SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-KSB
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 0-26003
ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Alaska 92-0167101
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization) Identification No.)
2049 Jordan Avenue, Juneau, Alaska 99801
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (907) 789-4484
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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Securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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(Title of Class)
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the
past 90 days. YES X NO
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Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item
405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be
contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-
KSB or any amendments to this Form 10-KSB. X
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The registrant's revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999
were $9.2 million.
As of March 29, 2000, there were issued and outstanding 655,415 shares of
the registrant's Common Stock, which are traded on the over-the-counter market
through the OTC "Electronic Bulletin Board" under the symbol "AKPB." Based on
the average of the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on March 29,
2000, the aggregate value of the Common Stock outstanding held by
nonaffiliates of the registrant was $5.8 million (655,415 shares at $8.875 per
share). For purposes of this calculation, officers and directors of the
registrant and the registrant's Employee Stock Ownership Plan are considered
nonaffiliates.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
1. Portions of Annual Report to Stockholders for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 1999 (Parts I and II)
2. Portions of Proxy Statement for the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
(Part III)
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one) Yes No X
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PART I
Item 1. Description of Business
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General
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. ("Corporation"), an Alaska corporation,
was organized on March 19, 1999 for the purpose of becoming the holding
company for Alaska Pacific Bank ("Alaska Pacific" or the "Savings Bank") upon
the Savings Bank's conversion from a federal mutual to a federal stock savings
bank ("Conversion"). The Conversion was completed on July 1, 1999. At
December 31, 1999, the Corporation had total assets of $121.5 million, total
deposits of $102.5 million and stockholders' equity of $12.5 million. The
Corporation has not engaged in any significant activity other than holding the
stock of the Savings Bank. Accordingly, the information set forth in this
report, including financial statements and related data, relates primarily to
the Savings Bank.
Alaska Pacific was founded as "Alaska Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Juneau" in 1935 and changed its name to "Alaska Federal Savings
Bank" in October 1993. In connection with the conversion from mutual to
stock form, Alaska Pacific changed its name from "Alaska Federal Savings Bank"
to its current title. The Savings Bank is regulated by the Office of Thrift
Supervision ("OTS") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").
The FDIC under the Savings Association Insurance Fund ("SAIF") currently
insures the Savings Bank's deposits, which have been federally insured since
1937. The Savings Bank has been a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank
("FHLB") System since 1937.
Alaska Pacific operates as a community oriented financial institution and
is devoted to serving the needs of its customers. The Savings Bank's business
consists primarily of attracting retail deposits from the general public and
using those funds to originate one- to four-family mortgage loans. To a
lesser but growing extent, the Savings Bank also originates commercial
business loans, consumer loans, residential construction loans and commercial
real estate loans.
Market Area
Alaska Pacific's primary market area includes the communities of Juneau,
Ketchikan, Sitka and Wrangell. Alaska Pacific's market area covers 500 miles
along the Pacific Ocean coastline from Yakutat in the north to Prince of Wales
Island in the south, and encompasses approximately 35,000 square miles of
land. The region is home to approximately 74,000 residents who reside in 11
communities. This area has similar economic characteristics, however, there
is diversity in some unique industries. All of Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and
Wrangell offer a number of recreational activities, which are popular tourist
attractions.
Alaska Pacific's main office and two full service branch offices are
located in Juneau (population approximately 30,684), which is the capital of
Alaska. The primary economic sources in Juneau are government, tourism,
support services for logging and fish processing, mining and fishing.
Historically, Juneau had an active mining industry (primarily gold and
silver), however, mining employment has declined as a result of environmental
pressures and a decline in the price of gold. According to information
provided by the Alaska Department of Labor, the largest employers in Juneau
are the state, local and federal governments, Bartlett Regional Hospital and
the University of Alaska.
Two full service offices of Alaska Pacific are located in Ketchikan
(population approximately 14,231). Ketchikan is an industrial center and a
major port of entry in Southeast Alaska with a diverse economy. A large
fishing fleet, fish processing facilities, timber and wood products
manufacturing, and tourism are Ketchikan's main economic support. In 1997, the
Ketchikan Pulp Corporation's pulp mill closed when its 50-year contract with
the U.S. Forest Service for timber was canceled, which resulted in the loss of
320 jobs. The largest employers in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough include the
city and state government, Ketchikan General Hospital, the Ketchikan Gateway
School District, the Ketchikan Pulp Mill and the federal government.
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One full service office of Alaska Pacific is located in Sitka
(population approximately 8,779) located on the west coast of Baranof Island
fronting the Pacific Ocean, on Sitka Sound. The primary economic sources in
Sitka are fishing, fish processing, tourism, government, transportation,
retail and health care services. Sitka is a port of call for many cruise
ships each summer. The largest employers in Sitka include the Southeast Alaska
Regional Health Corp., the Sitka Borough School District, city, state and
federal governments and the Sitka Community Hospital. Other Sitka employers
include the Alaska State Trooper Training Academy and numerous businesses
involved in commercial and sport fishing and tourism.
Alaska Pacific also has a full service office located in Wrangell
(population approximately 2,589). Wrangell's economy is based on commercial
fishing, fish processing and timber from the Tongass National Forest. In
connection with its fishing industry, a dive fishery is also under
development. There has also been renewed gold mining activities. In 1994,
Wrangell experienced a downturn in its economy with the closing of the Alaska
Pulp Corp. sawmill, which forced approximately 20% of the workforce into other
employment. Silver Bay Logging bought the mill and reopened it in April 1998.
Other Wrangell employers include city, state and federal government, Wrangell
Public Schools, Wrangell Medical Center and Wrangell Fisheries, Inc.
Selected Financial Data
This information is incorporated by reference from page 3 of the 1999
Annual Report to Stockholders ("Annual Report").
Yields Earned and Rates Paid
This information is incorporated by reference from page 10 of the Annual
Report.
Lending Activities
General. At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific's total loan portfolio
amounted to $86.4 million, or 71.1%, of total assets at that date. The
Savings Bank has traditionally concentrated its lending activities on
conventional first mortgage loans secured by one- to four-family properties,
with these loans amounting to $43.6 million, or 50.5% of the total loan
portfolio at December 31, 1999. In addition, Alaska Pacific originates
construction loans, commercial real estate loans, land loans, consumer loans
and commercial business loans. A substantial portion of Alaska Pacific's loan
portfolio is secured by real estate, either as primary or secondary
collateral, located in its primary market area.
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Loan Portfolio Analysis. The following table sets forth the composition
of Alaska Pacific's loan portfolio as of the dates indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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Amount Percent Amount Percent
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(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Permanent:
One- to four-family..........$43,623 50.51% $ 34,252 47.90%
Multi-family................. 2,468 2.86 2,485 3.48
Commercial nonresidential.... 12,966 15.01 10,683 14.94
Land........................... 4,122 4.77 2,589 3.62
Construction:
One- to four-family.......... 959 1.11 957 1.34
Multi-family................. -- -- 1,079 1.51
Commercial nonresidential.... 600 0.69 439 0.61
Commercial business............. 7,388 8.55 4,282 5.99
Consumer:
Home equity.................. 7,459 8.64 8,401 11.75
Boat......................... 5,245 6.07 5,058 7.07
Automobile................... 1,202 1.39 978 1.37
Other ....................... 334 0.40 307 0.42
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Total loans..............$86,366 100.00% $ 71,510 100.00%
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Less:
Allowance for loan losses.... 570 674
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Loans, net....................$85,796 $ 70,836
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One- to Four-Family Real Estate Lending. Historically, Alaska Pacific
has concentrated its lending activities on the origination of loans secured by
first mortgages on existing one- to four-family residences located in its
primary market area. At December 31, 1999, $43.6 million, or 50.5% of Alaska
Pacific's total loan portfolio consisted of these loans. Alaska Pacific
originated $23.0 million and $27.9 million of one- to four-family residential
mortgage loans during the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998,
respectively.
Generally, Alaska Pacific's fixed-rate one- to- four family mortgage
loans have maturities of 15 and 30 years and are fully amortizing with monthly
payments sufficient to repay the total amount of the loan with interest by the
end of the loan term. Generally, Alaska Pacific originates these loans under
terms, conditions and documentation which permit them to be sold to U.S.
Government sponsored agencies such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation ("FHLMC") and the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation ("AHFC"), a
state agency that provides affordable housing programs. Alaska Pacific's
fixed-rate loans customarily include "due on sale" clauses, which gives the
Savings Bank the right to declare a loan immediately due and payable in the
event the borrower sells or otherwise disposes of the real property subject to
the mortgage and the loan is not paid.
Alaska Pacific offers adjustable rate mortgage loans at rates and terms
competitive with market conditions. At December 31, 1999, $3.1 million, or
7.2%, of Alaska Pacific's one- to four-family residential loan portfolio
consisted of adjustable rate mortgage loans. Alaska Pacific retains these
adjustable rate mortgage loans primarily for its portfolio. Alaska Pacific
currently originates adjustable rate mortgage loans that adjust annually based
on the weekly average yield of U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant
maturity of one year, plus 2.5%, with annual and life time interest rate
adjustment limits of 2% to 6%, respectively. Alaska Pacific offers these
adjustable rate mortgage
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loans at an initial below market "teaser" rate. Alaska Pacific qualifies
borrowers, however, at the fully indexed rate. Alaska Pacific's adjustable
rate mortgages are typically based on a 15 or 30-year amortization schedule.
Alaska Pacific's adjustable rate mortgage loans do not provide for negative
amortization.
Borrower demand for adjustable rate mortgage loans versus fixed-rate
mortgage loans is a function of the level of interest rates, the expectations
of changes in the level of interest rates and the difference between the
initial interest rates and fees charged for each type of loan. The relative
amount of fixed-rate mortgage loans and adjustable rate mortgage loans that
can be originated at any time is largely determined by the demand for each in
a competitive environment. In general, there has been reduced demand for
adjustable rate mortgage loans in Alaska Pacific's primary market area.
Alaska Pacific also originates one- to four-family mortgage loans under
FHLMC, Federal Housing Administration, Veterans Administration, and AHFC
programs. Alaska Pacific generally sells these loans in the secondary market,
servicing retained, which means Alaska Pacific retains the right to collect
principal and interest payments and forward it to the purchaser of the loan,
maintain escrow accounts for payment of taxes and insurance and perform other
loan administration functions. See "-- Loan Originations, Sales and
Purchases."
Alaska Pacific requires title insurance insuring the status of its lien
on all loans where real estate is the primary source of security. Alaska
Pacific also requires that fire and casualty insurance be maintained in an
amount at least equal to the outstanding loan balance and flood insurance
where appropriate.
One- to four-family residential mortgage loans may be made up to 80% of
the appraised value of the security property without private mortgage
insurance. Pursuant to underwriting guidelines adopted by the Board of
Directors, Alaska Pacific can lend up to 97% of the appraised value of the
property securing a one- to four-family residential loan; however, Alaska
Pacific generally obtains private mortgage insurance on the portion of the
principal amount that exceeds 80% of the appraised value of the security
property.
To a lesser extent, Alaska Pacific has recently begun to originate loans
secured by non-owner occupied residential properties that are sold to the
FHLMC.
Land Lending. Alaska Pacific also originates loans secured by first
mortgages on residential building lots on which the borrower proposes to
construct a primary residence. These loans generally have terms of up to five
years and are fixed-rate, fully amortizing loans. Alaska Pacific also
originates commercial land loans, which have floating rates that adjust
annually. At December 31, 1999 and 1998, these loans amounted to $4.1 million
and $2.6 million, respectively.
Loans secured by undeveloped land or improved lots involve greater risks
than one- to four-family residential mortgage loans because such loans are
more difficult to evaluate. If the estimate of value proves to be inaccurate,
in the event of default and foreclosure Alaska Pacific may be confronted with
a property the value of which is insufficient to assure full repayment.
Construction Lending. At December 31, 1999, construction loans amounted
to $1.6 million, or 1.8%, of total loans, all of which were secured by
properties located in Alaska Pacific's primary market area.
Construction loans are made for a term of up to 12 months. Construction
loans are made at adjustable rates based on the prime lending rate with
interest payable monthly. Alaska Pacific originates construction loans to
individuals who have a contract with a builder for the construction of their
residence. Alaska Pacific typically requires that permanent financing with
Alaska Pacific or some other lender be in place prior to closing any
construction loan to an individual.
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Construction loans to builders are typically made with a maximum
loan-to-value ratio of the lesser of 80% of the cost of construction or 75% of
the appraised value. Construction loans to individuals are typically made in
connection with the granting of the permanent financing on the property.
Alaska Pacific generally underwrites these loans, which typically convert to a
fully amortizing adjustable- or fixed-rate loan at the end of the construction
term, according to the underwriting standards for a permanent loan.
Prior to making a commitment to fund a construction loan, Alaska Pacific
requires an appraisal of the property by an independent state-licensed and
qualified appraiser approved by the Board of Directors. Alaska Pacific's
staff also reviews and inspects projects prior to disbursement of funds during
the term of the construction loan. Loan proceeds are generally disbursed
after inspection of the project.
Although construction lending affords Alaska Pacific the opportunity to
achieve higher interest rates and fees with shorter terms to maturity than
one- to four-family mortgage lending, construction lending is generally
considered to involve a higher degree of risk than one- to four-family
mortgage lending. It is more difficult to evaluate construction loans than
permanent loans. At the time the loan is made, the value of the collateral
securing the loan must be estimated based on the projected selling price at
the time the residence is completed, typically six to 12 months later, and on
estimated building and other costs (including interest costs). Changes in the
demand for new housing in the area and higher-than-anticipated building costs
may cause actual results to vary significantly from those estimated.
Accordingly, Alaska Pacific may be confronted, at the time the residence is
completed, with a loan balance exceeding the value of the collateral. Because
construction loans require active monitoring of the building process,
including cost comparisons and on-site inspections, these loans are more
difficult and costly to monitor. Increases in market rates of interest may
have a more pronounced effect on construction loans by rapidly increasing the
end-purchasers' borrowing costs, thereby reducing the overall demand for new
housing. The fact that in-process homes are difficult to sell and typically
must be completed in order to be successfully sold also complicates the
process of working out problem construction loans. This may require Alaska
Pacific to advance additional funds and/or contract with another builder to
complete the residence. Furthermore, in the case of speculative construction
loans, there is the added risk associated with identifying an end-purchaser
for the finished home.
Alaska Pacific has attempted to minimize the foregoing risks by, among
other things, limiting its construction lending to primarily residential
properties, and limiting its speculative loans to a small number of well-known
local builders.
Multi-Family and Commercial Real Estate Lending. The multi-family
residential loan portfolio consists primarily of loans secured by small
apartment buildings and the commercial real estate loan portfolio consists
primarily of loans secured by retail, office, warehouse, mini-storage
facilities and other improved commercial properties. These loans generally
range in size from $200,000 to $400,000 and the largest loan totalled $1.4
million at December 31, 1999 and was performing in accordance with its terms.
At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific had $2.5 million of multi-family
residential and $13.0 million of commercial real estate loans, which amounted
to 2.9% and 15.0%, respectively, of the total loan portfolio at this date.
Multi-family and commercial real estate loans are generally underwritten with
loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% of the lesser of the appraised value or the
purchase price of the property. These loans generally are made at the prime
rate for 15 to 20 year terms, with adjustment periods of one, three or five
years and they adjust at a rate equal to this prime rate plus a negotiated
margin of 1% to 3%. Because of the inherently greater risk involved in this
type of lending, substantially all of Alaska Pacific's multi-family and
commercial real estate loans are secured by property located within Alaska
Pacific's primary market area.
Alaska Pacific is also an approved lender under the Alaska Housing
Finance Corp. Multi-Family Participation Program, which was introduced in
1998. The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. Multi-Family Participation Program
provides for up to 80% of the loan amount, which allows Alaska Pacific to
pursue larger lending opportunities while mitigating its risk.
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Multi-family residential and commercial real estate lending entails
significant additional risks as compared with single-family residential
property lending. Multi-family residential and commercial real estate loans
typically involve large loan balances to single borrowers or groups of related
borrowers. The payment experience on these loans typically is dependent on the
successful operation of the real estate project. Supply and demand
conditions in the market for office, retail and residential space can
significantly affect these risks, and, as such, may be subject to a greater
extent to adverse conditions in the economy generally. To minimize these
risks, Alaska Pacific generally only makes loans within its primary market
area. Alaska Pacific reviews all commercial real estate loans in excess of
$250,000 on an annual basis to ensure that the loan meets current underwriting
standards.
Commercial Business Lending. At December 31, 1999, commercial business
loans amounted to $7.4 million, or 8.6% of total loans, compared to $4.3
million, or 6.0% of total loans, at December 31, 1998.
Alaska Pacific originates commercial business loans to small sized
businesses in its primary market area. Commercial business loans are
generally made to finance the purchase of seasonal inventory needs, new or
used equipment, and for short-term working capital. Security for these loans
generally includes equipment, boats, accounts receivable and inventory,
although commercial business loans are sometimes granted on an unsecured
basis. Commercial business loans are made for terms of seven years or less,
depending on the purpose of the loan and the collateral, with loans to finance
operating lines made for one year or less renewed annually at an interest rate
based on the prime rate plus a margin of between 1 and 2.5 percentage points.
Beginning in 1998, Alaska Pacific increased its use of resources for
loan guarantees through the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority.
Alaska Pacific has also worked with local municipal agencies, such as the
Juneau Economic Development Council and the Cities of Sitka and Ketchikan in
exploring participation or guaranty programs in each of these cities. At
December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific had $2.5 million in loans originated under
these programs. Generally, Alaska Pacific receives guarantees of between 75%
and 90% of the loan amount. In addition, Alaska Pacific has retained portions
of four commercial loans originated through participation programs with Alaska
Industrial Development and Export Authority, Alaska Electrical Pension Trust,
the City of Sitka and AHFC. As of December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific's portion
of these loans totalled $647,000.
Alaska Pacific also makes commercial loans secured by commercial
charter boats. These loans have ten year terms with an interest rate that
adjusts based on the prime interest rate. Alaska Pacific also makes loans
secured by commercial fishing boats that have ten year terms and are based on
the prime interest rate. In connection with the loans on these boats, Alaska
Pacific receives a ships preferred marine mortgage to protect its interest in
the collateral. Alaska Pacific has also granted flooring lines to two boat
dealers for the purchase of boats and other related marine equipment. At
December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific had $2.6 million of commercial business
loans secured by boats.
At December 31, 1999, the largest commercial business loan was a
$500,000 line of credit with an outstanding balance of $500,000, was secured
by stock, and was performing according to its terms.
Commercial business lending generally involves greater risk than
residential mortgage lending and involves risks that are different from those
associated with residential, commercial and multi-family real estate lending.
Real estate lending is generally considered to be collateral based lending
with loan amounts based on predetermined loan to collateral values and
liquidation of the underlying real estate collateral is viewed as the primary
source of repayment in the event of borrower default. Although commercial
business loans often have equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other
business assets as collateral, the liquidation of collateral in the event of a
borrower default is often not a sufficient source of repayment because
accounts receivable may be uncollectible and inventories and equipment may be
obsolete or of limited use, among other things. Accordingly, the repayment of
a commercial business loan depends primarily on the creditworthiness of the
borrower (and any guarantors), while liquidation of collateral is a secondary
and often insufficient source of repayment.
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Consumer Lending. At December 31, 1999, consumer loans totaled $14.2
million, or 16.5%, of total loans, compared to $14.7 million, or 20.6%, of
total loans, at December 31, 1998. Over the last six years, Alaska Pacific
has made a concerted effort to increase consumer lending volume, with
particular emphasis on home equity loans, boat loans and automobile loans.
Total consumer loans increased by approximately $11.9 million, or 517%,
between June 30, 1994 and December 31, 1999.
Consumer loans generally have shorter terms to maturity or repricing and
higher interest rates than long-term, fixed-rate mortgage loans. In addition
to home equity, boat loans and automobile loans, Alaska Pacific's consumer
loans consist of loans secured by airplanes, deposit accounts, and unsecured
loans for personal or household purposes.
The largest category of Alaska Pacific's consumer loan portfolio is
closed-end, fixed-rate home equity loans that are made on the security of
residences. At December 31, 1999, fixed-rate home equity loans totaled $6.1
million, or 7.1% of the total loan portfolio, compared to $7.8 million, or
10.9% of the total loan portfolio at December 31, 1998. Home equity loans
normally do not exceed 95% of the appraised value of the residence or 100% of
the tax assessment, less the outstanding principal of the first mortgage and
have terms of up to 15 years requiring monthly payments of principal and
interest.
At December 31, 1999, consumer boat loans amounted to $5.2 million, or
6.19% of the total loan portfolio compared to $5.1 million, or 7.1% of the
total loan portfolio at December 31, 1998. Alaska Pacific offers boat loans
with maturities of between five and 15 years, which generally range in
principal amounts from $15,000 to $350,000 and are secured by new and used
boats. Alaska Pacific makes boat loans of less than $50,000 at fixed rates of
interest and loans over $50,000 are made at an interest rate that is
adjustable based on the prime lending rate. Alaska Pacific generally makes
boat loans on new boats of up to 85% of the value and 75% on used boats, but
in certain instances it will loan up to 100% of the value.
At December 31, 1999, automobile loans amounted to $1.2 million, or 1.4%
of the total loan portfolio compared to $1.0 million, or 1.4% of the total
loan portfolio at December 31, 1998. Alaska Pacific offers automobile loans
with maturities of up to six years with fixed rates of interest.
Alaska Pacific also requires title, fire and casualty insurance on
secured consumer loans. The only title exception is for home equity loans
under $25,000 where a property profile, obtained from a title company,
indicates there are no liens or encumbrances not previously disclosed.
Consumer loans for boats and airplanes also require a breach of warranty
endorsement.
Consumer loans entail greater risk than do residential mortgage loans,
particularly in the case of consumer loans which are unsecured or secured by
rapidly depreciating assets such as automobiles or boats and particularly used
automobiles. In these cases, any repossessed collateral for a defaulted
consumer loan may not provide an adequate source of repayment of the
outstanding loan balance as a result of the greater likelihood of damage, loss
or depreciation. The remaining deficiency often does not warrant further
substantial collection efforts against the borrower beyond obtaining a
deficiency judgment. In addition, consumer loan collections are dependent on
the borrower's continuing financial stability, and thus are more likely to be
adversely affected by job loss, divorce, illness or personal bankruptcy.
Furthermore, the application of various federal and state laws, including
federal and state bankruptcy and insolvency laws, may limit the amount which
can be recovered on these loans. These loans may also give rise to claims and
defenses by a consumer loan borrower against an assignee of these loans such
as Alaska Pacific, and a borrower may be able to assert against this assignee
claims and defenses that it has against the seller of the underlying
collateral. At December 31, 1999, there were no consumer loans 90 days or
more past due.
Loan Maturity and Repricing. The following table sets forth certain
information at December 31, 1999 regarding the dollar amount of loans maturing
in Alaska Pacific's portfolio based on their contractual terms to final
maturity, but does not include scheduled payments or potential prepayments.
Demand loans, loans having no stated
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schedule of repayments and no stated maturity, and overdrafts are reported as
due in one year or less. Loan balances are net of undisbursed loan proceeds
and unearned discounts, and do not include loans held for sale.
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After After After After 1 Year
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years ------------------
Within Through Through Through Beyond Fixed Adjustable
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years 10 Years Total Rates Rates
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Real Estate:
Permanent:
One- to four-family. . . $ 663 $ 908 $ 560 $2,451 $39,041 $43,623 $39,814 $ 3,146
Multi-family . . . . . . . -- 287 489 798 894 2,468 696 1,772
Commercial nonresidential. . -- 180 155 5,303 7,328 12,966 2,330 10,636
Land . . . . . . . . 616 463 2,011 469 563 4,122 1,639 1,867
Construction:
One- to four-family. . . . 959 -- -- -- -- 959 -- --
Multi-family . . . . . . . -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Commercial nonresidential. . 600 -- -- -- -- 600 -- --
Commercial. . 2,513 489 1,409 1,587 1,390 7,388 374 4,501
Consumer:
Home equity. . . . . . . . 147 177 802 4,112 2,221 7,459 5,983 1,329
Boat . . . . . . . . 34 93 307 1,965 2,846 5,245 4,696 515
Automobile . . . . . . . . 25 426 571 180 -- 1,202 1,177 --
Other . . . . . . . . 86 104 77 67 -- 334 206 42
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Total . . $5,643 $3,127 $6,381 $16,932 $54,283 $86,366 $56,915 $23,808
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Loan Solicitation and Processing. Alaska Pacific obtains its loan
applicants almost exclusively from walk-in traffic, which is generated through
media advertising, referrals from existing customers and, in the case of
commercial loans, through officer business development calls and activities.
Local real estate agents refer a portion of Alaska Pacific's mortgage loan
applicants, and dealers refer some consumer loans, such as boat loans. Alaska
Pacific requires title insurance on all loans. All mortgage loans require
fire and extended coverage on appurtenant structures and flood insurance, if
applicable.
Loan approval authority varies based on loan type. The President and
Chief Executive Officer has authority to approve all residential mortgage
loans up to and including $250,000 that are originated for Alaska Pacific's
portfolio and up to the agency limit if the loan is to be sold in the
secondary market, multi-family and commercial real estate loans up to and
including $300,000, and consumer loans up to and including $200,000. Alaska
Pacific's Senior Loan Committee consisting of the President and Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and the two lending division
managers must approve loans in excess of these amounts up to and including
$500,000. The Board of Directors must approve all loans in excess of the
Senior Loan Committee's approval authority.
Upon receipt of a loan application from a prospective borrower, a credit
report and other data are obtained to verify specific information relating to
the loan applicant's employment, income and credit standing. An independent
fee appraiser approved by Alaska Pacific and licensed or certified by the
State of Alaska undertakes an appraisal of the real estate offered as
collateral. Alaska Pacific promptly notifies applicants of the decision.
Interest rates are subject to change if the approved loan is not closed within
the time of the commitment.
Pursuant to OTS regulations, loans-to-one borrower cannot exceed 15% of
Alaska Pacific's unimpaired capital and surplus. At December 31, 1999, the
loan-to-one borrower limitation for Alaska Pacific was $1.8 million and Alaska
Pacific had no loans in excess of this limitation.
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Loan Originations, Sales and Purchases. Historically, Alaska Pacific's
primary lending activity has been the origination of one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans. During the past five years, Alaska Pacific has
increased its emphasis on the origination of commercial and consumer loans.
Between December 31, 1998 and 1999, commercial business loans increased by
72.5% to $7.4 million at December 31, 1999.
Alaska Pacific generally sells all loans without recourse. Alaska
Pacific generally sells conventional fixed-rate one- to four-family
residential mortgage loans to the FHLMC or Alaska Housing Finance Corporation,
servicing retained. By retaining the servicing, Alaska Pacific receives fees
for performing the traditional services of processing payments, accounting for
loan funds, and collecting and paying real estate taxes, hazard insurance and
other loan-related items, such as private mortgage insurance. At December 31,
1999, Alaska Pacific's servicing portfolio was $70.4 million. For the year
ended December 31, 1999, loan servicing fees totaled $227,000, gross, before
amortization of servicing rights. In addition, Alaska Pacific retains certain
amounts in escrow for the benefit of investors. Alaska Pacific is able to
invest these funds but is not required to pay interest on them. At December
31, 1999, these escrow balances totaled $821,000.
The following table shows total loans originated, purchased, sold and
repaid during the periods indicated.
Year Ended December 31,
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1999 1998
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(In thousands)
Loans originated:
Real estate:
Permanent:
One- to four-family.......... $23,024 $ 27,926
Multi-family................. 291 850
Commercial nonresidential.... 3,464 1,550
Land ........................ 1,999 1,985
Construction:
One- to four-family.......... 4,130 3,200
Multi-family................. -- --
Commercial nonresidential.... 550 1,223
Commercial....................... 3,951 3,359
Consumer:
Home equity.................. 2,152 3,899
Boat......................... 1,886 1,013
Automobile................... 744 555
Other........................ 312 511
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Total loans originated...... 42,503 46,071
Loans purchased................... -- --
Loans sold........................ (3,985) (23,689)
Principal repayments ............. (23,057) (29,573)
Foreclosed loans.................. (145) (311)
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Net increase (decrease) in loans
and loans held for sale......... $15,316 $ (7,502)
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Loan Commitments. Occasionally, Alaska Pacific issues, without charge,
commitments for fixed- and adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgage
loans conditioned upon the occurrence of certain events. These commitments
are made in writing on specified terms and conditions and are honored for up
to 60 days. The only commercial commitments issued by Alaska Pacific are
business lines of credit; letters of credit are not offered. At December 31,
1999, Alaska Pacific had $2.7 million of outstanding net loan commitments,
including unused portions on commercial business lines of credit and
undisbursed funds on residential construction loans. See Note 13 of Notes to
the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report.
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Loan Origination and Other Fees. Alaska Pacific, in most instances,
receives loan origination fees and discount "points." Loan fees and points
are a percentage of the principal amount of the mortgage loan which are
charged to the borrower for funding the loan. The amount of points charged by
Alaska Pacific varies, though the range generally is between one and two
points. Accounting standards require fees received (net of certain loan
origination costs) for originating loans to be deferred and amortized into
interest income over the contractual life of the loan. Net deferred fees
associated with loans that are prepaid are recognized as income at the time of
prepayment. Alaska Pacific had $277,000 of net deferred loan fees at December
31, 1999.
Nonperforming Assets and Delinquencies. Alaska Pacific utilizes one full
time loan collector to monitor the loan portfolio and communicate with
customers concerning past due payments. The size of the portfolio and
historically low delinquency rates allows one individual to manage consumer,
commercial and residential loans, including those loans serviced for other
investors. When a borrower fails to make a required payment, Alaska Pacific
institutes collection procedures. The process for monitoring consumer,
commercial and residential loans are the same for each type of loan until
foreclosure or repossession of the collateral. Depending on the value or
nature of the collateral, the loan servicing manager, senior lender or senior
management directs any further action.
Customers who miss a payment are mailed a computer-generated notice 15
days after the payment due date. If the customer does not pay promptly, the
collector telephones the customer 20 days after the payment due date. After
30 days, the collector sends a letter which begins the demand process.
Follow-up contacts are made between the 30th and 60th day, after which the
collector sends a demand letter that specifies the action Alaska Pacific will
take and the deadline for resolving the delinquency. While most delinquencies
are cured promptly, the collector initiates foreclosure or repossession,
according to the terms of the security instrument and applicable law, if the
deadline in the 60 day letter is not met.
Residential loans have a highly structured process for foreclosure. In
addition to Alaska Pacific's residential loan portfolio, Alaska Pacific
services real estate loans for other investors who in turn have their own
requirements that must be followed. Alaska Pacific evaluates consumer and
commercial business loans individually depending on the nature and value of
the collateral.
Alaska Pacific places all loans which are past due 90 days or more on
nonaccrual status and all previously accrued interest income is reversed.
Alaska Pacific charges off consumer loans when it is determined they are no
longer collectible.
Alaska Pacific's Board of Directors is informed monthly as to the status
of all mortgage, commercial and consumer loans that are delinquent 30 days or
more, the status on all loans currently in foreclosure, and the status of all
foreclosed and repossessed property owned by Alaska Pacific.
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The following table sets forth information with respect to Alaska
Pacific's nonperforming assets and restructured loans within the meaning of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 15 at the dates indicated. It
is the policy of Alaska Pacific to cease accruing interest on loans 90 days or
more past due.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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(Dollars in thousands)
Loans accounted for on a nonaccrual basis:
One to four family residential.................. $ 70 $ --
---- ----
Total..................................... 70 --
Accruing loans which are contractually past
due 90 days or more.............................. -- --
---- ----
Total of nonaccrual and 90 days past due
loans.................................. 70 --
Foreclosed property.............................. 145 311
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Total nonperforming assets................ $215 $311
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Restructured loans. ............................. $312 $ --
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Nonaccrual and 90 days or more past due loans
as a percentage of loans, net................... 0.08% --%
Nonaccrual and 90 days or more past due loans
as a percentage of total assets................. 0.06% --%
Nonperforming assets as a percentage of
total assets ................................... 0.18% 0.28%
Gross interest income that would have been recorded for the year ended
December 31, 1999 if nonaccrual loans had been current according to their
original terms and had been outstanding throughout the year, and the amount of
interest income on these loans that was included in net income for the year,
were, in both cases, immaterial.
Repossessed Assets. Alaska Pacific classifies real estate acquired as a
result of foreclosure and other repossessed collateral as repossessed assets
until sold. When Alaska Pacific acquires collateral, it is recorded at the
lower of its cost, which is the unpaid principal balance of the related loan
plus acquisition costs, or fair value. Subsequent to acquisition, the
property is carried at the lower of the acquisition amount or fair value, less
estimated selling costs. At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific had one
repossessed asset consisting of a commercial charter vessel for $145,000.
The vessel is listed for sale and is expected to sell for an amount sufficient
to cover the current outstanding balance.
Asset Classification. The OTS has adopted various regulations regarding
problem assets of savings institutions. The regulations require that each
insured institution review and classify its assets on a regular basis. In
addition, in connection with examinations of insured institutions, OTS
examiners have authority to identify problem assets and, if appropriate,
require them to be classified. There are three classifications for problem
assets: substandard, doubtful and loss. Substandard assets must have one or
more defined weaknesses and are characterized by the distinct possibility that
the insured institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not
corrected. Doubtful assets have the weaknesses of substandard assets with the
additional characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation
in full on the basis of currently existing facts, conditions and values
questionable, and there is a high possibility of loss. An asset classified
loss is considered uncollectible and of such little value that continuance as
an asset of the institution is not warranted. The regulations have also
created a special mention category, described as assets which do not currently
expose an insured institution to a sufficient degree of risk to warrant
classification but
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do possess credit deficiencies or potential weaknesses deserving management's
close attention. If an asset or portion thereof is classified loss, the loss
amount is charged-off.
Alaska Pacific monitors its asset quality through the use of an Asset
Classification Committee, which is comprised of senior lenders and executive
officers. The committee meets quarterly to review the loan portfolio, with
specific attention given to assets with an identified weakness, as well as
reviewing the local, state and national economic trends and the adequacy of
the allowance for loan losses.
At December 31, 1999 and 1998, the aggregate amounts of Alaska
Pacific's classified assets (as determined by Alaska Pacific), were as
follows:
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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(In thousands)
Loss................................... $ -- $ --
Doubtful .............................. -- 25
Substandard assets..................... 891 583
Special mention........................ 50 476
At December 31, 1999, assets classified as substandard, doubtful or loss
totaled $891,000 compared to $608,000 at December 31, 1998. Substandard
assets in 1999 consisted of five residential mortgage loans totaling $557,000,
two commercial business loans totaling $135,000, a repossessed commercial
boat for $145,000, and several small consumer loans totaling $54,000.
Management has estimated potential impairment of $60,000 to $115,000 in
substandard loans in its assessment of the adequacy of the allowance for loan
losses at December 31, 1999. The largest component of the 1998 classified
assets was $311,000 for two new homes foreclosed and held in "repossessed
assets" pending sale. The remaining substandard and doubtful loans are
comprised of single family homes and one commercial boat.
Special mention loans decreased from $476,000 at December 31, 1998 to
$50,000 at December 31, 1999. This total consists primarily of two single
family homes. Alaska Pacific believes these loans are well secured, but are
being monitored carefully due to slow payment histories.
Allowance for Loan Losses. Alaska Pacific maintains an allowance for
credit losses sufficient to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
Alaska Pacific has established a systematic methodology to ensure that the
allowance is adequate. The Asset Classification policy requires an ongoing
quarterly assessment of the probable estimated losses in the portfolios. The
Asset Classification Committee reviews the following information:
. All loans classified during the previous analysis. Current
information as to payment history, or actions taken to correct the
deficiency are reviewed, and if justified, the loan is no longer
classified. If conditions have not improved, the loan
classification is reviewed to ensure that the appropriate action is
being taken to mitigate loss.
. All loans past due on scheduled payments. The committee reviews
all loans that are past due 30days or more, taking into
consideration the borrower, nature of the collateral and its value,
the circumstances that have caused the delinquency, and the
likelihood of the borrower correcting the conditions that have
resulted in the delinquent status. The committee may recommend
more aggressive collection activity, inspection of the collateral,
or no change in its classification.
. Reports from Alaska Pacific's managers. Lending managers may be
aware of a borrower's circumstances that has not yet resulted in
any past due payments but has the potential for problems in the
immediate future. Each lending manager reviews their respective
lending unit's loans and
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identifies any that may have developing weaknesses. This "self
identification" process is an important component of maintaining
credit quality, as each lender is accountable for monitoring as
well as originating loans.
. Current economic conditions. Alaska Pacific takes into
consideration economic condition in its market area, the state's
economy, and national economic factors that could influence the
quality of the loan portfolio in general. The unique, isolated
geography of Alaska Pacific's market area of Southeast Alaska
requires that each community's economic activity be reviewed.
. Trends in Alaska Pacific's delinquencies. Alaska Pacific's market
area has seasonal trends and as a result, the portfolio tends to
have similar fluctuations. Prior period statistics are reviewed
and evaluated to determine if the current conditions exceed
expected trends.
The amount that is to be added to allowance for loan losses is based upon
a variety of factors. Many financial institutions establish required reserves
based, to a great extent, upon their own experience. Alaska Pacific's loan
portfolio has traditionally consisted primarily of loans secured by single
family homes, and with the exception of a severe state-wide oil-driven
recession in the mid 1980s, the loss experience has been minimal. The
current business plan, however, has focused on increasing the amount of
commercial and consumer loans, which will inherently carry a higher risk of
loss than single-family residential loans. Consequently, until Alaska Pacific
is able to establish a meaningful, reliable loan loss record of its own for
the consumer and commercial loans, the reserve for these types of loans has
been based upon industry standards, management's experience with similar
portfolios in other institutions, and a specific review of existing consumer
and commercial credits.
Each individual loan, previously classified by management, or newly
classified during the quarterly review, is evaluated for loss potential, and a
specific amount or percentage deemed to be at risk is added to the overall
required reserve amount. For the remaining portion of the portfolio,
comprised of "pass" loans, a loss factor is applied that is consistent with
Alaska Pacific's experience in that portfolio or with industry guidelines if
management believes such guidelines are more appropriate for a relatively new
and unseasoned portfolio. The applied percentage is also influenced by other
economic factors as noted in the beginning of this section. The size of the
institution, the size of the portfolio, and the relatively small number of
classified loans, results in most members of the asset classification
committee being directly familiar with the borrower, the collateral or the
circumstances giving rise to the concerns.
The calculated amount is compared to the actual amount recorded in the
allowance at the end of each quarter and a determination is made as to whether
the allowance is adequate or needs to be increased. Management increases the
amount of the allowance for loan losses by charges to income and decreased by
loans charged off (net of recoveries).
Alaska Pacific's three loan categories that it considers in evaluating
risk are residential, commercial and consumer. The following comments
represent management's view of the risks inherent in each portfolio category.
. One- to Four-Family Residential - Alaska Pacific's market area is
comprised primarily of a population with above-average incomes and
market conditions that have, over the long term, supported a stable
or increasing market value of real estate. Absent an overall
economic downturn in the economy, experience in this portfolio
indicates that losses are minimal provided the property is
reasonably maintained, and marketing time to resell the property is
relatively short.
. Multi-Family Residential - While there have been minimal losses
taken in this segment of the portfolio, the rental market is very
susceptible to the effects of an economic downturn. While Alaska
Pacific monitors loan-to-value ratios, the conditions that would
create a default would carry through to a new owner which may
require that Alaska Pacific discount the property or hold it until
conditions improve.
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. Commercial Real Estate - As with multi-family loans, the
classification of commercial real estate loans closely corresponds
to economic conditions which will limit the marketability of the
property, resulting in higher risk than a loan secured by a
single-family residence. It has been management's decision to
reserve on commercial real estate loans at or near the reserve
levels of commercial business loans.
. Construction Loans (Residential and Commercial) - There are a
variety of risks in construction lending, increased in Alaska by a
short building season, difficult building sites and construction
delays due to delivery of materials. While Alaska Pacific has
established construction loan policies and underwriting guidelines
designed to mitigate the risk, there is still a higher risk of loss
with these loans.
. Commercial Business Loans - These types of loans carry the highest
degree of risk, relying on the ongoing success of the business to
repay the loan. Collateral for commercial credits is often
difficult to secure, and even more difficult to liquidate in the
event of a default. The 1% for pass loans represents an industry
benchmark for commercial credits, and if a commercial business loan
demonstrates any credit weakness, the reserve is increased to
aggressively recognize the additional risk.
. Consumer Loans - The consumer loan portfolio has a wide range of
factors, determined primarily by the nature of the collateral and
the credit history and capacity of the borrower. The loans tend
to be smaller in principal amount and secured by second deeds of
trust, automobiles, and pleasure boats. Loans for automobiles and
pleasure boats generally experience higher than average wear in the
Alaskan environment and hold a higher degree of risk of loss in the
event of repossession.
