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1.1 | Account | 2 | ||
1.2 | Associate | 2 | ||
1.3 | Base Salary | 2 | ||
1.4 | Beneficiary | 2 | ||
1.5 | Class Year Deferrals | 2 | ||
1.6 | Code | 3 | ||
1.7 | Committee | 3 | ||
1.8 | Completion Incentive | 3 | ||
1.9 | Corporation | 3 | ||
1.10 | Deferral Account | 3 | ||
1.11 | EIP | 3 | ||
1.12 | Eligible Asset | 3 | ||
1.13 | Eligible Incentive Award | 4 | ||
1.14 | ERISA | 4 | ||
1.15 | 401(k) Plan | 4 | ||
1.16 | Global Human Resources Group | 4 | ||
1.17 | Make-up Contribution Restoration Account | 4 | ||
1.18 | Matchable Compensation | 4 | ||
1.19 | Matching Contribution Restoration Account | 5 | ||
1.20 | MFIP | 5 | ||
1.21 | Participant | 5 | ||
1.22 | Participating Employer | 5 | ||
1.23 | Plan Year | 5 | ||
1.24 | Pre-2005 Account | 5 | ||
1.25 | Restoration Plan | 5 | ||
1.26 | Rule of 60 | 6 |
1.27 | Termination of Employment (or to Terminate Employment) | 6 | ||
1.28 | 2005 Account | 6 | ||
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2.1 | Eligibility | 7 | ||
2.2 | Form and Time of Elections | 7 | ||
2.3 | Deferrals | 8 | ||
2.4 | Matching and Make-up Contributions | 9 | ||
2.5 | Account Adjustments | 11 | ||
2.6 | Vesting Adjustments | 12 | ||
2.7 | Special Payment Elections | 12 | ||
2.8 | Distribution Provisions | 12 | ||
2.9 | General Payment Provisions | 18 | ||
2.10 | Catch-Up Contributions | 19 | ||
2.11 | Special Provisions Related to Completion Incentives | 19 | ||
2.12 | Other Contributions | 20 | ||
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3.1 | Committee | 21 | ||
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4.1 | Amendment and Termination | 22 | ||
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5.1 | Nature of Plan and Rights | 23 | ||
5.2 | Spendthrift Provision | 23 | ||
5.3 | Limitation of Rights | 23 | ||
5.4 | Adoption by Other Participating Employers | 24 | ||
5.5 | Governing Law | 24 | ||
5.6 | Merged Plans | 24 | ||
5.7 | Status Under ERISA | 24 | ||
5.8 | Compliance with Section 409A of the Code | 25 | ||
5.9 | Severability | 25 | ||
5.10 | Headings and Subheadings | 25 | ||
5.11 | Social Security Tax | 25 | ||
5.12 | Claims Procedure | 25 |
5.13 | Limited Effect Of Restatement | 25 | ||
5.14 | Binding Effect | 26 | ||
I. | Special Rules Applicable to Former Participants of and Balances Merged from the ABN AMRO Group Supplemental Savings Plan ("SSP"): | 28 | ||
II. | Special Rules Applicable to Former Participants of and Balances Merged from the Countrywide Financial Corporation Supplemental Savings and Investment Deferred Compensation Plan (“SSIP”): | 29 |
(a) | For each Plan Year, the deferrals of a Participant's Base Salary under Section 2.3(b) for the Plan Year plus the deferral under Section 2.3(c) of any portion of the Participant's Eligible Incentive Award earned for services rendered during the Plan Year, including any related adjustments for deemed investments in accordance with Section 2.5. |
(b) | In addition, in accordance with Section 2.8(a)(ii), all matching contributions credited to the Restoration Plan for a Participant after 2005 under Section 2.4 plus any other amounts credited to the Restoration Plan for the Participant after 2005 |
(c) | In addition, in accordance with Section 2.8(a)(iii), all make-up contributions credited to the Restoration Plan for a Participant under Section 2.4(d), including any related adjustments for deemed investments in accordance with Section 2.5, shall collectively constitute one separate set of Class Year Deferrals for the Participant. |
(a) | Any commissions; and |
(b) | Any incentive awards payable in cash pursuant to (i) the Bank of America Executive Incentive Compensation Plan or (ii) any other incentive compensation plan of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries approved for purposes of this Restoration Plan by the Committee. Eligible Incentive Awards may be payable annually, quarterly, or on such other basis as provided by the applicable plan. Eligible Incentive Awards shall not include contest prizes, hiring, retention or employment referral bonuses, one-time bonuses (other than special pay bonuses), suggestion program awards, long-term cash awards or any severance or similar benefits. |
(a) | The Corporation; |
(b) | Each other “Participating Employer” under (and as defined in) the 401(k) Plan on the date hereof; |
(c) | Any other incorporated or unincorporated trade or business which may hereafter adopt both the 401(k) Plan and the Restoration Plan. |
(a) | Deferrals, matching contributions or any other contributions that were credited to the Restoration Plan during 2005; plus |
(b) | Any deferral of an Eligible Incentive Award for performance year 2005 credited to the Restoration Plan after 2005; |
(a) | Determination of Eligible Associates: Prior to each Plan Year, or at such other times as the Global Human Resources Group shall determine consistent with applicable law, the Global Human Resources Group shall determine which Associates shall be Eligible Associates for such Plan Year in accordance with the provisions of this Section. |
(b) | Eligible Associates: An Associate shall be an Eligible Associate with respect to a Plan Year if the Global Human Resources Group determines that the Associate either: |
