Exhibit 10.13
WEST COAST BANCORP
DIRECTORS’ DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(2008 Restatement)
Originally Effective as of January 1,
2005
Restated Effective as of November 7, 2008
for Compliance with IRC § 409A
PREAMBLE
This plan document, signed on
November 7, 2008, by West Coast Bancorp, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Oregon and registered as a bank
holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended, (“Bancorp”), sets forth the terms of the West
Coast Bancorp Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan (the
“Plan”), effective as of November 7, 2008.
ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
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1.1
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P URPOSE . Bancorp has established this Plan, originally
effective as of January 1, 2005, for the benefit of its Directors
and those of its Participating Subsidiaries. This Plan is primarily
intended to allow these Directors to defer receipt of their
directors’ fees on a tax-deferred basis. Bancorp anticipates
that offering this deferred compensation arrangement will assist it
and its subsidiaries in attracting, rewarding and retaining
high-quality Directors.
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1.2
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R ESTATEMENT OF I NTERIM P LAN D OCUMENT . The
terms and conditions of the Plan were originally set forth in the
Interim Plan Document for Operational Compliance with the American
Jobs Creation Act, effective January 1, 2005 (the “Interim
Plan Document”). As expressly stated in the Interim Plan
Document, it was intended to be supplanted by a formal, permanent
plan document following issuance of appropriate guidance by the
Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the requirements for complying with Code § 409A
(rules pertaining to the taxation of nonqualified deferred
compensation plans). Bancorp intends for this Restatement to be the
formal, permanent plan document which contains the terms and
conditions of the Plan and which supplants the Interim Plan
Document.
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1.3
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ERISA E XEMPTION . This
is an unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees. As such, this Plan is intended to
qualify as a “top-hat plan” exempt from Part 2 (minimum
participation and vesting standards), Part 3 (minimum funding
standards) and Part 4 (fiduciary responsibility provisions) of
Title I of ERISA. The provisions of the Plan shall be interpreted
and administered according to this intention.
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1.4
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E FFECTIVE D ATES .
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(a)
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The original effective date of this Plan is
January 1, 2005, with respect to amounts deferred after December
31, 2004.
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(b)
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The effective date of this Restatement is
November 7, 2008.
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(c)
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From January 1, 2005, through November 6, 2008,
the terms and conditions of the Plan are set forth in the Interim
Plan Document, subject to reasonable good faith interpretations of
the requirements of Code § 409A and the applicable interim
guidance.
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1.5
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N
AMING
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ONVENTION
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This Plan document uses the
following system for naming, numbering and lettering the major
divisions in its text—
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ARTICLE
1
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1.1
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S
ECTION
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(a)
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Subsection.
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(1)
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Paragraph.
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(A)
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Subparagraph.
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(i)
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Clause.
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(I)
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Subclause.
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1.6
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C
ITATIONS . Citations to sections of the Code or Treasury
Regulations are to those sections as amended or any successor
provision.
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ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
Words and phrases that appear
in this Plan with initial capital letters signify defined terms
with the meanings given in this section. Words appearing in the
following definitions which are themselves defined terms are also
indicated by initial capital letters.
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2.1
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CCOUNT
means the separate accounting
record established and maintained under Article 4 for each
Participant to record the Participant’s interest under this
Plan and the Trust.
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2.2
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BENEFICIARY means the person or persons or estate or trust
designated by the Participant as the beneficiary under this Plan on
a form provided by or acceptable to the Plan Administrator. To be
effective, a beneficiary designation must be received by the Plan
Administrator before the date of the Participant’s death. In
the absence of a valid beneficiary designation under this Plan, the
Beneficiary shall be the same as the beneficiary designated by the
Participant under the 401(k) Plan or, if applicable, the default
beneficiary under the 401(k) Plan. These provisions shall apply
even if the Participant does not participate in the 401(k) Plan. A
Beneficiary’s right to information under this Plan does not
arise until the Beneficiary becomes entitled to benefits under this
Plan.
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2.3
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CODE
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
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2.4
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COMPENSATION means the directors’ fees paid to a
Participant.
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2.5
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DIRECTOR means a member of the Board of Directors of
Bancorp or a Participating Subsidiary.
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2.6
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DISABLED or DISABILITY means a Participant
is:
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Unable to engage in any substantial gainful
activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental
impairment that can be expected to result in death or to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months;
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(b)
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By reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or 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 and health plan covering employees of Bancorp or
a Participating Subsidiary; or
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Determined to be totally disabled by the Social
Security Administration.
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The Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion,
shall determine whether a Participant is Disabled.
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2.7
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
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2.8
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401(k) PLAN means the West Coast Bancorp 401(k) Plan, as
amended.
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2.9
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PARTICIPANT means a Director who has elected to participate
in this Plan.
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PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY
means any subsidiary of Bancorp that
adopts this Plan with Bancorp’s consent. The current
Participating Subsidiaries are West Coast Bank and West Coast Trust
Company. Additional Participating Subsidiaries will be listed in an
Addendum to this Plan.