Management believes that the allowance for loan losses at December 31,
1999 was adequate at that date. Although management believes that it uses the
best information available to make these determinations, future adjustments to
the allowance for loan losses may be necessary and results of operations could
be significantly and adversely affected if circumstances differ substantially
from the assumptions used in making the determinations.
While Alaska Pacific believes it has established its existing allowance
for loan losses in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
there can be no assurance that regulators, in reviewing Alaska Pacific's loan
portfolio, will not request Alaska Pacific to increase significantly its
allowance for loan losses. In addition, because future events affecting
borrowers and collateral cannot be predicted with certainty, there can be no
assurance that the existing allowance for loan losses is adequate or that
substantial increases will not be necessary should the quality of any loans
deteriorate as a result of the factors discussed above. Any material increase
in the allowance for loan losses may adversely affect Alaska Pacific's
financial condition and results of operations.
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The following table sets forth an analysis of the charges in the
allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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(Dollars in thousands)
Allowance at beginning of period...... $ 674 $ 751
Provision for loan losses............. 15 60
Recoveries:
Real estate:
Construction:
Commercial nonresidential...... -- 1
Consumer:
Automobile........................ 5 --
Other............................. 4 3
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Total recoveries............. 9 4
Charge-offs:
One- to- four family residential..... 23 --
Commercial........................... 84 99
Consumer:
Automobile......................... 20 23
Other.............................. 1 19
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Total charge-offs ........... 128 141
---- -----
Net charge-offs ........... 119 137
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Balance at end of period ............. $570 $ 674
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Allowance for loan losses as a
percentage of total loans out-
standing at the end of the period.... 0.66% 0.94%
Net charge-offs as a percentage
of average loans outstanding
during the period.................... 0.15% 0.19%
Allowance for loan losses as a
percentage of nonperforming loans
at end of period.....................814.29% NA
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The following table sets forth the breakdown of the allowance for loan
losses by loan category for the dates indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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As a % % of As a % % of
of Out- Loans in of Out- Loans in
standing Category standing Category
Loans in to Total Loans in to Total
Amount Category Loans Amount Category Loans
------ -------- ----- ----- -------- -----
(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate:
Permanent:
One- to four-family..... $ 150 0.34% 50.51% $138 0.39% 47.90%
Multi-family............ 16 0.65 2.86 16 0.63 3.48
Commercial.............. 85 0.66 15.01 134 1.25 14.94
Land ................... 27 0.66 4.77 32 1.25 3.62
Construction:
One- to four-family..... 6 0.63 1.11 6 0.63 1.34
Multi-family............ -- -- -- 14 1.25 1.51
Commercial.............. 4 0.67 0.69 6 1.25 0.61
Commercial................. 157 2.13 8.55 72 1.72 5.99
Consumer:
Home equity............. 60 0.80 8.64 31 0.38 11.75
Boat.................... 44 0.84 6.07 64 1.25 7.07
Automobile ............. 10 0.83 1.39 26 2.64 1.37
Other. ................. 11 3.29 0.40 5 1.87 0.42
Unallocated................ -- -- -- 130 -- --
----- ---- ------ ----- ---- ------
Total allowance for
loan losses............ $ 570 0.66% 100.00% $ 674 0.93% 100.00%
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Investment Activities
Federal law permits Alaska Pacific to invest in various types of liquid
assets, including U.S. Treasury obligations, securities of various federal
agencies and of state and municipal governments, deposits at the FHLB of
Seattle, certificates of deposit of federally insured institutions, certain
bankers' acceptances and federal funds. Subject to various restrictions,
Alaska Pacific may also invest a portion of its assets in commercial paper and
corporate debt securities. Alaska Pacific must also maintain an investment in
FHLB stock as a condition of membership in the FHLB of Seattle.
Alaska Pacific has, from time to time, invested in privately-issued
collateralized mortgage obligations, after evaluating the credit risk
associated with a private issued (compared with a government agency-backed
issue) versus the rewards of a higher return. At December 31, 1999, Alaska
Pacific held one privately-issued collateralized mortgage obligation with a
Moody rating of Aaa. This security did not qualify as a high risk mortgage
security as defined under OTS regulations.
Federal regulations require Alaska Pacific to maintain a minimum amount
of liquid assets. At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific's regulatory liquidity
of 27.6% exceeded the 4% required by OTS regulations. Investment securities
provide liquidity for funding loan originations and enable Alaska Pacific to
improve the match between the maturities and repricing of its interest-rate
sensitive assets and liabilities. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Liquidity and Capital
Resources" in the Annual Report and "Regulation" herein.
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Alaska Pacific's Asset Liability Management Committee determines
appropriate investments in accordance with the Board of Directors' approved
investment policies and procedures. Alaska Pacific's policies generally limit
investments to U.S. Government and agency securities and mortgage-backed
securities issued and guaranteed by FHLMC, Federal National Mortgage
Association ("FNMA") and Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA").
Alaska Pacific's policies provide that investment purchases be ratified at
monthly Board of Directors meetings. Certain considerations, which include
the interest rate, yield, settlement date and maturity of the investment,
Alaska Pacific's liquidity position, and anticipated cash needs and sources
(which in turn include outstanding commitments, upcoming maturities, estimated
deposits and anticipated loan amortization and repayments) affect the making
of investments. The effect that the proposed investment would have on Alaska
Pacific's credit and interest rate risk, and risk-based capital is also
considered. From time to time, investment levels may be increased or
decreased depending upon the yields on investment alternatives and upon
management's judgment as to the attractiveness of the yields then available in
relation to other opportunities and its expectation of the level of yield that
will be available in the future, as well as management's projections as to the
short-term demand for funds to be used in Alaska Pacific's loan origination
and other activities.
The following table sets forth the composition of Alaska Pacific's
investment and mortgage-backed securities portfolios at the dates indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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Amor- Percent Amor- Percent
Fair tized of Fair tized of
Value Cost Portfolio Value Cost Portfolio
----- ---- --------- ----- ---- ---------
(Dollars in thousands)
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal National
Mortgage Association...$ 2,806 $2,942 14.1% $ 3,701 $ 3,801 20.4%
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation... 3,523 3,757 17.8 5,095 5,269 28.0
Government National
Mortgage Association... 10,572 10,862 53.3 1,622 1,638 8.9
Collateralized mortgage
obligations............. 348 352 1.7 761 767 4.2
U.S. agencies and
corporations:
Callable debentures:
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation... -- -- -- 2,997 3,000 16.5
FHLB.................... 1,995 2,000 10.0 3,001 3,000 16.5
Small Business
Administration pools .. 605 630 3.1 999 999 5.5
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Total available-
for-sale...........$19,849 $20,543 100.0% $18,176 $18,474 100.0%
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While management has no specific plans to sell any security, the entire
portfolio has been designated as "available-for-sale" at December 31, 1999 and
1998, to allow flexibility in managing the portfolio.
At December 31, 1999, the portfolio of U.S. Government and agency
securities had an aggregate estimated fair value of $2.6 million and the
portfolio of mortgage-backed securities had an estimated fair value of $16.9
million.
At December 31, 1999, mortgage-backed securities consisted of FHLMC, FNMA
and GNMA issues with an amortized cost of $17.6 million. The mortgage-backed
securities portfolio had coupon rates ranging from 5.75% to 9.0% and had a
weighted average yield of 6.3% at December 31, 1999.
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Mortgage-backed securities, which also are known as mortgage
participation certificates or pass-through certificates, typically represent
interests in pools of single-family or multi-family mortgages in which
payments of both principal and interest on the securities are generally made
monthly. The principal and interest payments on these mortgages are passed
from the mortgage originators, through intermediaries, generally U.S.
Government agencies and government sponsored enterprises, that pool and resell
the participation interests in the form of securities, to investors such as
Alaska Pacific. These U.S. Government agencies and government sponsored
enterprises, which guarantee the payment of principal and interest to
investors, primarily include the FHLMC, FNMA and the GNMA. Mortgage-backed
securities typically are issued with stated principal amounts, and the
securities are backed by pools of mortgages that have loans with interest
rates that fall within a specific range and have varying maturities.
Mortgage-backed securities generally yield less than the loans that underlie
these securities because of the cost of payment guarantees and credit
enhancements. In addition, mortgage-backed securities are usually more liquid
than individual mortgage loans and may be used to collateralize certain
liabilities and obligations of Alaska Pacific. These types of securities also
permit Alaska Pacific to optimize its regulatory capital because they have low
risk weighting.
The actual maturity of a mortgage-backed security may be less than its
stated maturity due to prepayments of the underlying mortgages. Prepayments
that are faster than anticipated may shorten the life of the security and may
result in a loss of any premiums paid and thereby reduce the net yield on
these securities. Although prepayments of underlying mortgages depend on
many factors, including the type of mortgages, the coupon rate, the age of
mortgages, the geographical location of the underlying real estate
collateralizing the mortgages and general levels of market interest rates, the
difference between the interest rates on the underlying mortgages and the
prevailing mortgage interest rates generally is the most significant
determinant of the rate of prepayments. During periods of declining mortgage
interest rates, if the coupon rate of the underlying mortgages exceeds the
prevailing market interest rates offered for mortgage loans, refinancing
generally increases and accelerates the prepayment of the underlying mortgages
and the related security. Under these circumstances, Alaska Pacific may be
subject to reinvestment risk because, to the extent that Alaska Pacific's
mortgage-backed securities amortize or prepay faster than anticipated, Alaska
Pacific may not be able to reinvest the proceeds of these repayments and
prepayments at a comparable rate.
The table below sets forth certain information regarding the carrying
value, weighted average yields and maturities or periods to repricing of
Alaska Pacific's investment and mortgage-backed securities at December 31,
1999.
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At December 31, 1999
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Amount Due or Repricing within:
Over One to Over Five to
One Year or Less Five Years Ten Years Over Ten Years Totals
---------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
Amor- Weighted Amor- Weighted Amor- Weighted Amor- Weighted Amor- Weighted
tized Average tized Average tized Average tized Average tized Average
Cost Yield Cost Yield Cost Yield Cost Yield Cost Yield
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(Dollars in thousands)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Mortgage-backed securities:
Federal National Mortgage
Association............... $ 2,942 5.30% $ -- --% $ -- --% $ -- --% $ 2,942 5.30%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation............... 3,757 4.84 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3,757 4.84
Government National
Mortgage Association...... 691 6.08 -- -- -- -- 10,171 7.20 10,862 7.13
Collateralized mortgage
obligations................. -- -- -- -- -- -- 352 5.40 352 5.40
U.S. agencies and corporations:
Callable debentures:
FHLB...................... 2,000 5.25 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,000 5.25
Small Business
Administration pools..... 630 6.32 -- -- -- -- -- -- 630 6.32
-------- ---- ----- --- ----- --- ------- ---- ------- ----
Total........................ $ 10,020 5.24% $ -- --% $ -- --% $10,523 7.14% $20,543 6.21%
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Alaska Pacific's investment policy permits investment in "off balance
sheet" derivative instruments such as "forwards," "futures," "options" and
"swaps," however, Alaska Pacific has not utilized such instruments.
At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific's investment in the common stock of
the FHLB of Seattle (carrying and market values of $1.4 million) had an
aggregate book value in excess of 10% of Alaska Pacific's total equity.
Alaska Pacific had no securities (other than U.S. Government and agency
securities and mutual funds which invest exclusively in such securities) which
had an aggregate book value in excess of 10% of shareholders' equity at
December 31, 1999.
Deposit Activities and Other Sources of Funds
General. Deposits and loan repayments are the major sources of Alaska
Pacific's funds for lending and other investment purposes. Scheduled loan
repayments are a relatively stable source of funds, while general interest
rates and money market conditions significantly influence deposit inflows and
outflows and loan prepayments. Alaska Pacific may use borrowings on a short-
term basis to compensate for reductions in the availability of funds from
other sources. Alaska Pacific may also use borrowings on a longer-term basis
for general business purposes.
Deposit Accounts. Alaska Pacific attracts deposits from within Alaska
Pacific's primary market area through the offering of a broad selection of
deposits as set forth in the following table. In determining the terms of its
deposit accounts, Alaska Pacific considers current market interest rates,
profitability to Alaska Pacific, matching deposit and loan products and its
customer preferences and concerns. Alaska Pacific's deposit mix and pricing
is generally reviewed bi-weekly. Alaska Pacific does not have significant
brokered deposits nor does it currently hold deposits from municipalities or
other public entities.
In the unlikely event Alaska Pacific is liquidated, depositors will be
entitled to full payment of their deposit accounts prior to any payment being
made to the Corporation, as stockholder of the Savings Bank. Substantially
all of the Savings Bank's depositors are residents of the State of Alaska.
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The following table sets forth information concerning Alaska Pacific's
time deposits and other interest-bearing deposits at December 31, 1999.
Weighted
Average Percen-
Inter- tage
est Minimum of Total
Rate Term Category Amount Balance Deposits
- ---- ---- ----------------------------- ------ ------- --------
(In thousands)
--% NA Non-interest-bearing $ 6,210 $ 100 6.06%
2.15 NA Interest-bearing demand 26,704 100 26.04
3.99 NA Money market deposit accounts 16,552 3,500 16.14
3.01 NA Savings accounts 18,427 100 17.97
Certificates of Deposit
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3.99 Seven days Fixed-rate 96 500 0.09
4.14 One month Fixed-rate 256 500 0.25
4.32 Two months Fixed-rate 153 500 0.15
4.49 Three months Fixed-rate 2,290 500 2.23
4.66 Six months Fixed-rate 3,263 500 3.18
4.82 Nine months Fixed-rate 353 500 0.34
4.98 One year Fixed-rate 8,249 500 8.04
5.10 18 months Fixed-rate 393 500 0.38
5.37 Two years Fixed-rate 2,581 500 2.52
5.73 Three years Fixed-rate 93 500 0.09
5.64 Five years Fixed-rate 823 500 0.80
5.33 Gold minor
one year Fixed-rate 2,355 500 2.30
8.00 Deferred
Comp one Fixed-rate
year 701 -- 0.68
5.24 One year Variable-rate 2,736 500 2.67
5.43 2-1/2 years Variable-rate 3,278 500 3.20
5.19 Varies Jumbo, fixed rate 7,034 -- 6.87
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TOTAL $102,547 100.00%
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The following table indicates the amount of Alaska Pacific's jumbo
certificates of deposit by time remaining until maturity as of December 31,
1999. Jumbo certificates of deposit are certificates in amounts of $100,000
or more.
Certificates
Maturity Period of Deposits
- --------------- -----------
(In thousands)
Three months or less.................... $ 2,661
Over three through six months........... 689
Over six through twelve months ......... 2,380
Over twelve months...................... 1,304
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Total............................... $ 7,034
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The following table sets forth the balances and changes in dollar amounts
of deposits in the various types of savings accounts offered by Alaska Pacific
at the dates indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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Percent Percent
of Increase of
Amount Total (Decrease) Amount Total
------ ----- ---------- ------ -----
(Dollars in thousands)
Non-interest bearing demand
accounts....................$ 6,210 6.06% $ 1,164 $ 5,046 4.95%
Interest-bearing demand
accounts.................... 26,704 26.04 1,134 25,570 25.08
Money market deposit
accounts.................... 16,552 16.14 680 15,872 15.57
Savings accounts.............. 18,427 17.97 (247) 18,674 18.32
Variable-rate certificates
which mature:
Within 1 year............... 2,845 2.77 (440) 3,285 3.22
After 1 year, but within
2 years................... 1,510 1.47 196 1,314 1.29
After 2 years, but within
5 years................... 795 0.78 (287) 1,082 1.06
Fixed rate certificates
which mature:
Within 1 year............... 24,929 24.31 (754) 25,683 25.19
After 1 year, but within
2 years................... 3,424 3.34 588 2,836 2.78
After 2 years, but within
5 years................... 1,151 1.12 (1,432) 2,583 2.53
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Total..................$102,547 100.00% $ 602 $101,945 100.00%
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Time Deposits by Rates
The following table sets forth the time deposits in Alaska Pacific
classified by rates at the dates indicated.
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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(In thousands)
3.00 - 3.99%.............. $ 211 $ 305
4.00 - 4.99%.............. 15,411 12,147
5.00 - 5.99%.............. 16,025 18,583
6.00 - 6.99%.............. 1,922 4,658
7.00% and over............ 1,085 1,090
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Total ............... $34,654 $36,783
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Time Deposits by Maturities
The following table sets forth the amount and maturities of time deposits
at December 31, 1999.
Amount Due
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Over Over
Less Than 1-2 2-3 3-4 After
One Year Years Years Years 4 Years Total
-------- ----- ----- ----- ------- -----
(Dollars in thousands)
3.00 - 3.99%........... $ 211 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 211
4.00 - 4.99% .......... 15,095 316 -- -- -- 15,411
5.00 - 5.99% .......... 10,709 3,582 1,059 450 225 16,025
6.00 - 6.99% .......... 1,754 11 37 19 101 1,922
7.00% and over ........ -- 1,031 54 -- -- 1,085
------- ------ ------ ----- ----- -------
Total .............. $27,769 $4,940 $1,150 $ 469 $ 326 $34,654
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Deposit Activities and Other Sources of Funds
The following table sets forth the deposit activities of Alaska Pacific
for the periods indicated.
Year Ended
December 31,
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1999 1998
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(In thousands)
Beginning balance................ $101,945 $ 96,959
Net deposits (withdrawals)
before interest credited (2,456) 1,791
Interest credited. .............. 3,058 3,195
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Net increase in deposits......... 602 4,986
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Ending balance................... $102,547 $101,945
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Borrowings. Deposits and loan repayments are the primary source of funds
for Alaska Pacific's lending and investment activities. However, Alaska
Pacific may rely upon advances from the FHLB of Seattle to supplement its
supply of lendable funds and to meet deposit withdrawal requirements. The
FHLB of Seattle functions as a central reserve bank providing credit for
thrift institutions and many other member financial institutions. The FHLB
of Seattle requires Alaska Pacific, as a member, to own capital stock in the
FHLB of Seattle and authorizes it to apply for advances on the security of
this stock and certain of its mortgage loans and other assets (principally
securities which are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. Government)
provided certain creditworthiness standards have been met. Advances are made
pursuant to several different credit programs. Each credit program has its
own interest rate and range of maturities. Depending on the program,
limitations on the amount of advances are based on the financial condition of
the member institution and the adequacy of collateral pledged to secure the
credit. At December 31, 1998, Alaska Pacific had no advances outstanding from
the FHLB of Seattle. At December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific had a borrowing
capacity of $24.3 million with the FHLB of Seattle, of which $19.3 million was
unused.
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The following table sets forth certain information regarding Alaska
Pacific's borrowings at the end of and during the periods indicated:
Year Ended
December 31,
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1999 1998
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(Dollars in thousands)
Maximum amount of borrowings
outstanding at any month end:
FHLB advances................................... $10,900 $ 9,000
Approximate average borrowings outstanding
with respect to:
FHLB advances................................... 3,102 2,654
Approximate weighted average rate paid on:
FHLB advances................................... 5.87% 6.22%
At December 31,
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1999 1998
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(Dollars in thousands)
Balance outstanding at end of period:
FHLB advances..................................... $5,000 $ --
Weighted average rate paid on:
FHLB advances..................................... 6.13% --%
REGULATION
General
The Savings Bank is subject to extensive regulation, examination and
supervision by the OTS as its chartering agency, and the FDIC, as the insurer
of its deposits. The activities of federal savings institutions are governed
by the Home Owners Loan Act, in certain respects, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, and the regulations issued by the OTS and the FDIC to implement
these statutes. These laws and regulations delineate the nature and extent of
the activities in which federal savings associations may engage. Lending
activities and other investments must comply with various statutory and
regulatory capital requirements. In addition, the Savings Bank's relationship
with its depositors and borrowers is also regulated to a great extent,
especially in such matters as the ownership of deposit accounts and the form
and content of the Savings Bank's mortgage documents. The Savings Bank is
required to file reports with the OTS and the FDIC concerning its activities
and financial condition in addition to obtaining regulatory approvals prior to
entering into certain transactions such as mergers with, or acquisitions of,
other financial institutions. There are periodic examinations by the OTS and
the FDIC to review the Savings Bank's compliance with various regulatory
requirements. The regulatory structure also gives the regulatory authorities
extensive discretion in connection with their supervisory and enforcement
activities and examination policies, including policies with respect to the
classification of assets and the establishment of adequate loan loss reserves
for regulatory purposes. Any change in such policies, whether by the OTS, the
FDIC or Congress, could have a material adverse impact on the Corporation, the
Savings Bank and their operations.
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Federal Regulation of Savings Associations
Office of Thrift Supervision. The OTS is an office in the Department of
the Treasury subject to the general oversight of the Secretary of the
Treasury. The OTS has extensive authority over the operations of savings
associations. Among other functions, the OTS issues and enforces regulations
affecting federally insured savings associations and regularly examines these
institutions.
All savings associations are required to pay assessments to the OTS to
fund the agency's operations. The general assessments, paid on a semi-annual
basis, are determined based on the savings association's total assets,
including consolidated subsidiaries. The Savings Bank's OTS assessment for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 was $23,000.
Federal Home Loan Bank System. The FHLB System, consisting of 12 FHLBs,
is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Housing Finance Board ("FHFB"). The
designated duties of the FHFB are to supervise the FHLBs, to ensure that the
FHLBs carry out their housing finance mission, to ensure that the FHLBs remain
adequately capitalized and able to raise funds in the capital markets, and to
ensure that the FHLBs operate in a safe and sound manner.
The Savings Bank, as a member of the FHLB of Seattle, is required to
acquire and hold shares of capital stock in the FHLB of Seattle in an amount
equal to the greater of (i) 1.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of residential mortgage loans, home purchase contracts and similar obligations
at the beginning of each year, or (ii) 1/20 of its advances (i.e., borrowings)
from the FHLB-Seattle. The Savings Bank is in compliance with this
requirement with an investment in FHLB-Seattle stock of $1.4 million at
December 31, 1999.
Among other benefits, the FHLB provides a central credit facility
primarily for member institutions. It is funded primarily from proceeds
derived from the sale of consolidated obligations of the FHLB System. It
makes advances to members in accordance with policies and procedures
established by the FHFB and the Board of Directors of the FHLB of Seattle.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The FDIC is an independent
federal agency established originally to insure the deposits, up to prescribed
statutory limits, of federally insured banks and to preserve the safety and
soundness of the banking industry. The FDIC maintains two separate insurance
funds: the Bank Insurance Fund ("BIF") and the SAIF. The Savings Bank's
deposit accounts are insured by the FDIC under the SAIF to the maximum extent
permitted by law. As insurer of the Savings Bank's deposits, the FDIC has
examination, supervisory and enforcement authority over all savings
associations.
Under applicable regulations, the FDIC assigns an institution to one of
three capital categories based on the institution's financial information, as
of the reporting period ending seven months before the assessment period.
The capital categories are: (i) well-capitalized, (ii) adequately capitalized,
or (iii) undercapitalized. An institution is also placed in one of three
supervisory subcategories within each capital group. The supervisory subgroup
to which an institution is assigned is based on a supervisory evaluation
provided to the FDIC by the institution's primary federal regulator and
information that the FDIC determines to be relevant to the institution's
financial condition and the risk posed to the deposit insurance funds. An
institution's assessment rate depends on the capital category and supervisory
category to which it is assigned with the most well-capitalized, healthy
institutions receiving the lowest rates.
Effective January 1, 1997, the premium schedule for BIF and SAIF insured
institutions ranged from 0 to 27 basis points. However, SAIF insured
institutions and BIF insured institutions are required to pay a Financing
Corporation assessment in order to fund the interest on bonds issued to
resolve thrift failures in the 1980s. This amount is currently equal to about
2.1 basis points for each $100 in domestic deposits for both BIF and SAIF
members. These assessments, which are revised quarterly based upon the level
of BIF and SAIF deposits, will continue until the bonds mature in the year
2015.
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The FDIC is authorized to raise the assessment rates in certain
circumstances. The FDIC has exercised this authority several times in the
past and may raise insurance premiums in the future. If such action is taken
by the FDIC, it could have an adverse effect on the earnings of the Savings
Bank.
Under the FDIA, insurance of deposits may be terminated by the FDIC upon
a finding that the institution has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices, is
in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations or has violated any
applicable law, regulation, rule, order or condition imposed by the FDIC or
the OTS. Management of the Savings Bank does not know of any practice,
condition or violation that might lead to termination of deposit insurance.
Liquidity Requirements. Under OTS regulations, each savings institution
is required to maintain an average daily balance of specified liquid assets
equal to a monthly average of not less than a specified percentage of its net
withdrawable deposit accounts plus short-term borrowings. This liquidity
requirement is currently 4%, but may be changed from time to time by the OTS
to any amount within the range of 4% to 10%. Monetary penalties may be
imposed for failure to meet liquidity requirements. The Savings Bank has
never been subject to monetary penalties for failure to meet its liquidity
requirements.
Prompt Corrective Action. The OTS is required to take certain supervisory
actions against undercapitalized savings associations, the severity of which
depends upon the institution's degree of undercapitalization. Generally, an
institution that has a ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of less
than 8%, a ratio of Tier I (core) capital to risk-weighted assets of less than
4%, or a ratio of core capital to total assets of less than 4% (3% or less for
institutions with the highest examination rating) is considered to be
"undercapitalized." An institution that has a total risk-based capital ratio
less than 6%, a Tier I capital ratio of less than 3% or a leverage ratio that
is less than 3% is considered to be "significantly undercapitalized" and an
institution that has a tangible capital to assets ratio equal to or less than
2% is deemed to be "critically undercapitalized." Subject to a narrow
exception, the OTS is required to appoint a receiver or conservator for a
savings institution that is "critically undercapitalized." OTS regulations
also require that a capital restoration plan be filed with the OTS within 45
days of the date a savings institution receives notice that it is
"undercapitalized," "significantly undercapitalized" or "critically
undercapitalized." Compliance with the plan must be guaranteed by any parent
holding company in an amount of up to the lesser of 5% of the institution's
assets or the amount which would bring the institution into compliance with
all capital standards. In addition, numerous mandatory supervisory actions
become immediately applicable to an undercapitalized institution, including,
but not limited to, increased monitoring by regulators and restrictions on
growth, capital distributions and expansion. The OTS also could take any one
of a number of discretionary supervisory actions, including the issuance of a
capital directive and the replacement of senior executive officers and
directors.
At December 31, 1999, the Savings Bank was categorized as "well
capitalized" under the prompt corrective action regulations of the OTS.
Standards for Safety and Soundness. The federal banking regulatory
agencies have prescribed, by regulation, standards for all insured depository
institutions relating to: (i) internal controls, information systems and
internal audit systems; (ii) loan documentation; (iii) credit underwriting;
(iv) interest rate risk exposure; (v) asset growth; (vi) asset quality; (vii)
earnings; and (viii) compensation, fees and benefits ("Guidelines"). The
Guidelines set forth the safety and soundness standards that the federal
banking agencies use to identify and address problems at insured depository
institutions before capital becomes impaired. If the OTS determines that the
Savings Bank fails to meet any standard prescribed by the Guidelines, the
agency may require the Savings Bank to submit to the agency an acceptable plan
to achieve compliance with the standard. Management is aware of no conditions
relating to these safety and soundness standards which would require
submission of a plan of compliance.
Qualified Thrift Lender Test. All savings associations, including the
Savings Bank, are required to meet a qualified thrift lender ("QTL") test to
avoid certain restrictions on their operations. This test requires a savings
association to have at least 65% of its portfolio assets (as defined by
regulation) in qualified thrift investments on a monthly average for nine out
of every 12 months on a rolling basis. As an alternative, the savings
association may
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maintain 60% of its assets in those assets specified in Section 7701(a)(19) of
the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"). Under either test, such assets primarily
consist of residential housing related loans and investments. At December 31,
1999, the Savings Bank met the test and its QTL percentage was 83%.
Any savings association that fails to meet the QTL test must convert to a
national bank charter, unless it requalifies as a QTL and thereafter remains a
QTL. If an association does not requalify and converts to a national bank
charter, it must remain SAIF-insured until the FDIC permits it to transfer to
the BIF. If such an association has not yet requalified or converted to a
national bank, its new investments and activities are limited to those
permissible for both a savings association and a national bank, and it is
limited to national bank branching rights in its home state. In addition, the
association is subject to national bank limits for payment of dividends. If
such association has not requalified or converted to a national bank within
three years after the failure, it must divest of all investments and cease all
activities not permissible for a national bank. If any association that fails
the QTL test is controlled by a holding company, then within one year after
the failure, the holding company must register as a bank holding company and
become subject to all restrictions on bank holding companies. See -- "Savings
and Loan Holding Company Regulations."
Capital Requirements. Federally insured savings associations, such as the
Savings Bank, are required to maintain a minimum level of regulatory capital.
The OTS has established capital standards, including a tangible capital
requirement, a leverage ratio (or core capital) requirement and a risk-based
capital requirement applicable to such savings associations.
The capital regulations require tangible capital of at least 1.5% of
adjusted total assets (as defined by regulation). At December 31, 1999, the
Savings Bank had tangible capital of $11.9 million, or 9.89% of adjusted total
assets, which is approximately $10.1 million above the minimum requirement of
1.5% of adjusted total assets in effect on that date. At December 31, 1999,
the Savings Bank did not have any intangible assets.
The capital standards also require core capital equal to at least 3% to
4% of adjusted total assets, depending on an institution's supervisory rating.
Core capital generally consists of tangible capital. At December 31, 1999, the
Savings Bank had core capital equal to $11.9 million, or 9.89% of adjusted
total assets, which is $8.3 million above the minimum leverage ratio
requirement of 3% as in effect on that date.
The OTS risk-based requirement requires savings associations to have
total capital of at least 8% of risk-weighted assets. Total capital consists
of core capital, as defined above, and supplementary capital. Supplementary
capital consists of certain permanent and maturing capital instruments that do
not qualify as core capital and general valuation loan and lease loss
allowances up to a maximum of 1.25% of risk-weighted assets. Supplementary
capital may be used to satisfy the risk-based requirement only to the extent
of core capital.
In determining the amount of risk-weighted assets, all assets, including
certain off-balance sheet items, are multiplied by a risk weight, ranging from
0% to 100%, based on the risk inherent in the type of asset. For example, the
OTS has assigned a risk weight of 50% for prudently underwritten permanent
one- to- four family first lien mortgage loans not more than 90 days
delinquent and having a loan-to-value ratio of not more than 80% at
origination unless insured to such ratio by an insurer approved by FNMA or
FHLMC.
On December 31, 1999, the Savings Bank had total risk-based capital of a
approximately $12.5 million, including $11.9 million in core capital and
$570,000 in qualifying supplementary capital, and risk-weighted assets of
$72.5 million, or total capital of 12.25% of risk-weighted assets. This amount
was $6.7 million above the 8% requirement in effect on that date.
The OTS is authorized to impose capital requirements in excess of these
standards on individual associations on a case-by-case basis. The OTS and the
FDIC are authorized and, under certain circumstances required, to take certain
actions against savings associations that fail to meet their capital
requirements. The OTS is generally required
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to take action to restrict the activities of an "undercapitalized association"
(generally defined to be one with less than either a 4% core capital ratio, a
4% Tier 1 risked-based capital ratio or an 8% risk-based capital ratio). Any
such association must submit a capital restoration plan and until such plan is
approved by the OTS may not increase its assets, acquire another institution,
establish a branch or engage in any new activities, and generally may not make
capital distributions. The OTS is authorized to impose the additional
restrictions that are applicable to significantly undercapitalized
associations.
The OTS is also generally authorized to reclassify an association into a
lower capital category and impose the restrictions applicable to such category
if the institution is engaged in unsafe or unsound practices or is in an
unsafe or unsound condition.
The imposition by the OTS or the FDIC of any of these measures on the
Corporation or the Savings Bank may have a substantial adverse effect on their
operations and profitability.
Limitations on Capital Distributions. The OTS imposes various
restrictions on savings associations with respect to their ability to make
distributions of capital, which include dividends, stock redemptions or
repurchases, cash-out mergers and other transactions charged to the capital
account. The OTS also prohibits a savings association from declaring or paying
any dividends or from repurchasing any of its stock if, as a result of such
action, the regulatory capital of the association would be reduced below the
amount required to be maintained for the liquidation account established in
connection with the association's mutual to stock conversion.
The Savings Bank may make a capital distribution without OTS approval
provided that the Savings Bank notify the OTS 30 days before it declares the
capital distribution and that the following requirements are met: (i) the
Savings Bank has a regulatory rating in one of the two top examination
categories, (ii) the Savings Bank is not of supervisory concern, and will
remain adequately or well capitalized, as defined in the OTS prompt corrective
action regulations, following the proposed distribution, and (iii) the
distribution does not exceed the Savings Bank's net income for the calendar
year-to-date plus retained net income for the previous two calendar years
(less any dividends previously paid). If the Savings Bank does not meet these
stated requirements, it must obtain the prior approval of the OTS before
declaring any proposed distributions.
In the event the Savings Bank's capital falls below its regulatory
requirements or the OTS notifies it that it is in need of more than normal
supervision, the Savings Bank's ability to make capital distributions will be
restricted. In addition, no distribution will be made if the Savings Bank is
notified by the OTS that a proposed capital distribution would constitute an
unsafe and unsound practice, which would otherwise be permitted by the
regulation.
Loans to One Borrower. Federal law provides that savings institutions
are generally subject to the national bank limit on loans to one borrower. A
savings institution may not make a loan or extend credit to a single or
related group of borrowers in excess of 15% of its unimpaired capital and
surplus. An additional amount may be lent, equal to 10% of unimpaired capital
and surplus, if secured by specified readily-marketable collateral. At
December 31, 1999, the Savings Bank's limit on loans to one borrower was $1.9
million. At December 31, 1999, the Savings Bank's largest single loan to one
borrower was $1.4 million, which was performing according to its original
terms.
Activities of Associations and Their Subsidiaries. When a savings
association establishes or acquires a subsidiary or elects to conduct any new
activity through a subsidiary that the association controls, the savings
association must notify the FDIC and the OTS 30 days in advance and provide
the information each agency may, by regulation, require. Savings associations
also must conduct the activities of subsidiaries in accordance with existing
regulations and orders.
The OTS may determine that the continuation by a savings association of
its ownership control of, or its relationship to, the subsidiary constitutes a
serious risk to the safety, soundness or stability of the association or is
inconsistent with sound banking practices or with the purposes of the FDIA.
Based upon that determination, the FDIC
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or the OTS has the authority to order the savings association to divest itself
of control of the subsidiary. The FDIC also may determine by regulation or
order that any specific activity poses a serious threat to the SAIF. If so,
it may require that no SAIF member engage in that activity directly.
Transactions with Affiliates. Savings associations must comply with
Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act relative to transactions with
affiliates in the same manner and to the same extent as if the savings
association were a Federal Reserve member bank. Generally, transactions
between a savings association or its subsidiaries and its affiliates are
required to be on terms as favorable to the association as transactions with
non-affiliates. In addition, certain of these transactions, such as loans to
an affiliate, are restricted to a percentage of the association's capital.
Affiliates of the Savings Bank include the Corporation and any company which
is under common control with the Savings Bank. In addition, a savings
association may not lend to any affiliate engaged in activities not
permissible for a bank holding company or acquire the securities of most
affiliates. The OTS has the discretion to treat subsidiaries of savings
associations as affiliates on a case by case basis.
Certain transactions with directors, officers or controlling persons are
also subject to conflict of interest regulations enforced by the OTS. These
conflict of interest regulations and other statutes also impose restrictions
on loans to such persons and their related interests. Among other things,
such loans must be made on terms substantially the same as for loans to
unaffiliated individuals.
Community Reinvestment Act. Under the federal Community Reinvestment Act
("CRA"), all federally-insured financial institutions have a continuing and
affirmative obligation consistent with safe and sound operations to help meet
all the credit needs of its delineated community. The CRA does not establish
specific lending requirements or programs nor does it limit an institution's
discretion to develop the types of products and services that it believes are
best suited to meet all the credit needs of its delineated community. The CRA
requires the federal banking agencies, in connection with regulatory
examinations, to assess an institution's record of meeting the credit needs of
its delineated community and to take such record into account in evaluating
regulatory applications to establish a new branch office that will accept
deposits, relocate an existing office, or merge or consolidate with, or
acquire the assets or assume the liabilities of, a federally regulated
financial institution, among others. The CRA requires public disclosure of an
institution's CRA rating. The Savings Bank received a "satisfactory" rating
as a result of its latest evaluation.
Regulatory and Criminal Enforcement Provisions. The OTS has primary
enforcement responsibility over savings institutions and has the authority to
bring action against all "institution-affiliated parties," including
stockholders, and any attorneys, appraisers and accountants who knowingly or
recklessly participate in wrongful action likely to have an adverse effect on
an insured institution. Formal enforcement action may range from the issuance
of a capital directive or cease and desist order to removal of officers or
directors, receivership, conservatorship or termination of deposit insurance.
Civil penalties cover a wide range of violations and can amount to $27,500 per
day, or $1.1 million per day in especially egregious cases. Under the FDIA,
the FDIC has the authority to recommend to the Director of the OTS that
enforcement action be taken with respect to a particular savings institution.
If action is not taken by the Director, the FDIC has authority to take such
action under certain circumstances. Federal law also establishes criminal
penalties for certain violations.
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Savings and Loan Holding Company Regulations
The Corporation is a unitary savings and loan holding company subject to
regulatory oversight of the OTS. Accordingly, the Corporation is required to
register and file reports with the OTS and is subject to regulation and
examination by the OTS. In addition, the OTS has enforcement authority over
the Corporation and its non-savings association subsidiaries which also
permits the OTS to restrict or prohibit activities that are determined to
present a serious risk to the subsidiary savings association.
Acquisitions. Federal law and OTS regulations issued thereunder
generally prohibit a savings and loan holding company, without prior OTS
approval, from acquiring more than 5% of the voting stock of any other savings
association or savings and loan holding company or controlling the assets
thereof. They also prohibit, among other things, any director or officer of a
savings and loan holding company, or any individual who owns or controls more
than 25% of the voting shares of such holding company, from acquiring control
of any savings association not a subsidiary of such savings and loan holding
company, unless the acquisition is approved by the OTS.
Activities. As a unitary savings and loan holding company, the
Corporation generally is not subject to activity restrictions. If the
Corporation acquires control of another savings association as a separate
subsidiary other than in a supervisory acquisition, it would become a multiple
savings and loan holding company and the activities of the Savings Bank and
any other subsidiaries (other than the Savings Bank or any other SAIF insured
savings association) would generally become subject to additional
restrictions. There generally are more restrictions on the activities of a
multiple savings and loan holding company than on those of a unitary savings
and loan holding company. Federal law provides that, among other things, no
multiple savings and loan holding company or subsidiary thereof which is not
an insured association shall commence or continue for more than two years
after becoming a multiple savings and loan association holding company or
subsidiary thereof, any business activity other than: (i) furnishing or
performing management services for a subsidiary insured institution, (ii)
conducting an insurance agency or escrow business, (iii) holding, managing, or
liquidating assets owned by or acquired from a subsidiary insured institution,
(iv) holding or managing properties used or occupied by a subsidiary insured
institution, (v) acting as trustee under deeds of trust, (vi) those activities
previously directly authorized by regulation as of March 5, 1987 to be engaged
in by multiple holding companies or (vii) those activities authorized by the
Federal Reserve Board as permissible for bank holding companies, unless the
OTS by regulation, prohibits or limits such activities for savings and loan
holding companies. Those activities described in (vii) above also must be
approved by the OTS prior to being engaged in by a multiple savings and loan
holding company.
Qualified Thrift Lender Test. If the Savings Bank fails the qualified
thrift lender test, within one year the Corporation must register as, and will
become subject to, the significant activity restrictions applicable to bank
holding companies. See "-- Federal Regulation of Savings Associations
Qualified Thrift Lender Test" for information regarding the Savings Bank's
qualified thrift lender test.
TAXATION
Federal Taxation
General. The Company and the Savings Bank report their income on a
fiscal year basis using the accrual method of accounting and are subject to
federal income taxation in the same manner as other corporations with some
exceptions, including particularly the Savings Bank's reserve for bad debts
discussed below. The following discussion of tax matters is intended only as
a summary and does not purport to be a comprehensive description of the tax
rules applicable to the Savings Bank or the Company.
Bad Debt Reserve. Historically, savings institutions such as the Savings
Bank which met certain definitional tests primarily related to their assets
and the nature of their business ("qualifying thrift") were permitted to
establish a reserve for bad debts and to make annual additions thereto, which
may have been deducted in arriving at their taxable
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income. The Savings Bank's deductions with respect to "qualifying real
property loans," which are generally loans secured by certain interest in real
property, were computed using an amount based on the Savings Bank's actual
loss experience, or a percentage equal to 8% of the Savings Bank's taxable
income, computed with certain modifications and reduced by the amount of any
permitted additions to the non-qualifying reserve. Due to the Savings Bank's
loss experience, the Savings Bank generally recognized a bad debt deduction
equal to 8% of taxable income.
