EXHIBIT 4.6
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AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE
WEBSTER BANK EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT PLAN
The Webster Bank Employee Investment Plan, as amended and
restated on October 22, 2001, is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Effective as of December 30, 1999, the Note following Item
27(f) of the Adoption Agreement for the Plan is amended to read as follows:
NOTE: The Limitation Year for Code Section 415 purposes shall be the
same as the determination period for Compensation unless an
alternative period is specified: the Limitation Year for Code
Section 415 purposes is the calendar year (must be a
consecutive twelve month period).
(2) Effective as of October 1, 2002, Item 28 of the Adoption
Agreement for the Plan is amended to read as follows:
28. SALARY REDUCTION ARRANGEMENT - ELECTIVE DEFERRALS (Plan
Section 12.2) Each Participant may elect to have Compensation
deferred by:
a. [ ] _____%.
b. [ ] up to _____%.
c. [X] from 1% to 15% prior to January 1, 2003, and
from 1% to 20% on and after January 1, 2003.
d. [ ] up to the maximum percentage allowable not
to exceed the limits of Code Sections
401(k), 402(g), 404 and 415.
AND, Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
determined as of the beginning of a Plan Year may only elect
to defer Compensation by
e. [X] from 1% to 8%.
f. [ ] The percentage equal to the deferral limit
in effect under Code Section 402(g)(3) for
the calendar year that begins with or within
the Plan Year divided by the annual
compensation limit in effect for the Plan
Year under Code Section 401(a)(17).
MAY PARTICIPANTS make a special salary deferral election with
respect to bonuses?
g. [X] No.
h. [ ] Yes, a Participant may elect to defer up to
____% of any bonus.
PARTICIPANTS MAY commence salary deferrals on the effective
date of participation and on January 1, April 1, July 1 or
October 1 (must be at least once each calendar year).
Participants may modify salary deferral elections:
1. [ ] As of each payroll period.
2. [ ] On the first day of the month.
3. [ ] On the first day of each Plan Year quarter.
4. [ ] On the first day of the Plan Year or the
first day of the 7th month of the Plan Year.
5. [X] Other: January 1, April 1, July 1 and
October 1 (must be at least once each
calendar year).
AUTOMATIC ELECTION: Shall Participants who do not
affirmatively elect to receive cash or have a specified amount
contributed to the Plan automatically have Compensation
deferred?
i. [X] No.
j. [ ] Yes, by ____% of Compensation.
SHALL THERE BE a special effective date for the salary
deferral component of the Plan?
k. [X] No.
l. [ ] Yes, the effective date of the salary
deferral component of the Plan is ______
(enter month, day, year).
(3) Effective as of January 1, 2002, a new Appendix E is added
to the Plan to read as follows:
APPENDIX E
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2001
Section E.1. Preamble
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1. Adoption and effective date. This Appendix E of the Plan
reflects certain provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001 ("EGTRRA"). This Appendix E is intended as good faith compliance
with the requirements of EGTRRA and is to be construed in accordance with EGTRRA
and guidance issued thereunder. Except as otherwise provided, this Appendix E
shall be effective as of the first day of the first plan year beginning after
December 31, 2001.
2. Supersession of inconsistent provisions. This Appendix E
shall supersede the provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Appendix E.
Section E.2 Plan loans for owner-employees and shareholder-employees
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Effective for plan loans made after December 31, 2001, plan provisions
prohibiting loans to any owner-employee or shareholder-employee shall cease to
apply.
Section E.3. Limitations on contributions
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1. Effective date. This section shall be effective for
limitation years beginning after December 31, 2001.
2. Maximum annual addition. Except to the extent permitted
under Section E.10 of this Appendix E and Section 414(v) of the Code, the annual
addition that may be contributed or allocated to a participant's account under
the Plan for any limitation year shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) $40,000, as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living under
Section 415(d) of the Code, or
(b) 100 percent of the participant's compensation, within the
meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the Code, for the limitation
year.
The compensation limit referred to in (b) shall not apply to any contribution
for medical benefits after separation from service (within the meaning of
Section 401(h) or Section 419A(f)(2) of the Code) which is otherwise treated as
an annual addition.
