Exhibit 10.9
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP,
INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
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ARTICLE 2
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Selection, Enrollment,
Eligibility
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2.1
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Selection by
Administrator
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2.2
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Enrollment and Eligibility
Requirements; Commencement of Participation
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ARTICLE 3
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Account Credits
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3.1
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Elective Deferrals; Minimum
Requirements
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3.2
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Elective Deferrals; Maximum
Requirements
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3.3
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Election to Defer; Effect of
Election Form
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3.4
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Withholding and Crediting of
Elective Deferrals
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3.5
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Company Credits
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3.6
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Vesting
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3.7
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Hypothetical Investment
Returns
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3.8
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FICA and Other
Taxes
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ARTICLE 4
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Scheduled Distribution of
Deferral Account; Unforseeable Financial Emergencies
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4.1
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Scheduled Distribution of
Deferral Account
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4.2
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Postponing Scheduled
Distributions
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4.3
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Other Benefits Take Precedence
Over Scheduled Distributions
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4.4
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Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for
Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
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ARTICLE 5
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Change in Control
Benefit
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ARTICLE 6
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Retirement Benefit
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ARTICLE 7
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Separation from
Service
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ARTICLE 8
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Disability Benefit
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ARTICLE 9
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Death Benefit
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ARTICLE 10
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Beneficiary
Designation
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10.1
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Beneficiary
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10.2
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Beneficiary Designation;
Change
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10.3
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Acknowledgement
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10.4
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No Beneficiary
Designation
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10.5
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Doubt as to
Beneficiary
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10.6
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Discharge of
Obligations
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ARTICLE 11
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Amendment and
Termination
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11.1
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Termination of
Plan
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11.2
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Amendment
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11.3
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Plan Agreement
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ARTICLE 12
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Administration
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12.1
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In General
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12.2
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Agents
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12.3
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Binding Effect of
Decisions
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12.4
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Indemnity of
Administrator
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12.5
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Employer
Information
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ARTICLE 13
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Other Benefits and
Agreements
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ARTICLE 14
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Claims Procedures
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ARTICLE 15
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Trust
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15.1
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Establishment of the
Trust
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15.2
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Interrelationship of the Plan and
the Trust
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15.3
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Distributions From the
Trust
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ARTICLE 16
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Miscellaneous
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16.1
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Status of Participants and
Beneficiaries as General Creditors
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16.2
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Non-assignability
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16.3
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Not a Contract of
Employment
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16.4
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Captions
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16.5
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Governing Law
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16.6
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Notice
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16.7
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Furnishing
Information
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16.8
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Terms
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16.9
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Captions
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16.10
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Successors
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16.11
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Validity
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16.12
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Incompetents
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16.13
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Distribution in the Event of
Income Inclusion Under 409A
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16.14
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Deduction Limitation on Benefit
Payments
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16.15
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Compliance With Section 409A
Generally
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16.16
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Insurance
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ii
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP,
INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLAN
EFFECTIVE JULY 1,
2006
Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to
provide specified benefits to Directors and a select group of
Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth,
development and business success of Affiliated Managers
Group, Inc.
The Plan is intended to constitute
an unfunded “top hat” plan described in
Section 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of Subtitle
B of Title I of ERISA and shall be operated and construed
accordingly. The Plan is also intended to provide for the effective
deferral of income for tax purposes in accordance with its terms,
consistent, among other things, with the requirements of Code
Section 409A, and shall be operated and construed
accordingly. Without limiting the generality of the
Company’s authority under Article 11, the Company may at
any time and from time to time amend or modify the Plan, including
retroactively, to comply with the terms of Code Section 409A
or other applicable law.
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Plan,
unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following
phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:
1.1
“Account” shall mean,
with respect to a Participant, an entry on the records of the
Employer equal to the sum of the Participant’s accounts and
sub-accounts maintained by the Administrator under the Plan. The
Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized
solely to measure and determine the amounts to be paid to a
Participant, or his or her designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this
Plan.
1.2
“Account Balance” shall
mean the balance of the Account (or, when the term is used with
respect to any constituent account or sub-account, the balance of
such account or sub-account).
1.3
“Administrator” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 12.
