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Title: H.B. FULLER COMPANY DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Governing Law: Minnesota     Date: 1/28/2009
Industry: Chemical Manufacturing     Sector: Basic Materials

H.B. FULLER COMPANY DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN, Parties: fuller h b co
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Exhibit 10.22

H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(2008 Amendment and Restatement)




H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(2008 Amendment and Restatement)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

                 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

  

Page

SECTION 1.

  

INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

  

1

 

  

1.1.

 

Introduction

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.1.1.

  

Rules That Apply To Pre-2005 Credits

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.1.2.

  

Rules That Apply To 2005, 2006 and 2007 Credits

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.1.3.

  

Rules That Apply to Post-2007 Credits

  

 
 

  

1.2.

 

Definitions

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.1.

  

Account or Accounts

  

 
 

  

 

 

 

  

(a)    Deferred Compensation Account

  

 
 

  

 

 

 

  

(b)    Company Stock Account

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.2.

  

Affiliate

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.3.

  

Beneficiary

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.4.

  

Board of Directors

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.5.

  

Change in Control

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.6.

  

Code

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.7.

  

Committee

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.8.

  

Common Stock

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.9.

  

Company

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.10.

  

Director

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.11.

  

Disability

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.12.

  

Distribution Event

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.13.

  

Effective Date

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.14.

  

ERISA

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.15.

  

Measuring Options

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.16.

  

Meeting Fees

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.17.

  

Participant

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.18.

  

Plan

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.19.

  

Plan Statement

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.20.

  

Retainer Fees

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.21.

  

Separation from Service

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.22.

  

Unforeseeable Emergency

  

 
 

  

 

 

1.2.23.

  

Valuation Date

  

 

SECTION 2.

  

PARTICIPATION

  

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SECTION 3.

  

ELECTIONS

  

8

 

  

3.1.

 

Compensation Subject to Elective Deferral

  

 
 

  

3.2.

 

Deferral Elections

  

 
 

  

 

 

3.2.1.

  

Timing and Contents

  

 
 

  

 

 

3.2.2.

  

Matching Credits Attributable to Deferrals

  

 
 

  

 

 

3.2.3.

  

Duration

  

 
 

  

3.3.

 

Discretionary Credits

  

 
 

  

3.4.

 

Irrevocability

  

 
 

  

3.5.

 

Subsequent Changes in Distribution Elections

  

 

SECTION 4.

  

CREDITS TO ACCOUNTS

  

10

 

  

4.1.

 

Deferral Credits

  

 
 

  

4.2.

 

Matching Credits

  

 
 

  

4.3.

 

Discretionary Credits

  

 

SECTION 5.

  

ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS

  

11

 

  

5.1.

 

Establishment of Accounts

  

 
 

  

5.2.

 

Adjustments of Accounts

  

 
 

  

5.3.

 

Investment Adjustments

  

 
 

  

5.4.

 

Cash Dividends

  

 
 

  

5.5.

 

Stock Dividends

  

 
 

  

5.6.

 

Transfer Upon Change in Control

  

 

SECTION 6.

  

VESTING

  

12

SECTION 7.

  

DISTRIBUTIONS

  

13

 

  

7.1.

 

Time of Distribution

  

 
 

  

7.2.

 

Form of Distribution

  

 
 

  

7.3.

 

Installment Amounts

  

 
 

  

7.4.

 

Distributions in Cash or Stock

  

 
 

  

7.5.

 

Special Rules

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.5.1.

  

Unforeseeable Emergency

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.5.2.

  

Lump Sum Distribution to Pay Taxes

  

 
 

  

7.6.

 

Designation of Beneficiaries

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.6.1.

  

Right to Designate

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.6.2.

  

Failure of Designation

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.6.3.

  

Disclaimers by Beneficiaries

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.6.4.

  

Definitions

  

 
 

  

 

 

7.6.5.

  

Special Rules

  

 
 

  

7.7.