The thrift bad debt rules were revised by Congress in 1996. The new
rules eliminated the 8% of taxable income method for deducting additions to
the tax bad debt reserves for all thrifts for tax years beginning after
December 31, 1995. These rules also required that all institutions recapture
all or a portion of their bad debt reserves added since the base year (last
taxable year beginning before January 1, 1988). The Savings Bank has no
post-1987 reserves subject to recapture. For taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995, the Savings Bank's bad debt deduction will be determined
under the experience method using a formula based on actual bad debt
experience over a period of years. The unrecaptured base year reserves will
not be subject to recapture as long as the institution continues to carry on
the business of banking. In addition, the balance of the pre-1988 bad debt
reserves continue to be subject to provisions of present law referred to below
that require recapture in the case of certain excess distributions to
shareholders.
Distributions. To the extent that the Savings Bank makes "nondividend
distributions" to the Company, such distributions will be considered to result
in distributions from the balance of its bad debt reserve as of December 31,
1987 (or a lesser amount if the Savings Bank's loan portfolio decreased since
December 31, 1987) and then from the supplemental reserve for losses on loans
("Excess Distributions"), and an amount based on the Excess Distributions will
be included in the Savings Bank's taxable income. Nondividend distributions
include distributions in excess of the Savings Bank's current and accumulated
earnings and profits, distributions in redemption of stock and distributions
in partial or complete liquidation. However, dividends paid out of the
Savings Bank's current or accumulated earnings and profits, as calculated for
federal income tax purposes, will not be considered to result in a
distribution from the Savings Bank's bad debt reserve. The amount of
additional taxable income created from an Excess Distribution is an amount
that, when reduced by the tax attributable to the income, is equal to the
amount of the distribution. Thus, if, after the Conversion, the Savings Bank
makes a "nondividend distribution," then approximately one and one-half times
the Excess Distribution would be includable in gross income for federal income
tax purposes, assuming a 34% corporate income tax rate (exclusive of state and
local taxes). See "Regulation" for limits on the payment of dividends by the
Savings Bank. The Savings Bank does not intend to pay dividends that would
result in a recapture of any portion of its tax bad debt reserve.
Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax. The Code imposes a tax on alternative
minimum taxable income ("AMTI") at a rate of 20%. The excess of the tax bad
debt reserve deduction using the percentage of taxable income method over the
deduction that would have been allowable under the experience method is
treated as a preference item for purposes of computing the AMTI. In addition,
only 90% of AMTI can be offset by net operating loss carryovers. AMTI is
increased by an amount equal to 75% of the amount by which the Savings Bank's
adjusted current earnings exceeds its AMTI (determined without regard to this
preference and prior to reduction for net operating losses). For taxable
years beginning after December 31, 1986, and before January 1, 1996, an
environmental tax of 0.12% of the excess of AMTI (with certain modification)
over $2.0 million is imposed on corporations, including the Savings Bank,
whether or not an Alternative Minimum Tax is paid.
Dividends-Received Deduction. The Company may exclude from its income
100% of dividends received from the Savings Bank as a member of the same
affiliated group of corporations. The corporate dividends-received deduction
is generally 70% in the case of dividends received from unaffiliated
corporations with which the Company and the Savings Bank will not file a
consolidated tax return, except that if the Company or the Savings Bank owns
more than 20% of the stock of a corporation distributing a dividend, then 80%
of any dividends received may be deducted.
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State Taxation
The Alaska state income tax rate applicable to the Savings Bank is based
on a graduated tax rate schedule, with a maximum rate of 9.4% on income over
$90,000. There have not been any audits of the Savings Bank's state tax
returns during the past five years.
Audits
The Corporation's income tax returns have not been audited by federal or
state authorities within the last five years. For additional information
regarding income taxes, see Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Subsidiary Activities
As of December 31, 1999, Alaska Pacific did not own any active
subsidiaries.
Personnel
As of December 31, 1999, the Savings Bank had 60 full-time and 11
part-time employees, none of whom are represented by a collective bargaining
unit. The Savings Bank believes its relationship with its employees is good.
Competition
Alaska Pacific faces strong competition in its primary market area for
the attraction of deposits (its primary source of lendable funds) and in the
origination of loans. Its most direct competition for deposits has
historically come from commercial banks and credit unions operating in its
primary market area. The Savings Bank competes with four commercial banks
including one Southeast Alaska based community bank and three statewide
regional banks and six credit unions in its primary market area. Particularly
in times of high interest rates, Alaska Pacific has faced additional
significant competition for investors' funds from short-term money market
securities, other corporate and government securities and credit unions. The
Savings Bank's competition for loans also comes from mortgage bankers. This
competition for deposits and the origination of loans may limit Alaska
Pacific's future growth.
Item 2. Description of Properties
The following table sets forth certain information regarding Alaska
Pacific's offices at December 31, 1999.
Approximate
Location Year Opened Square Footage Deposits
- -------- ----------- -------------- --------
(In
thousands)
Main Office:
Nugget Mall Office (1) 1984 16,000 $38,888
2094 Jordan Avenue, 2nd Floor
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Branch Offices:
301 N. Franklin Street 1960 6,268 28,810
Juneau, Alaska 99801
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Approximate
Location Year Opened Square Footage Deposits
- -------- ----------- -------------- --------
(In
thousands)
11800 Glacier Highway(2) 1999 1,000 $ 281
Juneau, Alaska 99801
400 Mission Street 1974 5,300 14,917
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
2442 Tongass Avenue (3) 1997 1,550 2,298
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
101 Lake Street (4) 1978 3,326 13,696
Sitka, Alaska 99835
219 Front Street (5) 1999 1,200 3,657
Wrangell, Alaska 99929
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(1) Lease expires in January 2009, with one 10-year option to renew.
(2) Alaska Pacific is renting this property on a month-to-month basis,
pending the outcome of lease negotiations.
(3) Lease expires in November 2002, with four three-year options to renew.
(4) Lease expires in May 2003, with option to renew for an unspecified term.
(5) Lease expires in January 2004.
Alaska Pacific maintains three automated teller machines including one at
the Nugget Mall adjacent to the Juneau office, one at the Juneau airport and
one at the Sitka branch office. At December 31, 1999, the net book value of
Alaska Pacific's properties and its fixtures, furniture and equipment was $3.7
million.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
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Periodically, there have been various claims and lawsuits involving the
Savings Bank, mainly as a defendant, such as claims to enforce liens,
condemnation proceedings on properties in which the Savings Bank holds
security interests, claims involving the making and servicing of real property
loans and other issues incident to the Savings Bank's business. The Savings
Bank is not a party to any pending legal proceedings that it believes would
have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or operations of the
Savings Bank.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the
quarter ended December 31, 1999.
PART II
Item 5. Market for the Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
The information contained in the section captioned "Common Stock
Information" in the Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
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The information contained in the section captioned "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in
the Annual Report is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 7. Financial Statements
Independent Auditors Report*
(a) Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31,
1999 and 1998
(b) Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31,
1999 and 1998
(c) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity For the Years Ended
December 31, 1999 and 1998
(d) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows For the Years Ended December
31, 1999 and 1998
(e) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
* Contained in the Annual Report filed as an exhibit hereto and
incorporated herein by reference. All schedules have been omitted as the
required information is either inapplicable or contained in the
consolidated Financial Statements or related Notes contained in the
Annual Report.
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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No disagreement with the Corporation's independent accountants on
accounting and financial disclosure has occurred during the two most recent
fiscal years.
PART III
Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
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The information contained under the section captioned "Proposal I --
Election of Directors" in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
executive officers of the Corporation and the Savings Bank.
Executive Officers. The executive officers of the Corporation and the
Savings Bank are as follows:
Age at
December 31, Position
Name 1999 ------------------------------------------------
- ---- ---- Corporation Savings Bank
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Craig E. Dahl 50 Director, President Director, President
and Chief Executive and Chief Executive
Officer Officer
Lisa Corrigan Bell 40 Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
and Chief Operating and Chief Operating
Officer Officer
Roger K. White 49 Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Financial
and Secretary Officer
The following is a description of the principal occupation and employment
of the executive officers of the Corporation and the Savings Bank during at
least the past five years:
Craig E. Dahl joined the Savings Bank in 1992 and is the former President
of the B.M. Behrends Banks in Juneau, Alaska.
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Lisa Corrigan Bell joined the Bank in 1992 and has been Senior Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer since 1996. Ms. Bell has served in
various positions of increasing responsibility at Alaska Pacific since 1992.
Roger K. White joined the Bank in 1995. Prior to that time, Mr. White
served as Vice President and Controller of Puget Sound Bancorp, Tacoma,
Washington.
Reference is made to the cover page of this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB,
and the information under the section captioned "Compliance with Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act" in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference, with regard to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 10. Executive Compensation
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The information contained under the section captioned "Proposal I --
Election of Directors" in the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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(a) Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
Information required by this item is incorporated herein by
reference to the section captioned "Security Ownership of Certain
Beneficial Owners and Management" of the Proxy Statement.
(b) Security Ownership of Management
Information required by this item is incorporated herein by
reference to the sections captioned and "Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" and "Proposal I -
Election of Directors" of the Proxy Statement.
(c) Changes in Control
The Corporation is not aware of any arrangements, including any
pledge by any person of securities of the Corporation, the
operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in
control of the Corporation.
Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
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The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference
to the section captioned "Proposal I -- Election of Directors -- Transactions
with Management."
Item 13. Exhibits, List and Reports on Form 8-K
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(a) Exhibits
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (333-74827))
3.2 Bylaws of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (333-74827))
10.1 Employment Agreement with Craig E. Dahl
10.2 Severance Agreement with Roger K. White
(continued on following page)
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(a) Exhibits (continued)
10.3 Severance Agreement with Lisa Corrigan Bell
10.4 Severance Agreement with Thomas C. Sullivan
10.5 Severance Agreement with Cheryl A. Crawford
10.6 Severance Agreement with Patrick H. Wonser
10.7 Severance Agreement with Sheri A. Vidic
10.8 Severance Agreement with Tammi L. Knight
10.9 Alaska Federal Savings Bank 401(k) Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the registrant's Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (333-74827))
10.10 Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
10.11 Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Employee Severance
Compensation Plan
13 Annual Report to Stockholders
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant
27 Financial Data Schedule
(b) Report on Form 8-K
No Forms 8-K were filed during the quarter ended December 31, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
Date: March 30, 2000 By: /s/Craig E. Dahl
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Craig E. Dahl
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/Craig E. Dahl March 30, 2000
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Craig E. Dahl
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
By: /s/Roger K. White March 30, 2000
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Roger K. White
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
By: /s/Avrum A. Gross March 30, 2000
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Avrum A. Gross
Chairman of the Board and Director
By: /s/Roger Grummett March 30, 2000
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Roger Grummett
Director
By: /s/Hugh N. Grant March 30, 2000
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Hugh N. Grant
Director
By: /s/Deborah E. Marshall March 30, 2000
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Deborah Marshall
Director
By: /s/D. Eric McDowell March 30, 2000
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D. Eric McDowell
Director
By: /s/William J. Schmitz March 30, 2000
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William J. Schmitz
Director
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Exhibit 10.1
Employment Agreement with Craig E. Dahl
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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as
of this 25th day of January, 2000 by and between Alaska Pacific Bancshares,
Inc. (the "Company"), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Alaska Pacific Bank
(the "Bank"), and Craig E. Dahl (the "Employee").
WHEREAS, the Employee is currently serving as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and of the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Employee has made and will continue to make a major
contribution to the success of the Company and the Bank in the position of
President and Chief Executive Officer;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company and the board of directors
of the Bank (collectively, the "Board of Directors") recognize that the
possibility of a change in control of the Bank or the Company may exist and
that such possibility, and the uncertainty and questions which may arise among
management, may result in the departure or distraction of key management to
the detriment of the Company, the Bank and their respective stockholders;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors believes that it is in the best interests
of the Company and the Bank for the Company and the Bank to enter into this
Agreement with the Employee in order to assure continuity of management of the
Company and its subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has approved and authorized the execution
of this Agreement with the Employee;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (1) an event of a nature
that results in the acquisition of control of the Company or the Bank within
the meaning of the Savings and Loan Holding Company Act under 12 U.S.C.
Section 1467a and 12 C.F.R. Part 574 (or any successor statute or regulation)
or requires the filing of a notice with the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation under 12 U.S.C. Section 1817(j) (or any successor statute or
regulation); (2) an event that would be required to be reported in response to
Item 1 of the current report on Form 8-K, as in effect on the Effective Date,
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"); (3) any person (as the term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly of securities of the
Company or the Bank representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of
the Company's or the Bank's outstanding securities; (4) individuals who are
members of the board of directors of the Company immediately following the
Effective Date or who are members of the board of directors of the Bank
immediately following the Effective Date (in each case, the "Incumbent Board")
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that
any person becoming a director subsequently whose election was approved by a
vote of at least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent
Board, or whose nomination for election by
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the Company's or the Bank's stockholders was approved by the nominating
committee serving under an Incumbent Board, shall be considered a member of
the Incumbent Board; or (5) consummation of a plan of reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
or a similar transaction in which the Company is not the resulting entity, or
a transaction at the completion of which the former stockholders of the
acquired corporation become the holders of more than 40% of the outstanding
common stock of the Company and the Company is the resulting entity of such
transaction; provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company (or its successors) that are part of the
affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that
includes the Bank.
(c) The term "Date of Termination" means the date upon which the
Employee's employment with the Company or the Bank or both ceases, as
specified in a notice of termination pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement.
(d) The term "Effective Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(e) The term "Involuntary Termination" means the termination of the
employment of Employee (i) by either the Company or the Bank or both without
his express written consent; or (ii) by the Employee by reason of a material
diminution of or interference with his duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following actions unless consented
to in writing by the Employee: (1) a requirement that the Employee be based
at any place other than Juneau, Alaska, or within a radius of 35 miles from
the location of the Company's administrative offices as of the date of this
Agreement, except for reasonable travel on Company or Bank business; (2) a
material demotion of the Employee; (3) a material reduction in the number or
seniority of personnel reporting to the Employee or a material reduction in
the frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with respect to
which such personnel are to report to the Employee, other than as part of a
Bank- or Company-wide reduction in staff; (4) a reduction in the Employee's
salary or a material adverse change in the Employee's perquisites, benefits,
contingent benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall program
applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of the senior
management of the Bank or the Company; (5) a material permanent increase in
the required hours of work or the workload of the Employee; or (6) the failure
of the board of directors of the Company (or a board of directors of a
successor of the Company) to elect him as President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company (or a successor of the Company) or any action by the
board of directors of the Company (or a board of directors of a successor of
the Company) removing him from such office, or the failure of the board of
directors of the Bank (or any successor of the Bank) to elect him as President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank (or any successor of the Bank) or any
action by such board (or a board of a successor of the Bank) removing him from
such office. The term "Involuntary Termination" does not include Termination
for Cause, termination of employment due to death or permanent disability
pursuant to Section 7(f) of this
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Agreement, retirement or suspension or temporary or permanent prohibition from
participation in the conduct of the Bank's affairs under Section 8 of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
(f) The terms "Termination for Cause" and "Terminated For Cause"
mean termination of the employment of the Employee with either the Company or
the Bank, as the case may be, because of the Employee's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or (except as provided
below) material breach of any provision of this Agreement. The Employee
shall not be deemed to have been Terminated for Cause unless and until there
shall have been delivered to the Employee a copy of a resolution, duly adopted
by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership
of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board duly called and held for
such purpose (after reasonable notice to the Employee and an opportunity for
the Employee, together with the Employee's counsel, to be heard before the
Board), stating that in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors the
Employee has engaged in conduct described in the preceding sentence and
specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be a period of three years
commencing on the Effective Date, subject to earlier termination as provided
herein. Beginning on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, and on each
anniversary thereafter, the term of this Agreement may be extended for a
period of one year in addition to the then-remaining term, provided that prior
to such anniversary, the Board of Directors explicitly reviews and approves
the extension. Reference herein to the term of this Agreement shall refer to
both such initial term and such extended terms.
3. Employment. The Employee shall be employed as the President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Bank. As such, the Employee shall have supervision
and control over the daily operations of the Company and the Bank, shall
render administrative and management services as are customarily performed by
persons situated in similar executive capacities, and shall have such other
powers and duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe from time to time.
The Employee shall also render services to any subsidiary or subsidiaries of
the Company or the Bank as requested by the Company or the Bank from time to
time consistent with his executive position.
4. Cash Compensation.
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(a) Salary. The Company and the Bank jointly agree to pay the
Employee during the term of this Agreement a base salary (the "Salary") the
annualized amount of which shall be not less than the annualized aggregate
amount of the Employee's base salary from the Company and any Consolidated
Subsidiaries in effect at the Effective Date; provided that any amounts of
salary actually paid to the Employee by any Consolidated Subsidiaries shall
reduce the amount to be paid by the Company and the Bank to the Employee. The
initial Salary shall be $110,000. The Salary shall be paid no less frequently
than monthly and shall be subject to customary tax withholding. The amount of
the Employee's Salary shall be increased (but shall not be decreased) from
time to time in accordance with the amounts of salary approved by the Board of
Directors or the board of directors
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of any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries after the Effective Date. The amount
of the Salary shall be reviewed by the Board of Directors at least annually
during the term of this Agreement.
(b) Bonuses. The Employee shall be entitled to participate in an
equitable manner with all other executive officers of the Company and the Bank
in such performance-based and discretionary bonuses, if any, as are authorized
and declared by the Board of Directors for executive officers.
(c) Expenses. The Employee shall be entitled to receive prompt
reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Employee in
performing services under this Agreement in accordance with the policies and
procedures applicable to the executive officers of the Company and the Bank,
provided that the Employee accounts for such expenses as required under such
policies and procedures.
5. Benefits.
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(a) Participation in Benefit Plans. The Employee shall be entitled
to participate, to the same extent as executive officers of the Company and
the Bank generally, in all plans of the Company and the Bank relating to
pension, retirement, thrift, profit-sharing, savings, group or other life
insurance, hospitalization, medical and dental coverage, travel and accident
insurance, education, cash bonuses, and other retirement or employee benefits
or combinations thereof. In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to be
considered for benefits under all of the stock and stock option related plans
in which the Company's or the Bank's executive officers are eligible or become
eligible to participate.
(b) Fringe Benefits. The Employee shall be eligible to participate
in, and receive benefits under, any other fringe benefit plans or perquisites
which are or may become generally available to the Company's or the Bank's
executive officers, including but not limited to supplemental retirement,
incentive compensation, supplemental medical or life insurance plans, company
cars, club dues, physical examinations, financial planning and tax preparation
services.
6. Vacations; Leave. The Employee shall be entitled (i) to annual paid
vacation in accordance with the policies established by the Board of Directors
for executive officers, and (ii) to voluntary leaves of absence, with or
without pay, from time to time at such times and upon such conditions as the
Board of Directors may determine in its discretion.
7. Termination of Employment.
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(a) Involuntary Termination. The Board of Directors may
terminate the Employee's employment at any time, but, except in the case of
Termination for Cause, termination of employment shall not prejudice the
Employee's right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement. In
the event of Involuntary Termination other than after a Change in Control
which occurs during the term of this Agreement, the Company and the Bank
jointly shall (i) pay to the Employee during the remaining term of this
Agreement the Salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Date of
Termination, payable in such manner and at such times as the Salary would have
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been payable to the Employee under Section 4(a) if the Employee had continued
to be employed by the Company and the Bank, and (ii) provide to the Employee
during the remaining term of this Agreement substantially the same group life
insurance, hospitalization, medical, dental, prescription drug and other
health benefits, and long-term disability insurance (if any) for the benefit
of the Employee and his dependents and beneficiaries who would have been
eligible for such benefits if the Employee had not suffered Involuntary
Termination, on terms substantially as favorable to the Employee, including
amounts of coverage and deductibles and other costs to him, as if he had not
suffered Involuntary Termination.
(b) Termination for Cause. In the event of Termination for
Cause, the Company and the Bank shall pay to the Employee the Salary and
provide benefits under this Agreement only through the Date of Termination,
and shall have no further obligation to the Employee under this Agreement.
(c) Voluntary Termination. The Employee's employment may be
voluntarily terminated by the Employee at any time upon 90 days' written
notice to the Company and the Bank or such shorter period as may be agreed
upon between the Employee and the Board of Directors. In the event of such
voluntary termination, the Company and the Bank shall be obligated jointly to
continue to pay to the Employee the Salary and provide benefits under this
Agreement only through the Date of Termination, at the time such payments are
due, and shall have no further obligation to the Employee under this
Agreement.
(d) Change in Control. In the event of Involuntary Termination
after a Change in Control which occurs at any time following the Effective
Date while the Employee is employed under this Agreement, the Company and the
Bank jointly shall (i) pay to the Employee in a lump sum in cash within 25
business days after the Date of Termination an amount equal to 299% of the
Employee's "base amount" as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and (ii) provide to the Employee during
the remaining term of this Agreement substantially the same group life
insurance, hospitalization, medical, dental, prescription drug and other
health benefits, and long-term disability insurance (if any) for the benefit
of the Employee and his dependents and beneficiaries who would have been
eligible for such benefits if the Employee had not suffered Involuntary
Termination, on terms substantially as favorable to the Employee, including
amounts of coverage and deductibles and other costs to him, as if he had not
suffered Involuntary Termination.
(e) Death. In the event of the death of the Employee while
employed under this Agreement and prior to any termination of employment, the
Company and the Bank jointly shall pay to the Employee's estate, or such
person as the Employee may have previously designated in writing, the Salary
which was not previously paid to the Employee and which he would have earned
if he had continued to be employed under this Agreement through the last day
of the calendar month in which the Employee died, together with the benefits
provided hereunder through such date.
(f) Disability. If the Employee becomes entitled to benefits
under the terms of the then-current disability plan, if any, of the Company or
the Bank (the "Disability Plan") or becomes otherwise unable to fulfill his
duties under this Agreement, he shall be entitled to receive such group
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and other disability benefits, if any, as are then provided by the Company or
the Bank for executive employees. In the event of such disability, this
Agreement shall not be suspended, except that (i) the obligation to pay the
Salary to the Employee shall be reduced in accordance with the amount of
disability income benefits received by the Employee, if any, pursuant to this
paragraph such that, on an after-tax basis, the Employee shall realize from
the sum of disability income benefits and the Salary the same amount as he
would realize on an after-tax basis from the Salary if the obligation to pay
the Salary were not reduced pursuant to this Section 7(f); and (ii) upon a
resolution adopted by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors, the Company and the Bank may discontinue payment of the Salary
beginning six months following a determination that the Employee has become
entitled to benefits under the Disability Plan or otherwise unable to fulfill
his duties under this Agreement.
(g) Temporary Suspension or Prohibition. If the Employee is
suspended and/or temporarily prohibited from participating in the conduct of
the Bank's affairs by a notice served under Section 8(e)(3) or (g)(1) of the
FDIA, 12 U.S.C. Section 1818(e)(3) and (g)(1), the Bank's obligations under
this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed by
appropriate proceedings. If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the Bank
may in its discretion (1) pay the Employee all or part of the compensation
withheld while its obligations under this Agreement were suspended and (ii)
reinstate in whole or in part any of its obligations which were suspended.
(h) Permanent Suspension or Prohibition. If the Employee is
removed and/or permanently prohibited from participating in the conduct of the
Bank's affairs by an order issued under Section 8(e)(4) or (g)(1) of the FDIA,
12 U.S.C. Section 1818(e)(4) and (g)(1), all obligations of the Bank under this
Agreement shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested
rights of the contracting parties shall not be affected.
(i) Default of the Bank. If the Bank is in default (as defined
in Section 3(x)(1) of the FDIA), all obligations under this Agreement shall
terminate as of the date of default, but this provision shall not affect any
vested rights of the contracting parties.
(j) Termination by Regulators. All obligations under this
Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent determined that
continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the continued operation of the
Bank: (1) by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (the
"Director") or his or her designee, at the time the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation enters into an agreement to provide assistance to or on behalf of
the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of the FDIA; or (2) by
the Director or his or her designee, at the time the Director or his or her
designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related to
operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by the Director to be in
an unsafe or unsound condition. Any rights of the parties that have already
vested, however, shall not be affected by any such action.
(k) Reductions of Benefits. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, if payments and the value of benefits received or to be
received under this Agreement, together with any other amounts and the value
of benefits received or to be received by the Employee, would cause any amount
to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries for
federal
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income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code, then
payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be reduced (not less than
zero) to the extent necessary so as to maximize amounts and the value of
benefits to be received by the Employee without causing any amount to become
nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code. The
Employee shall determine the allocation of such reduction among payments and
benefits to the Employee.
(l) Further Reductions. Any payments made to the Executive
pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon
their compliance with 12 U.S.C. 1828(k) and any regulations promulgated
thereunder.
8. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Company or the Bank, or
both, desire to terminate the employment of the Employee during the term of
this Agreement, the Company or the Bank, or both, shall deliver to the
Employee a written notice of termination, stating whether such termination
constitutes Termination for Cause or Involuntary Termination, setting forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are the basis for the
termination, and specifying the date upon which employment shall terminate,
which date shall be at least 30 days after the date upon which the notice is
delivered, except in the case of Termination for Cause. In the event that the
Employee determines in good faith that he has experienced an Involuntary
Termination of his employment, he shall send a written notice to the Company
and the Bank stating the circumstances that constitute such Involuntary
Termination and the date upon which his employment shall have ceased due to
such Involuntary Termination. In the event that the Employee desires to
effect a Voluntary Termination, he shall deliver a written notice to the
Company and the Bank, stating the date upon which employment shall terminate,
which date shall be at least 90 days after the date upon which the notice is
delivered, unless the parties agree to a date sooner.
9. Attorneys' Fees. The Company and the Bank jointly shall pay all legal
fees and related expenses (including the costs of experts, evidence and
counsel) incurred by the Employee as a result of (i) the Employee's contesting
or disputing any termination of employment, or (ii) the Employee's seeking to
obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or by any
other plan or arrangement maintained by the Company or the Bank (or a
successor) or the Consolidated Subsidiaries under which the Employee is or may
be entitled to receive benefits; provided that the Company's and the Bank's
obligation to pay such fees and expenses is subject to the Employee prevailing
in any legal judgment or arbitration, with respect to the matters in dispute
in any action initiated by the Employee or the Employee's having been
determined to have acted reasonably and in good faith with respect to any
action initiated by the Company or the Bank.
10. No Assignments.
(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
no party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without first obtaining the written consent of the other parties; provided,
however, that the Company and the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Employee,
to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and
to the same extent that the Company and/or the Bank would be required to
perform it if no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure to
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obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Employee to compensation and benefits from the Company and the Bank in the
same amount and on the same terms as the compensation pursuant to Section 7(d)
of this Agreement. For purposes of implementing the provisions of this
Section 10(a), the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall
be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Employee hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Employee's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees.
11. Notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other
communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the Company and Bank at
their home offices, to the attention of the Board of Directors with a copy to
the Secretary of the Company and the Secretary of the Bank, or, if to the
Employee, to such home or other address as the Employee has most recently
provided in writing to the Company or the Bank.
12. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
13. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely
for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
14. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
15. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska.
16. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration in
accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in
effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's award in any court having
jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but the decision
is not binding on the OTS.
17. Deferral of Non-Deductible Compensation. In the event that the
Employee's aggregate compensation (including compensatory benefits which are
deemed remuneration for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code) from the
Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for any calendar year exceeds the
maximum amount of compensation deductible by the Company or any of the
Consolidated Subsidiaries in any calendar year under Section 162(m) of the
Code (the "maximum allowable amount"), then any such amount in excess of the
maximum allowable amount shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon
at 8% per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the
Employee in such calendar year, including deferred amounts and interest
thereon,
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does not exceed the maximum allowable amount. Subject to the foregoing,
deferred amounts including interest thereon shall be payable at the earliest
time permissible.
18. Obligations With Respect to Payments By Employers. The Company
shall reimburse the Bank promptly for its pro rata portion of the expenses
attributable to compensation paid to the Employee, based on the services he
provides to the Company. The amount of such reimbursement shall be equal to
Employee's compensation paid by the Bank pursuant to this Agreement multiplied
by the fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days such
person devoted to the activities of the Company and the denominator of which
shall be three hundred and sixty-five (365) days. Each of the Bank and the
Company will act independently and no action by one will increase the
financial obligation of the other. Therefore, any involuntary termination of
Employee by the Company will not result in a payment by the Bank absent other
action by the Bank.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
/s/Roger K. White /s/Avrum Gross
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Roger K. White, Secretary By: Avrum Gross
Its:Chairman of the Board of Directors
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Roger K. White /s/Avrum Gross
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Roger K. White, Secretary By: Avrum Gross
Its:Chairman of the Board of Directors
EMPLOYEE
/s/Craig E. Dahl
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Craig E. Dahl
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Exhibit 10.2
Severance Agreement with Roger K. White
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 25th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Roger K. White (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date
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(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the
Commencement Date whose election was approved by a vote of at least
three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board or whose
nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by the
nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as
a result of a change at the direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the
Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, other than (1) a merger or consolidation which would result in
the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or
consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or
similar transaction) in which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more
than 25% of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
securities; or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (or any
transaction having a similar effect); provided that the term "Change in
Control" shall not include an acquisition of securities by an employee benefit
plan of the Bank or the Company or a change in the composition of the Board at
the direction of the OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect
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when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and continue the
Executive as a participant in all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which
the Executive was participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was
given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Section
1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location
not within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that he
substantially increase his travel on Company or Bank
business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of
personnel reporting to the Executive or a material
reduction in the frequency with which, or in the nature
of the matters with respect to which such personnel are
to report to the Executive, other than as part of a
Company-wide or Bank-wide reduction in staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material
adverse change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits,
contingent benefits or vacation, other than as part of an
overall program applied uniformly and with equitable
effect to all members of the senior management of the
Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of
work or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory
agreement from any successor to assume the obligations
and liabilities under this Agreement, as contemplated in
Section 5(a) hereof; or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment,
except for Termination for Cause, that is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
requirements of Section 4 hereof (and, if applicable,
the requirements of Section 1(g) hereof), which purported
termination shall not be effective for purposes of this
Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of three years
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the third
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive his salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 36 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and his eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 299% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the value of benefits received or to be
received by the Executive, would cause any amount to be nondeductible by the
Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries for federal income tax
purposes pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code, then payments
and benefits under this Agreement shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the
extent necessary so as to maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be
received by the Executive without causing any amount to become nondeductible
pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall
determine the allocation of such reduction among payments and benefits to the
Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate his
employment and determines in good faith that he has experienced Good Reason to
terminate his employment, he shall send a written notice to the Bank stating
the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate his employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the
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Bank in the same amount and on the same terms that he would be entitled to
hereunder if he terminated his employment for Good Reason, in addition to any
payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled under Section 3
hereof. For purposes of implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the
date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date
of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Roger K. White
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
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9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely
for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of his rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ------------------------ By: Avrum Gross
- ------------------------ Its: Chairman of the Board of Direcctors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Roger K. White
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Roger K. White
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit 10.3
Severance Agreement with Lisa Corrigan Bell
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 25th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Lisa Corrigan Bell (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date
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(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the
Commencement Date whose election was approved by a vote of at least
three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board or whose
nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by the
nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as
a result of a change at the direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the
Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, other than (1) a merger or consolidation which would result in
the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or
consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or
similar transaction) in which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more
than 25% of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding
securities; or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete
liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (or any
transaction having a similar effect); provided that the term "Change in
Control" shall not include an acquisition of securities by an employee benefit
plan of the Bank or the Company or a change in the composition of the Board at
the direction of the OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect
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when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and continue the
Executive as a participant in all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which
the Executive was participating when the notice giving rise to the dispute was
given, until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Section
1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that she substantially
increase her travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the Executive,
other than as part of a Company-wide or Bank-wide reduction in
staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall program
applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of
the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement from
any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities under
this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof; or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment, except
for Termination for Cause, that is not effected pursuant to a
Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 4
hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section 1(g)
hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for
purposes of this Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of three years
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the third
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate her employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive her salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 36 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and her eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 299% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the value of benefits received or to be
received by the Executive, would cause any amount to be nondeductible by the
Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries for federal income tax
purposes pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code, then payments
and benefits under this Agreement shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the
extent necessary so as to maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be
received by the Executive without causing any amount to become nondeductible
pursuant to or by reason of Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall
determine the allocation of such reduction among payments and benefits to the
Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate her
employment and determines in good faith that she has experienced Good Reason
to terminate her employment, she shall send a written notice to the Bank
stating the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of
Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate her employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the
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Bank in the same amount and on the same terms that she would be entitled to
hereunder if she terminated her employment for Good Reason, in addition to any
payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled under Section 3
hereof. For purposes of implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the
date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date
of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Lisa Corrigan Bell
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
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9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely
for convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of her rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ----------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ----------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Lisa Corrigan Bell
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Lisa Corrigan Bell
Senior Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer
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Exhibit 10.4
Severance Agreement with Thomas C. Sullivan
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 14th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Thomas C. Sullivan (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Vice President and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided
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that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Commencement Date whose
election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board or whose nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by the nominating committee serving under
an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as a result of a change at the
direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (1) a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or consolidation effected
to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 25% of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect); provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and
continue the Executive as a participant in
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all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which the Executive was participating
when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is
finally resolved in accordance with this Section 1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that he substantially
increase his travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the
Executive, other than as part of a Company-wide or Bank-wide
reduction in staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall
program applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all
members of the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement
from any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities
under this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof;
or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment,
except for Termination for Cause, that is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
requirements of Section 4 hereof (and, if applicable,
the requirements of Section 1(g) hereof), which purported
termination shall not be effective for purposes of this
Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one year
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the one
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive his salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 12 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and his eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 100% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the
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value of benefits received or to be received by the Executive, would cause any
amount to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement
shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to
maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be received by the Executive
without causing any amount to become nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall determine the allocation of
such reduction among payments and benefits to the Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate his
employment and determines in good faith that he has experienced Good Reason to
terminate his employment, he shall send a written notice to the Bank stating
the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate his employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the Bank in the same amount
and on the same terms that he would be entitled to hereunder if he terminated
his employment for Good Reason, in addition to any payments and benefits to
which
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the Executive is entitled under Section 3 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Thomas C. Sullivan
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of his rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ---------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ---------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Thomas C. Sullivan
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Thomas C. Sullivan
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Exhibit 10.5
Severance Agreement with Cheryl A. Crawford
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 19th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Cheryl A. Crawford (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Vice President and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided
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that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Commencement Date whose
election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board or whose nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by the nominating committee serving under
an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as a result of a change at the
direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (1) a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or consolidation effected
to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 25% of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect); provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and
continue the Executive as a participant in
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all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which the Executive was participating
when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is
finally resolved in accordance with this Section 1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that she substantially
increase her travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the
Executive, other than as part of a Company-wide or Bank-wide
reduction in staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall program
applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of
the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement
from any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities
under this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof;
or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment,
except for Termination for Cause, that is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
requirements of Section 4 hereof (and, if applicable,
the requirements of Section 1(g) hereof), which purported
termination shall not be effective for purposes of this
Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one year
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the one
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate her employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive her salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 12 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and her eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 100% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the
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value of benefits received or to be received by the Executive, would cause any
amount to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement
shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to
maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be received by the Executive
without causing any amount to become nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall determine the allocation of
such reduction among payments and benefits to the Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate her
employment and determines in good faith that she has experienced Good Reason
to terminate her employment, she shall send a written notice to the Bank
stating the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of
Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate her employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the Bank in the same amount
and on the same terms that she would be entitled to hereunder if she
terminated her employment for Good Reason, in addition to any payments and
benefits to which
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the Executive is entitled under Section 3 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all
notices and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Cheryl A. Crawford
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of her rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ---------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ---------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Cheryl A. Crawford
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Cheryl A. Crawford
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Exhibit 10.6
Severance Agreement with Patrick H. Wonser
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 19th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Patrick H. Wonser (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Vice President and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided
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that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Commencement Date whose
election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board or whose nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by the nominating committee serving under
an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as a result of a change at the
direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (1) a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or consolidation effected
to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 25% of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect); provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and
continue the Executive as a participant in
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all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which the Executive was participating
when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is
finally resolved in accordance with this Section 1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that he substantially
increase his travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the Executive,
other than as part of a Company-wide or Bank-wide reduction in
staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall program
applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of
the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement from
any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities under
this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof; or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment, except
for Termination for Cause, that is not effected pursuant to a
Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 4
hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section 1(g)
hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for
purposes of this Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one year
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the one
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive his salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 12 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and his eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 100% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the
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value of benefits received or to be received by the Executive, would cause any
amount to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement
shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to
maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be received by the Executive
without causing any amount to become nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall determine the allocation of
such reduction among payments and benefits to the Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate his
employment and determines in good faith that he has experienced Good Reason to
terminate his employment, he shall send a written notice to the Bank stating
the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate his employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the Bank in the same amount
and on the same terms that he would be entitled to hereunder if he terminated
his employment for Good Reason, in addition to any payments and benefits to
which
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the Executive is entitled under Section 3 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Patrick H. Wonser
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of his rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ---------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ---------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Patrick H. Wonser
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Patrick H. Wonser
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Exhibit 10.7
Severance Agreement with Sheri A. Vidic
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 25yh day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Sheri A. Vidic (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Vice President and ;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided
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that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Commencement Date whose
election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board or whose nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by the nominating committee serving under
an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as a result of a change at the
direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (1) a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or consolidation effected
to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 25% of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect); provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and
continue the Executive as a participant in
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all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which the Executive was participating
when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is
finally resolved in accordance with this Section 1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that she substantially
increase her travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the
Executive, other than as part of a Company-wide or Bank-wide
reduction in staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall
program applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all
members of the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement from
any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities under
this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof; or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment, except
for Termination for Cause, that is not effected pursuant to a
Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of Section 4
hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section 1(g)
hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for
purposes of this Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one year
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the one
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate her employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive her salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 12 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and her eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 100% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the
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value of benefits received or to be received by the Executive, would cause any
amount to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement
shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to
maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be received by the Executive
without causing any amount to become nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall determine the allocation of
such reduction among payments and benefits to the Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate her
employment and determines in good faith that she has experienced Good Reason
to terminate her employment, she shall send a written notice to the Bank
stating the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of
Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate her employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the Bank in the same amount
and on the same terms that she would be entitled to hereunder if she
terminated her employment for Good Reason, in addition to any payments and
benefits to which
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the Executive is entitled under Section 3 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Sheri A. Vidic
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of her rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ---------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ---------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Sheri A. Vidic
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Sheri A. Vidic
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Exhibit 10.8
Severance Agreement with Tammi L. Knight
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CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
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THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of this 19th day of January, 2000 (the "Commencement Date"),
by and between ALASKA PACIFIC BANK (which, together with any successor thereto
which executes and delivers the assumption agreement provided for in Section
5(a) hereof or which otherwise becomes bound by all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by operation of law, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Bank"), and Tammy L. Knight (the "Executive").
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently serving as Assistant Vice President;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank (the "Board") recognizes
that, as is the case with many publicly held corporations, the possibility of
a change in control of the Bank or of its holding company, Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company"), may exist and that such possibility, and the
uncertainty and questions which it may raise among management, may result in
the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the
Bank, the Company and its stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it is in the best interests of the Bank to
enter into this Agreement with the Executive in order to assure continuity of
management of the Bank and to reinforce and encourage the continued attention
and dedication of the Executive to the Executive's assigned duties without
distraction in the face of potentially disruptive circumstances arising from
the possibility of a change in control of the Company and/or the Bank,
although no such change is now contemplated; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved and authorized the execution of this
Agreement with the Executive;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the respective
covenants and agreements of the parties herein, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
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(a) The term "Change in Control" means (i) any "person," as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than the Company, any
Consolidated Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), any person (as hereinabove
defined) acting on behalf of the Company as underwriter pursuant to an
offering who is temporarily holding securities in connection with such
offering, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, or any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of stock of the Company), is or becomes the "beneficial owner"
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company's then outstanding securities; (ii) individuals who are
members of the Board on the Commencement Date (the "Incumbent Board") cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided
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that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Commencement Date whose
election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of the directors
comprising the Incumbent Board or whose nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by the nominating committee serving under
an Incumbent Board or who was appointed as a result of a change at the
direction of the OTS or the FDIC, shall be considered a member of the
Incumbent Board; (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than (1) a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either
by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting
securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation or (2) a merger or consolidation effected
to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in
which no person (as hereinabove defined) acquires more than 25% of the
combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iv)
the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
effect); provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an
acquisition of securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the
Company or a change in the composition of the Board at the direction of the
OTS or the FDIC.
