As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 1995
Registration No. _____________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BANCORP HAWAII, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
HAWAII 99-0148992
(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
130 MERCHANT STREET
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813
(Address of principal executive offices)
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BANK OF HAWAII PROFIT SHARING PLAN
(Full title of plan)
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JOSEPH T. KIEFER
BANCORP HAWAII, INC.
P. O. BOX 2900
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96846
(808) 537-8111
(Name, address, and telephone
number of agent for service)
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Copy to:
J. THOMAS VAN WINKLE, ESQ.
CARLSMITH BALL WICHMAN MURRAY CASE & ICHIKI
1001 BISHOP STREET, SUITE 2200, PACIFIC TOWER
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813
(808) 523-2500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount to be Proposed Proposed Amount of
securities registered maximum maximum registration
to be offering aggregate fee(1)
registered price per offering
share(1) price(1)
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Common 500,000 $25.25 $12,625,000 $4,353.48
Stock ($2
par value)
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(1) In accordance with Rule 457 calculated on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices for the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange
composite tape on January 9, 1995.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
The prospectus related to this registration statement also covers
securities registered under registration statement No. 33-49836.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement:
(a) The plan's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) The registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K, or if the
financial statements therein are more current, the registrant's latest
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933 containing audited financial statements for the
registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(c) All other reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the annual report or the prospectus referred to in (a) above.
(d) The description of registrant's common stock contained in the
registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant or the plan pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement
which indicates that all of the shares of common stock offered have been sold or
which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
LEGAL OPINION. The validity of the shares of common stock to be
offered hereunder will be passed upon for the registrant by the law firm of
Carlsmith Ball Wichman Murray Case & Ichiki ("Carlsmith Ball"). Charles R.
Wichman, one of registrant's directors, is a retired partner of Carlsmith Ball
and is the beneficial owner of 32,205 shares of registrant's common stock. One
of the Carlsmith Ball attorneys who has participated in the preparation of this
registration statement, J. Thomas Van Winkle, is the beneficial owner of
approximately 15,375 shares of registrant's common stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 415-5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes authorizes a Hawaii
corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against
certain liabilities and expenses they may incur in such capacities, and provides
that such persons have a right to indemnification against expenses where they
have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of certain types of
actions or any issue therein. The indemnification provided by Section 415-5 is
not exclusive of any other indemnification rights that may exist under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders, or disinterested directors, or
otherwise. The registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for the
indemnification of the registrant's directors, officers, employees or agents
against certain liabilities. Additionally, the registrant maintains insurance
under which its directors, officers, employees or agents are insured against
certain liabilities.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The exhibits to the registration statement are listed in the Exhibit
Index elsewhere herein.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement; (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; provided, however, that clauses (i)
and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or
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otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceedings) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the 12th day of
January, 1995.
BANCORP HAWAII, INC.
By /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Lawrence M. Johnson
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement or amendment thereto has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Lawrence M. Johnson Chairman of the Board January 12, 1995
- ------------------------ and Chief Executive
Lawrence M. Johnson Officer and Director
* Director January 12, 1995
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Peter D. Baldwin
* Director January 12, 1995
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Mary G.F. Bitterman
* Director January 12, 1995
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Thomas B. Hayward
* Director January 12, 1995
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David A. Heenan
7.
* Director January 12, 1995
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Stuart T.K. Ho
* Director January 12, 1995
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Herbert M. Richards, Jr.
*
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H. Howard Stephenson Director January 12, 1995
* Director January 12, 1995
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Fred E. Trotter
* Director January 12, 1995
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Charles R. Wichman
* Director January 12, 1995
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K. Tim Yee
* Executive Vice January 12, 1995
- ------------------------ President, Chief
David A. Houle Financial Officer
* Vice President January 12, 1995
- ------------------------ and Controller,
Denis K. Isono Chief Accounting
Officer
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Profit Sharing Trust Committee of the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan has
duly caused this registration statement or amendment thereto to be signed on the
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Plan's behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, on the dates indicated below.
BANK OF HAWAII PROFIT SHARING PLAN
SIGNATURE DATE
By * January 12, 1995
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Charles R. Wichman,
Member of the Profit Sharing
Trust Committee
By * January 12, 1995
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Richard J. Dahl
Member of the Profit Sharing
Trust Committee
By * January 12, 1995
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Thomas J. Kappock
Member of the Profit Sharing
Trust Committee
By * January 12, 1995
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Ronald K. Migita
Member of the Profit Sharing
Trust Committee
By * January 12, 1995
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Susan L. Mares
Member of the Profit Sharing
Trust Committee
*By /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Lawrence M. Johnson
Attorney-in-Fact
9.
EXHIBIT INDEX
SEQUENTIALLY
NO. DESCRIPTION NUMBERED PAGE
(4)(a) Bank of Hawaii Profit
Sharing Plan (Amended and
Restated Plan dated
December 14, 1994)
(b) Agreement of Trust dated
April 1, 1989, between Bank
of Hawaii and Vanguard
Fiduciary Trust Company
(5)(a) Opinion of Carlsmith Ball
Wichman Murray Case & Ichiki
re legality
(b) The registrant undertakes
that it will submit or has
submitted the Bank of Hawaii
Profit Sharing Plan and any
amendment thereto to the Internal
Revenue Service in a timely
manner and has made or will
make all changes required by
the Internal Revenue Service
to qualify such plan.
(23)(a) Consent of Ernst & Young
(b) Consent of Carlsmith Ball
Wichman Murray Case & Ichiki
(See Exhibit (5)(a))
(24) Power of Attorney of Bancorp
Hawaii, Inc.; of Directors
and Officers; and of Members of
Profit Sharing Trust
Committee
BANK OF HAWAII
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
EXHIBIT (4)(a)
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF BANK OF HAWAII
WHEREAS, each of the Employees' Retirement Plan of Bank of Hawaii
(hereinafter the "Retirement Plan") and the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan
(hereinafter the "Profit Sharing Plan") must be amended to comply with changes
in laws and regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that effective as of January 1, 1989
the Retirement Plan is hereby amended and restated as presented to this meeting.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that effective as of January 1, 1989 the Profit
Sharing Plan is hereby amended and restated as presented to this meeting.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any officer of Bank of Hawaii (hereinafter the
"Bank") is hereby authorized, for and in the name and on behalf of the Bank, to
apply for and to take such action as may be necessary, proper, or convenient to
obtain a determination by the Internal Revenue Service that each of the
Retirement Plan and the Profit Sharing Plan as amended and restated qualifies
under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and that the trust
forming a part of each plan is exempt from income tax under said Code, and the
actions of any officer in connection therewith are hereby approved, ratified,
and confirmed.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any officer of the Bank is hereby authorized to
make such technical amendments to the Retirement Plan or the Profit Sharing Plan
as may be required by the Internal Revenue Service to obtain said
determinations.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that any officer of the Bank is hereby authorized,
directed, and ordered to take such other action, as he may deem necessary or
proper in order to consummate the matters authorized in these resolutions.
ADOPTED DECEMBER 14, 1994
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
PROLOGUE ............................................... 1
ARTICLE I -- DEFINITIONS .......................... 2
ARTICLE II -- SERVICE RULES
Section 2.1 Month of Service Rules.............. 10
Section 2.2 Break In Service Rules.............. 10
Section 2.3 Leaves Of Absence................... 11
Section 2.4 Maternity or Paternity Absences... 11
Section 2.5 Treatment Of Employment By
Associated Companies.............. 11
Section 2.6 Certain Service with BankAmerica
Corporation, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Or First Federal............. 12
Section 2.7 Certain Service With First
National Bank of Arizona............ 12
ARTICLE III -- MEMBERSHIP
Section 3.1 Eligibility For Membership......... 13
Section 3.2 Waiver of Membership............... 13
Section 3.3 Reemployment Rules................. 13
ARTICLE IV -- CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1 Amount Of Contributions............. 15
Section 4.2 Limitations On Amounts Of Parti-
cipating Employer Contributions... 15
Section 4.3 Time Of Participating Employer
Contributions....................... 16
Section 4.4 Allocation Of Profit Sharing
Contributions....................... 16
Section 4.5 Optional Cash Distribution Of
Up To 50% Of Allocation............. 17
Section 4.6 Limitations On 401(k) Contribu-
tions............................... 17
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ARTICLE V -- MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT
LIMITATIONS
Section 5.1 Limitation On Annual Additions To
The Plan -- No Participation In
Other Defined Contribution Arrange-
ment................................ 23
Section 5.2 Limitation On Annual Additions To
The Plan -- Participation In
Another Defined Contribution
Arrangement......................... 24
Section 5.3 Limitation on Annual Additions
To The Plan -- Participation
In Defined Benefit Plan............. 25
Section 5.4 Definitions......................... 26
Section 5.5 Transitional Rules.................. 30
ARTICLE VI -- VALUATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES
Section 6.1 Valuations.......................... 31
Section 6.2 Distribution At Normal Retirement
Or Death............................ 31
Section 6.3 Disability Or Early Retirement...... 32
Section 6.4 Other Severances Of Employment...... 34
Section 6.5 Withdrawals Prior To Severance
Of Service; Loans................... 34
Section 6.6 Form of Distributions............... 37
Section 6.7 Special Distribution Rules.......... 37
Section 6.8 Claims Procedure.................... 39
ARTICLE VII -- ADMINISTRATION
Section 7.1 The Board of Directors To Be
Named Fiduciary..................... 40
Section 7.2 Profit Sharing Trust Committee...... 40
ARTICLE VIII -- INVESTMENTS AND TRUSTEES
Section 8.1 Investment Elections................ 43
Section 8.2 Plan Trustees....................... 43
Section 8.3 Certain Investment Powers........... 45
Section 8.4 Investment By Investment Manager.... 45
Section 8.5 Liability Of Trustees............... 46
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ARTICLE IX -- FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 9.1 Fiduciary Responsibilities......... 47
ARTICLE X -- PORTABILITY
Section 10.1 Portability......................... 49
Section 10.2 Section 401(a)(31) Eligible
Distributions....................... 49
ARTICLE XI -- AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, MERGER
Section 11.1 Amendment Of Plan.................. 51
Section 11.2 Discontinue Of Contributions....... 51
Section 11.3 Termination Of Plan................ 52
Section 11.4 Plan Merger........................ 52
ARTICLE XII -- CERTAIN RIGHTS, LIMITATIONS
AND OBLIGATIONS
Section 12.1 Right To Employment................. 53
Section 12.2 Nondiscriminatory Actions........... 53
Section 12.3 Liability For Payments.............. 53
Section 12.4 Non-Alienation Of Benefits.......... 53
ARTICLE XIII -- CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
Section 13.1 Gender And Number................... 54
Section 13.2 Headings Of No Effect............... 54
Section 13.3 Controlling Law..................... 54
ARTICLE XIV -- TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
Section 14.1 Determination of Top-Heavy Status... 55
Section 14.2 Special Top-Heavy Rules............. 58
Appendix A.............................................. 61
Appendix B.............................................. 62
Appendix C.............................................. 64
Appendix D.............................................. 66
Appendix E.............................................. 69
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PROFIT SHARING PLAN
BANK OF HAWAII
Bank of Hawaii adopted a Profit Sharing Plan, which became effective
January 1, 1962, in order to establish and provide for the administration of a
tax qualified, deferred profit-sharing plan for certain employees. The Profit
Sharing Plan has subsequently been amended from time to time.
Effective as of January 1, 1989 the Bank hereby adopts an amended and
restated form of the Profit Sharing Plan, as set forth herein. Except as
specifically provided for herein or by law, the provisions set forth herein
shall determine as of January 1, 1989 the rights and benefits of all employees
who terminate employment on or after said date. Unless otherwise specifically
provided herein or by law, the rights and benefits of employees who terminated
employment on or before December 31, 1988 shall be determined in accordance with
the provisions of the Profit Sharing Plan as in effect on the date their
employment terminated.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following is an alphabetical listing of certain words and phrases
that shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly
required in the context:
1.1 "Accounts" shall mean the Member's Elective Deferral Account,
Mandatory Deferral Account, Member Savings Account, and Rollover Account.
1.2 "Accrued Benefit" shall mean the value (as of the relevant
valuation date) of the Member's Accounts.
1.3 "Associated Company" shall mean (i) a corporation (other than a
Participating Employer) that is a member ofthe same controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the Code, determined
without regard to Section 1563(a)(4) and (e)(3)(C) of the Code) as a
Participating Employer, (ii) an entity (other than a Participating Employer)
under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with a
Participating Employer, (iii) a member (other than a Participating Employer) of
an affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code)
with a Participating Employer, and (iv) any other entity (other than a
Participating Employer) required to be aggregated with a Participating Employer
pursuant to Section 414(o) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
1.4 "Bancorp" shall mean Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.
1.5 "Bancorp Stock Fund" shall mean the Investment Fund invested to
the extent possible in common stock of Bancorp.
1.6 "Bank" shall mean Bank of Hawaii. wherever under the terms of the
Plan the Bank is permitted or required to do or perform any act, matter, or
thing it may be done by any officer, person, or entity duly authorized by the
Board of Directors.
1.7 "Beneficiary" shall mean the Member's spouse. A Member may,
however, designate on a form furnished for that purpose by the Committee (and
filed with the Committee) a person or legal entity other than his surviving
spouse to receive his Accrued Benefit in the event of his death. Such
designation shall not be effective unless consented to by the Member's spouse in
a written instrument (i) in which the spouse acknowledges
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the effect of such election and (ii) witnessed by an authorized representative
of the Plan or a notary public. Such written consent shall not be required if
it is established to the satisfaction of the authorized representative of the
Plan that such consent may not be obtained because there is no spouse, the
spouse cannot be located, or such other circumstances as Treasury Regulations
may prescribe. If the Member's spouse or a designated beneficiary does not
survive him, the term "Beneficiary" shall mean the estate of the Member.
1.8 "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Bank. Wherever under the terms of the Plan the Board of Directors is permitted
or required to do or perform any act, matter, or thing it may be done by any
officer, person, or entity duly authorized by the Board of Directors.
1.9 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
or such other provision of law of similar purpose as may at any time be
substituted therefor.
1.10 "Committee" shall mean the Profit Sharing Trust Committee, which
committee shall be responsible for the management of the Plan as provided in
Article VII.
1.11 "Compensation" shall mean (i) the base salary or wages paid and
(ii) the amount that is contributed by a Participating Employer pursuant to a
salary reduction agreement and is not includible in the Member's gross income
under Section 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B), or 403(b) of the Code, during the
Plan Year and while the Employee is a Member of the Plan. Compensation shall
not include overtime or premium pay, commissions, discretionary bonuses, or
contributions (other than salary reduction contributions) by a Participating
Employer pursuant to this or any other employee benefit plan.
For Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1988 and before January 1,
1994, the Compensation of each Member taken into account for determining all
benefits provided under the Plan for any Plan Year shall not exceed $200,000
(hereinafter the "$200,000 limitation"). For each such Plan Year, this
limitation shall be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury at the same time
and in the same manner as under Section 415(d) of the Code, except that the
dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any calendar year shall be effective
for the Plan Year beginning in such calendar year and the first adjustment to
the $200,000 limitation shall be effective on January 1, 1990.
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For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual
Compensation of each Member taken into account for determining all benefits
provided under the Plan for any Plan Year shall not exceed $150,000, as adjusted
for increases in the cost-of-living in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of
the Code. The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year shall
apply to any determination period beginning in such calendar year.
If Compensation for any prior determination period shall be taken into
account in determining a Member's allocations for the current Plan Year, the
Compensation for that prior determination period shall be subject to the
applicable annual Compensation limit in effect for that prior determination
period. For this purpose, in determining allocations in Plan Years beginning on
or after January 1, 1989, the annual Compensation limit in effect for
determination periods beginning before that date shall be $200,000. In
addition, in determining allocations in Plan Years beginning on or after January
1, 1994, the annual compensation limit in effect for determination periods
beginning before that date shall be $150,000.
If a determination period contains fewer than 12 months, then the
annual Compensation limit shall be an amount equal to the otherwise applicable
annual Compensation limit multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the number of months in the short determination period and the denominator of
which is 12.
In determining the Compensation of a Member for purposes of this
limitation the rules of Section 414(q)(6) of the Code shall apply, except that
in applying such rules, the term "family" shall include only the spouse of Mem-
her and any lineal descendants of the Member have not attained age 19 before the
close of the year. If as a result of the application of such rules the adjusted
annual Compensation limitation is exceeded, then the limitation shall be
prorated among the affected individuals in proportion to each such individuals
Compensation as determined under this Section 1.11 prior to the application of
this limitation.
1.12 "Disability" shall mean a disability as defined in the then
existing insured disability income benefit program maintained by the Bank,
regardless of whether the Member is covered under that program.