1.4
“Annual Installment
Method” shall mean an annual installment payment of the
Participant’s vested benefit over the number of years
selected by the Participant in accordance with the Plan, commencing
on the Participant’s Benefit Distribution Date and thereafter
payable on the anniversary of the Benefit Distribution Date.
For any year, the payment will be the balance to the credit of the
Participant’s Account divided by the number of remaining
payments.
1.5
“Base Salary” shall mean
the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during
any calendar year, excluding distributions from nonqualified
deferred compensation plans, bonuses, overtime, fringe benefits,
stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments,
non-monetary awards, director fees and other fees, and automobile
and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services
rendered (whether or not includible in the Employee’s gross
income). Base Salary shall be calculated before deferrals
under qualified or nonqualified plans, as determined by the
Administrator.
1.6
“Beneficiary” shall mean
one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated
in accordance with Article 10 to receive Plan benefits, if
any, remaining to be paid upon the death of a
Participant.
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1.7
“Beneficiary Designation
Form” shall mean a form prescribed by or acceptable to the
Administrator for the designation of Beneficiaries.
1.8
“Benefit Distribution
Date” shall mean a date on which a Participant’s vested
Account Balance or applicable portion thereof will be distributed
(if distributable as a lump sum) or commence to be distributed (if
distributed in installments) in accordance with Article 4, 5,
6 or 7, as the case may be.
1.9
“Board” shall mean the
board of directors of the Company.
1.10
“Bonus” shall mean any
compensation, in addition to Base Salary, amounts earned by a
Participant under the Company’s annual bonus or cash
incentive plan(s) and such other amounts as the Administrator
may specify from time to time. For avoidance of doubt, a
Bonus shall include, without limitation, amounts payable under the
Company’s Long-Term Executive Incentive Plan.
1.11
“Change in Control”
shall mean any “change in control event” as defined in
accordance with Section 409A.
1.12
“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time
to time.
1.13
“Company” shall mean
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets or business that assumes the Plan.
1.14
“Company Credit Account”
shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Account that
reflects Company Credits plus or minus notional investment
adjustments with respect thereto, less all related
distributions.
1.15
“Company Credits” shall
mean the amount determined in accordance with
Section 3.5.
1.16
“Death Benefit” shall
mean the benefit set forth in Article 9.
1.17
“Deferral
Account”: the portion of a Participant’s Account
that reflects Elective Deferrals under the Plan plus or minus
notional investment adjustments with respect thereto, less all
related distributions.
1.18
“Director” shall mean
any member of the board of directors of the Company.
1.19
“Director Fees” shall
mean the annual fees earned by a Director as compensation for
serving on the Board (as determined by the
Administrator).
1.20
“Disability” or
“Disabled” shall mean that a Participant is
(i) 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 12 months, or (ii) 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 12 months, receiving
income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months
under an accident or health plan covering employees of the
Participant’s Employer. To the extent permitted by
Section 409A, a Participant shall be deemed Disabled if
determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration, or if the Participant is determined to be totally
and permanently disabled in accordance with the Employer’s
applicable long—term disability insurance program.
1.21
“Disability Benefit”
shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.
1.22
“Election Form” shall
mean the form, which may be in electronic format, prescribed by or
acceptable to the Administrator for the making of permitted
elections (other than Beneficiary designations) under the
Plan.
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1.23
“Elective Deferral”
shall mean a deferral of Base Salary, Bonus and Director Fees made
under the Plan at the election of a Participant.
1.24
“Employee” shall mean an
individual employed by an Employer.
1.25
“Employer(s)” shall mean
the Company and its Affiliates who adopt the Plan with the consent
of the Company.
1.26
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in
effect from time to time.
1.27
“First Plan Year” shall
mean the period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending
December 31, 2006.
1.28
“Measurement Fund” shall
mean the hypothetical investment funds selected by the
administrator in accordance with Section 3.7.
1.29
“Participant” shall mean
any Employee or Director (i) who is selected by the
Administrator to participate in the Plan, (ii) whose executed
Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation
Form are accepted by the Administrator, and (iii) whose
Plan Agreement has not terminated.
1.30
“Plan” shall mean the
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as
from time to time amended and in effect.