(i) | Has an annual rate of Base Salary as of the date of eligibility determination equal to or exceeding the limitation of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the previous Plan Year; or |
(ii) | Had total compensation for the one-year period immediately prior to the date of eligibility determination equal to or exceeding the limitation of Section 401(a)(17) of the Code for the previous Plan Year. |
(c) | Administrative Procedures: The Global Human Resources Group, in its discretion, shall establish the administrative procedures with respect to the foregoing eligibility determinations, including without limitation the measurement of total compensation for any period and whether such measurement is of total cash compensation only or total cash compensation plus any special equity awards paid during the one-year measurement period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Global Human Resources Group may, in its discretion, determine that an Associate or group of Associates who otherwise meet the foregoing requirements are nonetheless ineligible to participate in the Restoration Plan. |
(a) | Deferral Accounts: A Participating Employer shall establish and maintain on its books a Deferral Account for each Eligible Associate employed by such Participating Employer who elects pursuant to Section 2.2 to defer the receipt of any amount under the Restoration Plan. Such Deferral Account shall be designated by the name of the Eligible Associate for whom established. The amount to be deferred under this Section 2.3 for a payroll period shall be credited to such Deferral Account on, or as soon as administratively practicable after, the payroll date. See Section 2.10 regarding the effect of “catch-up” contribution elections under the 401(k) Plan. |
(b) | Election to Defer Base Salary: An Eligible Associate for a Plan Year may elect pursuant to Section 2.2 to defer up to 50% of the Eligible Associate's Base Salary for the Plan Year. Any such deferral of an Eligible Associate's Base Salary for a payroll period shall be made first before any deferral of Base Salary is made to the 401(k) Plan for such payroll period. Any portion of an Eligible Associate's Base Salary not deferred under the Restoration Plan shall be included in the Eligible Associate's compensation under the 401(k) Plan in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and provisions of the 401(k) Plan (and therefore shall be included in determining the amount of the Eligible Associate's pre-tax retirement savings |
(c) | Election to Defer Eligible Incentive Awards: Each Eligible Associate for a Plan Year may elect pursuant to Section 2.2 to defer up to 90% of any Eligible Incentive Award otherwise payable to the Eligible Associate for services rendered during the Plan Year (regardless of whether the Eligible Incentive Award is payable during or after the applicable Plan Year). Any such deferral of an Eligible Associate's Eligible Incentive Award shall be made first before any deferral of such Eligible Incentive Award is made to the 401(k) Plan. Any portion of an Eligible Incentive Award not deferred under the Restoration Plan shall be included in the Eligible Associate's compensation under the 401(k) Plan in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and provisions of the 401(k) Plan (and therefore shall be included in determining the amount of the Eligible Associate's pre-tax retirement savings contributions and/or designated Roth contributions or employer contributions under the 401(k) Plan). Amounts deferred under the Restoration Plan shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining contributions or allocations under the 401(k) Plan. |
(a) | Matching Contribution Restoration Account and Make-up Contribution Restoration Account: A Participating Employer shall establish and maintain on its books a Matching Contribution Restoration Account and/or a Make-up Contribution Restoration Account for each Eligible Associate employed by such Participating Employer who is credited with a matching and/or make-up contribution under this Section 2.4. Such Matching Contribution Restoration Account and/or Make-up Contribution Restoration Account shall be designated by the name of the Eligible Associate for whom established. |
(b) | Matching Contributions for Restoration Plan Deferrals: Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(e), if a Participant defers any amount under the Restoration Plan during a Plan Year in which the Participant is eligible to receive matching contributions under the 401(k) Plan, the Participant shall be eligible to be credited with a matching contribution to the Participant's Matching Contribution Restoration Account for the Plan Year. The amount of the matching contribution shall equal Amount A less Amount B (but not less than zero), where: |
(i) | Amount A equals 5% multiplied by the Participant's Matchable Compensation for the Plan Year; and |
(ii) | Amount B equals the aggregate amount of matching contributions that would have been allocated to the Participant's account under the 401(k) Plan for each payroll period ending during the Plan Year plus the amount |
