SUN BANCORP, INC.
DIRECTORS STOCK PURCHASE
PLAN
As Amended and
Restated
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Purpose and Plan
Summary .
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The Sun Bancorp, Inc. (the
“Company”) Directors Stock Purchase Plan (the
“Plan”) offers a convenient and economical way for its
directors and advisory directors to increase their ownership of
shares of the Common Stock of Sun Bancorp, Inc. (“Common
Stock”). Once a director or advisory director of the Company
or Sun National Bank is enrolled as a Participant in the Plan,
contributions of up to $2,000 per month may be made to the Plan and
such funds will be used to purchase Common Stock under the terms of
the Plan. Participation in the Plan is strictly voluntary, and the
Participant will pay 95% of the purchase price of the Common Stock
purchased under the Plan. The Participant pays no brokerage
commissions or service charges for purchases made under the Plan.
Any such charges will be paid by the Company.
The Company will serve as the Plan
Administrator (“Plan Administrator”) to administer the
Plan and to make purchases of Common Stock as agent for the
Participants. The Board of Directors of the Company (“Board
of Directors”) has the authority to make changes in the Plan
and to appoint or to remove the Plan Administrator, at any time.
Until changed by further notice, any notices or communications to
the Plan should be directed to the Plan Administrator, Director
Stock Purchase Plan, c/o Corporate Secretary, Sun Bancorp, Inc.,
226 Landis Avenue, Vineland, New Jersey 08360.
If a director or advisory director
decides to participate in the Plan, the Plan Administrator will
keep a continuous record of his/her participation and send him/her
a statement of his/her account under the Plan for each calendar
month in which a purchase of Common Stock under his/her Plan
account occurs. The Plan Administrator will also hold and act as
custodian of shares purchased under the Plan. Certificates for
shares purchased under the Plan will be held by the Plan
Administrator. The number of shares credited to a
Participant’s account under the Plan will be shown on his/her
statement of account. However, certificates for whole shares
credited to a Participant’s account under the Plan will be
issued to him/her upon his/her written request to the Plan
Administrator, at the address set forth above. Certificates for
fractional share interests will not be issued.
The Plan Administrator reserves the
right to interpret the provisions of the Plan. The Plan
Administrator may establish such procedures and make such other
provisions for the administration and operation of the Plan as it
deems appropriate to give effect to the Plan’s purpose. The
Plan Administrator may rely on the authority and correctness of
written instructions received from the Company and Participants in
administering the Plan.
All directors and advisory directors
of the Company and its subsidiaries that, along with the Company,
is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in
section 1563 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”)), are eligible to participate in the
Plan.
4.
Election to
Participate .
An eligible director or advisory
director may join the Plan by completing the Authorization Form
provided by the Plan Administrator and returning it to the Plan
Administrator at the address noted at Section 2 herein.
Authorization Forms will be furnished to eligible directors and
advisory directors at any time upon request to the Company. An
eligible director or advisory director may join the Plan at any
time to become effective as of the first day of the next calendar
month after the request is received by the Plan Administrator (the
“Enrollment Date”).
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5.
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Participant
Contributions.
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The Authorization Form directs the
Company to pay to the Plan Administrator the amount that the
Participant elects to pay directly to the Company for investment in
Common Stock under the Plan. The Authorization Form also directs
the Plan Administrator to use these payments for the purchase of
shares of the Common Stock.
After an Authorization Form has been
received by the Plan Administrator, the Company will pay to the
Plan Administrator all future payments received by the Company for
participation under the Plan. The amounts paid by all Participants
will be pooled and forwarded to the Plan Administrator to purchase
shares of Common Stock for the accounts of all Participants under
the Plan not less frequently than monthly prior to the next
“Investment Period”. The “Investment
Period” shall consist of the calendar month following each
receipt of funds by the Plan Administrator, during which such funds
are invested by the Plan Administrator in Common Stock of the
Company. To the extent administratively feasible, such funds shall
be invested on the first business day of each Investment Period, or
as soon as practical thereafter. No interest will be paid by the
Company or the Plan Administrator on amounts held on behalf of a
Participant awaiting investment.
The Plan shall remain in effect for
an indefinite period of time until the total shares purchased under
the Plan equals the total shares of Common Stock authorized under
the Plan or the Plan is terminated by the Company, whichever is
earlier. Participant contributions may be made in even multiples of
$5.00 from a minimum of $10.00 to a maximum of $2,000 per month. No
interest will be paid on Participant contributions awaiting
investment. The amount of a Participant’s contributions can
be revised, changed or terminated by the Participant each
month.
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Stock Purchase Price
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A Participant shall be granted an
option to purchase Common Stock as of the last business day of each
calendar month (“Option Grant Date”) at an option
exercise price equal to 95% of the average purchase price of the
Common Stock purchased during the Investment Period immediately
following the Option Grant Date. Any fraction of a cent will be
rounded to the nearest cent. Options granted hereunder shall be
nontransferable.
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Number of Shares
Purchased .
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During each Investment Period,
accumulated Participant contributions from all Participants and
cash dividends held under the Plan for all Participants will be
pooled and used to purchase shares of Common Stock in the
open-market, or otherwise, for the accounts of the Participants.
The Company shall transmit sufficient funds to the Plan
Administrator in addition to accumulated Participant contributions
and cash dividends necessary to permit the Plan Administrator to
purchase Common Stock during each Investment Period without regard
to any purchase price discounts in accordance with the Plan. The
maximum number of whole shares will be purchased. Any Participant
contributions and cash dividends
remaining after purchase of such
maximum number of whole shares will be retained and applied to the
purchase of shares during the next Investment Period. Each
Participant’s account will be credited with his/her
pro rata
share (computed to four decimal
places) of the shares purchased and any additional Participant
contributions and cash dividends which have been accumulated. The
number of shares credited to each Participant’s account will
depend upon the amount of the Participant’s contributions and
cash dividends and the option exercise price as determined as
provided under the heading “Stock Purchase
Price.”
Participants will incur no brokerage
commissions or service charges for purchases of Common Stock made
under the Plan. Certain charges as described under the heading
“Withdrawal” may be incurred upon a Participant’s
withdrawal from the Plan or upon termination of the Plan. The Plan
Administrator may deduct expenses from the Plan to the extent that
such expenses have not been paid directly by the Company; provided
that not less than 15 days written notice of such intent to make
such deductions is furnished to the Company.
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Withdrawal and Distribution of
Stock Certificates .
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A Participant may withdraw from the
Plan at any time to be effective as of the first day of any
calendar quarter (January 1, April 1, July 1 and
October 1) following receipt of such notice. Upon termination
of service with the Company or its subsidiaries as a director or
advisory director, participation under the Plan shall immediately
cease and no unexercised options to purchase Common Stock under the
Plan shall be deemed exercisable. Termination of service shall
include termination as a result of death or disability of the
Participant. Within 10 business days following a
Participant’s termination of service with the Company or its
subsidiaries, the Participant shall submit to the Plan
Administrator a distribution form requesting withdrawal from the
Plan and distribution of all of the Participant’s assets
under the Plan either in the form of cash or whole shares of Common
Stock. If such withdrawal request is not received by the Plan
Administrator within 10 business days of the Participant’s
termination of service with the Company or its subsidiaries, the
Plan Administrator will nevertheless process such Participant
withdrawal, and the Participant will receive such distribution in
the form of shares of Common Stock issued in book entry.
To withdraw from the Plan, a
Participant must notify the Plan Administrator at the address noted
at Section 2, herein, in writing of his/her withdrawal. In the
event a Participant withdraws, or in the event of the termination
of the Plan, certificates for whole shares credited to the account
of the