 

No Spousal Rights

  

 
 

  

7.8.

 

Death Prior to Full Payment

  

 
 

  

7.9.

 

Facility of Payment

  

 


 

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SECTION 8.

  

FUNDING OF PLAN

  

19

 

  

8.1.

 

Unfunded Obligation

  

 
 

  

8.2.

 

Corporate Obligation

  

 

SECTION 9.

  

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

  

20

 

  

9.1.

 

Amendment of Plan

  

 
 

  

9.2.

 

Termination of Plan

  

 
 

  

9.3.

 

No Oral Amendments

  

 

SECTION 10.

  

DETERMINATIONS — RULES AND REGULATIONS

  

21

 

  

10.1.

 

Determinations

  

 
 

  

10.2.

 

Method of Executing Instruments

  

 
 

  

10.3.

 

Claims Procedure

  

 
 

  

 

 

10.3.1.

  

Initial Claim and Decision

  

 
 

  

 

 

10.3.2.

  

Request for Review and Final Decision

  

 
 

  

10.4.

 

Rules and Regulations

  

 
 

  

 

 

10.4.1.

  

Adoption of Rules

  

 
 

  

 

 

10.4.2.

  

Specific Rules

  

 
 

  

 

 

10.4.3.

  

Limitations and Exhaustion

  

 

SECTION 11.

  

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

  

24

 

  

11.1.

 

Authority

  

 
 

  

 

 

11.1.1.

  

Company

  

 
 

  

 

 

11.1.2.

  

Committee

  

 
 

  

 

 

11.1.3.

  

Board of Directors

  

 
 

  

11.2.

 

Conflict of Interest

  

 
 

  

11.4.

 

Service of Process

  

 

SECTION 12.

  

CONSTRUCTION

  

25

 

  

12.1.

 

IRC Status

  

 
 

  

12.2.

 

Effect on Other Plans

  

 
 

  

12.3.

 

Disqualification

  

 
 

  

12.4.

 

Rules of Document Construction

  

 
 

  

12.5.

 

References to Laws

  

 
 

  

12.6.

 

Choice of Law

  

 
 

  

12.7.

 

Delegation

  

 
 

  

12.8.

 

Effect on Director Status

  

 
 

  

12.9.

 

Tax Withholding

  

 
 

  

12.10.

 

Expenses

  

 
 

  

12.11.

 

Spendthrift Provision

  

 

APPENDIX A — (PRIOR PLAN STATEMENT)

  

A-1



 

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H.B. FULLER COMPANY

DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(2008 Amendment and Restatement)

SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS

1.1. Introduction . Effective January 1, 2003, H.B. Fuller Company ("H.B. Fuller") established a nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan (the "Plan") to assist in attracting non-employee directors and encouraging their long term commitment to the Company’s success by offering them an opportunity to defer compensation and to share in increases in the value of H.B. Fuller. The Plan is currently embodied in a document titled "H.B. Fuller Company 2003 Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan," as amended by a First Amendment adopted on January 24, 2008 (the "Prior Plan Statement").

1.1.1. Rules That Apply To Pre-2005 Credits . Amounts credited under the Plan which relate entirely to services performed before January 1, 2005, shall continue to be governed by the terms of the Prior Plan Statement attached hereto as Appendix A , subject to the following exceptions: (i) effective with respect to any Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2008 (regardless whether the Participant designated a beneficiary before or after January 1, 2008), the rules in Section 7.3 of the Prior Plan Statement related to beneficiaries shall be replaced by the rules in Section 7.6 of the Plan Statement, and (ii) effective for any claims filed on or after January 1, 2008, the claims procedure in Section 10 of the Prior Plan Statement shall be replaced by the claims procedure in Section 10 of the Plan Statement.