(c) | Matching Contributions for EIP and MFIP Awards: Under the EIP, a percentage of an eligible Associate's annual incentive award earned for a performance period beginning on or after January 1, 2002 may be made in the form of an award of (i) restricted stock shares or restricted stock units granted under the Bank of America Corporation 2003 Key Associate Stock Plan (or any successor stock plan) or (ii) long-term cash. Similarly, under the MFIP, a percentage of an eligible Associate's annual incentive award earned for a performance period beginning on or after January 1, 2006 may be made in the form of an award of (i) restricted mutual fund units granted under the MFIP or (ii) long-term cash. The remaining portion of the Associate's annual incentive award may be payable in current cash that is not subject to a vesting schedule. Only the portion of the Associate's annual incentive award payable in current cash, if any, is eligible for deferral under the 401(k) Plan or the Restoration Plan. However, for an Associate covered by the EIP or the MFIP who is eligible to receive matching contributions under the 401(k) Plan at the time when the current cash portion, if any, of such annual incentive award is payable, the Associate's Participating Employer shall credit to the Participant's Matching Contribution Restoration Account an amount equal to 5% of the “Principal Amount” (as defined in the EIP and the MFIP), if any, with respect to such annual incentive award; provided, however, that in no event shall the combined matching contributions under Section 2.4(b), this Section 2.4(c) and the matching contributions the Participant would have received under the 401(k) Plan for the Plan Year if the Participant had contributed at least 5% of “Compensation” (as defined in the 401(k) Plan) for the Plan Year, exceed 5% of the applicable limit described in Section 4.4(a)(v) of the 401(k) Plan. For purposes of this Section, the EIP Principal Amount, if any, for an Associate who is in Band 0 shall be the amount communicated to the Global Human Resources Group by the Corporation's Executive Compensation group as the EIP Principal Amount, if any. |
(d) | Make-up Contributions for Certain Legacy U.S. Trust Participants: For a Participant whose deferrals to the Restoration Plan reduce the amount of the |
(e) | Payroll Taxes: The Global Human Resources Group may determine, in its sole and exclusive discretion, to deduct from the amount otherwise to be credited to the Matching Contribution Restoration Account and/or Make-up Contribution Restoration Account of a Participant for a Plan Year an amount necessary to pay any related payroll taxes. |
(a) | Account Adjustments for Deemed Investments: The Committee shall from time to time designate one or more investment vehicle(s) in which the Accounts of Participants shall be deemed to be invested. The investment vehicle(s) may be designated by reference to the investments available under other plans sponsored by a Participating Employer (including the 401(k) Plan). Each Participant shall designate the investment vehicle(s) in which his or her Account shall be deemed to be invested according to the procedures developed by the Global Human Resources Group, except as otherwise required by the terms of the Restoration Plan. No Participating Employer shall be under an obligation to acquire or invest in any of the deemed investment vehicle(s) under this subparagraph, and any acquisition of or investment in a deemed investment vehicle by a Participating Employer shall be made in the name of the Participating Employer and shall remain the sole property of the Participating Employer. The Committee shall also establish from time to time a default fund into which a Participant's Account shall be deemed to be invested if the Participant fails to provide investment instructions pursuant to this Section 2.5(a). Effective January 1, 2009, such default fund shall be the applicable investment vehicle determined pursuant to the terms of the 401(k) Plan's default investment provisions. |
(b) | Periodic Account Adjustments: Each Account shall be adjusted from time to time at such intervals as determined by the Global Human Resources Group. The Global Human Resources Group may determine the frequency of account adjustments by reference to the frequency of account adjustments under another plan sponsored by a Participating Employer. The amount of the adjustment shall equal the amount that each Participant's Account would have earned (or lost) for the period since the last adjustment had the Account actually been invested in the 401(k) Plan in the deemed investment vehicle(s) designated by the Participant for |
(a) | Class Year Payment Elections |
(i) | Class Year Deferrals: A Participant for a Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2006 shall elect from among the available forms of payment set forth in Section 2.8(b) the form of payment that shall apply to the Class Year Deferrals for such Plan Year. The class year payment election shall be made coincident with the deferral elections under Sections 2.3(b) and 2.3(c) for such Plan Year. |
