WATERSTONE BANK SSB
SECOND AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT OF THE
EXECUTIVE DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN
ARTICLE I
Establishment of Plan and
Purpose
1.01
Establishment of Plan . WaterStone Bank SSB
(formerly known as Wauwatosa Savings Bank) (the
“Company”) established this Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), effective as of
September 1, 2006. The Plan is a deferred compensation
arrangement intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”). Final Treasury Regulations under
Code Section 409A were issued in April 2007, and require
non-qualified deferred compensation plans to be in compliance with
said Final Treasury Regulations by no later than December 31,
2008. Accordingly, the Plan was amended and restated,
effective September 1, 2006, to comply with Final Treasury
Regulations issued under Code Section 409A and a Form 8-K was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This Second
Amendment and Restatement of the Plan, effective September 1, 2006,
adds specified payment dates as a new distribution feature of the
Plan, in accordance with the transition rules under Code Section
409A.
1.02
Purpose of Plan . Under the Plan, selected senior
management and highly compensated employees are permitted to defer,
until a future designated date, a portion of the compensation which
may otherwise be payable to them at an earlier date. By
allowing key management employees to participate in the Plan, the
Company expects the Plan to benefit it and its Subsidiaries by
attracting and retaining the most capable individuals to fill its
executive positions.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
As used herein,
the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) Account
. The bookkeeping account maintained for each
Participant pursuant to Article V below.
(b)
Administrator . The person or persons selected
pursuant to Article VIII below to control and manage the operation
and administration of the Plan.
(c)
Beneficiaries . Those persons or entities
designated by a Participant on the Beneficiary Designation Election
Form (Exhibit A hereto) to receive his benefits under the Plan upon
his death.
(d) Change of
Control . (i) Any “person” (as such term
is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) other
than Lamplighter Financial, MHC (“MHC”) becomes the
beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the
capital stock of Waterstone Financial, Inc. (formerly known as
Wauwatosa Holdings, Inc.) in a transaction or transactions subject
to either the notice provisions of the Change in Bank Control Act
of 1978 (12 U.S.C. § 1817 (j), as amended from time to time),
or approval under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
§ 1841, as amended from time to time); (ii) during any period
of two consecutive years, the individuals, who at the beginning of
any such period constituted the directors of Waterstone Financial,
Inc., cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof; (iii) Waterstone Financial, Inc. files a report or proxy
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or the
Federal Reserve Board disclosing in response to Item 5.01 of Form
8-K or Item 5 of Part II of Form 10-Q, each promulgated pursuant to
the Exchange Act or Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A promulgated
thereunder, or successor Items, that a change in control of
Waterstone Financial, Inc. has or may have occurred pursuant to any
contract or transaction; or (iv) any person other than Waterstone
Financial, Inc. or MHC becomes the owner of more than 25% of the
voting securities of the Company. However,
notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, a reorganization of
Waterstone Financial, Inc. and MHC in which the shareholders of
Waterstone Financial, Inc. prior to such reorganization, the
members of MHC and any members of the public, which acquire shares
of such entity pursuant to a public offering of securities approved
in advance by the board of directors of MHC, together control the
successor entity shall not constitute a “Change in
Control” hereunder.
(e) Company
. Waterstone Bank, SSB, a Wisconsin-chartered savings
bank, or a successor thereof.
(f)
Compensation . The total of the
Participant’s base salary, commissions, bonuses and other
cash incentive pay, which shall include amounts deferred by the
Participant under this Plan or any other employee benefit plan of
the Company. In all cases, Compensation shall include only
compensation paid while a Participant in the Plan and employed by
the Company or a Subsidiary. Compensation shall not
include any severance or salary continuation payments.
(g)
Participants . Such senior management and highly
compensated employees of the Company or a Subsidiary whom the
Administrator has identified as eligible to defer Compensation
hereunder and who elect to participate by deferring
Compensation.
(h) Plan
. The Waterstone Bank SSB Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan, as stated herein and as amended from time to
time.
(i) Plan Year
. The period beginning on September 1, 2006 and ending
on December 31, 2006, and, thereafter, each 12-month period ending
on each subsequent December 31.
(j) Separation from
Service . Separation from Service means the
Participant’s retirement or other termination of employment
with the Company within the meaning of Code Section
409A. No Separation from Service shall be deemed to
occur due to military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of
absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months or,
if longer, so long as the Participant’s right to reemployment
is provided by law or contract. If the leave exceeds six
months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not
provided by law or by contract, then the Participant shall have a
Separation from Service on the first date immediately following
such six-month period.
Whether a
Separation from Service has occurred is determined based on whether
the facts and circumstances indicate that the Company and the
Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would
be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide
services the Participant would perform after such date (whether as
an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently
decrease to no more than 50% of the average level of bona fide
services performed over the immediately preceding 36 months (or
such lesser period of time in which the Participant performed
services for the Company). The determination of whether
a Participant has had a Separation from Service shall be made by
applying the presumptions set forth in the Treasury Regulations
under Code Section 409A.
(k) Subsidiary
. An entity of which the Company is the direct or
indirect beneficial owner of not less than 50% of all issued and
outstanding equity interest of such entity.