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1.13 "Early Retirement Date" shall mean the first day of the calendar
month following severance of employment for any reason if the Member has (i)
reached age 45 and completed 180 Months of Service or (ii) reached age 50, and
if he commenced employment with a Participating Employer after December 31,
1975, completed 120 or more Months of Service.
1.14 "Elective Deferral Account" shall mean an account maintained for
each Member that represents such Member's proportion of the value of the assets
of the Trust Fund arising from the portion of the Member's allocation of the
Profit Sharing Contribution covered by Section 4.5 that the Member may elect to
receive in cash but is paid over to the Trust Fund on behalf of such Employee.
1.15 "Eligible Employee" shall mean a Member who is eligible to
receive an allocation of Savings Contributions or Profit Sharing Contributions
for all or a portion of the Plan Year.
1.16 "Employee" shall mean (i) any regular employee of the Bank and
(ii) an employee of a Participating Employer other the Bank employed in a
classification set forth in Appendix A. A regular employee shall mean a salaried
or hourly-paid employee who is not a periodic employee. A periodic employee is
a salaried or hourly-paid employee who is hired for (i) certain training
programs not necessarily leading to employment as a regular employee (e.g., COE
Student, Summer Trainee), (ii) consultant or retainer duties, including a
retiree or former employee hired for such purposes, or (iii) a specific project
and on a contract basis.
1.17 "ERISAII shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, or any other provision of law of similar purpose as may at any time be
substituted therefor.
1.18 "Family Member" shall mean the Member's spouse, lineal ascendants
or descendants, and the spouses of such lineal ascendants and descendants.
1.19 11401(k) Contribution" shall mean for a Plan Year the total of a
Member's Savings Contributions and the contributions on behalf of the Member to
his Elective Deferral Account.
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1.20 "Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean a "highly compensated
active employee" and a "highly compensated former employee." A "highly
compensated active employee" includes any employee who performs service for a
Participating Employer during the determination year and who during the look-
back year (i) received compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the
Code) from a Participating Employer in excess of $75,000 (as adjusted pursuant
to Section 415(d) of the Code), (ii) received compensation (as defined in
Section 415(c)(3) of the Code) from a Participating Employer in excess of
$50,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Code) and was a member of
the top-paid group for such year, or (iii) was an officer of a Participating
Employer and received compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code)
during such year that was greater than 50% of the dollar limitation in effect
under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code. In addition, a "highly compensated
active employee" includes (i) an employee who is both described in the preceding
sentence if the term "determination year" is substituted for the term "look-back
year" and is one of the 100 employees who received the most compensation (as
defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code) from a Participating Employer during
the determination year and (ii) an employee who is a 5% owner of a Participating
Employer at any time during the look-back year or determination year. If no
officer has satisfied the compensation requirement of (iii) above during either
a determination year or look-back year, the highest paid officer for such year
shall be treated as a highly compensated employee.
A "highly compensated former employee" includes any Employee who
separated from service or was deemed to have separated prior to the
determination year, performs no service for a Participating Employer during the
determination year, and was a highly compensated active employee for either the
separation year or any determination year ending on or after the his 55th
birthday.
If during a determination year or look-back year an employee is a
Family Member of either a 5% owner who is an active or former employee or a
Highly Compensated Employee who is one of the ten most Highly Compensated
Employees ranked on the basis of compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3)
of the Code) paid by a Participating Employer during such year, then the Family
Member and the 5% owner or top-ten Highly Compensated Employee shall be
aggregated. In such case, the Family Member and 5% owner or top-ten Highly
Compensated Employee shall be treated as
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a single employee receiving compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the
Code) and Plan contributions or benefits equal to the sum of such compensation
and contributions or benefits of the Family Member and 5% owner or top-ten
Highly Compensated Employee. The determination of who is a Highly Compensated
Employee (including the determinations of the number and identity of employees
in the top-paid group, the top 100 employees, the number of employees treated as
officers, and the compensation (as defined in Section 415(c)(3) of the Code)
that is considered shall be made in accordance with Section 414(q) of the Code.
For these purposes, the "determination year" shall be the Plan Year
and the "look-back year" shall be the 12-month period immediately preceding the
determination year.
A "non-Highly Compensated Employee" is an Employee who is not a Highly
Compensated Employee.
1.21 "Hour of Service" shall mean:
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, for the performance of duties for a Participating Employer. These
hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods in
which the duties are performed; and
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to
payment, by a Participating Employer on account of a period of time during which
no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty, or leave of absence; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of
damages, has been either awarded or agreed to by a Participating Employer. The
same Hours of Service shall not be credited under subparagraph (a) or
subparagraph (b), as the case may be, and under this subparagraph (c). These
hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods to
which the award or agreement pertains rather than the computation period in
which the award, agreement, or payment is made.
The Hour of Service rules stated in Department of Labor Regulations Section
2530.200b-2(b) and -2(c) are herein incorporated by reference. For eligibility
and vesting
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purposes, Hours of Service shall be credited for employment with an Associated
Company that is not a Participating Employer. Hours of Service shall also be
credited for any individual considered an Employee for purposes of the Plan
under Section 414(n) or (o) of the Code.
1.22 "Investment Funds" shall mean the investment funds specified in
Appendix D in which a Member may elect to invest his Accounts.
1.23 "Lump Sum Distribution" shall mean a payment of the balance of a
Member's Accrued Benefit.
1.24 "Mandatory Deferral Account" shall mean an account maintained
for each Member that represents such Member's proportion of the value of the
assets of the Trust Fund arising from the portion of the Member's allocation of
the Profit Sharing Contribution that the Member may not elect to receive in cash
but is automatically paid over to the Trust Fund and allocated to the Mandatory
Deferral Account of such Employee.
1.25 "Member" shall mean any person who has satisfied the eligibility
requirements of Article III and whose Accounts remain in the Plan and allocated
to him. An "active Member" shall mean a Member during the period he is employed
in an eligible class of Employees and is, therefore, eligible to receive an
allocation of Savings Contributions and Profit Sharing Contributions.
1.26 "Member Savings Account" shall mean an account maintained for
each Member that represents such Member's proportion of the value of the assets
of the Trust Fund arising from Savings Contributions made on behalf of the
Member.
1.27 "Month of Service" shall mean each month for which credit is
granted pursuant to the rules specified in Section 2.1.
1.28 "Normal Retirement Date" shall mean the Member's 65th birthday.
1.29 "One-Year Break in Service" shall mean a 12-consecutive month
Period of Severance, e.g., July 15, 1991 through July 14, 1992.
1.30 "Participating Employer" shall mean the Bank or a subsidiary or
affiliated company set forth in Appendix A.
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1.31 "Period of Severance" shall mean a period of time during
which an Employee is no longer employed by any Participating Employer and is not
credited with an Hour of Service. Such period shall begin on the date the
Employee retires, quits, is discharged, or otherwise severs employment with a
Participating Employer and shall end on the date the Employee is reemployed by a
Participating Employer. An Employee shall not be regarded as having severed
employment with a Participating Employer while he is on a Participating
Employer-approved leave of absence or has a Disability and has not terminated
employment with the Participating Employer.
1.32 "Plan" shall mean the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan and the
trust established in connection therewith, as described herein or as hereafter
amended.
1.33 "Plan Year" shall mean the 12-month period commencing January 1
of each year.
1.34 "Profit Sharing Contribution" shall mean the contribution
required by Section 4.1(a).
1.35 "Rollover Account" shall mean an account maintained for a Member
that represents such Member's proportion of the value of the assets of the Trust
Fund arising from rollover contributions, if any, pursuant to Section 10.1.
1.36 "Savings Contribution" shall mean a contribution made by a
Participating Employer on a Member's behalf pursuant to a savings agreement and
which is allocated to the Member's Member Savings Account.
1.37 "Trust Fund" shall mean all cash and property received and/or
held by a Trustee pursuant to the Plan and its related trust agreement or
agreements and all income or losses therefrom or thereto.
1.38 "Trustee" shall mean the person, corporation, or combination of
any of them, who or which shall accept the appointment to execute the duties of
a Trustee as set forth in the Plan or in a trust agreement forming a part of the
Plan.
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ARTICLE II
SERVICE RULES
SECTION 2.1 MONTH OF SERVICE RULES.
(a) Month of Service credit shall be granted for the period of time
beginning with the date the Employee commences employment with a Participating
Employer to the date the Employee's Period of Severance commences. One Month of
Service shall be granted for each calendar month of employment, e.g., June 15 to
July 14 equals one Month of Service.
(b) In the case of a reemployed Employee, Month of Service credit
shall be granted for the period of time beginning with the date the Employee is
reemployed by a Participating Employer to the date the Employee subsequently
commences a Period of Severance.
(c) If an Employee subject to Section 2.1(b) is so reemployed within
the 12-consecutive month period following the date on which the Employee's
Period of Severance commenced, Month of Service credit shall also be granted for
the period commencing with the date said Period of Severance commenced and
ending with the Employee's reemployment date.
(d) Except as provided in Section 2.2, all of an Employee's Months of
Service shall be recognized for purposes of the Plan.
SECTION 2.2 BREAK IN SERVICE RULES.
(a) Months of Service for service prior to January 1, 1976 shall be
disregarded if such service would have been diregarded under the rules of the
Plan with regard to continuous service in effect on December 31, 1975.
(b) Months of Service for service prior to January 1, 1985 shall be
disregarded if such service would have been disregarded under the rules of the
Plan in effect on December 31, 1984.
(c) If an Employee who does not have a vested right to an Accrued
Benefit incurs a One-Year Break in Service, Months of Service granted prior to
such One-Year Break in service shall be disregarded after the continuous Period
of Severance equals or exceeds the greater of (i) the Employee's Months of
Service credited prior to such One-Year Break in Service or (ii) 60 months.
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(d) If a Member who has had a One-Year Break in Service is
subsequently reemployed by a Participating Employer, he shall be eligible to
receive an allocation of contributions to the Plan for the year of reemployment
if during such year he satisfies the requirements specified in Article IV.
SECTION 2.3 LEAVES OF ABSENCE.
Month of Service credit shall be granted for each day during which an
Employee is on a Bank-approved leave of absence.
SECTION 2.4 MATERNITY OR PATERNITY ABSENCES.
An Employee absent from work for any period (i) by reason of her
pregnancy, the birth of his/her child, or the placement of a child with him/her
in connection with his/her adoption of such child or (ii) for purposes of
his/her caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such
birth or placement shall be credited with additional Month of Service credit
equal to the lesser of such period or 12 months. The period between the first
and second anniversaries of the first date of such absence shall not be regarded
as a period of service or a period of severance.
SECTION 2.5 TREATMENT OF EMPLOYMENT BY ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES.
(a) If an individual is at any time employed by a company while it is
an Associated Company, such employment shall be treated as employment by a
Participating Employer for purposes of determining such individual's Months of
Service. However, he shall not be an active Member during any such service.
(b) If a Member's employment with a Participating Employer is
terminated and he is immediately employed by an Associated Company, his Accounts
shall remain in the Plan so long as he is employed by an Associated Company.
However, he shall not be an active Member while he is so employed. During any
such employment with an Associated Company, the Member's Accounts shall continue
to share in earnings of the Investment Funds and to bear and share expenses and
losses. Further employment by any Associated Company shall be similarly
treated. If the Member is reemployed by a Participating Employer in an eligible
class of
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employees, he shall immediately become an active Member. If the Member is
terminated while in the employ of the Associated Company, he shall be treated in
the same manner as if he had been terminated while in the employ of a
Participating Employer.
SECTION 2.6 CERTAIN SERVICE WITH BANKAMERICA CORPORATION,
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, OR FIRST FEDERAL.
(a) An Employee who became an Employee on June 1, 1986 due to the
acquisition by the Bank of the Guam operations of Bank of America NT & SA shall
receive eligibility and vesting credit for service with BankAmerica Corporation
or any corporation that is a member of the controlled group of corporations
(within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the Code without regard to Sections
1563(a)(4) and 1563(a)(3)(C) of the Code) of which BankAmerica Corporation is a
member, but only after the date such corporation became a member of such
controlled group of corporations.
(b) An Employee who became an Employee on December 1, 1987 due to
the acquisition by the Bank of the Guam operations of The Chase Manhattan
(National Association) shall receive eligibility and vesting credit for service
with The Chase Manhattan (National Association) or any corporation that is a
member of the controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section
1563(a) of the Code without regard to Sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(a)(3)(C) of
the Code) of which The Chase Manhattan (National Association) is a member, but
only after the date such corporation became a member of such controlled group of
corporations.
(c) An employee of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
America or First Savings and Loan Association of America as of December 31, 1990
shall receive eligibility and vesting credit for service with FirstFed America,
Inc. or any corporation that was a member of the controlled group of
corporations (within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the Code without regard
to Sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(a)(3)(C) of the Code) of which FirstFed America,
Inc. was a member prior to its acquisition by Bancorp.
SECTION 2.7 CERTAIN SERVICE WITH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA.
An employee of First National Bank of Arizona shall receive
eligibility and vesting credit for service with First National Bank of Arizona
prior to January 1, 1991.
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ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 3.1 ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP.
(a) (1) An Employee as of January 1, 1989 who was a Member as of
December 31, 1988 shall continue membership in the Plan.
(2) Any other Employee as of January 1, 1989 who has completed
12 Months of Service shall become a Member as of January 1, 1989.
(3) Thereafter, an Employee shall become a Member as of the
first day of the calendar month coincident with or following his completion of
12 Months of Service.
(b) Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this Section 3.1, an
Employee who is not a United States citizen shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan only if such Employee does not participate in the employee benefit
programs specifically provided by a Participating Employer for a group of
employees employed outside the United States.
SECTION 3.2 WAIVER OF MEMBERSHIP.
Any Employee may voluntarily waive his right to membership in the
Plan.
SECTION 3.3 REEMPLOYMENT RULES.
(a) A former Member shall become an active Member immediately upon
his return to the employ of a Participating Employer in an eligible class of
Employees if he had a vested right to all or a portion of his Mandatory Deferral
Account at the time of his termination of service.
(b) A former Employee who incurs a One-Year Break in Service prior
to completing 12 Months of Service shall commence a new eligibility computation
period if he is reemployed. Such period shall be computed from the first date
on which the Employee completes an Hour of Service following such One-Year Break
in Service.
(c) If a Member becomes ineligible to participate because he is no
longer a member of an eligible class of Employees, he shall become an active
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Member immediately upon his return to an eligible class of Employees.
(d) If an Employee who is not a member of the eligible class of
Employees becomes a member of the eligible class, such Employee shall become an
active Member immediately if he has satisfied the requirements of Section 3.1
and would have previously become a Member had he been in the eligible class.
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ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 4.1 AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) (1) For each Plan Year the Participating Employers shall
contribute to the Plan a Profit Sharing Contribution equal to the amount, if
any, determined pursuant to Appendix B.
(2) The portion of the Profit Sharing Contribution to be made by
each Participating Employer shall be determined by the Bank.
(b) (1) In consideration of a Member's reduction in salary or wages
from a Participating Employer pursuant to a savings agreement, the Participating
Employer shall make a Savings Contribution to the Member's Member Savings
Account in the amount the Member's salary or wages were reduced. Such
contributions shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of the month
following the payroll periods for which the salary reduction applies, but in no
case later than 30 days after the end of the applicable Plan Year.
(2) For Federal tax purposes (and, wherever permitted, for
state tax purposes) Savings Contributions shall be deemed to be Participating
Employer contributions.
(3) Savings Contributions shall be subject to the provisions of
Appendix C.
SECTION 4.2 LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNTS OF PARTICIPATING
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article IV, in no
event shall the contributions (other than rollover contributions pursuant to
Section 10.1) to the Plan plus any other Participating Employer contributions to
any other defined contribution plans (as defined in Section 414(i) of the Code)
for any Plan Year exceed the lesser of (i) 15% of the total Compensation of all
Members for such Plan Year or (ii) the maximum amount deductible by the
Participating Employers on account of such contributions under the applicable
provisions of the Code for such year.
(b) (1) If a Savings Contribution is made by a mistake of fact, the
Member shall be entitled to return of such contribution to his Member Savings
Account (as adjusted for any earnings or losses thereon) within
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one year of the making of such contribution. If a Profit Sharing Contribution
is made by a mistake of fact, the Participating Employers shall be entitled to
return of such contribution (as adjusted for any losses thereon) within one year
of the making of such contribution.
(2) If a Profit Sharing Contribution by a Participating
Employer is not deductible under the Code, such contribution (to the extent the
deduction is disallowed, as adjusted for any losses thereon) may at the
Participating Employer's option, be returned to the Participating Employer
within one year after the disallowance of the deduction.
SECTION 4.3 TIME OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.
A Participating Employer may make payments to the Trustee on account
of its contributions for each of its taxable years on any date or dates it
elects, but the total amount of its Profit Sharing Contribution shall be paid in
full within the time prescribed by law (including extension of time) for the
filing of its federal income tax return for such year.
