Officers’ Deferred
Compensation Plan
Hudson
City Bancorp, Inc.
Amended and Restated on
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Section 1.1 Acceleration
Event
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Section 1.2 Administrator
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Section 1.3 Annual Incentive
Compensation means an
annual incentive award payable pursuant to an Annual Incentive
Plan
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Section 1.4 Annual Incentive
Plan means the Executive
Officers’ Annual Incentive Plan of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
or the Annual Incentive Plan for Non-Executive Officers of Hudson
City Bancorp, Inc.
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Section 1.5 Base Salary
means the annual base salary payable
to an Eligible Officer
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Section 1.6 Beneficiary
means the person or persons
designated by a Participant under section 6.3 of the
Plan
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Section 1.10 Change in Control
Event
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Section 1.12 Compensation
means, during any period, the
compensation payable to an Eligible Officer by any Participating
Company that is reportable to the Internal Revenue Service as
compensation for such period on Form W-2. Compensation shall
include Base Salary, Annual Incentive Compensation, Option-Related
Compensation and Equity Compensation. Compensation shall not
include amounts that become payable under this Plan
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Section 1.13 Deferred
Compensation means the
amount of Compensation that a Participant elects to defer pursuant
to the terms of the Plan
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Section 1.15 Effective Date
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Section 1.16 Eligible Officer
means an officer of any of the
Participating Companies who is at the level of senior vice
president or higher
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Section 1.17 Equity
Compensation means, with
respect to any Eligible Officer, that portion of the Eligible
Officer’s Compensation, other than Option-Related
Compensation, that is paid to him in Shares or the amount of which
is based upon the value, or increase in value, of a
Share
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Section 1.18 Fair Market
Value
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Section 1.19 Investment
Benchmark
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Section 1.20 ISO Share
means a Share acquired upon exercise
of an incentive stock option (within the meaning of section 422 of
the Code)
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Section 1.21 Memorandum
Account
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Section 1.22 Memorandum
Subaccount
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Section 1.23 Option-Related
Compensation means, with
respect to an option to purchase Shares that is exercised by paying
the entire exercise price therefore by actual or constructive
delivery of Previously Acquired Shares, a number of Shares equal to
the excess of (a) the total number of Shares as to which the
option is exercised, over (b) the number of Shares actually or
constructively delivered in
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payment of the exercise price and with respect
to a stock appreciation right, the compensation that result from
exercise of the stock appreciation right
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Section 1.25 Participating
Company
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Section 1.26 Performance-Based
Compensation means
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of
section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance
issued thereunder
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Section 1.27 Performance-Based
Compensation Deferral Election Period means, with respect to any Performance-Based
Compensation payable for any Service Period, the portion of the
Service Period prior to the earlier of (a) the date that is
one day less than six (6) months before the end of the Service
Period to which such Performance-Based Compensation relates and
(b) the date that such Performance-Based Compensation becomes
both substantially certain to be paid and readily ascertainable;
provided, however, that the Participant entitled to such
Performance-Based Compensation performs services continuously from
no later than the date on which the performance criteria are
established through the date the initial deferral election is
made
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Section 1.28 Phantom Share
means a unit of value that, on any
relevant date, corresponds to the Fair Market Value of a
Share
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Section 1.30 Previously Acquired
Share
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Section 1.32 Separation from
Service means, with
respect to a Participant, the Participant’s separation from
service within the meaning of section 409A of the Code and the
regulations and other guidance issued thereunder
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Section 1.33 Service Period
means any period of at least one
(1) year in respect of which Performance-Based Compensation is
payable
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Section 1.34 Service
Recipient
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Section 1.35 Unforeseeable
Emergency
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Section 2.1 Election to
Participate
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Section 2.2 Election to Defer Base
Salary
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Section 2.3 Election to Defer Annual
Incentive Compensation
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Section 2.4 Election to Defer Equity
Compensation
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Section 2.5 Election to Defer
Option-Related Compensation
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Section 2.6 Changes in
Participation
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Article III Accounting for Deferred
Amounts
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Section 3.2 Adjustments to Memorandum
Accounts
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Section 3.4 Investment in Phantom
Shares
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Section 4.1 Establishment of
Trust
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Section 4.2 Contributions to Trust;
Investments
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Section 4.3 Unfunded Character of
Plan
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Section 5.1 Authority to Purchase Life
Insurance
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Section 5.2 Cooperation to Effect
Purchases
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Section 5.3 Ownership of
Policies
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Section 5.4 Effect of Termination of
Participation
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Section 6.1 Early
Distributions
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Section 6.2 Scheduled Distributions to
Participants
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Section 6.3 Distributions to
Beneficiaries
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Section 6.4 Mandatory Cashout of Small
Balances
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Section 6.5 Restrictions on Payments to
Specified Employees
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Section 6.6 One-Time Change of
Elections
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Article VII Administration
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Section 7.1 Administrator
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Section 7.2 Committee
Responsibilities
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Section 7.3 Claims
Procedure
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Section 7.4 Claims Review
Procedure
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Section 7.5 Other Administrative
Provisions
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Article VIII Amendment And
Termination
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Section 8.1 Amendment by the
Company
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Section 8.3 Amendment or Termination by
Other Companies
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Article IX Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 9.1 Notice and
Election
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Section 9.2 Construction and
Language
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Section 9.4 Non-Alienation of
Benefits
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Section 9.5 Indemnification
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Section 9.8 Governing Law
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Section 9.10 No Deposit
Account
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Section 9.11 Rights of
Participants
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Section 9.12 Status of Plan under
ERISA
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Section 9.13 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 9.14 Non-dilution
Provisions
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Section 9.15 Compliance with
Section 409A of the Code
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Officers’ Deferred
Compensation Plan
Hudson
City Bancorp, Inc.