(b) The term "Commencement Date" means the date of this Agreement.
(c) The term "Consolidated Subsidiaries" means any subsidiary or
subsidiaries of the Company that are part of the affiliated group (as defined
in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
without regard to subsection (b) thereof) that includes the Bank.
(d) The term "Date of Termination" means the date specified in the
Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause shall be
on the date such Notice of Termination is given) and in the case of a
termination for Good Reason shall not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days
from the date such Notice of Termination is given; provided, however, that if
within 15 days after any Notice of Termination, except Termination for Cause,
is given, or, if later, prior to the Date of Termination (as determined
without regard to this proviso), the party receiving such Notice of
Termination notifies the other party that a dispute exists concerning the
termination, then the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the
dispute is finally determined, whether by mutual written agreement of the
parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final judgment, order or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (which is not appealable or with
respect to which the time for appeal therefrom has expired and no appeal has
been perfected); and provided, further, that the Date of Termination shall be
extended by a notice of dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and
the party giving such notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with
reasonable diligence. Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, the
Bank will continue to pay the Executive the Executive's full salary at the
rate in effect when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given and
continue the Executive as a participant in
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all benefit and fringe benefit plans in which the Executive was participating
when the notice giving rise to the dispute was given, until the dispute is
finally resolved in accordance with this Section 1(d).
(e) The term "Good Reason" means the occurrence, without the
Executive's express written consent, of a material diminution of or
interference with the Executive's duties, responsibilities or benefits,
including (without limitation) any of the following circumstances unless such
circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date of Termination specified
in the Notice of Termination given by the Executive in respect thereof:
(i) a requirement that the Executive be based at any location not
within 50 miles of Juneau, Alaska, or that she substantially
increase her travel on Company or Bank business;
(ii) a material demotion of the Executive;
(iii) a material reduction in the number or seniority of personnel
reporting to the Executive or a material reduction in the
frequency with which, or in the nature of the matters with
respect to which such personnel are to report to the
Executive, other than as part of a Company-wide or
Bank-wide reduction in staff;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's salary or a material adverse
change in the Executive's perquisites, benefits, contingent
benefits or vacation, other than as part of an overall program
applied uniformly and with equitable effect to all members of
the senior management of the Company or the Bank;
(v) a material and extended increase in the required hours of work
or the workload of the Executive;
(vi) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory agreement
from any successor to assume the obligations and liabilities
under this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 5(a) hereof;
or
(vii) any purported termination of the Executive's employment,
except for Termination for Cause, that is not effected
pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
requirements of Section 4 hereof (and, if applicable,
the requirements of Section 1(g) hereof), which purported
termination shall not be effective for purposes of this
Agreement.
(f) The term "Notice of Termination" means a notice of termination
of the Executive's employment pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(g) The term "Termination for Cause" means termination of the
employment of the Executive because of the Executive's personal dishonesty,
incompetence, willful misconduct, breach of a fiduciary duty involving
personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than traffic violations or
similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order, or material breach of any
provision of this Agreement.
2. Term.
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(a) The term of this Agreement shall be a period of one year
commencing on the Commencement Date, subject to extension or earlier
termination as provided herein.
(b) Except as provided in section 2(c), beginning on the date of
this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for
one additional day each day, unless either the Bank or the Executive elects
not to extend the Agreement further by giving written notice thereof to the
other party, in which case the term of this Agreement shall end on the one
year anniversary of the date on which such written notice is given. Upon
termination of the Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason
whatsoever, any daily extensions provided pursuant to this section 2(b), if
not theretofore discontinued, shall automatically cease.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Bank
at any time from terminating the Executive's employment during the term of
this Agreement with or without notice for any reason; provided, however, that
the relative rights and obligations of the Bank and the Executive in the event
of any such termination shall be determined under this Agreement.
3. Severance Benefits.
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(a) If after a Change in Control, the Bank shall terminate the
Executive's employment other than Termination for Cause, or the Executive
shall terminate her employment for Good Reason, within 12 months following a
Change in Control, the Bank shall (i) pay the Executive her salary through the
Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time the Notice of
Termination is given, at the time such payments are due; (ii) continue to pay,
for a period of 12 months following the Date of Termination, for the life,
health and disability coverage that is in effect with respect to the Executive
and her eligible dependents at the time the Notice of Termination is given;
and (iii) pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash, within 25 days after the
later of the date of such Change in Control or the Date of Termination, an
amount equal to 100% of the Executive's "base amount" as determined under
Section 280G of the Code, less the aggregate present value of the payments or
benefits, if any, in the nature of compensation for the benefit of the
Executive, arising under any other plans or arrangements (i.e., not this
Agreement) between the Company or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries and the
Executive, which constitute "parachute payments" under Section 280G of the
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if payments and
the value of benefits received or to be received under this Agreement,
together with any other amounts and the
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value of benefits received or to be received by the Executive, would cause any
amount to be nondeductible by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement
shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to
maximize amounts and the value of benefits to be received by the Executive
without causing any amount to become nondeductible pursuant to or by reason of
Section 280G of the Code. The Executive shall determine the allocation of
such reduction among payments and benefits to the Executive.
(b) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of
any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement by seeking other
employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit
provided for in this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the
Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement
benefits after the Date of Termination or otherwise. This Agreement shall not
be construed as providing the Executive any right to be retained in the employ
of the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank.
4. Notice of Termination. In the event that the Bank desires to
terminate the employment of the Executive during the term of this Agreement,
the Bank shall deliver to the Executive a written notice of termination,
stating (i) whether such termination constitutes Termination for Cause, and,
if so, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances that are
the basis for the Termination for Cause, and (ii) specifying the Date of
Termination. In the event that the Executive desires to terminate her
employment and determines in good faith that she has experienced Good Reason
to terminate her employment, she shall send a written notice to the Bank
stating the circumstances that constitute Good Reason and the Date of
Termination.
The Executive's right to terminate her employment for Good Reason shall
not be affected by the Executive's incapacity due to physical illness. The
Executive's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting Good Reason under
this Agreement.
5. No Assignments.
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(a) This Agreement is personal to each of the parties hereto, and
neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without first obtaining the written consent of the other party;
provided, however, that the Bank shall require any successor or assign
(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, operation of
law or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of
the Bank, by an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Executive, to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same
manner and to the same extent that the Bank would be required to perform it if
no such succession or assignment had taken place. Failure of the Bank to
obtain such an assumption agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such
succession or assignment shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle
the Executive to compensation and benefits from the Bank in the same amount
and on the same terms that she would be entitled to hereunder if she
terminated her employment for Good Reason, in addition to any payments and
benefits to which
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the Executive is entitled under Section 3 hereof. For purposes of
implementing the provisions of this Section 5(a), the date on which any such
succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal and
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs,
distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the death of the
Executive, unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts payable hereunder
shall be paid to the Executive's devisee, legatee, or other designee or, if
there be no such designee, to the Executive's estate.
6. Deferred Payments. If following a termination of the Executive, the
aggregate payments to be made by the Bank under this Agreement and all other
plans or arrangements maintained by the Company or any of the Consolidated
Subsidiaries would exceed the limitation on deductible compensation contained
in Section 162(m) of the Code in any calendar year, any such amounts in excess
of such limitation shall be mandatorily deferred with interest thereon at 7.0%
per annum to a calendar year such that the amount to be paid to the Executive
in such calendar year, including deferred amounts, does not exceed such
limitation.
7. Delivery of Notices. For the purposes of this Agreement, all notices
and other communications to any party hereto shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered or sent by certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Executive: Tammy L. Knight
At the address last appearing
on the personnel records of
the Executive
If to the Bank: Alaska Pacific Bank
2094 Jordan Avenue
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Attention: Secretary
or to such other address as such party may have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith, except that a notice of change of address
shall be effective only upon receipt.
8. Amendments. No amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be
binding unless in writing and signed by both parties, except as herein
otherwise provided.
9. Headings. The headings used in this Agreement are included solely for
convenience and shall not affect, or be used in connection with, the
interpretation of this Agreement.
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10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Alaska to the extent that federal law does not govern.
12. Arbitration. Any dispute or controversy arising under or in
connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by binding
arbitration, conducted before a panel of three arbitrators in a location
selected by the Executive within 100 miles of such Executive's job location
with the Bank, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect; provided, however, that the Executive shall be
entitled to seek specific performance of her rights under Section 1(d) during
the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with
this Agreement. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any
court having jurisdiction. The OTS may appear at any arbitration hearing but
the decision is not binding on the OTS.
13. Reimbursement of Expenses. In the event any dispute shall arise
between the Executive and the Bank as to the terms or interpretation of this
Agreement, including this Section 13, whether instituted by formal legal
proceedings or otherwise, including any action taken by the Executive to
enforce the terms of this Section 13, or in defending against any action taken
by the Bank, the Bank shall reimburse the Executive for all costs and expenses
incurred by the Executive, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from
such dispute, proceedings or actions, unless a court of competent jurisdiction
renders a final and nonappealable judgment against the Executive as to the
matter in dispute. Reimbursement of the Executive's expenses shall be paid
within ten days of the Executive furnishing to the Bank written evidence,
which may be in the form, among other things, of a canceled check or receipt,
of any costs or expenses incurred by the Executive.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.
THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION WHICH MAY BE
ENFORCED BY THE PARTIES.
Attest: ALASKA PACIFIC BANK
/s/Rebecca J. Baxter /s/Avrum Gross
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- ---------------------------- By: Avrum Gross
- ---------------------------- Its: Chairman of the Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE
/s/Tammi L. Knight
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Tammy L. Knight
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Exhibit 10.10
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
Effective as of January 1, 1999
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ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE I
DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(a) Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(b) Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(c) Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(d) Annual Additions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
(e) Authorized Leave of Absence . . . . . . . . . 2
(f) Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(g) Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(h) Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(i) Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(j) Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(k) Date of Hire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(l) Disability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
(m) Disability Retirement Date. . . . . . . . . . 3
(n) Early Retirement Date . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(o) Effective Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(p) Eligibility Period. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(q) Employee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(r) Employee Stock Ownership Account. . . . . . . 4
(s) Employee Stock Ownership Contribution . . . . 4
(t) Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account . . 4
(u) Employer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(v) Employer Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
(w) Entry Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(x) Exempt Loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(y) Exempt Loan Suspense Account. . . . . . . . . 5
(z) Financed Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(aa) Former Participant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(bb) Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
(cc) Hour of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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(dd) Investment Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(ee) Limitation Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(ff) Normal Retirement Date. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(gg) Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(hh) Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(ii) Plan Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(jj) Qualified Domestic Relations Order. . . . . . 6
(kk) Related Employer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
(ll) Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(mm) Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(nn) Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(oo) Trust Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(pp) Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(qq) Valuation Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
(rr) Year of Eligibility Service . . . . . . . . . 7
(ss) Year of Vesting Service . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 Plurals and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 Incorporation of Trust Agreement . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.5 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.6 References to Governmental Regulations . . . . . . 8
1.7 Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.8 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.9 Action by Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
2.1 Commencement of Participation. . . . . . . . . . .10
2.2 Termination of Participation . . . . . . . . . . .10
2.3 Resumption of Participation. . . . . . . . . . . .10
2.4 Determination of Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . .11
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2.5 Restricted Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
ARTICLE III
CREDITED SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.1 Service Counted for Eligibility Purposes . . . . . . . . .12
3.2 Service Counted for Vesting Purposes . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.3 Credit for Pre-Break Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.4 Service Credit During Authorized Leaves. . . . . . . . . .12
3.5 Service Credit During Maternity or Paternity Leave . . . .13
3.6 Ineligible Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.1 Employee Stock Ownership Contribution. . . . . . . . . . .14
4.2 Time and Manner of Employee Stock Ownership Contribution .14
4.3 Records of Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
4.4 Erroneous Contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
ARTICLE V
ACCOUNTS, ALLOCATIONS AND INVESTMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.1 Establishment of Separate Participant Accounts . . . . . .17
5.2 Establishment of Suspense Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . .17
5.3 Allocation of Earnings, Losses and Expenses. . . . . . . .18
5.4 Allocation of Forfeitures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
5.5 Allocation of Employee Stock Ownership Contribution . . . 18
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5.6 Limitation on Annual Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
5.7 Erroneous Allocations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
5.8 Value of Participant's Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
5.9 Investment of Account Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT, DEATH AND DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY . . . . . . .23
6.1 Normal Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.2 Early Retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.3 Disability Retirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.4 Death Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
6.5 Designation of Beneficiary and Manner of Payment . . . . .24
ARTICLE VII
VESTING AND FORFEITURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.1 Vesting on Death, Disability and Normal Retirement . . . .25
7.2 Vesting on Termination of Participation. . . . . . . . . .25
7.3 Disposition of Forfeitures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
ARTICLE VIII
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PROVISIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.1 Right to Demand Employer Securities. . . . . . . . . . . .27
8.2 Voting Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
8.3 Nondiscrimination in Employee Stock Ownership Contribution27
8.4 Dividends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
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8.5 Exempt Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
8.6 Exempt Loan Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
8.7 Put Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.8 Diversification Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.9 Independent Appraiser. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.10 Nonterminable Rights . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARTICLE IX
PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
9.1 Payments on Termination of Service - In General.. . . . . . . . 33
9.2 Commencement of Payments . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 33
9.3 Mandatory Commencement of Benefits . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 33
9.4 Required Beginning Dates . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 36
9.5 Form of Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 36
9.6 Payments Upon Termination of Plan. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 36
9.7 Distributions Pursuant to Qualified Domestic Relations Orders . 37
9.8 Cash-Out Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
9.9 ESOP Distribution Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
9.10 Direct Rollover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
9.11 Waiver of 30-day Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
9.12 Re-employed Veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
9.13 Share Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
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ARTICLE X
PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLANS . . . . . . . .40
10.1 Top-Heavy Rules to Control . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.2 Top-Heavy Plan Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . .40
10.3 Calculation of Accrued Benefits. . . . . . . . . .41
10.4 Determination of Top-Heavy Status. . . . . . . . .43
10.5 Determination of Super Top-Heavy Status. . . . . .43
10.6 Minimum Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
10.7 Vesting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
10.8 Maximum Benefit Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . .45
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
11.1 Appointment of Administrator . . . . . . . . . . .46
11.2 Resignation or Removal of Administrator. . . . . .46
11.3 Appointment of Successors: Terms of Office, Etc..46
11.4 Powers and Duties of Administrator.. . . . . . . .46
11.5 Action by Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
11.6 Participation by Administrator . . . . . . . . . .48
11.7 Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
11.8 Allocation of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
11.9 Delegation of Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
11.10 Administrator's Action Conclusive . . . . . . . .49
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11.11 Compensation and Expenses of Administrator. . . .49
11.12 Records and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
11.13 Reports of Fund Open to Participants. . . . . . .49
11.14 Named Fiduciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
11.15 Information from Employer . . . . . . . . . . . .50
11.16 Responsibilities of Directors . . . . . . . . . .50
11.17 Liability and Indemnification . . . . . . . . . .50
ARTICLE XII
CLAIMS PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
12.1 Notice of Denial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
12.2 Right to Reconsideration . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
12.3 Review of Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
12.4 Decision by Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . .51
12.5 Notice by Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS, TERMINATION AND MERGER . . . . . . . . . . 53
13.1 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
13.2 Effect of Change In Control. . . . . . . . . . . .53
13.3 Consolidation or Merger of Trust . . . . . . . . .55
13.4 Bankruptcy or Insolvency of Employer . . . . . . .55
13.5 Voluntary Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
13.6 Partial Termination of Plan or Permanent
Discontinuance of Contributions . . . . . . . . . 56
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
14.1 No Diversion of Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
14.2 Liability Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
14.3 Facility of Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
14.4 Spendthrift Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
14.5 Benefits Limited to Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
14.6 Cooperation of Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
14.7 Payments Due Missing Persons . . . . . . . . . . .58
14.8 Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
14.9 Nonguarantee of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . .58
14.10Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
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ALASKA PACIFIC BANCSHARES, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
PREAMBLE
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Effective as of January 1, 1999, Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc., an
Alaska corporation (the "Sponsor"), has adopted the Alaska Pacific Bancshares,
Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in order to enable Participants to share in
the growth and prosperity of the Sponsor and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Alaska Federal Savings Bank, and to provide Participants with an opportunity
to accumulate capital for their future economic security by accumulating funds
to provide retirement, death and disability benefits. The Plan is a stock
bonus plan designed to meet the applicable requirements of Section 409 of the
Code and of an employee stock ownership plan, as defined in Section 4975(e)(7)
of the Code and Section 407(d)(6) of the Act. The employee stock ownership
plan is intended to invest primarily in "qualifying employer securities" as
defined in Section 4975(e)(8) of the Code. The Sponsor intends that the Plan
will qualify under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code and will comply with
the provisions of the Act. The Plan has been drafted to comply with all
applicable provisions of law, including the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1987, the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988, the Revenue
Reconciliation Act of 1989, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, the
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, and the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997.
The terms of this Plan shall apply only with respect to Employees of the
Employer on and after January 1, 1999.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITION OF TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION
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1.1 Definitions.
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Unless a different meaning is plainly implied by the context, the
following terms as used in this Plan shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Account" shall mean a Participant's or Former Participant's entire
accrued benefit under the Plan, including the balance credited to his Employee
Stock Ownership Account and any other account described in Section 5.1.
(b) "Act" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute, together with
the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c) "Administrator" shall mean the fiduciary provided for in Article XI.
(d) "Annual Additions" shall mean, with respect to each Participant, the
sum of those amounts allocated to the Participant's Account under this Plan
and accounts under any other qualified defined contribution plan to which the
Employer or a Related Employer contributes for any Limitation Year, consisting
of the following:
(1) Employer contributions;
(2) Forfeitures; and
(3) Employee contributions (if any).
Annual Additions shall not include any Investment Adjustment. Annual
Additions also shall not include employer contributions which are used by the
Trust to pay interest on an Exempt Loan nor any forfeitures of Employer
Securities purchased with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan, provided that not
more than one-third of the employer contributions are allocated to
Participants who are among the group of employees deemed "highly compensated
employees" within the meaning of Code Section 414(q), as further described in
Section 8.3.
(e) "Authorized Leave of Absence" shall mean an absence from Service
with respect to which the Employee may or may not be entitled to Compensation
and which meets any one of the following requirements:
(1) Service in any of the armed forces of the United States for up
to 36 months, provided that the Employee resumes Service within 90 days after
discharge, or such longer period of time during which such Employee's
employment rights are protected by law; or
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(2) Any other absence or leave expressly approved and granted by
the Employer which does not exceed 24 months, provided that the Employee
resumes Service at or before the end of such approved leave period. In
approving such leaves of absence, the Employer shall treat all Employees on a
uniform and nondiscriminatory basis.
(f) "Beneficiary" shall mean such legal or natural persons, who may be
designated contingently or successively, as may be designated by the
Participant pursuant to Section 6.5 to receive benefits after the death of the
Participant, or in the absence of a valid designation, such persons specified
in Section 6.5(b) to receive benefits after the death of the Participant.
(g) "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Sponsor.
(h) "Break" shall mean a Plan Year during which an Employee fails to
complete more than 500 Hours of Service.
(i) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time, or any successor statute, together with the applicable
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(j) "Compensation" shall mean the amount of remuneration paid to an
Employee by the Employer, after the date on which the Employee becomes a
Participant, for services rendered to the Employer during a Plan Year,
including base salary, wages, bonuses, overtime pay, commissions (but only to
the extent provided in the currently applicable individual agreements between
the Employer and each Employee who receives remuneration in the form of a
commission), elective deferrals to a cash or deferred arrangement described
in Code Section 401(k), and any amount contributed on a pre-tax salary
reduction basis to a cafeteria plan described in Section 125 of the Code, but
excluding amounts paid by the Employer or accrued with respect to this Plan or
any other qualified or non-qualified unfunded plan of deferred compensation or
other employee welfare plan to which the Employer contributes, reimbursement
for expenses, and other forms of extraordinary pay, and excluding amounts
accrued for a prior Plan Year. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the annual Compensation of each Participant taken into account under
the Plan for any purpose during any Plan Year shall not exceed $160,000, as
adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 415(d) of the Code.
(k) "Date of Hire" shall mean the date on which an Employee shall
perform his first Hour of Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that an Employee incurs one or more consecutive Breaks after his initial
Date of Hire which results in the forfeiture of his pre-Break Service pursuant
to Section 3.3, his "Date of Hire" shall thereafter be the date on which he
completes his first Hour of Service after such Break or Breaks.
(l) "Disability" shall mean a physical or mental impairment which
prevents a Participant from performing the duties assigned to him by the
Employer and which either has caused the Social Security Administration to
classify the individual as "disabled" for purposes of Social Security or has
been determined by a qualified physician selected by the Administrator.
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(m) "Disability Retirement Date" shall mean the first day of the month
after which a Participant incurs a Disability.
(n) "Early Retirement Date" shall mean the first day of the month
coincident with or next following the later of the date on which a Participant
attains age 55 and completes 5 Years of Vesting Service.
(o) "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 1999.
(p) "Eligibility Period" shall mean the period of 12 consecutive months
commencing on an Employee's Date of Hire. Succeeding Eligibility Periods
after the initial Eligibility Period shall be based on Plan Years, the first
of which shall include the first anniversary of an Employee's Date of Hire.
(q) "Employee" shall mean any person who is classified as an employee by
the Employer or a Related Employer, including officers, but excluding
directors in their capacity as such.
(r) "Employee Stock Ownership Account" shall mean the separate
bookkeeping account established for each Participant pursuant to Section
5.1(a).
(s) "Employee Stock Ownership Contribution" shall mean the cash,
Employer Securities, or both that are contributed to the Plan by the Employer
pursuant to Article IV.
(t) "Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account" shall mean the temporary
account in which the Trustee may maintain any Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution that is made prior to the last day of the Plan Year for which it
is made, as described in Section 5.2.
(u) "Employer" shall mean Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc., an Alaska
corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Alaska Federal Savings Bank
and First Services Corporation, or any successors to the aforesaid
corporations by merger, consolidation or otherwise, which may agree to
continue this Plan, or any Related Employer or any other business organization
which, with the consent of the Sponsor, shall agree to become a party to this
Plan. To the extent required by the Code or the Act, references herein to the
Employer shall also include all Related Employers, whether or not they are
participating in this Plan.
(v) "Employer Securities" shall mean the common stock issued by Alaska
Pacific Bancshares, Inc., an Alaska corporation. Such term shall also mean,
in the discretion of the Board of Directors, any other common stock issued by
the Employer or any Related Employer having voting power and dividend rights
equal to or in excess of:
(1) that class of common stock of the Employer or a Related
Employer having the greatest voting power, and
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(2) that class of common stock of the Employer or a Related
Employer having the greatest dividend rights.
Non-callable preferred stock shall be treated as Employer Securities if such
stock is convertible at any time into stock which meets the requirements of
(1) and (2) next above and if such conversion is at a conversion price which
(as of the date of the acquisition by the Plan) is reasonable. For purposes
of the last preceding sentence, preferred stock shall be treated as
non-callable if, after the call, there will be a reasonable opportunity for a
conversion which meets the requirements of the last preceding sentence.
(w) "Entry Date" shall mean each January 1 and July 1.
(x) "Exempt Loan" shall mean a loan described at Section 4975(d)(3) of
the Code to the Trustee to purchase Employer Securities for the Plan, made or
guaranteed by a disqualified person, as defined at Section 4975(e)(2) of the
Code, including, but not limited to, a direct loan of cash, a purchase money
transaction, an assumption of an obligation of the Trustee, an unsecured
guarantee or the use of assets of such disqualified person as collateral for
such a loan.
(y) "Exempt Loan Suspense Account" shall mean the account to which
Financed Shares are initially credited until they are released in accordance
with Section 8.5.
(z) "Financed Shares" shall mean the Employer Securities acquired by the
Trustee with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan and which are credited to the
Exempt Loan Suspense Account until they are released in accordance with
Section 8.5.
(aa) "Former Participant" shall mean any previous Participant whose
participation has terminated but who has a vested Account in the Plan which
has not been distributed in full.
(bb) "Fund" shall mean the trust fund maintained by the Trustee pursuant
to the Trust Agreement in order to provide for the payment of the benefits
specified in the Plan.
(cc) "Hour of Service" shall mean each hour for which an Employee is
directly or indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer or a
Related Employer for the performance of duties or for reasons other than the
performance of duties (such as vacation time, holidays, sickness, disability,
paid lay-offs, jury duty and similar periods of paid nonworking time). To the
extent not otherwise included, Hours of Service shall also include each hour
for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, is either awarded
or agreed to by the Employer or a Related Employer. Hours of working time
shall be credited on the basis of actual hours worked, even though compensated
at a premium rate for overtime or other reasons. In computing and crediting
Hours of Service for an Employee under this Plan, the rules set forth in
Sections 2530.200b-2(b) and (c) of the Department of Labor Regulations shall
apply, said sections being herein incorporated by reference. Hours of Service
shall be credited to the Plan Year or other relevant period during which the
services were performed or the nonworking time occurred, regardless of the
time when compensation therefor may be paid. Any Employee for whom no hourly
employment records are kept by the Employer or
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a Related Employer shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service for each
calendar week in which he would have been credited with a least one Hour or
Service under the foregoing provisions, if hourly records were available.
Effective January 1, 1985, for absences commencing on or after that date,
solely for purposes of determining whether a Break for participation and
vesting purposes has occurred in an Eligibility Period or a Plan Year, an
individual who is absent from work for maternity or paternity reasons shall
receive credit for the Hours of Service which would otherwise have been
credited to such individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such
hours cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence. For
purposes of this Section 1.1(cc), an absence from work for maternity or
paternity reasons means an absence (1) by reason of the pregnancy of the
individual, (2) by reason of the birth of a child of the individual, (3) by
reason of the placement of a child with the individual in connection with the
adoption of such child by such individual, or (4) for purposes of caring for
such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or
placement. The Hours of Service credited under this provision shall be
credited (1) in the computation period in which the absence begins if the
crediting is necessary to prevent a Break in that period, or (2) in all other
cases, in the following computation period.
(dd) "Investment Adjustments" shall mean the increases and/or decreases
in the value of a Participant's Account attributable to earnings, gains,
losses and expenses of the Fund, as set forth in Section 5.3.
(ee) "Limitation Year" shall mean the Plan Year.
(ff) "Normal Retirement Date" shall mean the first day of the month
coincident with or next following the later of the date on which a Participant
attains age 65 or the fifth anniversary of the date he commenced participation
in the Plan.
(gg) "Participant" shall mean an Employee who has met all of the
eligibility requirements of the Plan and who is currently included in the Plan
as provided in Article II hereof; provided, however, that the term
"Participant" shall not include (1) leased Employees (as defined in Section
414(n)(2) of the Code), (2) any Employee who is regularly employed outside the
Employer's own offices in connection with the operation and maintenance of
buildings or other properties acquired through foreclosure or deed, (3) any
individual who is employed by a Related Employer that has not adopted the Plan
in accordance with Section 1.1(u) hereof, (4) any Employee who is a
non-resident alien individual and who has no earned income from sources within
the United States, or (5) any Employee who is included in a unit of Employees
covered by a collective-bargaining agreement with the Employer or a Related
Employer that does not expressly provide for participation of such Employees
in the Plan, where there has been good-faith bargaining between the Employer
or a Related Employer and Employees' representatives on the subject of
retirement benefits. To the extent required by the Code or the Act, or
appropriate based on the context, references herein to Participant shall
include Former Participant.
(hh) "Plan" shall mean the Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Employee Stock
Ownership Plan, as described herein or as hereafter amended from time to time.
(ii) "Plan Year" shall mean any 12 consecutive month period commencing on
each January 1 and ending on the next following December 31.
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(jj) "Qualified Domestic Relations Order" shall mean any judgment, decree
or order that satisfies the requirements to be a "qualified domestic relations
order," as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.
(kk) "Related Employer" shall mean any entity that is:
(1) a member of a controlled group of corporations that includes the
Employer, while it is a member of such controlled group (within the
meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code);
(2) a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control
with the Employer, while it is under common control (within the meaning
of Section 414(c) of the Code);
(3) a member of an affiliated service group that includes the
Employer, while it is a member of such affiliated service group (within
the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code); or
(4) a leasing or other organization that is required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to the provisions of Section 414(n)
or 414(o) of the Code.
(ll) "Retirement" shall mean termination of employment which qualifies
as early, normal or Disability retirement as described in Article VI.
(mm) "Service" shall mean, for purposes of eligibility to participate
and vesting, employment with the Employer or any Related Employer, and for
purposes of allocation of the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and
forfeitures, employment with the Employer.
(nn) "Sponsor" shall mean Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc., an Alaska
corporation.
(oo) "Trust Agreement" shall mean the agreement, dated ________, 1999,
by and between Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc., an Alaska corporation, and
First Bankers Trust Company, N.A., of Quincy, Illinois.
(pp) "Trustee" shall mean the trustee or trustees by whom the assets of
the Plan are held, as provided in the Trust Agreement, or his or their
successors.
(qq) "Valuation Date" shall mean the last day of each Plan Year. The
Trustee may make additional valuations, at the direction of the Administrator,
but in no event may the Administrator request additional valuations by the
Trustee more frequently than quarterly. Whenever such date falls on a
Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the preceding business day shall be the Valuation
Date.
(rr) "Year of Eligibility Service" shall mean an Eligibility Period
during which an Employee is credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service,
except as otherwise specified in Article III.
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(ss) "Year of Vesting Service" shall mean a Plan Year during which an
Employee is credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service, except as otherwise
specified in Article III.
1.2 Plurals and Gender.
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Where appearing in the Plan and the Trust Agreement, the masculine
gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and the singular shall
include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context clearly indicates a
different meaning.
1.3 Incorporation of Trust Agreement.
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The Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time, is
intended to be and hereby is incorporated by reference into this Plan. All
contributions made under the Plan will be held, managed and controlled by the
Trustee pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement.
1.4 Headings.
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The headings and sub-headings in this Plan are inserted for the
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the
provisions hereof.
1.5 Severability.
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In case any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or void, such
illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of this
Plan, but shall be fully severable, and the Plan shall be construed and
enforced as if said illegal or invalid provisions had never been inserted
herein.
1.6 References to Governmental Regulations.
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References in this Plan to regulations issued by the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of Labor, or other governmental agencies shall include
all regulations, rulings, procedures, releases and other position statements
issued by any such agency.
1.7 Notices.
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Any notice or document required to be filed with the Administrator or
Trustee under the Plan will be properly filed if delivered or mailed by
registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Administrator in care of the Sponsor
or to the Trustee, each at its principal business offices. Any notice
required under the Plan may be waived in writing by the person entitled to
notice.
1.8 Evidence.
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Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be by certificate,
affidavit, document or other information which the person acting on it
considers pertinent and reliable, and signed, made or presented by the proper
party or parties.
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1.9 Action by Employer.
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Any action required or permitted to be taken by any entity constituting
the Employer under the Plan shall be by resolution of its Board of Directors
or by a person or persons authorized by its Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
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2.1 Commencement of Participation.
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(a) Any Employee who is otherwise eligible to become a Participant in
accordance with Section 1.1(gg) hereof shall initially become a Participant on
the Entry Date coincident with or next following the later of the following
dates, provided he is employed by the Employer on that Entry Date:
(1) The date on which he completes a Year of Eligibility Service;
and
(2) The date on which he attains age 18.
(b) Any Employee who had satisfied the requirements set forth in
Section 2.1(a) during the 12 consecutive month period prior to the Effective
Date shall become a Participant on the Effective Date, provided he is still
employed by the Employer on the Effective Date.
2.2 Termination of Participation.
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After commencement or resumption of his participation, an Employee shall
remain a Participant during each consecutive Plan Year thereafter until the
earliest of the following dates:
(a) His actual Retirement date;
(b) His date of death; or
(c) The last day of a Plan Year during which he incurs a Break.
2.3 Resumption of Participation.
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(a) Any Participant whose employment terminates and who resumes Service
before he incurs a Break shall resume participation immediately on the date he
is reemployed.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.3(c), any Participant who
incurs one or more Breaks and resumes Service shall resume participation
retroactively as of the first day of the first Plan Year in which he completes
a Year of Eligibility Service after such Break(s).
(c) Any Participant who incurs one or more Breaks and resumes Service,
but whose pre-Break Service is not reinstated to his credit pursuant to
Section 3.3, shall be treated as a new Employee and shall again be required to
satisfy the eligibility requirements contained in Section 2.1(a) before
resuming participation on the appropriate Entry Date, as specified in Section
2.1(a).
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2.4 Determination of Eligibility.
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The Administrator shall determine the eligibility of Employees in
accordance with the provisions of this Article. For each Plan Year, the
Employer shall furnish the Administrator a list of all Employees, indicating
their Date of Hire, their Hours of Service during their Eligibility Period,
their date of birth, the original date of their reemployment with the
Employer, if any, and any Breaks they may have incurred.
2.5 Restricted Participation
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Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, during the period
between the Participant's date of termination of participation in the Plan (as
described in Section 2.2) and the distribution of his entire Account (as
described in Article IX), and during any period that a Participant does not
meet the requirements of Section 2.1(a) or is employed by a Related Employer
that is not participating in the Plan, the Participant or, in the event of the
Participant's death, the Beneficiary of the Participant, will be considered
and treated as a Participant for all purposes of the Plan, except as follows:
(a) the Participant will not share in the Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution and forfeitures (as described in Sections 7.2 and 7.3), except as
provided in Sections 5.4 and 5.5; and
(b) the Beneficiary of a deceased Participant cannot designate a
Beneficiary under Section 6.5.
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ARTICLE III
CREDITED SERVICE
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3.1 Service Counted for Eligibility Purposes.
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Except as provided in Section 3.3, all Years of Eligibility Service
completed by an Employee shall be counted in determining his eligibility to
become a Participant on and after the Effective Date, whether such Service was
completed before or after the Effective Date.
3.2 Service Counted for Vesting Purposes.
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All Years of Vesting Service completed by an Employee (including Years
of Vesting Service completed prior to the Effective Date) shall be counted in
determining his vested interest in this Plan, except the following:
(a) Service which is disregarded under the provisions of Section 3.3;
(b) Service prior to the Effective Date of this Plan if such Service
would have been disregarded under the "break in service" rules (within the
meaning of Section 1.411(a)-5(b)(6) of the Treasury Regulations).
3.3 Credit for Pre-Break Service.
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Upon his resumption of participation following one or a series of
consecutive Breaks, an Employee's pre-Break Service shall be reinstated to his
credit for eligibility and vesting purposes only if either:
(a) He was vested in any portion of his accrued benefit at the time the
Break(s) began;
or
(b) The number of his consecutive Breaks does not equal or exceed the
greater of 5 or the number of his Years of Eligibility Service or Years of
Vesting Service, as the case may be, credited to him before the Breaks began.
Except as provided in the foregoing, none of an Employee's Service prior
to one or a series of consecutive Breaks shall be counted for any purpose in
connection with his participation in this Plan thereafter.
3.4 Service Credit During Authorized Leaves.
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An Employee shall receive no Service credit under Section 3.1 or 3.2
during any Authorized Leave of Absence. However, solely for the purpose of
determining whether he has incurred a Break during any Plan Year in which he
is absent from Service for one or more Authorized
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Leaves of Absence, he shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service for each week
during any such leave period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Employee
fails to return to Service on or before the end of a leave period, he shall be
deemed to have terminated Service as of the first day of such leave period and
his credit for Hours of Service, determined under this Section 3.4, shall be
revoked. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, an
Employee who is absent by reason of military service as set forth in Section
1.1(e)(1) shall be given Service credit under this Plan for such military
leave period to the extent, and for all purposes, required by law.
3.5 Service Credit During Maternity or Paternity Leave.
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Effective for absences beginning on or after January 1, 1985, for
purposes of determining whether a Break has occurred for participation and
vesting purposes, an individual who is on maternity or paternity leave as
described in Section 1.1(cc), shall be deemed to have completed Hours of
Service during such period of absence, all in accordance with Section 1.1(cc).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no credit shall be given for such Hours of
Service unless the individual furnishes to the Administrator such timely
information as the Administrator may reasonably require to determine:
(a) that the absence from Service was attributable to one of the
maternity or paternity reasons enumerated in Section 1.1(cc); and
(b) the number of days of such absence.
In no event, however, shall any credit be given for such leave other than for
determining whether a Break has occurred.
3.6 Ineligible Employees.
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Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan to the contrary, any
Employee who is ineligible to participate in this Plan either because of his
failure
(a) To meet the eligibility requirements contained in Article II; or
(b) To be a Participant, as defined in Section 1.1(gg),
shall, nevertheless, earn Years of Eligibility Service and Years of Vesting
Service pursuant to the rules contained in this Article III. However, such
Employee shall not be entitled to an allocation of any contributions or
forfeitures hereunder unless and until he becomes a Participant in this Plan,
and then, only during his period of participation.
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ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1 Employee Stock Ownership Contribution.
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(a) Subject to all of the provisions of this Article IV, for each Plan
Year commencing on or after the Effective Date, the Employer shall make an
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution to the Fund in such amount as may be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors in its discretion;
provided, however, that the Employer shall contribute an amount in cash not
less than the amount required to enable the Trustee to discharge any
indebtedness incurred with respect to an Exempt Loan in accordance with
Section 8.6(c). If any part of the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution
under this Section 4.1 for any Plan Year is in cash in an amount exceeding the
amount needed to pay the amount due during or prior to such Plan Year with
respect to an Exempt Loan, such cash shall be applied by the Trustee, as
directed by the Administrator in its sole discretion, either to the purchase
of Employer Securities or to repay an Exempt Loan. Contributions hereunder
shall be in the form of cash, Employer Securities or any combination thereof.
In determining the value of Employer Securities transferred to the Fund as an
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution, the Administrator may determine the
average of closing prices of such securities for a period of up to 90
consecutive days immediately preceding the date on which the securities are
contributed to the Fund. In the event that the Employer Securities are not
readily tradable on an established securities market, the value of the
Employer Securities transferred to the Fund shall be determined by an
independent appraiser in accordance with Section 8.9.
(b) In no event shall the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution exceed
for any Plan Year the maximum amount that may be deducted by the Employer
under Section 404 of the Code, nor shall such contribution cause the Employer
to violate its regulatory capital requirements. Each Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution by the Employer shall be deemed to be made on the express
condition that the Plan, as then in effect, shall be qualified under Sections
401(a) and 501(a) of the Code and that the amount of such contribution shall
be deductible from the Employer's income under Section 404 of the Code.
4.2 Time and Manner of Employee Stock Ownership Contribution.
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(a) The Employee Stock Ownership Contribution (if any) for each Plan
Year shall be paid to the Trustee in one lump sum or installments at any time
on or before the expiration of the time prescribed by law (including any
extensions) for filing of the Employer's federal income tax return for its
fiscal year ending concurrent with or during such Plan Year; provided,
however, that the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution (if any) for a Plan
Year shall be made in a timely manner to make any required payment of
principal and/or interest on an Exempt Loan for such Plan Year. Any portion
of the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution for each Plan Year that may be
made prior to the last day of the Plan Year shall, if there is an Exempt Loan
outstanding at such time, at the election of the Administrator, either (i) be
applied immediately to make payments on such Exempt Loan or (ii) be maintained
by the Trustee in the Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account described in
Section 5.2 until the last day of such Plan Year.
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(b) If an Employee Stock Ownership Contribution for a Plan Year is paid
after the close of the Employer's fiscal year which ends concurrent with or
during such Plan Year but on or prior to the due date (including any
extensions) for filing of the Employer's federal income tax return for such
fiscal year, it shall be considered, for allocation purposes, as an Employee
Stock Ownership Contribution to the Fund for the Plan Year for which it was
computed and accrued, unless such contribution is accompanied by a statement
to the Trustee, signed by the Employer, which specifies that the Employee
Stock Ownership Contribution is made with respect to the Plan Year in which it
is received by the Trustee. Any Employee Stock Ownership Contribution paid by
the Employer during any Plan Year but after the due date (including any
extensions) for filing of its federal income tax return for the fiscal year of
the Employer ending on or before the last day of the preceding Plan Year shall
be treated, for allocation purposes, as an Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution to the Fund for the Plan Year in which the contribution is paid
to the Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution shall be made for any Plan Year during
which a limitations account created pursuant to Section 5.6(c)(3) is in
existence until the balance of such limitations account has been reallocated
in accordance with Section 5.6(c)(3).
4.3 Records of Contributions.
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The Employer shall deliver at least annually to the Trustee, with
respect to the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution contemplated in Section
4.1, a certificate of the Administrator, in such form as the Trustee shall
approve, setting forth:
(a) The aggregate amount of such contribution, if any, to the Fund for
such Plan Year;
(b) The names, Internal Revenue Service identifying numbers and current
residential addresses of all Participants in the Plan;
(c) The amount and category of contributions to be allocated to each
such Participant;
and
(d) Any other information reasonably required for the proper operation
of the Plan.
