Community First Bank
2005 Restricted Stock Plan
and Trust Agreement
Article I
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ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PLAN AND TRUST
1.01 Community First
Bank ("Bank") hereby
establishes the
Restricted
Stock Plan (the "Plan") and Trust (the
"Trust") upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter stated in this Restricted Stock Plan and Trust Agreement (the
"Agreement").
1.02 The Trustee hereby accepts this Trust and agrees to hold the
Trust
assets existing on the date of this
Agreement and all
additions and accretions
thereto upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter stated.
Article II
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PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
2.01 The purpose of
the Plan is to reward and to retain personnel of
experience and ability in key positions of
responsibility with
the Bank and its
subsidiaries, by providing such personnel of the
Bank and its subsidiaries with
an increased equity interest in the
Community First Bancorp, Inc. ("Company"),
the parent corporation of the Bank, as compensation for their prior and
anticipated future professional contributions and service to the
Bank and its
subsidiaries.
Article III
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DEFINITIONS
The following words
and phrases when used in this Plan with an initial
capital letter, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise,
shall have the
meaning as set forth below. Wherever appropriate, the masculine pronoun shall
include the feminine pronoun and the
singular shall include the plural.
"Bank" means Community First Bank, a federal stock savings
bank.
"Beneficiary" means the person or persons designated by the
Participant
to receive any benefits payable under the Plan in the event of such
Participant's death. Such person or persons
shall be designated in
writing by
the Participant and addressed to the Bank
or the Committee on forms provided for
this purpose by the Committee and delivered to the
Bank and may be changed from
time to time by similar written notice to
the Committee. A
Participant=s
last
will and testament or any codicil thereto shall not constitute written
designation of a Beneficiary. In the absence of such written
designation,
the
Beneficiary shall be the Participant's
surviving spouse, if any, or if none, the
Participant's estate.
"Board" means the
Board of Directors
of the Bank,
or any successor
corporation thereto.
"Cause" means
the personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful
misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty involving
personal profits, intentional
failure to perform stated duties,
willful violation of a
material provision
of
any law, rule or regulation (other than
traffic violations and similar offense),
or a material
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violation of a final cease-and-desist order
or any other action which results in
a substantial financial loss to the Company
or its Subsidiaries.
"Change in Control"
shall mean: (i) the sale of all, or a material
portion, of the assets of the Company or the Bank; (ii) the merger or
recapitalization of the Company or the Bank
whereby the Company or
the Bank is
not the surviving entity; (iii) a change in control of the
Company or the Bank,
as otherwise defined or determined by the
Office of Thrift
Supervision
("OTS")
or regulations promulgated by it; or (iv) the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, of the beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
that term as it
is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder) of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the outstanding
voting securities of the Company by any
person, trust,
entity or group.
This
limitation shall not apply to the
purchase of shares of
up to 25% of any class
of securities of the Company by a tax-qualified employee stock benefit plan
which is exempt from the approval requirements, set forth under 12 C.F.R.
ss.574.3(c)(1)(vi) as now in effect or as may
hereafter be amended. The term
"person" refers to an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust,
association, joint venture, pool,
syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated
organization or any other form of entity
not specifically listed herein.
"Committee" means
the Board of Directors of the Company or the
Restricted Stock Plan Committee appointed by the Board of Directors of the
Company pursuant to Article IV hereof.
"Common Stock" means shares of the common stock of the Company,
or any
successor corporation or parent
thereto.
"Company" means
Community First Bancorp, Inc., and any successor
corporation thereto.
"Conversion" means the
effective date of the stock charter of the Bank
and simultaneous acquisition of all of the
outstanding stock of the Bank by the
Company.
"Director" means a member of the Board of the Bank.
"Director Emeritus"
means a person
serving as a
director emeritus,
advisory director, consulting director, or other similar position as may be
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank from time to
time.
"Disability" means any
physical or mental impairment which renders the
Participant incapable of continuing in the
employment or service of the Bank or
any Subsidiary in his current capacity as
determined by the Committee.
"Effective Date"
shall mean the date of
stockholder
approval of the
Plan by the Company's stockholders.
"Eligible Participant"
means an Employee, Director or director of a
Subsidiary who may receive a Plan Share
Award under the Plan.
"Employee"
means any person who is employed by the Bank or a
Subsidiary.
"Participant" means an
Employee or Director
who receives a Plan Share
Award under the Plan.
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"Plan Shares" means
shares of Common Stock held in the Trust which are
awarded or issuable to a Participant
pursuant to the Plan.
"Plan Share Award" or "Award" means a right granted to a Participant
under this Plan to earn or to receive Plan
Shares.
"Plan Share Reserve" means the shares of Common Stock held by the
Trust
pursuant to Sections 5.03 and 5.04.
"Subsidiary" means
those subsidiaries of the Bank which, with the
consent of the Board, agree to participate
in this Plan.
"Trustee" or
"Trustee Committee" means that person(s) or entity
nominated by the Committee and approved by the Board
pursuant to Sections
4.01
and 4.02 to hold legal title to the Plan assets for the purposes set forth
herein.
