The decision on review shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant with specific reference to the provisions of the Plan on which the decision is based and other information required by ERISA, as well as an explanation of the Claimant’s right to submit the claim for binding arbitration in the event of an adverse determination on review (or legal action in the case of a Disability claim).
(c) Exhaustion of Plan’s Claims and Review Procedures Required; Limitations on Legal Actions. The Plan’s claims and appeal procedures described above must be exhausted with respect to any claim of any kind relating to the Plan. If any legal action is permitted to be filed with respect to a Disability Claim under the Plan, such action must be brought by the Claimant no later than one (1) year after the Administrative Committee’s denial of the claim on review, regardless of any state or federal statutes establishing provisions relating to limitations on actions.
ARTICLE X—AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN
The Board may, in its sole discretion and at any time, amend or terminate the Plan by a written instrument subject to the following:
(a) No amendment or termination shall adversely affect the rights or benefits of the Executive under the Plan without the Executive’s prior written consent; and
(b) Any amendment to, or termination of, the Plan, including any change in the timing or form of payment of benefits, including the total liquidation of the Plan, shall comply with Code Section 409A.
ARTICLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS
This Plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for a select group of “management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of Sections 201, 301, and 401 of ERISA, and therefore is exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA. The Board may terminate the Plan and make no further benefit payments if it is determined by the United States Department of Labor, a court of competent jurisdiction, or an opinion of counsel that the Plan constitutes an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA which is not so exempt.
11.2 | Unsecured General Creditor |
The Executive and his Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no secured legal or equitable rights, interest or claims in any property or assets of the Bank, nor shall they be beneficiaries of, or have any rights, claims or interests in, any life insurance policies, annuity contracts or the proceeds therefrom owned or which may be acquired by the Bank. Such policies, annuity contracts or other assets of the Bank shall not be held in any trust for the benefit of the Executive, his Beneficiaries, heirs, successors or assigns, or held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of any Bank under this Plan. Any and all of the Bank’s assets and policies shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Bank. The Bank’s obligation under the Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.
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