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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1998
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
(formerly FelCor Suite Hotels, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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MARYLAND 545 E. JOHN CARPENTER FRWY. , SUITE 1300 75-2541756
State or other jurisdiction of IRVING, TEXAS 75062 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) (972) 444-4900 Identification No.)
(Address, including ZIP Code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive
offices)
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FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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LAWRENCE D. ROBINSON
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
545 E. JOHN CARPENTER FRWY., SUITE 1300
IRVING, TEXAS 75062
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 444-4900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
ROBERT W. DOCKERY
JENKENS & GILCHRIST
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
1445 ROSS AVENUE, SUITE 3200
DALLAS, TEXAS 75202-2799
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE (2) PRICE (2) REGISTRATION FEE
Deferred Compensation $10,000,000 100% $2,780.00
Obligations (1) $10,000,000
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(1) THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION OBLIGATIONS ARE UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS OF FELCOR
LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED TO PAY DEFERRED COMPENSATION IN THE FUTURE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN (THE "PLAN").
(2) ESTIMATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING THE REGISTRATION FEE.
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PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
*Information required by Part I of Form S-8 (Items 1 and 2) to be
contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration
Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, formerly known as FelCor Suites
Hotels, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents previously filed by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Forms 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 1997.
(2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1998.
(3) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1998.
(4) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1998.
(5) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 30, 1997 and
filed with the Commission on July 11, 1997 and amended on August 14, 1997.
(6) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 24, 1998 and
filed with the Commission on April 23, 1998.
(7) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 7, 1998 and
filed with the Commission on May 29, 1998.
(8) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 27, 1998 and
filed with the Commission on August 10, 1998.
(9) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed by the registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents until such time as
there shall have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities
remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.
Any statement contained herein, or in any document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
This Registration Statement relates to Deferred Compensation
Obligations (the "Obligations") which are unsecured obligations of the
Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the
terms of the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). Plan participants may defer compensation in
accordance with the Plan. The obligations of the Company under the Plan (the
"Obligations") will be unsecured general obligations of the Company to pay the
deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan,
and will rank on a parity with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness
of the Company from time to time outstanding.
The amount of compensation to be deferred by each participating
employee will be determined in accordance with the Plan based on elections by
each participating employee. Distributions of the vested account balance of each
Obligation will be payable (i) in a lump sum upon the voluntary or involuntary
termination of employment, death, or disability of any participating employee,
or (ii) at the election of a participating employee, at a specified earlier date
or dates, or if the participating employee attains age 55, at a later date, in
each case in lump sum or in installments over a period of up to ten years
subject to the terms and limitations of the Plan.
The Company has established a rabbi or grantor trust, but does not
presently intend to place all or any portion of the Obligations in such trust
unless there is a change in control. If funded, the trust will hold, invest and
reinvest the deferrals made by participating employees under the Plan. The
placing of the Obligations in a rabbi trust does not protect the trust assets
from the claims of the Company's general secured or unsecured creditors in the
event of the Company's bankruptcy or insolvency. The Plan will be administered
by the Compensation Committee of the Board unless a different administrator is
appointed by the Company's Board of Directors.
A participating employee's right or the right of any other person to
the Obligations cannot be assigned, alienated, sold, garnished, transferred,
pledged, or encumbered except by a written designation of a beneficiary under
the Plan, by written will, or by the laws of descent and distribution. The
Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except
that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the right of a
participating employee to the vested balance of his or her account as of the
date of such amendment or termination. Upon a change of control of the Company,
the Obligations will be distributed pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The
Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other
affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. No participant
under the Plan shall have any preferred claim to, or any beneficial ownership
interest in, any assets which are subject to the Plan. All such assets are
subject to the claims of the creditors of the Registrant until they are paid to
the participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Charter of the Company generally limits the liability of the
Company's directors and officers to the Company and the stockholders for money
damages to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the laws of the
state of Maryland. The Charter also provides generally for the indemnification
of directors and officers, among others, against judgments, settlements,
penalties, fines, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in
connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of
their service in those or other capacities except in connection with any
proceeding by or in the right of the Company in which the director was adjudged
liable to the Company or in connection with any other proceeding, whether or not
involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors and officers of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions or otherwise, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of
the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable.
The Company may purchase director and officer liability insurance for
the purpose of providing a source of funds to pay any indemnification described
above.
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
(a) Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as a part of this
registration statement.
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Exhibit Description of Exhibit
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3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated June 22, 1995,
amending and restating the Charter of the Company, as
amended or supplemented by Articles of Merger dated June 23,
1995, Articles Supplementary dated April 30, 1996, Articles
of Amendment dated August 8, 1996, Articles of Amendment
dated June 16, 1997, Articles of Amendment dated October 30,
1997 and Articles of Merger and attached Articles of
Amendment dated July 27, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Form 8-K dated July 27, 1998 and incorporated
herein by reference).
3.2 Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No.
33-98332) and incorporated herein by reference).
4 FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan
5 Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
23.1 Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
24 Power of Attorney (included with signature page of this
Registration Statement)
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement.
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Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on December 28, 1998:
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
a Maryland corporation
By: /s/ Lawrence D. Robinson
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Lawrence D. Robinson
Senior Vice-President and
General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Randall L. Churchey and Lawrence
D. Robinson, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent or
his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates included:
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ Donald J. McNamara Chairman of the Board and Director December 22, 1998
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Donald J. McNamara
/s/ Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr. President and Chief Executive December 22, 1998
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Thomas J. Corcoran, Jr.
/s/ Randall L. Churchey Senior Vice President and Chief December 28, 1998
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Randall L. Churchey
/s/ Lester C. Johnson Vice President and Controller December 28, 1998
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Lester C. Johnson
/s/ Richard S. Ellwood Director December 22, 1998
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Richard S. Ellwood
/s/ Richard O. Jacobson Director December 23, 1998
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Richard O. Jacobson
/s/ Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr. Director December 22, 1998
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Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.
/s/ Robert H. Lutz, Jr. Director December 28, 1998
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Robert H. Lutz, Jr.
Director December __, 1998
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Charles N. Mathewson
/s/ Thomas A. McChristy Director December 22, 1998
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Thomas A. McChristy
/s/ Richard C. North Director December 23, 1998
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Richard C. North
/s/ Michael D. Rose Director December 23, 1998
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Michael D. Rose
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated June 22,
1995, amending and restating the Charter of the
Company, as amended or supplemented by Articles of
Merger dated June 23, 1995, Articles Supplementary
dated April 30, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated
August 8, 1996, Articles of Amendment dated June 16,
1997, Articles of Amendment dated October 30, 1997
and Articles of Merger and attached Articles of
Amendment dated July 27, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to the Company's Form 8-K dated July 27, 1998 and
incorporated herein by reference).
3.2 Bylaws of the Company, as amended (filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-11 (File No. 33-98332) and incorporated herein by
reference).
4 FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan
5 Opinion of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
23.1 Consent of Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
24 Power of Attorney (included with signature page of this
Registration Statement)
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EXHIBIT 4
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
This Agreement, entered into effective December 30, 1998, establishes the FelCor
Lodging Trust Incorporated Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, an
unfunded, non-qualified, deferred compensation plan, designed primarily to
provide additional benefits to a select group of management personnel and
Directors in order to retain and motivate such individuals whose efforts are
critical to the success of the Company.
Because the Plan is unfunded and is maintained by the Company primarily for the
purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or
highly compensated employees, the Plan is exempt from the participation,
vesting, funding and fiduciary responsibility requirements of parts 2, 3 and 4
of Title I of ERISA.
SECTION ONE DEFINITIONS
"ACCOUNT" shall mean, individually and collectively as the context
requires, the Participant Diversified Account, Participant Stock Account,
Matching Contribution Diversified Account, and Matching Contribution Stock
Account. Accounts shall be established pursuant to SECTION FIVE. Without
limitation, all Accounts established under this Plan shall be bookkeeping
entries only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and
determination of
Participants' Benefits.
"ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or any
similar or superseding statute on statutes.
"ADMINISTRATOR" shall mean the person(s) designated to administer the
Plan pursuant to SECTION TWO.
"BENEFICIARY" shall mean the person(s), entity or entities described in
SECTION ELEVEN.
"BENEFIT" shall mean the Value of a Participant's Account as of the
Valuation Date of reference.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
"BONUS" shall mean the portion of Compensation paid to a Participant
which is so designated by the Company, which may be either regular or special,
and which is payable to such Participant in addition to such Participant's
regular or base pay during a Plan Year.
"CANCELLATION DATE" shall mean the date that Stock Grants are
irrevocably canceled in consideration of the crediting of the Stock Cancellation
Credit.
"CANCELED STOCK GRANT" shall mean the number of Shares subject to a
Stock Grant that a Participant elects to cancel in consideration of a Stock
Cancellation Credit.
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"CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean:
(a) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company; or
(b) a merger or consolidation (other than a merger effecting a
re-incorporation of the Company in another state or any other merger or
a consolidation in which the shareholders of the surviving corporation
and their proportionate interests therein immediately after the merger
or consolidation are substantially identical to the shareholders of the
Company and their proportionate interests therein immediately prior to
the merger or consolidation) in which the Company is not the surviving
corporation (or survives only as a subsidiary of another corporation in
a transaction in which the shareholders of the parent of the Company
and their proportionate interests therein immediately after the
transaction are not substantially identical to the shareholders of the
Company and their proportionate interests therein immediately prior to
the transaction; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may at
any time prior to such a merger or consolidation provide by resolution
that there has been no Change in Control and that the foregoing
provisions of this parenthetical shall not apply if a majority of the
Board of Directors of such parent immediately after the transaction
consists of individuals who constituted a majority of the Board of
Directors immediately prior to the transaction);
(c) a transaction in which any person (other than a
shareholder of the Company on the date of the Optionee's Participation
Agreement) becomes the owner of fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company
(provided, however, that the Board of Directors may at any time prior
to such transaction provide by resolution that there has been no Change
in Control and that this SUBPARAGRAPH of SECTION ONE shall not apply if
such acquiring person is a corporation and a majority of the Board of
Directors of the acquiring corporation immediately after the
transaction consists of individuals who constituted a majority of the
Board of Directors immediately prior to the acquisition of such fifty
percent (50%) or more total combined voting power); or
(d) any other transaction or series of transactions which the
Board of Directors determines has the effect of a Change in Control.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"COMPANY" shall mean FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, a Maryland
corporation.
"COMPENSATION" shall mean with respect to a Participant, the total
wages, as defined in section 3401(a) of the Code, before any deferrals hereunder
or under any plan of the Employer; provided, however, that no Pre-Tax
Contribution Credits may be deferred from car allowances, relocation payments,
sign-on bonuses, or from any other payments which are determined to be
special payments by the Administrator.
"CONTRIBUTIONS" shall mean, collectively, Pre-Tax Contribution Credits,
Matching Contributions, Deferred Option Spreads, and Stock Cancellation Credits.
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"DECLARATION OF HARDSHIP" shall mean the written request, and sworn
declaration, filed by a Participant with the Administrator setting forth the
basis for such Participant's requested receipt of a Hardship Distribution.
"DEEMED DIVIDENDS" shall mean, with respect to each Participant's
Participant Stock Account and Matching Contribution Stock Account, the product
of (a) each cash dividend (see SECTION NINE for discussion of stock dividends)
declared with respect to a Share, multiplied by (b) the number of Stock Units
credited to such Participant's Participant Stock Account or Matching
Contribution Stock Account as of the record date for such dividends.
"DEFAULT EARNINGS RATE" shall mean, for each day during a Quarter
(which, without limitation, shall be computed without compounding), a percentage
equal to the product of (i), (ii) and (iii), where (i) is the sum of the one (1)
year London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") as reported in the Wall Street
Journal as of (x) the first business day, plus (y) the last business day, of
such Quarter, (ii) is fifty percent (50%), and (iii) is a quotient of 1 divided
by 360.
"DEFERRED OPTION" shall mean each Option which is received by an
Eligible Person in exchange for an Original Option and which the Administrator
agrees, in writing, is a Deferred Option.
"DEFERRED OPTION SPREAD(S)" shall mean the excess of (i) the Fair
Market Value on the date of exercise of the Shares acquired through the exercise
of a Deferred Option, over (ii) the Original Option Price.
"DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES" shall mean entities affiliated with the
Company which have been designated by the Board of Directors from time to time
as eligible to adopt this Plan for the benefit of their Eligible Persons.
"DIRECTOR" shall mean a non-Employee member of the Board of Directors.
"DIRECTED INVESTMENTS" shall mean the notational investments recorded
on the books of the Employer with respect to the Participant Diversified Account
and Matching Contribution Diversified Account, respectively, of each
Participant.
"DISABILITY" shall mean that an individual is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or
mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted,
or can be expected to last, for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12)
months.
"EARNINGS" shall mean the amount credited or debited to a Participant
Diversified Account and Matching Contribution Diversified Account based upon the
Fair Market Value of the Participants' Directed Investments (including, without
limitation, unrealized appreciation or depreciation) calculated as though the
Participant had actually purchased, held, or sold, as the case may be, the
Investment of reference in accordance with his Investment Direction; and
provided, further, that the closing price of each such Investment on the
Valuation Date of reference shall be deemed to be its Value for the entire
period of the Valuation Date for all purposes hereof. Earnings
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shall also include any amount credited to the Participant Stock Account and
Matching Contribution Stock Account which is attributable to a Deemed Dividend.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" shall mean January 1, 1998.
"ELECTION FORM" shall mean the form prepared by the Administrator in
which the Participant directs or elects with respect to various matters
described herein as being subject to such Election Form filing, or which directs
or elects a change in the directions or elections contained in prior Election
Forms, or in the specifications relating to the matters described in (iii) or
(iv) of the Enrollment Form; and the applicable provisions of each such Election
Form shall remain in effect until such applicable provisions are changed by the
filing of a subsequent Election Form.
"ELIGIBLE PERSON" shall mean each Qualified Person selected as eligible
to participate in the Plan by the Administrator, and each Director.
"EMPLOYEE" shall mean a common law employee of the Employer.
"EMPLOYER" shall mean, collectively, the Company and each Designated
Subsidiary.
"ENROLLMENT FORM" shall mean a form prepared by the Administrator in
which the Participant:
(i) agrees to become a Participant and agrees to the terms and
provisions of the Plan;
(ii) waives his or her right to assert, perfect, or secure any lien
pursuant to any Texas statute, including, but not limited to, Ann. Tex. Prop.
Code ss. 58.004 or any superseding section of the Ann. Tex. Prop. Code;
(iii) specifies the date of his Planned Early Withdrawal; and
(iv) specifies the form of distribution of Vested Benefits.
"ENTRY DATE" shall mean first day of the Payroll Period designated by
the Participant on a timely filed of an Election Form.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"FAIR MARKET VALUE" of a Share on the Valuation Date of reference shall
be the closing price of Stock on such date, which shall mean:
(i) If Shares of the same class are listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange at the date
of determining the Fair Market Value, the last reported sale price on
such exchange on the last business day prior to the date in question;
or
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(ii) If Shares of the same class shall not be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange
and sales prices for such shares in the over-the-counter market shall
be reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") National Market
System at the date of determining the Fair Market Value, the last
reported sale price so reported on the last business day prior to the
date in question; or
(iii) If Shares of the same class shall not be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on either the New York Stock
Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market System, and bid and asked prices
therefor in the over-the-counter market shall be reported by NASDAQ
(or, if not so reported, by the National Quotations Bureau Incorporated
or the OTC Bulletin Board) at the date of determining the Fair Market
Value, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the last
business day prior to the date in question; and
(iv) If Shares of the same class shall not be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange
and sales prices or bid and asked prices for such shares shall not be
reported by NASDAQ (or the National Quotations Bureau Incorporated) at
the date of determining the Fair Market Value, the value determined in
good faith by the Administrator in good faith, without limitation,
shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
"FINAL FILING DATE" shall mean, individually and not collectively, the
last date on which an Election Form, or an Enrollment Form in the case of (iv),
may be filed with respect to the matters described below:
(i) PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION CREDIT. For the initial Pre-Tax
Contribution Credit election it shall be, the earlier of (v) the last
day of the Payroll Period preceding the Payroll Period in which such
Pre-Tax Contribution Credit shall commence, and (w) the 30th day after
being designated as an Eligible Individual, and thereafter, it shall
be (x) with respect to elections of Pre-Tax Contribution Credits
taking effect in the first full Payroll Period in the succeeding Plan
Year, the last day of the current Plan Year, and (y) with respect to
changes in amount of Pre-Tax Contribution Credits taking effect in the
first full Payroll Period of any Quarter (other than the first), the
last day of the second month in the immediately preceding Quarter.