1.1.2. Rules That Apply To 2005, 2006, and 2007 Credits . Amounts credited under the Plan which relate all or in part to services performed on or after January 1, 2005, but before January 1, 2008, shall be governed by the terms of the Prior Plan Statement attached hereto as Appendix A, subject to any modifications that comply with the deferred compensation provisions in section 409A of the Code and proposed regulations and other guidance issued prior to final regulations thereunder. Additionally, (i) effective with respect to any Participant who dies on or after January 1, 2008 (regardless whether the Participant designated a beneficiary before or after January 1, 2008), the rules in Section 7.3 of the Prior Plan Statement related to beneficiaries shall be replaced by the rules in Section 7.6 of the Plan Statement, and (ii) effective for any claims filed on or after January 1, 2008, the claims procedure in Section 10 of the Prior Plan Statement shall be replaced by the claims procedure in Section 10 of the Plan Statement.

1.1.3. Rules That Apply to Post-2007 Credits . Amounts credited under the Plan which relate all or in part to services performed on or after January 1, 2008, will be governed by the terms of this Plan Statement, the terms of which are intended to comply with the deferred compensation provisions in section 409A of the Code and final regulations thereunder.




1.2. Definitions . When the following terms are used herein with initial capital letters, they shall have the following meanings:

1.2.1. Account or Accounts — the separate bookkeeping account or accounts representing the separate unfunded and unsecured general obligation of the Company established with respect to each person who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with Section 2 and to which is credited the amounts specified Sections 4 and 5 and from which are subtracted payments made pursuant to Section 7. The following Accounts (and such subaccounts as the Company may determine necessary or useful to the administration of this Plan) will be maintained under this Plan for Participants:

 

 

(a)

Deferred Compensation Account — the Account maintained for each Participant to which is credited deferral amounts under Section 4.1 in accordance with the Participant’s allocation election. The value of the Deferred Compensation Account shall be measured by the Measuring Option(s) elected by the Participant from time to time as permitted by the Company. Credits in the Deferred Compensation Account cannot later be transferred to the Company Stock Account. Distributions from the Deferred Compensation Account shall be made in the form of cash.

 

 

(b)

Company Stock Account — the Account maintained for each Participant to which is credited, (i) deferral amounts pursuant to Section 4.1 in accordance with the Participant’s allocation election, (ii) matching amounts pursuant to Section 4.2, and (iii) any discretionary amounts pursuant to Section 4.3. The value of the Company Stock Account is measured by the value of H.B. Fuller Common Stock. Except as provided in Section 5.6 following a Change in Control, credits in the Company Stock Account cannot later be transferred to the Deferred Compensation Account. Distributions from Company Stock Account shall be made in the form of H.B. Fuller Common Stock.

1.2.2. Affiliate — a business entity that is treated as a single employer with H.B. Fuller Company under the rules of section 414(b) and (c) of the Code, including the eighty percent (80%) standard therein.

1.2.3. Beneficiary — a person designated by a Participant (or automatically by operation of Section 7.6) to receive all or a part of the Participant’s Account in the event of the Participant’s death prior to full distribution thereof. A person so designated shall not be considered a Beneficiary until the death of the Participant.

1.2.4. Board of Directors — the Board of Directors of H.B. Fuller Company.

1.2.5. Change in Control — any of the following events:

 

 

(a)

a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in accordance with Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act"), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement;

 

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(b)

a public announcement (which for purposes hereof, shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) that any individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other entity becomes a beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities or the Company representing 30% or more of the Voting Power of the Company then outstanding (15% prior to January 23, 2008);

 

 

(c)

the individuals who, as of January 1, 2005, are members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board (provided, however, that if the election or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders of any new director was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Board, such a new director shall be considered to be a member of the Incumbent Board);

 

 

(d)

the approval of the shareholders of the Company of (i) any consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange of the Company with any person in which the surviving entity would not have as its directors at least 60% of the Incumbent Board and as a result of which those persons who were shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction would not hold, immediately after such transaction, at least 60% of the Voting Power of the Company then outstanding or the combined voting power of the surviving entity’s then outstanding voting securities; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or series of related transactions substantially all of the assets of the Company; or (iii) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the complete or partial liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

 

(e)

a determination by a majority of the members of the Incumbent Board, in their sole and absolute discretion, that there has been a Change in Control of the Company.