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Section E.4 Increase in compensation limit.
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The annual compensation of each Participant taken into account
in determining allocations for any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001
shall not exceed $200,000, as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in
accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code. Annual compensation means
compensation during the Plan Year or such other consecutive 12-month period over
which compensation is otherwise determined under the Plan (the determination
period). The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to
annual compensation for the determination period that begins with or within such
calendar year.
Section E.5 Modification of top-heavy rules.
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1. Effective date. This section shall apply for purposes of
determining whether the Plan is a top-heavy plan under Section 416(g) of the
Code for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2001, and whether the Plan
satisfies the minimum benefits requirements of Section 416(c) of the Code for
such years. This section amends Section 1.37, Section 4.3(f) and Article IX of
the Plan.
2. Determination of top-heavy status.
2.1. Key employee. Key employee means any employee or former
employee (including any deceased employee) who at any time during the
Plan Year that includes the determination date was an officer of the
employer having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted
under Section 416(i)(1) of the Code for Plan Years beginning after
December 31, 2002), a 5-percent owner of the employer, or a 1-percent
owner of the employer having annual compensation of more than $150,000.
For this purpose, annual compensation means compensation within the
meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The determination of who is a
key employee will be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of the
Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general
applicability issued thereunder.
2.2. Determination of present values and amounts. This Section
2.2 shall apply for purposes of determining the present values of
accrued benefits and the amounts of account balances of employees as of
the determination date.
2.2.1. Distributions during year ending on the
determination date. The present values of accrued benefits and
the amounts of account balances of an employee as of the
determination date shall be increased by the distributions
made with respect to the employee under the Plan and any plan
aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code
during the 1-year period ending on the determination date. The
preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a
terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have
been aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of
the Code. In the case of a distribution made for a reason
other than separation from service, death, or disability, this
provision shall be applied by substituting "5-year period" for
"1-year period."
2.2.2. Employees not performing services during year
ending on the determination date. The accrued benefits and
accounts of any individual who has not performed services for
the employer during the 1-year period ending on the
determination date shall not be taken into account.
3. Minimum benefits - Matching contributions. Employer
matching contributions shall be taken into account for purposes of satisfying
the minimum contribution requirements of Section 416(c)(2) of the Code and the
Plan. The preceding sentence shall apply with respect to matching contributions
under the Plan or, if the Plan provides that the minimum contribution
requirement shall be met in another plan, such other plan. Employer matching
contributions that are used to satisfy the minimum contribution requirements
shall be treated as matching contributions for purposes of the actual
contribution percentage test and other requirements of Section 401(m) of the
Code.
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Section E.6 Direct rollovers of Plan distributions.
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1. Effective date. This section shall apply to distributions
made after December 31, 2001.
2. Modification of definition of eligible retirement plan. For
purposes of the direct rollover provisions in Section 6.14 of the Plan, an
eligible retirement plan shall also mean an annuity contract described in
Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code
which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency
or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which
agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this
Plan. The definition of eligible retirement plan shall also apply in the case of
a distribution to a surviving spouse, or to a spouse or former spouse who is the
alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in
Section 414(p) of the Code.
3. Modification of definition of eligible rollover
distribution to exclude hardship distributions. For purposes of the direct
rollover provisions in Section 6.14 of the Plan, any amount that is distributed
on account of hardship shall not be an eligible rollover distribution and the
distributee may not elect to have any portion of such a distribution paid
directly to an eligible retirement plan.
Section E.7 Rollovers disregarded in involuntary cash-outs.
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1. Applicability and effective date. This section shall be
effective as specified in Section E.7(3) below.
2. Rollovers disregarded in determining value of account
balance for involuntary distributions. For purposes of Section 6.4, Section 6.5
and Section 6.6 of the Plan, the value of a participant's nonforfeitable account
balance shall be determined without regard to that portion of the account
balance that is attributable to rollover contributions (and earnings allocable
thereto) within the meaning of Sections 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8),
408(d)(3)(A)(ii), and 457(e)(16) of the Code. If the value of the participant's
nonforfeitable account balance as so determined is $5,000 or less, the Plan
shall immediately distribute the participant's entire nonforfeitable account
balance.