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PLAN means the West Coast Bancorp Directors’
Deferred Compensation Plan, the terms and conditions of which are
contained solely in this document and any written amendments to
it.
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2.12
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PLAN ADMINISTRATOR means the individual or committee appointed by
Bancorp to handle the general administration of this Plan and carry
out the functions specifically delegated to the Plan Administrator
in this Plan.
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2.13
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P LAN Y EAR means the calendar year.
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2.14
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T REASURY R EGULATION ( S ) or T REAS . R EG . means the applicable regulation(s) promulgated
by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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T RUST means the “West Coast Bancorp Deferred
Compensation Trust,” established under the trust agreement as
restated March 1, 1996, as amended, between Bancorp, acting as
grantor, and the Trustee.
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2.14
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T RUSTEE means West Coast Trust Company or any successor
trustee of the Trust.
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2.15
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U NFORESEEABLE E MERGENCY means a severe financial hardship of the
Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the
Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s
dependent (as defined in Code §152, without regard to Code
§ 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to
rebuild a home following damage not otherwise covered by
insurance); or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Participant. The circumstances that constitute a severe
financial hardship depend upon the facts of each case, but,
generally, the payment of college tuition or the purchase of a home
are not unforeseeable emergencies.
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ARTICLE 3
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3.1
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P ARTICIPATION C RITERIA . All
Directors of Bancorp and its Participating Subsidiaries are
eligible to participate in this Plan.
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3.2
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N OTICE TO D IRECTORS . The
Plan Administrator shall notify each Director of his or her ability
to participate in this Plan. This notification will be given upon
the Director’s initial election as a Director and,
thereafter, before the beginning of each Plan Year.
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3.3
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D EFERRAL E LECTIONS . Elections by Directors or Participants to defer
their Compensation must be made as follows:
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Annual Enrollment .
Before the beginning of each Plan
Year, each Director or Participant must complete and return to the
Plan Administrator an enrollment form specifying the amount of
Compensation he or she will be deferring under this Plan during the
coming Plan Year.
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Mid-Year Enrollment .
If a Director first becomes eligible
to participate in the Plan after a Plan Year has begun, that
Director has 30 days after the date he or she is notified by the
Plan Administrator that he or she has become eligible to enroll in
the Plan to file an enrollment form for the balance of the Plan
Year. The deferral election will be effective only for Compensation
earned after the date the enrollment form is filed.
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Failure to Timely Enroll .
A Director who does not timely
enroll in the Plan for any Plan Year shall be deemed as having
elected not to defer any Compensation under the Plan for that Plan
Year.
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M ODIFICATION OR R EVOCATION OF D EFERRAL E LECTIONS . A
deferral election may be modified or revoked at any time up until
the applicable election deadline as specified in Section 3.3. After
that date, the deferral election becomes irrevocable.
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C ANCELLATION OF D EFERRAL E LECTIONS . The
Plan Administrator may permit a Participant to cancel a deferral
election during a Plan Year under the following
conditions:
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(a)
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The cancellation will be allowed if the Plan
Administrator determines that the Participant has incurred
either:
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(1)
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An Unforeseeable Emergency; or
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A qualifying disability. A “qualifying
disability” is a medically determinable physical or mental
impairment resulting in the Participant’s inability to
perform the duties of the Participant’s position or any
substantially similar position, where that impairment can be
expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of
at least six months.
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(b)
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The cancellation will become effective as
follows:
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(1)
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A cancellation under subsection (a)(1) will take
effect as of the first Compensation payment date after approval by
the Plan Administrator.
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(2)
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A cancellation under subsection (a)(2) must take
effect by the later of the end of the Plan Year or the 15
th day of the third month after the date the Participant
incurs the qualifying disability.
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The deferral election must be cancelled, not
merely postponed or otherwise delayed.
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ARTICLE 4
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
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4.1
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M AINTENANCE OF A CCOUNTS . The
Plan Administrator shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, an
Account for each Participant to reflect the Compensation deferred
by the Participant under this Plan, the Participant’s
allocable share of the income, losses, appreciation and
depreciation of the Trust’s assets and distributions made to
the Participant or the Participant’s
Beneficiaries.
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S UBACCOUNTS . Participants may designate up to five
subaccounts for their Account. For each subaccount, Participants
may designate a different time of payment under Section 5.1 and a
different form of payment under Section 5.3. Participants may also
allocate their deferrals for a Plan Year among their different
subaccounts. This allocation must be made at the time the deferral
amount is elected under Section 3.3.
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4.3
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A DJUSTMENTS TO A CCOUNTS . As
of the close of each calendar quarter, and as of any other date
designated by the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion, each
Participant’s Account shall be credited with the deferred
Compensation and the net investment income (or loss) applicable to
the Participant’s Account since the date of the last
adjustment, and shall be charged for any distributions made from
the Participant’s Account and for a pro rata share of any
Trust expenses since the last adjustment. Accounts shall be
adjusted for Compensation deferred periodically during the year by
using a time-weighted formula adopted by the Plan
Administrator.
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