Article IV
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
4.01 Role of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered and
interpreted by the Board of Directors
of the Bank or a
Committee appointed
by
said Board, which shall consist of not less
than two non-employee members of the
Board, which shall have all of the powers
allocated to it in this and other
sections of the Plan. All persons
designated as members
of the Committee
shall
be "Non-Employee Directors" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("1934 Act"). The interpretation and
construction by the Committee of any
provisions of the Plan or of any Plan Share
Award granted hereunder shall be final and
binding. The Committee
shall act by
vote or written consent of a majority of its members. Subject to the express
provisions and limitations of the Plan, the Committee may adopt such
rules,
regulations and procedures as it deems appropriate for the conduct of its
affairs. The Committee shall report its actions and
decisions with respect
to
the Plan to the Board at appropriate
times, but in no event less than one
time
per calendar year. The Committee shall recommend to the Board one or more
persons or entity to act as Trustee in
accordance
with the provision of this
Plan and Trust and the terms of Article
VIII hereof.
4.02 Role of the Board. The members of the Committee and the
Trustee shall be appointed or approved by,
and will serve at the pleasure of the
Board. The Board may in its discretion from
time to time remove members from, or
add members to, the Committee, and may remove, replace or add Trustees. The
Board shall have all of the powers
allocated to it in this and other sections of
the Plan, may take any action under or with respect to the Plan which the
Committee is authorized to take, and may
reverse or override any action taken or
decision made by the Committee under or with respect to the Plan, provided,
however, that the Board may not revoke any
Plan Share Award already made except
as provided in Section 7.01(b) herein.
4.03 Limitation
on Liability. No member of the Board,
the
Committee or the Trustee shall be liable for any
determination
made in good
faith with respect to the Plan or any Plan
Share Awards granted.
If a member of
the Board, Committee or any Trustee is a party or is
threatened
to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by any reason of
anything done or not done by him in such
capacity under or with respect to the
Plan, the Company and the Bank shall
indemnify such member against expenses
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(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such
action,
suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good
faith and in a manner
he or she
reasonably believed to be in the best
interests of the Company, the Bank and its
Subsidiaries and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
Notwithstanding
anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall
the Bank take any actions with respect
to this Section 4.03 which is not in compliance with the limitations or
requirements set forth at 12 C.F.R.
545.121, as may be amended from time to
time.
Article V
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CONTRIBUTIONS; PLAN SHARE RESERVE
5.01 Amount
and Timing of Contributions. The Board of
Directors of the Bank shall determine the amounts (or the method of
computing
the amounts) to be contributed by the Bank
to the Trust
established under
this
Plan. Such contribution amounts shall be paid to the Trustee at the time of
contribution. No contributions to the Trust by
Participants shall be
permitted
except with respect to amounts necessary to
meet tax withholding obligations.
5.02 Initial
Investment. Any funds
held by the Trust prior to
investment in the Common Stock shall be invested by the Trustee in such
interest-bearing account or accounts at the Bank as
the Trustee shall determine
to be appropriate.
5.03 Investment
of Trust Assets.
Following approval of the
Plan by stockholders of the Company and receipt of any other necessary
regulatory approvals, the Trust shall
purchase Common Stock of the Company in an
amount equal to up to 100% of the Trust's
cash assets, after
providing for any
required withholding as needed for tax
purposes, provided,
however, that the
Trust shall not purchase more than 8,331
shares of Common Stock. The Trustee may
purchase shares of Common Stock in the open
market or, in the
alternative, may
purchase authorized but unissued
shares of the Common
Stock or treasury shares
from the Company in an amount sufficient to
fund the Plan Share Reserve.
5.04 Effect of Allocations, Returns and Forfeitures Upon
Plan
Share Reserves. Upon the allocation of Plan
Share Awards under Sections 6.02 and
6.05, or the decision of the Committee to
return Plan Shares to the Company, the
Plan Share Reserve shall be reduced by the number of Shares subject to the
Awards so allocated or returned. Any Shares subject to an Award which are
not
earned because of forfeiture by the
Participant
pursuant to Section
7.01 shall
be added to the Plan Share Reserve.
Article VI
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ELIGIBILITY; ALLOCATIONS
6.01 Eligibility. Eligible Participants may receive Plan Share
Awards within the sole discretion of the Committee. Directors who are not
otherwise Employees shall receive Plan
Share Awards pursuant to Section 6.05.
6.02 Allocations.
The Committee will
determine which of
the
Eligible Participants will be granted Plan
Share Awards and the number of Shares
covered by each Award, provided, however, that in no event shall
any Awards be
made which will violate the Charter or
Bylaws of the Bank or its Subsidiaries or
any applicable federal or state law or regulation. In the event Shares are
forfeited for any reason or additional
Shares are purchased by the Trustee, the
Committee may, from time to time,
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determine which of the Eligible
Participants
will be granted Plan
Share Awards
to be awarded from forfeited Shares. In
selecting those Eligible Participants to
whom Plan Share Awards will be granted and
the number of shares
covered by such
Awards, the Committee shall consider the
prior and anticipated future position,
duties and