Exhibit 10.11
HARVARD SAVINGS BANK
Deferred Fee Agreement
Beneficiary Designation Form
HARVARD SAVINGS
BANK
DEFERRED FEE
AGREEMENT
THIS DEFERRED FEE AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is adopted this
day of
,
200 , by and between HARVARD SAVINGS BANK, a
state chartered savings bank located in Harvard, Illinois (the
“Company”), and [NAME OF DIRECTOR] (the
“Director”).
To encourage the Director to remain
a member of the Board, the Company is willing to provide to the
Director a deferred fee opportunity. The Company will pay the
benefits from is general assets.
Article 1
Definitions
Whenever used in this Agreement, the
following words and phrases shall have the meanings
specified:
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1.1
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“
Beneficiary ” means each designated person or entity,
or the estate of the deceased Director, entitled to any benefits
upon the death of the Director pursuant to Article 6.
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1.2
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“
Beneficiary Designation Form ” means the form
established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that the
Director completes, signs and returns to the Plan Administrator to
designate one or more beneficiaries.
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1.3
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Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company as
from time to time constituted.
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1.4
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“
Change in Control ” means the conversion from a mutual
association to a stock association and the transfer of fifty-one
percent (51%) or more of the Company’s outstanding
voting common stock followed within twelve (12) months by
termination of the Director’s status as a member of the
Company’s Board of Directors.
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1.5
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“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and all regulations and guidance thereunder, including
such regulations and guidance as may be promulgated after the
Effective Date of this Agreement.
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1.6
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“
Crediting Rate ” means a rate equal to the rate on
high grade long-term corporate bonds.
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1.7
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“
Deferral Account ” means the Company’s
accounting of the accumulated Deferrals plus accrued
interest.
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1.8
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“
Deferrals ” means the amount of Fees the Director
elects to defer according to this Agreement.
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Deferred Fee Agreement
Beneficiary Designation Form
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1.9
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“
Disability ” means the Director: (i) is unable to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or
(ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can
be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve
(12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a
period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and
health plan covering employees or directors of the Company. Medical
determination of Disability may be made by either the Social
Security Administration or by the provider of an accident or health
plan covering employees or directors of the Company, provided that
the definition of “disability” applied under such
insurance program complies with the requirements of the preceding
sentence. Upon the request of the Plan Administrator, the Director
must submit proof to the Plan Administrator of the Social Security
Administration’s or the provider’s
determination.
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1.10
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“
Distribution Election Form ” means the form or forms
established from time to time by the Plan Administrator that the
Director completes, signs and returns to the Plan Administrator to
designate the time and form of distributions.
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1.11
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Early Termination ” means Termination of Service
before Normal Termination Date except when such Termination of
Service occurs: (i) following a Change in Control; or
(ii) due to death, Disability or Termination for
Cause.
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1.12
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Effective Date ” means
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1.13
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“
Fees ” means the total directors fees payable to the
Director.
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1.14
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“ Fees
Deferral Election Form ” means each form established from
time to time by the Plan Administrator that the Director completes,
signs and returns to the Plan Administrator to designate the amount
of Deferrals.
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1.15
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“
Normal Termination Date ” means the Director attaining
age seventy (70) and completing ten (10) Years of
Service.
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1.16
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“ Plan
Administrator ” means the Board or such committee or
person as the Board shall appoint.
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1.17
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“ Plan
Year ” means each twelve (12) month period
commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 of each
year. The initial Plan Year shall commence on the Effective Date of
this Agreement and end on the following
December 31.
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1.18
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“ Specified Employee
” means an employee who at the time of Termination of Service
is a key employee of the Company, if any stock of the Company is
publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise.
For purposes of this Agreement, an employee is a key employee if
the employee meets the requirements of Code
Section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii), or (iii) (applied in
accordance with the regulations thereunder and
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Deferred Fee Agreement
Beneficiary Designation Form
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disregarding section 416(i)(5))
at any time during the twelve (12) month period ending on
December 31 (the “identification period”). If the
employee is a key employee during an identification period, the
employee is treated as a key employee for purposes of this
Agreement during the twelve (12) month period that begins on
the first day of April following the close of the identification
period.
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1.19
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“
Termination for Cause ” means a Termination of Service
for:
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(a)
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Gross
negligence or gross neglect of duties to the Company;
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(b)
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Conviction of a
felony or of a gross misdemeanor involving moral turpitude in
connection with the Director’s employment with the Company;
or
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(c)
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Fraud,
disloyalty, dishonesty or willful violation of any law or
significant Company policy committed in connection with the
Director’s employment and resulting in a material adverse
effect on the Company.
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1.20
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“
Termination of Service ” means termination of the
Director’s employment with the Company for reasons other than
death. Whether a Termination of Service has occurred is determined
in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A based
on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that the Company
and Director reasonably anticipated that no further services would
be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide
services the Director would perform after such date (whether as an
employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently
decrease to no more than twenty percent (20%) of the average
level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an
independent contractor) over the immediately preceding thirty-six
(36) month period (or the full period of services to the
Company if the Director has been providing services to the Company
less than thirty-six (36) months).
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1.21
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“
Unforeseeable Emergency ” means a severe financial
hardship to the Director resulting from an illness or accident of
the Director, the Director’s spouse, the Beneficiary, or the
Director’s dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of
the Code), loss of the Director’s property due to casualty,
or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances
arising as a result of events beyond the control of the
Director.
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1.22
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“
Years of Service ” means the twelve
(12) consecutive month period beginning on the
Director’s date of hire and any twelve (12) month
anniversary thereof during the entirety of which time the Director
is an employee of the Company. Service with a subsidiary or other
entity controlled by the Company before the time such entity became
a subsidiary or under such control shall not be considered
“credited service” unless the Plan Administrator
specifically agrees to credit such service.
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Article 2
Deferral Election
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2.1
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Elections
Generally . The Director
may annually file a Fees Deferral Election Form with the Plan
Administrator no later than the end of the Plan Year preceding the
Plan Year in which services leading to such Fees will be
performed.
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Beneficiary Designation Form
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2.2
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Initial
Election . After being
notified by the Plan Administrator of becoming eligible to
participate in this Agreement, the Director may make an initial
deferral election by delivering to the Plan Administrator a signed
Fees Deferral Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form within
thirty (30) days of becoming eligible. The Fees Deferral
Election Form shall set forth the amount of Fees to be deferred.
However, if the Director was eligible to participate in any other
account balance plans sponsored by the Company (as referenced in
Code Section 409(A)) prior to becoming eligible to participate
in this Agreement, the initial election to defer Fees under this
Agreement shall not be effective until the Plan Year following the
Plan Year in which the Director became eligible to participate in
this Agreement.
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2.3
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Election
Changes . The Director
may modify the amount of Fees to be deferred annually by filing a
new Fees Deferral Election Form with the Company. The modified
deferral shall not be effective until the calendar year following
the year in which the subsequent Fees Deferral Election Form is
received by the Company.
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2.4
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Hardship . If an Unforeseeable Emergency occurs, the
Director, by written instructions to the Company, may discontinue
deferrals hereunder. Any subsequent Deferral Elections may be made
only in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof.
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Article 3
Deferral Account
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3.1
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Establishing
and Crediting . The
Company shall establish a Deferral Account on its books for the
Director and shall credit to the Deferral Account the following
amounts:
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(a)
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Any Deferrals
hereunder; and
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(i)
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On the last day
of each month and immediately prior to the distr
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