SECTION 4.4 ALLOCATION OF PROFIT SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS.
As of each December 31st, the Bank shall determine each Member's
allocable share of the Profit Sharing Contribution for the Plan Year then ended
as follows:
(a) Each Member who (i) is employed by a Participating Employer or
an Associated Company as of the last normal work day of such Plan Year,
including a Member who remains as an Employee after his Normal Retirement Date,
or (ii) retired, died, or incurred a Disability during the Plan Year and did
not elect pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(1) to waive participation in the Plan for
such Plan Year, shall be credited with one allocation point for each $100 of his
Compensation paid or accrued during the portion of the Plan Year he was a
Member. For purposes of the prior sentence, (i) a Member's Compensation shall
be rounded to the nearest $100 and (ii) no fractional allocation points shall be
awarded.
(b) The Profit Sharing Contribution (as determined in accordance
with Appendix B) shall be divided by the total number of allocation points
credited for the Plan Year then ended to all eligible Members. The result shall
constitute the dollar value of an allocation point for purposes of this
Section 4.4.
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(c) The Profit Sharing Contribution (as determined in accordance
with Appendix B) shall be allocated among the eligible Members pro rata
according to their respective allocation point totals for the Plan Year then
ended.
SECTION 4.5 OPTIONAL CASH DISTRIBUTION OF UP TO 50% OF ALLOCATION.
(a) (1) For each Plan Year, each Member eligible for an allocation
of the Profit Sharing Contribution may elect to receive a direct cash
distribution of 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50% of his allocation of the Profit Sharing
Contribution for such year. Such election shall be made on an election form
furnished by the Bank during the Plan Year for which the allocation pertains,
and the election form must be mailed or otherwise returned to the Bank no later
than the date specified by the Committee. If the election form bears a postmark
later than (or is otherwise returned to the Bank after such date), or if no
election form is returned, no such direct cash distribution shall be made to the
Member for such year's allocation.
(2) If the Member elects to receive less than 50% of his
allocation in cash, the difference between the cash distribution and 50% of his
allocation of the Profit Sharing Contribution shall be contributed to his
Elective Deferral Account. The remaining 50% of his allocation of the Profit
Sharing Contribution shall be contributed to his Mandatory Deferral Account.
(b) As soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Plan Year
the Member shall receive a direct cash distribution of the percentage of his
allocation of the Profit Sharing Contribution he so electeu', subject to the
reduction, if any, set forth in Section 4.6(c). There shall be deducted from all
such cash distributions any taxes required to be withheld by law.
SECTION 4.6 LIMITATIONS ON 401(K) CONTRIBUTIONS.
(A) DEFINITIONS. In addition to the definitions in Article I, the
following definitions shall apply for purposes of this Section 4.6:
(1) "Actual Deferral Percentage" for a specified group of
Eligible Employees for a Plan Year shall mean the average of the ratios
(calculated separately for each Eligible Employee in such group) of
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(i) the amount of the Participating Employer contributions actually paid over
to the Trust Fund on behalf of each such Employee for such Plan Year to (ii)
such Employeels Compensation for such Plan Year, whether or not the Employee was
an Eligible Employee for the entire Plan Year. Participating Employer
Contributions on behalf of any Member shall include (i) any 401(k) Contributions
made pursuant to the Member's elective deferral election (including Excess
Deferrals of Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding Excess Elective
Deferrals of non-Highly Compensated Employees that arise solely from elective
deferral contributions made under this Plan or any other plans of a
Participating Employer) and (ii) at the election of the Bank, contributions to
Mandatory Deferral Accounts. The Actual Deferral Percentage of an Eligible
Employee who is eligible to but does not make any 401(k) Contributions fcr a
Plan Year shall be zero.
(2) "Compensation" shall mean "compensation" as defined in
Section 5.4(b).
(3) "Excess Contributions" shall mean with respect to any Plan
Year the excess of (i) the aggregate amount of Participating Employer
Contributions actually taken into account in computing the Actual Deferral
Percentage of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year over (ii) the
maximum amount of such contributions permitted by the Actual Deferral Percentage
test (determined by reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated
Employees in order of the Actual Deferral Percentages, beginning with the
highest of such percentages).
(4) "Excess Deferrals" shall mean the 401(k) Contributions that
are includible in a Member's gross income under Section 402(g) of the Code to
the extent such Member'- 40'fkl Contributions for a taxable year exceeded the
dollar limitation under Section 402(g) of the Code. Excess Deferrals shall be
treated as Annual Additions under Section 5.4, unless such amounts are
distributed no later than the first April 15 following the close of the Member's
taxable year.
(B) SECTION 402(G) LIMITATIONS ON ELECTIVE DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
(1) No Member shall be permitted to have 401(k) Contributions
made under this Plan or any other qualified plan maintained by a Participating
Employer during any taxable year in excess of the dollar limitation contained in
Section 402(g) of the Code in effect at the beginning of such taxable year.
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(2) A Member may assign to this Plan any Excess Deferrals made
during a taxable year of the Member by notifying the Committee on or before
March 1 of the applicable year of the amount of the Excess Elective Deferrals to
be assigned to the Plan. A Member shall be deemed to notify the Committee of
any Excess Deferrals that arise by taking into account only those elective
deferral contributions made to this Plan and any other plans of a Participating
Employer.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Excess
Deferrals, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be
distributed no later than April 15 of each year to the Member to whose account
Excess Deferrals were assigned for the preceding year and who claims Excess
Deferrals for such year.
(4) The Member's claim must (i) be in writing, (ii) be
submitted to the Committee not later than the date specified in Section
4.6(b)(2), (iii) specify the amount of the Member's Excess Deferrals for the
preceding year, and (iv) be accompanied by the Member's written statement that
if such amounts are not distributed, such Excess Deferrals (when added to
amounts deferred under other plans or arrangements described in Sections 401(k),
408(k), or 403(b) of the Code) shall exceed the limit imposed on the Member by
Section 402(g) of the Code for the year in which the deferral occurred.
(5) The Excess Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or
loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to Excess
Deferrals shall be the sum of:
(i) the income or loss allocable to the Member's Elective
Deferral Account and Member Savings Account for the taxable year multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is such Member's Excess Deferrals for the year
and the denominator of which is the balance of the Member's Elective Deferral
Account and Member Savings Account without regard to any income or loss
occurring during such taxable year; and
(ii) 10% of the amount determined under above multiplied by
the number of whole calendar months between the end of the Member's taxable year
and the date of distribution, counting the month of distribution if distribution
occurs after the 15th day of such month.
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The amount of Excess Deferrals that may be distributed with respect to a Member
shall be reduced by any Excess Contributions previously distributed or
recharacterized with respect to such Member for the Plan Year beginning with or
within such taxable year. In no event may the amount distributed exceed the
Member's total 401(k) Contributions for such taxable year.
(C) SECTION 401(K) LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
(1) ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TESTS. The Actual Deferral
Percentage for Members who are Highly Compensated Employees for each Plan Year
and the Actual Deferral Percentage for Members who are non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the same Plan Year must satisfy one of the following tests:
(i) The Actual Deferral Percentage for the group of
Eligible Employees who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year does
not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for
such Plan Year multiplied by 1.25.
(ii) The Actual Deferral Percentage for the group of
Eligible Employees who are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year does
not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage for all other Eligible Employees for
such Plan Year multiplied by two, provided that the Actual Deferral Percentage
for the group of Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the Actual
Deferral Percentage of such other Eligible Employees by more than two percentage
points.
(2) ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE RULES.
(i) The Actual Deferral Percentage for any Eligible
Employee who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is
eligible to have contributions allocated to his account under two or more
arrangements described in Section 401(k) of the Code that are maintained by a
Participating Employer shall be determined as if such contributions were made
under a single arrangement. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in
two or more cash or deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all
cash or deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year shall
be treated as a single arrangement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain
plans shall be treated as separate if manditorily disaggregated under
regulations under Section 401(k) of the Code.
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(ii) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage of an Eligible Employee who is a 5% owner or one of the ten most
highly-paid Highly Compensated Employees, the contributions and Compensation of
such Eligible Employee shall include the contributions and Compensation for the
Plan Year of Family Members (as defined in Section 414(q)(6) of the Code).
Family Members with respect to such Highly Compensated Employees shall be
disregarded as separate Eligible Employees in determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage both for Eligible Employees who are non-Highly Compensated Employees
and for Eligible Employees who are Highly Compensated Employees.
(iii) If this Plan satisfies the requirements of Sections
401(a)(4), 401(k), and 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or more
other plans or if one or more other plans satisfy such requirements only if
aggregated with this Plan, then this Section 4.6 shall be applied by determining
the Actual Deferral Percentages of Eligible Employees as if all such plans were
a single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Section 401(k) of
the Code only if they have the same Plan Year.
(iv) For purposes of determining the Actual Deferral
Percentage test, contributions must be made before the last day of the 12-month
period immediately following the Plan Year to which contributions relate.
(v) The Committee shall maintain records sufficient to
demonstrate satisfaction of the Actual Deferral Percentage test.
(vi) The determination and treatment of the contributions and
the Actual Deferral Percentaaa of any Eligible Employee shall satisfy such other
requirements as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(3) REDUCTIONS OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan,
Excess Contributions (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto)
shall be distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to Members to
whose accounts such Excess Contributions were allocated for the preceding Plan
Year. If such excess amounts are distributed more than 2-1/2 months after the
last day of the Plan Year in which such excess
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amounts arose, a 10% excise tax shall be imposed on the Participating Employer
with respect to such amounts. Such distributions shall be made to Highly
Compensated Employees on the basis of the respective portions of the Excess
Contributions attributable to each of such employees. Excess Contributions of
Members who are subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Section
414(q)(6) of the Code shall be allocated among the Family Members in proportion
to the elective deferral contributions (and amounts treated as elective deferral
Contributions) of each Family Member that is combined to determine the combined
Actual Deferral Percentage.
(ii) Excess Contributions shall be treated as Annual
Additions under Section 5.4.
(iii) Excess Contributions shall be adjusted for any income
or loss up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to such
Excess Contributions shall be the sum of:
[1] the income or loss allocable to the Member's
Elective Deferral Account and Member Savings Account (and, if applicable, the
Mandatory Deferral Account) for the Plan Year for which the Excess Contributions
occurred multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Member's Excess
Contributions for the year and the denominator of which is the balance of the
Member's Elective Deferral Account and Member Savings Account (and Mandatory
Deferral Account if any contributions thereto were included in the Actual
Deferral Percentage test) without regard to any income or loss occurring during
such Plan Year; and
[2] 10% of the amount determined under (i) above
multiplied by the number of whole calendar months between the end of such
taxable year and the date of distribution, counting the month of distribution if
distribution occurs after the 15th day of such month.
(4) Excess Contributions shall be distributed from the Member's
Member Savings Account, Elective Deferral Account, and Mandatory Deferral
Account in proportion to the amount of contributions, if any, on behalf of the
Member to each such account to the extent such contributions were used in the
Actual Deferral Percentage test.
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ARTICLE V
MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT LIMITATIONS
SECTION 5.1 LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS TO THE PLAN --
NO PARTICIPATION IN OTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT.
(a) If a Member does not participate in and has never participated
in another qualified plan maintained by a Participating Employer, a welfare
benefit fund (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) maintained by a
Participating Employer, or an individual medical account (as defined in Section
415(l)(2) of the Code) maintained by a Participating Employer that provides an
Annual Addition, the amount of Annual Additions that may be credited to the
Member's Accounts for any limitation year shall not exceed the lesser of the
Maximum Permissible Amount or any other limitation contained in the Plan. If a
Participating Employer contribution that would otherwise be contributed or
allocated to the Member's Accounts would cause the Annual Additions for the
Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the amount contributed
or allocated shall be reduced so that the Annual Additions for the Limitation
Year equal the Maximum Permissible Amount.
(b) Prior to determining the Member's compensation for the
Limitation Year, a Participating Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible
Amount for a Member on the basis of a reasonable estimate of the Member's
compensation for the Limitation Year, such estimate to be uniformly determined
for all Members similarly situated.
(c) As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the
Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissable Amount for the Limitation Year shall be
determined on the basis of the Member's actual compensation for the Limitation
Year.
(d) If pursuant to Section 5.1(c) or as a result of the allocation of
forfeitures, if any, there is an Excess Amount, such Excess Amount shall be
disposed of as follows:
(1) Any nondeductible voluntary employee contributions, to the
extent such contributions would reduce the Excess Amount, shall be returned to
the Member;
(2) If after the application of Section 5.1(d)(1) an Excess
Amount still exists and the Member
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is covered by the Plan at the end of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount in
the Member's Accounts shall be used to reduce Participating Employer
contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) for such Member in the
next Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation Year, if necessary.
(3) If after the application of Section 5.1(d)(1) an Excess
Amount still exists and the Member is not covered by the Plan at the end of the
Limitation Year, the Excess Amount shall be held unallocated in a suspense
account. The suspense account shall be applied to reduce future Participating
Employer contributions (including allocation of any forfeitures) for all
remaining Members in the next Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation
Year if necessary; and
(4) If a suspense account is in existence at any time during the
Limitation Year pursuant to this Section 5.1(d), it shall not participate in the
allocation of the Trust Fund's investment gains and losses.
SECTION 5.2 LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS TO THE PLAN --
PARTICIPATION IN ANOTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT.
(a) If in addition to this Plan the Member is covered under another
qualified plan maintained by a Participating Employer, a welfare benefit fund
(as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) maintained by a Participating
Employer, or an individual medical account (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of
the Code) maintained by a Participating Employer that provides an Annual
Addition during any Limitation Year, then the Annual Additions that may be
credited to a Member's Accounts under this Plan for any such Limitation Year
shall not exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions
credited to a Member's account under such other plans and funds for the same
Limitation Year. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Member under such
other plans and funds are less than the maximum Permissible Amount and a
Participating Employer contribution that would otherwise be contributed or
allocated to the Member's Accounts under this Plan would cause the Annual
Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the
amount contributed or allocated shall be reduced so that the Annual Additions
under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year shall equal the Maximum
Permissible Amount. If the Annual Additions with respect to the Member under
such other plans and funds in the aggregate
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are equal to or greater than the Maximum Permissible Amount, no amount shall be
contributed or allocated to the Member's Accounts under this Plan for the
Limitation Year.
(b) Prior to determining the Member's actual compensation for the
Limitation Year, a Participating Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible
Amount for a Member in the manner described in Section 5.1(b).
(c) As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the
Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year shall be
determined on the basis of the Member's actual compensation for the Limitation
Year.
(d) If, pursuant to Section 5.2(c) or as a result of the allocation
of forfeitures, if any, a Member's Annual Additions under this Plan and such
other plans and funds would result in an Excess Amount for a Limitation Year,
the Excess Amount shall be deemed to consist of the Annual Additions last
allocated, except that Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund
or individual medical account shall be deemed to have been allocated first
regardless of the actual allocation date.
(e) If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Member on an allocation
date of this Plan that coincides with an allocation date of another such plan or
fund, the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan shall be the product of (i) the
total Excess Amount allocated as of such date and (ii) the ratio of [a] the
Annual Additions allocated to the Member for the Limitation Year as of such date
under this Plan to [b] the total Annual Additions allocated to the Member for
the Limitation Year as of such date under this and all other such plans and
funds.
(f) Any Excess Amount attributed to this Plan shall be disposed in
the manner described in Section 5.1(d).
SECTION 5.3 LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS TO THE PLAN-
PARTICIPATION IN DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN.
If a Participating Employer maintains or at any time maintained a
qualified defined benefit plan covering any Member in this Plan, the sum of the
Member's Defined Benefit Fraction and Defined Contribution Fraction shall not
exceed 1.0 in any Limitation Year. Reduction of benefits and/or contributions
or allocations to the plans, where required, shall be accomplished first by
reducing
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the Member's benefits under the defined benefit plans and then by reducing the
contributions or allocations under the defined contribution plans. If the
Member participates in more than one defined benefit plan maintained by a
Participating Employer and reductions are necessary under the defined benefit
plans, such reductions shall be made first from the first such plan in which he
commenced participation and if further reduction is required, then from the
second such plan in which he commenced participation, and proceeding in such
order until the limitation of this Section 5.3 is no longer exceeded. If the
Member participates in more than one defined contribution plan (other than the
Plan) maintained by a Participating Employer, reductions in such category of
plans shall be first from the first such plan in which he commenced
participation and if further reduction is required, then from the second such
plan in which he commenced participation, and proceeding in such order until
reductions from all such plans have been appropriately effected.
SECTION 5.4 DEFINITIONS.