(ii) | Matching Contributions: As to the Class Year Deferrals comprised of all matching contributions credited after 2005 pursuant to Section 2.4 or any other amounts credited after 2005 pursuant to Section 2.12 for a Participant, the applicable class year payment election shall be made by the Participant coincident with the first time the Participant makes a deferral election under the Restoration Plan for any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2006. Notwithstanding any provision of the Restoration Plan to the contrary, except for a withdrawal on account of an unforeseeable emergency pursuant to Section 2.8(h), such Class Year Deferrals shall not be payable until the Participant has Terminated Employment. |
(iii) | Make-up Contributions: Notwithstanding any provision of the Restoration Plan to the contrary, except for a withdrawal on account of an unforeseeable emergency pursuant to Section 2.8(h), the Class Year Deferrals comprised of all make-up contributions credited pursuant to Section 2.4(d) for a Participant shall be payable as a lump sum payment following Termination of Employment as set forth in Section (b) unless the Participant changes the time of such payment pursuant to Section 2.8 (c). In no event shall a Participant be able to change the form of such payment. |
(b) | Available Forms of Payment: A Participant shall select from among the following forms of payment for each set of Class Year Deferrals. The Participant must select a single form of payment applicable to each set of Class Year Deferrals (i.e., a set of Class Year Deferrals may not be “split” among more than one form of payment): |
(i) | Lump Sum Payment Following Termination of Employment: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable following the Participant's Termination of Employment in a single cash payment. |
(ii) | Lump Sum Payment In Specified Year: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable in the calendar year elected by the Participant, not to exceed the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 75, in a single cash payment. |
(iii) | Lump Sum Payment Upon Later of Termination of Employment or Specified Year: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable upon the later of the Participant's Termination of Employment or the calendar year elected by the Participant, not to exceed the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 75, in a single cash payment. |
(iv) | Annual Installments Following Termination of Employment: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable following the Participant's Termination of Employment in annual installment payments over a period of years selected by the Participant not to exceed ten (10). |
(v) | Annual Installments Commencing In Specified Year: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable commencing in the calendar year elected by the Participant, not to exceed the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 75, in annual installment payments over a period of years selected by the Participant not to exceed ten (10). |
(vi) | Annual Installments Commencing Upon Later of Termination of Employment or Specified Year: The balance of the applicable Class Year Deferrals shall be payable commencing upon the later of the Participant's Termination of Employment or the calendar year elected by the Participant, not to exceed the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 75, in annual installment payments over a period of years selected by the Participant not to exceed ten (10). |
(c) | Subsequent Changes to Payment Elections: A Participant may change the time or form of payment elected under Section 2.8(b), or the time or form of payment subsequently elected under this Section 2.8(c), with respect to a set of Class Year Deferrals only if (i) such election is made at least 12 months prior to January 1 of the Plan Year in which the payment of the Class Year Deferrals would have otherwise commenced and (ii) the effect of such election is to defer commencement of such payments by at least 5 years. |
(d) | Default Lump Sum Payment: Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, a Participant's entire Account balance shall be payable in a single cash payment following the Participant's Termination of Employment if, as of the Participant's date of Termination of Employment, either (i) the amount of the Participant's Account balance equals $50,000 or less or (ii) the Participant had less than 60 months of Vesting Service. |
(e) | Timing of Lump Sum Payments: |
(i) | Lump Sum Payment Following Termination of Employment: Class Year Deferrals payable as a lump following a Participant's Termination of Employment shall be paid in a single cash payment to the Participant within ninety (90) days following the end of the Plan Year in which the Termination of Employment occurs; provided, however, that if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's Termination of Employment until after the end of the Plan Year in which such Termination of Employment occurs, then payment shall be made by the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year of Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Class Year Deferrals comprised of |
(A) | if the Participant Terminated Employment having satisfied the Rule of 60, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the last business day immediately preceding the payment date; and |
