EXHIBIT 10(g)
BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
RESTORATION PLAN
1. Name and Purpose
The name of this plan is the BancorpSouth, Inc. Restoration Plan (the
"Plan"). It has been established by BancorpSouth, Inc. and its subsidiary
companies (BancorpSouth, Inc. and such subsidiaries are sometimes collectively
called the "Bank") to provide for the payment of retirement benefits to certain
participants in the BancorpSouth, Inc. Retirement Plan (the "Basic Plan").
2. Definitions
All terms used in this Plan shall have the same meaning assigned to
them under the provisions of the Basic Plan unless otherwise qualified by the
context hereof.
3. Administration
This Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall
administer it in a manner consistent with the administration of the Basic Plan,
as from time to time amended and in effect, except that this Plan shall be
administered as an unfunded plan which is not intended to meet the
qualification requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. The Committee shall have full power and authority to interpret,
construe and administer this Plan and the Committee's interpretations and
construction thereof, and actions thereunder, including the amount or recipient
of the payment to be made therefrom, shall be binding and conclusive on all
persons for all purposes.
4. Eligibility
Any Employee whose benefit under the Basic Plan is limited by the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any Employee who elects to
participate in the BancorpSouth, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan shall be
eligible for a benefit under this Plan, and is hereinafter called a
"Participant".
5. Amount of Benefit
The benefit payable to a Participant or his Beneficiary shall be equal
to the benefit which would have been paid under the Basic Plan if the Basic
Plan:
(a) were administered without regard to the maximum amount of
retirement income limitations set forth in Section 415 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(b) were administered without regard to the maximum compensation
limitations set forth in Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
(c) if the amount of any compensation deferred under the terms of
the BancorpSouth, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan was
included in the computation of Final Average Monthly
Compensation.
The benefit payable shall be reduced by the benefit which is payable to the
Participant or his Beneficiary under the Basic Plan.
The amount of benefits so determined shall be subject to such
adjustments as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect changes in the
application of the limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code. Any
decision of the Committee concerning an increase or decrease in the amount of
the benefit payable through this plan shall be binding and conclusive on all
person.
6. Payment of Benefits
The payment of the benefits to a Participant or Beneficiary under this
Plan shall be paid coincident with and in the same manner as the payment of the
benefits to such Participant or Beneficiary under the Basic Plan.
7. Participant's Rights
A Participant's rights under this Plan, including this rights to
vested benefits, shall be the same as his rights under the Basic Plan, except
that he shall not be entitled to any payments from the trust fund maintained
under the Basic Plan with respect to any benefits to which he may be entitled
under this Plan. All benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid from the
general assets of the Bank. Benefits shall not be paid from any special or
separate fund, and no special or separate fund shall be established, or other
segregation of assets made, to make payments of benefits to a Participant or
his Beneficiary hereunder. No Participant, his Beneficiary or any other person
shall have, under any circumstances, any interest whatever in any particular
property or assets of the Bank by virtue of this Plan.
8. Actuarial Equivalents
In determining actuarially equivalent values for the purposes of this
Plan, the Committee shall use the mortality and interest assumptions that are
used under the Basic Plan.
9. Amendment and Discontinuance
The Board of Directors of the Bank may at any time amend or
discontinue this Plan. However, if this Plan should be amended or discontinued,
the Bank shall be liable for any benefits accrued by Participants as of the
date of such amendment or discontinuance. Such accrued benefits shall be the
actuarially determined benefits as of such date of amendment or discontinuance
which each Participant or his Beneficiary is receiving under this Plan or, with
respect to any Participant in the employment of the Bank, the benefit which
such Participant would be eligible to receive as of such date under this Plan
if his employment had terminated as of the date of the amendment or
discontinuance.
10. Restrictions on Assignment
The rights of any Participant or his Beneficiary to the payment of
benefits from this Plan shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged or
encumbered or be subject in any manner to alienation or anticipation. No
Participant may borrow against future benefits. No benefit shall be subject in
any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance, charge, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind, whether
voluntary or involuntary, including but not limited to any liability which is
for alimony or other payment for the support of a spouse or former spouse, or
for any other relative of any Participant.