1.31
“Plan Agreement” shall
mean a written agreement, in form prescribed by or acceptable to
the Administrator, that evidences a Participant’s agreement
to the terms of the Plan and establishes the terms of Plan
participation for such Participant. Except as the
Administrator may otherwise determine, the most recent Plan
Agreement with respect to a Participant shall supersede all prior
Plan Agreements with respect to such Participant. Plan
Agreements may vary among Participants and may provide additional
benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise
provided under the Plan. A binding agreement between a Participant
and the Company (for example, but without limitation, an employment
or severance agreement) that purports to affect the amount,
vesting, timing or any other term of a deferral, credit or benefit
under the Plan, but that is not designated as a “Plan
Agreement,” shall nevertheless, to that extent, constitute a
“Plan Agreement” under the Plan (and, to the extent of
the relevant provision, shall, except as the Administrator
otherwise determines, supersede any prior Plan Agreement governing
such provision), but only if and to the extent that so treating it
would not jeopardize the qualification of the Participant’s
Plan deferral(s) under Section 409A.
1.32
“Plan Year” shall
, except for the First Plan Year , mean the calendar
year.
1.33
“Retirement”,
“Retire(s)” or “Retired” shall mean, with
respect to an Employee, separation from service with all Employers,
other than by reason other than death or Disability, or on or after
the earlier of the attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or
(b) age fifty (50) and ten (10) Years of Service; and
shall mean with respect to a Director who is not an Employee,
separation from service. If a Participant is both an Employee
and a Director, Retirement shall not occur until he or she Retires
as both an Employee and a Director.
1.34
“Retirement Benefit”
shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 6.
1.35
“Scheduled Distribution”
shall mean the distribution set forth in
Section 4.1.
1.36
“Scheduled Distribution
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
1.37
“Section 409A”
shall mean Code Section 409A of the Code.
1.38
“Separation from
Service” shall mean separation from service with all
Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, other than by reason of
death or Disability. Whether a leave of absence or
other
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change in work status constitutes a
separate from service shall be determined by the Administrator in a
manner consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A.
1.39
“Stock” shall mean
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. common stock, $.01 par value,
or any other equity securities designated by the
Administrator.
1.40
“Stock Unit” shall mean
a unit that is equivalent to one share of Stock.
1.41
“Stock Unit Fund” shall
mean the Measurement Fund notionally invested in Stock.
1.42
“Termination Benefit”
shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.
1.43
“Trust” shall mean one
or more trusts established by the Company in accordance with
Article 15.
1.44
“Unforeseeable Financial
Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship of the
Participant or his or her Beneficiary resulting from (i) an
illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s
spouse, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code
Section 152(a)), (ii) a loss of the Participant’s
or Beneficiary’s property due to casualty, or (iii) such
other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising
as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant or the
Participant’s Beneficiary, all as determined in the sole
discretion of the Administrator.
1.45
“Years of Service” shall
mean the total number of full years in which a Participant has been
employed by one or more Employers. For purposes of this
definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period (or 366
day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of
employment, commences on the Employee’s date of hiring and
that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that
hiring date. The Administrator shall make a determination as
to whether any partial year of employment shall be counted as a
Year of Service.
ARTICLE 2
Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility
2.1
Selection by
Administrator .
Eligibility for the Plan shall be limited to those Employees or
Directors who are selected by the Administrator in its sole
discretion.
2.2
Enrollment and Eligibility
Requirements; Commencement of Participation
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(a)
To participate in the Plan, an
Eligible Employee or Director must complete and execute (to the
satisfaction of the Administrator) and return to the Administrator
a Plan Agreement, Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation
Form. Except as herein provided or as otherwise permitted by
the Administrator consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A, any voluntary deferral under the Plan must be
accomplished by the submission of the necessary forms prior to the
first day of the Plan Year in which the relevant services are to be
provided or by such earlier date as the Administrator may
establish.
(b)
An Employee or Director who first
becomes eligible to participate in this Plan after the first day of
a Plan Year and who wishes to participate in elective deferrals for
the remainder of such Plan Year must submit the necessary forms
within thirty (30) days after he or she first becomes eligible to
participate or by such earlier deadline as the Administrator may
establish. A mid-year deferral election accomplish pursuant
to this subsection (b) shall be effective only with respect to
services performed after the election takes effect.