(B) | for any other Participant, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant Terminates Employment (or, if applicable, through the end of a subsequent calendar year as determined by the Global Human Resources Group if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's Termination of Employment until after the end of the Plan Year in which such Termination of Employment occurs), and thereafter through the last business day immediately preceding the payment date the Class Year Deferrals shall be deemed invested in the Stable Value Fund. |
(ii) | Lump Sum Payment In Specified Year: For any Class Year Deferrals payable as a lump sum in a specified year elected by a Participant, the Participant shall be paid during the first ninety (90) days of the applicable Plan Year of payment elected by the Participant a single cash payment in an amount equal to the balance of the Class Year Deferrals as of the last business day immediately preceding the payment date. If the Plan Year of payment is after the date of the Participant's Termination of Employment, then: |
(A) | if the Participant Terminated Employment having satisfied the Rule of 60, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the last business day immediately preceding the payment date; and |
(B) | for any other Participant, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles |
(f) | Timing of Annual Installments: |
(i) | Annual Installments Following Termination of Employment: For any Class Year Deferrals payable as annual installments following Termination of Employment, the first installment shall be paid within ninety (90) days following the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant Terminates Employment with the Participating Employers; provided, however, that if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's Termination of Employment until after the Plan Year in which the Termination of Employment occurs, then the first installment shall be paid by the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year of Termination of Employment. Each subsequent installment shall be paid within ninety (90) days following the end of each subsequent Plan Year during the selected payment period. The amount of each installment payment shall equal the balance of the Class Year Deferrals as of the last business day immediately preceding the applicable payment date divided by the number of remaining installments (including the installment then payable). For a Participant who Terminates Employment with the Participating Employers having satisfied the Rule of 60, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the last business day immediately preceding the final payment. For any other Participant, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant Terminates Employment (or, if applicable, through the end of a subsequent calendar year as determined by the Global Human Resources Group if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's Termination of Employment until after the end of the Plan Year in which such Termination of Employment occurs), and thereafter until the last business day immediately preceding the final payment the Class Year Deferrals shall be deemed invested in the Stable Value Fund. |
(ii) | Annual Installments Commencing In Specified Year: For any Class Year Deferrals payable as annual installments commencing in a specified year elected by a Participant, the first annual installment shall be payable during |
(A) | if the Participant Terminated Employment having satisfied the Rule of 60, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the last business day immediately preceding the final payment; and for any other Participant, the Participant shall continue to be eligible to elect from among the available deemed investment vehicles pursuant to Section 2.5 through the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant Terminates Employment (or, if applicable, through the end of a subsequent calendar year as determined by the Global Human Resources Group if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's Termination of Employment until after the end of the Plan Year in which such Termination of Employment occurs), and thereafter until the last business day immediately preceding the final payment the Class Year Deferrals shall be deemed invested in the Stable Value Fund. |
(g) | Death of a Participant: If a Participant dies before having been paid the entire balance of the Participant's Account (including a Participant receiving installment payments), the remaining unpaid balance of the Account shall be payable to the Participant's Beneficiary in a single cash payment within ninety (90) days following the end of the Plan Year in which the Participant dies; provided, however, that if the Global Human Resources Group is not notified of a Participant's death until more than ninety (90) days after the end of the Plan Year in which such death occurs, then payment shall be made within ninety (90) days after the end of the Plan Year in which such notice of death is received by the Global Human Resources Group. The Account shall be deemed invested in the Stable Value Fund from the date notice of death is received by the Global Human Resources Group until the last business day immediately preceding the final payment of the Account. |
