requirements of this Article 3 and shall designate:
(a) the amount of Compensation to be deferred, (b) the
time of the distribution, and (c) the form of the
distribution.
3.2 Time of
Election.
A Deferral Election shall be void if
it is not made in a timely manner as follows:
(a) A Deferral Election with respect
to any Compensation, whether Bonus or Salary, must be submitted to
the Administrator before the beginning of the calendar year during
which the amount to be deferred will be earned or at such time or
times as may be specified by the Administrator or its designee. As
of December 31st of each calendar year, any such Deferral
Election shall be irrevocable for the immediately succeeding
calendar year.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing
and in the discretion of the Administrator, in a year in which an
Employee is first eligible to participate, and provided that such
Employee is not eligible to participate in any other account
balance arrangement maintained by the Employer that is subject to
Code Section 409A, a Deferral Election may be submitted within
thirty (30) days after the date on which an Employee is first
eligible to participate hereunder, with respect to Compensation to
be earned during the remainder of the calendar year.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if a Bonus is deemed an “incentive bonus” within the
meaning of Code Section 409A, the Administrator may permit a
Deferral Election with respect to such amount not later than six
months prior to the end of the performance period with respect to
which such Bonus relates.
3.3 Distribution
Elections.
At the time a Participant makes a
Deferral Election hereunder, he or she must also elect the time of
the distribution by establishing one or more In-Service Account(s)
or Retirement Account(s) and the method of distribution with
respect to each Account, as more fully provided in Article 5
hereof.
3.4 Additional
Requirements.
The elections permitted under this
Article 3 shall comply with the following additional
requirements:
(a) Deferrals may be made in stated
dollar amounts or percentages, with such additional limitations as
determined by the Administrator.
(b) The Administrator may limit or
add forms of Compensation eligible for deferral
hereunder.
(c) The maximum amount that may be
deferred each Plan Year shall be twenty percent (20%) of the
Participant’s Salary or such other amount as may be
designated, from time to time, by the Administrator or its
designee.
(d) The minimum deferral period for
an In-Service Account shall be three (3) years.
3.5 Employer Discretionary
Contributions.
The Employer reserves the right to
make discretionary contributions to some or all Participants’
Accounts in such amount and in such manner as may be determined by
the Employer. Such Employer Discretionary Contribution shall be
credited to the Retirement sub-account maintained within the
Participant’s Account in accordance with Section 5.1
with the shortest installment period. If no Retirement sub-accounts
are maintained within the Participant’s Account, such
Employer Contribution shall be credited to a lump sum Retirement
sub-account.
3.6 Crediting of
Contributions.
(a) Deferrals shall be credited to a
Participant’s Account as soon as administratively feasible
following each payroll period.
(b) Employer Discretionary
Contributions shall be credited to a Participant’s Account at
such time as the Employer shall determine.
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Article 4 -
Vesting
A Participant shall be one hundred
percent (100%) vested in his or her Accounts maintained
hereunder, whether attributable to Deferrals or Employer
Discretionary Contributions or his or her interest in the Prior
Plans.
Article 5 -
Accounts
5.1 Accounts.
The Administrator shall establish
and maintain a bookkeeping account in the name of each Participant.
The Administrator shall also establish sub-accounts as provided in
subsections (a) and (b), below, as elected by the Participant
pursuant to Article 3. A Participant may have a maximum of ten
(10) sub-accounts at any time.
(a) A Participant may establish one
or more Retirement Account(s) (“Retirement
sub-accounts”) by designating such sub-account on his or her
Deferral Election. Each Participant’s Retirement sub-account
shall be credited with Deferrals, as specified in the
Participant’s Deferral Election, and Employer Discretionary
Contributions and the Participant’s allocable share of any
earnings or losses on the foregoing. Each Participant’s
Retirement sub-account shall be reduced by any distributions
hereunder.
