EXHIBIT 10.30
AMENDMENT 1999-1
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
WHEREAS, Mercury General Corporation (the "Company") maintains the
Mercury General Corporation Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Plan, the Company has the
right to amend the Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Company deems it advisable to modify the Plan's
provisions concerning hardship withdrawals;
NOW, THEREFORE, Section 7.3 of the Plan is hereby amended to provide
as follows, effective for any hardship withdrawal requested on or after the date
of execution of this Amendment 1999-1:
"7.3 - Hardship Withdrawals
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(a) Subject to the approval of the Committee and guidelines
promulgated by the Committee, withdrawals from the Participant's Compensation
Deferral Account, Company Contributions Account, Employer Matching Contributions
Account, ESOP Account and Rollover Account (collectively, his "Accounts") may be
permitted, subject to the approval of the
Committee and guidelines promulgated by the Committee, to meet a financial
hardship resulting from:
(1) Uninsured medical expenses previously incurred by the Participant,
or the Participant's spouse or dependent or necessary to obtain such
medical care;
(2) The purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal
residence of the Participant;
(3) The payment of tuition for the next twelve months of post-
secondary education for the Participant, or the Participant's spouse,
children or dependents;
(4) The prevention of eviction of the Participant from his principal
residence, or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant's principal
residence; and
(5) Any other event described in Treasury Regulations or rulings as an
immediate and heavy financial need and approved by the Company as a reason
for permitting distribution under this Section.
The Committee shall determine, in a non-discriminatory manner, whether a
Participant has a financial hardship. A distribution may be made under this
Section 7.3(a) only if such distribution does not exceed the amount required to
meet the immediate financial need created by the hardship and is not reasonably
available from other resources of the Participant.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may receive a
hardship withdrawal from his Accounts only if the Participant is entitled to
full vesting of his or her Company Contributions Account, ESOP Account and
Employer Matching Contributions Account under the provisions of Section 6.2. A
hardship withdrawal will be deducted first from the Participant's Company
Contributions Account until it is exhausted, then the Participant's
Employer Matching Contributions Account until it is exhausted, then the
Participant's ESOP Account until it is exhausted, then the Participant's
Rollover Account until it is exhausted, and lastly from the Compensation
Deferral Account until it is exhausted. The withdrawal amount under Section
7.3(a) shall not in any event exceed the value of the Participant's Accounts
available for hardship withdrawal as of the Valuation Date immediately following
the Committee's acceptance of the Participant's written application for a
hardship withdrawal. In addition, the withdrawal amount from a Participant's
Compensation Deferral Account shall not exceed the value of the Participant's
Compensation Deferrals to such Account, less previous withdrawals and excluding
earnings. Payment of the withdrawal shall be in a single sum no later than the
end of the second month following the date on which the withdrawal is approved
by the Committee.
(c) If a Participant withdraws any amount from any of his Accounts
pursuant to this Section, he shall be unable to elect that any Compensation
Deferrals or other employee contributions (excluding mandatory employee
contributions under a defined benefit plan) be made on his behalf under this
Plan or under any other plan maintained by the Company or a Related Company
until one year after receipt of the withdrawal. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, a plan includes any qualified plan or nonqualified plan of deferred
compensation and any stock purchase plan or stock option plan, but does not
include cafeteria plans or any other health or welfare benefit plans. In
addition, a Participant who withdraws any amount from his Compensation Deferral
Account pursuant to this Section shall be unable to elect any Compensation
Deferrals under this Plan or under any other plan maintained by the Company or a
Related Company for the Participant's taxable year immediately following the
taxable year of
the withdrawal to any extent that such Compensation Deferral
would exceed the applicable limit under Section 402(g) of the Code for such
taxable year, reduced by the amount of such Participant's Compensation Deferrals
for the taxable year of the withdrawal.
(d) A Participant shall not be permitted to make any withdrawals from
his Accounts pursuant to this section until he has obtained all distributions,
other than hardship distributions, and all non-taxable loans currently available
under all qualified profit sharing and retirement plans maintained by the
Company or a Related Company."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment 1999-1 is hereby adopted this ____
day of March, 1999.
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
By /s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Its CEO
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AMENDMENT 1999-2
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
PROFIT SHARING PLAN
WHEREAS, Mercury General Corporation (the "Company") maintains the
Mercury General Corporation Profit Sharing Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Plan, the Company is
authorized to amend the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Company deems it desirable to modify the Plan's
provisions regarding each Participant's right to direct investments in his
Company Contribution Account and his Employer Matching Contributions Account;
NOW, THEREFORE effective as of the first business day in January 1,
2000, (or as soon thereafter as the Committee makes available Participant
directed investments of the Company Contributions Account and the Employer
Matching Contributions Account) the Plan is hereby amended to effect these
changes as follows:
1. The second sentence of Section 3.10(a) is amended to read as
follows:
"The Committee may, in its sole discretion, establish and
maintain separate Investment Funds under this Plan for (i)
Participants' Company Contributions Accounts, Participants'
Compensation Deferral Accounts, Employer Matching Contributions
Accounts, Rollover Accounts, AFI Matching Contribution Accounts, and
any other Accounts as to which the Participant
exercises control as described in subsection (c) below (collectively,
the "Self-Directed Accounts"), and (ii) Participants' ESOP Accounts."
2. The first sentence of Section 3.10(b) is amended to read as
follows:
"Pursuant to rules established by the Committee and subject to
the provisions of this Section, each Participant shall have the right
and obligation to designate in which of the Investment Funds his
Company Contributions Account, Compensation Deferral Account, Employer
Matching Contributions Account, Rollover Account, AFI Matching
Contribution Account, and any other Account as to which he is
permitted exercise of control as described in subsection (c) below
(collectively, his "Self-Directed Accounts") will be invested, and to
change such designation."
3. The phrase "(his "Self-Directed Accounts")" is deleted from
Section 7.1(b)(1).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment 1999-2 is hereby adopted this 31st
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day of December, 1999.
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MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ George Joseph
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Its: CEO
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RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, this Corporation maintains the Mercury General Corporation Profit
Sharing Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, this Corporation, acting through this Board of Directors, has the
right to amend the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of this Corporation, the Plan and the
Plan's Participants to amend to Plan in order to permit each Participant to
direct the investments in his Company Contribution Account and his Employer
Matching Contributions Account; and
WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Directors a form of
amendment which would make the changes to the Plan which are necessary to
accomplish the transfer of right to direct such investments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendment 1999-2, in substantially the
form presented to this Board of Directors, is hereby approved and adopted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such Amendment shall be effective as of the
first business day of January, 2000, or as soon as the Committee makes available
Participant-directed investments of the Company Contributions Account and the
Employer Matching Contributions Account; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of this Corporation are
authorized and instructed to take such other and further action as may be
appropriate to carry out the intent of these resolutions.