4.4 Erroneous Contributions.
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(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the
Employer's request, a contribution which was made by a mistake of fact, or
conditioned upon the initial qualification of the Plan, under Code Section
401(a), or upon the deductibility of the contribution under Section 404 of the
Code, shall be returned to the Employer by the Trustee within one year after
the payment of the contribution, the denial of the qualification or the
disallowance of the deduction (to the extent disallowed), whichever is
applicable; provided, however, that in the case of denial of the initial
qualification of the Plan, a contribution shall not be returned unless an
Application for Determination has been timely filed with the Internal Revenue
Service. Any portion of a contribution returned pursuant to this Section 4.4
shall be adjusted to reflect its proportionate share of the losses of the
Fund, but shall not be adjusted to reflect any earnings or gains.
Notwithstanding any provisions of
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this Plan to the contrary, the right or claim of any Participant or
Beneficiary to any asset of the Fund or any benefit under this Plan shall be
subject to and limited by this Section 4.4.
(b) In no event shall Employee contributions be accepted. Any such
Employee contributions (and any earnings attributable thereto) mistakenly
received by the Trustee shall promptly be returned to the Participant.
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ARTICLE V
ACCOUNTS, ALLOCATIONS AND INVESTMENTS
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5.1 Establishment of Separate Participant Accounts.
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The Administrator shall establish and maintain a separate Account for
each Participant in the Plan and for each Former Participant in accordance
with the provisions of this Article V. Such separate Account shall be for
bookkeeping purposes only and shall not require a segregation of the Fund, and
no Participant, Former Participant or Beneficiary shall acquire any right to
or interest in any specific assets of the Fund as a result of the allocations
provided for under this Plan.
(a) Employee Stock Ownership Accounts.
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The Administrator shall establish a separate Employee Stock
Ownership Account in the Fund for each Participant. The Administrator may
establish subaccounts hereunder, an Employer Stock Account reflecting a
Participant's interest in Employer Securities held by the Trust, and an Other
Investments Account reflecting the Participant's interest in his Employee
Stock Ownership Account other than Employer Securities. Each Participant's
Employer Stock Account shall reflect his share of any Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution made in Employer Securities, his allocable share of forfeitures
(as described in Section 5.4), and any Employer Securities attributable to
earnings on such stock. Each Participant's Other Investments Account shall
reflect any Employee Stock Ownership Contribution made in cash, any cash
dividends on Employer Securities allocated and credited to his Employee Stock
Ownership Account (other than currently distributable dividends) and his share
of corresponding cash forfeitures, and any income, gains, losses,
appreciation, or depreciation attributable thereto.
(b) Distribution Accounts.
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In any case where distribution of a terminated Participant's vested
Account is to be deferred, the Administrator shall establish a separate,
nonforfeitable account in the Fund to which the balance in his Employee Stock
Ownership Account in the Plan shall be transferred after such Participant
incurs a Break. Unless the Former Participant's distribution accounts are
segregated for investment purposes pursuant to Article IX, they shall share in
Investment Adjustments.
(c) Other Accounts.
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The Administrator shall establish such other separate accounts for
each Participant as may be necessary or desirable for the convenient
administration of the Fund.
5.2 Establishment of Suspense Accounts.
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The Administrator shall establish a separate Employee Stock Ownership
Suspense Account. There shall be credited to such account any Employee Stock
Ownership Contribution that
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may be made prior to the last day of the Plan Year and that are allocable to
the Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account pursuant to Section 4.2(a). The
Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account shall share proportionately as to
time and amount in any Investment Adjustments. As of the last day of each
Plan Year, the balance of the Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account shall
be added to the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and allocated to the
Employee Stock Ownership Accounts of Participants as provided in Section 5.5,
except as provided herein. In the event that the Plan takes an Exempt Loan,
the Employer Securities purchased thereby shall be allocated as Financed
Shares to a separate Exempt Loan Suspense Account, from which Employer
Securities shall be released in accordance with Section 8.5 and shall be
allocated in accordance with Section 8.6(b).
5.3 Allocation of Earnings, Losses and Expenses.
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As of each Valuation Date, any increase or decrease in the net worth of
the aggregate Employee Stock Ownership Accounts held in the Fund attributable
to earnings, losses, expenses and unrealized appreciation or depreciation in
each such aggregate account, as determined by the Trustee pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, shall be credited to or deducted from the appropriate
suspense accounts and all Participants' Employee Stock Ownership Accounts
(except segregated distribution accounts described in Section 5.1(b) and the
"limitations account" described in Section 5.6(c)(3)) in the proportion that
the value of each such account (determined immediately prior to such
allocation and before crediting any Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and
forfeitures for the current Plan Year but after adjustment for any transfer to
or from such accounts and for the time such funds were in such accounts)bears
to the value of all Employee Stock Ownership Accounts.
5.4 Allocation of Forfeitures.
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As of the last day of each Plan Year, all forfeitures attributable to
the Employee Stock Ownership Accounts which are then available for
reallocation shall be, as appropriate, added to the Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution (if any) for such year and allocated among the Participants'
Employee Stock Ownership Accounts, as appropriate, in the manner provided in
Sections 5.5 and 5.6.
5.5 Allocation of Employee Stock Ownership Contribution.
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As of the last day of each Plan Year for which the Employer shall make
an Employee Stock Ownership Contribution, the Administrator shall allocate the
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution (including reallocable forfeitures) for
such Plan Year to the Employee Stock Ownership Account of each Participant who
completed a Year of Vesting Service during that Plan Year, provided that he is
still employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. Such
allocation shall be made in the same proportion that each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all such
Participants for such Plan Year, subject to Section 5.6. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a Participant attains his Normal Retirement Date and terminates
Service prior to the last day of the Plan Year but after completing a Year of
Vesting Service, he shall be entitled to an allocation based on his
Compensation earned prior to his termination and during the
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Plan Year. Furthermore, if a Participant completes a Year of Vesting Service
and is on a Leave of Absence on the last day of the Plan Year because of
pregnancy or other medical reason, such a Participant shall be entitled to an
allocation based on his Compensation earned during such Plan Year.
5.6 Limitation on Annual Additions.
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(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Plan to the contrary, the
total Annual Additions credited to a Participant's Account under this Plan
(and accounts under any other defined contribution plan maintained by the
Employer or a Related Employer) for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the
lesser of:
(1) 25% of the Participant's compensation (as defined below) for
such Limitation Year; or
(2) $30,000. Whenever otherwise allowed by law, the maximum
amount of $30,000 shall be automatically adjusted annually for
cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 415(d) of the Code,
and the highest such increase effective at any time during the
Limitation Year shall be effective for the entire Limitation Year,
without any amendment to this Plan.
(b) Solely for the purpose of this Section 5.6, the term "compensation"
is defined as wages, salaries, and fees for professional services, pre-tax
elective deferrals and salary reduction contributions under a plan described
in Section 401(k) or 125 of the Code, and other amounts received (without
regard to whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services
actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer or a Related
Employer, to the extent that the amounts are includable in gross income
(including, but not limited to, commissions paid to salesmen, compensation for
services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance
premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits, and reimbursements or other expense
allowances under a nonaccountable plan (as described in Treas. Regs. Section
1.62-2(c)), and excluding the following:
(1) Employer contributions by the Employer or a Related Employer
to a plan of deferred compensation (other than elective deferrals under
a plan described in Section 401(k) of the Code) which are not includable
in the Employee's gross income for the taxable year in which
contributed, or employer contributions by the Employer or a Related
Employer under a simplified employee pension plan to the extent such
contributions are deductible by the Employee, or any distributions from
a plan of deferred compensation;
(2) Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the Employee
either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a
substantial risk of forfeiture;
(3) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition
of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
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(4) Other amounts which received special tax benefits (other than
pre-tax salary reduction contributions under a plan described in Section
125 of the Code), or contributions made by the employer (whether or not
under a salary reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity
contract described in section 403(b) of the Code (whether or not the
contributions are actually excludable from the gross income of the
Employee).
(c) In the event that the limitations on Annual Additions described in
Section 5.6(a) above are exceeded with respect to any Participant in any
Limitation Year, then the contributions allocable to the Participant for such
Limitation Year shall be reduced to the minimum extent required by such
limitations, in the following order of priority:
(1) The Administrator shall determine to what extent the Annual
Additions to any Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account must be
reduced in each Limitation Year. The Administrator shall reduce the
Annual Additions to all other qualified, tax-exempt retirement plans
maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer in accordance with the
terms contained therein for required reductions or reallocations
mandated by Section 415 of the Code before reducing any Annual Additions
in this Plan.
(2) If any further reductions in Annual Additions are necessary,
then the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and forfeitures allocated
during such Limitation Year to the Participant's Employee Stock
Ownership Account shall be reduced. The amount of any such reductions
in the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and forfeitures shall be
reallocated to all other Participants in the same manner as set forth
under Sections 5.4 and 5.5.
(3) Any amounts which cannot be reallocated to other Participants
in a current Limitation Year in accordance with Section 5.6(c)(2) above
because of the limitations contained in Sections 5.6(a) and (d) shall be
credited to an account designated as the "limitations account" and
carried forward to the next and subsequent Limitation Years until it can
be reallocated to all Participants as set forth in Sections 5.4 and 5.5,
as appropriate. No Investment Adjustments shall be allocated to this
limitations account. In the next and subsequent Limitation Years, all
amounts in the limitations account must be allocated in the manner
described in Sections 5.4 and 5.5, as appropriate, before any Employee
Stock Ownership Contribution may be made to this Plan for that
Limitation Year.
(4) In the event this Plan is voluntarily terminated by the
Employer under Section 13.5, any amounts credited to the limitations
account described in Section 5.6(c)(3) above which have not be
reallocated as set forth herein shall be distributed to the Participants
who are still employed by the Employer on the date of termination, in
the proportion that each Participant's Compensation bears to the
Compensation of all Participants.
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(d) The Annual Additions credited to a Participant's Account for each
Limitation Year are further limited so that in the case of an Employee who is
a Participant in both this Plan and any qualified defined benefit plan
(hereinafter referred to as a "pension plan") of the Employer or Related
Employer, the sum of (1) and (2) below will not exceed 1.0:
(1) (A) The projected annual normal retirement benefit of a
Participant under the pension plan, divided by
(B) The lesser of:
(i) The product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar
limitation in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for
such Limitation Year, or
(ii) The product of 1.4 multiplied by the amount of
compensation which may be taken into account under Section
415(b)(1)(B) of the Code for the Participant for such Limitation
Year; plus
(2) (A) The sum of Annual Additions credited to the Participant
under this Plan for all Limitation Years, divided by:
(B) The sum of the lesser of the following amounts determined
for such Limitation Year and for each prior year of service with the
Employer or a Related Employer:
(i) The product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar
limitation in effect under Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for
such Limitation Year, or
(ii) The product of 1.4 multiplied by the amount of
compensation which may be taken into account under Section
415(b)(1)(B) of the Code for the Participant for such Limitation
Year.
The Administrator may, in calculating the defined contribution plan
fraction described in Section 5.6(d)(2), elect to use the transitional rule
pursuant to Section 415(e)(7) of the Code, if applicable. If the sum of the
fractions produced above will exceed 1.0, even after the use of the "fresh
start" rule contained in Section 235 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982 ("TEFRA"), if applicable, then the same provisions
as stated in Section 5.6(c) above shall apply. If, even after the reductions
provided for in Section 5.6(c), the sum of the fractions still exceeds 1.0,
then the benefits of the Participant provided under the pension plan shall be
reduced to the extent necessary, in accordance with Treasury Regulations
issued under the Code. Solely for the purposes of this Section 5.6(d), the
term "years of service" shall mean all years of service defined by Treasury
Regulations issued under Section 415 of the Code. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.6(d) shall expire with respect to
all Limitation Years beginning after December 31, 1999.
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5.7 Erroneous Allocations.
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No Participant shall be entitled to any Annual Additions or other
allocations to his Account in excess of those permitted under Sections 5.3,
5.4, 5.5, and 5.6. If it is determined at any time that the Administrator
and/or Trustee have erred in accepting and allocating any contributions or
forfeitures under this Plan, or in allocating Investment Adjustments, or in
excluding or including any person as a Participant, then the Administrator, in
a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner, shall determine the manner in which
such error shall be corrected and shall promptly advise the Trustee in writing
of such error and of the method for correcting such error. The accounts of
any or all Participants may be revised, if necessary, in order to correct such
error. To the extent applicable, such correction shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of IRS Revenue Procedure 98-22 (or any amendment or
successor thereto).
5.8 Value of Participant's Account.
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At any time, the value of a Participant's Account shall consist of the
aggregate value of his Employee Stock Ownership Account and his distribution
account, if any, determined as of the next-preceding Valuation Date. The
Administrator shall maintain adequate records of the cost basis of Employer
Securities allocated to each Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account.
5.9 Investment of Account Balances.
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The Employee Stock Ownership Accounts shall be invested primarily in
Employer Securities. All sales of Employer Securities by the Trustee
attributable to the Employee Stock Ownership Accounts of all Participants
shall be charged pro rata to the Employee Stock Ownership Accounts of all
Participants.
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ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT, DEATH AND DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY
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6.1 Normal Retirement.
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A Participant who reaches his Normal Retirement Date and who shall
retire at that time shall thereupon be entitled to retirement benefits based
on the value of his Account, payable pursuant to the provisions of Section
9.1. A Participant who remains in Service after his Normal Retirement Date
shall not be entitled to any retirement benefits until his actual termination
of Service thereafter (except as provided in Section 9.4), and he shall
meanwhile continue to participate in this Plan.
6.2 Early Retirement.
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A Participant who reaches his Early Retirement Date may retire at such
time (or, at his election, as of the first day of any month thereafter prior
to his Normal Retirement Date) and shall thereupon be entitled to retirement
benefits based on the vested value of his Account, payable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.1.
6.3 Disability Retirement.
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In the event a Participant incurs a Disability, he may retire on his
Disability Retirement Date and shall thereupon be entitled to retirement
benefits based on the value of his Account, payable pursuant to the provisions
of Section 9.1.
6.4 Death Benefits.
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(a) Upon the death of a Participant before his Retirement or other
termination of Service, the value of his Account shall be payable pursuant to
the provisions of Section 9.1. The Administrator shall direct the Trustee to
distribute his Account to any surviving Beneficiary designated by the
Participant or, if none, to such persons specified in Section 6.5(b).
(b) Upon the death of a Former Participant, the Administrator shall
direct the Trustee to distribute any undistributed balance of his Account to
any surviving Beneficiary designated by him or, if none, to such persons
specified in Section 6.5(b).
(c) The Administrator may require such proper proof of death and such
evidence of the right of any person to receive the balance credited to the
Account of a deceased Participant or Former Participant as the Administrator
may deem desirable. The Administrator's determination of death and of the
right of any person to receive payment shall be conclusive.
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6.5 Designation of Beneficiary and Manner of Payment.
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(a) Each Participant shall have the right to designate a Beneficiary to
receive the sum or sums to which he may be entitled upon his death. The
Participant may also designate the manner in which any death benefits under
this Plan shall be payable to his Beneficiary, provided that such designation
is in accordance with Section 9.5. Such designation of Beneficiary and manner
of payment shall be in writing and delivered to the Administrator, and shall
be effective when received by the Administrator while the Participant is
alive. The Participant shall have the right to change such designation by
notice in writing to the Administrator while the Participant is alive. Such
change of Beneficiary or the manner of payment shall become effective upon its
receipt by the Administrator while the Participant is alive. Any such change
shall be deemed to revoke all prior designations.
(b) If a Participant shall fail to designate validly a Beneficiary, or
if no designated Beneficiary survives the Participant, the balance credited to
his Account shall be paid to the person or persons in the first of the
following classes of successive preference Beneficiaries surviving at the
death of the Participant: the Participant's (1) widow or widower, (2)
natural-born or adopted children, (3) natural-born or adoptive parents, and
(4) estate. The Administrator shall determine which Beneficiary, if any,
shall have been validly designated or entitled to receive the balance credited
to the Participant's Account in accordance with the foregoing order of
preference, and its decision shall be binding and conclusive on all persons.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is married on the
date of his death, the sum or sums to which he may be entitled under this Plan
upon his death shall be paid to his spouse, unless the Participant's spouse
shall have consented to the election of another Beneficiary. Such a spousal
consent shall be in writing and shall be witnessed either by a representative
of the Administrator or by a notary public. Any designation by an unmarried
Participant shall be rendered ineffective by any subsequent marriage, and any
consent of a spouse shall be effective only as to that spouse. If it is
established to the satisfaction of the Administrator that spousal consent
cannot be obtained because there is no spouse, because the spouse cannot be
located, or other reasons prescribed by governmental regulations, the consent
of the spouse may be waived, and the Participant may designate a Beneficiary
or Beneficiaries other than his spouse.
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ARTICLE VII
VESTING AND FORFEITURES
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7.1 Vesting on Death, Disability and Normal Retirement.
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Unless his participation in this Plan shall have terminated prior
thereto, upon a Participant's death, Disability or Normal Retirement Date
(whether or not he actually retires at that time) while he is still employed
by the Employer, the Participant's entire Account shall be fully vested and
nonforfeitable.
7.2 Vesting on Termination of Participation.
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Upon termination of his participation in this Plan for any reason other
than death, Disability, or Normal Retirement, a Participant shall be vested in
a percentage of his Employee Stock Ownership Account, such vested percentage
to be determined under the following table, based on the Years of Vesting
Service (including Years of Vesting Service prior to the Effective Date)
credited to him at the time of his termination of participation:
Years of Vesting Service Percentage Vested
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Less than 3 0%
3 but less than 4 20%
4 but less than 5 40%
5 but less than 6 60%
6 but less than 7 80%
7 or more 100%
Any portion of the Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account which
is not vested at the time he incurs a Break shall thereupon be forfeited and
disposed of pursuant to Section 7.3. In such event, Employer Securities shall
be forfeited only after other assets. Distribution of the vested portion of a
terminated Participant's interest in the Plan shall be payable in any manner
permitted under Section 9.1.
7.3 Disposition of Forfeitures.
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(a) In the event a Participant incurs a Break and subsequently resumes
both his Service and his participation in the Plan prior to incurring at least
5 Breaks, the forfeitable portion of his Employee Stock Ownership Account
shall be reinstated to the credit of the Participant as of the date he resumes
participation.
(b) In the event a Participant terminates Service and subsequently incurs
a Break and receives a distribution, or in the event a Participant does not
terminate Service, but incurs at least 5 Breaks, or in the event that a
Participant terminates Service and incurs at least 5 Breaks
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but has not received a distribution, then the forfeitable portion of his
Employee Stock Ownership Account, including Investment Adjustments, shall be
reallocated to other Participants, pursuant to Section 5.4, as of the date the
Participant incurs such Break or Breaks, as the case may be.
(c) In the event a former Participant who had received a distribution
from the Plan is rehired, he shall repay the amount of his distribution before
the earlier of 5 years after the date of his rehire by the Employer, or the
close of the first period of 5 consecutive Breaks commencing after the
withdrawal, in order for any forfeited amounts to be restored to him.
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ARTICLE VIII
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PROVISIONS
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8.1 Right to Demand Employer Securities.
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A Participant entitled to a distribution from his Account shall be
entitled to demand that his interest in the Account be distributed to him in
the form of Employer Securities, all subject to Section 9.9. The
Administrator shall notify the Participant of his right to demand distribution
of his vested Account balance entirely in whole shares of Employer Securities
(with the value of any fractional share paid in cash). However, if the
charter or by-laws of the Employer restrict ownership of substantially all of
the outstanding Employer Securities to Employees and the Trust, then the
distribution of a Participant's vested Account shall be made entirely in the
form of cash or other property, and the Participant is not entitled to a
distribution in the form of Employer Securities.
8.2 Voting Rights.
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Each Participant with an Employee Stock Ownership Account shall be
entitled to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which the Employer
Securities in such account are to be voted. Employer Securities held in the
Employee Stock Ownership Suspense Account or the Exempt Loan Suspense Account
shall be voted by the Trustee on each issue with respect to which shareholders
are entitled to vote in the same proportion as the Participants who directed
the Trustee as to the manner of voting their shares in the Employee Stock
Ownership Accounts with respect to such issue. Prior to the initial
allocation of shares, the Trustee shall be entitled to vote the shares in the
Exempt Loan Suspense Account without prior direction from the Participants or
the Administrator. In the event that a Participant fails to give timely
voting instructions to the Trustee with respect to the voting of Employer
Securities that are allocated to his Employee Stock Ownership Account, the
Trustee shall vote such shares in its discretion.
8.3 Nondiscrimination in Employee Stock Ownership Contribution.
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In the event that the amount of the Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution that would be required in any Plan Year to make the scheduled
payments on an Exempt Loan would exceed the amount that would otherwise be
deductible by the Employer for such Plan Year under Code Section 404, then no
more than one-third of the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution for the Plan
Year, which is also the Employer's taxable year, shall be allocated to the
group of Employees who:
(a) Was at any time during the Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year a 5
percent owner of the Employer; or
(b) Received compensation (within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of
the Code) from the Employer for the preceding Plan Year in excess of $80,000,
as adjusted under Code
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Section 414(q), and, if the Employer so elects, was in the "top-paid group" of
Employees (as defined below) for such year.
An Employee shall be deemed a member of the "top-paid group" of
Employees for a given Plan Year if such Employee is in the group of the top
20% of the Employees of the Employer when ranked on the basis of compensation
(as defined above).
A former Employee shall be included in the group of Employees described above
if either:
(c) Such former Employee was included in such group when such Employee
separated from Service, or
(d) Such former Employee was included in such group at any time after
attaining age 55.
The determination of who is included in the group of Employees described
above, including the determination of the number and identity of Employees in
the "top-paid group," will be made in accordance with Section 414(q) of the
Code and the regulations thereunder.
8.4 Dividends.
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Dividends paid with respect to Employer Securities credited to a
Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account as of the record date for the
dividend payment may be allocated to the Participant's Employee Stock
Ownership Account, paid in cash to the Participant, or used by the Trustee to
make payments on an Exempt Loan, pursuant to the direction of the
Administrator. If the Administrator shall direct that the aforesaid dividends
shall be paid directly to Participants, the dividends paid with respect to
such Employer Securities shall be paid to the Plan, from which dividend
distributions in cash shall be made to the Participants with respect to the
Employer Securities in their Employee Stock Ownership Accounts within 90 days
of the close of the Plan Year in which the dividends were paid. If dividends
on Employer Securities already allocated to Participants' Employee Stock
Ownership Accounts are used to make payments on an Exempt Loan, the Employer
Securities which are released from the Exempt Loan Suspense Account shall
first be allocated to each Employee Stock Ownership Account in an amount equal
to the amount of dividends that would have been allocated to such Account if
the dividends had not been used to make payments on an Exempt Loan, and the
remaining Employer Securities (if any) which are released shall be allocated
in the proportion that the value of each Employee Stock Ownership Account
bears to the value of all such Accounts, all in accordance with Section 404(k)
of the Code. Dividends on Employer Securities obtained pursuant to an Exempt
Loan and still held in the Exempt Loan Suspense Account may be used to make
payments on an Exempt Loan, as described in Section 8.6.
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8.5 Exempt Loans.
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(a) The Sponsor may direct the Trustee to obtain Exempt Loans. The
Exempt Loan may take the form of (i) a loan from a bank or other commercial
lender to purchase Employer Securities (ii) a loan from the Employer to the
Plan; or (iii) an installment sale of Employer Securities to the Plan. The
proceeds of any such Exempt Loan shall be used, within a reasonable time after
the Exempt Loan is obtained, only to purchase Employer Securities, repay the
Exempt Loan, or repay any prior Exempt Loan. Any such Exempt Loan shall
provide for no more than a reasonable rate of interest and shall be without
recourse against the Plan. The number of years to maturity under the Exempt
Loan must be definitely ascertainable at all times. The only assets of the
Plan that may be given as collateral for an Exempt Loan are Financed Shares
acquired with the proceeds of the Exempt Loan and Financed Shares that were
used as collateral for a prior Exempt Loan repaid with the proceeds of the
current Exempt Loan. Such Financed Shares so pledged shall be placed in an
Exempt Loan Suspense Account. No person or institution entitled to payment
under an Exempt Loan shall have recourse against Trust assets other than the
Financed Shares, the Employer Stock Ownership Contribution (other than
contributions of Employer Securities) that is available under the Plan to meet
obligations under the Exempt Loan, and earnings attributable to such Financed
Shares and the investment of such contribution. Any Employee Stock Ownership
Contribution paid during the Plan Year in which an Exempt Loan is made
(whether before or after the date the proceeds of the Exempt Loan are
received), any Employee Stock Ownership Contribution paid thereafter until the
Exempt Loan has been repaid in full, and all earnings from investment of such
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution, without regard to whether any such
Employee Stock Ownership Contribution and earnings have been allocated to
Participants' Employee Stock Ownership Accounts, shall be available to meet
obligations under the Exempt Loan as such obligations accrue, or prior to the
time such obligations accrue, unless otherwise provided by the Employer at the
time any such contribution is made. Any pledge of Employer Securities shall
provide for the release of Financed Shares upon the payment of any portion of
the Exempt Loan.
(b) For each Plan Year during the duration of the Exempt Loan, the
number of Financed Shares released from such pledge shall equal the number of
Financed Shares held immediately before release for the current Plan Year
multiplied by a fraction. The numerator of the fraction is the sum of
principal and interest paid in such Plan Year. The denominator of the
fraction is the sum of the numerator plus the principal and interest to be
paid for all future years. Such years will be determined without taking into
account any possible extension or renewal periods. If interest on any Exempt
Loan is variable, the interest to be paid in future years under the Exempt
Loan shall be computed by using the interest rate applicable as of the end of
the Plan Year.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee may, in accordance with
the direction of the Administrator, obtain an Exempt Loan pursuant to the
terms of which the number of Financed Shares to be released from encumbrance
shall be determined with reference to principal payments only. In the event
that such an Exempt Loan is obtained, annual payments of principal and
interest shall be at a cumulative rate that is not less rapid at any time than
level
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payments of such amounts for not more than 10 years. The amount of interest
in any such annual loan repayment shall be disregarded only to the extent that
it would be determined to be interest under standard loan amortization tables.
The requirement set forth in the preceding sentence shall not be applicable
from the time that, by reason of a renewal, extension, or refinancing, the sum
of the expired duration of the Exempt Loan, the renewal period, the extension
period, and the duration of a new Exempt Loan exceeds 10 years.
8.6 Exempt Loan Payments.
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(a) Payments of principal and interest on any Exempt Loan during a Plan
Year shall be made by the Trustee (as directed by the Administrator) only from
(1) the Employee Stock Ownership Contribution to the Trust made to meet the
Plan's obligation under an Exempt Loan (other than contributions of Employer
Securities) and from any earnings attributable to Financed Shares and
investments of such contributions (both received during or prior to the Plan
Year); (2) the proceeds of a subsequent Exempt Loan made to repay a prior
Exempt Loan; and (3) the proceeds of the sale of any Financed Shares. Such
contribution and earnings shall be accounted for separately by the Plan until
the Exempt Loan is repaid.
(b) Employer Securities released from the Exempt Loan Suspense Account
by reason of the payment of principal or interest on an Exempt Loan from
amounts allocated to Participants' Employee Stock Ownership Accounts shall
immediately upon release be allocated as set forth in Section 5.5.
(c) The Employer shall contribute to the Trust sufficient amounts to
enable the Trust to pay principal and interest on any such Exempt Loans as
they are due, provided, however, that no such contribution shall exceed the
limitations in Section 5.6. In the event that such contributions by reason of
the limitations in Section 5.6 are insufficient to enable the Trust to pay
principal and interest on such Exempt Loan as it is due, then upon the
Administrator's direction the Employer shall:
(1) Make an Exempt Loan to the Trust in sufficient amounts to meet
such principal and interest payments. Such new Exempt Loan shall be
subordinated to the prior Exempt Loan. Employer Securities released
from the pledge of the prior Exempt Loan shall be pledged as collateral
to secure the new Exempt Loan. Such Employer Securities will be
released from this new pledge and allocated to the Employee Stock
Ownership Accounts of the Participants in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Plan;
(2) Purchase any Financed Shares in an amount necessary to provide
the Trustee with sufficient funds to meet the principal and interest
repayments. Any such sale by the Plan shall meet the requirements of
Section 408(e) of the Act; or
(3) Any combination of the foregoing.
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However, the Employer shall not, pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection, do, fail to do or cause to be done any act or thing which would
result in a disqualification of the Plan as an employee stock ownership plan
under Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code.
(d) Except as provided in Section 8.1 above and notwithstanding any
amendment to or termination of the Plan which causes it to cease to qualify as
an employee stock ownership plan within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(7) of
the Code, or any repayment of an Exempt Loan, no shares of Employer Securities
acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan obtained by the Trust to purchase
Employer Securities may be subject to a put, call or other option, or buy-sell
or similar arrangement, while such shares are held by the Plan or when such
shares are distributed from the Plan.
8.7 Put Option.
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In the event that the Employer Securities distributed to a Participant
are not readily tradable on an established market, the Participant shall be
entitled to require that the Employer repurchase the Employer Securities under
a fair valuation formula, as provided by governmental regulations. The
Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to exercise the put option
described in the preceding sentence for a period of not more than 60 days
following the date of distribution of Employer Securities to him. If the put
option is not exercised within such 60-day period, the Participant or
Beneficiary may exercise the put option during an additional period of not
more than 60 days after the beginning of the first day of the first Plan Year
following the Plan Year in which the first put option period occurred, all as
provided in regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
If a Participant exercises the foregoing put option with respect to
Employer Securities that were distributed as part of a total distribution
pursuant to which a Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account is
distributed to him in a single taxable year, the Employer or the Plan may
elect to pay the purchase price of the Employer Securities over a period not
to exceed 5 years. Such payments shall be made in substantially equal
installments not less frequently than annually over a period beginning not
later than 30 days after the exercise of the put option. Reasonable interest
shall be paid to the Participant with respect to the unpaid balance of the
purchase price, and adequate security shall be provided with respect thereto.
In the event that a Participant exercises a put option with respect to
Employer Securities that are distributed as part of an installment
distribution, if permissible under Section 9.5, the amount to be paid for such
securities shall be paid not later than 30 days after the exercise of the put
option.
8.8 Diversification Requirements.
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Each Participant who has completed at least 10 years of participation in
the Plan and has attained age 55 may elect within 90 days after the close of
each Plan Year during his "qualified election period" to direct the Plan as to
the investment of at least 25 percent of his Employee Stock Ownership Account
(to the extent such percentage exceeds the amount to which a prior election
under this Section 8.8 had been made). For purposes of this Section 8.8, the
term
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"qualified election period" shall mean the 5-Plan-Year period beginning with
the Plan Year after the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 55 (or,
if later, beginning with the Plan Year after the first Plan Year in which the
Employee first completes at least 10 years of participation in the Plan). In
the case of an Employee who has attained age 60 and completed 10 years of
participation in the prior Plan Year and in the case of the election year in
which any other Participant who has met the minimum age and service
requirements for diversification can make his last election hereunder, he
shall be entitled to direct the Plan as to the investment of at least 50
percent of his Employee Stock Ownership Account (to the extent such percentage
exceeds the amount to which a prior election under this Section 8.8 had been
made). The Plan shall make available at least 3 investment options (chosen by
the Administrator in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Department
of Treasury) to each Participant making an election hereunder. The Plan shall
be deemed to have met the requirements of this Section if the portion of the
Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account covered by the election
hereunder is distributed to the Participant or his designated Beneficiary
within 90 days after the period during which the election may be made. In the
absence of such a distribution, the Trustee shall implement the Participant's
election within 90 days following the expiration of the qualified election
period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the fair market value of the
Employer Securities allocated to the Employee Stock Ownership Account of a
Participant otherwise entitled to diversify hereunder is $500 or less as of
the Valuation Date immediately preceding the first day of any election period,
then such Participant shall not be entitled to an election under this Section
8.8 for that qualified election period.
8.9 Independent Appraiser.
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An independent appraiser meeting the requirements of the regulations
promulgated under Code Section 170(a)(1) shall value the Employer Securities
in those Plan Years when such securities are not readily tradable on an
established securities market.
8.10 Nonterminable Rights.
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The provisions of this Article VIII shall continue to be applicable to
Employer Securities held by the Trustee, whether or not allocated to
Participants' and Former Participants' Accounts, even if the Plan ceases to be
an employee stock ownership plan, as defined in Section 4975(e)(7) of the
Code.
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ARTICLE IX
PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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9.1 Payments on Termination of Service - In General.
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All benefits provided under this Plan shall be funded by the value of a
Participant's vested Account in the Plan. As soon as practicable after a
Participant's Retirement, Disability, death or other termination of Service,
the Administrator shall ascertain the value of his vested Account, as provided
in Article V, and the Administrator shall hold or dispose of the same in
accordance with the following provisions of this Article IX.
9.2 Commencement of Payments.
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(a) Distributions upon Retirement, Disability or Death. Upon a
Participant's Retirement, Disability or death, payment of benefits under this
Plan shall, unless the Participant otherwise elects (in accordance with
Section 9.3), commence as soon as practicable after the Valuation Date next
following the date of the Participant's Retirement, Disability or death.
(b) Distribution following Termination of Service. Unless a Participant
elects otherwise, if a Participant terminates Service prior to Retirement,
Disability or death, he shall be accorded an opportunity to commence receipt
of benefits as soon as practicable after the Valuation Date next following the
date of his termination of Service. A Participant who terminates Service with
a vested Account balance shall be entitled to receive from the Administrator a
statement of his benefits. In the event that a Participant elects not to
commence receipt of distribution in accordance with this Section 9.2(b) after
the Participant incurs a Break, the Administrator shall transfer his vested
Account balance to a distribution account. If a Participant's vested Account
balance does not exceed (or at the time of any prior distribution did not
exceed) $5,000, the Plan Administrator shall distribute the vested portion of
his Account balance as soon as administratively feasible without the consent
of the Participant or his spouse.
(c) Distribution of Accounts Greater Than $5,000. If the value of a
Participant's vested Account balance exceeds (or at the time of any prior
distribution exceeded) $5,000, and the Account balance is immediately
distributable, the Participant must consent to any distribution of such
Account balance. The Administrator shall notify the Participant of the right
to defer any distribution until the Participant's Account balance is no longer
immediately distributable. The consent of the Participant shall not be
required to the extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Code Section
401(a)(9) or Code Section 415.
9.3 Mandatory Commencement of Benefits.
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(a) Unless a Participant elects otherwise, in writing, distribution of
benefits will begin no later than the 60th day after the latest to occur of
the close of the Plan Year in which (i) the Participant attains age 65, (ii)
the tenth anniversary of the Plan Year in which the Participant
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commenced participation, or (iii) the Participant terminates Service with the
Employer and all Related Employers.
(b) In the event that the Plan shall be subsequently amended to provide
for a form of distribution other than a lump sum, as of the first distribution
calendar year, distributions, if not made in a lump sum, may be made only over
one of the following periods (or a combination thereof):
(i) the life of the Participant,
(ii) the life of the Participant and the designated Beneficiary,
(iii) a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of
the Participant, or
(iv) a period certain not extending beyond the joint and last
survivor expectancy of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary.
(c) In the event that the Plan shall be subsequently amended to provide
for a form of distribution other than a lump sum, if the Participant's
interest is to be distributed in other than a lump sum, the following minimum
distribution rules shall apply on or after the required beginning date:
(i) If a Participant's benefit is to be distributed over (1) a
period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or the
joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and the
Participant's designated Beneficiary or (2) a period not extending beyond the
life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary, the amount required to be
distributed for each calendar year, beginning with distributions for the first
distribution calendar year, must at least equal the quotient obtained by
dividing the Participant's benefit by the applicable life expectancy.
(ii) For calendar years beginning after December 31, 1988, the
amount to be distributed each year, beginning with distributions for the first
distribution calendar year, shall not be less than the quotient obtained by
dividing the Participant's Account balance by the lesser of (1) the applicable
life expectancy, or (2) if the Participant's spouse is not the designated
Beneficiary, the applicable divisor determined from the table set forth in
Q&A-4 of section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Proposed Regulations. Distributions
after the death of the Participant shall be distributed using the applicable
life expectancy in subsection (iii) of Section 9.3(b) above as the relevant
divisor without regard to Proposed Regulations section 1.401(a)(9)-2.
(iii) The minimum distribution required for the Participant's first
distribution calendar year must be made on or before the Participant's
required beginning date. The minimum distribution for other calendar years,
including the minimum distribution for the distribution
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calendar year in which the Participant's required beginning date occurs, must
be made on or before December 31 of the distribution calendar year.
(d) If a Participant dies after a distribution has commenced in
accordance with Section 9.3(b) but before his entire interest has been
distributed to him, the remaining portion of such interest shall be
distributed to his Beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the method of
distribution in effect as of the date of his death.
(e) If a Participant shall die before the distribution of his Account
balance has begun, the entire Account balance shall be distributed by December
31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the death of the
Participant, except in the following events:
(i) If any portion of the Participant's Account balance is payable
to (or for the benefit of) a designated Beneficiary over a period not
extending beyond the life expectancy of such Beneficiary and such
distributions begin not later than December 31 of the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the Participant died; or
(ii) If any portion of the Participant's Account balance is payable
to (or for the benefit of) the Participant's spouse over a period not
extending beyond the life expectancy of such spouse and such distributions
begin no later than December 31 of the calendar year in which the Participant
would have attained age 70-1/2.
If the Participant has not made a distribution election by the time of
his death, the Participant's designated Beneficiary shall elect the method of
distribution no later than the earlier of (1) December 31 of the calendar year
in which distributions would be required to begin under this Article or (2)
December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of the
date of death of the Participant. If the Participant has no designated
Beneficiary, or if the designated Beneficiary does not elect a method of
distribution, distribution of the Participant's entire interest shall be
completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary
of the Participant's death.
(f) For purposes of this Article, the life expectancy of a Participant
and his spouse may be redetermined but not more frequently than annually. The
life expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy) shall be calculated
using the attained age of the Participant (or designated Beneficiary) as of
the Participant's (or designated Beneficiary's) birthday in the applicable
calendar year reduced by one for each calendar year which has elapsed since
the date life expectancy was first calculated. If life expectancy is being
recalculated, the applicable life expectancy shall be the life expectancy as
so recalculated. The applicable calendar year shall be the first distribution
calendar year, and if life expectancy is being recalculated, such succeeding
calendar year. Unless otherwise elected by the Participant (or his spouse, if
applicable) by the time distributions are required to begin, life expectancies
shall be recalculated annually. Any election not to recalculate shall be
irrevocable and shall apply to all subsequent years. The life expectancy of a
nonspouse Beneficiary may not be recalculated.
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(g) For purposes of Section 9.3(b) and 9.3(e), any amount paid to a
child shall be treated as if it had been paid to a surviving spouse if such
amount will become payable to the surviving spouse upon such child reaching
majority (or other designated event permitted under regulations).
(h) For distributions beginning before the Participant's death, the
first distribution calendar year is the calendar year immediately preceding
the calendar year which contains the Participant's required beginning date.
For distributions beginning after the Participant's death, the first
distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which distributions are
required to begin pursuant to this Article.
9.4 Required Beginning Dates.
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(a) General Rule. The required beginning date of a Participant who is a
5-percent owner of the Employer is the first day of April of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2. The
required beginning date of a Participant who is not a 5-percent owner shall be
April 1 of the calendar year following the later of either: (i) the calendar
year in which the Participant attains age 70-1/2, or (ii) the calendar year in
which the Participant retires.
(b) 5-percent owner. A Participant is treated as a 5-percent owner for
purposes of this section if such Participant is a 5-percent owner as defined
in section 416(i) of the Code (determined in accordance with section 416 but
without regard to whether the plan is top-heavy) at any time during the Plan
Year ending with or within the calendar year in which such owner attains age
66-1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year. Once distributions have begun to a
5-percent owner under this section, they must continue to be distributed, even
if the Participant ceases to be a 5-percent owner in a subsequent year.
9.5 Form of Payment.
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Each Participant's vested Account balance shall be distributed in a lump
sum payment. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, but subject to Section
9.3, the Administrator may not distribute a lump sum without the Participant's
consent when the present value of a Participant's total Account balance is in
excess of $5,000. This form of payment shall be the normal form of
distribution. Furthermore, however, in the event that the Administrator must
commence distributions, as required by Section 9.4 herein, with respect to an
Employee who has attained age 70-1/2 and is still employed by the Employer, if
the Employee does not elect a lump sum distribution, payments shall be made in
installments in such amounts as shall satisfy the minimum distribution rules
of Section 9.3.
9.6 Payments Upon Termination of Plan.
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Upon termination of this Plan pursuant to Sections 13.2, 13.4, 13.5 or
13.6, the Administrator shall continue to perform its duties and the Trustee
shall make all payments upon
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the following terms, conditions and provisions: The Account balance of each
affected Participant and Former Participant shall immediately become fully
vested and nonforfeitable; the Account balance of all Participants and Former
Participants shall be determined within 60 days after such termination, and
the Administrator shall have the same powers to direct the Trustee in making
payments as contained in Sections 9.1 and 13.5.
