EXHIBIT 10.6



 Exhibit 10.6 
  

	 	 	 	 	AMENDMENT NO. 2
				
	 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

OF
 AF
BANK
	 	 	 	 DOCUMENT:
 DRAFT
DATE:
	 	 TPW/WA01/3126178
 04/01/02

				
	 Adopted on September 10, 1996
 Effective on July 1, 1996
	 	 	 	 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 APPROVAL DATE:
	 	4/15/02

  
 AMENDMENT

  

	1.	 	Section 1.3 - Section 1.3 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2001, to replace subsection 1.3(d) and add a subsection 1.3(e) as follows: 

  

	 	(d)	 	a cafeteria plan described in section 125 of the Code; or 


	 	(e)	 	a qualified transportation fringe benefits plan described in section 132(f) of the Code. 

  

	2.	 	Section 1.14 - Section 1.14 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2002, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 1.14 Eligible Participant
means, for any Plan Year, an Employee who is a Participant on the last day of such Plan Year and an Employee who was a Participant during part of such Plan Year and whose participation ceased prior to the last day of such Plan Year on account of his
Retirement, Disability or death. 
  

	3.	 	Section 1.15 - A new section 1.15 shall be added, effective as of July 1, 2002, to read in its entirety as follows with all following sections being renumbered accordingly:


  
 Section 1.15
Eligibility Computation Period means, with respect to any person, (a) the 12-consecutive month period beginning on such person’s Employment Commencement Date and (b) each 12-consecutive month period that begins on an anniversary
of such person’s Employment Commencement Date. 
  

	4.	 	Section 1.27 - Section 1.27 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1997, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 1.27 Highly Compensated Employee
means, for any Plan Year, an Employee who: 
  
 (a) at any time
during such Plan Year or the immediately preceding Plan Year was a Five Percent Owner; or 
  
 (b) during the immediately preceding Plan Year received Total Compensation for such Plan Year in excess of $80,000 (or such higher amount as may be permitted under section 414(q) of the Code) and, if the Employer so
elects, is a member of the 







 
group consisting of the top 20% of Employees when ranked on the basis of Total Compensation paid to Employees during such Plan Year. 
  
 The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee will be made in
accordance with section 414(q) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. The Employer has not elected to use the top 20% election mentioned in subparagraph (ii)(B) of this section. For purposes of Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1997, any
person who is a Family Member of a Five Percent Owner or one of the ten Highly Compensated Employees with the highest Total Compensation for a Plan Year shall not be treated as a separate person for such Plan Year, and any Total Compensation or
Allocation Compensation paid to such person for such Plan Year, as well as his share of allocations of contributions or Shares under this Plan, shall be attributed to the Five Percent Owner or Highly Compensated Employee. 
  

	5.	 	Section 1.50 - Section 1.50 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1998, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 1.50 Total Compensation during any
period means an Employee’s aggregate total compensation paid by the Employer and any Affiliated Employer with respect to such period and reportable for federal income tax purposes pursuant to section 6041(a), of the Code, plus any amounts by
which the Employee’s compensation paid by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer has been reduced pursuant to a compensation reduction agreement under the terms of any qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the
Code, any salary reduction simplified employee pension plan described in section 408(k) of the Code, any tax deferred annuity plan described in section 403(b) of the Code, any cafeteria plan described in section 125 of the Code and any salary
reduction contributions under any qualified transportation fringe benefit plan described in section 132(f) of the Code. In no event, however, shall an Employee’s Total Compensation for any calendar year include any compensation in excess of the
amount permitted under section 401(a)(17) of the Code. In addition, for Limitation Years after 1997, each Employee’s Total Compensation shall include any amounts by which the Employee’s compensation paid by the Employer or any Affiliated
Employer has been reduced pursuant to a compensation reduction agreement under the terms of any plan described in section 457 of the Code. 
  

	6.	 	Section 1.56 - A new section 1.56 shall be added, effective as of July 1, 2002 to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 1.56 Year of Eligibility
Service means, with respect to any person, an Eligibility Computation Period during which such person receives credit for at least 1,000 Hours of Service. 
  

	7.	 	Section 2.1 - Subparagraph 2.1(a) shall be amended, effective July 1, 2002, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 (a) Only Eligible Employees may be or become Participants in
the Plan. An Employee shall be an Eligible Employee if he is a common-law employee of an 







 
Employer if the Employee is regularly scheduled to work a schedule in which such Employee would complete a Year of Eligibility Service in a Plan Year and is
not excluded under Section 2.1(b). An Employee shall be an Eligible Employee if he is a common-law employee of an Employer if the Employee is regularly scheduled to work a schedule in which such Employee would complete less than a Year of
Eligibility Service in a Plan Year if such Employee actually completes a Year of Eligibility Service in a Plan Year and is not excluded under Section 2.1(b). 
  