1.2.6. Code — the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (including, when the context requires, all regulations, interpretations and rulings issued thereunder).

1.2.7. Committee — the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of H.B. Fuller (or any successor committee) or such other person or persons whom the Committee authorizes to act on its behalf to administer the Plan.

 

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1.2.8. Common Stock — common stock par value $1.00 per share, of H.B. Fuller Company as such stock may be reclassified, converted or exchanged by reorganization, merger of otherwise.

1.2.9. Company — H.B. Fuller Company and any successor thereto.

1.2.10. Director — member of the Board of Directors.

1.2.11. Disability — a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which (i) is expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months, (ii) renders the Participant incapable of any substantial gainful activity, and (iii) is evidenced by a certification to this effect by a doctor of medicine approved by the Company. A Participant who provides proof of a determination of disability by the Social Security Administration will be deemed disabled under this Plan. Disability shall be construed to be consistent with the meaning of that term in section 409A of the Code and regulations and guidance thereunder.

1.2.12. Distribution Event — any of the occurrences described in Section 7.1 by reason of which a Participant or Beneficiary may become entitled to a distribution from this Plan.

1.2.13. Effective Date — January 1, 2008.

1.2.14. ERISA — the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (including, when the context requires, all regulations, interpretations and rulings issued thereunder).

1.2.15. Measuring Options — the investment options determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Committee which may be elected by the Participant to measure the value of the Participant’s credits in the Deferred Compensation Account.

1.2.16. Meeting Fees — amounts paid to a Director for attendance at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof excluding any per diem amounts paid for such attendance.

1.2.17. Participant — a Director who becomes a Participant in this Plan in accordance with Section 2. A Director who has become a Participant shall be considered to continue as a Participant in this Plan until the date of the Participant’s death or, if earlier, the date on which the Participant is no longer a Director and no longer has any Account under this Plan (that is, the Participant has received a distribution of all of the Participant’s Account).

1.2.18. Plan — the nonqualified, deferred compensation program maintained by H.B. Fuller for the benefit of members of the Board of Directors, as set forth in the Plan Statement. (As used herein, "Plan" does not refer to the documents pursuant to which this Plan is maintained. That document is referred to herein as the "Plan Statement"). The Plan shall be referred to as the H.B. Fuller Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

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1.2.19. Plan Statement — this document entitled "H.B. Fuller Company Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (2008 Amendment and Restatement)" as adopted by the Board of Directors of H.B. Fuller, as the same may be amended from time to time thereafter.

1.2.20. Retainer Fees — amounts paid on the last business day of the Company’s fiscal quarter to a Director, excluding any Meeting Fees and per diem amounts, for service on the Board of Directors (including any committee thereof) performed during such fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the terminology used for such fees, Retainer Fees are paid after services are performed.

1.2.21. Separation from Service — a severance of a Participant’s relationship as Director with the Company and all Affiliates for any reason other than the Director’s death.

 

 

(a)

A transfer from the Board of Directors to the board of directors of an Affiliate, or vice versa, shall not constitute a Separation from Service. A resignation as a Director if the Participant continues to provide services as an employee or independent contractor shall not constitute a Separation from Service.

 

 

(b)

Whether a Separation from Service has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Company and Director reasonably anticipated that no further services would be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Director would perform after such date (whether as a Director, employee, or independent contractor) would permanently decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as a Director, employee, or independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six (36) month period (or the full period of services to the Company if the Director has been providing services to the Company for less than thirty-six (36) months).

 

 

(c)

Separation from Service shall not be deemed to occur while the Director is on military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if the period does not exceed six (6) months or, if longer, so long as the Director retains a right to return to services with the Company or an Affiliate under an applicable statute or by contract. For this purpose, a leave is bona fide only if, and so long as, there is a reasonable expectation that the Director will return to perform services for the Company or an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a 29-month period of absence will be substituted for such 6-month period if the leave is due to 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 no less than 6 months and that causes the Director to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position as Director.