The following
definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Plan unless a
different meaning is clearly indicated by the context:
Section 1.1 Acceleration Event means,
with respect to a Participant, any of the events described in
section 6.1 on the basis of which the Administrator may permit
acceleration of the payment of the balance credited to the
Participant’s Memorandum Account.
Section 1.2 Administrator means any
person, committee, corporation or organization appointed by the
Committee to perform the responsibilities assigned to the
Administrator hereunder.
Section 1.3 Annual Incentive Compensation
means an annual incentive award payable pursuant to an Annual
Incentive Plan.
Section 1.4 Annual Incentive Plan means
the Executive Officers’ Annual Incentive Plan of Hudson City
Bancorp, Inc. or the Annual Incentive Plan for Non-Executive
Officers of Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.
Section 1.5 Base Salary means the annual
base salary payable to an Eligible Officer.
Section 1.6 Beneficiary means the person
or persons designated by a Participant under section 6.3 of the
Plan.
Section 1.7 Board means the Board of
Directors of the Company.
Section 1.8 Code means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the corresponding provisions of any
succeeding law).
Section 1.9 Company means Hudson City
Bancorp, Inc. or any successor thereto.
Section 1.10 Change in Control Event
means, with respect to a Participant: (a) a change in
ownership of the Participant’s Service Recipient; (b) a
change in effective control of the Participant’s Service
Recipient; or (c) a change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of the assets of the Participant’s Service Recipient.
The existence of a Change in Control Event shall be determined by
the Administrator in accordance with section 409A of the Code and
the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder.
Section 1.11 Committee means the
Compensation Committee of the Board.
Section 1.12 Compensation means, during
any period, the compensation payable to an Eligible Officer by any
Participating Company that is reportable to the Internal Revenue
Service as compensation for such period on Form W-2. Compensation
shall include Base Salary, Annual Incentive Compensation,
Option-Related Compensation and Equity Compensation. Compensation
shall not include amounts that become payable under this
Plan.
Section 1.13 Deferred Compensation means
the amount of Compensation that a Participant elects to defer
pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
Section 1.14 Disability means, with
respect to a Participant, (a) any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in
death or to last for a continuous period of at least twelve
(12) months and as a result of which either: (i) the
Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity
or (ii) the Participant has been receiving income replacement
benefits for a period of at least three (3) months under an
accident and health plan covering employees of the
Participant’s employer or (b) a determination by the
Social Security Administration of total disability. The existence
of a Disability shall be determined by the Administrator in
accordance with section 409A of the Code and the regulations and
other guidance issued thereunder.
Section 1.15 Effective Date means
December 31, 2008.
Section 1.16 Eligible Officer means an
officer of any of the Participating Companies who is at the level
of senior vice president or higher.
Section 1.17 Equity Compensation means,
with respect to any Eligible Officer, that portion of the Eligible
Officer’s Compensation, other than Option-Related
Compensation, that is paid to him in Shares or the amount of which
is based upon the value, or increase in value, of a
Share.
