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Exhibit 10.5
COMMERCIAL FEDERAL
BANK
MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE
PLAN
AMENDED
1. Purpose
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(a)
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The purpose of
this Management Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) is to
advance the interests of Commercial Federal Corporation and its
subsidiaries (the Bank) by strengthening the ability of the Bank to
attract and retain valued key executive employees and managers upon
whose judgment, initiative, and efforts the successful conduct and
development of the Bank and their subsidiaries depend.
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2. Administration
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(a)
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The Plan shall
be administered by the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of
the Board of Directors (“the Committee”) under the
delegated authorities to that Committee from the Board of
Directors. The Committee shall expressly administer the Plan with
regard to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer.
and the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. Administration of the
Plan as it relates to all other employees shall be administered by
a committee composed of the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Operating Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer
(“the Plan Administrators”).
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(b)
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For any fiscal
year, the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, the
Bank’s net income after taxes and/or the Annual Performance
Goal achievement for purposes of this Plan without regard to any
extraordinary charges which may affect significantly the
calculation of net income after taxes under generally accepted
accounting principles.
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(c)
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The Plan is a
one-year annual incentive plan. Participation by employees and the
amount of bonuses received will vary from year to year. The Plan
may be amended or altered from time to time until suspended or
terminated by the Board of Directors.
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3. Award
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(a)
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The maximum
amount available for payment and award of incentive compensation
under the Plan in any fiscal year of the Bank shall not exceed 6%
of the net income of the Bank after the payment of taxes if the
Bank achieves 100% of the corporate plan objectives (Annual
Performance Goal) established by the Board of Directors for the
fiscal year.
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(b)
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In the event
the Bank achieves less than 100% of the Annual Performance Goal but
achieves at least 85% of the Annual Performance Goal for the fiscal
year, 3% of net income of the Bank after the payment of taxes shall
be available for the payment and award of incentive compensation
under this Plan. If the Bank’s performance exceeds 85% of the
Annual Performance Goal but is less than 100% the amount available
for the payment and award of incentive compensation shall increase
by 2 tenths of one percent for each whole percentage point by which
the Bank achieves more than 85% of the Annual Performance Goal up
to the limit of 6% of net income after the payment of taxes for the
fiscal year.
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(c)
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If the Bank
achieves less than 85% of the Annual Performance Goal, no amount
shall be available for the payment and award of incentive
compensation for that fiscal year under this Plan.
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(d)
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The amount
available for incentive compensation shall be allocated to groups
of participants. Tier I participants (as defined in paragraph 4(b))
shall be allocated in an amount not to exceed 75% of the total
incentive amount as determined under the preceding paragraphs. Tier
II participants (as defined in paragraph 4(d)) shall be allocated
in an amount not to exceed 25% of the amount determined for the
Annual Incentive Award under the preceding paragraphs plus any
amount of Tier I award compensation not allocated under the Plan
for the fiscal year.
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4. Participants and Eligibility
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(a)
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Participants in
the Plan shall be classified in two groups, Tier I and Tier
II.
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(b)
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Tier I
participants shall include the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, all Executive Vice
Presidents, all Senior Vice Presidents, and First Vice Presidents
as designated by the Plan Administrators.
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(c)
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Tier II
participants shall include key managers as designated by the Plan
Administrators.
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(d)
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To be eligible
to receive an incentive compensation award in any given fiscal
year, the participant must be employed before July 1 of that fiscal
year. Further if the participant is employed after January 1, the
annual incentive award for which the participant is eligible shall
be pro-rated based on the number of days of employment during the
year.
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(e)
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In order to be
eligible to earn and receive an annual incentive award under this
Plan, the Participant must be employed on the day awards are paid
and the participants’ performance must be determined to be
satisfactory or better as determined by the participants
Performance Management Process goals for the fiscal year and the
Chief Executive Officers (or their designees) discretionary
evaluation of performance issues.
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5. Incentive Opportunity and
Payment
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(a)
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The maximum
incentive opportunity under this Plan for the Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and the Chief Financial Officer
shall be determined by the Committee in consideration of the
Bank’s performance objectives and marketplace practices for
like positions in the financial service industry, and in no event
shall the maximum opportunity (expressed as a percentage of the
individual participant’s base salary) exceed the parameters
defined below.
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Performance
Level
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% of Annual Performance
Goal Achievement
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Incentive Opportunity as a
% of Base Salary
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Threshold
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85%
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50%
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Corporate Goal
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100%
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100%
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Outstanding
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120%
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150%
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(b)
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The maximum
incentive opportunity for senior office
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