9.7 Distributions Pursuant to Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
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Upon receipt of a domestic relations order, the Administrator shall
promptly notify the Participant and any alternate payee of receipt of the
order and the Plan's procedure for determining whether the order is a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order. While the issue of whether a domestic
relations order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order is being determined,
if the benefits would otherwise be paid, the Administrator shall segregate in
a separate account in the Plan the amounts that would be payable to the
alternate payee during such period if the order were a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order. If within 18 months the order is determined to be a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the amounts so segregated, along with the
interest or investment earnings attributable thereto, shall be paid to the
alternate payee. Alternatively, if within 18 months, it is determined that
the order is not a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or if the issue is still
unresolved, the amounts segregated under this Section 9.7, with the earnings
attributable thereto, shall be paid to the Participant or Beneficiary who
would have been entitled to such amounts if there had been no order. The
determination as to whether the order is qualified shall be applied
prospectively. Thus, if the Administrator determines that the order is a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order after the 18-month period, the Plan shall
not be liable for payments to the alternative payee for the period before the
order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
9.8 Cash-Out Distributions.
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If a Participant receives a distribution of his entire vested Account
balance because of the termination of his participation in the Plan, the Plan
shall disregard a Participant's Service with respect to which such cash-out
distribution shall have been made, in computing his Account balance in the
event that a Former Participant shall again become an Employee and become
eligible to participate in the Plan. Such a distribution shall be deemed to
be made on termination of participation in the Plan if it is made not later
than the close of the second Plan Year following the Plan Year in which such
termination occurs. The forfeitable portion of a Participant's Account
balance shall be restored upon repayment to the Plan by such Former
Participant of the full amount of the cash-out distribution, provided that the
Former Participant again becomes an Employee. Such repayment must be made by
the Employee not later than the end of the 5-year period beginning with the
date of the distribution. Forfeitures required to be restored by virtue of
such repayment shall be restored from the following sources in the following
order of preference: (i) current forfeitures; (ii) an additional Employee
Stock Ownership Contribution, as appropriate, and as subject to Section 5.6;
and (iii) investment earnings of the Fund. In the event that a Participant's
Account balance is totally forfeitable, a Participant shall be deemed to have
received a distribution of zero upon his termination of Service. In the event
of a return to Service within 5
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years of the date of his deemed distribution, the Participant shall be deemed
to have repaid his distribution in accordance with the rules of this Section
9.8.
9.9 ESOP Distribution Rules.
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Notwithstanding any provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the
distribution of a Participant's Employee Stock Ownership Account (unless the
Participant elects otherwise in writing) shall commence as soon as
administratively feasible as of the first Valuation Date coincident with or
next following his death, Disability or termination of Service, but not later
than 1 year after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant
separates from Service by reason of the attainment of his Normal Retirement
Date, Disability, death or separation from Service. In addition, all
distributions hereunder shall, to the extent that the Participant's Account is
invested in Employer Securities, be made in the form of Employer Securities or
cash, or a combination of Employer Securities and cash, in the discretion of
the Administrator, subject to the Participant's right to demand Employer
Securities in accordance with Section 8.1. Fractional shares, however, may be
distributed in the form of cash.
9.10 Direct Rollover.
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(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would
otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Article IX, a distributee
may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Administrator, to
have any portion of an "eligible rollover distribution" paid directly to an
"eligible retirement plan" specified by the distributee in a "direct
rollover."
(b) For purposes of this Section 9.10, an "eligible rollover
distribution" is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the
credit of the distributee, except that an "eligible rollover distribution"
does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially
equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life
(or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life
expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee's designated Beneficiary,
or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent
such distribution is required under section 401(a)(9) of the Code; and the
portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income (determined
without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect
to Employer Securities).
(c) For purposes of this Section 9.10, an "eligible retirement plan" is
an individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Code, an
individual retirement annuity described in section 408(b) of the Code, an
annuity plan described in section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust
described in section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts the distributee's
eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an "eligible rollover
distribution" to the surviving spouse, an "eligible retirement plan" is an
individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity.
(d) For purposes of this Section 9.10, a distributee includes a
Participant or Former Participant. In addition, the Participant's or Former
Participant's surviving spouse and the
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Participant's or Former Participant's spouse or former spouse who is the
alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order are "distributees"
with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse.
(e) For purposes of this Section 9.10, a "direct rollover" is a payment
by the Plan to the "eligible retirement plan" specified by the distributee.
9.11 Waiver of 30-day Notice.
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If a distribution is one to which Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the
Code do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the
notice required under Section 1.411(a)-11(c) of the Income Tax Regulations is
given, provided that: (1) the Administrator clearly informs the Participant
that the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after
receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to elect a
distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution option), and (2)
the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a
distribution.
9.12 Re-employed Veterans.
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary,
contributions, benefits, Plan loan repayment suspensions and Service credit
with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with
Code Section 414(u).
9.13 Share Legend.
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Employer Securities held or distributed by the Trustee may include such
legend restrictions on transferability as the Employer may reasonably require
in order to assure compliance with applicable Federal and State securities and
other laws.
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ARTICLE X
PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLANS
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10.1 Top-Heavy Rules to Control.
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Anything contained in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if for
any Plan Year the Plan is a top-heavy plan, as determined pursuant to Section
416 of the Code, then the Plan must meet the requirements of this Article X
for such Plan Year.
10.2 Top-Heavy Plan Definitions.
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Unless a different meaning is plainly implied by the context, the
following terms as used in this Article X shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Accrued Benefit" shall mean the account balances or accrued
benefits of an Employee, calculated pursuant to Section 10.3.
(b) "Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any particular Plan
Year of this Plan, the last day of the preceding Plan Year (or, in the case of
the first Plan Year of the Plan, the last day of the first Plan Year). In
addition, the term "Determination Date" shall mean, with respect to any
particular plan year of any plan (other than this Plan) in a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group, the last day of the plan
year of such plan which falls within the same calendar year as the
Determination Date for this Plan.
(c) "Employer" shall mean the Employer (as defined in Section 1.1(q))
and any entity which is (1) a member of a controlled group including such
Employer, while it is a member of such controlled group (within the meaning of
Section 414(b) of the Code), (2) in a group of trades or businesses under
common control with such Employer, while it is under common control (within
the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code), and (3) a member of an affiliated
service group including such Employer, while it is a member of such affiliated
service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code).
(d) "Key Employee" shall mean any Employee or former Employee (or any
Beneficiary of such Employee or former Employee, as the case may be) who, at
any time during the Plan Year or during the 4 immediately preceding Plan
Years, is one of the following:
(1) An officer of the Employer who has compensation greater than
50% of the amount in effect under Code 415(b)(1)(A) for the Plan Year;
provided, however, that no more than 50 Employees (or, if lesser, the
greater of 3 or 10% of the Employees) shall be deemed officers;
(2) One of the 10 Employees having annual compensation (as defined
in Section 415 of the Code) in excess of the limitation in effect under
Section
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415(c)(1)(A) of the Code, and owning (or considered as owning, within the
meaning of Section 318 of the Code) the largest interests in the
Employer;
(3) Any Employee owning (or considered as owning, within the meaning
of Section 318 of the Code) more than 5% of the outstanding stock of the
Employer or stock possessing more than 5% of the total combined voting
power of all stock of the Employer; or
(4) Any Employee having annual compensation (as defined in Section
415 of the Code) of more than $150,000 and who would be described in
Section 10.2(d)(3) if "1%" were substituted for "5%" wherever the latter
percentage appears.
For purposes of applying Section 318 of the Code to the provisions of
this Section 10.2(d), Section 318(a)(2)(C) of the Code shall be applied by
substituting "5%" for "50%" wherever the latter percentage appears. In
addition, for purposes of this Section 10.2(d), the provisions of Section
414(b), (c) and (m) shall not apply in determining ownership interests in the
Employer. However, for purposes of determining whether an individual has
compensation in excess of $150,000, or whether an individual is a Key Employee
under Section 10.2(d)(1) and (2), compensation from each entity required to be
aggregated under Sections 414(b), (c) and (m) of the Code shall be taken into
account. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, all
determinations as to whether a person is or is not a Key Employee shall be
resolved by reference to Section 416 of the Code and any rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(e) "Non-Key Employee" shall mean any Employee or former Employee (or
any Beneficiary of such Employee or former Employee, as the case may be) who
is not considered to be a Key Employee with respect to this Plan.
(f) "Permissive Aggregation Group" shall mean all plans in the Required
Aggregation Group and any other plans maintained by the Employer which satisfy
Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code when considered together with the
Required Aggregation Group.
(g) "Required Aggregation Group" shall mean each plan (including any
terminated plan) of the Employer in which a Key Employee is (or in the case of
a terminated plan, had been) a Participant in the Plan Year containing the
Determination Date or any of the 4 preceding Plan Years, and each other plan
of the Employer which enables any plan of the Employer in which a Key Employee
is a Participant to meet the requirements of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410 of the
Code.
10.3 Calculation of Accrued Benefits.
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(a) An Employee's Accrued Benefit shall be equal to:
(1) With respect to this Plan or any other defined contribution
plan (other than a defined contribution pension plan) in a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group, the Employee's
account balances under the respective
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plan, determined as of the most recent plan valuation date within a
12-month period ending on the Determination Date, including
contributions actually made after the valuation date but before the
Determination Date (and, in the first plan year of a plan, also
including any contributions made after the Determination Date which are
allocated as of a date in the first plan year).
(2) With respect to any defined contribution pension plan in a
Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group, the
Employee's account balances under the plan, determined as of the most
recent plan valuation date within a 12-month period ending on the
Determination Date, including contributions which have not actually been
made, but which are due to be made as of the Determination Date.
(3) With respect to any defined benefit plan in a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group, the present value
of the Employee's accrued benefits under the plan, determined as of the
most recent plan valuation date within a 12-month period ending on the
Determination Date, pursuant to the actuarial assumptions used by such
plan, and calculated as if the Employee terminated Service under such
plan as of the valuation date (except that, in the first plan year of a
plan, a current Participant's estimated Accrued Benefit as of the
Determination Date shall be taken into account).
(4) If any individual has not performed services for the Employer
maintaining the Plan at any time during the 5-year period ending on the
Determination Date, any Accrued Benefit for such individual shall not be
taken into account.
(b) The Accrued Benefit of any Employee shall be further adjusted as
follows:
(1) The Accrued Benefit shall be calculated to include all amounts
attributable to both Employer and Employee contributions, but shall
exclude amounts attributable to voluntary deductible Employee
contributions, if any.
(2) The Accrued Benefit shall be increased by the aggregate
distributions made with respect to an Employee under the plan or plans,
as the case may be, during the 5-year period ending on the
Determination Date.
(3) Rollover and direct plan-to-plan transfers shall be taken into
account as follows:
(A) If the transfer is initiated by the Employee and made from
a plan maintained by one employer to a plan maintained by another
unrelated employer, the transferring plan shall continue to count the
amount transferred; the receiving plan shall not count the amount
transferred.
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(B) If the transfer is not initiated by the Employee or is made
between plans maintained by related employers, the transferring plan
shall no longer count the amount transferred; the receiving plan shall
count the amount transferred.
(c) If any individual has not performed services for the Employer at
any time during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date, any
Accrued Benefit for such individual (and the account of such individual) shall
not be taken into account.
10.4 Determination of Top-Heavy Status.
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This Plan shall be considered to be a top-heavy plan for any Plan Year
if, as of the Determination Date, the value of the Accrued Benefits of Key
Employees exceeds 60% of the value of the Accrued Benefits of all eligible
Employees under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Employer
maintains any other qualified plan, the determination of whether this Plan is
top-heavy shall be made after aggregating all other plans of the Employer in
the Required Aggregation Group and, if desired by the Employer as a means of
avoiding top-heavy status, after aggregating any other plan of the Employer in
the Permissive Aggregation Group. If the required Aggregation Group is
top-heavy, then each plan contained in such group shall be deemed to be
top-heavy, notwithstanding that any particular plan in such group would not
otherwise be deemed to be top-heavy. Conversely, if the Permissive
Aggregation Group is not top-heavy, then no plan contained in such group shall
be deemed to be top-heavy, notwithstanding that any particular plan in such
group would otherwise be deemed to be top-heavy. In no event shall a plan
included in a top-heavy Permissive Aggregation Group be deemed a top-heavy
plan unless such plan is also included in a top-heavy Required Aggregation
Group.
10.5 Determination of Super Top-Heavy Status.
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The Plan shall be considered to be a super top-heavy plan if, as of the
Determination Date, the Plan would meet the test specified in Section 10.4
above for classification as a top-heavy plan, except that "90%" shall be
substituted for "60%" whenever the latter percentage appears.
10.6 Minimum Contribution.
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(a) For any Plan Year in which the Plan is top-heavy, each Non-Key
Employee who has met the age and service requirements, if any, contained in
the Plan, shall be entitled to a minimum contribution (which may include
forfeitures otherwise allocable) equal to a percentage of such Non-Key
Employee's compensation (as defined in Section 415 of the Code) as follows:
(1) If the Non-Key Employee is not covered by a defined benefit
plan maintained by the Employer, then the minimum contribution under
this Plan shall be 3% of such Non-Key Employee's compensation.
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(2) If the Non-Key Employee is covered by a defined benefit plan
maintained by the Employer, then the minimum contribution under this
Plan shall be 5% of such Non-Key Employee's compensation.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the minimum contribution otherwise
allocable to a Non-Key Employee under this Plan shall be reduced in the
following circumstances:
(1) The percentage minimum contribution required under this Plan
shall in no event exceed the percentage contribution made for the Key
Employee for whom such percentage is the highest for the Plan Year after
taking into account contributions under other defined contribution plans
in this Plan's Required Aggregation Group; provided, however, that this
Section 10.7(b)(1) shall not apply if this Plan is included in a
Required Aggregation Group and this Plan enables a defined benefit plan
in such Required Aggregation Group to meet the requirements of Section
401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.
(2) No minimum contribution shall be required (or the minimum
contribution shall be reduced, as the case may be) for a Non-Key
Employee under this Plan for any Plan Year if the Employer maintains
another qualified plan under which a minimum benefit or contribution is
being accrued or made on account of such Plan Year, in whole or in part,
on behalf of the Non-Key Employee, in accordance with Section 416(c) of
the Code.
(c) For purposes of this Section 10.6, there shall be disregarded (1)
any Employer contributions attributable to a salary reduction or similar
arrangement, or (2) any Employer contributions to or any benefits under
Chapter 21 of the Code (relating to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act),
Title II of the Social Security Act, or any other federal or state law.
(d) For purposes of this Section 10.6, minimum contributions shall be
required to be made on behalf of only those Non-Key Employees, as described in
Section 10.7(a), who have not terminated Service as of the last day of the
Plan Year. If a Non-Key Employee is otherwise entitled to receive a minimum
contribution pursuant to this Section 10.6(d), the fact that such Non-Key
Employee failed to complete 1,000 Hours of Service or failed to make any
mandatory or elective contributions under this Plan, if any are so required,
shall not preclude him from receiving such minimum contribution.
10.7 Vesting.
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(a) For any Plan Year in which the Plan is a top-heavy plan, a
Participant's Accrued Benefit derived from Employer contributions (not
including contributions made pursuant to Code Section 401(k), if any) shall
continue to vest according to the following schedule:
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Years of Service Completed Percentage Vested
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Less than 2 0%
2 but less than 3 20%
3 but less than 4 40%
4 but less than 5 60%
5 but less than 6 80%
6 or more 100%
(b) For purposes of Section 10.7(a), the term "year of service" shall
have the same meaning as Year of Vesting Service, as set forth in Section
1.1(ss), and as modified by Section 3.2.
(c) If for any Plan Year the Plan becomes top-heavy and the vesting
schedule set forth in Section 10.7(a) becomes effective, then, even if the
Plan ceases to be top-heavy in any subsequent Plan Year, the vesting schedule
set forth in Section 10.7(a) shall remain applicable with respect to any
Participant who has completed 3 or more Years of Service.
10.8 Maximum Benefit Limitation.
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For any Plan Year in which the Plan is a top-heavy plan, Section
5.6(d)(1)(B)(i) and Section 5.6(d)(2)(B)(i) shall be read by substituting
"1.0" for "1.25" wherever the latter figure appears; provided, however, that
such substitution shall not have the effect of reducing any benefit accrued
under a defined benefit plan prior to the first day of the Plan Year in which
this Section 10.8 becomes applicable.
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ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
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11.1 Appointment of Administrator.
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This Plan shall be administered by a committee consisting of up to 5
persons, whether or not Employees or Participants, who shall be appointed from
time to time by the Board of Directors to serve at its pleasure. The Sponsor
may require that each person appointed as an Administrator shall signify his
acceptance by filing an acceptance with the Sponsor. The term "Administrator"
as used in this Plan shall refer to the members of the committee, either
individually or collectively, as appropriate. The authority to control and
manage the operation and administration of the Plan is vested in the
Administrator appointed by the Board of Directors. The Administrator shall
have the rights, duties and obligations of an "administrator," as that term is
defined in section 3(16)(A) of the Act, and of a "plan administrator," as that
term is defined in Section 414(g) of the Code. In the event that the Sponsor
shall elect not to appoint any individuals to constitute a committee to
administer the Plan, the Sponsor shall serve as the Administrator hereunder.
11.2 Resignation or Removal of Administrator.
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An Administrator shall have the right to resign at any time by giving
notice in writing, mailed or delivered to the Sponsor and to the Trustee. Any
Administrator who was an employee of the Employer at the time of his
appointment shall be deemed to have resigned as an Administrator upon his
termination of Service. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, remove
any Administrator with or without cause, by giving notice in writing, mailed
or delivered to the Administrator and to the Trustee.
11.3 Appointment of Successors: Terms of Office, Etc.
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Upon the death, resignation or removal of an Administrator, the Sponsor
may appoint, by Board of Directors' resolution, a successor or successors.
Notice of termination of an Administrator and notice of appointment of a
successor shall be made by the Sponsor in writing, with copies mailed or
delivered to the Trustee, and the successor shall have all the rights and
privileges and all of the duties and obligations of the predecessor.
11.4 Powers and Duties of Administrator.
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The Administrator shall have the following duties and responsibilities
in connection with the administration of this Plan:
(a) To promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations and procedures as
shall be proper for the efficient administration of the Plan, such rules,
regulations and procedures to apply uniformly to all Employees, Participants
and Beneficiaries;
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(b) To exercise discretion in determining all questions arising in the
administration, interpretation and application of the Plan, including
questions of eligibility and of the status and rights of Participants,
Beneficiaries and any other persons hereunder;
(c) To decide any dispute arising hereunder strictly in accordance with
the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that no Administrator shall
participate in any matter involving any questions relating solely to his own
participation or benefits under this Plan;
(d) To advise the Employer and direct the Trustee regarding the known
future needs for funds to be available for distribution in order that the
Trustee may establish investments accordingly;
(e) To correct defects, supply omissions and reconcile inconsistencies
to the extent necessary to effectuate the Plan;
(f) To advise the Employer of the maximum deductible contribution to the
Plan for each fiscal year;
(g) To direct the Trustee concerning all matters pertaining to its
duties and obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and the Trust
Agreement;
(h) To advise the Trustee on all terminations of Service by
Participants, unless the Employer has so notified the Trustee;
(i) To confer with the Trustee on the settling of any claims against the
Fund;
(j) To make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to
proposed amendments to the Plan and the Trust Agreement;
(k) To file all reports with government agencies, Employees and other
parties as may be required by law, whether such reports are initially the
obligation of the Employer, the Plan or the Trustee;
(l) To have all such other powers as may be necessary to discharge its
duties hereunder; and
(m) To direct the Trustee to pay all expenses of administering this
Plan, except to the extent that the Employer pays such expenses.
Full discretion is granted to the Administrator to interpret the Plan
and to determine the benefits, rights and privileges of Participants,
Beneficiaries or other persons affected by this Plan. The Administrator shall
exercise its discretion under the terms of this Plan and shall administer the
Plan in accordance with its terms, such administration to be exercised
uniformly so that all persons similarly situated shall be similarly treated.
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11.5 Action by Administrator.
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The Administrator may elect a Chairman and Secretary from among its
members and may adopt rules for the conduct of its business. A majority of
the members then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. All resolutions or other action taken by the Administrator shall be
by vote of a majority of those present at such meeting and entitled to vote.
Resolutions may be adopted or other action taken without a meeting upon
written consent signed by at least a majority of the members. All documents,
instruments, orders, requests, directions, instructions and other papers shall
be executed on behalf of the Administrator by either the Chairman or the
Secretary of the Administrator, if any, or by any member or agent of the
Administrator duly authorized to act on the Administrator's behalf.
11.6 Participation by Administrator.
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No member of the committee constituting the Administrator shall be
precluded from becoming a Participant in the Plan if he would be otherwise
eligible, but he shall not be entitled to vote or act upon matters or to sign
any documents relating specifically to his own participation under the Plan,
except when such matters or documents relate to benefits generally. If this
disqualification results in the lack of a quorum, then the Board of Directors
shall appoint a sufficient number of temporary members of the committee
constituting the Administrator who shall serve for the sole purpose of
determining such a question.
11.7 Agents.
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The Administrator may employ agents and provide for such clerical,
legal, actuarial, accounting, medical, advisory or other services as it deems
necessary to perform its duties under this Plan. The cost of such services
and all other expenses incurred by the Administrator in connection with the
administration of the Plan shall be paid from the Fund, unless paid by the
Employer.
11.8 Allocation of Duties.
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The duties, powers and responsibilities reserved to the Administrator
may be allocated among its members so long as such allocation is pursuant to
written procedures adopted by the Administrator, in which case, except as may
be required by the Act, no Administrator shall have any liability, with
respect to any duties, powers or responsibilities not allocated to him, for
the acts of omissions of any other Administrator.
11.9 Delegation of Duties.
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The Administrator may delegate any of its duties to any Employees of the
Employer, to the Trustee with its written consent, or to any other person or
firm, provided that the Administrator shall prudently choose such agents and
rely in good faith on their actions.
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11.10 Administrator's Action Conclusive.
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Any action on matters within the authority of the Administrator shall be
final and conclusive except as provided in Article XII.
11.11 Compensation and Expenses of Administrator.
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No Administrator who is receiving compensation from the Employer as a
full-time employee, as a director or agent, shall be entitled to receive any
compensation or fee for his services hereunder. Any other Administrator shall
be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation for his services as an
Administrator hereunder as may be mutually agreed upon between the Employer
and such Administrator. Any such compensation shall be paid from the Fund,
unless paid by the Employer. Each Administrator shall be entitled to
reimbursement by the Employer for any reasonable and necessary expenditures
incurred in the discharge of his duties.
11.12 Records and Reports.
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The Administrator shall maintain adequate records of its actions and
proceedings in administering this Plan and shall file all reports and take all
other actions as it deems appropriate in order to comply with the Act, the
Code and governmental regulations issued thereunder.
11.13 Reports of Fund Open to Participants.
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The Administrator shall keep on file, in such form as it shall deem
convenient and proper, all annual reports of the Fund received by the
Administrator from the Trustee, and a statement of each Participant's interest
in the Fund as from time to time determined. The annual reports of the Fund
and the statement of his Account balance, as well as a complete copy of the
Plan and the Trust Agreement and copies of annual reports to the Internal
Revenue Service, shall be made available by the Administrator to the Employer
for examination by each Participant during reasonable hours at the office of
the Employer, provided, however, that the statement of a Participant's Account
balance shall not be made available for examination by any other Participant.
11.14 Named Fiduciary.
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The Administrator is the named fiduciary for purposes of Section 402 of
the Act and shall be the designated agent for receipt of service of process on
behalf of the Plan. It shall use the care and diligence in the performance of
its duties under this Plan that are required of fiduciaries under the Act.
Nothing in this Plan shall preclude the Employer from purchasing liability
insurance to protect the Administrator with respect to its duties under this
Plan.
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11.15 Information from Employer.
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The Employer shall promptly furnish all necessary information to the
Administrator to permit it to perform its duties under this Plan. The
Administrator shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy and completeness of
all information furnished to it by the Employer, unless it knows or should
have known that such information is erroneous.
11.16 Responsibilities of Directors.
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Subject to the rights reserved to the Board of Directors acting on
behalf of the Employer as set forth in this Plan, no member of the board of
Directors shall have any duties or responsibilities under this Plan, except to
the extent he shall be acting in the capacity of an Administrator or Trustee.
11.17 Liability and Indemnification.
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(a) To the extent not prohibited by the Act, the Administrator shall not
be responsible in any way for any action or omission of the Employer, the
Trustee or any other person in the performance of their duties and obligations
set forth in this Plan and in the Trust Agreement. To the extent not
prohibited by the Act, the Administrator shall also not be responsible for any
act or omission of any of its agents, or with respect to reliance upon advice
of its counsel (whether or not such counsel is also counsel to the Employer or
the Trustee), provided that such agents or counsel were prudently chosen by
the Administrator and that the Administrator relied in good faith upon the
action of such agent or the advice of such counsel.
(b) The Administrator shall not be relieved from responsibility or
liability for any responsibility, obligation or duty imposed upon it under
this Plan or under the Act. Except for its own gross negligence, willful
misconduct or willful breach of the terms of this Plan, the Administrator
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Employer against liability or
losses occurring by reason of any act or omission of the Administrator to the
extent that such indemnification does not violate the Act or any other federal
or state laws.
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ARTICLE XII
CLAIMS PROCEDURE
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12.1 Notice of Denial.
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If a Participant or his Beneficiary is denied any benefits under this
Plan, either in whole or in part, the Administrator shall advise the claimant
in writing of the amount of his benefit, if any, and the specific reasons for
the denial. The Administrator shall also furnish the claimant at that time
with a written notice containing:
(a) A specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions;
(b) A description of any additional material or information necessary
for the claimant to perfect his claim, if possible, and an explanation of why
such material or information is needed; and
(c) An explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
12.2 Right to Reconsideration.
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Within 60 days of receipt of the information described in 12.1 above,
the claimant shall, if he desires further review, file a written request for
reconsideration with the Administrator.
12.3 Review of Documents.
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So long as the claimant's request for review is pending (including the
60-day period described in Section 12.2 above), the claimant or his duly
authorized representative may review pertinent Plan documents and the Trust
Agreement (and any pertinent related documents) and may submit issues and
comments in writing to the Administrator.
12.4 Decision by Administrator.
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A final and binding decision shall be made by the Administrator within
60 days of the filing by the claimant of his request for reconsideration;
provided, however, that if the Administrator feels that a hearing with the
claimant or his representative present is necessary or desirable, this period
shall be extended an additional 60 days.
12.5 Notice by Administrator.
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The Administrator's decision shall be conveyed to the claimant in
writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision, written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, with specific references
to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based. The
Administrator's decision shall be binding and conclusive with respect to all
persons interested therein unless the Administrator has no reasonable basis
for its decision.
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ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS, TERMINATION AND MERGER
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13.1 Amendments.
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The Sponsor reserves the right at any time and from time to time, for
any reason and retroactively if deemed necessary or appropriate by it, to the
extent permissible under law, to conform with governmental regulations or
other policies, to amend in whole or in part any or all of the provisions of
this Plan, provided that:
(a) No amendment shall make it possible for any part of the Fund to be
used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of
Participants or their Beneficiaries under the Trust Agreement, except to the
extent provided in Section 4.4;
(b) No amendment may, directly or indirectly, reduce the vested portion
of any Participant's Account balance as of the effective date of the amendment
or change the vesting schedule with respect to the future accrual of Employer
contributions for any Participants unless each Participant with 3 or more
Years of Vesting Service is permitted to elect to have the vesting schedule in
effect before the amendment used to determine his vested benefit;
(c) No amendment may eliminate an optional form of benefit; and.
(d) No amendment may increase the duties of the Trustee without its
consent.
Amendments may be made in the form of Board of Directors' resolutions or
separate written document. Copies of all amendments shall be delivered to the
Trustee.
13.2 Effect of Change In Control
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(a) In the event of a "change in control" of the Sponsor, as defined in
paragraph (d) below, this Plan shall terminate at the effective time of such
change in control unless the Board of Directors shall affirmatively determine
prior to such effective time that the Plan shall not terminate. Nothing in
this Plan shall prevent the Sponsor from becoming a party to such a change in
control. In the event that the Board of Directors determines that the Plan
shall not terminate upon a change in control, any successor corporation or
other entity formed and resulting from such change in control shall have the
right to become the sponsor of this Plan by adopting the same by resolution.
If, within 180 days from the effective time of such change in control, such
entity does not affirmatively adopt this Plan, then this Plan shall
automatically be terminated, all affected Participants' and Former
Participants' Account balances shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable,
and the Trustee shall make payments to the persons entitled thereto in
accordance with Article IX.
(b) In the event that the Plan terminates upon a change in control in
accordance with paragraph (a) above, the Account balances of all affected
Participants and Former Participants shall become fully vested and
nonforfeitable, and the Trustee shall either (i) make
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payments to each Participant and Beneficiary in accordance with Section 9.5
or, (ii) in the discretion of the Sponsor, continue the Trust Agreement and
make distributions upon the contingencies and in all the circumstances under
which distributions would have been made, on a fully vested basis, had there
been no termination of the Plan.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, at and
after the effective time of a change in control, whether or not the Plan
terminates at such time, each of the following provisions shall become
applicable; provided, however, that any such provision shall not apply if the
Board of Directors determines that such provision either (i) would adversely
affect the tax-qualified status of the Plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a),
(ii) would adversely affect the accounting treatment of the change in control
as a pooling of interests, if the Board of Directors desires that such
treatment apply, or (iii) should not apply for any other reason:
(1) The Plan shall be interpreted, maintained and operated
exclusively for the benefit of those individuals who are participating in the
Plan as of the effective time of the change in control and their
Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1(a), no Employee
shall become a Participant for the first time at or after the effective time
of a change in control.
(2) After a Participant's Retirement, Disability or other
termination of Service, such Participant's Account, regardless of its value,
shall not be distributed and shall share in the allocation of the Employee
Stock Ownership Contribution and Investment Adjustments until such time as
either (A) the Fund is liquidated in connection with the termination of the
Plan, or (B) the Participant (or his Beneficiary) receives a full distribution
of his Account either upon his election in accordance with Section 9.2(c) or
as required in accordance with Section 8.8, 9.3 or 9.4.
(3) Upon the termination of the Plan, Employer Securities that are
allocated to the Exempt Loan Suspense Account and that are not used to repay
an Exempt Loan shall be allocated as Investment Adjustments in accordance with
Section 5.3.
(4) Employer Securities that are released from the Exempt Loan
Suspense Account in accordance with Section 8.5 shall be allocated to the
Employee Stock Ownership Account of each Participant regardless of whether he
completed a Year of Vesting Service during the Plan Year or was an Employee on
the last day of such Plan Year.
(5) The Administrator shall consist of a committee selected by the
Board of Directors, and such committee shall have the exclusive authority (i)
to remove the Trustee and to appoint a successor trustee, (ii) to adopt
amendments to the Plan or the Trust Agreement to effectuate the provisions and
intent of this Section 13.2, and (iii) to perform any or all of the functions
and to exercise all of the discretion that are delegated to the Administrator
pursuant to Article XI.
(6) Any application for a favorable determination letter with
respect to the tax-qualified status of the Plan under Code Section 401(a) with
respect to its termination shall be
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subject to the prior review, comment and approval (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld) of the Administrator, as defined in paragraph (5)
above.
(d) For purposes of this Section 13.2, the term "change in control"
means the occurrence of any one or more of the events specified in the
following clauses (i) through (iii): (i) any third person, including a
"group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
shall become the beneficial owner of shares of the Sponsor with respect to
which 25% or more of the total number of votes for the election of the Board
of Directors may be cast, (ii) as a result of, or in connection with, any cash
tender offer, merger or other business combination, sale of assets or
contested election, or combination of the foregoing, the persons who were
directors of the Sponsor shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of
Directors, or (iii) the effective time of a transaction that is approved by
the stockholders of the Sponsor and that provides either for the Sponsor to
cease to be an independent publicly-owned corporation or for a sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Sponsor.
13.3 Consolidation or Merger of Trust.
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In the event of any merger or consolidation of the Fund with, or
transfer in whole or in part of the assets and liabilities of the Fund to,
another trust fund held under any other plan of deferred compensation
maintained or to be established for the benefit of all or some of the
Participants of this Plan, the assets of the Fund applicable to such
Participants shall be transferred to the other trust fund only if:
(a) Each Participant would receive a benefit under such successor trust
fund immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to
or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled to receive immediately
before the merger, consolidation or transfer (determined as if this Plan and
such transferee trust fund had then terminated);
(b) Resolutions of the Board of Directors, or of any new or successor
employer of the affected Participants, shall authorize such transfer of
assets, and, in the case of the new or successor employer of the affected
Participants, its resolutions shall include an assumption of liabilities
imposed under this Plan with respect to such Participants' inclusion in the
new employer's plan; and
(c) Such other plan and trust are qualified under Sections 401(a) and
501(a) of the Code.
13.4 Bankruptcy or Insolvency of Employer.
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In the event of (a) the Employer's legal dissolution or liquidation by
any procedure other than a consolidation or merger, (b) the Employer's
receivership, insolvency, or cessation of its business as a going concern, or
(c) the commencement of any proceeding by or against the Employer under the
federal bankruptcy laws, or similar federal or state statute, or any federal
or state statute or rule providing for the relief of debtors, compensation of
creditors, arrangement, receivership, liquidation or any similar event which
is not dismissed within 30 days, this Plan shall terminate automatically with
respect to such entity on such date (provided, however, that if a
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proceeding is brought against the Employer for reorganization under Chapter 11
of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state statute,
then this Plan shall terminate automatically if and when said proceeding
results in a liquidation of the Employer, or the approval of any Plan
providing therefor, or the proceeding is converted to a case under Chapter 7
of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar conversion to a liquidation proceeding
under federal or state law including, but not limited to, a receivership
proceeding). In the event of any such termination as provided in the
foregoing sentence, the Trustee shall make payments to the persons entitled
thereto in accordance with Section 9.6 hereof.
13.5 Voluntary Termination.
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The Board of Directors reserves the right to terminate this Plan at any
time by giving to the Trustee and the Administrator notice in writing of such
desire to terminate. The Plan shall terminate upon the date of receipt of
such notice, the Account balances of all affected Participants and Former
Participants shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and the Trustee
shall make payments to each Participant or Beneficiary in accordance with
Section 9.6. Alternatively, the Sponsor, in its discretion, may determine to
continue the Trust Agreement and to continue the maintenance of the Fund, in
which event distributions shall be made upon the contingencies and in all the
circumstances under which such distributions would have been made, on a fully
vested basis, had there been no termination of the Plan. In addition, an
entity other than the Sponsor that is participating in this Plan may terminate
its participation in the Plan on a prospective basis by action of its board of
directors. Upon such termination of participation, Participants who are
employees of such entity shall be entitled to distributions from this Plan in
accordance with Article IX and this Article XIII.
13.6 Partial Termination of Plan or Permanent Discontinuance of Contributions.
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In the event that a partial termination of the Plan shall be deemed to
have occurred, or if the Employer shall discontinue permanently its
contributions hereunder, the right of each affected Participant and Former
Participant in his Account balance shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable.
The Sponsor, in its discretion, shall decide whether to direct the Trustee to
make immediate distribution of such portion of the Fund assets to the persons
entitled thereto or to make distribution in the circumstances and
contingencies which would have controlled such distributions if there had been
no partial termination or permanent discontinuance of contributions.
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ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
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14.1 No Diversion of Funds.
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It is the intention of the Employer that it shall be impossible for any
part of the corpus or income of the Fund to be used for, or diverted to,
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their
Beneficiaries, except to the extent that a return of the Employer's
contribution is permitted under Section 4.4.
14.2 Liability Limited.
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Neither the Employer nor the Administrator, nor any agents, employees,
officers, directors or shareholders of any of them, nor the Trustee, nor any
other person, shall have any liability or responsibility with respect to this
Plan, except as expressly provided herein.
14.3 Facility of Payment.
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If the Administrator shall receive evidence satisfactory to it that a
Participant or Beneficiary entitled to receive any benefit under the Plan is,
at the time when such benefit becomes payable, a minor, or is physically or
mentally incompetent to receive such benefit and to give a valid release
therefor, and that another person or an institution is then maintaining or has
custody of such Participant or Beneficiary and that no guardian, committee or
other representative of the estate of such Participant or Beneficiary shall
have been duly appointed, the Administrator may direct the Trustee to make
payment of such benefit otherwise payable to such Participant or Beneficiary,
to such other person or institution, including a custodian under a Uniform
Gifts to Minors Act, or corresponding legislation (who shall be an adult, a
guardian of the minor or a trust company), and the release of such other
person or institution shall be a valid and complete discharge for the payment
of such benefit.
14.4 Spendthrift Clause.
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Except as permitted by the Act or the Code, including in the case of
certain judgments and settlements described in subparagraph (C) of Section
401(a)(13) of the Code, no benefits or other amounts payable under the Plan
shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance, charge or alienation. If the Administrator determines
that any person entitled to any payments under the Plan has become insolvent
or bankrupt or has attempted to anticipate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber, charge or otherwise in any manner alienate any benefit or other
amount payable to him under the Plan or that there is any danger of any levy
or attachment or other court process or encumbrance on the part of any
creditor of such person entitled to payments under the Plan against any
benefit or other accounts payable to such person, the Administrator may, at
any time, in its discretion, and in accordance with applicable law, direct the
Trustee to withhold any or all payments to such person under the Plan and
apply the same for the benefit of such person, in such manner and in such
proportion as the Administrator may deem proper.
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14.5 Benefits Limited to Fund.
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All contributions by the Employer to the Fund shall be voluntary, and
the Employer shall be under no legal liability to make any such contributions,
except as otherwise provided herein. The benefits of this Plan shall be
provided solely by the assets of the Fund, and no liability for the payment of
benefits under the Plan or for any loss of assets due to any action or
inaction of the Trustee shall be imposed upon the Employer.
14.6 Cooperation of Parties.
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All parties to this Plan and any party claiming interest hereunder agree
to perform any and all acts and execute any and all documents and papers which
are necessary and desirable for carrying out this Plan or any of its
provisions.
14.7 Payments Due Missing Persons.
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The Administrator shall direct the Trustee to make a reasonable effort
to locate all persons entitled to benefits under the Plan; however,
notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, if, after a period
of 5 years from the date such benefit shall be due, any such persons entitled
to benefits have not been located, their rights under the Plan shall stand
suspended. Before this provision becomes operative, the Trustee shall send a
certified letter to all such persons at their last known address advising them
that their interest in benefits under the Plan shall be suspended. Any such
suspended amounts shall be held by the Trustee for a period of 3 additional
years (or a total of 8 years from the time the benefits first became payable),
and thereafter such amounts shall be reallocated among current Participants in
the same manner that a current contribution would be allocated. However, if a
person subsequently makes a valid claim with respect to such reallocated
amounts and any earnings thereon, the Plan earnings or the Employer's
contribution to be allocated for the year in which the claim shall be paid
shall be reduced by the amount of such payment. Any such suspended amounts
shall be handled in a manner not inconsistent with regulations issued by the
Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor.
14.8 Governing Law.
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This Plan has been executed in the State of Alaska, and all questions
pertaining to its validity, construction and administration shall be
determined in accordance with the laws of that State, except to the extent
superseded by the Act.
14.9 Nonguarantee of Employment.
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Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed as a contract of
employment between the Employer and any Employee, or as a right of any
Employee to be continued in the employment of the Employer, or as a limitation
of the right of the Employer to discharge any of its Employees, with or
without cause.
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14.10 Counsel.
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The Trustee and the Administrator may consult with legal counsel, who
may be counsel for the Employer and for the Administrator or the Trustee (as
the case may be), with respect to the meaning or construction of this Plan and
the Trust Agreement, their respective obligations or duties hereunder, or with
respect to any action or proceeding or any question of law, and they shall be
fully protected to the extent allowable by law with respect to any action
taken or omitted by them in good faith pursuant to the advice of legal
counsel.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has caused these presents to be executed
by its duly authorized officers and its corporate seal to be affixed on this
23rd day of July, 1999.
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc.
ATTEST:
/s/Roger K. White By /s/Craig E. Dahl
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Roger K. White, Craig E. Dahl
Secretary President and Chief Executive Officer
[Corporate Seal]
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Exhibit 10.11
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Employee Severance Compensation Plan
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ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYEE SEVERANCE COMPENSATION PLAN
PLAN PURPOSE
The purpose of Alaska Federal Savings Bank Employee Severance
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is to assure for Alaska Federal Savings Bank
(the "Bank") the services of the Employees in the event of a Change in Control
of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (the "Holding Company") or the Bank. The
benefits contemplated by the Plan recognize the value to the Bank of the
services and contributions of the eligible Employees and the effect upon the
Bank resulting from uncertainties relating to continued employment, reduced
employee benefits, management changes and employee relations that may arise if
a Change in Control occurs or is threatened. The Bank's board of directors
(the "Board of Directors") and the Holding Company's board of directors
believe that it is in the best interests of the Bank and the Holding Company
to provide eligible Employees with such benefits in order to defray the costs
and changes in employee status that could follow a Change in Control. The
Board of Directors believes that the Plan will also aid the Bank in attracting
and retaining highly qualified individuals who are essential to its success
and that the Plan's assurance of fair treatment of the Bank's employees will
reduce the distractions and other adverse effects on Employees' performance if
a Change in Control occurs or is threatened.