In addition to the definitions in Article I, the following definitions
shall apply for purposes of this Article V:
(a) "Annual Additions" shall mean the sum of the following amounts
credited to a Member's accounts for the Limitation Year:
(1) employer contributions,
(2) employee contributions,
(3) forfeitures,
(4) amounts allocated after March 31, 1984 to an individual
medical account (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of the Code) that is part of a
pension or annuity plan maintained by a Participating Employer,
(5) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after
December 31, 1985, in taxable years ending after such date, that are
attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate
account of a key employee (as defined in Section 419A(d)(3) of the Code) under a
welfare benefit fund (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) maintained by a
Participating Employer, and
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(6) any Excess Amount applied under Section 5.1(d) or 5.2(f) in
the Limitation Year to reduce employer contributions.
(b) "compensation" shall mean a Member's earned income, wages,
salaries, and fees for professional services and other amounts received for
personal services actually rendered in the course of employment with a
Participating Employer (including, but not limited to, commissions paid
salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of profits,
commissions on insurance premiums, tips, and bonuses), and excluding the
following:
(1) employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation
that are not includible in the employee's gross income for the taxable year in
which contributed, employer contributions under a simplified employee pension
plan to the extent such contributions are deductible by the employee, or any
distributions from a plan of deferred compensation;
(2) amounts realized (i) from the exercise of a non-qualified
stock option or (ii) when restricted stock (or property) held by the employee
either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk
of forfeiture;
(3) amounts realized from the sale, exchange, or other
disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
(4) other amounts that received special tax benefits, or
contributions made by an employer (whether or not under an elective deferral
agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity described in Section 403 (b) of
the Code (whether or not the amounts are actually excludable from the gross
income of the employee).
For purposes of applying the limitations of this Article V,
compensation for a Limitation Year shall be the compensation actually paid or
includible in gross income during such Limitation Year.
(c) "Defined Benefit Fraction" shall mean a fraction, the numerator
of which is the sum of the Member's Projected Annual Benefits under all the
defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by a Participating
Employer, and the denominator of which is the lesser of 125% of the dollar
limitation determined for
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the Limitation Year under Sections 415(b) and (d) of the Code or 140% of the
Highest Average Compensation, including any adjustments under Section 415(b) of
the Code.
Notwithstanding the prior paragraph, if the Member was a participant
as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31,
1986 in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by a Participating Employer
that were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction shall
not be less than 125% of the sum of the annual benefits under such plans that
the Member had accrued as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning
before January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of
such plan after May 5, 1986. This paragraph applies only if the defined benefit
plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied the requirements of Section
415 for all Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
(d) "Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation" shall mean $30,000, or
if greater, one-fourth of the defined benefit dollar limitation set forth in
Section 415(b)(1) of the Code as in effect for the Limitation Year.
(e) "Defined Contribution Fraction" shall mean a fraction, the
numerator of which is the sum of the Annual Additions to the Member's accounts
under all the defined contribution plans (whether or not terminated) maintained
by a Participating Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years
(including the Annual Additions attributable to the Member's nondeductible
employee contributions to all defined benefit plans, whether or not terminated,
maintained by a Participating Employer and the Annual Additions attributable to
all welfare benefit funds (as defined in Section 419(e) of the Code) and
individual medical accounts (as defined in Section 415(l)(2) of the Code)
maintained by a Participating Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum
of the maximum aggregate amounts for the current and all prior Limitation Years
with a Participating Employer (regardless of whether a defined contribution plan
was maintained by a Participating Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in
any Limitation Year is the lesser of 125% of the dollar limitation determined
under Sections 415(B) and (d) of The Code in effect under Section 415(C)(1)(A)
of the Code or 35% of the Member's compensation for such year.
If the Member was a participant as of the end of the first day of the
first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or more defined
contribution plans maintained by a Participating Employer that were in
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existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction shall be adjusted if
the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction would otherwise exceed
1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (ii) the
denominator of this fraction, shall be permanently subtracted from the numerator
of this fraction. The adjustment shall be calculated using the fractions as
they would be computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning
before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions
of the Plan made after May 6, 1986, but using the Section 415 limitation
applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
The Annual Addition for any Limitation Year beginning before January
1, 1987, shall not be recomputed to treat all employee contributions as Annual
Additions.
(f) "Participating Employer" shall mean a Participating Employer and
all members of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b)
of the Code as modified by Section 415(h) of the Code), all commonly controlled
trades or businesses (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code as modified by
Section 415(h) of the Code ), or all members of an affiliated service group (as
defined in Section 414(m) of the Code) of which the Participating Employer is a
part, and any other entity required to be aggregated with a Participating
Employer pursuant to Section 414(o) of the Code.
(g) "Excess Amount" shall mean the excess of the Member's Annual
Additions for the Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
(h) "Highest Average Compensation" shall mean the average
compensation for the three consecutive years of Years of Service with a
Participating Employer that produces the highest average.
(i) "Limitation Year" shall mean a calendar year. All qualified
plans maintained by a Participating Employer must use the same Limitation Year.
If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive month period,
the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which
the amendment is made.
(j) "Maximum Permissible Amount" shall mean the lesser of $30,000
(or beginning January 1, 1988, such larger amount determined in accordance with
Section 415(d) of the Code for the Limitation Year). The maximum Annual
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Addition that may be contributed or allocated to a Member's Accounts under the
Plan for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Defined
Contribution Dollar Limitation or (ii) 25% of the Member's compensation for the
Limitation Year. The compensation limitation referred to in clause (ii) of the
prior sentence shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within
the meaning of Section 401(h) or 419A(f)(2) of the Code) that is otherwise
treated as an Annual Addition under Section 415(l)(1) or 419A(d)(2) of the Code.
If a short Limitation Year is created because of an amendment changing
the Limitation Year to a different 12-consecutive month period, the Maximum
Permissible Amount shall not exceed the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation
multiplied by the following fraction:
Number of Months in the Short Limitation Year
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(k) "Projected Annual Benefit" shall mean the annual retirement
benefit (adjusted to an actuarially equivalent straight life annuity if such
benefit is expressed in a form other than a straight life annuity or qualified
joint and survivor annuity) to which the participant would be entitled under the
terms of the plan assuming:
(1) the participant shall continue employment until normal
retirement age under the plan (or current age, if later), and
(2) the participant's compensation for the current Limitation
Year and all other relevant factors used to determine benefits under the plan
shall remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
SECTION 5.5 TRANSITIONAL RULES.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article V, a Member's
accounts or accrued benefit accrued prior to any amendment of Section 415 of the
Code shall be determined in accordance with the transitional rules provided by
such amendment.
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ARTICLE VI
VALUATION AND DISTRIBUTION RULES
SECTION 6.1 VALUATIONS.
(a) The value of the Trust Fund shall be determined at the close of
each business day of the Trustee.
(b) All distributions shall be based upon the value of a Member's
Accounts as of the valuation date preceding the date of distribution.
(c) Not less frequently than annually, (i) the Bank's auditor shall
audit the Trust Fund and report its findings to the Bank and the Board of
Directors, and (ii) the Bank shall deliver, send, or make available to each
Member a statement of the value of his Accounts.
SECTION 6.2 DISTRIBUTION AT NORMAL RETIREMENT OR DEATH.
(a) A Lump Sum Distribution shall be made as soon as practicable
after the end of the Plan Year in which the Member (i) attains his Normal
Retirement Date or actually retires from the employment of a Participating
Employer, whichever is later, or (ii) dies while in the employ of a
Participating Employer. The distribution shall not be made until after all
contributions to which the Member is entitled have been contributed to the Trust
Fund, including his allocable share of the Profit Sharing Contribution for such
Plan Year.
(b) (1) The Member, or in the case of a deceased Member, his
Beneficiary, may elect to waive an allocation of the Profit Sharing Contribution
for such Plan Year. If such an election is made, no part of the Profit Sharing
Contribution for such Plan Year shall be allocated to the Member's Mandatory
Deferral Account or Elective Deferral Account. However, in such a case, the
Member, or in the case of a deceased Member, his Beneficiary, shall receive a
Lump Sum Distribution as soon as practicable after the event that entitled the
Member or his Beneficiary to such distribution, provided that such distribution
shall not be made until after all contributions to which the Member is entitled
have been contributed to the Trust Fund.
(2) The election provided for in Section 6.2(b)(1) shall be
exercised by written notice delivered to the Committee and shall be irrevocable.
The election shall be effective only if delivered to the Committee (i) in the
case of a retiring Member, not more than 90 nor
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less than ten days prior to the date of retirement, or (ii) in the case of a
deceased Member, not more than 60 days after his death.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 6.2(a) and (b), the distribution to a
deceased Member's Beneficiary may be either (i) a Lump Sum Distribution or (ii)
an annuity contract purchased from an insurance company. The decision as to the
method of the distribution shall be made by the Beneficiary.
SECTION 6.3 DISABILITY OR EARLY RETIREMENT.
(a) DISABILITY.
(1) If a Member incurs a Disability while an Employee, his
Accounts shall become distributable to him and the Member may elect Option 1 or
2:
OPTION 1: A distribution of up to 100% of the Member's Accrued Benefit
payable as soon as possible following the Member's date of Disability. If 100%
of the value of the Member's Accrued Benefit is distributed, a supplemental
distribution of such Member's allocable share of contributions to which he is
entitled for the Plan Year during which he is disabled shall be made as soon as
possible after the close of such Plan Year. If less than 100% of the value of
the Member's Accrued Benefit is distributed, the amount not distributed shall be
treated in accordance with Option 2.
OPTION 2: A Lump Sum Distribution payable as soon as practicable
following the date the Member actually terminates employment with the
Participating Employer, provided that such distribution shall not be made until
after all contributions to which the Member is entitled have been contributed
to the Trust Fund. Such distribution shall be equal to 100% of the value
of his Accounts as of valuation date preceding the date of distribution.
(2) The election provided for in Section 6.3(a)(1) shall be
exercised by written notice delivered to the Committee and shall be irrevocable.
In the absence of mitigating circumstances, the election shall be effective only
if delivered to the Committee within 90 days following the Member's date of
Disability. (For purposes of this Section 6.3(a), the "date of Disability" shall
be the date on which the Member is determined to be disabled under the then
existing disability income benefit program maintained by the Bank, or in the
case of a Member
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who is not covered under such program, the date on which the Member provides the
Bank with satisfactory evidence that he is disabled as defined in such program.)
In the absence of a timely election, a Member incurring a Disability shall be
conclusively deemed to have elected Option 2. If a Member is not competent to
make an election under this Section 6.3(a), the election may be made by such
person as the Committee may determine to be properly exercising control of the
Member's affairs.
(b) EARLY RETIREMENT.
(1) If a Member retires on an Early Retirement Date, such
Member may elect Option 1, 2, or 3:
OPTION 1: A Lump Sum Distribution payable as soon as possible
after the Member's Early Retirement Date, provided that such distribution shall
not be made until after all contributions to which the Member is entitled have
been contributed to the Trust Fund.
OPTION 2: A Lump Sum Distribution payable as soon as possible
after the end of the Plan Year following the Member's Early Retirement. In such
a case, the Member's Accounts shall be credited with an allocable share of the
Profit Sharing Contribution for such Plan Year.
OPTION 3: A Lump Sum Distribution payable on his Normal
Retirement Date, provided that such a Member may at any time prior to his Normal
Retirement Date elect to receive such a distribution.
(2) In the case of early retirement, the election provided for
in Section 6.3(b)(1) shall be exercised by written notice delivered to the
Committee and shall be irrevocable. In the absence of mitigating circumstances,
the election shall be effective only if delivered to the Committee not more than
90 days nor less than ten days prior to the Member's Early Retirement Date;
provided, however, that if the Member notifies the Committee less than ten days
before his Early Retirement Date of his early retirement, his election period
shall end on the 30th day following his Early Retirement Date. In the absence
of a timely election, a Member taking early retirement shall be conclusively
deemed to have elected option 3.
(3) If a Member elects Option 3 and does not elect to have his
Accounts distributed prior to December 31 of the Plan Year during which he
terminated
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employment, his Accounts shall be credited with an allocable share of the Profit
Sharing Contribution for such Plan Year.
SECTION 6.4 OTHER SEVERANCES OF EMPLOYMENT.
If the employment of any Member is severed for any reason other than
retirement, death, or Disability, then such Member may elect (subject to Section
6.7) to receive a Lump Sum Distribution of 100% of his Accrued Benefit as soon
as practicable following his termination of employment or at any time prior to
his Normal Retirement Date, provided that such distribution shall not be made
until after all contributions to which the Member is entitled have been
contributed to the Trust Fund.
SECTION 6.5 WITHDRAWALS PRIOR TO SEVERANCE OF SERVICE; LOANS.
(a) (1) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 6.5(a), a
Member may, upon the showing to the Committee of an immediate and heavy
financial need, elect to withdraw up to 50% of his Accrued Benefit derived from
Profit Sharing Contributions other than the value of such Accrued Benefit
invested in the Bancorp Stock Fund; provided such withdrawal is permissible
under Section 401(k) of the Code.
(2) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 6.5(a),
a Member may, upon the showing to the Committee of an immediate and heavy
financial need, elect to withdraw up to 100% of his Accrued Benefit derived from
the Savings Contributions other than the value of such Accrued Benefit invested
in the Bancorp Stock Fund; provided such withdrawal is permissible under Section
401(k) of the Code.
(3) Any such withdrawal election shall be made on a form made
available by the Bank and shall set forth the amount requested to be withdrawn.
If approved by the Committee, the Member's election shall be carried out as soon
as practicable following such approval and shall be based upon the valuation
date preceding the withdrawal. Only one such election shall be accepted in any
one Plan Year.
(4) No withdrawal from a Member's Accrued Benefit invested in
the Bancorp Stock Fund shall be permitted.
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(5) For purposes of this Section 6.5(a), "an immediate and
heavy financial need" shall be determined on the basis of all relevant facts and
circumstances. A Member shall automatically be deemed to have an immediate and
heavy financial need in connection with:
(i) Payment of the funeral expenses of a family member.
(ii) Payment of medical expenses described in Section
213(d) of the Code incurred by the Member, his spouse, or his dependents (as
defined in Section 152 of the Code).
(iii) The purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a
principal residence for the Member.
(iv) Payment of tuition for the next 12 months of post-
secondary education for the Member, his spouse, children, or dependents (as
defined in Section 152 of the Code).
(v) Payments to prevent the eviction of the Member from
his principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Member's principal
residence.
(6) The amount of a withdrawal may not exceed the amount
required to relieve the immediate and heavy financial need after taking into
consideration the amount of such need that may be satisfied from other resources
reasonably available to the Member. In connection with determining the amount
of such need that may be satisfied from other resources reasonably available to
the Member, the Committee may rely on the Member's written representation that
the need cannot be relieved:
(i) Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise,
(ii) By reasonable liquidation of the Member's assets, to
the extent such liquidation would not itself cause an immediate and heavy
financial need,
(iii) By cessation of Savings Contributions under the Plan,
or
(iv) Through other distributions or nontaxable loans from
the Plan or other plans maintained by a Participating Employer or any other
employer of the
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Member, or by borrowing from commercial sources on reasonable commercial terms.
(b) Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this Section 6.5, a
Member shall be regarded as having "an immediate and heavy financial need" for
purposes of making a withdrawal from his Mandatory Deferral Account for (i) the
purchase of the fee simple interest of the land underlying the principal
residence of the Member or (ii) payment of one year of post-secondary
educational expenses (including tuition, room and board, supplies, transporta-
tion, and similar costs) for the Member or his spouse, children, or dependents.
(c) In accordance with uniform rules established by the Committee, a
Member may, upon the showing to the Committee of an immediate and heavy
financial need (as defined in Section 6.5(a)(5)), request a loan from his
Accrued Benefit of up to 100% of the value of his Accrued Benefit other than the
value of his Accrued Benefit invested in the Bancorp Stock Fund; provided that
such request is for a loan of at least $1,000 and the Member does not have an
outstanding loan from the Plan. Any such loan shall:
(1) Be adequately secured either by the value of the Member's
Accrued Benefit under the Plan, or such other security deemed to be sufficient
by the Committee.
(2) Be available to all Members on a reasonably equivalent
basis.
(3) Be repaid by payroll deduction in periodic installments
over a definite term not to exceed five years unless such loan is used to
acquire, construct, or rehabilitate a dwelling unit that within a reasonable
time (determined at the time the loan is made) shall be used as the principal
residence of the Member or a member of the family of the Member. Each repayment
shall be invested in accordance with the investment options in effect at the
date of repayment in connection with Savings Contributions made on behalf of the
Member.
(4) Be made at a reasonable rate of interest.
(5) The outstanding balance of any loan from the Plan to the
Member shall not exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000 (as adjusted by Section 72(p)
of the Code) or (ii) one-half the present value of the Accrued Benefit of the
Member or, if greater, his total Accrued Benefit up to $10,000. For the purpose
of this limitation, all loans
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from all plans of the Participating Employers and other members of a group of
employers described in Sections 414(b), 414(c), and 414(m) of the Code shall be
aggregated.
(6) All fees incurred in connection with any such loan shall be
charged to the Member's Accrued Benefit.