(h) | Withdrawals on Account of an Unforeseeable Emergency: A Participant may, in the Global Human Resources Group's sole discretion, receive a refund of all or any part of the amounts previously credited to the Participant's Accounts in the case of an “unforeseeable emergency.” A Participant requesting a payment pursuant to this Section shall have the burden of proof of establishing, to the Global |
(i) | Special Provisions for “Specified Employees”: Notwithstanding any provision in the Restoration Plan to the contrary, to the extent applicable, in no event shall any payment hereunder be made to a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Bank of America 409A Policy earlier than 6 months after the date of the Participant's Termination of Employment, except in connection with the Participant's death. |
(a) | Payments for Participants Who Terminated Employment Prior to 2005: Payments to any Participant who Terminated Employment prior to 2005 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Restoration Plan as in effect prior to 2005. |
(b) | Other Payment Provisions: To be effective, any elections under Sections 2.7 or 2.8 shall be made on such form, at such time and pursuant to such procedures as determined by the Global Human Resources Group in its sole discretion from time |
(a) | The Global Human Resources Group, upon consultation with the appropriate business unit, shall allocate the Completion Incentive among the applicable Plan Years for which it was deemed earned. |
(b) | Any deferral under Section 2.3 shall be determined separately with respect to the Restoration Plan deferral election (if any) in effect for each Plan Year for which the Completion Incentive was deemed earned. The applicable Restoration Plan deferral election in effect for each such Plan Year shall be applied against the portion of the Completion Incentive allocated to such Plan Year under subparagraph (a). Any such portion of the Completion Incentive deferred under the Restoration Plan with respect to a Plan Year shall be part of the Class Year Deferrals for that Plan Year. |
(c) | Each deferral to the Restoration Plan with respect to the Completion Incentive determined under subparagraph (b) shall be eligible for a matching contribution under the Restoration Plan in accordance with, and subject to, the provisions of Section 2.4. Such matching contributions shall be determined separately with respect to each Plan Year for which the Completion Incentive was deemed earned. |
(d) | Although the Completion Incentive may relate to one or more prior Plan Years, the related deferrals and matching contributions to be made under subparagraphs (b) and (c) shall be credited in an administratively reasonable time following |
(a) | Merger of Plans: From time to time the Participating Employers may cause other nonqualified plans to be merged into the Restoration Plan. Schedule 5.6 attached hereto sets forth the names of the plans that merged into the Restoration Plan by January 1, 2013 and their respective merger dates. Schedule 5.6 shall be updated from time to time to reflect mergers after January 1, 2013. |
(b) | Effect of Merger of Plans: Upon such a merger, the account balance(s) immediately prior to the date of merger of each participant in the merged plan shall be transferred and credited as of the merger date to one or more accounts established under the Restoration Plan for such participant, including without limitation a predecessor company Account as determined by the Global Human Resources Group. From and after the merger date, the participant's rights shall be determined under the Restoration Plan, and the participant shall be subject to all of the restrictions, limitations and other terms and provisions of the Restoration Plan. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Restoration Plan Account established for the participant as a result of the merger shall be periodically adjusted when and as provided in Section 2.5 hereof as in effect from time to time and shall be paid at such time and in such manner as provided in Section 2.7 and Section 2.8 hereof, except to the extent otherwise provided on Schedule 5.6. The Global Human Resources Group shall, in its discretion, establish any procedures it deems necessary or advisable in order to administer any such plan mergers, including without limitation procedures for transitioning from the method of account adjustments under the prior plan to the methods provided for under the Restoration Plan. The Global Human Resources Group may also establish any special distribution or other rules with respect to such balances, which such special rules shall be specified on Schedule 5.6. |
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Mark S. Behnke | |||
Mark S. Behnke | ||||
Global Head of Compensation and Benefits |
Plan Name | Date of Merger |
C&S Policy Committee Supplemental Savings Plan | December 31, 1992 |
C&S Key Executive Supplemental Savings Plan | December 31, 1992 |
C&S/Sovran Supplemental Retirement Plan for Former Sovran Executives (Thrift Restoration Benefits) | December 31, 1992 |
First & Merchants Corporation Deferred Management Incentive Compensation Plan | March 31, 1993 |
Sovran Deferred Compensation Plan | March 31, 1993 |
NationsBank of Texas, N.A. Profit Sharing Restoration Plan | March 31, 1993 |