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ARTICLE 3
Account Credits
3.1
Elective Deferrals; Minimum
Requirements .
For any Plan Year, a Participant who wishes to participate in the
Elective Deferrals may do so subject to the following minimum
deferral requirements.
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Deferral
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Minimum Amount
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Base Salary and Bonus
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$
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5,000 aggregate
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Director Fees
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1,000 aggregate
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If the Administrator determines, in
its sole discretion, prior to the beginning of a Plan Year that a
Participant has made an election for less than the stated minimum
amounts, or if no election is timely made, the amount deferred
shall be zero. If a Participant first becomes eligible to
make Elective Deferrals during a Plan Year, the minimum Elective
Deferrals shall be an amount equal to the minimum set forth above,
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
complete months remaining in the Plan Year and the denominator of
which is 12 (except with respect to the First Plan Year, in which
the denominator is 6).
3.2
Elective Deferrals; Maximum
Requirements .
For any Plan Year, a Participant’s Elective Deferrals, if
any, shall be subject to the following percentage maximum
percentage:
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Deferral
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Maximum Percentage
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Base Salary
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80%
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Bonus
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100%
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Director Fees
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100%
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If a Participant first becomes
eligible to make Elective Deferrals during a Plan Year, the
foregoing maximum percentages shall be applied to the future
compensation affected by the Participant’s mid-year
election. For compensation that is earned based upon a
specified performance period, “Future compensation”
shall be deemed for this purpose not to exceed the total amount of
compensation for the performance period, multiplied by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the
service period after the Participant’s deferral election
takes effect, and the denominator of which is the total number of
days in the performance period.
3.3
Election to Defer; Effect of
Election Form .
Insofar as it relates to an Elective Deferral, an Election
Form shall take effect not later than (i) the first day
of the Plan Year next following the effective date of such form, or
(ii) in the case of an Election Form relating to initial
mid-year eligibility, a date specified by the Administrator that is
not late than thirty (30) days following the date of such initial
eligibility. Once it takes effect, the Election
Form shall apply as follows: (A) to Base Salary or
Directors Fees earned with respect to services performed on or
after the effective date, and (B) in the case of
“performance-based compensation” (as determined in
accordance with Section 409A) based on services performed over
a period of at least twelve (12) months, to any such compensation
payable with respect to a performance period ending at least six
(6) months after the effective date. The Administrator
shall prescribe such additional rules and limitations as it
determines to be appropriate so that elective deferrals under the
Plan comply with Section 409A.
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3.4
Withholding and Crediting of
Elective Deferrals . Elective Deferrals shall be credited to
a Participant’s Account on or as soon as practicable after
the relevant payroll date on which the compensation, but for
deferral, would have been paid.
3.5
Company Credits
. The Administrator may provide in a
Plan Agreement, or on a discretionary basis outside of any Plan
Agreement, for additional, non-elective credits (each, a
“Company Credit”) to the Participant’s Account in
accordance with this Section 3.5. Additional credits
pursuant to this Section 3.5 may include, but are not
necessarily limited to, credits intended to make up (in whole or in
part) for matching contributions that could not be made under a
tax-qualified defined contribution plan in which the Participant is
a member; provided , that any such additional credit made
hereunder shall be consistent with the requirements of
Section 401(k)(4)(A) of the Code. Company Credits
shall be credited to the Participant’s Account at such times
and in such amounts as the Administrator determines (consistent
with the Plan Agreement, in the case of Company Credits provided
for under a Plan Agreement). Company Credits, if any, need
not be made with respect to all Participants and may vary as to
amount and other terms from Participant to Participant.
3.6
Vesting
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(a)
A Participant shall at all times be
100% vested in his or her Deferral Account.
(b)
A Participant shall vest in each
Company Credit Account, if any, in accordance with the vesting
schedule forth in his or her Plan Agreement(s).
(c)
Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the relevant Plan Agreement, in the event of a Change
in Control, or upon a Participant’s Retirement, death while
employed by an Employer, or Disability, any amounts that are not
vested in accordance with Se