	8.	 	Section 3.4 - A new Section 3.4 shall be added effective as of July 1, 1996 to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 3.4 Adjustments to Years of Eligibility
Service. 
  
 The Years of Eligibility
Service of an Employee who returns to the employment of the Employer or any Affiliated Employer following a separation from service shall include his Years of Eligibility Service prior to such separation from service, and such an Employee shall be
readmitted to participation immediately upon his return to service if he is then an Eligible Employee. 
  

	9.	 	Section 3.5 - A new Section 3.5 shall be added effective as of July 1, 1996 to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 3.5 Family and Medical Leave.

  
 In the event of absence for a period
recognized a family and medical leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1992, the period of such absence shall be recognized for purposes of vesting and eligibility to participate to the full extent required by law. 
  

	10.	 	Section 3.6 - A new Section 3.6 shall be added effective as of July 1, 1996 to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 3.6 Service with Uniformed
Forces. 
  
 Periods of service with
the uniformed forces of the United States shall be treated in the manner required pursuant to section 414(u) of the Code. 
  

	11.	 	Section 7.4 - A new Section 7.4 shall be added effective as of July 1, 1996 to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 7.4 Retroactive Contributions for Returning
Veterans. 
  
 Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, to the extent required by section 414(u) of the Code, in the event of the reemployment, on or after December 12, 1994, by the Employer of a Participant with statutory reemployment rights following a period of
service in the uniformed services of the United States, such person shall be eligible for retroactive benefit contributions or allocations under 







 
the Plan computed as though he or she had continued working for an Employer during the period of uniformed service. 
  

	12.	 	Section 8.1 - Section 8.1 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1997, to delete the last sentence thereof in its entirety. 

  

	13.	 	Section 8.2 - Section 8.2 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2000, by deleting the second to last sentence of subsection 8.2(c)(i) and by amending subsection 8.2(b) to read
in its entirety as follows: 

  
 “(b) In the case of a Participant who may be entitled to benefits under any qualified defined benefit plan (whether or not terminated) now in effect or ever maintained by the Employer, such Participant’s Annual Additions under
this Plan shall, in addition to the limitations provided under section 8.2(a), be further limited so that for any Limitation Year beginning prior to December 31, 1999, the sum of the Participant’s Defined Contribution Plan Fraction plus his
Defined Benefit Plan Fraction does not exceed 1.0 for any Limitation Year; provided, that this limitation shall only apply if and to the extent that the benefits under the Employer’s Retirement Plan or any other defined contribution plan
are not limited so that such sum is not exceeded. In the case of a Participant who is entitled to contributions under any other qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the Employer, such Participant’s Annual Additions under such other
plan or plans shall be limited to the extent necessary so that total Annual Additions under all such plans and this Plan do not exceed the limitations under this Article VIII before any limitation is applied under this Plan. In the event that this
Section 8.2 conflicts with such other qualified defined benefit or qualified defined contribution plan or plans, the Plan Administrator shall determine under which plan the Annual Additions or benefits shall be limited.” 
  

	14.	 	Section 8.2 - Subparagraph 8.2(c)(i)(A) shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2001, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 (A) all contributions by the Employer (including
contributions made under a salary reduction agreement pursuant to sections 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b) of the Code) under any qualified defined contribution plan or simplified employee pension (other than this Plan) maintained by the Employer, as well
as the Participant’s allocable share, if any, of any forfeitures under such plans as well as all amounts allocated to an individual medical benefit account, as defined in section 415(l)(2) of the Code, which is part of a pension or annuity plan
maintained by the Employer; plus 
  

	15.	 	Section 8.2 - Subparagraph 8.2(c)(vi) shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1996, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 (vi) Maximum Permissible Amount: The maximum Annual
Addition that may be contributed or allocated to a Participant’s Account under the Plan for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of: (a) $30,000, as adjusted under Section 415(d) of the Code or (b) 25% of the Participant’s Total
Compensation for the 







 
Limitation Year. The compensation limitation referred to in (b) shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of section
401(h) of the Code) which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Section 415(l)(1) of the Code. 
  