(ii) BONUSES. The later of December 31, 1998 and the 60th day
prior to the date on which the Bonus is scheduled to be paid.
(iii) STOCK GRANTS. The later of January 15, 1999 and the
180th day prior to the Lapse Date with respect to the Stock Grant of
reference.
(iv) CHANGING PLANNED EARLY WITHDRAWAL DATE. The 366th day
prior to the current Planned Early Withdrawal Date.
(v) ELECTING LUMP SUM OR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS. The 180th day
prior to the date on which the payment of Benefits is made or commenced
(disregarding, for this purpose, any Hardship Withdrawals.)
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(vi) REQUESTING SHARE DISTRIBUTIONS. The 5th day prior to the
date on which the payment of Benefits is made or commenced
(disregarding, for this purpose, any Hardship Withdrawals).
Only the last Election Form delivered to the Administrator on or before
the Final Filing Date of reference will be considered the Election Form of the
Participant with respect to the matter of reference.
"FOR CAUSE" shall mean a Separation which is the result of either (a) a
Participant's material failure or refusal to perform his duties if the
Participant has failed to cure such failure or refusal to perform within thirty
(30) days after the Employer notifies the Participant in writing of such failure
or refusal to perform, or (b) based upon his commission of any of the following:
(i) an intentional act of fraud, embezzlement or theft in
connection with his duties or in the course of his employment with the
Employer;
(ii) intentional wrongful damage to property of the Employer
or any other willful gross misconduct that causes material economic
harm to the Employer or that brings substantial discredit to the
Employer's reputation;
(iii) intentional wrongful disclosure of trade secrets or
confidential information of the Employer;
(iv) willful violation of any law, rule or regulation (other
than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final cease and desist
order, including, but not limited to, a final, nonappealable conviction
of a Participant for commission of a felony involving moral turpitude;
or
(v) intentional breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Employer
involving personal profit.
For the purpose of this Plan, no act, or failure to act, on the part of
the Participant shall be deemed "intentional" unless the Board of Directors
finds that the act or failure to act was done, or omitted to be done, by the
Participant in other than good faith and without reasonable belief that his
action or omission was in the best interest of the Employer. Any determination
that a Participant has been terminated For Cause shall be made solely by the
Board of Directors.
"401(k) PLAN" shall mean the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Savings
and Investment Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor
to that plan.
"HARDSHIP" shall mean an unforeseeable emergency that would result in
severe financial hardship to the Participant, if a Hardship Withdrawal were not
permitted, and which results from (i) the death of family member, (ii) divorce,
(iii) a sudden or unexpected illness, accident or catastrophe to the Participant
or a dependent of the Participant, (iv) loss of property (including casualty
loss, foreclosure of primary residence, and eviction from primary residence), or
(v) other extraordinary events beyond the Participant's control, all as
determined by the Administrator.
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"HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL" shall mean the withdrawal made by reason of a
Hardship in accordance with the provisions of SECTION TEN.
"INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS" shall mean payments of a Participant's Vested
Benefit in not less than Quarterly installments over a period not in excess of
ten (10) years.
"INVESTED" and similar terms shall mean, for convenience of reference
herein, the Administrator's notational crediting of amounts to Directed
Investments, but shall not mean, or in any way require, that the Company will
actually purchase such assets.
"INVESTMENT DIRECTION" shall mean the direction of the investment by
the Participant of the amount in his Participant Diversified Account and
Matching Contribution Diversified Account. Such direction may, but need not,
result in the notational crediting of funds in the designated Investment. A
Participant shall have no right to be credited with Directed Investments and
shall have no claim against Administrator or the Employer for a failure to
follow an Investment Direction; provided, however, that should the Administrator
fail or refuse to follow a Participant's Investment Direction with respect to
some or all funds in such Participant's Participant Diversified Account or
Matching Contribution Diversified Account, then such Account will be credited
with Earnings, with respect to funds for which an Investment Direction is
refused, at the Default Earnings Rate, compounded annually, until an Investment
Direction with respect to such funds is accepted by the Administrator.
"INVESTMENT RULES" shall mean, collectively, the procedures regarding
the availability of Investments which are adopted by the Administrator at the
time of reference and which, without limitation, may be changed in any manner by
the Administrator, except that such procedures shall not limit a Participant
from filing an Investment Direction (subject to all other provisions of the Plan
with respect thereto) with respect to investments available under the 401(k)
Plan at the time of reference; and provided, further, without limitation, that
unless otherwise expressly provided by the Administrator in promulgating such
procedures, the Administrator, at a minimum, shall have until the 15 day of the
month following the month in which an amount is initially credited to a
Participant's Account, to notationally invest such amount in an Investment.
"INVESTMENTS" shall mean, collectively, the investment alternatives
available under the Investment Rules at the time of reference, and Stock Units.
"LAPSE DATE" shall mean, with respect to any Shares subject to the
Stock Grant of reference, the date on which the limitations imposed on such
Shares lapse.
"LUMP SUM" shall mean a single payment, in cash, or Shares, or both of
the Participant's entire Vested Benefit.
"MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS" shall mean the amount, if any, credited each
Plan Year to a Participant by and at the sole discretion of the Employer,
including, without limitation, contributions measured as a percentage of his
Pre-Tax Contribution Credit.
"MATCHING CONTRIBUTION DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT" shall mean the Account,
established pursuant to SECTION FIVE, which shall be credited with certain
Matching Contributions, transfers from
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the Matching Contribution Stock Account, and Earnings, and debited with
transfers to the Matching Contribution Stock Account, and with distributions,
all as provided herein.
"MATCHING CONTRIBUTION STOCK ACCOUNT" shall mean the Account which is
invested in Stock units, established pursuant to SECTION FIVE, which shall be
credited with certain Matching Contributions, transfers from the Matching
Contribution Diversified Account and Earnings, and debited with transfers to the
Matching Contribution Diversified Account and distributions, as provided herein.
"NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE" shall mean the Participant's 65th birthday.
"ORIGINAL OPTION" shall mean an Option which is exchanged for a
Deferred Option.
"ORIGINAL OPTION PRICE" shall mean, with respect to each Deferred
Option, the Option Price of the Original Option which was exchanged for such
Deferred Option.
"OPTION" shall mean, individually and collectively as the context
requires, a Participant's Original Option and Deferred Option granted by the
Company to acquire Shares, provided, however, that whenever it shall be
appropriate to refer to the Original Option, or the Deferred Option, separately,
such reference shall be made.
"OPTION PRICE" shall mean, with respect to the Option of reference, the
price required to be paid by an optionee in order to acquire the Share(s)
subject to the Option of reference.
"PARTICIPANT" shall mean each person who has a Benefit at the time of
reference.
"PARTICIPANT DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT" shall mean the Account, established
pursuant to SECTION FIVE, which shall be credited with certain Pre-Tax
Contribution Credits, certain Deferred Option Spreads, certain Stock
Cancellation Credits, transfers from the Participant Stock Account, and
Earnings, and debited with transfers to the Participant Stock Account, and with
distributions, all as provided herein.