(7) Any such loan request shall be made on a form made available
by the Bank and shall set forth the amount requested to be borrowed. Such loan
shall be made as soon as practicable after the requirements of this Section
6.5(c) are satisfied.
SECTION 6.6 FORM OF DISTRIBUTIONS.
Unless otherwise specifically required by the terms of the Plan:
(a) Distributions from the Bancorp Stock Fund shall be in the form
of shares of Bancorp stock if the Member is entitled 50 or more shares of
Bancorp stock, except that cash shall be distributed in lieu of any fractional
shares and for his allocable portion of the Bancorp Stock Fund not invested in
such shares. If the Member is entitled to at least 21 but less than 50 shares
of Bancorp stock from the Bancorp Stock Fund, he shall have the option of
receiving certificates for full shares or the cash value thereof, plus cash
shall be distributed in lieu of any fractional shares and his allocable portion
of the Bancorp Stock Fund not invested in such shares. If the Member is
entitled to less than 21 shares of Bancorp stock from the Bancorp Stock Fund, he
shall receive cash for the value of all full and fractional shares and his
allocable portion of the Bancorp Stock Fund not invested in such shares.
(b) Distributions from any other Investment Fund shall be made in
cash, or if permitted by the Investment Fund, in kind.
(c) Such distributions shall be at the time determined in accordance
with this Article VI.
SECTION 6.7 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RULES.
(a) (1) If a Member terminates service and the value of his vested
Accounts does not exceed (or at the time of any prior distribution did not
exceed) $3,500, the Member shall receive a distribution of the value of the
entire vested portion of such Accounts. For purposes of this Section 6.7(a)(1),
if the value a Member's vested
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Accounts is zero, the Member shall be deemed to have received a distribution of
such vested Accounts.
(2) If the value of a Member's vested Accounts exceeds (or at
the time of any prior distribution exceeded) $3,500 and the Accounts are
immediately distributable, the Member must consent to any distribution of such
Accounts. The consent of the Member shall be obtained in writing within the 90-
day period ending on the first day of the first period for which an amount is
paid in any form. The Committee shall notify the Member of the right to defer
any distribution until the Member's Accounts are no longer immediately
distributable. Such notification shall be provided no less than 30 days and no
more than 90 days prior to the distribution date. However, distribution may
commence less than 30 days after the notice described in the preceding sentence
is given, provided the distribution is one to which Sections 401(a)(11) and 417
of the Code do not apply, the Committee clearly informs the Member that he has a
right to a period of at least 30 days after receiving the notice to consider the
decision of whether or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a
particular distribution option), and the Member after receiving the notice
affirmatively elects a distribution.
(3) Notwithstanding Section 6.7(a)(2), the consent of the Member
shall not be required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy
Section 401(a)(9) or 415 of the Code.
(4) Accounts are immediately distributable if any part of the
Accounts could be distributed to the Member (or surviving spouse) before the
Member attains, or would have attained if deceased, the later of his Normal
Retirement Date or age 62.
(b) (1) Unless the Member elects otherwise, distribution of benefits
shall begin no later than the 60th day after the latest of the close of the Plan
Year in which (i) the Member attains age 65 (or his Normal Retirement Date, if
earlier), (ii) occurs the tenth anniversary of the year in which the Member
commenced participation in the Plan, or (iii) the Member terminates service with
the Participating Employers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a
Member to consent to a distribution while a benefit is immediately distributable
(within the meaning of Section 6.7(a)(4)) shall be deemed to be an election to
defer commencement of payment of any benefit sufficient to satisfy this Section
6.7(b)(1).
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(2) A Member may request that the payment to him of benefits
under the Plan commence at a date later than the latest date provided under
Section 6.7(b)(1). This request must be made by submitting to the Committee a
written statement, signed by the Member, that describes the benefit and the date
on which the Member requests payment to commence. The Committee shall not grant
this request if such request would cause death benefits payable under the Plan
with respect to the Member to be more than "incidental" within the meaning of
the applicable Treasury Regulations.
(c) The requirements of Appendix E shall apply to any distribution of
a Member's Accounts and shall take precedence over any inconsistent provisions
of the Plan.
SECTION 6.8 CLAIMS PROCEDURE.
The procedure for claiming benefits under the Plan shall be as
follows:
(a) The Committee (or such person or entity designated by the
Committee) shall determine the benefits due hereunder to a Member, but a Member
or his Beneficiary may file a claim for benefits by written notice to the
Committee (or such person or entity designated by the Committee).
(b) If a claim is denied in whole or in part, the Committee (or such
person or entity designated by the Committee) shall give the Member or his
Beneficiary written notice of such denial within 90 days of the filing of the
claim. Such notice shall (i) specify the reason or reasons for the denial, (ii)
refer to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, (iii)
describe any additional material or information necessary to perfect the claim
and explain the need therefor, and (iv) explain the review procedure described
in the following paragraph.
(c) The Member or his Beneficiary may then appeal the denial of the
claim to the Board of Directors by filing written notice of such appeal with the
Board of Directors within 90 days after receipt of the notice of denial. The
Member or his Beneficiary, or any authorized representative may, before or after
filing notice of appeal, review any documents pertinent to the claim and submit
issues and comments in writing. The Board of Directors shall make its decision
on such appeal within 30 days after receipt of the appeal (unless a longer
period is requested by the Member or his Beneficiary), and shall forthwith give
written notice of such decision.
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ARTICLE VII
ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 7.1 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE NAMED FIDUCIARY.
The Board of Directors shall be the "Named Fiduciary" responsible for
the operation and administration of the Plan. The Board of Directors shall have
the power to delegate specific fiduciary responsibilities (other than those of a
Trustee with respect to the control of the assets of the Plan) to any officer,
employee, person, or entity, and such officer, employee, person, or entity may
serve in more than one such delegated capacity. Such delegation must be
accepted in writing and shall be effective or terminate at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors. If such delegation is to full-time employees of a
Participating Employer, such employees shall serve without compensation (other
than their compensation as employees of a Participating Employer). Any such
person may resign by delivering a written resignation to the Board of Directors.
Vacancies created by resignation, death, or other cause may be filled by the
Board of Directors or the assigned responsibilities may be reabsorbed or
redelegated by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7.2 PROFIT SHARING TRUST COMMITTEE.
(a) The Board of Directors shall appoint the Committee, which shall
consist of either the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Bank, and
up to four other persons appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
(b) The Committee may delegate any of its powers or duties under the
Plan to any person or entity.
(c) The Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Bank shall
be the Chairman of the Committee. The Committee shall elect a Secretary and a
Treasurer-Controller who may be, but need not be, one of the members of the
Committee. The Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at such place or
places, and at such time or times as it may from time to time determine.
(d) Each person appointed a member of the Committee shall signify his
acceptance by filing written acceptance with the Board of Directors and with the
Secretary of the Committee. Any appointed member of the Committee may resign by
delivering his written resignation to the Board of Directors and the Secretary
of the Committee.
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(e) Any act that these rules authorize or require the Committee to
do may be done by a majority of its members. The action of such majority
expressed from time to time by a vote at a meeting or in writing without a
meeting shall constitute the action of the Committee and shall have the same
effect for all purposes as if assented to by all members of the Committee at the
time in office. However, no member of the Committee who is a Member of the Plan
may vote upon any matter relating solely to himself or his rights or benefits
hereunder. The preceding sentence shall not limit the right of a member of the
Committee to vote upon any matter relating to the rights or benefits hereunder
of any group or class of members of the Plan solely because he is a member of
such group or class.
(f) No member of the Committee who is also an employee of a
Participating Employer shall receive any compensation for his services as such.
(g) The Committee may appoint or authorize any agent to execute or
deliver any instrument or make any payment in its behalf, and may employ counsel
and agents and such clerical, accounting, medical, investment, and other
services at it may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan.
(h) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Committee
shall have the duty and power of establishing rules for and directing the
administration of the Plan, of interpreting and construing the rights of Members
and their Beneficiaries under the terms of the Plan, and of determining the
eligibility of Employees to become Members in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan. Except as otherwise provided herein, the decision of the Committee on
all matters within its jurisdiction shall be final, binding, and conclusive unon
Panh Participating Employer and upon each Member, Beneficiary, and every other
person or party interested or concerned therein.
(i) The Committee shall be responsible for the maintenance of records
reflecting administration of the Plan, which shall be subject to audit by the
Bank's auditor. The Committee shall also be responsible for the maintenance of
records, appropriate notifications, and filings in connection with the interests
of all current and former Members and their Beneficiaries. The Employees,
Members or former Members, and Beneficiaries may examine records pertaining
directly to them.
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(j) The Committee shall be responsible for the filing and disclosure
of all returns, reports, descriptions, and any other materials relating to the
Plan required of the "Plan Administrator" (as such term is defined in ERISA and
the Code), including specifically all reporting and disclosure requirements
imposed by ERISA and the Code. The Committee shall also designate the Plan's
agent for service of any notice of process authorized by law.
(k) The Committee shall be responsible for the development of a
funding policy and method for the Plan that is consistent with the needs of the
Plan and the requirements of ERISA.
(1) The Committee shall be responsible for the distribution of
Accrued Benefits at the time, in the manner, and to the person or persons
entitled thereto, and for causing the payment of the expenses of the administra-
tion of the Plan to be made by the Participating Employers or the Trust Fund.
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ARTICLE VIII
INVESTMENTS AND TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1 INVESTMENT ELECTIONS.
Each Member may elect on a form furnished by the Bank the Investment
Funds in which his Accounts shall be invested. Such investment elections and
the Investment Funds shall be subject to the provisions of Appendix D.
SECTION 8.2 PLAN TRUSTEES.
(a) Except as provided in Section 8.2(b), all contributions shall be
held pursuant to a trust agreement or agreements with such person, persons, or
fiduciary corporation as the Committee may select as Trustee or Trustees. Such
agreement shall provide for the administration of such trust and may contain
such provisions as the Committee deems appropriate. When entered into, the
trust agreement shall be deemed to form a part of the Plan and all rights or
benefits that may accrue to any person under the Plan shall be subject to all of
the terms and conditions of the trust agreement.
(b) (1) The Committee shall act as Trustee of any portion of the
Trust Fund not held by another Trustee.
(2) In its capacity as a Trustee of the Plan, the Committee
shall act pursuant to the terms of the Plan and is authorized and empowered
(subject however, to the condition that it may not act or fail to act in any
manner so as to violate ERISA):
(i) To invest and reinvest the funds of the Plan in such
stocks (of any class), including "qualifying employer securities" (as such term
is defined in ERISA), bonds, mortgages, certificates of deposit, or other
property as it may deem suitable for the Trust Fund;
(ii) To sell, exchange, convey, transfer, or dispose of,
and also to grant options with respect to, any property, whether real or
personal, at any time held by it, and any sale may be made by private contract
or by public auction, and for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly
upon credit, as it may deem best, and no person dealing with it shall be bound
to see to the application of any monies paid;
(iii) To manage, operate, repair, improve, mortgage, or
lease for any term of years any real estate held by it upon such terms as it
deems proper;
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(iv) To compromise, compound, and settle any debt or
obligation, and to reduce the rate of interest on, to extend or otherwise
modify, or to foreclose upon default or otherwise enforce any such obligation;
(v) To retain in cash and keep unproductive of income such
amount of the Trust Fund as it may deem advisable, without being liable to pay
interest on such cash balances or on cash in hand pending investments; or to
borrow on behalf of the Trust Fund such amounts, at such time, and on such terms
as it shall deem advisable;
(vi) To join in, or to dissent from, and to oppose, the
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, sale, or merger of corporations
or properties in which it may be interested, upon such terms and conditions as
it may deem wise, and to accept any securities that may be issued by any such
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, sale, or merger and thereafter
to hold the same;
(vii) To enforce or to abstain from the enforcement of any
right, obligation, or claim in its absolute discretion, and to abandon, if it
shall deem it advisable, any property, whether real or personal, that may at any
time be held by it, and in general to protect in every way the interests of the
Trust Fund, either before or after default;
(viii) To cause to be registered in its name or in the names
of its nominees, any securities that may from time to time be held by it or to
take and keep them unregistered, and to retain them or any part thereof, in such
condition that they shall pass by delivery;
(ix) To make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all
deeds, leases, assignments, and instruments, and to exercise any and all of the
foregoing powers upon such terms and conditions as it may deem best;
(x) To apply for and procure from any responsible
insurance company such group or individual annuity contracts, or other contracts
issued by any insurance company, as may be deemed proper for purposes of the
Plan.
(xi) To do all acts whether or not expressly authorized
that it may deem necessary or proper for the protection of the property held
hereunder.
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(xii) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the
Trustee shall have the power and authority to sell, convey, or transfer shares
of Bancorp stock in response in a tender or exchange offer for shares of Bancorp
stock, only in accordance with the written instructions of Members (or
Beneficiaries, if applicable) received by it in accordance with Section 3(f) of
Appendix D of the Plan. In connection with any such tender or exchange offer,
the Trustee shall have no discretion or authority to sell, convey, or transfer
shares of Bancorp stock as to which no instructions have been furnished by
Members (or Beneficiaries, if applicable).
SECTION 8.3 CERTAIN INVESTMENT POWERS.
A Trustee, or an investment manager appointed pursuant to Section 7.2,
shall be authorized and empowered (subject to the condition that it may not act
or fail to act in any manner as to violate ERISA or the appropriate agreement):
(a) To invest all or part of the Plan assets in deposits in the Bank
or another bank which is a fiduciary of the Plan that bear a reasonable interest
rate and/or in "qualifying employer real property" or "qualifying
employer securities" (as such terms are defined in ERISA).
(b) To make a transaction with (i) a common or collective trust fund
or pooled investment fund maintained by a "party in interest" (as such term is
defined in ERISA) which is a bank or trust company supervised by a State or
Federal agency, or (ii) a pooled investment fund of an insurance company
qualified to do business in a State, if [a] the transaction is a sale or
purchase of an interest in such fund, and [b] the bank, trust company, or
insurance company receives not more than reasonable compensation.
SECTION 8.4 INVESTMENT BY INVESTMENT MANAGER.
If an investment manager is appointed pursuant to Section 7.2 to
manage all or a portion of the Trust Fund, the Committee shall direct the
segregation of that portion of the Trust Fund into a separate investment account
and the investment manager shall manage said account. If more than one
investment manager is appointed pursuant to Section 7.2, the Committee shall
direct the segregation of the applicable portions of the Trust Fund into
separate investment accounts, and shall appoint an investment manager to manage
such investment account.
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SECTION 8.5 LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES.
A Trustee shall have no fiduciary responsibilities or liabilities with
respect to an act or omission of another Trustee, or with respect to Plan assets
held by another Trustee.
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ARTICLE IX
FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES
SECTION 9.1 FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) Each "fiduciary" (as such term is defined in ERISA) of the Plan,
including (but not limited to) the members of the Board of Directors and the
Committee, shall discharge his duties with respect to the Plan solely in the
interests of Members and Beneficiaries and for the exclusive purpose of
providing benefits to Members and Beneficiaries and defraying reasonable
expenses of administering the Plan. Each fiduciary shall act with the care,
skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a
prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use
in the conduct of an enterprise of like character with like aims. Each
fiduciary shall act in accordance with Plan documents to the extent they are
consistent with his responsibilities as a fiduciary.
(b) A person or group of persons may serve in more than one fiduciary
capacity, and a fiduciary may allocate or delegate his duties in accordance with
the provisions of ERISA, the Plan, or upon approval of the Board of Directors.
Such delegation and allocation shall be subject to review and termination by the
fiduciary or the Bank.
(c) The Bank shall arrange to have the appropriate persons bonded in
accordance with the provisions of ERISA or the regulations thereunder.
(d) The Bank shall indemnify and save harmless and/or insure each
member of the Board of Directors and the Committee, and may indemnify and/or
insure those to whom the Board of Directors or the Committee has delegated its
fiduciary duties, against any and all claims, loss, damages, expense, and
liability arising from their responsibilities in connection with the Plan, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interest of the Plan.
(e) Each fiduciary of the Plan shall use ordinary care and
reasonable diligence in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his
duties as a fiduciary hereunder, but (with the sole exception of such liability,
if any, as may be imposed by ERISA) a fiduciary shall not
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be liable for any mistake of judgment or other actions taken in good faith, or
for any loss, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Plan. A fiduciary shall
not be personally liable by virtue of any contract, agreement, bond, or other
instrument made or executed by himself or any other fiduciary.
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ARTICLE X
PORTABILITY
SECTION 10.1 PORTABILITY.
An Employee may, with the written consent of the Committee, transfer
to the Trust Fund property that may be rolled over income tax-free to the Plan
under the Code. The Committee may require from the Employee such information as
it deems necessary or appropriate to determine that such a rollover contribution
shall not adversely affect the qualification of the Plan and Trust Fund under
the Code. Any such property shall be maintained in a separate Rollover Account.