Section 1.18 Fair Market Value means,
with respect to a Share on a specified date:
(a) the
final reported sales price on the date in question (or if there is
no reported sale on such date, on the last preceding date on which
any reported sale occurred) as reported in the principal
consolidated reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading on the principal United States securities
exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading;
or
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the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any such
exchange, the closing bid quotation with respect to a Share on such
date on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations System, or, if no such quotation is provided, on another
similar system, selected by the Committee, then in use;
or
(c) if
sections 1.18(a) and (b) are not applicable, the fair market
value of a Share as the Administrator may determine.
Section 1.19 Investment Benchmark means a
hypothetical investment classification in which a
Participant’s Memorandum Account shall be deemed to be
invested for
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purposes of
crediting or charging earnings, losses, appreciation or
depreciation with respect to the Participant’s Memorandum
Account, in accordance with section 3.2.
Section 1.20 ISO Share means a Share
acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock option (within the
meaning of section 422 of the Code).
Section 1.21 Memorandum Account means,
with respect to a Participant, a bookkeeping account maintained by
the Company to which is credited the amount of the
Participant’s Deferred Compensation, together with any
earnings and appreciation thereon, and against which are charged
any losses, depreciation or distributions thereof, pursuant to
Article III.
Section 1.22 Memorandum Subaccount means,
with respect to a Participant, a portion of the Participant’s
Memorandum Account that is separately accounted for by the Company
due to the application of unique provisions relating to the
applicable distribution schedule or Investment
Benchmark(s).
Section 1.23 Option-Related Compensation
means, with respect to an option to purchase Shares that is
exercised by paying the entire exercise price therefore by actual
or constructive delivery of Previously Acquired Shares, a number of
Shares equal to the excess of (a) the total number of Shares
as to which the option is exercised, over (b) the number of
Shares actually or constructively delivered in payment of the
exercise price and with respect to a stock appreciation right, the
compensation that result from exercise of the stock appreciation
right.
Section 1.24 Participant means an
Eligible Officer who has a Memorandum Account under the
Plan.
Section 1.25 Participating Company means
the Company, Hudson City Savings Bank and any other company which,
with the prior approval of the Board, may adopt this
Plan.
Section 1.26 Performance-Based
Compensation means “performance-based
compensation” within the meaning of section 409A of the Code
and the regulations and other guidance issued
thereunder.
Section 1.27 Performance-Based Compensation Deferral
Election Period means, with respect to any
Performance-Based Compensation payable for any Service Period, the
portion of the Service Period prior to the earlier of (a) the
date that is one day less than six (6) months before the end
of the Service Period to which such Performance-Based Compensation
relates and (b) the date that such Performance-Based
Compensation becomes both substantially certain to be paid and
readily ascertainable; provided, however, that the
Participant entitled to such Performance-Based Compensation
performs services continuously from no later than the date on which
the performance criteria are established through the date the
initial deferral election is made.
Section 1.28 Phantom Share means a unit
of value that, on any relevant date, corresponds to the Fair Market
Value of a Share.
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Section 1.29 Plan means the
Officers’ Deferred Compensation Plan of Hudson City Bancorp,
Inc.
Section 1.30 Previously Acquired Share
means, with respect to a Participant on any date: (a) a Share
(other than an ISO Share) that was acquired by the Participant more
than six (6) months prior to such date and has been held by
the Participant continuously since such acquisition and (b) an ISO
Share that was acquired by the Participant upon the exercise, at
least one year prior to such date, of an incentive stock option
(within the meaning of section 422 of the Code) that was granted to
him at least two (2) years prior to such date and has been
held by the Participant continuously since such
acquisition.
Section 1.31 Share means a share of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
Section 1.32 Separation from Service
means, with respect to a Participant, the Participant’s
separation from service within the meaning of section 409A of the
Code and the regulations and other guidance issued
thereunder.
Section 1.33 Service Period means any
period of at least one (1) year in respect of which
Performance-Based Compensation is payable.
Section 1.34 Service Recipient means with
respect to a Participant on any date: (a) the corporation for
which the Participant is performing services on such date;
(b) all corporations that are liable to the Participant for
the benefits due to him under the Plan; (c) a corporation that
is a majority shareholder of a corporation described in section
1.35(a) or (b); or (d) any corporation in a chain of
corporations each of which is a majority shareholder of another
corporation in the chain, ending in a corporation described in
section 1.35(a) or (b).
Section 1.35 Unforeseeable Emergency
means, with respect to a Participant, a severe financial hardship
to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse or a dependent (within
the meaning of section 152(e) 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. The
existence of an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be determined by the
Administrator in accordance with section 409A of the Code and the
regulations and other guidance issued thereunder.
Section 2.1 Election to
Participate.