Thrift Plan Reserve Account Maintained Under the NationsBank Corporation and Designated Subsidiaries Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan | March 31, 1993 |
Bank South Executive Bonus Deferral Plan | July 1, 1996 |
Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan | December 31, 1997 |
Fourth Financial Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan | December 31, 1997 |
NationsBank Corporation Key Employee Deferral Plan | April 1, 1998 |
Deferred compensation components of the NationsBank Corporation Executive Incentive Compensation Plan | April 1, 1998 |
Management Excess Savings Plan of Barnett Banks, Inc. and its Affiliates | December 31, 1998 |
BankAmerica Deferred Compensation Plan | June 30, 2000 |
BankAmerica Supplemental Retirement Plan | June 30, 2000 |
ABN AMRO Group Supplemental Savings Plan | April 1, 2008 |
Countrywide Financial Corporation Supplemental Savings and Investment Deferred Compensation Plan | April 6, 2009 |
I. | Special Rules Applicable to Former Participants of and Balances Merged from the ABN AMRO Group Supplemental Savings Plan (“SSP”): |
(a) | Special Payment Elections: Each Participant with an account balance(s) merged from the ABN AMRO Group Supplemental Savings Plan (“SSP Account Balance(s)") who was in the active service of a Participating Employer on April 1, 2008 was given the opportunity during 2008 to make a payment election applicable to the Participant's SSP Account Balance(s). The Participant could elect from among the class year payment options set forth in Section 2.8(b), and such election was immediately effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such payment election was not applicable to any amounts otherwise payable in 2008 and did not cause any amounts to be paid in 2008 that would not otherwise be payable in such year. In the event a Participant covered by this Schedule 5.6(I)(a) failed to make a payment election with respect to the Participant's SSP Account Balance(s), the payment method shall be a lump sum payment following Termination of Employment as set forth in Section 2.8(b). Any subsequent change to such payment election must comply with the requirements of Section 2.8(c). Payments pursuant to such election shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of Section 2.8, including the default lump sum payment rules of Section 2.8(d) and the special rules for certain “specified employees” pursuant to Section 2.8(i). Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no default lump sum payment was made pursuant to Section 2.8(d) if such payment would have caused any amounts to be paid in 2008 that would not otherwise have been payable in such year. |
(b) | Payment Rule Applicable to Terminated SSP Participants: The SSP Account Balance(s) of each Participant who was not in the active service of a Participating Employer on April 1, 2008 shall be paid to the Participant at the time and in the form applicable to the Participant's account balance(s) under the SSP on March 31, 2008. Each such Participant shall not have the opportunity to make any subsequent change to the payment election applicable to the Participant's SSP Account Balance(s) under the SSP on March 31, 2008 as provided in Section 2.8(c). In all other respects, each such Participant's rights shall be determined under the Restoration Plan, and each such Participant shall be subject to all of the restrictions, limitations and other terms and provisions of the Restoration Plan, including the special rules for certain “specified employees” pursuant to Section 2.8(i), but excluding the default lump sum payment rules of Section 2.8(d). |
(c) | Ongoing Restoration Plan Participation: No former participant in the SSP shall be eligible to otherwise participate in the Restoration Plan unless such participant becomes eligible to participate in the Restoration Plan under Section 2.1. |
II. | Special Rules Applicable to Former Participants of and Balances Merged from the Countrywide Financial Corporation Supplemental Savings and Investment Deferred Compensation Plan (“SSIP”): |
(a) | Payment Rule Applicable to SSIP Participants: The account balance(s) merged from the Countrywide Financial Corporation Supplemental Savings and Investment Deferred Compensation Plan (“SSIP Account Balance(s)”) on April 6, 2009 shall be paid to each applicable Participant at the time and in the form applicable to the Participant's account balance(s) under the SSIP on April 5, 2009. Each such Participant shall not have the opportunity to make any subsequent change to the payment election applicable to the Participant's SSIP Account Balance(s) under the SSIP on April 5, 2009 as provided in Section 2.8(c). In all other respects, each such Participant's rights shall be determined under the Restoration Plan, and each such Participant shall be subject to all of the restrictions, limitations and other terms and provisions of the Restoration Plan, including the special rules for certain “specified employees” pursuant to Section 2.8(i), but excluding the default lump sum payment rules of Section 2.8(d). |
(b) | Ongoing Restoration Plan Participation: No former participant in the SSIP shall be eligible to otherwise participate in the Restoration Plan unless such participant becomes eligible to participate in the Restoration Plan under Section 2.1. |