ARTICLE I
ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN
1.1 Establishment of Plan
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As of the Effective Date, the Bank hereby establishes a severance
compensation plan to be known as the "Alaska Federal Savings Bank Employee
Severance Compensation Plan." The purposes of the Plan are as set forth
above.
1.2 Applicability of Plan
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The benefits provided by this Plan shall be available to all Employees,
who, at or after the Effective Date, meet the eligibility requirements of
Article III. The Plan shall not apply to any Employee whose employment was
terminated prior to the Effective Date.
1.3 Contractual Right to Benefits
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This Plan establishes and vests in each Participant a contractual right
to the benefits to which each Participant is entitled hereunder, enforceable
by the Participant against the Employer.
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
2.1 Definitions
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Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below.
(a) "Annual Compensation" of a Participant means and includes all
wages, salary, bonus, and incentive compensation (other than stock based
compensation), paid (including accrued amounts) by an Employer as
consideration for the Participant's services during the 12 months ended on the
date as of which Annual Compensation is to be determined, which are or would
be includable in the gross income of the Participant receiving the same for
federal income tax purposes.
(b) "Bank" means Alaska Federal Savings Bank or any successor as
provided for in Article VII hereof.
(c) "Change in Control," for purposes of determining under the Plan
whether there has been a change in control of the Bank or the Holding Company,
means (1) an event of a nature that results in the acquisition of control of
the Holding Company or the Bank within the meaning of the Savings and Loan
Holding Company Act under 12 U.S.C. Section 1467a and 12 C.F.R. Part 574 (or
any successor statute or regulation) or requires the filing of a notice with
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under 12 U.S.C. Section 1817(j) (or
any successor statute or regulation); (2) an event that would be required to
be reported in response to Item 1 of the current report on Form 8-K, as in
effect on the Effective Date, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"); (3) any person (as the
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes
the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act)
directly or indirectly of securities of the Holding Company or the Bank
representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Holding Company's
or the Bank's outstanding securities; (4) individuals who are members of the
board of directors of the Holding Company immediately following the Effective
Date or who are members of the board of directors of the Bank immediately
following the Effective Date (in each case, the "Incumbent Board") cease for
any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, provided that any person
becoming a director subsequently whose election was approved by a vote of at
least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose
nomination for election by the Holding Company's or the Bank's stockholders
was approved by the nominating committee serving under an Incumbent Board,
shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board; or (5) consummation of a
plan of reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Holding Company or a similar transaction in which the
Holding Company is not the resulting entity, or a transaction at the
completion of which the former stockholders of the acquired corporation become
the holders of more than 40% of the outstanding common stock of the Holding
Company and the Holding Company is the resulting entity of such transaction;
provided that the term "Change in Control" shall not include an acquisition of
securities by an employee benefit plan of the Bank or the Holding Company.
(d) "Continuous Employment" means the absence of any interruption or
termination of service as an Employee of the Bank or an affiliate. Service
shall not be considered interrupted in
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the case of sick leave, military leave or any other leave of absence approved
by the Bank or in the case of transfers between payroll locations of the Bank
or between the Bank, its Parent, its Subsidiary or its successor.
(e) "Effective Date," as to Employees of an Employer, means the date
the Plan is approved by the Board of Directors, or such other date as the
Board of Directors shall designate in its resolution approving the Plan.
(f) "Employee" means an employee employed by the Employer on a
full-time basis, excluding any executive officer of the Employer who is
covered by an employment contract or a change in control severance agreement
with the Employer.
(g) "Employer" means the Bank, the Holding Company or a Subsidiary or
a Parent which has adopted the Plan pursuant to Article VI hereof.
(h) "Expiration Date" means the date fifteen (15) years from the
Effective Date unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 or extended
pursuant to Section 8.1.
(i) "Holding Company" means Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc., the
Parent of the Bank.
(j) "Just Cause," with respect to termination of employment, means an
act or acts of personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, breach
of fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform
stated duties, willful violation of any law, rule, or regulation (other than
traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease-and-desist order. In
determining incompetence, acts or omissions shall be measured against
standards generally prevailing in the savings institution industry.
(k) "Parent" means any corporation which holds a majority of the
voting power of the outstanding shares of the Bank's common stock.
(l) "Participant" means an Employee who meets the eligibility
requirements of Article III.
(m) "Payment" means the payment of severance compensation as provided
in Article IV hereof.
(n) "Plan" means the Alaska Federal Savings Bank Employee Severance
Compensation Plan.
(o) "Subsidiary" means any corporation in which the Bank, directly or
indirectly, holds a majority of the voting power of its outstanding shares of
capital stock.
2.2 Applicable Law
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To the extent not preempted by the laws of the United States as now or
hereafter in effect, the laws of the State of Alaska shall be the controlling
law in all matters relating to the Plan.
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2.3 Severability
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If a provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid, the
illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and
the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid
provision had not been included.
ARTICLE III
ELIGIBILITY
3.1 Participation
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Each Employee who has completed at least one year of Continuous
Employment as of the Effective Date shall become a Participant on the
Effective Date. Thereafter, each Employee shall become a Participant on the
day on which he or she completes one year of Continuous Employment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, persons who have entered into and continue to
be covered by an employment or change in control severance agreement with the
Employer shall not be entitled to participate in the Plan.
3.2 Duration of Participation
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A Participant shall cease to be a Participant in the Plan when the
Participant ceases to be an Employee of an Employer, unless such Participant
is entitled to a Payment as provided in the Plan. Furthermore, an Employee
shall cease to be a Participant upon entering into an employment or change in
control severance agreement with the Employer. A Participant entitled to
receipt of a Payment shall remain a Participant in this Plan until the full
amount of such Payment has been paid to the Participant.
3.3 Temporary Suspension or Prohibition
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If the Employee is suspended and/or temporarily prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by a notice served under
Section 8(e)(3) or (g)(1) of the FDIA, 12 U.S.C. Section 1818(e)(3) and (g)(1),
the Bank's obligations under this Agreement shall be suspended as of the date of
service, unless stayed by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in the
notice are dismissed, the Bank may in its discretion (i) pay the Employee all
or part of the compensation withheld while its obligations under this
Agreement were suspended and (ii) reinstate in whole or in part any of its
obligations which were suspended.
3.4 Permanent Suspension or Prohibition
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If the Employee is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Bank's affairs by an order issued under
Section 8(e)(4) or (g)(1) of the FDIA, 12 U.S.C. Section 1818(e)(4) and (g)(1),
all obligations of the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the
effective date of the order, but vested rights of the contracting parties
shall not be affected.
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3.5 Default of the Bank
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If the Bank is in default (as defined in Section 3(x)(1) of the FDIA),
all obligations under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of
default, but this provision shall not affect any vested rights of the
contracting parties.
3.6 Termination by Regulators
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All obligations under this Agreement shall be terminated, except to the
extent determined that continuation of this Agreement is necessary for the
continued operation of the Bank: (i) by the Director of the Office of Thrift
Supervision (the "Director") or his or her designee, at the time the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation enters into an agreement to provide assistance
to or on behalf of the Bank under the authority contained in Section 13(c) of
the FDIA; or (ii) by the Director or his or her designee, at the time the
Director or his or her designee approves a supervisory merger to resolve
problems related to operation of the Bank or when the Bank is determined by
the Director to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. Any rights of the
parties that have already vested, however, shall not be affected by any such
action.
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS
4.1 Right to Payment
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A Participant shall be entitled to receive from his respective Employer
a Payment in the amount provided in Section 4.3 if there has been a Change in
Control of the Bank or the Holding Company and if, within one (1) year
thereafter, the Participant's employment by an Employer shall terminate for
any reason specified in Section 4.2, whether the termination is voluntary or
involuntary. A Participant shall not be entitled to a Payment if termination
occurs by reason of death, voluntary retirement, voluntary termination other
than for reasons specified in Section 4.2, total and permanent disability, or
for Just Cause.
4.2 Reasons for Termination
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Following a Change in Control, a Participant shall be entitled to a
Payment if his employment with an Employer is terminated, voluntarily or
involuntarily, within one year following such Change in Control, for any one
or more of the following reasons:
(a) The Employer reduces the Participant's base salary or rate of
compensation as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, or as
the same may have been increased thereafter.
(b) The Employer requires the Participant to change the location of
the Participant's job or office, so that such Participant will be based at a
location more than fifteen miles from the location of the Participant's job or
office immediately prior to the Change in Control, provided that such new
location is not closer to Participant's home.
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(c) The Employer materially reduces the benefits and perquisites,
taken as a whole, available to the Participant immediately prior to the Change
in Control; provided, however, that a material reduction on a
nondiscriminatory basis in the benefits and perquisites generally provided to
all employees of the Bank that does not reduce a Participant's Annual
Compensation shall not trigger a Payment.
(d) A successor bank or company fails or refuses to assume the Bank's
obligations under this Plan, as required by Article VII.
(e) The Bank or any successor company breaches any other provisions
of the Plan.
(f) The Employer terminates the employment of a Participant at or
after a Change in Control other than for Just Cause.
4.3 Amount of Payment
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Each Participant entitled to a Payment under the Plan shall receive
from the Bank a lump sum cash payment, in an amount determined as follows:
(a) The Participant's cash payment shall equal the product of 3.846%
of his or her Annual Compensation paid or accrued during each of his or her
years of Continuous Employment prior to the Change in Control times the number
of full or substantially completed (nine months or more) years of Continuous
Employment with the Employer, provided that no Participant shall receive a
cash payment hereunder in an aggregate amount of more than one hundred percent
(100%) of his or her Annual Compensation.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) above, if a Payment to a
Participant who is a "disqualified individual" shall be in an amount which
includes an "excess parachute payment," the payment hereunder to that
Participant shall be reduced to the maximum amount which does not include an
"excess parachute payment." The terms "disqualified individual" and "excess
parachute payment" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 280G of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor section of
similar import.
The Participant shall not be required to mitigate damages on the amount
of the Payment by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount
of such Payment be reduced by any compensation earned by the Participant as a
result of employment after termination of employment with an Employer.
4.4 Time of Payment
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The Payment to which a Participant is entitled shall be paid to the
Participant by the Employer or the successor to the Employer, in cash and in
full, not later than twenty-five (25) business days after the termination of
the Participant's employment. If any Participant should die after termination
of employment but before all amounts have been paid, such unpaid amounts shall
be paid to the Participant's surviving spouse, or if none, to the
Participant's named beneficiary, if living, otherwise to the personal
representative on behalf of or for the benefit of the Participant's estate.
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ARTICLE V
OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS NOT AFFECTED
5.1 Other Benefits
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Neither the provisions of the Plan nor the Payment provided for
hereunder shall reduce any amounts otherwise payable, or in any way diminish
the Participant's rights as an Employee of an Employer, whether existing now
or hereafter, under any benefit, incentive, retirement, stock option, stock
bonus, stock ownership or any employment agreement or other plan or
arrangement.
5.2 Employment Status
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This Plan does not constitute a contract of employment or impose on the
Participant or the Participant's Employer any obligation to retain the
Participant as an Employee, to change the status of the Participant's
employment, or to change the Employer's policies regarding termination of
employment.
ARTICLE VI
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
Upon approval by the Board of Directors of the Bank, this Plan may be
adopted by any Subsidiary or Parent of the Bank. Upon such adoption, the
Subsidiary or Parent shall become an Employer hereunder and the provisions of
the Plan shall be fully applicable to the Employees of that Subsidiary or
Parent.
ARTICLE VII
SUCCESSOR TO THE BANK
The Bank shall require any successor to or assignee of, whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, all or
substantially all the business or assets of the Bank, expressly and
unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the Bank's obligations under
the Plan.
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ARTICLE VIII
DURATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
8.1 Duration
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If a Change in Control has not occurred, the Plan shall expire fifteen
(15) years from the Effective Date, unless sooner terminated as provided in
Section 8.2, or unless extended for an additional period or periods by
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control occurs, the Plan
shall continue in full force and effect, and shall not terminate or expire
until such date as all Participants who become entitled to Payments hereunder
shall have received such Payments in full.
8.2 Amendment and Termination
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The Plan may be terminated or amended in any respect by resolution
adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, unless (i) a Change in
Control has previously occurred, (ii) the Bank shall have in the previous year
received an offer, which was not subsequently withdrawn, from a third party to
engage in a transaction which would involve a Change in Control or (iii) a
third party shall have disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") its intent to engage in a transaction which would result in
a Change in Control and has not subsequently indicated in another SEC filing
that it no longer had such intention. For so long as any of the events listed
in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) persist, the Plan shall not be subject to
amendment, change, substitution, deletion, revocation or termination in any
respect whatsoever unless any acquiror of the Bank shall agree in writing to
provide benefits to covered employees which are at least as substantial as
those set forth herein if such employees are terminated without cause within
one year of a Change in Control of the Bank.
8.3 Form of Amendment
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The form of any proper amendment or termination of the Plan shall be a
written instrument signed by the duly authorized officer or officers of the
Bank, certifying that the amendment or termination has been approved by the
Board of Directors. A proper amendment of the Plan automatically shall effect
a corresponding amendment to all Participant's rights hereunder, regardless of
whether the Participants receive notice of such action. A proper termination
of the Plan automatically shall effect a termination of all Participants'
rights and benefits hereunder, regardless of whether the Participants receive
notice of such action.
ARTICLE IX
LEGAL FEES AND EXPENSES
9.1 Subject to the notice provision in section 9.2 hereof, the Bank
shall pay all legal fees, costs of litigation, and other expenses incurred by
each Participant as a result of the Bank's refusal
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to make the Payment to which the Participant becomes entitled under this Plan,
or as a result of the Bank's unsuccessfully contesting the validity,
enforceability or interpretation of the Plan.
9.2 A Participant must provide the Bank with 10 (ten) business days
notice of a complaint of entitlement under the Plan before the Bank shall be
liable for the payment of any legal fees, costs of litigation or other
expenses referred to in section 9.1 hereof.
ARTICLE X
ARBITRATION
Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with the Plan
shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before a panel of three
arbitrators sitting in a location selected by the Participant within fifty
(50) miles from the location of the Bank, in accordance with rules of the
American Arbitration Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on
the award of the arbitrator in any court having jurisdiction. All expenses of
such arbitration, including the fees and expenses of the counsel for the
Participant, shall be borne by the Bank.
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Exhibit 13
Annual Report to Stockholders
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[Cover]
Annual Report 1999
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc.
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Contents
Page
President's Message 1
Business of the Company 2
Common Stock Information 2
Selected Consolidated Financial Information 3
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 5
Independent Auditor's Report 15
Consolidated Financial Statements 16
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 20
Corporate Information 34
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[Picture of Craig E. Dahl,
President and CEO, appears
here]
To Our Shareholders
It is my pleasure to be sending to each of you the first annual report of
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, which signals that we are nearing the end of our
first year as a public company. It will soon be a year since Alaska Federal
Savings Bank changed its charter from a federally chartered mutual savings
bank to a federally chartered stock savings bank. This mutual-to-stock
conversion was accomplished through the creation of the new parent company,
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (AKPB), which in turn owns the Bank (currently
its only holding). At the same time, Alaska Federal Savings Bank changed its
name to Alaska Pacific Bank.
It has been a very busy and productive first year. In addition to the
conversion, the Bank devoted the necessary staff and resources to prepare for
Y2K. While the transition to the new Millennium was without incident, Alaska
Pacific, like all other institutions in the country, made a substantial
investment in time and resources to ensure that we were prepared to operate
under a multitude of scenarios.
The Bank also opened a new office in Auke Bay north of Juneau and adjacent to
the University of Alaska Southeast, relocated and remodeled our Wrangell
Office, and added three more ATM's to the Bank's network.
Our commitment to technology was demonstrated with four major projects in
addition to preparing for Y2K. The installation of a Wide Area Network
throughout the Bank supported the installation and conversion to a new retail
teller system, providing state-of-the-art support for retail personnel. Most
visible however, was the addition of the Bank's new website,
www.alaskapacificbank.com, which was introduced on the first day of the new
Millennium.
This was followed within a week by the introduction of the State's first
"on-line, real-time" banking system, providing customers with free access to
their up-to-the-minute account information. Electronic bill-pay was also
introduced with this product with a very competitive service fee.
We have invested in human resources, attracting top lenders in our market,
both in residential and commercial lending, an important step for our planned
growth of Alaska Pacific Bank. The attention within the communities over the
stock conversion, the acquisition of key people and the obvious energy
demonstrated by our board, management and employees, has created the desired
synergy as we begin the year 2000. The timing of our investments in people,
technology and facilities is excellent in view of the pending sale of the
State's largest financial institution, National Bank of Alaska, to
California-based Wells Fargo Bank.
Financially, we operated as a public company for only half of 1999, however we
held to our commitment to pay an annualized cash dividend of 20 cents per
share, and we intend to continue to issue quarterly dividends. Earnings per
share are not comparable to prior periods since the holding company did not
exist prior to July 1, 1999. Earnings overall were lower in 1999 compared to
1998, primarily due to the runoff of the real estate mortgage portfolio during
the refinance boom. Management chose not to portfolio the lower long-term
fixed rate mortgage loans and accepted the reduced earnings in the short run
in exchange for future growth in higher yielding and more rate-sensitive small
business and consumer loans. The Bank has already increased its loans by more
than
$3 million so far in 2000.
While we have felt the pressure of the quick return high-tech stocks, we
believe that our mission to be the best community bank in our region will
result in a fair return to our shareholders within a reasonable period of
time. Our ability to deliver traditional products with quality service
("high touch") as well as a wide range of leading-edge electronic products
("high tech") put us in a strong competitive position in our market.
We have a highly capable staff, excellent asset quality, and experienced
leadership. Our capital base is strong and provides us with the opportunity
to increase long-term shareholder value. Our management team looks forward to
the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead, and your confidence and
support is greatly appreciated.
/s/Craig E. Dahl
Craig E. Dahl
President & CEO
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Business of the Company
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") was organized on March 19,
1999 for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Alaska Pacific Bank
(formerly Alaska Federal Savings Bank) (the "Bank"), upon its conversion from
a federal mutual savings bank to a federal stock savings bank. The conversion
was completed on July 1, 1999 with the issuance of 655,415 shares of common
stock at $10.00 per share. The Company is not engaged in any significant
business activity other than holding the stock of the Bank. Accordingly, the
information in this report, including financial statements and related data,
applies primarily to the Bank.
The Bank is a federal stock savings bank originally organized in 1935. The
Bank is regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision, and its deposits are
insured up to applicable limits by the Savings Association Insurance Fund of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). The Bank has been a
member of the Federal Home Loan Bank System since 1937.
The Bank operates as a community-oriented financial institution and is devoted
to serving the needs of its customers, primarily in southeast Alaska. The
Bank's business consists primarily of attracting deposits from the general
public and using those funds to originate residential real estate loans,
commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, and a variety of
consumer loans.
Common Stock Information
The Company's common stock is traded on the over-the-counter market through
the OTC "Electronic Bulletin Board" under the symbol "AKPB." As of December
31, 1999, there were approximately 500 stockholders of record and 655,415
shares outstanding (including 47,180 unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan
("ESOP") shares). Generally, if the Bank satisfies its regulatory capital
requirements, it may make dividend payments up to the limits prescribed in the
Office of Thrift Supervision regulations. However, institutions that have
converted to the stock form of ownership may not declare or pay a dividend on,
or repurchase any of, its common stock if the effect thereof would cause the
regulatory capital of the institution to be reduced below the amount required
for the liquidation account which was established in accordance with the
Office of Thrift Supervision regulations.
The Company completed its initial stock offering on July 1, 1999. The
following table sets forth market price information of the Company's stock for
its first two quarters as a public company.
Market Price
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Year Ended December 31, 1999 High Low Dividends
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Third Quarter $11.375 $10.000 $ -
Fourth Quarter 10.750 9.875 0.05
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Selected Consolidated Financial Information
The following tables contain certain information concerning the financial
position and results of operations of the Company at the dates and for the
periods indicated. Selected consolidated financial information for 1999, 1998
and 1997 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements.
Selected financial information for 1996 is derived from unaudited financial
statements. Prior to December 31, 1997, the Company's fiscal year ended June
30, and all audits performed prior to December 31, 1997, were as of June 30.
This information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial
Statements and related Notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. All
years presented began prior to consummation of the Company's initial public
offering on July 1, 1999; therefore, per-share information is not presented.
Financial Condition Data:
(in thousands) December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Total assets $121,542 $110,806 $114,476 $109,287
Loans, net 85,796 70,836 78,720 76,611
Loans held for sale 1,359 899 440 181
Investment securities available
for sale 19,849 18,176 13,334 16,860
Investment securities held to
maturity - - 6,196 6,874
Cash, due from banks, and
interest-earning deposits
in banks 7,785 14,584 10,130 3,195
Deposits 102,547 101,945 96,959 96,810
Federal Home Loan Bank advances 5,000 - 9,000 4,800
Shareholders' equity 12,477 7,250 7,140 6,358
Operating Data:
(in thousands) Year Ended
December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Interest income $8,477 $8,218 $8,479 $7,970
Interest expense 3,669 3,807 4,031 3,667
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Net interest income 4,808 4,411 4,448 4,303
Provision for loan losses 15 60 25 176
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Net interest income after
provision for loan losses 4,793 4,351 4,423 4,127
Noninterest income 713 888 796 955
Noninterest expense 5,235 4,903 4,620 5,226
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Income (loss) before income tax 271 336 599 (144)
Income tax benefit - - (100) (200)
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Net income $ 271 $ 336 $ 699 $ 56
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Other Data:
December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Number of:
Real estate loans outstanding 705 720 931 880
Deposit accounts 12,436 12,508 12,735 12,923
Full service offices 7 6 6 5
Key Financial Ratios:
At and for Year Ended
December 31, 1999 1998 1997 1996
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Performance ratios:
Return on average assets 0.23% 0.31% 0.63% 0.05%
Return on average equity 2.68 4.67 10.36 0.81
Interest rate spread (1) 4.11 3.99 4.02 4.16
Net interest margin (2) 4.09 4.01 3.99 4.36
Average interest-earning assets
to average interest-bearing
liabilities 109.83 108.11 106.29 105.68
Noninterest expense as a percent
of average total assets 4.45 4.45 4.15 4.88
Asset Quality Ratios:
Nonaccrual loans as a percent
of net loans 0.08 - 0.18 -
Nonperforming assets as a
percent of total assets 0.18 0.28 0.13 -
Allowance for losses as a
percent of total loans 0.66 0.94 0.94 0.95
Allowance for losses as a
percent of nonperforming
loans 814.29 - 514.38 -
Net charge-offs to average
loans 0.15 0.19 - 0.02
Equity Ratios:
Total equity to assets 10.27 6.54 6.24 5.82
Average equity to average assets 8.59 6.54 6.06 6.43
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(1) Difference between weighted average yield on interest-earning assets and
weighted average rate on interest-bearing liabilities
(2) Net interest income as a percentage of average interest-earning assets.
(3) Noninterest expense as a percent of the sum of net interest income and
noninterest income, excluding gains on sale of loans and investments.
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Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
General
The following discussion is intended to assist in understanding the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
The Company is not engaged in any significant business activity other than
holding the stock of the Bank. Accordingly, the information in this
discussion applies primarily to the Bank. The information contained in this
section should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and the accompanying notes elsewhere in this annual report. In the
following discussion, except as otherwise noted, references to "1999" or
"1998" indicate the year ended December 31, 1999 or 1998.
The Bank's results of operations depend primarily on its net interest income,
which is the difference between the income earned on its interest-earning
assets, consisting of loans and investments, and the cost of its
interest-bearing liabilities, consisting of deposits and Federal Home Loan
Bank borrowings. Among other things, fee income, provisions for loan losses,
operating expenses and income tax provisions also affect the Bank's net
income. General economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes in
market interest rates, government legislation and policies concerning monetary
and fiscal affairs, housing and financial institutions and the attendant
actions of the regulatory authorities also significantly affect the Bank's
results of operations.
Forward-Looking Statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements which are based on
assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the
Company. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by use of
the word "believe," "expect," "intend," anticipate," "estimate," "project," or
similar words. The Company's ability to predict results or the actual effect
of future plans or strategies is uncertain. Factors which could have a
material adverse effect on our operations include, but are not limited to,
changes in interest rates, general economic conditions, legislative/regulatory
changes, monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government, including
policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board, the quality or
composition of the loan or investment portfolios, demand for loan products,
deposit flows, competition, demand for financial services in our market areas
and accounting principles and guidelines. You should consider these risks and
uncertainties in evaluating forward-looking statements and you should not rely
too much on these statements.
Operating Strategy
The Company's strategy is to operate a community-oriented financial
institution devoted to serving the needs of its customers. The Company's
business consists primarily of attracting retail deposits from the general
public and using those funds to originate residential real estate loans,
commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, and a variety of
consumer loans.
Comparison of Financial Condition at December 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998
Total assets increased $10.7 million, or 9.7%, to $121.5 million at December
31, 1999 from $110.8 million at December 31, 1998. The increase is primarily
due to an increase in total loans, funded by new equity capital raised in the
public offering, Federal Home Loan Bank advances and available cash.
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Loans increased a significant $14.9 million, or 20.8%, to $86.4 million at
December 31, 1999 from $71.5 million at December 31, 1998. The increase was
the result of increased loan originations and the retention of a greater
proportion of originated mortgage loans in the portfolio in 1999 compared with
1998.
Cash and cash equivalents were $7.8 million at December 31, 1999 compared to
$14.6 million at December 31, 1998. The decrease was primarily due to funding
increased loans.
Available-for-sale securities were $19.8 million at December 31, 1999,
compared to $18.1 million at December 31, 1998. The increase resulted from
purchases of $9.8 million of mortgage-backed securities and $3 million of
short-term agency securities, net of maturities and principal repayments.
Premises and equipment increased to $3.7 million at December 31, 1999 from
$3.3 million at December 31, 1998, primarily as a result of new additions
which exceeded depreciation. In addition to opening a new office in leased
premises in the Juneau area, the Bank also upgraded its teller service
delivery system and added a wide area network during 1999.
Total deposits increased to $102.5 million at December 31, 1999 from $101.9
million at December 31, 1998. The increase is net of an undetermined amount
of withdrawals by customers to purchase shares in the stock offering in July
1999.
Federal Home Loan Bank advances outstanding were $5.0 million at December 31,
1999 compared to none outstanding at December 31, 1998. The $5 million
advance, with a ten-year maturity and "putable" at the Federal Home Loan
Bank's option after three years, was obtained to partially fund investments in
mortgage-backed securities.
Total shareholders' equity increased to $12.5 million at December 31, 1999
from $7.3 million at December 31, 1998, primarily as a result of the Company's
initial public offering, completed July 1, 1999. A total of $5.3 million was
raised in the offering, net of $700,000 in offering expenses and excluding
shares allocated to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Comparison of Operating Results for the Years Ended December 31, 1999 and 1998
General. During 1999, the Bank followed a strategy of increasing the loan
portfolio as part of a long-term plan for growth in total assets to a more
optimal size in relation to the existing infrastructure of employees, office
locations and equipment. In 1998, the size of the mortgage loan portfolio was
allowed to decrease; although demand for loans particularly mortgage
refinancing - was high, a large portion of the Bank's mortgage originations
were sold in the secondary market, even in the face of rapid prepayments of
existing mortgages during the refinance boom. This significantly reduced the
interest rate risk that would have resulted from retaining a large number of
low-yielding mortgage loans, but the risk reduction was at the expense of
current earnings. In 1998, the reduction in earnings was offset by gains on
the sale of mortgage loans, which accounted for nearly all of the Bank's net
income for that year.
Net Income. Net income decreased by $65,000 to $271,000 for 1999, compared to
$336,000 for 1998. If gains on sale of mortgage loans were excluded in both
years, however, earnings would have increased by $216,000 from 1998 to 1999.
The underlying increase was primarily due to increases in net interest income
as well as fees and other income, partially offset by increases in noninterest
expenses.
Net Interest Income. Net interest income increased $397,000, or 9.0% to $4.8
million in 1999 from $4.4 million in 1998. The improvement came in both
interest income, which increased $259,000, and interest expense, which
decreased $138,000.
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Total interest income increased $259,000, or 3.2%, from 1998 to 1999. The net
increase is attributable to higher average loan and investment balances,
partially offset by lower average yields in the loan portfolio. The increases
in average loans ($7.4 million) and investment securities ($1.8 million) were
partially funded by a reduction of $3.8 million in relatively lower yielding
interest-earning deposits in banks.
Total interest expense decreased $138,000, or 3.6%, to $8.5 million in 1999
from $8.2 million in1998. The net decrease is attributable to lower average
rates on deposits and borrowings, offset by an increase in the average
balances of interest-bearing deposits, which increased to $95.5 million in
1999 from $92.5 million in 1998. Also contributing to the decrease in
interest expense was a relative shift from the higher-cost certificates of
deposits to lower-cost checking and money market accounts.
Provision for Loan Losses. Provisions for loan losses are charges to earnings
to bring the total allowance for loan losses to a level considered by
management as adequate to provide for known and inherent risks in the loan
portfolio, including management's continuing analysis of factors underlying
the quality of the loan portfolio. These factors include changes in portfolio
size and composition, actual loan loss experience, current economic
conditions, detailed analysis of individual loans for which full
collectibility may not be assured, and evaluation of the collateral and
guarantees securing the loans. For further information, see Note 1 of Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The provision for loan losses was $15,000 for 1999 compared to $60,000 for
1998. A reduction in the provision was considered appropriate in order for the
allowance for loan losses to reflect management's best estimate of losses
inherent in the loan portfolio. Net loan chargeoffs were $119,000 in 1999
compared with $137,000 in 1998.
Noninterest Income. Total noninterest income was $713,000 in 1999, compared
with $888,000 in 1998. The decrease is attributable to a $281,000 decline in
gains on sale of mortgage loans, as previously discussed. Excluding such
gains, noninterest income increased $106,000. The increase is due primarily
to service charges and fees, which increased a significant 44.1% to $467,000
in 1999 from $324,000 in 1998. The increase in service charges and fees was
the result of increasing various fees to market level, as well as growth in
checking accounts. Offsetting this increase was a decline in mortgage
servicing income to $195,000 in 1999 from $232,000 in 1998.
Noninterest Expense. Noninterest expense was $5.2 million for 1999, compared
to $4.9 million for 1998, an increase of 6.8%. This increase resulted
primarily from an increase in compensation and benefits of $168,000, or 6.6%,
as a result of $55,000 of expense related to the new Employee Stock Ownership
Plan, additional lending personnel, and staffing of the new branch office in
Juneau, as well as normal pay and benefits increases. Occupancy expense and
data processing charges increased $129,000, or 9.1%, from 1998 to 1999 as a
result of opening the new branch office, making major improvements to the
teller service delivery system, and increasing the use of other technology
equipment and services to improve both customer service and efficiency.
Market and public relations expense increased $38,000 from 1998 to 1999 as the
Bank increased its marketing efforts to increase awareness and recognition of
the Bank's new name in connection with the stock offering.
Expenditures directly related to the public stock offering, amounting to
$700,000 were netted against the proceeds of the offering, and are not
included in expense.
Income Taxes. The Company did not recognize any tax on current income in 1999
or 1998 because of the existence of $3.7 million in net operating loss
carryforwards, which expire in various years beginning in 2002 through 2012.
At December 31, 1999, the Company had $1.4 million in deferred tax assets,
which were offset by a valuation allowance of $1.1 million. Net deferred tax
assets of $300,000 have been recognized in income in past years and are
included in other assets at December 31, 1999.
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Average Balances, Interest and Average Yields/Cost
The earnings of the Company depend largely on the spread between the yield on
interest-earning assets, which consist primarily of loans and investments, and
the cost of interest-bearing liabilities, which consist primarily of deposit
accounts and borrowings, as well as the relative size of the Company's
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, information
regarding average balances of assets and liabilities as well as the total
dollar amounts of interest income from average interest-earning assets and
interest expense on average interest-bearing liabilities, resultant yields,
interest rate spread, net interest margin, and ratio of average
interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities. Average
balances are generally daily averages for the period.
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(dollars in thousands)
Year Ended December 31, 1999 1998
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Average Average
Average Yield/ Average Yield/
Balance Interest Cost Balance Interest Cost
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Interest-earning assets:
Loans (1) $ 81,352 $6,978 8.58% $ 73,988 $ 6,653 8.99%
Investment securities (1) 20,660 1,183 5.73 18,855 1,039 5.51
Interest-earning deposits in banks 6,223 316 5.08 10,021 526 5.24
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Total interest-earning assets 108,235 8,477 7.83 102,864 8,218 7.99
Allowance for loan losses (669) (700)
Cash and due from banks 3,866 3,174
Other assets 6,234 4,730
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Total assets $117,666 $110,068
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Interest-bearing liabilities:
Deposits:
Interest-bearing demand $ 25,246 $ 541 2.14% $23,848 $ 529 2.22%
Money market 15,947 605 3.79 13,862 520 3.75
Savings 18,208 544 2.99 18,118 586 3.23
Certificates of deposit 36,049 1,797 4.98 36,664 2,007 5.47
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Total interest-bearing deposits 95,450 3,487 3.65 92,492 3,642 3.94
Borrowings 3,102 182 5.87 2,654 165 6.22
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Total interest-bearing
liabilities 98,552 3,669 3.72 95,146 3,807 4.00
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits 5,849 4,740
Other liabilities 3,155 2,987
Shareholders' equity 10,110 7,195
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Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity $117,666 $110,068
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Net interest income $4,808 $4,411
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Interest rate spread 4.11% 3.99%
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Net interest margin:
On average interest-earning assets 4.44% 4.29%
On average total assets 4.09% 4.01%
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Ratio of average interest-earning
assets to average interest-bearing
liabilities 109.83% 108.11%
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(1) Average loans include nonperforming loans and loans held for sale. Interest income does not include
interest on nonaccrual loans. Average investment securities includes Federal Home Loan Bank stock.
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Rate/Volume Analysis
The following table sets forth the effects of changing rates and volumes on
net interest income of the Company. Information is provided with respect to
effects on interest income attributable to changes in volume, which are
changes in volume multiplied by prior rate; effects on interest income
attributable to changes in rate, which are changes in rate multiplied by prior
volume; and changes in rate/volume, which is a change in rate multiplied by
change in volume.
(in thousands)
Year Ended December 31, Rate/
1999 Compared with 1998 Rate Volume Volume Total
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Interest-earning assets:
Loans $(307) $ 662 $(30) $ 325
Investment securities 41 99 4 144
Interest-earning deposits
in banks (17) (199) 6 (210)
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Total net change in
interest income (283) 562 (20) 259
Interest-bearing liabilities:
Interest-bearing demand
accounts (18) 31 (1) 12
Money market accounts 6 78 1 85
Savings accounts (45) 3 - (42)
Certificates of deposit (179) (34) 3 (210)
Borrowings (9) 28 (2) 17
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Total net change in
interest expense (245) 106 1 (138)
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Net change in net interest
income $ (38) $ 456 $(21) $ 397
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Yields Earned and Rates Paid
The following table sets forth, at the date and for the periods indicated, the
weighted average yields earned on the Company's assets and the weighted
average interest rates paid on the Company's liabilities, together with the
net yield on interest-earning assets.
At For the Year Ended
December 31, December 31,
1999 1999 1998
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Weighted average yield on:
Loans 8.42% 8.58% 8.99%
Investment securities 6.30 5.73 5.51
Interest-earning deposits in banks 5.45 5.08 5.24
Total interest-earning assets 7.93 7.83 7.99
Weighted average rate paid on:
Interest-bearing demand accounts 2.15 2.14 2.22
Money market accounts 3.99 3.79 3.75
Savings accounts 3.01 2.99 3.23
Certificates of deposit 5.14 4.98 5.47
Total interest-bearing deposits 3.71 3.65 3.94
Borrowings 6.13 5.87 6.22
Total interest-bearing liabilities 3.83 3.72 4.00
Interest rate spread 4.10 4.11 3.99
Net interest margin on:
Average interest-earning assets 4.48 4.44 4.29
Average total assets 4.14 4.09 4.01
Asset and Liability Management and Market Risk
Qualitative Analysis - Risks When Interest Rates Change. The Bank's
profitability depends primarily on its net interest income, which is the
difference between the income it receives on its loan and investment portfolio
and its cost of funds, which consists of interest paid on deposits and
borrowings. The relative amounts of interest-earning assets and interest-
bearing liabilities also affect net interest income. When interest-earning
assets equal or exceed interest-bearing liabilities, any positive interest
rate spread will generate net interest income. The Bank's profitability is
also affected by the level of income and expenses. Non-interest income
includes service charges and fees and gain on sale of loans and investments.
Noninterest expenses primarily include compensation and benefits, occupancy
and equipment expenses, deposit insurance premiums and data processing
expenses. General economic and competitive conditions, particularly changes
in market interest rates, government legislation and regulation, and monetary
and fiscal policies also significantly affect the Bank's results of
operations.
Quantitative Analysis - How the Bank Measures Its Risk of Interest Rate
Changes. The Bank does not maintain a trading account for any class of
financial instrument nor does it engage in hedging activities or purchase
high-risk derivative instruments. Furthermore, the Bank has no foreign
currency exchange rate risk or commodity price risk.
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The Bank has sought to reduce the exposure of its earnings to changes in
market interest rates by attempting to manage the mismatch between asset and
liability maturities and interest rates. The principal element in achieving
this objective is to increase the interest-rate sensitivity of the Bank's
interest-earning assets by originating for its portfolio loans with interest
rates that periodically adjust to market conditions. The Bank relies on retail
deposits as its primary source of funds. Management believes retail deposits,
compared to brokered deposits, reduce the effects of interest rate
fluctuations because they generally represent a more stable source of funds.
In order to encourage institutions to reduce their interest rate risk, the
Office of Thrift Supervision adopted a rule incorporating an interest rate
risk component into the risk-based capital rules. Using data compiled by the
Office of Thrift Supervision, the Bank receives a report which measures
interest rate risk by modeling the change in net portfolio value over a
variety of interest rate scenarios. The Office of Thrift Supervision
developed this procedure for measuring interest rate risk to replace the "gap"
analysis, which is the difference between interest-earning assets and
interest-bearing liabilities that mature or reprice within a specific time
period. Net portfolio value is the present value of expected cash flows from
assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet contracts. The calculation is
intended to illustrate the change in net portfolio value that will occur upon
an immediate change in interest rates of at least 200 basis points with no
effect given to any steps that management might take to counter the effect of
that interest rate movement. Under Office of Thrift Supervision regulations,
an institution with a greater than "normal" level of interest rate risk takes
a deduction from total capital for purposes of calculating its risk-based
capital. The Office of Thrift Supervision, however, has delayed the
implementation of this regulation. An institution with a "normal" level of
interest rate risk is defined as one whose "measured interest rate risk" is
less than 2.0%. Institutions with assets of less than $300 million and a
risk-based capital ratio of more than 12.0% are exempt. The Bank is exempt
because of its asset size and risk-based capital ratio. Based on the Bank's
regulatory capital levels at December 31, 1999, the Bank believes that, if the
proposed regulation had been implemented at that date, the Bank's level of
interest rate risk would not have caused it to be treated as an institution
with greater than "normal" interest rate risk.
The following table, provided by the Office of Thrift Supervision, illustrates
the change in net portfolio value at December 31, 1999, based on Office of
Thrift Supervision assumptions, that would occur in the event of an immediate
change in interest rate, with no effect given to any steps which management
might take to counter the effect of that interest rate movement.
Net Portfolio as %
(dollars in of Portfolio
thousands) Net Portfolio Value Value of Assets
- ------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------
Basis Point
("bp")
Change Dollar Dollar Percent Net Portfolio
in Rates Amount Change (1) Change Value Ratio Change (3)
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300 bp $11,800 $(3,534) (23)% 9.93% (246) bp
200 13,067 (2,267) (15) 10.85 (155)
100 14,308 (1,026) (7) 11.71 (69)
0 15,333 - - 12.40
(100) 15,854 521 3 12.71 31
(200) 16,085 752 5 12.82 42
(300) 16,265 931 6 12.88 48
(1) Represents the increase (decrease) of the estimated net portfolio value
at the indicated change in interest rates compared to the Net Portfolio
Value assuming no change in interest rates.
(2) Calculated as the estimated net portfolio value divided by the portfolio
value of total assets.