11. Continued Employment
Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed as conferring upon
an Employee the right to continue in the employment of the Bank in any
capacity.
12. Liability of Committee
No member of the Committee shall be liable for any loss unless
resulting from his own fraud or willful misconduct, and no member shall be
personally liable for or with respect to any agreement, act, transaction or
omission executed, committed or suffered to be committed by himself as a member
of the Committee or by any other member, agent, representative or employee of
the Committee. The Committee and any individual member of the Committee and any
agent thereof shall be fully protected in ruling upon the advice of the
following professional consultants or advisors employed by the Bank or the
Committee: any attorney insofar as legal matters are concerned, any accountant
insofar as accounting matters are concerned and any actuary insofar as
actuarial matters are concerned.
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13. Indemnification
The Bank aggress to hold harmless and indemnify the members of the
Committee and all directors, officers and employees of the Bank against any and
all parties whomsoever, and all losses therefrom, including without limitation,
costs of defense and attorneys' fees, based upon or arising out of any act or
omission relating to, or in connection with, this Plan other than losses
resulting from such person's fraud or willful misconduct.
14. Benefits Forfeited If Retired or Terminated Participant Engages in
Competitive Employment
A Participant who retires under the Basic Plan or whose service is
terminated (voluntarily or involuntarily) and who is entitled to a benefit
under the provisions of the Basic Plan, may enter into any employment with an
employer or enter into any business or occupation on a self-employed basis,
without affecting his rights to receive benefits hereunder; provided, however,
that such retired or terminated Participant shall forfeit his right to any and
all benefits under this Plan if, within a period of two (2) years after his
retirement or termination of his employment, he shall, for himself or on behalf
of any person, corporation, association or other entity other than the Bank:
(i) engage in the banking business in any county in any state in
which the Bank maintains an office or is engaged in a banking
business that produces in excess of 5% of the net income
after tax of the Bank for the twelve months prior to the date
of retirement or termination of employment; or
(ii) directly or indirectly solicit or attempt to solicit business
from any customer of the Bank existing on the date of
retirement or termination of such employment;
provided, however, that this covenant not to compete shall not apply after a
termination of employment if such termination occurs for cause under Paragraph
15 below.
Any commercial bank or other enterprise, the principal business of
which is the provision of any service customarily provided by the Bank shall be
deemed an employer which is in competition with the Bank. It shall be the duty
of the Committee to determine whether or not any retired or terminated
Participant is, under the facts pertaining to him, affected by the provisions
of this Section, and any determination made by the Committee with respect
thereto shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Participants and their
Beneficiaries and on all other persons whomsoever interested hereunder.
15. Termination of Service for Cause
A Participant who is terminated "for cause", as herein defined, shall
forfeit his right to any and all benefits under this Plan. Termination "for
cause" shall mean termination upon:
(i) the Participant's final conviction of a felony crime
involving moral turpitude, or the Participant's deliberate
and intentional continuing refusal to substantially perform
his duties and obligations under his employment (except by
reason of incapacity due to illness or accident) if he shall
have either failed to remedy such alleged breach within
forty-five (45) days from his receipt of written notice from
the Bank demanding that he remedy such alleged breach, or
shall have failed to take reasonable steps in good faith to
that end during such forty-five (45) day period and
thereafter; or
(ii) a determination that the Participant has engaged in willful
fraud or defalcation or other dishonesty involving the funds,
assets or the operation of the Bank.
16. Binding on Employer, Participants and Their Successors
This Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Bank,
their successors and assigns and the Participant and his heirs, executors,
administrators, and duly appointed legal representatives.
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17. Law Governing
Except to the extent superseded by federal law, the laws of the State
of Mississippi shall be controlling in all matters relating to the Plan,
including construction and performance hereof.
18. Effective Date
This Plan shall be effective January 1, 1994 with respect to payments
made to or on behalf of Participants on and after such date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BANCORPSOUTH, INC. has caused this instrument to
be executed by its duly authorized officers on this 22nd day of
December, 1993.
BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
By /s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
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Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
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