3. Treatment of rollovers in application of involuntary
cash-out provisions. The employer elects to exclude rollover contributions in
determining the value of the participant's nonforfeitable account balance for
purposes of the Plan's involuntary cash-out rules. The election shall apply with
respect to distributions made after December 31, 2001 with respect to
participants who separated from service at any time.
Section E.8 Repeal of multiple use test.
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The multiple use test described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(m)-2 and Section 12.4(c) and Section 12.6(c) of the Plan shall not apply
for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2001.
Section E.9 Elective deferrals - Contribution limitation.
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No participant shall be permitted to have elective deferrals
made under this Plan, or any other qualified plan maintained by the employer
during any taxable year, in excess of the dollar limitation contained in Section
402(g) of the Code in effect for such taxable year, except to the extent
permitted under Section E.10 of this Appendix E and Section 414(v) of the Code.
Section E.10 Catch-up contributions.
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1. All employees who are eligible to make elective deferrals
under this Plan and who have attained age 50 before the close of the taxable
year shall be eligible to make catch-up contributions in accordance with, and
subject to the limitations of, Section 414(v) of the Code. Such catch-up
contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the provisions of
the Plan implementing the required limitations of Sections 402(g) and 415 of the
Code. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the
Plan implementing the requirements of Section 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12),
410(b), or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of the making of such
catch-up contributions.
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2. This Section E.10, Catch-up contributions, shall apply to
contributions after September 30, 2002.
3. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, in no
event will any catch-up contributions described in Section E.10 of this Appendix
E be taken into account for purposes of allocating matching contributions under
Section 12.1(a)(2).
Section E.11 Suspension period following hardship distribution.
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1. A participant who receives a distribution of elective
deferrals after December 31, 2001, on account of hardship shall be prohibited
from making elective deferrals and employee contributions under this and all
other plans of the employer for 6 months after receipt of the distribution. A
participant who receives a distribution of elective deferrals in calendar year
2001 on account of hardship shall be prohibited from making elective deferrals
and employee contributions under this and all other plans of the employer for
the period set forth in Section E.11(2).
2. A participant who receives a distribution of elective
deferrals in calendar year 2001 on account of hardship shall be prohibited from
making elective deferrals and employee contributions under this and all other
plans of the employer for six months after receipt of the distribution or until
January 1, 2002, if later.
3. The post-hardship contribution limit set forth in Section
12.9(b)(4) of the Plan shall not apply for calendar years beginning after
December 31, 2001, for Participants who receive a hardship distribution after
December 31, 2000.
Section E.12 Distribution upon severance from employment.
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1. Effective date. This section shall apply for distributions
occurring after December 31, 2001, regardless of when the severance from
employment occurred.
2. New distributable event. A participant's elective
deferrals, qualified nonelective contributions, qualified matching
contributions, and earnings attributable to these contributions shall be
distributed on account of the participant's severance from employment. However,
such a distribution shall be subject to the other provisions of the Plan
regarding distributions, other than provisions that require a separation from
service before such amounts may be distributed.
Section E.13 Limitation on deductible contributions.
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1. Company contributions made under Article IV and Article XII
are subject to the limits on deductions set forth in Section 404 of the Code
under which, subject to the requirements contained therein, the amount that is
deductible may not exceed 25% of the aggregate annual gross compensation for the
Company's fiscal year for which the contribution is made.
2. For purposes of this Section E.13 of Appendix E, annual
gross compensation for any participant shall include amounts treated as
"participant's compensation" under Section 415(c)(3)(C) or Section 415(c)(3)(D)
of the Code. However, annual gross compensation shall not exceed the
compensation limit set forth in Section E.4 of Appendix E.
3. Elective deferrals (as defined in Section 402(g)(3) of the
Code) shall not be subject to the limitation set forth in Section E.13(1) of
Appendix E, and shall not be taken into account in applying such limitation to
any other contributions.
(4) All section numbers and cross references thereto are
appropriately amended to effectuate the intention of the foregoing amendments.
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Dated at Waterbury, Connecticut this 2nd day of October, 2002.
ATTEST: WEBSTER BANK
/s/ Harriet Munrett Wolfe By /s/ James C. Smith
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Its Secretary Its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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