(3) Calculated as the increase (decrease) of the net portfolio value ratio
assuming the indicated change in interest rates over the estimated net
portfolio value ratio assuming no change in interest rates.
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The above table illustrates, for example, that at December 31, 1999 an
instantaneous 200 basis point increase in market interest rates would reduce
the Bank's net portfolio value by approximately $2.3 million, or (15)%, and an
instantaneous 200 basis point decrease in market interest rates would increase
the Bank's net portfolio value by approximately $752,000 or 5%.
The following summarizes key exposure measures for the dates indicated. They
measure the change in net portfolio value ratio for a 200 basis point adverse
change in interest rates.
December 31, September 30, December 31,
1999 1998 1998
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Pre-shock net portfolio
value ratio 12.40% 12.37% 9.39%
Post-shock net portfolio
value ratio 10.85 10.93% 9.27%
Decline in net portfolio
value ratio 155 bp 144 bp 12 bp
The Office of Thrift Supervision uses certain assumptions in assessing the
interest rate risk of thrift institutions. These assumptions relate to
interest rates, loan prepayment rates, deposit decay rates, and the market
values of certain assets under differing interest rate scenarios, among
others.
As with any method of measuring interest rate risk, certain shortcomings are
inherent in the method of analysis presented in the foregoing table. For
example, although certain assets and liabilities may have similar maturities
or periods to repricing, they may react in different degrees to changes in
market interest rates. Also, the interest rates on certain types of assets
and liabilities may fluctuate in advance of changes in market interest rates,
while interest rates on other types may lag behind changes in market rates.
Additionally, certain assets, such as adjustable rate mortgage loans, have
features which restrict changes in interest rates on a short-term basis and
over the life of the asset. Further, in the event of a change in interest
rates, expected rates of prepayments on loans and early withdrawals from
certificates of deposit could deviate significantly from those assumed in
calculating the table.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Bank's primary sources of funds are deposits, proceeds from principal and
interest payments on loans and mortgage-backed securities, and Federal Home
Loan Bank advances. While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and
mortgage-backed securities are a predictable source of funds, deposit flows
and mortgage prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates,
economic conditions and competition.
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The primary investing activity of the Bank has traditionally been the
origination of one- to four-family mortgage loans and consumer loans. In
recent years, however, the Bank has increased significantly its originations
of other real estate loans and commercial business loans. Between December
31, 1999 and 1998, one- to four-family mortgages increased $9.4 million
(27.4%), commercial business loans increased by $3.1 million (72.5%), land
loans increased by $1.5 million (59.2%), and nonresidential real estate loans
increased by $2.3 million (21.4%). Other investing activities during 1999 and
1998 include the purchase of $9.8 million in mortgage backed securities and $3
million in short-term agency securities in 1999, and $6.0 million in
short-term agency securities in 1998. New equity capital, Federal Home Loan
Bank borrowings, principal repayments on loans and mortgage-backed securities,
and deposits were the primary means for funding these activities.
The Bank must maintain an adequate level of liquidity to ensure the
availability of sufficient funds to support loan growth and deposit
withdrawals, to satisfy financial commitments and to take advantage of
investment opportunities. The Bank's sources of funds include deposits and
principal and interest payments from loans and investments, and Federal Home
Loan Bank advances. During 1999 and 1998, the Company used its sources of
funds primarily to fund new loans and investments and to pay maturing
certificates and other deposit withdrawals. At December 31, 1999, the Bank
had loan commitments (excluding loans in process), including unused portions
of commercial business lines of credit, of $1.8 million.
At December 31, 1999, the Bank had $694,000 of unrealized losses on investment
securities classified as available for sale, which amount represented 3.4% of
the amortized cost ($20.5 million) of the securities. Such unrealized losses
increased by $396,000 during 1999, due to increasing market interest rates
late in 1999. Movements in market interest rates will continue to affect the
unrealized gains and losses in these securities. However, assuming that the
securities are held to their individual dates of maturity, even in periods of
increasing market interest rates, as the securities approach their dates of
maturity, the unrealized loss will begin to decrease and eventually be
eliminated.
At December 31, 1999, certificates of deposit amounted to $34.7 million, or
33.8%, of the Bank's total deposits, including $27.8 million scheduled to
mature by December 31, 2000. Historically, the Bank has been able to retain a
significant amount of its deposits as they mature. Management believes it has
adequate resources to fund all loan commitments by deposits and, as needed,
Federal Home Loan Bank advances and sale of mortgage loans and that it can
adjust the offering rates of certificates of deposits to retain deposits in
changing interest rate environments.
The Office of Thrift Supervision requires a thrift institution to maintain an
average daily balance of liquid assets (cash and eligible investments) equal
to at least 4.0% of the average daily balance of its net withdrawable deposits
and short-term borrowings. The Bank's actual short- and long-term liquidity
ratios at December 31, 1999 and 1998 were 27.6% and 32.6%, respectively. The
Bank has consistently maintained liquidity levels in excess of regulatory
requirements.
The Bank is required to maintain specific amounts of capital pursuant to
Office of Thrift Supervision requirements. As of December 31, 1999, Alaska
Federal was in compliance with all regulatory capital requirements which were
effective as of this date with tangible, core and risk-based capital ratios of
9.89%, 9.89% and 17.25%, respectively. For further information, see Note 3 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Effect of Inflation and Changing Prices
The consolidated financial statements and related financial data presented
herein have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, which generally require the measurement of financial position and
operating results in terms of historical dollars, without considering the
changes in relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. The
primary impact of inflation is reflected in the increased cost of the Bank's
operations. Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all the assets and
liabilities of a financial institution are monetary in nature. As a result,
interest rates generally have a more significant impact on a financial
institution's performance than do general levels of inflation. Interest rates
do not necessarily move in the same direction or to the same extent as the
prices of goods and services.
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Independent Auditors' Report
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc.
Juneau, Alaska
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Alaska Pacific
Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc.
and Subsidiary as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Anchorage, Alaska
February 18, 2000
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Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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(in thousands) December 31, 1999 1998
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Assets
Cash and due from banks $ 4,343 $ 3,201
Interest-bearing deposits in banks 3,442 11,383
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Total cash and cash equivalents 7,785 14,584
Investment securities available for sale,
at fair value (amortized cost: 1999 -
$20,543; 1998 - $18,474) 19,849 18,176
Federal Home Loan Bank stock 1,361 1,265
Loans held for sale 1,359 899
Loans 86,366 71,510
Less allowance for loan losses 570 674
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Loans, net 85,796 70,836
Accrued interest receivable 631 593
Premises and equipment 3,689 3,306
Repossessed assets 145 311
Other assets 927 836
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Total Assets $121,542 $110,806
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand $ 6,210 $ 5,046
Interest-bearing demand 26,704 25,570
Money market 16,552 15,872
Savings 18,427 18,674
Certificates of deposit 34,654 36,783
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Total deposits 102,547 101,945
Federal Home Loan Bank advances 5,000 -
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes
and insurance 821 866
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 207 240
Accrued interest payable 367 389
Other liabilities 123 116
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Total liabilities 109,065 103,556
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 11
and 13)
Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock ($0.01 par value; 20,000,000
shares authorized; 655,415 shares issued
and outstanding, including 47,180 unearned
shares held by ESOP) 7 -
Additional paid-in capital 5,850 -
Unearned ESOP shares (472) -
Retained earnings 7,786 7,548
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (694) (298)
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Total shareholders' equity 12,477 7,250
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $121,542 $110,806
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Income
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(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
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Interest Income
Loans $ 6,978 $ 6,653
Investment securities 1,183 1,039
Interest-earning deposits in banks 316 526
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Total interest income 8,477 8,218
Interest Expense
Deposits 3,486 3,642
Federal Home Loan Bank advances 183 165
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Total interest expense 3,669 3,807
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Net Interest Income 4,808 4,411
Provision for loan losses 15 60
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Net interest income after provision for loan losses 4,793 4,351
Noninterest Income
Mortgage servicing income 195 232
Service charges on deposit accounts 325 195
Other service charges and fees 142 129
Gain on sale of mortgage loans 51 332
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Total noninterest income 713 888
Noninterest Expense
Compensation and benefits 2,706 2,538
Occupancy 1,190 1,105
Data processing 361 317
Professional and consulting fees 153 158
Marketing and public relations 181 143
Other 644 642
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Total noninterest expense 5,235 4,903
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Income before income tax 271 336
Income tax - -
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Net Income $ 271 $ 336
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
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Accumu-
lated
Other Total
Additional Unearned Compre- Share-
Common Paid-In ESOP Retained hensive holders'
(in thousands) Stock Capital Shares Earnings Loss Equity
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1998 $ - $ - $ - $7,212 $ (72) $ 7,140
Net income 336 336
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Net change in unrealized losses on
securities available for sale (68) (68)
Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle (Note 4) (158) (158)
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Other comprehensive income (loss) (226) (226)
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Comprehensive income 110
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Balance, December 31, 1998 - - - 7,548 (298) 7,250
Net income 271 271
Other comprehensive loss:
Net change in unrealized losses on
securities available for sale (396) (396)
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Other comprehensive loss (396) (396)
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Comprehensive loss (125)
Common stock issued 7 5,847 (524) 5,330
ESOP shares earned 3 52 55
Cash dividends ($.05 per share) (33) (33)
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Balance, December 31, 1999 $ 7 $5,850 $ (472) $7,786 $ (694) $12,477
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>
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Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
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Operating Activities
Net income $ 271 $ 336
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for loan losses 15 60
Depreciation and amortization 385 351
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends (96) (92)
Amortization of fees, discounts, and
premiums, net (43) (3)
ESOP expense 55 -
Cash provided by changes in operating
assets and liabilities:
Accrued interest receivable (38) 105
Loans held for sale (460) (459)
Other assets (91) (278)
Advance payments by borrowers for taxes
and insurance (45) (66)
Accrued interest payable (22) 194
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (33) 118
Other liabilities 7 (12)
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Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities (95) 254
Investing Activities
Purchase of investment securities available
for sale (12,750) (6,000)
Maturities and principal repayments of:
Investment securities available for sale 10,603 6,540
Investment securities held to maturity - 464
Loan originations, net of principal repayments (14,999) 7,642
Purchase of premises and equipment (768) (432)
Proceeds from sale of repossessed assets 311 -
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities (17,603) 8,214
Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of stock 5,330 -
Cash dividends paid (33) -
Net increase (decrease) in Federal Home Loan
Bank advances 5,000 (9,000)
Net increase in demand and savings deposits 2,731 5,342
Net decrease in certificates of deposit (2,129) (356)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities 10,899 (4,014)
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (6,799) 4,454
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 14,584 10,130
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 7,785 $14,584
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Supplemental information:
Cash paid for interest $ 3,691 $ 3,613
Loans foreclosed and transferred to
foreclosed properties 145 311
Net change in unrealized loss on securities
available for sale (396) (68)
Investment securities transferred from held to
maturity to available for sale - 5,732
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 1999 and 1998
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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
General: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. ("the Holding Company") and its
wholly owned subsidiary, Alaska Pacific Bank ("the Bank). The Holding Company
and the Bank are collectively referred to as "the Company." All significant
intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank providing a range of financial
services to individuals and small businesses in southeast Alaska. The Bank's
financial services include accepting deposits from the general public and
making residential and commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, and
commercial loans. The Bank also originates, sells and services residential
mortgage loans under several federal and state mortgage-lending programs.
Investment securities: Securities available for sale, including
mortgage-backed and related securities, are carried at fair value with
unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in a separate
component of equity. Any security that management determines may not be held
to maturity is classified as available for sale at the time the security is
acquired. Any gains and losses realized on the sale of these securities are
based on the specific identification method and included in earnings.
Purchase discounts and premiums on investment securities are amortized using
the level yield method.
Loans: Loans are reported at the principal amount outstanding, adjusted for
net deferred loan fees and costs and other unamortized premiums or discounts.
Interest is accrued as earned unless management doubts the collectibility of
the loan or the unpaid interest. Interest accrual is generally discontinued
and loans are transferred to nonaccrual status when they become 90 days past
due. All previously accrued but uncollected interest is deducted from
interest income upon transfer to nonaccrual status. Income from nonaccrual
loans is recorded only when interest payments are received.
Loan origination fees and direct loan origination costs are deferred and
recognized as an adjustment to interest income over the contractual life of
the loan using the level yield method. When loans are sold, the related net
unamortized loan fees and costs are included in the determination of the gain
on sale of loans.
Loans Held for Sale: Loans held for sale consist primarily of residential
mortgage loans and are valued at the lower of cost or market. Loans are
recorded as sold when the loan documents are sent to the investor.
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Allowance for loan losses: The allowance for loan losses is maintained at a
level believed to be sufficient to absorb losses inherent in the loan
portfolio. Management's determination of the adequacy of the allowance is
based on a number of factors, including the level of nonperforming loans, loan
loss experience, collateral values, a review of the credit quality of the loan
portfolio, and current economic conditions. Loans are categorized as either
pass-graded or problem-graded based on periodic reviews of the loan portfolio.
The allowance is evaluated quarterly based on an estimated range of probable
loss comprised of two elements:
General component The general allowance component is calculated by
loan category as a range of estimated loss by applying various loss
factors to pass-graded outstanding loans. The loss factors are based
primarily on industry loss statistics, adjusted for the Bank's
historical loss experience and other significant factors that, in
management's judgement, affect the collectibility of the portfolio as
of the evaluation date.
Specific component The specific allowance component is established in
cases where management has identified conditions or circumstances
related to a problem-graded loan that management believes indicate a
probable loss. A range of estimated loss is established for each such
loan. Problem-graded loans for which no probable loss is indicated,
but with specific characteristics indicating that there is an incurred
loss as part of a group having similar characteristics, are included
with the appropriate group of pass-graded loans for overall
evaluation.
Loan impairment is measured in accordance with SFAS No. 114,
"Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan" and SFAS No. 118,
"Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan Income Recognition
and Disclosures". Under these standards, loans are deemed to be
impaired when management determines that it is probable that all
amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreements will
not be collectable in accordance with the original loan agreement. All
loans except for loans grouped as small and homogeneous are evaluated
for impairment. Management groups all small consumer loans and all
one-to-four-family residential mortgage loans as small and
homogeneous. Impairment is measured by comparing the fair value of
the collateral or present value of future cash flows to the recorded
investment in the loan.
Mortgage servicing rights: Mortgage servicing rights are stated at amortized
cost. Cost is amortized in proportion to, and over the period of, future
expected net servicing income. Mortgage servicing rights are assessed for
impairment based on the fair value of those rights and any impairment is
recognized through a valuation allowance. In assessing impairment, the
mortgage servicing rights are stratified based on the nature and risk
characteristics, including coupon rates, of the underlying loans, which at
December 31, 1999 and 1998, consisted entirely of one-to-four-family
residential mortgage loans.
Premises and Equipment: Bank premises and equipment are stated at cost less
accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed on the
straight-line method over estimated useful lives of the assets: 20 to 30 years
for buildings, 5 to 10 years for leasehold improvements, and 3 to 10 years for
furniture and equipment. Expenditures for improvements and major renewals are
capitalized and ordinary maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as
incurred.
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Long-lived assets are assessed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. In performing the review for recoverability, estimated future
cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual
disposition are compared with the carrying value, and a direct writedown is
recorded for the amount of impairment, if any.
Repossessed Assets: Real estate or other collateral acquired in satisfaction
of a loan is initially recorded in repossessed assets at the lower of cost or
estimated fair value less estimated selling costs, with any difference from
the loan balance charged to the allowance for loan losses. Subsequent changes
in estimated fair value result in writing down the properties, directly or
through valuation accounts. Such writedowns and gains and losses on disposal,
as well as operating income and costs incurred during the period of ownership,
are recognized currently in noninterest expense.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock: The Bank's investment in Federal Home Loan Bank
of Seattle ("FHLB") stock is carried at cost because there is no active market
for the stock. As a member of the FHLB system, the Bank is required to
maintain a minimum level of investments in FHLB stock based on specified
percentages of its outstanding mortgages, total assets or FHLB advances. At
December 31, 1999, the Bank's minimum investment requirement was approximately
$711,000. The Bank may request redemption at par value on any stock in excess
of the amount the Bank is required to hold. Stock redemptions are granted at
the discretion of the FHLB.
Income Tax: The Bank accounts for income tax using the liability method. The
liability method recognizes the amount of tax payable at the date of the
financial statements as a result of all events that have been recognized in
the financial statements, as measured by the provisions of current enacted tax
laws and rates. Net deferred tax assets are evaluated and reduced through a
valuation allowance to the extent that it is more likely than not that such
assets will not be fully recovered in the future.
Statement of Cash Flows: The statement of cash flows has been prepared using
the "indirect" method for presenting cash flows from operating activities.
For purposes of this statement, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due
from banks and interest-bearing deposits with banks.
Segment Reporting: The Company has adopted provisions of SFAS 131 "Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information." In accordance with
this standard, the Company has identified a single segment at the entity-wide
level used by senior management to make operating decisions.
Changes in accounting principles: Changes in accounting principles were the
result of adopting Statements of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS").
Significant recent statements and the impact of their adoption are described
below.
SFAS 134: Effective January 1, 1999, the Bank adopted SFAS No. 134,
Accounting for Mortgage-Backed Securities Retained after the
Securitization of Mortgage Loans Held for Sale by a Mortgage Banking
Enterprise (an amendment of FASB Statement No. 65). This statement
conforms the subsequent accounting for securities retained after the
securitization of mortgage loans by a mortgage banking enterprise with
the subsequent accounting for securities retained after the
securitization of other types of assets by a nonmortgage banking
enterprise. Adoption of this statement did not result in a material
impact on the Company's earnings, capital resources or liquidity.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments: The fair value of cash and cash
equivalents is estimated to be equal to the carrying value, due to their
short-term nature. The fair value of investment securities is based upon
estimated market prices obtained from independent safekeeping agents. The fair
value of FHLB stock is considered to be equal to its carrying value, since it
may be redeemed at that value. The fair value of loans is estimated using
present value methods which discount the estimated cash flows, including
prepayments as well as contractual principal and interest, using current
interest rates appropriate for the type and maturity of the loans.
For demand and savings deposits, fair value is considered to be carrying
value. The fair values of fixed-rate certificates of deposit and FHLB
advances are estimated using present value methods and current offering rates
for such deposits and advances.
Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Material estimates that
are particularly susceptible to change in the near term relate to the
determination of the allowance for loan losses. Actual results could differ
from these estimates.
Note 2 - Conversion to Stock Ownership
On July 1, 1999, the Bank converted from a federally chartered mutual savings
bank to a federally chartered stock savings bank pursuant to a Plan of
Conversion approved by the membership of the Bank on June 21, 1999.
Concurrent with the conversion, the Bank changed its name from Alaska Federal
Savings Bank to Alaska Pacific Bank. The Holding Company was formed for the
purpose of becoming the holding company of the Bank upon its conversion. The
Company sold 655,415 shares in a subscription and community offering during
June 1999 which, after giving effect to offering expenses of approximately
$700,000, resulted in net proceeds of $5,854,000 ($5,330,000 excluding
purchases by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan). The Holding Company
transferred approximately $4,600,000 to the Bank in exchange for all of its
stock.
While the accompanying financial statements of the Holding Company are
presented on a consolidated basis with those of the Bank, the Holding Company
did not yet own any shares of the Bank and had no assets, liabilities, equity
or operations prior to July 1, 1999. Therefore, the financial statements
presented include only the accounts and operations of the Bank prior to that
date. In addition, earnings per share data are not presented for 1999 or
1998, as no shares were outstanding at the beginning of either year.
Note 3 - Regulatory Capital Requirements
The Bank is subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by
the federal banking agencies. Failure to meet minimum capital requirements
can initiate certain mandatory - and possibly additional discretionary -
actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect
on the Company's financial statements. Under capital adequacy guidelines and
the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action ("PCA"), the Bank must
meet specific capital guidelines that involve quantitative measures of the
Bank's assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items as calculated
under regulatory accounting practices. The Bank's capital amounts and
classification are also subject to qualitative judgments by the regulators
about components, risk weightings, and other factors.
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Quantitative measures have been established by regulation to ensure capital
adequacy and require the Bank to maintain minimum capital amounts and ratios
(set forth in the table below). The Bank's primary regulatory agency, the
Office of Thrift Supervision, requires that the Bank maintain minimum amounts
and ratios of tangible capital (as defined in the regulations) of 1.5%, core
capital (as defined) of 3%, and total risk-based capital (as defined) of 8%.
The Bank is also subject to PCA capital requirement regulations set forth by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). The FDIC requires the
Bank to maintain minimum amounts and ratios of total and Tier I capital (as
defined) to risk-weighted assets (as defined). Management believes that, as
of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the Bank meets all capital adequacy
requirements to which it is subject. The Bank was categorized as "well
capitalized" in the most recent notification by the Office of Thrift
Supervision. There have been no events or conditions since that notification
that management believes would change the Bank's capital category.
Minimum Capital Required
-------------------------------
To Be
Categorized as
For Capital "Well Capitalized"
Adequacy Under PCA
(dollars in thousands) Actual Purposes Provisions
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount Ratio Amount Ratio Amount Ratio
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As of December 31, 1999:
Tangible capital (to
total assets) $11,942 9.89% $1,812 1.50% N/A N/A
Core capital (to total
assets) 11,942 9.89 3,624 3.00 $6,040 5.00%
Total risk-based capital
(to risk weighted
assets) 12,512 17.25 5,803 8.00 $7,253 10.00
Tier I risk-based capital
(to risk weighted
assets) 11,942 16.46 N/A N/A 4,352 6.00
As of December 31, 1998:
Tangible capital (to total
assets) $7,548 6.85% $1,652 1.50% N/A N/A
Core capital (to total
assets) 7,548 6.85 3,304 3.00 $5,503 5.00%
Total risk-based capital
(to risk weighted assets) 8,222 12.35 5,325 8.00 6,656 10.00
Tier I risk-based capital
(to risk weighted assets) 7,548 11.34 N/A N/A 3,994 6.00
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Note 4 - Investment Securities Available for Sale
Amortized cost and fair values of investment securities available for sale,
including mortgage-backed securities, are summarized as follows:
Gross Gross
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
(in thousands) Cost Gains Losses Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 31, 1999
Mortgage-backed securities:
FNMA $ 2,942 $(136) $ 2,806
FHLMC 3,757 (234) 3,523
GNMA 10,862 (290) 10,572
Collateralized mortgage
obligations 352 (4) 348
U.S. agencies and
corporations:
Callable debentures:
FHLB 2,000 (5) 1,995
SBA pools 630 (25) 605
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total $20,543 $ - $(694) $19,849
==============================================================================
December 31, 1998
Mortgage-backed securities:
FNMA $ 3,801 $ 3 $(103) $ 3,701
FHLMC 5,269 (174) 5,095
GNMA 1,638 (16) 1,622
Collateralized mortgage
obligations 767 (6) 761
U.S. agencies and
corporations:
Callable debentures:
FHLMC 3,000 (3) 2,997
FHLB 3,000 1 3,001
SBA pools 999 7 (7) 999
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total $18,474 $ 11 $(309) $18,176
==============================================================================
Effective October 1, 1998, the Bank adopted SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." Adoption of the statement had
no significant effect on the Bank's financial position or net income.
Concurrent with the adoption of SFAS No. 133, however, investment securities
totaling approximately $5,732,000, at amortized cost, which were previously
classified as "held to maturity" were reclassified as "available for sale."
These securities were then marked to market through the unrealized losses on
securities available for sale account in the shareholders' equity section of
the consolidated balance sheet. This resulted in a transition adjustment of
approximately $158,000. This adjustment is presented in the statement of
changes in shareholders' equity for the year ended December 31, 1998, as a
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle. The action did not
indicate an intention to sell these specific securities, but rather was done
to provide more flexibility in managing the entire portfolio, consistent with
the intent of the statement. No securities were designated as held to
maturity at December 31, 1999 or 1998.
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The following table summarizes the amortized cost and fair values of debt
securities by maturity group:
(in thousands) December 31, 1999 Amortized Cost Fair Value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount with final maturity:
Within one year $ 2,000 $ 1,995
After five but within ten years 211 210
After ten years 18,332 17,644
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total $20,543 $19,849
==============================================================================
Maturities of mortgage backed securities are classified based on their final
contractual maturities. Actual maturities may vary due to prepayment of the
underlying loans.
There were no sales of securities during 1999 or 1998. The Bank does not have
a trading securities portfolio.
Note 5 - Loans
Loans are summarized as follows:
(in thousands) December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Real estate:
Permanent:
One-to-four-family residential $43,623 $34,252
Multifamily residential 2,468 2,485
Commercial nonresidential 12,966 10,683
Land 4,122 2,589
Construction:
One-to-four-family residential 959 957
Multifamily residential - 1,079
Commercial nonresidential 600 439
Commercial business 7,388 4,282
Consumer:
Home equity 7,459 8,401
Boat 5,245 5,058
Automobile 1,202 978
Other 334 307
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Loans $86,366 $71,510
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Loans held for sale $ 1,359 $ 899
==============================================================================
Loans are net of deferred loan fees and other discounts amounting to $277,000
and $315,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Interest income from tax-exempt loans was $98,000 and $101,000 in 1999 and
1998, respectively.
Real estate loans are secured primarily by properties located in southeast
Alaska. Commercial real estate loans are generally secured by warehouse,
retail, and other improved commercial properties. Other commercial loans are
generally secured by equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, or other
business assets.
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At December 31, 1999, the Bank had impaired loans amounting to $488,000.
Mortgage Loan Servicing: The Bank services one-to-four-family residential
mortgage loans for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation ("AHFC"), U.S.
Government agencies, and institutional and private investors totaling
$70,423,000 and $83,437,000 as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
These loans are the assets of the investors and, accordingly, are not included
in the accompanying balance sheets. Related servicing income, net of
amortization of mortgage servicing rights, amounted to $195,000 and $232,000
for 1999 and 1998, respectively.
The amortized cost of mortgage servicing rights, which approximates fair
value, is $234,000 and $237,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
The amount of servicing assets recognized during 1999 was $29,000 and
amortization was $32,000 for the year. The amount of servicing assets
recognized during 1998 was $164,000 and amortization was $23,000 for the year.
It has been determined that a valuation allowance for impairment is not
required at December 31, 1999 or 1998.
Included in loans serviced for others at December 31, 1999 are 33 loans with
current balances totaling $2,167,000 for which the Bank is subservicer under
agreements with AHFC. Of these, 19 loans totaling $1,472,000 are owned by the
Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA") and 14 loans totaling
$695,000 are owned by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA").
Related Party Loans: In the ordinary course of business, the Bank makes loans
to executive officers and directors of the Bank and to their associated
companies. Such loans are made on substantially the same terms, including
interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the time for comparable
transactions. The aggregate dollar amount of these loans was $1,330,000 and
$967,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. During the year ended
December 31, 1999, new loans of this type were $571,000 and repayments were
$208,000.
Note 6 - Allowance for Loan Losses
Following is an analysis of the changes in the allowance for loan losses:
(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance at beginning of year $ 674 $ 751
Provision for loan losses 15 60
Loans charged off (128) (141)
Recoveries 9 4
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance at end of year $ 570 $ 674
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Note 7 - Premises and Equipment
Following is a summary of premises and equipment:
(in thousands) December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land $ 676 $ 676
Buildings 3,852 3,852
Leasehold improvements 1,485 1,354
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 2,288 1,990
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8,301 7,872
Less accumulated depreciation (4,612) (4,566)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$3,689 $3,306
==============================================================================
Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 1999
and 1998 amounted to $385,000 and $351,000, respectively.
Note 8 - Deposits
Certificates of deposit in excess of $100,000 amounted to $7,616,000 and
$5,420,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Deposits in excess of
$100,000 are not federally insured.
The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of December 31, 1999,
are as follows:
(in thousands) Year ending December 31,
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2000 $27,774
2001 4,934
2002 1,150
2003 470
2004 and thereafter 326
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$34,654
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Interest expense on deposits consists of the following:
(in thousands)Year Ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest-bearing demand $ 541 $ 529
Money market 605 520
Savings 544 586
Certificates of deposit 1,796 2,007
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$3,486 $3,642
==============================================================================
The weighted averages interest rates paid on deposits are as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interest-bearing demand 2.14% 2.22%
Money market 3.79 3.75
Savings 2.99 3.23
Certificates of deposit 4.98 5.47
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Note 9 - Federal Home Loan Bank Advances
FHLB advances at December 31, 1999 consisted of one $5,000,000 advance at
6.13%, maturing in 2009. The advance is "putable" at FHLB's discretion
beginning in 2002. No advances were outstanding at December 31, 1998. Under
a blanket pledge agreement, all funds on deposit at FHLB, as well as all
unencumbered qualifying loans and investment securities, are available to
collateralize FHLB advances.
Note 10 - Retirement Plans
The Bank has a salary deferral 401(k) plan. Employees who are at least 18
years of age and have completed three months of service are eligible to
participate in the plan. Employees may contribute on a pretax basis up to 17%
of their annual salary up to a maximum limit under the law. The Bank matches
75% of the first $2,667 of employee contribution. For the years ended
December 31, 1999 and 1998, the Bank contributed $23,000 and $47,000,
respectively, to the plan.
The Company has an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") established in
connection with the conversion to stock ownership (see Note 2). Eight percent
of the shares issued in the conversion, or 52,433 shares, were purchased by
the ESOP in exchange for a note payable to the Holding Company. The shares
are allocated to employees over a ten-year period in proportion to the
principal and interest paid on the note at the end of each year. At December
31, 1999, 5,253 shares were allocated to employees. The Company's expense for
the plan, equal to the number of shares allocated at the average market price
during the year, amounted to $55,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999.
Note 11 - Operating Leases
The Bank leases certain of its premises and equipment under noncancelable
operating leases with terms in excess of one year. Future minimum lease
payments under these leases are summarized as follows:
(in thousands) Year ending December 31,
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2000 $ 391
2001 391
2002 391
2003 314
2004 281
2005 and thereafter 1,103
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$2,871
==============================================================================
Rent expense was $383,000 and $363,000 for the years ended December 31, 1999
and 1998, respectively. Rental income on owned premises amounted to $97,000
for each of the years ended December 31, 1999 and 1998.
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Note 12 - Income Tax
The provision for income tax consisted of the following:
(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Taxes paid or currently payable $ - $ -
Change in deferred taxes 252 110
Adjustment of valuation allowance (252) (110)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income tax benefit $ - $ -
==============================================================================
A reconciliation of taxes computed at federal statutory corporate tax rates
(34% in 1999 and 1998) to tax expense, as shown in the accompanying statements
of income and changes in shareholders' equity, is as follows:
(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income tax expense at statutory rate $ 92 $ 114
Income tax effect of:
Interest on municipal obligations (42) (34)
Other 33 7
Reduction of valuation allowance for deferred taxes (83) (87)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income tax $ - $ -
==============================================================================
The Bank's effective tax rate was 0% for both 1999 and 1998.
Deferred federal income tax is provided for the temporary differences between
the tax basis and financial statement carrying amounts of assets and
liabilities. Components of the Bank's net deferred tax assets consisted of
the following:
(in thousands) Years ended December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforward $1,627 $ 1,706
Bad debt reserves 161 293
Discount on loans 23 27
Depreciation 77 25
Accrued vacation 41 31
Other - 27
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gross deferred tax assets 1,929 2,109
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred loan fees (149) (110)
FHLB stock dividends (422) (381)
Other (7) (15)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gross deferred tax liabilities (578) (506)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deferred tax asset, before valuation allowance 1,351 1,603
Valuation allowance (1,051) (1,303)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net deferred tax assets $ 300 $ 300
==============================================================================
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In August 1996, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 ("the Act") was
signed into law. Under the Act, the percentage taxable income method of
accounting for tax basis bad debts is no longer available effective for the
years ending after December 31, 1995. As a result, the Bank is required to
use the experience method of accounting for tax basis bad debts for 1998 and
later years. There was no tax deduction under this method for 1999 or 1998.
In addition, the Act requires the recapture of post-1987 (the base year)
additions to the tax bad debt reserves made pursuant to the percentage of
taxable income method. The Bank is not be subject to this recapture in 1999
or 1998, as its tax bad debt reserves do not exceed its base year reserve. As
a result of the bad debt deductions, shareholders' equity as of December 31,
1999, includes accumulated earnings of approximately $1,759,000 for which
federal income tax has not been provided. If, in the future, this portion of
retained earnings is used for any purpose other than to absorb losses on loans
or on property acquired through foreclosure, federal income tax may be imposed
at then-applicable rates.
For federal income tax purposes, the Bank had net operating loss carryforwards
at December 31, 1999, which expire as follows:
(in thousands) Year ending December 31,
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2002 $ 288
2003 23
2005 1,267
2006 766
2007 227
2008 836
2009 203
2011 81
2012 29
2018 29
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$3,749
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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments: Commitments to extend credit in the form of lines of credit
total $1,816,000 and $1,492,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Commitments to extend credit are arrangements to lend to a customer as long as
there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.
Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses
and may require payment of a fee by the customer. Since many of the
commitments are expected to expire without being drawn upon, the total
commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The
Bank evaluates creditworthiness for commitments on an individual customer
basis.
Undisbursed loan proceeds, primarily for real estate construction loans, total
$881,000 and $949,000 at December 31, 1999 and 1998, respectively. These
amounts are excluded from the balance of loans at year end.
Concentrations: Greater than 80% of all loans in the Bank's portfolio are
secured by real estate located in communities of southeast Alaska.
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Note 14 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following information is presented in accordance with the requirements of
SFAS No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments. The
estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Bank using available
market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However,
considerable judgment is necessarily required to interpret market data to
develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented
herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Bank could realize in
a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or
estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair
value amounts.
(in thousands) December 31, 1999 1998
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Estimated
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
------ ----- ------ -----
Financial Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,785 $ 7,785 $14,584 $ 14,584
Investment securities available
for sale 19,849 19,849 18,176 18,176
Federal Home Loan Bank stock 1,361 1,361 1,265 1,265
Loans, including held for sale 87,725 85,856 72,409 72,807
Accrued interest receivable 631 631 593 593
Financial Liabilities
Demand and savings deposits 67,893 67,893 65,162 65,162
Certificates of deposit 34,654 34,553 36,783 36,970
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances 5,000 4,624 - -
Line of credit commitments - 1,816 - 1,492
Although management is not aware of any subsequent events that would
significantly affect the estimated fair value amounts as of December 31, 1999,
such amounts have not been comprehensively revalued since that date and,
therefore, current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the
amounts presented herein.
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Note 15 - Parent Company Financial Information
Summarized financial information for Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (parent
company only) is presented below:
Parent Company Condensed Balance Sheet
(dollars in thousands) December 31, 1999
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assets
Cash $ 757
Investment in subsidiary 11,720
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Assets $12,477
==============================================================================
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Shareholders' equity $12,477
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $12,477
==============================================================================
Parent Company Condensed Income Statement
(dollars in thousands) Year Ended December 31, 1999
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiary $284
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total income 284
Operating expenses 13
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income before income tax 271
Income tax -
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net income $271
==============================================================================
Parent Company Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
(dollars in thousands) Year Ended December 31, 1999
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $271
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
used in operating activities:
Equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiary (284)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash used in operating activities (13)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital contribution to subsidiary (4,527)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash used in investing activities (4,527)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from issuance of stock 5,330
Cash dividends paid (33)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net cash provided by financing activities 5,297
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net increase in cash 757
Cash at beginning of year -
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash at end of year $ 757
==============================================================================
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Directors and Roger K. White SPECIAL COUNSEL
Executive Officers Senior Vice President, Chief
of the Company and Financial Officer and Breyer & Associates PC
the Bank Secretary of Alaska Pacific 1100 New York Ave. NW
Board of Directors Bancshares, Inc. and Suite 700 East
Senior Vice President and Washington, DC 20005
Chief Financial Officer of
Alaska Pacific Bank GENERAL COUNSEL
Craig E. Dahl Baxter Bruce Brand PC
President & Chief Executive Lisa C. Bell P.O. Box 32819
Officer Senior Vice President and Juneau, AK 99803
Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Chief Operating Officer of
Inc. and Alaska Pacific Alaska Pacific Bancshares, ANNUAL MEETING OF
Bank Inc. and Alaska Pacific Bank STOCKHOLDERS
Avrum M. Gross, Chairman June 15, 2000
of the Board CORPORATE 1:00 p.m.
Partner INFORMATION A-J Room
Gross & Burke Westmark Baranof Hotel
127 N. Franklin Street
Roger Grummett CORPORATE Juneau, AK 99801
Retired Partner HEADQUARTERS
Shattuck & Grummett, Inc.
2094 Jordan Avenue
Hugh N. Grant Juneau, AK 99801
Real estate and retailing 907-789-4844
Deborah E. Marshall INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Director of Alaska InvestNet
Juneau Economic Deloitte & Touche LLP FORM 10-KSB
Development Council 550 W. Seventh Avenue
Suite 1500 A copy of the Form 10-
D. Eric McDowell Anchorage, AK 99501 KSB, including
President consolidated financial
McDowell, Inc. STOCK REGISTRAR AND statements, as filed with the
TRANSFER AGENT Securities and Exchange
William J. Schmitz Commission, will be
Partner American Securities Transfer furnished without charge to
Schmitz & Buck & Trust, Inc. stockholders as of the
12039 W. Alameda Parkway record date for voting at
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Suite Z-2 the annual meeting of
Lakewood, CO 80228 stockholders upon written
Craig E. Dahl request to Roger K. White,
President and Chief COMMON STOCK Secretary, Alaska Pacific
Executive Officer of Alaska Bancshares, Inc., 2094
Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Traded over-the-counter on Jordan Avenue, Juneau,
and Alaska Pacific Bank the OTC Electronic Alaska 99801.
Bulletin Board under the
Symbol: AKPB
</TABLE>
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Exhibit 21
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
Parent
- ------
Alaska Bancshares, Inc.
Percentage Jurisdiction or
Subsidiaries (a) of Ownership State of Incorporation
- ---------------- ------------ ----------------------
Alaska Pacific Bank 100% United States
- -----------
(a) The operation of the Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary is included
in the Corporation's Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the
Annual Report attached hereto as Exhibit 13.
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Exhibit 27
Financial Data Schedule
This schedule contains financial information extracted from the
consolidated financial statements of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. for the
year ended December 31, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
Financial Data
as of or
for the year ended
Item Number December 31, 1999 Item Description
---------- ----------------- ----------------
(In thousands)
9-03 (1) 4,343 Cash and due from Banks
9-03 (2) 3,442 Interest-bearing deposits
9-03 (3) -- Federal funds sold - purchased securities
for resale
9-03 (4) -- Trading account assets
9-03 (6) 19,849 Investment and mortgage backed securities
held for sale
9-03 (6) -- Investment and mortgage backed securities
held to maturity - carrying value
9-03 (6) -- Investment and mortgage backed securities
held to maturity - market value
9-03 (7) 86,366 Loans
9-03 (7)(2) 570 Allowance for losses
9-03 (11) 121,542 Total assets
9-03 (12) 102,547 Deposits
9-03 (13) -- Short-term borrowings
9-03 (15) 1,518 Other liabilities
9-03 (16) 5,000 Long-term debt
9-03 (19) -- Preferred stock - mandatory redemption
9-03 (20) -- Preferred stock - no mandatory redemption
9-03 (21) 7 Common stocks
9-03 (22) 12,470 Other stockholders' equity
9-03 (23) 121,542 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
9-04 (1) 6,978 Interest and fees on loans
9-04 (2) 1,183 Interest and dividends on investments
9-04 (4) 316 Other interest income
9-04 (5) 8,477 Total interest income
9-04 (6) 3,486 Interest on deposits
9-04 (9) 3,669 Total interest expense
9-04 (10) 4,808 Net interest income
9-04 (11) 15 Provision for loan losses
9-04 (13)(h) -- Investment securities gains/(losses)
9-04 (14) 5,235 Other expenses
9-04 (15) 271 Income/loss before income tax
9-04 (17) 271 Income/loss before extraordinary items
9-04 (18) -- Extraordinary items, less tax
9-04 (19) -- Cumulative change in accounting principles
9-04 (20) 271 Net income or loss
9-04 (21) -- Earnings per share - primary
9-04 (21) -- Earnings per share - fully diluted
I.B. 5 4.44 Net yield - interest earning assets - actual
III.C.1. (a) 70 Loans on non-accrual
III.C.1. (b) -- Accruing loans past due 90 days or more
III.C.2. (c) 312 Troubled debt restructuring
III.C.2 941 Potential problem loans
IV.A.1 674 Allowance for loan loss - beginning of
period
IV.A.2 128 Total chargeoffs
IV.A.3 9 Total recoveries
IV.A.4 570 Allowance for loan loss - end of period
IV.B.1 570 Loan loss allowance allocated to domestic
loans
IV.B.2 -- Loan loss allowance allocated to foreign
loans
IV.B.3 -- Loan loss allowance - unallocated
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