8.
Change in
Control.
In the
event of
a change
in control
of the
Company, the
Participant will
be credited
with an
additional two years
of Credited
Service for purposes
of computation of
gross supplemental
benefits under
this Plan.
Supplemental
benefits based
upon Normal
Retirement shall
be payable
to the
Participant within
30 days
of the
change in
control, subject
to the
provision of Section 9 regarding specified
employees.
“Change in Control” shall be defined to
include a sale of substantially all of the
assets of
the Company,
a change
in share
ownership of
greater than
50% within
a 24
-month period,
or any
other determination
of
change in control made by
the Board of Directors within
the meaning of Section 409A
of the Code.
Payment will be made as
a single
sum upon the change in control.
9.
Section 409
A.
This Paragraph
shall apply
to the
payment of
any benefits
under this
Plan notwithstanding
any
provision to the
contrary herein.
If any provision
of this Plan
(or any award
of compensation
or benefits
provided under
this Plan)
would cause the
Participant to
incur any additional
tax or interest
under Section 409A
of the Code,
the Company shall
reform such
provision to comply with
Section 409A and
agrees to maintain, to
the maximum extent practicable
without violating Section 409A
of
the Code or the
original intent and
economic benefit to Participant
of the applicable provision.
The Company shall not
accelerate the
payment of any
payment hereunder in
violation of Section
409A of the
Code.
To the
extent required under
Section 409A where
the
Participant is a
“specified employee,” the
Company shall delay
any payment under
this Plan for
a period of
six (6) months
following
Participant’s termination of employment.
Any payment of benefits to a Participant on account of termination
of this Plan shall comply
with the timing of benefit payments for
plan terminations and liquidations in Treasury
Regulations. When used in connection
with any
payments subject to Section
409A required to be made
hereunder, the phrase “termination
of employment” and correlative terms
shall
mean separation
from service
as defined
in Section
409A.
Unless such
payments are
otherwise exempt
from Section
409A, any
reimbursements or in-kind benefits provided
under this Plan shall be administered
in accordance with Section 409A, such that:
(a) the
amount of expenses eligible
for reimbursement, or in-kind
benefits provided, during one
year shall not affect
the expenses eligible for
reimbursement or the
in-kind benefits provided
in any other
year; (b) reimbursement
of eligible expenses
shall be made
on or before
December 31
of the year
following the
year in which
the expense
was incurred;
(c) Participant’s
right to
reimbursement or
in-kind
benefits shall not
be subject
to liquidation or
to exchange for
another benefit; and,
(d) if
the payment of
any deferred
compensation
shall be payable
at any time
within a period
that overlaps two
calendar years, payment
shall be made
in the second
of the two
years.
For purposes of
Section 409A, Participant’s
right to receive
any installment payments
pursuant to this
Plan shall be
treated as a
right
to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.
10.
Plan Termination.
This Plan may
be terminated at
any time by
the Board of
Directors. However,
all supplemental
retirement benefits accrued
under this Plan prio
r
to termination shall be
non-forfeitable except as
provided in Section 12
herein.
Any
offsets from the Qualified Plan shall be based on
supplemental retirement benefits accrued through the date
of termination of this Plan,
and the supplemental retirement
benefits accrued under
this Plan as determined
by this Section upon
Plan termination shall
be paid in
a lump sum.
11.
Ownership of Assets.
Until made available to the
Participant or the Participant’s
designated beneficiary as provided
herein, all amounts of
compensation deferred under this
Plan shall remain for
all purposes a part
of the general funds
of the Company
(without being
restricted to
the provisions
of benefit
under this
Plan) and
shall be
subject to
the claims
of the
Company’s general
creditors. No person other than the Company shall, by
virtue of the provisions of this Plan and any Deferred
Compensation Agreement
with a
Participant, have
any interest
in such
funds. To
the extent
that any
person acquires
a right
to receive
payment from
the
Company under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right
of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.
12.
Forfeiture.
Notwithstanding anything herein
contained to the
contrary, no
payment of any
then-unpaid installments
of deferred
compensation shall
be made,
and all
rights under
this Plan
of the
Participant, the
Participant’s designated
beneficiary,
personal representatives, heirs,
or administrators, or
any other person,
to receive payments
thereof, shall be
forfeited if either
or both
of the following events shall occur:
A. The Participant
shall engage in
any activity or
conduct which,
in the opinion
of the Board,
is
inimical to the best
interests of the Company
and is or would
be cause for involuntary
termination
of the Participant’s employment.
B. After the Participant
ceases to be employed
by the Company,
the Participant shall fail
or refuse
to provide advice and counsel to the Company when reasonably requested
to do so.
13.
Spendthrift Provision.
The right of
the Participant or
any other person
to the payment
of deferred compensation
or
other benefits under
this Plan shall
not be assigned,
transferred, pledged, or
encumbered except by
will or by the
laws of descent
and
distribution.
14.
No Employment Contract.
Nothing contained herein
shall be construed
as conferring upon
the Participant the
right
to continue in the employ of the Company as an executive or
in any other capacity.