(l) Unforeseeable
Emergency . A severe financial hardship of a
Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant or of the Participant’s spouse or dependent (as
defined in Code Section 152(a)), loss of the Participant’s
property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and
unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of the
Participant. The existence of an Unforeseeable Emergency
shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole
discretion.
ARTICLE III
Eligibility
3.01
Conditions of Eligibility . The Administrator
shall, from time to time, specify the senior management and highly
compensated employees of the Company or a Subsidiary eligible to
participate herein. Eligibility to participate in the Plan for one
Plan Year does not guarantee eligibility for a subsequent Plan
Year.
3.02
Commencement of Participation . An individual
identified as eligible to participate in the Plan for that Plan
Year shall, by electing a deferral of Compensation on the Deferral
Election Form (Exhibit B hereto) provided by the Administrator,
commence participation as of (a) the first day of such Plan Year or
(b) such later date in that Plan Year as he first becomes eligible
to participate in the Plan.
3.03
Termination of Participation . A
Participant’s right to defer Compensation hereunder shall
cease as of the earlier of the (a) termination of his employment
with the Company and all Subsidiaries or (b) failure of the
Administrator to designate him as eligible to participate
herein.
ARTICLE IV
Compensation Deferral and
Distribution Elections
4.01
Amount and Manner of Deferral .
(a) Each Participant
must make an annual election with respect to his Compensation
deferrals. The Participant must return the Deferral
Election Form to the Administrator no later than the date specified
by the Administrator, which date shall be prior to (i) the first
day of the Plan Year for which the Compensation is to be deferred,
(ii) in the case of a new Participant, the 30
th day after first becoming eligible to participate
in the Plan, with respect to Compensation earned for services
performed subsequent to the election, or (iii) in the case of the
first Plan Year, September 30, 2006, with respect to Compensation
earned for services performed subsequent to the
election. The Deferral Election Form shall become
irrevocable as of the date it is to be effective.
(b) The Participant
must indicate on the Deferral Election Form the amount of his
Compensation for such Plan Year, or portion thereof, which he
elects to defer hereunder. A Participant may defer (i)
up to 80% of his salary or commissions and/or (ii) up to 100% of
his bonus or incentive pay; provided, however, that (A) the
Participant may not defer less than $5,000 in a Plan Year (or a
prorated amount for any period shorter than a full Plan Year) and
(B) the Participant’s deferral election for a Plan Year shall
relate to Compensation earned by him during such Plan Year, whether
or not paid during that Plan Year.
(c) If a Participant
elects to defer a portion of his salary or commissions, the Company
shall reduce the Participant’s salary or commissions by an
equal amount in each pay period during the Plan Year of deferral.
If a Participant elects to defer all or a portion of his bonus or
incentive pay, the Company shall reduce each such Compensation
payment by the percentage elected by the Participant.
(d) Effective January
1, 2009, no deferrals with respect to Compensation earned on or
after January 1, 2009 shall be permitted under this
Plan.
4.02
Cessation of Deferral . In the event of an
Unforeseeable Emergency, a Participant may request in writing that
deferrals elected by the Participant hereunder cease for the then
current Plan Year. If the Administrator determines that such an
Unforeseeable Emergency exists, the Participant’s deferrals
for such Plan Year shall cease for the remainder of the Plan
Year. In addition, if required in order for a
Participant to receive a hardship distribution under any
tax-qualified retirement plan subject to Code Section 401(k)
maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary, the Participant’s
deferrals under this Plan shall cease for the remainder of the Plan
Year.
4.03
Distribution of Account .
(a) Each Participant
shall elect, at the time the Participant files his Deferral
Election Form, the date on which such Compensation deferrals, as
well as any investment earnings attributable to such Compensation
deferrals, are to be distributed to him. All payments
shall be made in the form of a cash lump sum in accordance with
Section 7.01. The date of distribution must be in a
calendar year subsequent to the calendar year of
deferral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Participant fails to elect a time for distribution, such amount
will be distributed no later than 60 days after the date on which
the Participant Separates from Service with the Company and all
Subsidiaries.
(b) A Participant may
change the date as of which any portion of his Account is to be
distributed to him by filing a Change of Distribution Date Form
(Exhibit C hereto) with the Administrator, provided that (i) the
election shall not take effect until at least 12 months after the
date on which the election is made and (ii) the first payment with
respect to which such election is made is deferred for at least
five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been
made.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, a Participant who previously
designated the date on which his or her Compensation deferrals
shall be distributed may elect to change the date on which the
Participant receives his or her Compensation deferrals by filing
with the Company a Transition Year Election Form (Exhibit D
hereto), provided that such election is made by December 31,
2008. For elections after December 31, 2008, please
refer to Section 4.03(b).
ARTICLE
V
Participant
Accounts
5.01
Establishment of Account . The Company shall
credit the amounts deferred by a Participant under Section 4.01 to
the Participant’s Account.
5.02
Investment Elections .
(a) A Participant may
file an Investment Election Form (Exhibit E hereto) with the
Administrator setting forth the investment alternatives used to
value his Account. The initial investment options
available to each Participant are (i) the Moody’s A Long-Term
Corporate Bond Rate, adjusted as of the first day of each Plan Year
to equal the average yield for the month of September of the
previous Plan Year and (ii) the total return of the Standard &
Poor&