(a) Any
Eligible Officer may elect to become a Participant in the Plan by
submitting to the Administrator a written election, on a form
prescribed by the Administrator, to defer the receipt of all or any
portion of his Compensation; provided, however, that no
Participant shall be permitted to defer receipt of any amount that
is required to be withheld and remitted to any federal, state or
local taxing authority pursuant to any requirement for
the
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collection of
tax at the source or that is required to fund any contribution or
premium payment or co-payment required of the Participant as a
condition of participation in any employee benefit plan maintained
by the Company or any other Participating Company at the time the
election is made. An Eligible Officer who elects to become a
Participant may make separate deferral elections as to the amount
or percentage (if any) of Base Salary, Annual Incentive
Compensation, Equity Compensation and/or Option-Related
Compensation to defer. The Administrator may deny participation to
any Eligible Officer whose initial election to become a Participant
does not contemplate the deferral of a minimum of such amount as
the Administrator in his discretion may prescribe.
Section 2.2 Election to Defer Base
Salary.
(a) An
election to defer Base Salary shall specify the amount or
percentage of each payment of Base Salary to be deferred. Any such
election shall be made on or before the last day of any calendar
year and shall be effective for Base Salary earned in respect of
service performed in the calendar year following the calendar year
in which such election is made and all subsequent calendar years
unless the Participant’s status as an Eligible Officer ceases
or the Participant elects a change in the rate of deferral pursuant
to section 2.6 ; provided, however, that an initial election
to defer Base Salary made by an Eligible Officer and filed with the
Administrator during the thirty (30) day period immediately
following the later of the Effective Date or the date the
individual first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan shall
take effect with the first payment of Base Salary that relates to
service performed after such election is made, or such later date
as the Eligible Officer shall specify in his election. An election
(or deemed election if a Participant does not elect a change in the
rate of deferral pursuant to section 2.6) to defer Base Salary
shall be irrevocable as of the last day on which it may be
made.
(b) Acceptance
of an election to defer Base Salary shall not be held or construed
as a guarantee that any conditions precedent to the payment thereof
(including but not limited to continued employment) will be met or
the amount to be deferred will in fact be earned. In the event the
dollar amount of Base Salary actually paid is less than the dollar
amount for which a deferral election has been made, the election
shall be deemed effective to defer the maximum permissible
amount.
Section 2.3 Election to Defer Annual Incentive
Compensation.
(a) An
election to defer Annual Incentive Compensation shall specify the
amount or percentage of the Annual Incentive Compensation to be
deferred. Any such election shall be made:
(i) If the Annual
Incentive Compensation constitutes Performance-Based Compensation
and the Administrator, in its sole discretion, permits,
(A) during the Performance-Based Compensation Deferral
Election Period, and shall be effective for Annual Incentive
Compensation earned in respect of service performed during the
Service Period in which it is made and all subsequent Service
Periods unless the Participant’s status as an Eligible
Officer ceases or the Participant elects a change in the rate of
deferral pursuant to section 2.6; or (B) at any other time
and/or under any other circumstances, and shall be effective for
Annual Incentive Compensation earned in respect of service during
the Service
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immediately following the Service Period in which it is made and
all subsequent Service Periods unless the Participant’s
status as an Eligible Officer ceases or the Participant elects a
change in the rate of deferral pursuant to section 2.6.
(ii) In all other
cases, on or before the last day of any calendar year and shall be
effective for Annual Incentive Compensation earned in respect of
service performed in the calendar year following the calendar year
in which such election is made and all subsequent calendar years
unless the Participant’s status as an Eligible Officer ceases
or the Participant elects a change in the rate of deferral pursuant
to section 2.6 ; provided, however, that an initial election
to defer Annual Incentive Compensation made by an Eligible Officer
and filed with the Administrator during the thirty (30) day
period immediately following the later of the Effective Date or the
date the individual first becomes eligible to participate in the
Plan shall take effect with the first payment of Annual Incentive
Compensation that relates to service performed after such election
is made, or such later date as the Eligible Officer shall specify
in his election.
An election (or
deemed election if a Participant does not elect a change in the
rate of deferral pursuant to section 2.6) to defer Annual Incentive
Compensation shall be irrevocable as of the last day on which it
may be made.
(b) Acceptance
of an election to defer Annual Incentive Compensation shall not be
held or construed as a guarantee that any conditions precedent to
the payment thereof (including but not limited to continued
employment) will be met or the amount to be deferred will in fact
be earned. In the event the dollar amount of Annual Incentive
Compensation actually paid is less than the dollar amount for which
a deferral election has been made, the election shall be deemed
effective to defer the maximum permissible amount.