 

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1.2.22. Unforeseeable Emergency — a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant. Unforeseeable Emergency shall be construed to be consistent with the meaning of that term in section 409A of the Code and regulations and guidance thereunder.

1.2.23. Valuation Date — the last business day of each month, and such other dates as may be established by the Committee from time to time.

 

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SECTION 2

PARTICIPATION

Each non-employee Director shall become a Participant in the Plan upon such individual’s appointment as Director. A Participant may defer compensation only as permitted under the timing rules in Section 3.

 

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SECTION 3

ELECTIONS

3.1. Compensation Subject to Elective Deferral . A Participant may elect to defer all or a portion of the following compensation:

 

 

(a)

Meeting Fees; and

 

 

(b)

Retainer Fees.

A Participant election shall be automatically reduced to the extent necessary to allow for full payment of any federal, state and/or local income taxes.

3.2. Deferral Elections .

3.2.1. Timing . A Participant’s deferral election shall be made at the time and in the form and manner prescribed by the Company. A Participant’s deferral election shall apply only to Meetings Fees and Retainer Fees (or portions thereof) for services performed during the calendar year beginning after the election is filed.

3.2.2. Content . Deferral elections shall specify:

 

 

(a)

the amount of the Participant’s Meeting Fees and Retainer Fees to be deferred,

 

 

(b)

the portions of such deferrals to be allocated to the Deferred Compensation Account and to the Company Stock Account,

 

 

(c)

the Measuring Option(s) to be used to measure increase (or decreases) in the value of such deferrals allocated to Deferred Compensation Account,

 

 

(d)

the form of distribution for such deferrals, and

 

 

(e)

a specified date of distribution, if any under Section 7.1(a)(ii) for such deferrals.

3.2.3. Matching Credits Attributable to Deferrals . A Participant’s election of form of distribution with respect to deferrals for a calendar year shall also apply to matching credits under Section 4.2 attributable to such deferrals.

3.2.4. Duration . A Participant’s deferral election shall expire on the last day of the calendar year to which it relates and new elections must be made with respect to subsequent calendar years.

 

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3.3. Discretionary Credits . The Participant’s election of form of distribution and specified date of distribution, if any, with respect to Meetings Fees and Retainer Fees during the calendar year shall also apply to distribution of any discretionary credits made during such calendar year. If the Participant has not elected to defer Meeting Fees or Retainer Fees during the calendar year in which discretionary credits are made, the Participant shall be deemed to have elected to receive distribution in the form of a lump sum and not to have elected a specified date for distribution under Section 7.1(a)(ii).

3.4. Irrevocability . A deferral election that is accepted by the Committee shall be irrevocable for the calendar year to which it applies; provided, however, that in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency or disability, a Participant’s deferral elections shall be cancelled and further deferrals shall not be made during that calendar year. For purposes of this Section 3.4, disability shall mean any medically determinable physical or mental impairment resulting in the Participant’s inability to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position, which can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six (6) months. Cancellation in the event of disability shall occur as soon as administratively feasible after disability is determined but must occur by the fifteenth (15 th ) day of the third month following the date the disability occurs or, if later, by December 31 following the date the disability occurs.

3.5. Subsequent Changes in Distribution Elections . A Participant shall be permitted to change a prior election of the form of distribution or the specified date of distribution if such election change is made in the form and manner prescribed by the Company and only if the following conditions are satisfied:

 

 

(a)

the election change shall not take effect until the date that is twelve (12) months after the date on which the Participant submits the election change;

 

 

(b)

if the Participant changes the form of distribution, any distribution that occurs on account of Distribution Event in Section 7.1(a)(i) or (ii) ( i.e ., Separation from Service or specified date), distribution sh


 
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