SECTION 10.2 SECTION 401(a)(31) ELIGIBLE DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that
would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section 10.2,
effective as of January 1, 1993, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the
manner prescribed by the Committee, to have any portion of an eligible rollover
distribution that is equal to at least $500 paid directly to an eligible
retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover.
(b) For purposes of this Section 10.2, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) Eligible rollover distribution: An eligible rollover
distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the
credit of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution does
not include any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies)
of the distributes and the distributee's designated beneficiary or for a
specified period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent such
distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code; the portion of any
distribution that is not includible in gross income (determined without regard
to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer
securities); and any other distribution that is reasonably expected to total
less than $200 during a year.
(2) Eligible retirement plan: An eligible retirement plan is an
individual retirement account
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described in Section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity
described in Section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan described in Section
403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the
Code, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution. However,
in the case of an eligible rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an
eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account or individual
retirement annuity.
(3) Distributee: A distributee includes an Employee or former
Employee. In addition, the Employee's or former Employee's surviving spouse and
the Employee's or former Employee's spouse or former spouse who is the alternate
payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p)
of the Code, are distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or
former spouse.
(4) Direct rollover: A direct rollover is a payment by the Plan
to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.
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ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, MERGER
SECTION 11.1 AMENDMENT OF PLAN.
(a) Subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth, the Bank
reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend in whole or in
part any or all of the provisions of the Plan, provided that no amendment (i)
shall reduce any of the vested interest or vested percentage of any Member or
former Member or (ii) shall make it possible for any part of the assets of the
Plan to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive
benefit of Members and retired Members or their Beneficiaries under the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any modification or amendment of the Plan may be
made, retroactively if necessary, when deemed necessary or appropriate.
(b) The Committee may approve any technical amendments to the Plan
(i) necessary to comply with federal law and regulations thereunder or (ii) that
do not have a substantial impact on the cost or terms of the Plan. For this
purpose, a substantial impact on the cost of the Plan shall involve an amendment
that results in an increase in the cost of the Plan to the Participating
Employers of more than $10,000 in any Plan Year. The committee may also approve
any amendments to Appendix D of the Plan. All other amendments must be approved
by the Board of Directors.
(c) (1) If the Plan's vesting schedule is amended or the Plan is
amended in any way that directly or indirectly affects the computation of the
Member's vested percentage, each Member with at least 36 Months of Service may
elect within a reasonable period after the adoption of the amendment or change
to have his vested percentage computed under the Plan without regard to such
amendment or change.
(2) The period during which the election may be made shall
commence with the date the amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall
end on the latest of (i) 60 days after the amendment is adopted, (ii) 60 days
after the amendment becomes effective, or (iii) 60 days after the Member is
issued written notice of the amendment by the Participating Employer or the
Bank.
SECTION 11.2 DISCONTINUE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Each Participating Employer intends to continue the Plan and make its
contributions regularly each year,
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but the Board of Directors may for any reason discontinue contributions by any
or all of the Participating Employers. In the event of such a discontinuance of
contributions, the Trust Fund shall continue in existence and distributions
shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article VI.
SECTION 11.3 TERMINATION OF PLAN.
The Plan and the Trust Fund may be terminated in full or in part at
any time by the Board of Directors. Upon such a full or partial termination,
the Board of Directors may require all Members or other persons to withdraw such
amounts in cash, in kind, in any other form, or any combination thereof, as it
may determine in its sole discretion.
SECTION 11.4 PLAN MERGER.
(a) The Plan and the Trust Fund shall not be merged or consolidated
with, nor shall any assets or liabilities be transferred to, any other plan,
unless each Member or Beneficiary would (if the merged Plan then terminated) be
entitled to an accrued benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation, or
transfer that is equal to or greater than the accrued benefit he would have been
entitled to immediately before the merger, consolidation, or transfer (if this
Plan then terminated).
(b) The First Federal Profit Sharing and 401(k) Savings Plan (herein
the "FF Plan") shall be merged with and into the Plan as of the close of
business on December 31, 1990. A member of the FF Plan who is employed by a
Participating Employer on January 1, 1991 shall be 100% vested in his accounts
in the FF Plan that are merged into the Plan. Any other member of the FF Plan
whose accounts are merged into the Plan shall be vested in such accounts in
accordance with the provisions of the FF Plan as in effect as of December 31,
1990. The portion of any such accounts that are not so vested shall be
forfeited as of the close of business on December 31, 1990 and allocated to
eligible members of the FF Plan in accordance with the provisions of the FF Plan
as in effect as of December 31, 1990.
(c) The First National Bank of Arizona Profit Sharing Plan (herein
the 'FNBA Plan") shall be merged with and into the Plan. A member of the FNBA
Plan shall be 100% vested in his accounts in the FNBA Plan that are merged into
the Plan.
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ARTICLE XII
CERTAIN RIGHTS, LIMITATIONS, AND OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 12.1 RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT.
The establishment of the Plan shall not be construed as conferring any
legal rights upon any employee or other person for a continuation of employment,
nor shall it interfere with the rights of a Participating Employer to discharge
any employee.
SECTION 12.2 NONDISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS.
Any discretionary acts to be taken under the Plan by a Participating
Employer, the Board of Directors, or the Committee with respect to
classification of employees, contributions, or benefits shall be uniform in
their nature and applicable to all those persons similarly situated, and no
discretionary act shall be taken which shall be discriminatory under the
provisions of the Code applicable to profit sharing plans and trusts.
SECTION 12.3 LIABILITY FOR PAYMENTS.
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participating Employer shall
have no liability for the payment of benefits under the Plan, and each Member
and Beneficiary shall look solely to the Trust Fund for the payment of benefits
under the Plan.
SECTION 12.4 NON-ALIENATION OF BENEFITS.
Except as provided in Section 6.5(b), benefits provided under the Plan
shall not be subject to assignment or alienation. However, the prior sentence
shall not apply to the creation, assignment, or recognition of any benefit
payable with respect to a Member pursuant to a "qualified domestic relations
order" as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.
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ARTICLE XIII
CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 13.1 GENDER AND NUMBER.
Wherever used herein, the masculine gender shall include the feminine
and the singular number shall include the plural, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise.
SECTION 13.2 HEADINGS OF NO EFFECT.
The headings of articles and sections are included herein solely for
convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict between such headings and
the text of the Plan, the text shall be controlling.
SECTION 13.3 CONTROLLING LAW.
To the extent not preempted by ERISA, the Plan shall be governed,
construed, administered, and regulated according to the laws of the State of
Hawaii.
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ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
SECTION 14.1 DETERMINATION OF TOP-HEAVY STATUS.
For purposes of this Article XIV, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
(a) Key Employee: Any Employee or former Employee (and the
beneficiaries of such Employee) who at any time during the determination period
was (i) an officer of a Participating Employer if such individual's annual
compensation exceeds 50% of the dollar limitation under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of
the Code, (ii) an owner (or considered an owner under Section 318 of the Code)
of one of the ten largest interests in a Participating Employer if such
individual's compensation exceeds 100% of the dollar limitation under Section
415(c)(1)(A) of the Code, (iii) a 5% owner of a Participating Employer, or (iv)
a 1% owner of a Participating Employer who has an annual compensation of more
than $150,000. For this purpose, annual compensation means compensation as
defined in Section 5.4(b), but including amounts contributed by a Participating
Employer pursuant to an elective deferral agreement that are excludable from the
Employee's gross income under Section 125, 402(a)(8), 402(h), or 403(b) of the
Code.
The determination period shall be the Plan Year containing the
Determination Date and the four preceding Plan Years. The determination of who
is a Key Employee shall be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of the Code
and the regulations thereunder.
(b) Top-heavy plan: The Plan shall be top-heavy if any of the
following conditions exists:
(1) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Plan exceeds 60% and the
Plan is not part of any required aggregation group or permissive aggregation
group of plans.
(2) If the Plan is a part of a required aggregation group of
plans but not part of a permissive aggregation group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for
the group of plans exceeds 60%.
(3) If the Plan is a part of a required aggregation group and
part of a permissive aggregation group of plans and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the
permissive aggregation group exceeds 60%.
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(c) Top-Heavy Ratio:
(1) If a Participating Employer maintains one or more defined
contribution plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and a
Participating Employer has not maintained any defined benefit plan that during
the five-year period ending on the Determination Date has or had accrued
benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Plan alone or for the required or
permissive aggregation group as appropriate is a fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of the account balances of all Key Employees as of the
Determination Date (including any part of any account balance distributed in the
five-year period ending on the Determination Date) and the denominator of which
is the sum of all account balances (including any part of any account balance
distributed in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date) of all
Members as of the Determination Date, both computed in accordance with Section
416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. Both the numerator and
denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio shall be increased to reflect any
contribution that is due but unpaid as of the Determination Date, but is
required to be taken into account on that date under Section 416 of the Code and
the regulations thereunder.
(2) If a Participating Employer maintains one or more defined
contribution plans (including any simplified employee pension plan) and a
Participating Employer maintains or has maintained one or more defined benefit
plans that during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date has or
had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any required or permissive
aggregation group as appropriate is a fraction, the numerator of which is the
sum of account balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans
for all Key Employees (determined in accordance with subparagraph (1) above) and
the present value of accrued benefits under the aggregated defined benefit plan
or plans for all Key Employees as of the Determination Date and the denominator
of which is the sum of account balances under the aggregated defined
contribution plans for all members (determined in accordance with subparagraph
(1) above) and the present value of accrued benefits under the defined benefit
plans for all participants as of the Determination Date, all as determined in
accordance with Section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. The
accrued benefits under a defined benefit plan in both the numerator and
denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio shall be increased for any distribution of an
accrued benefit made in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date.
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(3) For purposes of subparagraphs (1) and (2) above, the value of
account balances and the present value of accrued benefits shall be determined
as of the most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the 12-month
period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in Section 416 of
the Code and the regulations thereunder for the first and second plan years of a
defined benefit plan. The account balances and accrued benefits of a Member (i)
who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year or (ii) who
has not been credited with at least one Hour of Service with any employer
maintaining the Plan at any time during the five-year period ending on the
Determination Date shall be disregarded. The calculation of the Top-Heavy
Ratio, and the extent to which distributions, roll-overs, and transfers are
taken into account shall be made in accordance with Section 416 of the Code and
the regulations thereunder. Deductible employee contributions shall not be
taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When
aggregating plans the value of account balances and accrued benefits shall be
calculated with reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same
calendar year.
The accrued benefit of a participant other than a Key Employee shall
be determined under (i) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual
purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by a Participating Employer,
or (ii) if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly
than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional rule of Section
411(b)(1)(C) of the Code.
(d) Permissive aggregation group: The required aggregation group of
plans plus any other plan or plans of a Participating Employer that, when
considered as a group with the required aggregation group, would continue to
satisfy the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.
(e) Required aggregation group: (i) Each qualified plan of a
Participating Employer in which at least one Key Employee participates or
participated at any time during the determination period (regardless of whether
the plan has terminated), and (ii) any other qualified plan of a Participating
Employer that enables a plan described in (i) to meet the requirements of
Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.
(f) Determination Date: For any Plan Year subsequent to the first
Plan Year, the last day of the
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preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan Year, the last day of that year.
(g) Valuation Date: The last day of the Plan Year.
(h) Present Value: The present value of an accrued benefit of a
participant as of any Determination Date shall be calculated (i) as of the most
recent actuarial valuation date that is within a 12-month period ending on the
Determination Date, (ii) as if his employment terminated as of such valuation
date, (iii) without regard to any disability or preretirement death benefit
provided under the plan, and (iv) using the actuarial bases with regard to
interest and mortality as promulgated by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation for plans terminating on such actuarial valuation date and assuming
retirement at age 65.
SECTION 14.2 SPECIAL TOP-HEAVY RULES.
(a) If the Plan is or becomes top-heavy in any Plan Year, the
provisions of this Article XIV shall supersede any conflicting provisions in the
Plan.
(b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (2) and (3)
below, Mandatory Deferral Contributions allocated on behalf of any Member who is
not a Key Employee shall not be less than the lesser of (i) 3% of such Member's
Compensation or (ii) in the case where a Participating Employer has no defined
benefit plan that designates the Plan to satisfy Section 401 of the Code, the
largest percentage of Participating Employer contributions as a percentage of
the Key Employee's Compensation (as limited by Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code), allocated on behalf of any Key Employee for that year. The minimum
allocation shall be determined without regard to any Social Security
contribution. This minimum allocation shall be made even though under other
Plan provisions the Member would not otherwise be entitled to receive an
allocation or would have received a lesser allocation because of the Member's
failure to (i) complete 1,000 Hours of Service (or any equivalent provided in
the Plan), (ii) to make mandatory Employee contributions to the Plan, or (iii)
to earn compensation in excess of a stated amount.
(2) If a Member is covered by both the Plan and a defined
benefit plan, the minimum benefit required by Section 416 of the Code shall be
provided by the defined benefit plan, provided that such benefit shall be offset
by the benefits, if any, provided by the Plan.
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(3) The minimum allocation required (to the extent required to
be vested under Section 416(b)) may not be forfeited under Section 411(a)(3)(B)
or 411(a)(3)(D) of the Code.
(c) For any Plan Year in which the Plan is top-heavy, such Member
entitled to receive 100% of his Accounts. This vesting provision shall apply to
all benefits within the meaning of Section 411(a)(7) of the Code except those
attributable to Employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the
effective date of Section 416 of the Code and benefits accrued before the Plan
became top-heavy. Further, no reduction in vested benefits may occur in the
event the Plan's status as top-heavy changes for any Plan Year. However, this
paragraph does not apply to the account balances of any Employee who does not
have an Hour of Service after the Plan initially becomes top-heavy and such
Employee's account balance attributable to Profit Sharing Contributions shall be
determined without regard to this paragraph.
(d) For purposes of computing the aggregate limitation on benefits
and contributions for an employee who participates in a defined contribution
plan and a defined benefit plan included in the aggregation group, the dollar
limitation of 1.25 in the denominator of the fraction shall be reduced to 1.0.
TO RECORD THE ADOPTION OF THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PLAN, the Bank has
executed this document this 14th day of December, 1994.
BANK OF HAWAII
By /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
By /s/ Richard J. Dahl
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Its President
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Receipt of the foregoing amended and restated Plan is hereby
acknowledged, and consent and acceptance the terms thereof given, this 14th day
of December, 1994, by the members of the Profit Sharing Trust Committee
/s/ Thomas J. Kappock III /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Thomas J. Kappock III Lawrence M. Johnson
/s/ Ronald K. Migita /s/ Charles R. Wichman
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Ronald K. Migita Charles R. Wichman
/s/ Susan L. Mares
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Susan L. Mares
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APPENDIX A
In addition to Bank of Hawaii, the following corporations shall be
Participating Employers in the Plan:
(1) Hawaiian Trust Company, Limited.
(2) Bank of Hawaii International Corporation, New York.
(3) Each of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of America
and First Savings and Loan Association of America, effective as of January 1,
1991.
(4) First National Bank of Arizona, effective as of January 1, 1991.
(5) Bancorp Investment Group, Ltd., effective as of January 1, 1992.
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APPENDIX B
For each Plan Year, the amount of the Profit Sharing Contribution
shall be the amount, if any, resulting from multiplying the Adjusted Net Income
of Bancorp for such Plan Year by the percentage set forth in the following
schedule:
If Adjusted Return
on Equity Is: The Percentage Is:
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less than 7% 0%
7% 4.5%
8% 4.75%
9% 5%
For each full percentage point that the Adjusted Return on Equity of Bancorp for
a Plan Year exceeds 9%, the percentage set forth in the schedule shall be
increased 0.25%.
For purposes of the schedule, if Adjusted Return on Equity is other
than a whole percentage, the percentage set forth in the schedule shall be
interpolated three decimal places. For example, if the adjusted return on
equity for a Plan Year is 15%, the percentage of adjusted income constituting
the Profit Sharing Contribution for such Plan Year shall be 6.5%; but if the
adjusted return on equity for such Plan Year is 14.5%, the percentage of
adjusted income constituting the Profit Sharing Contribution for such Plan Year
shall be 6.375%.
For purposes of this Appendix B:
(1) "Adjusted Net Income" shall mean the net income of Bancorp for
the Plan Year before giving effect to the Profit Sharing Contribution for the
Plan Year to the Plan. A further adjustment may be made by Bancorp's
Compensation Committee in determining Adjusted Net Income to offset any
individual gain or loss that exceeds 5% of Bancorp's net income, to the extent
not already substantially offset by unusual transactions or accounting
adjustments. For these purposes, Bancorp's management shall recommend to
Bancorp's Compensation Committee any such adjustment.