Section 2.4 Election to Defer Equity
Compensation.
(a) An
election to defer Equity Compensation shall specify the amount or
percentage of the Equity Compensation to be deferred. Any such
election shall be made:
(i) If Equity
Compensation constitutes Performance-Based Compensation and the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, permits, (A) during the
Performance-Based Compensation Deferral Election Period, and shall
be effective for Equity Compensation earned in respect of service
performed during the Service Period in which it is made and all
subsequent Service Periods unless the Participant’s status as
an Eligible Officer ceases or the Participant elects a change in
the rate of deferral pursuant to section 2.6; or (B) at any
other time and/or under any other circumstances, and shall be
effective for Equity Compensation earned in respect of service
during the Service Period immediately following the Service Period
in which it is made and all subsequent Service Periods unless the
Participant’s status as an Eligible Officer ceases or the
Participant elects a change in the rate of deferral pursuant to
section 2.6.
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(ii) In all other
cases, on or before the last day of any calendar year and shall be
effective for Equity Compensation awarded and earned in respect of
service performed during the calendar year following the calendar
year in which such election is made and all subsequent calendar
years unless the Participant’s status as an Eligible Officer
ceases or the Participant elects a change in the rate of deferral
pursuant to section 2.6 ; provided, however, that an initial
election to defer Equity Compensation made by an Eligible Officer
and filed with the Administrator during the thirty (30) day
period immediately following the later of the Effective Date or the
date the individual first becomes eligible to participate in the
Plan shall take effect with the first payment of Equity
Compensation that relates to service performed after such election
is made, or such later date as the Eligible Officer shall specify
in his election.
An election (or
deemed election if a Participant does not elect a change in the
rate of deferral pursuant to section 2.6) to defer Equity
Compensation shall be irrevocable as of the last day on which it
may be made.
(b) Acceptance
of an election to defer Equity Compensation shall not be held or
construed as a guarantee that any conditions precedent to the
payment thereof (including but not limited to continued employment)
will be met or the amount to be deferred will in fact be earned. In
the event the dollar amount or value of Equity Compensation
actually paid is less than the dollar amount for which a deferral
election has been made, the election shall be deemed effective to
defer the maximum permissible amount.
Section 2.5 Election to Defer Option-Related
Compensation.
No
person shall elect to defer Option-Related Compensation until such
time as the Plan is amended to provide for such
elections.
Section 2.6 Changes in
Participation.
(a) An
election by a Participant pursuant to section 2.2 shall continue in
effect until termination of status as a Participant; provided,
however, that the Participant may, one or more times, by
written election filed with the Administrator, increase or decrease
the portion of his Base Salary to be deferred, or discontinue such
deferral altogether. Such election shall be effective for Base
Salary payable for service rendered after the end of the calendar
year in which such election is filed with the Administrator;
provided, however, that if an election provides for the
decrease or discontinuance of the Participant’s deferral of
Base Salary and is made on account of an Acceleration Event, such
election shall, to the extent permitted under section 409A of the
Code, be effective with respect to Base Salary payable after the
filing of such election.
(b) An
election by a Participant pursuant to section 2.3 shall continue in
effect until termination of status as a Participant; provided,
however, that the Participant may, one or more times, by
written election filed with the Administrator, increase or decrease
the portion of his Annual Incentive Compensation to be deferred, or
discontinue such deferral altogether in accordance with the
following:
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(i) If Annual
Incentive Compensation constitutes Performance-Based Compensation
and the Administrator, in its sole discretion, permits elections
pursuant to section 2.3(a)(i), (A) an election that is made
during a Performance-Based Compensation Deferral Election Period
shall be effective commencing with Annual Incentive Compensation
earned in respect of the Service Period in which it is filed with
the Administrator; and (B) an election at any other time
and/or under any other circumstances shall be effective commencing
with Annual Incentive Compensation earned in respect of the Service
Period following the Service Period in which it is filed with the
Administrator; and
(ii) In all other
cases, an election shall be effective for Annual Incentive
Compensation payable for service rendered after the end of the
calendar year in which such election is filed with the
Administrator;
provided,
however, that if an
election provides for the decrease or discontinuance of the
Participant’s deferral of Annual Incentive Compensation and
is made on account of an Acceleration Event, such election shall,
to the extent permitted under section 409A of the Code, be
effective with respect to Annual Incentive Compensation payable
after the filing of such election.
(c) An
election by a Participant pursuant
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