	16.	 	Section 9.3 - Section 9.3 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2001, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Upon the termination of employment of a Participant or
Former Participant for any reason other than death or Disability, that portion of the balance credited to his Account which is not vested at the date of such termination shall be forfeited upon the earliest of (a) full distribution of the vested
portion of the Account or (b) the fifth anniversary following the date of re-employment. The proceeds of such forfeited amounts, reduced by any amounts required to be credited because of re-employment pursuant to section 9.4, shall be treated as
Forfeitures and shall be disposed of as provided in section 9.5. If no portion of the balance credited to an Account of a Participant or Former Participant is vested as of the date of his termination of employment, a distribution of $0, representing
full distribution of the Account, shall be deemed to have been made to the Participant or Former Participant on such date. 
  

	17.	 	Section 9.4 - Section 9.4 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2001, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 If an Employee forfeited any amount of the balance credited
to his Account upon his termination of employment, and is re-employed by any Affiliated Employer prior to the occurrence of five consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, then: 
  
 (a) an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Shares forfeited, determined as of the date of
forfeiture; and 
  
 (b) the amount credited to
his General Investment Account that was forfeited, determined as of the date of forfeiture; 
  
 shall be credited back to his Account; provided, however, that the Employee repays the amount distributed to him from his Account as a result of such termination no later than the fifth anniversary of his
re-employment or the end of the fifth Plan Year to begin after such distribution, whichever is earlier. Such amounts to be re-credited shall be obtained from the proceeds of the forfeited amounts redeemed pursuant to section 9.3 during the Plan Year
in which the repayment is made, unless such proceeds are insufficient, in which case the Employee’s Employer shall make an additional contribution in the amount of such deficiency. For purposes of this section 9.4, a Participant or Former
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shall be deemed to have made repayment on the date of re-employment with an Employer. 
  

	18.	 	Section 13.3 - Section 13.3(a)(i) shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 2001, by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: 

  
 If an Account of a Participant or Former Participant does not contain any
vested amounts as of the date of his termination of employment with all Affiliated Employers, a distribution of $0, representing full distribution of the Account, shall be deemed to have been made to the Participant or Former Participant on such
date. 
  

	19.	 	Section 13.4 - Effective as of July 1, 1998, the Plan shall be amended by adding the following to the end of Section 13.4: 

  
 (c) If an Employee terminates service, and the value of the
Employee’s vested Account balance is not greater than $5,000, the Employee will receive a distribution of the value of the entire vested portion of such Account balance and the nonvested portion will be treated as a Forfeiture. If an Employee
would have received a distribution under the preceding sentence but for the fact that the Employee’s vested Account balance exceeded $5,000 when the Employee terminated Service and if at a later time such Account balance is reduced such that it
is not greater than $5,000, the Employee will receive a distribution of such Account balance and the nonvested portion will be treated as a Forfeiture. For purposes, of this section, if the value of an Employee’s vested Account balance is zero,
the Employee shall be deemed to have received a distribution of such vested Account balance. 
  

	20.	 	Section 13.5 - Section 13.5(a) of the Plan shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1997, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 (a) Required minimum distributions of a Participant’s or Former
Participant’s Account shall commence no later than: 
  

	 	(i)	 	if the Participant or Former Participant is not a Five Percent Owner at any time during the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2, the later of (A) the calendar year in which he attains or attained age 70 1/2 or (B) the calendar year in which he terminates employment with the Employer; or


  

	 	(ii)	 	if the Participant or Former Participant is or was a Five Percent Owner at any time during the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2, the later of (A) the calendar year in which he attains age 70 1/2 or (B) the calendar year in which he first becomes a Five Percent Owner. 









	21.	 	Section 16.6 - Section 16.6 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1998, to read in its entirety as follows: 

  
 Section 16.6 Required Aggregation
Group. 
  
 For purposes of this
Article XVI, a Required Aggregation Group shall consist of (a) this Plan; (b) any other qualified plans currently maintained (or previously maintained and terminated within the five year period ending on the Determination Date) by the Employer and
any Affiliated Employers that cover Key Employees; and (c) any other qualified plans currently maintained (or previously maintained and terminated within the five year period ending on the Determination Date) by the Employer and any Affiliated
Employers that cover Key Employees that are required to be aggregated for purposes of satisfying the requirements of sections 401(a)(4) or 410(b) of the Code. 
  

	22.	 	Section 17.8 - Section 17.8 shall be amended, effective as of July 1, 1997, by replacing the phrase “of a type historically performed by employees in the business field”
with the phrase “performed under the primary direction or control.” 

  

	23.	 	Effective as of December 8, 1997, the phrase “Ashe Federal Bank” shall be replaced in each instance with “AF Bank.” 

  
 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by the undersigned officer of AF Bank pursuant to authority given by resolution of the Board of Directors. 
  

	AF BANK
	
	 By /s/ James A. Todd


	 	 	 Name:

	 	 	 Title: