EXHIBIT 10.8
MONTGOMERY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
1997 RECOGNITION AND RETENTION PLAN
1. Plan Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the long-term
interests of the Corporation and its stockholders by providing a means for
attracting and retaining directors, executive officers and employees of the
Corporation and its Affiliates.
2. Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to the Plan:
"Award" - means the grant of Restricted Stock pursuant to the terms of
Section 12 of the Plan or by the Committee, as provided in the Plan.
"Affiliate" - means any "parent corporation" or "subsidiary corporation"
of the Corporation, as such terms are defined in Section 424(e) and (f),
respectively, of the Code.
"Association" - means Montgomery Savings, A Federal Association, a savings
institution and its successors.
"Beneficiary" - means the person or persons designated by a Participant to
receive any benefits payable under the Plan in the event of such Participant's
death. Such person or persons shall be designated in writing on forms provided
for this purpose by the Committee and may be changed from time to time by
similar written notice to the Committee. In the absence of a written
designation, the Beneficiary shall be the Participant's surviving spouse, if
any, or if none, his estate.
"Code" - means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Committee" - means the Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation referred to in Section 6 hereof.
"Continuous Service" - means the absence of any interruption or
termination of service as a director, director emeritus, advisory director,
executive officer or employee of the Corporation or any Affiliate. Service shall
not be considered interrupted in the case of sick leave, military leave or any
other leave of absence approved by the Corporation or any Affiliate or in the
case of transfers between payroll locations of the Corporation or its Affiliates
or between the Corporation, its Affiliates or its successor. With respect to any
director emeritus or advisory director, continuous service shall mean
availability to perform such functions as may be required of such individuals.
"Conversion and Reorganization" - means (i) the conversion of Montgomery
Mutual Holding Company from mutual form to a federal interim stock savings
association and its merger into the Association and (ii) the merger transaction
pursuant to which the Association will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Corporation.
"Corporation" - means Montgomery Financial Corporation, an Indiana
corporation.
"Disability" - means any physical or mental impairment which qualifies an
employee, director, director emeritus or advisor director for disability
benefits under any applicable long-term disability plan maintained by the
Association or an Affiliate, or, if no such plan applies to such individual,
which renders such employee or director, in the judgment of the Committee,
unable to perform his customary duties and responsibilities.
"ERISA" - means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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"Non-Employee Director" - means a director who a) is not currently an
officer or employee of the Corporation; b) is not a former employee of the
Corporation who receives compensation for prior services (other than from a
tax-qualified retirement plan); c) has not been an officer of the Corporation;
d) does not receive remuneration from the Corporation in any capacity other than
as a director; and e) does not possess an interest in any other transactions or
is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required
under Item 404(a) or (b) of Regulation S-K.
"Participant" - means any director, director emeritus, advisory director,
executive officer or employee of the Corporation or any Affiliate who is
selected by the Committee to receive an Award.
"Plan" - means the 1997 Recognition and Retention Plan of the Corporation.
"Restricted Period" - means the period of time selected by the Committee
for the purpose of determining when restrictions are in effect under Section 3
hereof with respect to Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan.
"Restricted Stock" - means Shares which have been contingently awarded to
a Participant by the Committee subject to the restrictions referred to in
Section 3 hereof, so long as such restrictions are in effect.
"Shares" - means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Corporation.
3. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock. The Committee shall have full
and complete authority, subject to the limitations of the Plan, to grant Awards
and, in addition to the terms and conditions contained in paragraphs (a) through
(f) of this Section 3, to provide such other terms and conditions (which need
not be identical among Participants) in respect of such Awards, and the vesting
thereof, as the Committee shall determine, subject to Office of Thrift
Supervision Regulations to the extent applicable.
(a) At the time of an award of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall establish
for each Participant a Restricted Period, during which or at the
expiration of which, as the Committee shall determine and provide in the
agreement referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 3, the Shares
awarded as Restricted Stock shall vest, and subject to any such other
terms and conditions as the Committee shall provide, shares of Restricted
Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, voted or otherwise
encumbered by the Participant, except as hereinafter provided, during the
Restricted Period. Except for such restrictions, and subject to paragraphs
(c) and (e) of this Section 3 and Section 4 hereof, the Participant as
owner of such shares shall have all the rights of a stockholder.