"PARTICIPANT STOCK ACCOUNT" shall mean the Account, established
pursuant to SECTION FIVE, to which (A) is credited with certain Participant
Pre-Tax Contribution Credits, Deferred Option Spreads, Stock Cancellation
Credits, transfers from such Participant's Participant Diversified Account, and
Earnings invested in Stock Units; and (B) is debited with transfers to the
Participant Diversified Account, and distributions, all as provided herein.
"PAYROLL PERIOD" shall mean each of the periods during a Plan Year with
respect to which Participants are paid Compensation.
"PLAN" shall mean this FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated Non-Qualified
Deferred Compensation Plan, as now or hereafter amended.
"PLAN YEAR" shall mean the period from the Effective Date through
December 31, 1999, and thereafter shall mean the calendar year.
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"PLANNED EARLY WITHDRAWAL DATE" shall mean the date, if any, selected
by the Participant for receipt of his Vested Benefit.
"PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION CREDIT" shall mean the reductions in a
Participant's Compensation, and the crediting of such amounts hereunder.
"QUALIFIED PERSON" shall mean (i) an Employee who is a Qualifying
Investor and a member of management of the Employer, a highly compensated
Employee of the Employer, or an officer of the Employer, or (ii) a Director, as
determined by the Administrator.
"QUALIFYING INVESTOR" shall mean an individual who has annual
Compensation of at least $100,000, and who meets other minimum financial
requirements as determined by the Administrator.
"QUARTER" shall mean the calendar quarter.
"RULES OF GENERAL APPLICATION" shall mean those rules promulgated by
the Administrator, in its sole discretion, from time to time with respect to the
matter of reference, but which will be applied in a similar manner to
Participants similarly situated.
"SECURITIES ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
any similar or superseding statute or statutes.
"SEPARATES," "SEPARATED," or "SEPARATION" shall mean a person's ceasing
to be an Employee by reason of a termination of employment with the Employer for
any reason (including death or Disability).
"SHARES" shall mean shares of Stock.
"STOCK" shall mean the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the
Company.
"STOCK CANCELLATION CREDIT" shall mean an amount equal to the Fair
Market Value of the Shares subject to a Canceled Stock Grant on the Cancellation
Date of reference.
"STOCK GRANTS" shall mean the Shares, subject to restrictions, granted
to a Participant under the Stock Plan.
"STOCK PLAN" shall mean, collectively, all of the FelCor Lodging Trust
Incorporated restricted stock and/or stock option plans, as adopted or amended
from time to time.
"STOCK UNIT" shall mean each Share credited to each Participant's
Participant Stock Account or Matching Contribution Stock Account at the time of
reference.
"STOCK UNIT DIRECTION" shall mean the direction to invest in, or
liquidate the investment in, Stock Units, and which may be made not more than
two (2) times in any Plan Year and in no event within six months of any such
prior direction.
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"TRUST" shall mean a trust which substantially conforms to the model
rabbi trust provided in section 5 of the Internal Revenue Service's Revenue
Procedure 92-64, 1992-2 C.B. 422, that may be established between the Company
and the trustee(s) named in the Trust.
"VALUE" shall mean the value of Investments, or the value of an
Account, as the context requires, determined as provided hereunder.
"VALUATION DATE" shall mean each date on which the New York Stock
Exchange is operating.
"VESTED" shall mean that the amount, or property, referred to as
nonforfeitable and, without limitation, "nonVested" shall mean that such amount,
or property, is forfeitable.
SECTION TWO ADMINISTRATION
(a) EMPLOYER DUTIES. The Employer shall, upon request or as may be
specifically required under the Plan, furnish or cause to be furnished all of
the information or documentation in its possession or control which is necessary
or required by the Administrator to perform its duties and functions under the
Plan.
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS' DUTIES. The Board of Directors shall, upon
request by the Administrator or as may be specifically required under the Plan,
furnish or cause to be furnished all of the information or documentation in its
possession or control which is necessary or required by the Administrator to
perform its duties and functions under the Plan.
(c) APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR. The Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors shall serve as the Administrator, unless the Board of
Directors appoints one or more other persons in writing to serve as
Administrator. In the event that the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors ceases to exist or in the event the Administrator has not been
effectively appointed hereunder at the time of reference, the Company shall be
the administrator.
Any Administrator appointed hereunder who shall be an Employee shall
serve without compensation; and any such person shall automatically cease to be
an Administrator upon his or her termination of employment with the Employer. An
Administrator may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Board of Directors. The Company may remove an Administrator at any
time by written notice, with or without cause, and may appoint a successor
Administrator.
If at any time there shall be two (2) or more persons acting as
Administrator, such persons shall conduct the business of the Administrator by
meetings, held from time to time at their discretion, and the actions of the
Administrator shall be determined by majority vote, which may be made by
telephone, wire, cable or letter; and the Administrator may designate, in
writing, one (l) or more of its members who shall have authority to sign or
certify that any action taken by the Administrator represents the will of, and
is binding on, the Administrator.
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The Administrator shall acknowledge the assumption of his or her duties
hereunder in writing, or shall endorse a copy of this Plan.
(d) DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator shall be responsible for
establishing and carrying out the objectives of the Plan, in accordance with its
terms.
(e) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator shall have the sole
authority and responsibility for administering the Plan.
(f) POWERS OF ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator shall have sole and
exclusive authority and responsibility for administering, construing and
interpreting the Plan. The Administrator shall have all powers and discretion as
may be necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities under this Plan,
including, but not by way of limitation, the power, in its sole and absolute
discretion, (i) to interpret or construe any and all provisions of the Plan,
(ii) to make rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan, (iii) to
develop Rules of General Application, (iv) to determine all questions of
eligibility, status and other rights of Participants, Beneficiaries and other
persons, (v) to determine the amount, manner and time of the payment of any
Vested Benefits, and (vi) to resolve any dispute which may arise under this Plan
involving Participants or Beneficiaries. The Administrator may engage agents to
assist it and may engage legal counsel, who may be counsel for the Company. The
Administrator shall not be responsible for any action taken or not taken on the
advice of such counsel.
No member of the Administrator shall vote or act upon any discretionary
matter involving his own Benefits and in such case, the remaining member or
members of the Administrator shall appoint a member pro-tem to act in the place
of the interested member; provided, however, that if all members of the
Administrator shall be disqualified under this PARAGRAPH (F) of SECTION TWO with
regard to one or more matters, the President of the Company shall appoint a
qualifying person(s) to be the Administrator with regard to such matters.
(g) BOND AND EXPENSES OF ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator shall serve
without bond unless state or federal statutes require otherwise, in which event
the Employer shall pay the premium. The expenses of the Administrator shall be
paid by the Employer. Such expenses shall include all expenses incident to the
functioning of the Administrator, including, but not by way of limitation, fees
of accountants, counsel and other specialists and other costs of administering
the Plan.
(h) ADMINISTRATOR RECORDS AND REPORTS. The Administrator shall
maintain, or cause to be maintained, adequate records of all of its proceedings
and acts and all such books of account, records, and other data as may be
necessary for administration of the Plan. The Administrator shall make available
to each Participant upon his request such of the Plan's records as pertain to
him for examination at reasonable times during normal business hours.
(i) RELIANCE ON TABLES. In administering the Plan, the Administrator
shall be entitled to the extent permitted by law to rely conclusively on all
tables, valuations, certificates, opinions and reports which are furnished by
accountants, legal counsel or other experts employed or engaged by the
Administrator.
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SECTION THREE PARTICIPANTS
(a) ELIGIBILITY. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible
Persons, and the Administrator shall notify each such Eligible Person, in
writing, of their status.
(b) PARTICIPATION. An Eligible Person shall become a Participant by
completing and executing an Enrollment Form, an Election Form and such other
forms as may be required by the Administrator, and, where required, filing it
with the Administrator prior to the Final Filing Date. At such time, if ever, as
a Participant is determined by the Administrator to no longer be a Qualified
Person, such Participant's Contributions hereunder shall cease effective for all
periods (including without limitations all Payroll Periods) following the date
of such determination.
(c) AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND. By becoming a Participant, each Eligible
Person shall for all purposes be deemed conclusively to have assented to the
provisions of this Plan and to all amendments to this Plan.
SECTION FOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION CREDIT ELECTIONS. An Eligible Person (other
than a Director) may elect to commence receiving Pre-Tax Contribution Credits
hereunder by filing an Election Form with the Administrator on or prior to the
Final Filing Date. Only the last Election Form delivered to the Administrator on
or before the Final Filing Date will be considered the Election Form of the
Participant. In order to change (or discontinue receiving) Pre-Tax Contribution
Credits after an initial Election Form is filed, the Participant must file an
Election Form with the Administrator on or prior to the applicable Final Filing
Date; provided, however, that a Participant shall be permitted to file no more
than three (3) Election Forms with respect to Pre-Tax Contribution Credits with
respect to a Plan Year; except that, notwithstanding any provision hereof to the
contrary, if a Participant is determined to have suffered a Hardship, and
regardless of whether such Participant receives a Hardship Withdrawal, the
Participant will be permitted to file an Election Form discontinuing Pre-Tax
Contribution Credits as of the next Payroll Period.
Once filed, an Election Form shall remain in effect, including without
limitation, with respect to subsequent Plan Years, until changed by the timely
filing of a new Election Form.
Pre-Tax Contribution Credits shall begin to be credited, or shall be
adjusted in amount, on the first day of the first full Payroll Period beginning
in the Quarter following the timely filing of the Election Form of reference.
(b) AMOUNT OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION CREDIT ELECTED. The Election Form
shall allow a Participant to elect to reduce his Compensation by a percentage or
a dollar amount selected by the Participant, and shall allow such Participant to
increase or reduce the amount of such elected reduction previously made. If a
percentage is designated, such election shall be made in one percent (1%)
increments.
(c) AMOUNT OF MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS. The Board of Directors may in its
sole discretion (but shall have no obligation to) credit a specific amount of
Matching Contributions to any
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one or more Participant(s) who receive Pre-Tax Contribution Credits, which
Matching Contributions shall be expressed as a percentage of such Participants'
Pre-Tax Contribution Credits, but which may differ among Participants,
including, without limitation, similarly situated Participants.
(d) DEFERRED OPTION SPREAD . A Participant will be credited with a
Deferred Option Spread on the date such Participant exercises a Deferred Option.
(e) STOCK CANCELLATION CREDIT ELECTIONS. A Participant may irrevocably
elect to receive a Stock Cancellation Credit hereunder by filing an Election
Form on or before the applicable Final Filing Date designating the number of
Shares which will constitute the desired Canceled Stock Grant, and surrendering
or causing to be surrendered the certificate(s) evidencing such Shares, duly
endorsed for transfer to the Company.
(f) FURNISHING OF ELECTION FORMS. The Administrator shall provide an
Election Form to each Eligible Person and Participant upon request.
(g) ADMINISTRATOR DISCRETION TO REJECT OR MODIFY ELECTIONS.
Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION FOUR to contrary, the Administrator may
refuse to accept, or may require a Participant to modify, any elections made by
a Participant under this SECTION FOUR.
SECTION FIVE ACCOUNTS
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS. The Employer shall establish and
maintain a Participant Diversified Account, a Participant Stock Account, a
Matching Contribution Diversified Account and a Matching Contribution Stock
Account in the name of each Participant who is an Employee and a Participant
Stock Account for each Participant who is a Director.
(b) AMOUNTS CREDITED TO PARTICIPANT DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT. The
Contributions (other than Matching Contributions, and Contributions made by
Directors) shall be credited to the Participant Diversified Account, unless
expressly directed by the Participant to be credited to the Participant Stock
Account, as of the Valuation Date next following the date of making the
Contributions.
(c) AMOUNTS CREDITED TO THE MATCHING CONTRIBUTION DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT.
Matching Contributions, if any, shall be credited to the Matching Contribution
Diversified Account, unless expressly directed by the Participant to be credited
to the Matching Contribution Stock Account, as of the Valuation Date next
following the date of making the Contribution.
(d) EARNINGS CREDITED TO PARTICIPANT DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT AND MATCHING
CONTRIBUTION DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNT. The Administrator shall credit each
Participant's Participant Diversified Account and Matching Contribution
Diversified Account as of each Valuation Date with its Earnings since the next
preceding Valuation Date; except the Administrator will credit the amount
attributable to any Default Earnings Rate to such Account as of the last
Valuation Date of each Quarter.
(e) AMOUNTS CREDITED TO PARTICIPANT STOCK ACCOUNT. All Contributions
(other than Matching Contributions) which are designated by the Participant for
investment in Stock Units, and
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all Contributions by Directors shall be credited to the Participant Stock
Account. The Administrator shall credit each Participant's Participant Stock
Account as of each Valuation Date with that number of additional Stock Units
which equals the quotient of (i) divided by (ii), where (i) is the sum of the
Contributions, the amounts transferred from the Participant Diversified Account,
and any Deemed Dividends, credited to such Participant Stock Account since the
immediately preceding Valuation Date, and (ii) is the Fair Market Value of a
Share on such Valuation Date.
(f) AMOUNTS CREDITED TO MATCHING CONTRIBUTION STOCK ACCOUNT. All
Matching Contributions, if any, which are designated by the Participant for
investment in Stock Units shall be credited to the Matching Contribution Stock
Account. The Administrator shall credit each Participant's Matching Contribution
Stock Account as of each Valuation Date with that number of additional Stock
Units which equals the quotient of (i) divided by (ii), where (i) is the sum of
the Matching Contributions, transfers from the Matching Contribution Diversified
Account, and Deemed Dividends credited to such Matching Contribution Stock
Account since the immediately preceding Valuation Date, and (ii) is the Fair
Market Value of a Share on such Valuation Date.
(g) DIVERSIFIED ACCOUNTS INVESTMENT DIRECTION. On such form, in the
manner and at such times as the Administrator prescribes, and subject to the
Investment Rules, each Participant may select among the different Investments
with respect to his Participant Diversified Account and Matching Contribution
Diversified Account. Any direction by the Participant shall be recorded on the
books of the Company in accordance with the Investment Rules; provided however,
without limitation, (i) the Administrator is not required to accept the
Investment Directions given by the Participant, but must notify the Participant
of such rejection, in writing, within five days following the final Filing Date
for such Directed Investment, and (ii) the Company may, but shall not be
required to, make actual corresponding investments.
(h) DIRECTION TO INVEST IN STOCK UNITS. A Participant by filing a Stock
Unit Direction, may direct (i) the transfer of all or part of his Participant
Diversified Account balance, (ii) the crediting of all or any part of his future
Contributions, (iii) or any combination of these, to the Participant Stock
Account. A Participant may by filing a Stock Unit Direction, direct (iv) the
transfer of all or part of his Matching Contribution Diversified Account
balance, (v) the crediting of all or any part of his future Matching
Contributions, (vi) or any combination of these, to the Matching Contribution
Stock Account.
(i) DIRECTION TO LIQUIDATE STOCK UNITS. A Participant may, by filing a
Stock Unit Direction, direct (i) the transfer of all or part of his Participant
Stock Account balance, (ii) the crediting of all or any portion of his future
Contributions currently being credited to his Participant Stock Account, (iii)
or any combination of these, to the Participant Diversified Account. A
Participant may, by filing a Stock Unit Direction, direct (iv) the transfer of
all or part of his Matching Contribution Stock Account balance, (v) the
crediting of all or any portion of his future Participant, if any, currently
being credited to his Participant Stock Account, (vi) or any combination of
these, to the Matching Contribution Diversified Account.
(j) DIRECTOR INVESTMENT. Notwithstanding anything in this SECTION FIVE
to the contrary, the Account of a Director shall be invested exclusively in
Stock Units.
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(k) VALUATION OF ACCOUNTS. As of each Valuation Date, a Participant's
Account shall consist of the Value of the Participant's Account as of the next
preceding Valuation Date, adjusted by (i) crediting Contributions, (ii)
crediting or debiting transfers, (iii) crediting or debiting Earnings, (iv)
crediting additional Stock Units (if applicable) and (v) debiting distributions,
and liquidated Stock Units (if applicable), made or earned since the immediately
preceding Valuation Date.
(l) STATEMENTS. Within sixty (60) days after the end of each Plan Year
and at such other times during the Plan Year as shall be determined by the
Administrator, the Administrator shall furnish each Participant with a statement
showing the Value of such Participant's Benefit as of the last Valuation Date in
the preceding Quarter.
SECTION SIX VESTING
(a) RETIREMENT, DEATH OR DISABILITY. If a Participant's Separation is
after his Normal Retirement Date, or is by reason of death or Disability, such
Participant's Benefit shall be one hundred percent (100%) Vested.
(b) PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS. If a Participant's Separation is before
his Normal Retirement Date, death, or Disability, the portion of such
Participant's Benefit attributable to the Value of his Participant Diversified
Account and Participant Stock Account shall be one hundred percent (100%)
Vested.
(c) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS. If a Participant's Separation is before his
Normal Retirement Date, death, or Disability, and is not expressly altered by
the terms of his Participation Agreement, the portion of his Benefit
attributable to the Value of his Company Matching Diversified Account and
Company Matching Stock Account (if any) will be entirely forfeited if such
Separation precedes the 5th anniversary of his Entry Date and shall be one
hundred percent (100%) Vested if such Separation follows the 5th anniversary of
his Entry Date.
(d) SEPARATION FOR CAUSE. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the
contrary, including (a), (b) and (c) above, if a Participant is Separated For
Cause, such Participant shall forfeit one hundred percent (100%) of his
undistributed Benefit on the date of his Separation for Cause.
(e) DISPOSITION OF FORFEITURES. Forfeitures may be used for any
corporate purpose, including, without limitation, allocation as Matching
Contributions.
SECTION SEVEN PAYMENT
(a) SEPARATION PRIOR TO AGE 55. Each Participant who Separates prior to
age 55 for any reason other than death or Disability shall receive a Lump Sum
distribution as soon as administratively practicable after the first Valuation
Date following his Separation.
(b) SEPARATION AFTER AGE 55, OR BY REASON OF DEATH OR DISABILITY. Each
Participant who Separates after age 55, or by reason of death or Disability,
shall receive a distribution of such
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Participant's Vested Benefit, in a Lump Sum or Installment Payments, commencing
as soon as administratively practicable after the first Valuation Date following
his Separation.
(c) ELECTING LUMP SUM OR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS. Each Participant may
change his election to receive his Vested Benefit in a Lump Sum or in
Installment Payments by filing an Election Form prior to the Final Filing Date;
provided, however that such filing is subject to any provisions of the Plan
which require that distribution be made in a Lump Sum.
(d) DISTRIBUTION ON PLANNED EARLY WITHDRAWAL DATE. Subject to the
provisions of (a) and (b) of this SECTION SEVEN, a Participant, on his
Enrollment Form, may elect to receive distributions commencing on his Planned
Early Withdrawal Date in a Lump Sum or in Installment Payments. A Participant
may change his Planned Early Withdrawal Date to a later date (i) by filing an
Election Form on or before the applicable Final Filing Date, and (ii) by
electing a Planned Early Retirement Date which is not less than twelve (12)
months after the current Planned Early Withdrawal Date. A Participant may change
his method of distribution on his Planned Early Retirement Date by filing an
Election Form requesting such change on or before the applicable Final Filing
Date.
(e) LUMP SUM REQUIRED FOR SMALL AMOUNTS. Notwithstanding any provision
hereof to the contrary, if the Value of a Participant's Account shall be less
than $10,000 on the date of his Separation, regardless of his age, such
Participant shall receive his or her distribution in a Lump Sum distribution as
provided in (a) of this Section Seven.
(f) FORM OF PAYMENT. Any payment of Vested Benefits under this SECTION
SEVEN shall be made in cash or, at the request of the Participant and subject to
approval by the Administrator, Stock Units may be distributed in whole or in
part in Shares. If Stock Units are distributed in cash, they shall be Valued as
of the 2nd business day next preceding the date of distribution.
(g) CALCULATION OF INSTALLMENT PAYMENT. If Participant has elected
distribution in the form of Installment Payments, he shall receive on each
payment date an amount equal to his Vested Benefit (exclusive of Stock Units)
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is one (1), and the denominator
of which is the total number of installments originally elected less the number
of installments already paid; and with respect to Stock Units, the number of
Shares distributed with respect to such Stock Units shall be determined annually
by dividing the number of such Stock Units remaining to be distributed by the
total number of installments originally elected less the number of installments
already paid. A Participant's Account will continue to be subject to all
provisions of the Plan including, without limitation, the crediting of Earnings,
during the period of any Installment Payment. No distribution of fractional
Shares shall be made. Any fraction shall accumulate until at least a whole Share
may be distributed.
(h) PAYMENTS UPON OTHER EVENTS DETERMINED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. The
Administrator may, subject to Participant approval, accelerate in whole or in
part the payment of Vested Benefits to such Participant to a date prior to the
earlier of Separation or the Planned Early Withdrawal Date, subject to a
reduction (and permanent forfeiture) of the amount of the Participant's Vested
Benefit at the date of distribution equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of
the distribution, which amount shall be deducted from the undistributed Vested
Benefit, or, to the extent it exceeds the amount of such undistributed Vested
Benefit, then from the amount of the distribution. Nothing
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herein shall preclude the Administrator from imposing additional conditions, or
additional forfeitures, as a condition of making such accelerated distribution.
In addition, and without limitation, the Administrator may accelerate the
distribution of all (but not less than all) of a Participant's Vested Benefits
following the date, prior to his Separation, on which he no longer is a
Qualified Person.
(i) ELECTIONS AFTER PLANNED EARLY WITHDRAWAL DATE AND AFTER SEPARATION.
A Participant who receives a distribution on his Planned Early Withdrawal Date
may continue to elect Contributions under the Plan so long as he remains an
Eligible Person or Director.
SECTION EIGHT SOURCE OF PAYMENT
All cash payments will be made from the general assets of the Employer.
In the event a Participant's Vested Benefit (including, without limitation, a
Hardship Withdrawal) shall be paid in the form of Shares, such payment will be
made using Shares from the Company's authorized but unissued, or Treasury,
Shares; provided, without limitation, that no special or separate fund or
segregation of either cash, assets or Shares shall be made to assure such
payments in such a way as to make this Plan a "funded" plan for purposes of
ERISA or the Code; provided, however, that the Employer may establish a
bookkeeping reserve to meet its obligations under the Plan or a Trust.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, except with respect to the
Benefits of Participants who waive such requirement in writing, prior to (but it
may be contingent on) the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Employer
agrees, and is hereby required, to make a contribution in cash, or in Shares, to
the Trust in an amount equal to the Benefits of all Participants in the Plan as
of the date of such funding.
Nothing contained in the Plan shall create or be construed to create a
trust of any kind, and nothing contained in the Plan nor any action taken
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall create or be construed to create a
fiduciary relationship between the Employer and a Participant, Beneficiary,
employee or other person. To the extent that any person acquires a right to
receive payments from the Employer under the Plan, such right shall be no
greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Employer.
For purposes of the Code, the Employer intends this Plan to be an
unfunded, unsecured promise on the part of the Employer to pay in the future.
For purposes of ERISA, the Employer intends the Plan to be an unfunded plan
primarily for the benefit of a select group of management or highly compensated
employees of the Employer for the purpose of qualifying the Plan for the "top
hat" plan exception under sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
SECTION NINE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STOCK UNITS CREDITED TO THE
PARTICIPANT STOCK ACCOUNT OR MATCHING CONTRIBUTION STOCK ACCOUNT
(a) ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. If a stock dividend,
stock split, spinoff, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of
shares or the like, occurs, as a result of which shares of any class shall be
issued with respect to Shares, or such Shares shall be changed into a different
number of the same or another class or classes, the number of Stock Units
credited to the
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Participant Stock Accounts or, if applicable, Matching Contribution Stock
Account of Participants and the calculation of the Fair Market Value of such
Stock Units shall be appropriately adjusted (effective as of the date of such
event) by the Administrator in a manner that will make the Stock Units have a
Fair Market Value as of the date of such event which is equal to the Fair Market
Value of the Shares, plus the consideration received by shareholders with
respect to Shares, as a result of such event.
(b) CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Shares shall not be issued
unless such issuance and delivery shall comply with all applicable provisions of
law, domestic or foreign, including, but not limited to the Securities Act, and
the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed,
including, in each case the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect
to such compliance, which may include a representation and warranty from the
Participant that the Shares are being acquired only for investment for his own
account and without any present intention to publicly sell or distribute such
Shares without an exemption from or compliance with applicable securities laws.
Any Shares so issued may bear such restrictive legend as counsel for the Company
may deem necessary or advisable to assure compliance with such laws.
(c) VOTING AND REGISTRATION. A Participant will have no beneficial or
record interest or voting right in or other privileges relating to Shares as a
result of the crediting of Stock Units to his Participant Stock Account or
Matching Contribution Stock Account, and will obtain such rights and privileges
only upon the issuance of a certificate representing the equivalent Shares.
(d) EXECUTION OF RECEIPTS AND RELEASES. Any payment or any issuance or
transfer of Shares to any person shall be in full satisfaction of all claims
hereunder against the Plan, and the Administrator may require such person, as a
condition precedent to receiving delivery of Shares, to execute a receipt and
release therefor in such form as it shall determine.
SECTION TEN HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
(a) AMOUNT OF HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL. A Participant who is determined to
have suffered a Hardship may be paid a Hardship Withdrawal of the amount which
the Administrator determines is necessary to reasonably alleviate such Hardship.
(b) PENALTY LIMITATION ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION CREDITS. In the event of
a Hardship Withdrawal, the withdrawing Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution
Credits automatically will be discontinued effective with the Payroll Period
immediately following the filing of the Declaration of Hardship, and such
Participant shall not be entitled to recommence Pre-Tax Contribution Credits
until the first Payroll Period following the first anniversary of the filing of
the Declaration of Hardship.
SECTION ELEVEN DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES
(a) DESIGNATION BY PARTICIPANT. A Participant's written designation of
one or more persons or entities as his Beneficiary shall operate to designate
the Participant's Beneficiary under this Plan. The Participant shall be entitled
to file with the Administrator a copy of his Beneficiary
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designation under the Plan on a form supplied to the Participant by the
Administrator. The last such designation received by the Administrator shall be
controlling, and no designation, or change or revocation of a designation shall
be effective unless received by the Administrator prior to the Participant's
death. If the Participant is married on the date of filing his Beneficiary
Designation, he must obtain the written consent of his spouse unless such spouse
is designated to receive at least fifty percent (50%) of his Benefit.
(b) LACK OF DESIGNATION. If no Beneficiary designation is filed and in
effect at the time of a Participant's death, if no designated Beneficiary
survives the Participant, or if the otherwise applicable Beneficiary designation
conflicts with applicable law, the Participant's estate shall be the
Beneficiary. The Administrator may direct the Employer to retain any unpaid
Vested Benefit, without liability for any interest, until all rights to the
unpaid Vested Benefit are determined. Alternatively, the Administrator may
direct the Employer to pay such Vested Benefit into any court of appropriate
jurisdiction. Any such payment shall completely discharge the Employer of any
liability under the Plan.
SECTION TWELVE AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
(a) AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. Except as to the last sentence in the
first paragraph of Section Eight, and this Section Twelve, the Plan may be
amended, suspended or terminated, in whole or in part, by the Board of
Directors, but no such action shall retroactively impair the rights of any
person to payment of such person's Vested Benefit; provided, further, that the
Plan may be amended by the Administrator with respect to any matters which the
Administrator determines to involve primarily clarification of one or more
provisions the Plan, or relate primarily to Plan administration.
(b) SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN BENEFITS. Without limiting the generality
of any other provision hereof, if a proposed amendment to the Plan would result
in a substantial prospective reduction in either the rights or benefits of
Participants under the Plan, the Company must give each Participant notice of
the amendment not less than 5 days prior to the earlier of its adoption or
effective date, and allow each Participant to waive the right to elect an
immediate distribution as described below. In the absence of such timely waiver,
each Participant shall have the right, for a period of 90 days commencing on the
earlier of the adoption, or the effective date, of such amendment, to elect, in
a writing filed with the Administrator, to have all (but not less than all) of
his Vested Benefit distributed to him as soon as reasonably possible.
SECTION THIRTEEN GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) NO ASSIGNMENT. The right of any Participant or other person to the
payment of a Benefit shall not be assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered,
either voluntarily or by operation of law, except as provided in SECTION ELEVEN
with respect to designations of Beneficiaries. If any person shall attempt to
assign, transfer, pledge or encumber any portion of such Benefit, or if by
reason of bankruptcy or other event happening at any time any such payment would
be made subject to debts or liabilities or would otherwise devolve upon anyone
else and not be enjoyed by such
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person, the Administrator may terminate such person's interest in any such
payment and direct that the same be held and applied to or for the benefit of
such person, his spouse, children or other dependents, or any other persons
deemed to be the natural objects of his bounty, or any of them, in such manner
as the Administrator may deem proper.
(b) INCAPACITY. If the Administrator shall find that any person is
unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident or is a minor, any
payment due (unless a prior claim for such payment shall have been made by a
duly appointed guardian, committee or other legal representative) may be paid to
his spouse, a child, a parent, or a brother or sister, or any other person
deemed by the Administrator to have incurred expenses for such person otherwise
entitled to payment, in such manner and proportions as the Administrator may
determine. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liabilities of
the Employer under the Plan as to the amount paid.
(c) NO GUARANTEE OF DEFERRAL. While the Company intends that this Plan
will result in the deferral of the imposition of a federal income tax on the
funds credited hereunder until such time as they actually shall be paid to a
Participant, nothing herein shall be construed as a promise, guarantee or other
representation by the Company of such tax effect nor, without limitation, shall
the Company be liable for any taxes, penalties or other amounts incurred by
Participants in the event it is determined by applicable authorities that such
deferral was not accomplished, and each Eligible Person electing to become a
Participant should consult his or her own tax advisor(s) to determine the tax
consequences in his or her specific case, and their suitability for
participation in this Plan.
(d) FINAL RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES RELATING TO PLAN. If, after the
exhaustion of the claims procedure set forth in SECTION 10.3, one or more
disputes remain with regard to the rights under the Plan of any Employee,
Participant, Beneficiary or person claiming under them, such person(s) and the
Administrator (collectively, "Interested Parties") agree to attempt to resolve
same by telephone conference with an agreed mediator. If the Interested Parties
cannot resolve their differences by such telephone conference, then the
Interested Parties agree to schedule a one day mediation with a mediator who is
mutually agreeable to the Interested Parties, within thirty (30) days to resolve
the disputes and to share equally the costs of such mediation. If one of the
Interested Parties refuses to mediate, then such Interested Party thereby waives
any recovery for attorneys' fees or costs incurred in any arbitration brought to
construe or enforce the provisions of this Plan. If the Interested Parties are
unable to resolve their dispute by mediation, the Interested Parties may
institute an arbitration proceeding under the auspices of the American
Arbitration Association to construe or enforce the provisions of the Plan. THE
INTERESTED PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO INSTITUTE LITIGATION IN A COURT
OF LAW TO RESOLVE A DISPUTE CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS
PLAN. The Interested Party prevailing in any such arbitration shall recover from
the adverse party its actual damages and reasonable costs and expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in connection
with such dispute and arbitration.
(e) ELECTION BY PARTICIPANT. All elections, designations, requests,
notices, instructions and other communications from a Participant, Beneficiary
or other person to the Administrator required or permitted under the Plan shall
be in such form as is prescribed from time to time by the Administrator, shall
be mailed by first-class mail or delivered to such location as shall be
specified by
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the Administrator and shall be deemed to have been given and delivered only upon
actual receipt by the Administrator at such location.
(f) NOTICES BY ADMINISTRATOR. All notices, statements, reports and
other communications from the Administrator to any Employee, Eligible Person,
Participant, Beneficiary or other person required or permitted under the Plan
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered to, or when mailed
first-class mail, postage prepaid and addressed to, such Employee, Eligible
Person, Participant, Beneficiary or other person at his address last appearing
on the records of the Employer.
(g) NO EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS. Neither the Plan nor any action taken under
the Plan shall be construed as giving to any person the right to be retained in
the employ of the Employer or as affecting the right of the Employer to dismiss
any person (other than a Director) at any time, with or without cause.
(h) WITHHOLDING OF TAXES. The Employer shall deduct from the
Participant's nondeferred Compensation (or shall make any other arrangement with
Participant which the Employer deems appropriate) any amount required to be paid
by the Participant as a federal or state tax with respect to any election
hereunder. In addition, the Employer shall be entitled to deduct from the
Participant's Vested Benefit, prior to distribution, any amount required to be
withheld for federal or state tax purposes.
(i) WAIVERS. Any waiver of any right granted pursuant to this Plan
shall not be valid unless the same is in writing and signed by the party waiving
such right. Any such waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other
rights.
(j) BINDING EFFECT. This Plan and the rights and obligations under this
Plan shall be binding upon all parties and inure to the benefit of only the
Participants, Beneficiaries and their respective legal representatives.
(k) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. All expenses incident to the administration,
termination, or protection of the Plan, including, but not limited to, legal and
accounting fees, shall be paid by the Company.
(l) RECORDS. Records of the Company as to any matters relating to this
Plan will be conclusive on all persons.
(m) INTERPRETATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS. To the extent permitted by law,
each interpretation of the Plan and each decision on any matter relating to the
Plan made by the Board of Directors, the Company, or the Administrator, within
their scope of their authority hereunder, shall be made in their sole discretion
and shall be binding on all persons. A misstatement or other mistake of fact
shall be corrected when it becomes known and the person responsible shall make
such adjustment on account thereof as he considers equitable and practicable.
(n) NO RIGHTS IMPLIED. All Contributions may be used by the Employer
for any corporate purpose, and the Employer shall not be obligated to segregate
such amounts. Without
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limitation, nothing contained in this Plan, nor any modification or amendment to
the Plan, nor the creation of any Account on the books of the Company, nor the
issuance of any Shares under the Plan, shall give any Employee any legal or
equitable right against the Company or any officer, director, or Employee of the
Company, except as expressly provided by the Plan.
(o) INFORMATION. The Company shall, upon request or as may be
specifically required hereunder, furnish or cause to be furnished, all of the
information or documentation which is necessary or required by the Board of
Directors and/or Administrator to perform its duties and functions under the
Plan. The Company's records as to the current information the Company furnishes
to the Board of Directors and/or Administrator shall be conclusive as to all
persons.
(p) NO LIABILITY FOR GOOD FAITH DETERMINATIONS. Neither the Company,
the Board of Directors, nor the Administrator (nor their respective delegatee)
shall be liable for any act, omission, or determination taken or made with
respect to the Plan which is not judicially determined to be due to willful
misconduct, and members of the Board of Directors and the Administrator (and
their delegatee) shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement by the
Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage, or expense (including attorneys'
fees, the costs of settling any suit, provided such settlement is approved by
independent legal counsel selected by the Company, and amounts paid in
satisfaction of a judgment, except a judgment based on a finding of willful
misconduct) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by law and under any
directors' and officers' liability or similar insurance coverage that may from
time to time be in effect.
(q) SEVERABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Plan shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions in this Plan
shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
(r) CAPTIONS AND GENDER. The captions preceding the Sections and
subsections of this Plan have been inserted solely as a matter of convenience
and in no way define or limit the scope or intent of any provisions of this
Plan. Where the context admits or requires, words used in the masculine gender
shall be construed to include the feminine and the neuter also, the plural shall
include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.
(s) CHOICE OF LAW. The Plan and all rights under this Plan shall be
governed by and construed IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,
except to the extent preempted by ERISA.
(t) SECURITIES LAWS. The Plan intends to comply with and be exempt
under the Securities Act. The Participants under the Plan are final purchasers
and not underwriters or conduits to other beneficial owners or subsequent
purchasers.
(u) INFORMATION REQUIRED. Each Participant shall file with the
Administrator such pertinent information concerning himself and his Beneficiary
as the Administrator may specify, and no Participant or Beneficiary or other
person shall have any rights or be entitled to any Benefits under the Plan
unless such information has been filed by, or with respect to, him.
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EXHIBIT 5
[JENKENS & GILCHRIST LETTERHEAD]
December 29 1998
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
545 E. John Carpenter Freeway
Suite 1300
Irving, Texas 75062
Re: FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated -- Form S-8 Registration
Statement
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about December 29, 1998, under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to
$10,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations (the "Obligations") which will
represent unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in
the future in accordance with the terms of the FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
In rendering our opinions, we have examined and relied upon the
original, or copies identified to our satisfaction, of (1) the Articles of
Amendment and Restatement of the Company, as further amended and supplemented
(the "Charter"); (2) the Bylaws of the Company, as amended; (3) minutes and
records of the corporate proceedings of the Company with respect to the
establishment of the Plan and related matters; (4) the Registration Statement
and exhibits thereto, including the Plan; and (5) such other documents and
instruments as we have deemed necessary for the expression of opinions herein
contained. In making the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to us as certified or photostatic copies. As to various questions of fact
material to this opinion, and as to the content and form of the Charter, the
Bylaws, as amended, minutes, records, resolutions and other documents or
writings of the Company, we have relied, to the extent we deem reasonably
appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers or directors of
the Company and upon documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the
Company, without independent check or verification of their accuracy.
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FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
December 29, 1998
Page 2
Based upon the firm's examination, consideration of, and reliance on
the documents and other matters described above, this firm is of the opinion
that, when issued by the Company in the manner provided in the Plan, the
Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement,
(i) to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor's rights, and
(ii) to general principles of equity, whether such enforcement is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to references to our firm included in or made a part
of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we
come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
JENKENS & GILCHRIST,
a Professional Corporation
By: /s/ Robert W. Dockery
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Robert W. Dockery,
Authorized Signatory
cc: Mr. Lawrence D. Robinson
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors of
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
on Form S-8 of FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated of our reports dated (i)
January 20, 1998, except for Note 14 as to which the date is February 17, 1998,
on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of FelCor Suite Hotels, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for
the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996, and 1995, (ii) March 13, 1998, on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements of DJONT Operations, L.L.C. as
of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996,
and 1995, (iii) July 25, 1997 on our audit of the combined financial statements
of the Sheraton Acquisition Hotels as of December 31, 1996 and for the year then
ended, (iv) February 23, 1996 on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements of Bristol Hotel Company as of December 31, 1995 and for the eleven
months then ended and the combined financial statements of Harvey Hotel
Companies as of January 31, 1995 and for the one month then ended, which reports
are incorporated by reference herein.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Dallas, Texas
December 29, 1998
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated February 6, 1998 (except with respect to the matter discussed in Note 20
as to which the date is March 25, 1998), on the consolidated financial
statements of the Bristol Hotel Company and to the use of our report dated
February 6, 1998 (except with respect to the matter discussed in Note 18 as to
which the date is March 25, 1998), on the consolidated financial statements of
the Bristol Hotel Asset Company (and to all references to our Firm),
incorporated by reference into Form S-8 of FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Dallas, Texas,
December 29, 1998