(2) "Adjusted Return on Equity" for a Plan Year shall mean the result
of dividing (i) the Adjusted Net Income of Bancorp for such Plan Year by (ii)
the sum of capital, surplus, undivided profits, and any other amounts classified
as part of Equity Capital in Bancorp's Annual Report to its share owners (all
computed on a consolidated basis for Bancorp and its wholly-owned subsidiaries)
as of the December 31 preceding such Plan Year.
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Notwithstanding any other provision in this Appendix B, there shall
be no Profit Sharing Contribution for a Plan Year if Adjusted Net Income for
such Plan Year is less than the amount of the shareholders' regular annual
dividends declared by Bancorp for the Plan Year.
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APPENDIX C
Savings Contributions shall be subject to the provisions set forth in
this Appendix C.
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR SAVINGS CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Each Member shall be eligible to receive Savings Contributions by
completing a savings agreement furnished to him by the Participating Employer on
which he designates the rate of reduction of salary or wages to be made on his
behalf and agrees to comply with the provisions of the Plan and to provide such
information as may be necessary to administer the Plan.
(b) To be effective, a savings agreement must be received by the
Participating Employer prior to such date as may be specified by the Committee.
SECTION 2. SAVINGS AGREEMENTS.
(a) A savings agreement shall provide that the Member agrees to
accept a reduction of salary or wages from the Participating Employer equal to
(i) a specified dollar amount each pay period or (ii) any whole percentage of
his salary or wages, but in no case may such reduction be less than 1% of his
salary or wages while the savings agreement is in effect or more than 7% of his
salary or wages for the period during the Plan Year during which he is a Member.
(b) (1) A savings agreement shall remain in effect until it is
amended or revoked.
(2) A savings agreement may be amended to increase or decrease
(but not below 1%) the rate of reduction of salary or wages as of the first day
of any calendar quarter, provided such amendment is received by the
Participating Employer by the date in the prior calendar quarter specified by
the Committee. If such an amendment is received after such specified date, it
shall be effective as of the first day of the second calendar quarter following
such receipt.
(3) A savings agreement may be revoked and salary reduction
discontinued effective as of the first day of any month, provided such
revocation is received by the Participating Employer by the date in the prior
month specified by the Committee. If such a revocation is received after such
specified date, it shall be effective as of the first day of the second month
following such receipt.
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(4) After revocation of a savings agreement, a new savings
agreement may be entered into only as of the first day of any subsequent
calendar quarter, provided such new agreement is received by the Participating
Employer by the date in the prior calendar quarter specified by the Committee.
If such a new agreement is received after such specified date, it shall be
effective as of the first day of the second month following such receipts.
(c) The Bank may amend or revoke a savings agreement with any Member
at any time if the Bank determines that such revocation or amendment is
necessary to insure that (i) contributions on behalf of such a Member for any
Plan Year shall not exceed the limitations of Article V, (ii) the discrimination
tests of Section 401(k) of the Code are met for such year, (iii) the Plan does
not become subject to the top-heavy provisions of Section 416 of the Code, or
(iv) the Plan complies with any other section of the Code required to maintain
its tax-exempt status.
SECTION 3. REFUNDS OF SAVINGS CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) In consideration of a Member's reduction of salary or wages
pursuant to a savings agreement, the Participating Employer shall make a Savings
Contribution to the Member's Member Savings Account in the amount the Member's
salary or wages were reduced.
(b) For Federal tax purposes (and, wherever permitted, for state tax
purposes) Savings Contributions shall be deemed to be Participating Employer
contributions.
(c) If reduction of Savings Contributions on behalf of a Member is
required for any reason under this Appendix C, such reduction shall be refunded
to the affected Member.
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APPENDIX D
SECTION 1. INVESTMENT FUNDS.
(a) Each Member may elect on a form furnished by the Committee the
Investment Fund or Investment Funds in which his Accounts shall be invested.
The Committee, subject to acceptance by the Trustee, shall establish rules
regarding such elections.
(b) Until July 31, 1991, there shall be four Investment Funds
available:
(i) The Bancorp Stock Fund,
(ii) The Windsor Fund,
(iii) The Wellington Fund, and
(iv) The Vanguard Variable Rate GIC Trust.
(c) Effective August 1, 1991, there shall be six Investment Funds
available:
(i) The Bancorp Stock Fund,
(ii) The Windsor Fund,
(iii) The Wellington Fund,
(iv) The Vanguard Investment Contract Trust,
(v) The 500 Portfolio of the Vanguard Index Trust, and
(vi) The Short-Term Federal Portfolio of the Vanguard Fixed
Income Securities Fund.
SECTION 2. INVESTMENT ELECTIONS.
The following provisions shall govern investment elections under the
Plan:
(a) A Member may indicate on the election form provided by the Bank
the percentage (in 5% increments) of the Savings Contributions to be invested in
each Investment Fund. A Member may at any time revise his investment election
directions concerning how future Savings Contributions allocated to his Member
Savings Account shall be invested. Such revised election shall be effective as
soon as practicable following receipt by the Trustee.
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(b) A Member may indicate on the election form provided by the Bank
the percentage (in 5% increments) of the Profit Sharing Contributions to be
invested in each Investment Fund. A Member may at any time revise his
investment election directions concerning how future Profit Sharing
Contributions allocated to his Mandatory Deferral Account and Elective Deferral
Account shall be invested. Such revised election shall be effective as soon as
practicable following receipt by the Trustee.
(c) A Member may indicate on the election form provided by the Bank
the percentage (in 5% increments) of his Rollover Account to be invested in each
Investment Fund.
(d) Once each calendar quarter a Member may elect to revise any
directions concerning how the balance of his Accounts shall be invested. Such
revised election shall be effective as soon as practicable following receipt by
the Trustee; provided that (i) not more than the greater of 30% or $25,000 of
the Member's balance of his Accounts invested in the Bancorp Stock Fund may be
transferred to a different Investment Fund during any calendar quarter, and (ii)
any transfer from one Investment Fund to another Investment Fund shall be
subject to the rules of such Investment Fund.
SECTION 3. BANCORP STOCK FUND.
(a) "Shares" shall mean evidence of an interest in full and
fractional (to one-hundredths) shares of common stock of Bancorp.
(b) (1) The Bancorp Stock Fund shall be invested to the extent
possible in Shares. The Trustee may purchase such shares from Bancorp, the
Bank, or any other source, and such Shares may be outstanding, newly issued, or
treasury Shares. All such purchases shall be made at such times as shall be
determined by the Trustee, but must be at fair market values or pursuant to
Bancorp's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) All cash dividends on Shares shall be invested in
additional Shares pursuant to Bancorp's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan.
(c) The Trustee may retain such cash or other investments in the
Bancorp Stock Fund as it in its sole discretion deems advisable.
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(d) In the event there shall at any time or from time to time be any
change in the Shares through stock dividend, stock split-up, combination, or as
a result of a reorganization or a recapitalization, appropriate adjustments
shall be made in the Bancorp Stock Fund.
(e) Bancorp shall before each regular or special meeting of the
stockholders of Bancorp mail to each Member with an interest in the Bancorp
Stock Fund a copy of the proxy solicitation material issued by Bancorp, together
with a form requesting confidential instructions on how the Trustee shall vote
the number of Shares entitled to vote at such meeting that represent the number
of Shares allocable to his Accounts. The number of such voting Shares with
respect to which voting instructions are received by the Trustee shall be voted
by the Trustee in accordance with such instructions. If no choice is specified,
the Shares shall be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the
management of Bancorp. The Trustee shall have no liability for following the
voting instructions or directions given in accordance with these provisions.
(f) (1) Each Member (or in the event of his death, his Beneficiary)
shall have the right to instruct the Trustee in writing as to the manner in
which to respond to a tender or exchange offer for any or all of the Shares
allocated to his Accounts. The Trustee shall notify each Member (or
Beneficiary, if applicable) and utilize its best efforts to timely distribute or
cause to be distributed to him such information as distributed to shareholders
of Bancorp in connection with any such tender or exchange offer.
(2) Upon its receipt of such instructions, the Trustee
shall tender or exchange such Shares as and to the extent so instructed by
Members (or Beneficiaries, if applicable) in accordance with the prior paragraph
(1). If the Trustee does not receive instructions from a Member (or
Beneficiary, if applicable) in accordance with the prior paragraph (1), the
Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter and shall not tender or exchange
the Shares allocated to such Member (or Beneficiary, if applicable) pursuant to
the prior paragraph (1).
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APPENDIX E
SECTION 1. GENERAL RULES.
(a) The requirements of this Appendix E shall apply to any
distribution of a Member's Accounts and shall take precedence over any
inconsistent provisions of the Plan, provided that this Appendix E shall not
create a form of distribution that is not available under Section 6.6.
(b) All distributions required under this Appendix E shall be
determined and made in accordance with the proposed regulations under Section
401(a)(9) of the Code, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit
requirement of Prop. Treas. Reg. Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.
SECTION 2. REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE.
The entire interest of a Member must be distributed no later than the
Member's Required Beginning Date.
SECTION 3. OTHER FORMS.
If the Member's Accounts are distributed in the form of an annuity
purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder shall be made in
accordance with the requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the Code and the
proposed regulations thereunder.
SECTION 4. DEATH DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS.
(a) DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH. If the Member dies after
distribution of his Accounts has begun, the remaining portion of such Accounts
must continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of
distribution being used prior to the Member's death.
(b) DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AFTER DEATH. If the Member dies before
distribution of his Accounts begins, distribution of the Member's entire
Accounts shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the
fifth anniversary of the Member's death, except to the extent that an election
is made to receive distributions in accordance with (1) or (2) below:
(1) If any portion of the Member's Accounts are payable to a
designated beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life or over a period
certain not greater than the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary
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commencing on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately following
the calendar year in which the Member died.
(2) If the designated beneficiary is the Member's surviving
spouse, the date distributions are required to begin in accordance with Section
4(b) of this Appendix E shall not be earlier than the later of (i) December 31
of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the Member
died or (ii) December 31 of the calendar year in which the Member would have
attained age 70-1/2.
If the Member has not made an election pursuant to this Section 4(b)
by the time of his death, the Member's designated beneficiary must elect the
method of distribution no later than the earlier of (i) December 31 of the
calendar year in which distributions would be required to begin under this
Section 4 or (ii) December 31 of the calendar year that contains the fifth
anniversary of the date of death of the Member. If the Member has no designated
beneficiary or if the designated beneficiary does not elect a method of
distribution, distribution of the Member's entire Accounts must be completed by
December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the
Member's death.
(c) For purposes of Section 4(b) of this Appendix E, if the
surviving spouse dies after the Member but before payments to such spouse begin,
the provisions of Section 4(b) (with the exception of paragraph (2) therein)
shall be applied as if the surviving spouse were the Member.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4, any amount paid to a child of the
Member shall be treated as if it had been paid to the surviving spouse if the
amount becomes payable to the surviving spouse when the child reaches the age of
majority.
(e) For purposes of this Section 4, distribution of a Member's
Accounts is considered to begin on the Member's Required Beginning Date, or if
Section 4(c) of this Appendix E is applicable, the date distribution is required
to begin to the surviving spouse pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Appendix E. If
distribution in the form of an annuity described in Section 4(b)(1) of this
Appendix E irrevocably commences to the Member before the Required Beginning
Date, the date distribution is considered to begin is the date distribution
actually commences.
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SECTION 5. DEFINITIONS.
In addition to the definitions in Article I, the following definitions
shall apply for purposes of this Appendix E:
(a) "Designated beneficiary" shall mean the individual who is
designated as the beneficiary under the Plan in accordance with Section
401(a)(9) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(b) "Distribution calendar year" shall mean a calendar year for
which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before
the Member's death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year
immediately preceding the calendar year that contains the Member's Required
Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Member's death, the first
distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which distributions are
required to begin pursuant to Section 4 of this Appendix E.
(c) "Accounts" shall mean:
(1) The Accounts as of the last Valuation Date in the calendar
year immediately preceding the distribution calendar year (valuation calendar
year) increased by the amount of any contributions or forfeitures allocated to
the Accounts as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the valuation date
and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after the
valuation date.
(2) For purposes of the prior paragraph, if any portion of the
minimum distribution for the first distribution calendar year is made in the
second distribution calendar year on or before the Required Beginning Date, the
amount of the minimum distribution made in the second distribution calendar year
shall be treated as if it had been made in the immediately preceding
distribution calendar year.
(d) "Required Beginning Date" shall mean:
(1) GENERAL RULE. The Required Beginning Date of a Member is
the first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the Member attains age 70-1/2.
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULES. The Required Beginning Date of a
Member who attains age 70-1/2 before
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January 1, 1988, shall be determined in accordance with (i) or (ii) below:
(i) Non-5% owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Member who is not a 5% owner is the first day of April of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the later of retirement or attainment of
age 70-1/2 occurs.
(ii) 5% owners. The Required Beginning Date of a Member
who is a 5% owner during any year beginning after December 31, 1979, is the
first day of April following the later of [a] the calendar year in which the
Member attains age 70-1/2 or [b] the earlier of the calendar year with or within
which ends the Plan Year in which the Member becomes a 5% owner or the calendar
year in which the Member retires.
The Required Beginning Date of a Member who is not a 5% owner who attains age
70-1/2 during 1988 and who has not retired as of January 1, 1989 is April 1,
1990.
(3) A Member shall be treated as a 5% owner for purposes of this
Appendix E if such Member is a 5% owner as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code
(determined in accordance with Section 416 but without regard to whether the
Plan is top-heavy) at any time during the Plan Year ending with or within the
calendar year in which such owner attains age 66-1/2 or any subsequent Plan
Year.
(4) Once distributions have begun to a 5% owner under this
Appendix E, they must continue to be distributed even if the Member ceases to be
a 5% owner in a subsequent year.
SECTION 6. PROPOSED REGULATIONS.
If final regulations adopted by the Internal Revenue Service are
identical to the proposed regulations referred in this Appendix E, then this
Appendix E shall be regarded as referring to such final regulations. However,
the Bank reserves the right to make any amendment to this Appendix E that it
deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with final regulations that
may differ from the proposed regulations referred to in this Appendix E.
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AGREEMENT OF TRUST
THIS AGREEMENT OF TRUST (this "Agreement") made as of this 1st day of
April 1989, by and between BANK OF HAWAII, a Hawaii corporation, (the
"Employer") and VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY, a trust company incorporated
under Chapter 10 of the Pennsylvania Banking Code, (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Employer has adopted and is maintaining the BANK OF
HAWAII PROFIT SHARING PLAN (the "Plan") for the exclusive benefit of certain of
its and its affiliates employees ("Participants"); and
WHEREAS, the Employer and the Trustee deem it necessary and desirable
to enter into a written agreement of trust;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree and
declare as follows:
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 1.1. The Employer and the Trustee hereby agree to the
establishment of a trust consisting of such sums as shall from time to time be
paid to the Trustee under the Plan and such earnings, income and appreciation as
may accrue thereon, which, less payments made by the Trustee to carry out the
purposes of the Plan, are referred to herein as the "Fund." The Trustee shall
carry out the duties and responsibilities herein specified, but shall be under
no duty to determine whether the amount of any contribution by the Employer or
any Participant is in accordance with the terms of the Plan nor shall the
Trustee be responsible for the collection of any contributions under the Plan.
Section 1.2. The Fund shall be held, invested, reinvested and
administered by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this
Agreement solely in the interest of Participants and their beneficiaries and for
the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and their
beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Plan.
Except as provided in Section 4.2, no assets of the Plan shall inure to the
benefit of the Employer.
EXHIBIT (4)(b)
Section 1.3. The Trustee shall pay benefits and expenses from the
Fund only upon the written direction of the Employer. The Trustee shall be
fully entitled to rely on such directions furnished by the Employer, and shall
be under no duty to ascertain whether the directions are in accordance with the
Plan.
ARTICLE II
INVESTMENT OF THE FUND
Section 2.1. The Employer shall have the exclusive authority and
discretion to select the investment funds (the "Investment Funds") available for
investment under the Plan. The Employer shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the selection of the Investment Funds currently available for investment under
the Plan, and any changes thereto.
Section 2.2. Each Participant shall have the exclusive right, in
accordance with the Plan, to direct the investment by the Trustee of all amounts
allocated to the separate accounts of the Participant under the Plan among any
one or more of the available Investment Funds. All investment directions by
Participants shall be furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Participants,
except to the extent such directions are transmitted telephonically by
Participants to the Trustee or its delegate in accordance with rules and
procedures established and approved by the Employer and the Trustee. In making
any investment of the assets of the Fund, the Trustee shall be fully entitled to
rely on such directions furnished to it by the Participants in accordance with
such rules and procedures, and shall be under no duty to make any inquiry or
investigation with respect thereto. If the Trustee receives any contribution
under the Plan that is not accompanied by instructions directing its investment,
the Trustee shall immediately notify the Employer of this fact, and the Trustee
may, in its discretion, hold or return all or a portion of the contribution
uninvested without liability for loss of income or appreciation pending receipt
of proper investment directions. Otherwise, it is specifically intended under
the Plan and this Agreement that the Trustee shall have no discretionary
authority to determine the investment of the assets of the Fund.