To the extent Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations are applicable to
this Plan, no director who is not an employee of the Corporation shall be
granted Awards with respect to more than 5% of the total shares subject to
the Plan. All non-employee directors of the Corporation, in the aggregate,
may not be granted Awards with respect to more than 30% of the total
shares subject to the Plan and no individual shall be granted Awards with
respect to more than 25% of the total shares subject to the Plan. No
Awards shall begin vesting earlier than one year from the date the Plan is
approved by stockholders of the Corporation and no Award shall vest at a
rate in excess of 20% per year, except in the event of death or
disability. In the event Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations are
amended (the "Amended Regulations") to permit shorter vesting periods, any
Award made pursuant to this Plan, which Award is subject to the
requirements of such Amended Regulations, may vest, at the sole discretion
of the Committee, in accordance with such Amended Regulations.
Subject to compliance with Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations, if
applicable, the Committee shall have the authority, in its discretion, to
accelerate the time at which any or all of the restrictions shall lapse
with respect to an Award, or to remove any or all of such restrictions,
whenever it may determine that such action is appropriate by reason of
changes in applicable tax or other laws or other changes in circumstances
occurring after the commencement of such Restricted Period.
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(b) Except as provided in Section 5 hereof, if a Participant ceases to
maintain Continuous Service for any reason (other than death or
disability), unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, all Shares of
Restricted Stock theretofore awarded to such Participant and which at the
time of such termination of Continuous Service are subject to the
restrictions imposed by paragraph (a) of this Section 3 shall upon such
termination of Continuous Service be forfeited and returned to the
Corporation. If a Participant ceases to maintain Continuous Service by
reason of death or disability, Restricted Stock then still subject to
restrictions imposed by paragraph (a) of this Section 3 will be free of
those restrictions.
(c) Each certificate in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under
the Plan shall be registered in the name of the Participant and deposited
by the Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank, with
the Corporation and shall bear the following (or a similar) legend:
The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock
represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including
forfeiture) contained in the 1997 Recognition and Retention Plan of
Montgomery Financial Corporation. Copies of such Plan are on file in
the offices of the Secretary of Montgomery Financial Corporation, 119
East Main Street, Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933.
(d) At the time of any Award, the Participant shall enter into an Agreement
with the Corporation in a form specified by the Committee, agreeing to the
terms and conditions of the Award and such other matters as the Committee,
in its sole discretion, shall determine (the "Restricted Stock
Agreement").
(e) The payment to the Participant of dividends or other distributions
declared or paid on such shares by the Corporation shall be deferred until
the lapsing of the restrictions imposed under paragraph (a) of this
Section 3, and such dividends or other distributions shall be held by the
Corporation for the account of the Participant until such time. There
shall be credited at the end of each year (or portion thereof) interest on
the amount of the deferred dividends or other distributions at a rate per
annum as the Committee, in its discretion, may determine. Payment of
deferred dividends or other distributions, together with interest accrued
thereon, shall be made upon the earlier to occur of the lapsing of the
restrictions imposed under paragraph (a) of this Section 3 or upon death
or disability of the Participant.
(f) At the lapsing of the restrictions imposed by paragraph (a) of this
Section 3, the Corporation shall deliver to the Participant (or where the
relevant provision of paragraph (b) of this Section 3 applies in the case
of a deceased Participant, to his legal representative, beneficiary or
heir) the certificate(s) and stock power deposited with it pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this Section 3 and the Shares represented by such
certificate(s) shall be free of the restrictions referred to in paragraph
(a) of this Section 3.
4. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any change
in the outstanding Shares subsequent to the effective date of the Plan by reason
of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend,
combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or any change in the
corporate structure or Shares of the Corporation, the maximum aggregate number
and class of shares as to which Awards may be granted under the Plan and the
number and class of shares with respect to which Awards theretofore have been
granted under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose
determination shall be conclusive. Any shares of stock or other securities
received as a result of any of the foregoing by a Participant with respect to
Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions and the
certificate(s) or other instruments representing or evidencing such shares or
securities shall be legended and deposited with the Corporation in the manner
provided in Section 3 hereof.
5. Assignments and Transfers. During the Restricted Period, no Award nor
any right or interest of a Participant under the Plan in any instrument
evidencing any Award under the Plan may be assigned, encumbered or transferred
except (i) in the event of the death of a Participant, by will or the laws of
descent
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and distribution, or (ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as
defined in the Code or Title I of ERISA or the rules thereunder.
6. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee
consisting of two or more members, each of whom shall be a Non-Employee
Director. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation. Except as limited by the express provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority and discretion,
subject to Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations to the extent applicable, to
(i) select Participants and grant Awards; (ii) determine the number of Shares to
be subject to types of Awards generally, as well as individual Awards granted
under the Plan; (iii) determine the terms and conditions upon which Awards shall
be granted under the Plan; (iv) prescribe the form and terms of instruments
evidencing such grants; and (v) establish from time to time regulations for the
administration of the Plan, interpret the Plan, and make all determinations
deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee
may maintain, and update from time to time as appropriate, a list designating
selected directors as Disinterested Persons. The purpose of such list shall be
to evidence the status of such individuals as Disinterested Persons, and the
Board of Directors may appoint to the Committee any individual actually
qualifying as a Disinterested Person, regardless of whether identified as such
on said list.
A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a
majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or
acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee without a meeting, shall
be acts of the Committee.
7. Shares Subject to Plan. Subject to adjustment by the operation of
Section 4 hereof, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may
be made under the Plan shall be an amount which, when added to the number of
Shares under the 1995 Plan, shall equal 4% of the total Shares outstanding upon
completion of the Conversion and Reorganization. The Shares with respect to
which Awards may be made under the Plan may be either authorized and unissued
Shares or issued Shares heretofore or hereafter reacquired and held as treasury
Shares. An Award shall not be considered to have been made under the Plan with
respect to Restricted Stock which is forfeited and new Awards may be granted
under the Plan with respect to the number of Shares as to which such forfeiture
has occurred.
The Corporation's obligation to deliver Shares with respect to an Award
shall, if the Committee so requests, be conditioned upon the receipt of a
representation as to the investment intention of the Participant to whom such
Shares are to be delivered, in such form as the Committee shall determine to be
necessary or advisable to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933 or any other Federal, state or local securities legislation or regulation.
It may be provided that any representation requirement shall become inoperative
upon a registration of the Shares or other action eliminating the necessity of
such representation under such Securities Act or other securities legislation.
The Corporation shall not be required to deliver any Shares under the Plan prior
to (i) the admission of such shares to listing on any stock exchange on which
Shares may then be listed, and (ii) the completion of such registration or other
qualification of such Shares under any state or Federal law, rule or regulation,
as the Committee shall determine to be necessary or advisable.
8. Employee Rights Under the Plan. No director, director emeritus,
advisory director, officer or employee shall have a right to be selected as a
Participant nor, having been so selected, to be selected again as a Participant
and no director, officer, employee or other person shall have any claim or right
to be granted an Award under the Plan or under any other incentive or similar
plan of the Corporation or any Affiliate. Neither the Plan nor any action taken
thereunder shall be construed as giving any officer or employee any right to be
retained in the employ of the Corporation, the Association or any Affiliate.
9. Withholding Tax. Upon the termination of the Restricted Period with
respect to any shares of Restricted Stock (or at such earlier time, if any, that
an election is made by the Participant under Section 83(b)
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of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, to include the value of such
shares in taxable income), the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, withhold
from any payment or distribution made under this Plan sufficient Shares or
withhold sufficient cash to cover any applicable withholding and employment
taxes. The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from all dividends paid
with respect to shares of Restricted Stock the amount of any taxes which the
Corporation is required to withhold with respect to such dividend payments. No
discretion or choice shall be conferred upon any Participant with respect to the
form, timing or method of any such tax withholding.
10. Amendment or Termination. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time,
subject to Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations, if applicable, but (except
as provided in Section 4 hereof) no amendment shall be made without approval of
the stockholders of the Corporation which shall (i) increase the aggregate
number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be made under the Plan, (ii)
materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants, (iii) materially
change the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan or (iv)
change the class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan; provided,
however, that no such amendment, suspension or termination shall impair the
rights of any Participant, without his consent, in any Award theretofore made
pursuant to the Plan.
11. Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon its ratification by
the stockholders of the Corporation. It shall continue in effect for a term of
ten years unless sooner terminated under Section 11 hereof.
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