(b) A Participant may elect to
establish one or more In-Service Accounts (“In-Service
sub-accounts”) by designating such sub-account on his or her
Deferral Election, including the year in which payment of such
Account shall be made. Each Participant’s In-Service
sub-account shall be credited with Deferrals (as specified in the
Participant’s Deferral Election), and the Participant’s
allocable share of any earnings or losses on the foregoing. Each
Participant’s In-Service sub-account shall be reduced by any
distributions hereunder.
(c) Except as provided in
Section 10.21 hereof, a Participant’s interest in the
Prior Plans shall be designated as a Retirement sub-account or an
In-Service sub-account, as the case may be, not later than
December 31, 2007, or as may be earlier required by the
Administrator.
(d) The Administrator may elect to
establish one or more sub-accounts to the extent necessary or
appropriate hereunder and may provide that any such sub-account
shall be aggregated with a Participant’s Retirement
sub-account or In-Service sub-account for purposes of distribution
or other administration hereunder.
5.2 Investments, Gains and
Losses.
(a) Except as provided in
Section 10.21 hereof, a Participant shall direct the
investment and reinvestment of his or her Accounts among one or
more Investment Funds as selected by the Administrator or its
designee in multiples of 1%. The Administrator or its designee may,
from time to time, change the Investment Funds for purposes of this
Plan.
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(b) The Administrator or its
designee shall adjust the amounts credited to each
Participant’s Account to reflect Deferrals, Employer
Discretionary Contributions, investment experience, distributions
and any other appropriate adjustments. Such adjustments shall be
made as frequently as is administratively feasible.
(c) A Participant may change his or
her selection of Investment Funds no more than twelve
(12) times each Plan Year with respect to his or her Account
or sub-accounts by filing a new election in accordance with
procedures established by the Administrator. An election shall be
effective as soon as administratively feasible following the date
of the change as indicated by the Participant in a form prescribed
by the Administrator. In addition to the foregoing, the Employer,
the Administrator or their designee may impose further limitations
on transfers from one Investment Fund to another, may restrict
Participants who may direct the investment of their Accounts in one
or more Investment Funds hereunder, and may impose such additional
procedures or restrictions as may be necessary or
appropriate.
(d) Notwithstanding the
Participant’s ability to designate the Investment Funds in
which his or her Accounts shall be deemed invested, the Employer
shall have no obligation to invest any funds in accordance with a
Participant’s election or to acquire any interest in an
Investment Fund. Participants’ Accounts shall merely be
bookkeeping entries, and no Participant shall obtain any property
right or interest in any Investment Fund. Investment experience
hereunder shall be notional only, and shall be measured for the
sole purpose of making the adjustments contemplated under
subparagraph (b) hereof.
Article 6 -
Distributions
6.1 Distribution
Election.
Each Participant shall designate on
his or her Deferral Election (a) the form of payment
applicable to such Deferral, and (b) the time of his or her
payments by indicating the type of sub-account applicable to such
deferral.
6.2 Distributions From an
In-Service Account.
In-Service sub-account distributions
shall be made or commence on the earlier of:
(a) May 15th of the calendar
year designated by a Participant on a properly submitted Deferral
Election or the first business day thereafter, provided such
Participant is employed as of such date; or
(b) The Payment Date that coincides
with or immediately follows the first day of the seventh month
following a Participant’s Retirement.
If payment commences in the calendar
year designated by the Participant, payment shall be in the form of
a lump-sum. If payment commences on or after Retirement, affected
sub-accounts shall be distributed in the form of installments based
upon the Participant’s Retirement sub-account with the
shortest installment period. If no Retirement sub-accounts are
maintained, the affected sub-account shall be distributed in the
form of a lump sum.
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6.3 Distributions Upon
Retirement.
If the Participant has a Separation
from Service on or after Retirement, the Participant’s
Retirement sub-account(s) shall be distributed or distribution
shall commence on the Payment Date that coinc