Section 2.3. Subject to the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 2.2, the
Trustee shall have the authority, in addition to any authority given by law, to
exercise the following powers in the administration of the Trust:
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(a) to invest and reinvest all or a part of the Fund in
accordance with Participants' investment directions in any available Investment
Fund selected by the Employer without restriction to investments authorized for
fiduciaries, including, without limitation on the amount that may be invested
therein, any common, collective or commingled trust fund maintained by the
Trustee. All or any part to the assets of the Fund may be invested in any
collective investment trust that provides for the pooling of the assets of plans
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
(the "Code") and exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, provided
such other collective investment trust is exempt from tax under the Code or
regulations thereunder. The declaration of trust of any such trust is hereby
made a part of this Agreement as fully as if set forth at length herein, and the
combining of the assets of the Fund with the assets of other participating
trusts in such trust is hereby specifically authorized. Assets of this Fund
invested in any such trust shall be held and administered by the trustee of such
trust in accordance with the terms of and under the powers created in the
declaration of trust creating such a trust.
(b) to dispose of all or any part of the investments, securities
or other property that may from time to time or at any time constitute the Fund
in accordance with the investment directions by Participants furnished to it
pursuant to Section 2.2 or the written directions by the Employer furnished to
it pursuant to Section 1.3; and to make, execute and deliver to the purchasers
thereof good and sufficient deeds of conveyance therefor, and all assignments,
transfers and other legal instruments, either necessary or convenient for
passing the title and ownership thereto, free and discharged of all trusts and
without liability on the part of such purchasers to see to the application of
the purchase money;
(c) to hold cash uninvested to the extent necessary to pay
benefits or expenses of the Plan;
(d) to cause any investment of the Fund to be registered in the
name of the Trustee or the name of its nominee or nominees or to retain such
investment unregistered or in a form permitting transfer by deliver, provided
that the books and records of the Trustee shall at all times show that all such
investments are part of the Fund;
(e) to vote in person or by proxy with respect to all
securities that are credited to a Participant's separate accounts under the Plan
solely in
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accordance with written directions furnished to it by the Participant, provided
that any securities with respect to which the Participant's voting directions
are not received by the Trustee shall not be voted (except that in the case of
shares of Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. with respect to which the Participant's voting
directions are not received by the Trustee, such shares shall be voted in
accordance with the recommendation of management of Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.) and
that the Trustee shall be responsible for delivering to each Participant all
notices, prospectuses, financial statements, proxies and proxy soliciting
materials relating to any shares of one or more of the regulated investment
companies offered by The Vanguard Group, Inc. that are credited to the
Participant's separate accounts under the Plan;
(f) upon the written direction of the Employer, to apply for,
purchase, hold or transfer any life insurance, retirement income, endowment or
annuity contract;
(g) to consult and employ any suitable agent to act on behalf of
the Trustee and to contract for legal, accounting, clerical and other services
deemed necessary by the Trustee to manage and administer the Fund according to
the terms of the Plan and this Agreement;
(h) upon the written direction of the Employer, to make loans
from the Fund to Participants in amounts and on terms approved by the Employer
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, provided that the Employer shall
have the sole responsibility for collecting all loan repayments required to be
made under the Plan and for furnishing the Trustee with copies of all promissory
notes evidencing such loans; and
(i) to pay from the Fund all taxes imposed or levied with
respect to the Fund or any part thereof under existing or future laws and to
contest the validity or amount of any tax, assessment, claim or demand
respecting the Fund or any part thereof.
Section 2.4. Except as may be authorized by regulations promulgated by
the Secretary of Labor, the Trustee shall not maintain the indicia of ownership
in any assets of the Fund outside of the jurisdiction of the district courts of
the United States.
ARTICLE III
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 3.1. Each of the Trustee and the Employer shall discharge its
assigned duties and
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responsibilities under this Agreement and the Plan solely in the interest of
Participants and their beneficiaries in the following manner:
(a) for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to
Participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan;
(b) with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity
and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a
like character and with like aims; and
(c) in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and this
Agreement insofar as they are consistent with the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
Section 3.2. The Trustee shall keep full and accurate accounts of all
receipts, investments, disbursements and other transactions hereunder and such
additional records as may be agreed upon in writing between the Employer and the
Trustee. All such accounts, books and records shall be open to inspection and
audit at all reasonable times by any authorized representative of the Employer.
A Participant may examine only those individual account records pertaining
directly to him.
Section 3.3. Within 120 days after the end of each Plan Year or within
120 days after its removal or resignation, the Trustee shall file with the
Employer a written account of the administration of the Fund showing all
transactions effected by the Trustee subsequent to the period covered by the
last preceding account to the end of such Plan Year or date of removal or
resignation and all property held at its fair market value at the end of the
accounting period. Upon approval of such accounting by Employer, the Employer
shall not be entitled to any further accounting by the Trustee. The Employer
may approve such accounting by written notice of approval delivered to the
Trustee or by failure to express objection to such accounting in writing
delivered to the Trustee within 90 days from the date on which the accounting is
delivered to the Employer.
Section 3.4. In accordance with the Plan, the Trustee shall open and
maintain separate accounts in the name of each Participant in order to record
all contributions by or on behalf of the Participant under the Plan and any
earnings, losses and expenses attributable thereto. The Employer shall furnish
the Trustee with written instructions enabling the Trustee to allocate
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properly all contributions and other amounts under the Plan to the separate
accounts of Participants. In making such allocation, the Trustee shall be fully
entitled to rely on the instructions furnished by the Employer and shall be
under no duty to make any inquiry or investigation with respect thereto.
Section 3.5. The Trustee shall furnish each Participant with
statements at least annually, or more frequently as may be agreed upon with the
Employer, reflecting the current fair market value of the Participant's separate
Accounts under the Plan.
Section 3.6. The Trustee shall not be required to determine the facts
concerning the eligibility of any Participant to participate in the Plan, the
amount of benefits payable to any Participant or beneficiary under the Plan, or
the date or method of payment or disbursement. The Trustee shall be fully
entitled to rely solely upon the written advice and directions of the Employer
as to any such question of fact.
Section 3.7. Unless resulting from the Trustee's negligence, willful
misconduct, lack of good faith, or breach of its fiduciary duties under this
Agreement or ERISA, the Employer shall indemnify and save harmless the Trustee
from, against, for and in respect of any and all damages, losses, obligations,
liabilities, liens, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including without
limitation, reasonable attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incident to
any suit, action, investigation, claim or proceedings suffered, sustained,
incurred or required to be paid by the Trustee in connection with the Plan or
this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
PROHIBITION OF DIVERSION
Section 4.1. Except as provided in Section 4.2, at no time prior to
the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to Participants and their
beneficiaries under the Plan shall any part of the corpus or income of the Fund
be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
Participants or their beneficiaries, or for defraying reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan.
Section 4.2. Section 4.1 notwithstanding, contributions made by the
Employer under the Plan shall be returned to the Employer under the following
conditions:
(a) If a contribution was made by mistake of fact, such
contribution shall be returned to the
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Employer within one year of the payment of such contributions; or
(b) If contributions to the Plan are specifically conditioned
upon their deductibility under the Code, to the extent a deduction is disallowed
for any such contribution it shall be returned to the Employer within one year
after the disallowance of the deduction. Contributions that are not deductible
in the taxable year in which made but are deductible in subsequent taxable years
shall not be considered to be disallowed for purposes of this subsection.
ARTICLE V
COMMUNICATION WITH EMPLOYER
Section 5.1. Whenever the Trustee is permitted or required to act upon
the directions or instructions of the Employer, the Trustee shall be entitled to
act upon any written communication signed by any person or agent designated to
act as or on behalf of the Employer. Such person or agent shall be so
designated either under the Plan or in writing by the Employer and such person's
or agent's authority shall continue until revoked in writing. The Trustee shall
incur no liability for failure to act on such person's or agent's instructions
or orders without written communication, and the Trustee shall be fully
protected in all actions taken in good faith in reliance upon any instructions,
directions, certifications and communications believed to be genuine and to have
been signed or communicated by the proper person.
Section 5.2. The Employer shall notify the Trustee in writing as to
the appointment, removal or resignation of any person designated to act on
behalf of the Employer. After such notification, the Trustee shall be fully
protected in acting upon the directions of, or dealing with, any person
designated to act on behalf of the Employer until it receives notice to the
contrary. The Trustee shall have no duty to inquire into the qualifications of
any person designated to act on behalf of the Employer.
ARTICLE VI
TRUSTEE'S COMPENSATION
Section 6.1. The Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation
for its services as is agreed upon in writing with the Employer. If approved by
the Employer, the Trustee shall also be entitled to reimbursement for all direct
expenses properly and actually incurred on behalf of the Plan. Such
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compensation or reimbursement shall be paid to the Trustee out of the Fund
unless paid directly by the Employer.
ARTICLE VII
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to
the Employer, which shall be effective 30 days after delivery unless prior
thereto a successor Trustee shall have been appointed.
Section 7.2. The Trustee may be removed by the Employer at any time
upon 30 days written notice to the Trustee. Such notice, however, may be waived
by the Trustee.
Section 7.3. The appointment of a successor Trustee hereunder shall be
accomplished by and shall take effect upon the delivery to the resigning or
removed Trustee, as the case may be, of written notice of the Employer
appointing such successor Trustee, and an acceptance in writing of the office of
successor Trustee hereunder executed by the successor so appointed. Any
successor Trustee may be either a corporation authorized and empowered to
exercise trust powers or one or more individuals. All of the provisions set
forth herein with respect to the Trustee shall relate to each successor Trustee
so appointed with the same force and effect as if such successor Trustee had
been originally named herein as the Trustee hereunder. If within 30 days after
notice of resignation shall have been given under this Article a successor
Trustee shall not have been appointed, the resigning Trustee or the Employer may
apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
Section 7.4. Upon the appointment of a successor Trustee, the
resigning or removed Trustee shall transfer and deliver the Fund to such
successor Trustee, after reserving such reasonable amount as it shall deem
necessary to provide for its expenses in the settlement of its account, the
amount of any compensation due to it and any sums chargeable against the Fund
for which it may be liable. If the sums so reserved are not sufficient for such
purposes, the resigning or removed Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement
for any deficiency from the successor Trustee and the Employer, who shall be
jointly and severally liable therefor.
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ARTICLE VIII
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Section 8.1. If any contract issued by an insurance company shall form
a part of the Fund, the insurance company shall not be deemed a party to this
Agreement. A certification in writing by the Trustee as to the occurrence of
any event contemplated by this Agreement or the Plan shall be conclusive
evidence thereof and the insurance company shall be protected in relying upon
such certification and shall incur no liability for so doing. With respect to
any action under any such contract, the insurance company may deal with the
Trustee as the sole owner thereof and need not see that any action of the
Trustee is authorized by this Agreement or the Plan. Any change made or action
taken by an insurance company upon the direction of the Trustee shall fully
discharge the insurance company from all liability with respect thereto, and the
insurance company need not see to the distribution or further application of any
moneys paid by it to the Trustee or paid in accordance with the direction of the
Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE TRUST AND PLAN
Section 9.1. The Employer may, by delivery to the Trustee of an
instrument in writing, amend, terminate or partially terminate this Agreement at
any time, provided, however, that no amendment shall increase the duties or
liabilities of the Trustee without the Trustee's consent and that no amendment
shall divert any part of the Fund to any purpose other than providing benefits
to Participants and their beneficiaries or defraying reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan.
Section 9.2. If the Plan is terminated, in whole or in part, or if the
Employer permanently discontinues its contributions to the Plan, the Trustee
shall distribute the Fund or any part thereof in such manner and at such times
as the Employer shall direct in writing. In the absence of receipt of such
written directions within 90 days after the effective date of such termination,
the Trustee shall distribute the Fund in accordance with the requirements of the
Plan.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1. Except as otherwise required in the case of any
qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the
Code, the benefits or
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proceeds of any allocated or unallocated portion of the assets of the Fund and
any interest of any Participant or beneficiary arising out of or created by the
Plan either before or after the Participant's retirement shall not be subject to
execution, attachment, garnishment or other legal or judicial process whatsoever
by any person, whether creditor or otherwise, claiming against such Participant
or beneficiary. No Participant or beneficiary shall have the right to alienate,
encumber or assign any of the payments or proceeds or any other interest arising
out of or created by the Plan and any action purporting to do so shall be void.
The provisions of this Section 10.1 shall apply to all Participants and
beneficiaries, regardless of their citizenship or place of residence.
Section 10.2. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Plan shall
require the Employer to retain any Employee in its service.
Section 10.3. Any person dealing with the Trustee may rely upon a copy
of this Agreement and any amendments thereto certified to be true and correct by
the Trustee.
Section 10.4. The Trustee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Plan. The Employer will cause a copy of any amendment to the Plan to be
delivered to the Trustee.
Section 10.5. The construction, validity and administration of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
except to the extent that such laws have been specifically superseded by ERISA.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.
Attest: BANK OF HAWAII
/s/ Ruth E. Miyashiro By /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Title: President
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Attest: VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST
COMPANY
/s/ illegible By /s/ R. Gregory Barton
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Title: Vice President
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January 11, 1995
Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.
130 Merchant Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Gentlemen:
Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. (the "Company") has filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Registration
Statement") covering shares of common stock of the Company to be issued pursuant
to the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan.
We have examined a copy of said Registration Statement. We have also
examined the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company and such
corporate records of the Company and other documents as we deem pertinent as a
basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Hawaii.
2. Shares of common stock of the Company when issued and sold by it
pursuant to and in accordance with the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan and
the Registration Statement will be legally issued, fully paid, and non-
assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to said
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
CARLSMITH BALL WICHMAN
MURRAY CASE & ICHIKI
By /s/ J. Thomas Van Winkle
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Its Partner
EXHIBIT (5)(a)
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of: (i) our report dated January 19, 1994, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. included
in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1993 and (ii)
our report dated April 8, 1994 with respect to the financial statements and
schedules of the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan included in its Annual
Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 1993.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Ernst & Young LLP
January 9, 1995
EXHIBIT (23)(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that BANCORP HAWAII, INC. (hereinafter
the "Company") and the undersigned, in the capacities indicated below, hereby
constitute and appoint LAWRENCE M. JOHNSON, RICHARD J. DAHL, DAVID A. HOULE,
JOSEPH T. KIEFER, J. THOMAS VAN WINKLE, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and each of them
(with full power to each of them to act alone), their true and lawful attorneys
and agents to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary
or advisable or may require to enable the Company to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations, or requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares of common stock of the
Company that may be issued to the Bank of Hawaii Profit Sharing Plan, including
specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and
authority to sign the names of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below
to the registration statement and any and all amendments and supplements to said
registration statement (including specifically and without limitation to the
generality of the foregoing, any amendment or amendments changing the number of
shares of common stock) and to any instruments or documents filed as a part of
or in connection with said amendments or supplements to said registration
statement,
EXHIBIT (24)
and the undersigned hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney and agents,
or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. and the undersigned
have hereunto set their hands as of this 12th day of January, 1995.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of counterparts
by one or more of the undersigned.
BANCORP HAWAII, INC.
By /s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Its Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
By /s/ Richard J. Dahl
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Its President
/s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Lawrence M. Johnson,
Chairman of the Board, Director
Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.
(principal executive officer)
/s/ David A. Houle
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David A. Houle
Senior Vice President (principal
financial officer)
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/s/ Denis K. Isono
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Denis K. lsono
Vice President and Controller
Bancorp Hawaii, Inc.
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Peter D. Baldwin
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Peter D. Baldwin Director
/s/ Mary G. F. Bitterman
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Mary G. F. Bitterman Director
/s/ Thomas B. Hayward
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Thomas B. Hayward Director
/s/ David A. Heenan
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David A. Heenan Director
/s/ Stuart T. K. Ho
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Stuart T. K. Ho Director
/s/ Lawrence M. Johnson
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Lawrence M. Johnson Director
/s/ Herbert M. Richards, Jr.
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Herbert M. Richards, Jr. Director
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/s/ H. Howard Stephenson
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H. Howard Stephenson Director
/s/ Fred E. Trotter
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Fred E. Trotter Director
/s/ Charles R. Wichman
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Charles R. Wichman Director,
Member of the Profit-Sharing
Trust Committee
/s/ K. Tim Yee
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K. Tim Yee Director
/s/ Richard J. Dahl
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Richard J. Dahl
Member of the Profit-Sharing
Trust Committee
/s/ Thomas J. Kappock
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Thomas J. Kappock
Member of the Profit-Sharing
Trust Committee
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/s/ Ronald K. Migita
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Ronald K. Migita
Member of the Profit-Sharing
Trust Committee
/s/ Susan L. Mares
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Susan L. Mares
Member of the Profit-Sharing
Trust Committee
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