EX-10.1




 Exhibit 10.1 

 
  
  

 
 THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK 

OF ATLANTA 
  

BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN 
 (As Amended and Restated Effective 2011) 








 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
	Introduction	  	1	  			
			
	 Article 1.
	  	 Definitions
	  	 	1  	  
			
	 Article II.
	  	 Membership
	  	 	3  	  
			
	 Article III.
	  	 Amount and Payment of Pension Benefits
	  	 	4  	  
			
	 Article IV.
	  	 Amount and Payment of Savings Plan Benefits
	  	 	7  	  
			
	 Article V.
	  	 Source of Payment
	  	 	11	  
			
	 Article VI.
	  	 Designation of Beneficiaries
	  	 	12	  
			
	 Article VII.
	  	 Administration of the Plan
	  	 	12	  
			
	 Article VIII.
	  	 Amendment and Termination
	  	 	14	  
			
	 Article IX.
	  	 General Provisions
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 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA 

BENEFIT EQUALIZATION PLAN 
 (2011 RESTATEMENT) 
 Effective January 1, 2011, THE
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA (the “Bank”) hereby amends and completely restates its Benefit Equalization Plan (the “Plan”) as follows. 
 Previously, the Plan was amended and restated in order to add provisions necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As permitted under guidance issued
under Code Section 409A, the Plan does not contain provisions retroactive to the effective date of Section 409A (January 1, 2005), but the Plan has complied with Section 409A and guidance thereunder since the effective date of such
legislation. 
 INTRODUCTION 

The purpose of this Plan is to provide benefits to certain employees of the Bank which would have been payable under the
Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (the “Retirement Fund”) and benefits equivalent to the matching contributions and 401(k) contributions which would have been available under the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
401(k) Savings Plan (“Savings Plan”), but for the limitations placed on benefits and matching contributions for such employees by Sections 401(a)(17), 402(g), and 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or
any successor body of law thereto. In addition, under the Plan the Board may grant additional benefits to Participants from time to time in order to attract and retain key employees of the Bank. 

This Plan is intended to constitute a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation arrangement for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees. All benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid solely out of the general assets of the Bank. No benefits under this Plan shall be payable by the Retirement Fund or from its assets or by the Savings
Plan or from its assets. 
 Article 1.  Definitions 

When used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

1.01     “Account” means the account established and maintained under Article
IV to record the contributions deemed to be made by the Member and the Bank, as well as the change in value attributable to the deemed gains and losses thereon, all as described hereafter. For a Member who participated in the Plan prior to
January 1, 2005, the Account includes both a Grandfathered Account and a Section 409A Account. 

  
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 1.02     “Actuary” means the
independent consulting actuary retained by the Bank to assist the Committee in its administration of the Plan. 

1.03     “Adoption Date” means January 1, 2011. 

1.04     “Bank” means the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. 

1.05     “Beneficiary” means the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in
accordance with Article VI of the Plan to receive the benefit, if any, payable upon the death of a Member of the Plan. 
 1.06     “Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Bank. 

1.07     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor thereto. 
 1.08     “Code Limitations” mean
the cap on compensation taken into account by a plan under Code Section 401(a)(17), the limitations on 401(k) contributions necessary to meet the dollar limitations on elective deferrals under Code Section 402(g) and the overall
limitations on contributions and benefits imposed on qualified plans by Code Section 415, as such provisions may be amended from time to time, and any similar successor provisions of federal tax law. 

1.09     “Committee” means the Governance and Compensation Committee or any
successor committee appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan. 

1.10     “Deferral Agreement” means the Agreement under which a Member elected
to defer compensation under the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Article IV. 

1.11     “Eligible Executive” means (1) an officer of the Bank who holds
the title of Senior Vice President or higher, or (2) an officer of the Bank who was a participant of the plan as of December 31, 2007, who has been selected to be an Eligible Executive by the Committee, and who is or potentially is
affected by the cap on compensation set out in Code Section 401(a)(17) during the current or next following calendar year. For purposes of determining who is an Eligible Executive, the dollar amount of the Code Section 401(a)(17) cap on
compensation shall at all times be deemed to be at least $205,000, so that all Eligible Executives have or potentially have compensation of at least $205,000 for the current or next following calendar year. 

1.12     “Grandfathered Account” means the value of the Member’s Account
on December 31, 2004, together with earnings accruing to the Member’s Grandfathered Account thereafter, and is exempt from Code Section 409A. 
 1.13     “Grandfathered Benefit” shall mean the portion of the Member’s pension benefit under Article III, determined as if the Member terminated employment
as of December 31, 2004, but only if the Member was vested in such benefit as of December 31, 2004. Such Grandfathered Benefit shall remain exempt from Code Section 409A. 

  
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 1.14     “Member” means any person
included in the membership of the Plan as provided in Article II. 

1.15     “Section 409A Account” shall mean the value of the Member’s
Account, minus the value of the Member’s Grandfathered Account. The Section 409A Account shall be subject to Code Section 409A and applicable guidance thereunder. 

1.16     “Section 409A Benefit” means, as applicable (i) the portion of
the Member’s pension benefit under Article III of the Plan, minus the Grandfathered Benefit; or (ii) the Member’s entire pension benefit under Article III if the Member was not vested in his or her benefit as of December 31,
2004. The Section 409A Benefit shall be subject to Code Section 409A and applicable guidance thereunder. 
 1.17     “Termination of Employment” whether or not capitalized herein, means separation from service under Code Section 409A and applicable guidance
thereunder. 
  
 Article II. Membership 

2.01     Each Eligible Executive of the Bank who is included in the membership of the
Retirement Fund shall become a Member of the Plan on the date the Member first accrues a benefit under Article III. 
 2.02     Each Eligible Executive of the Bank who is included in the membership of the Savings Plan shall become a Member of the Plan on the earliest date on which he is
credited with an elective contribution addition or makeup contribution addition under Section 4.01, 4.03 or 4.09 of the Plan. 
 2.03     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01 or 2.02, the Board or its designee may act, in its sole discretion, as described in (i) and
(ii) below. In the absence of a determination under (i) or (ii) below, the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 2.02 shall apply. 
 (i)        The Board or its designee may, in its sole discretion, make a determination that an Eligible Executive who would become a Member of the Plan through the
operation of Sections 2.01 and/or Section 2.02 shall not become a Member of the Plan. In such a case, the Eligible Executive shall not become a Member of the Plan unless and until the Board or its designee makes a determination, in its sole
discretion, that such Eligible Executive shall become a Member of the Plan. The Committee shall notify any Eligible Executive affected by such a determination. 
 (ii)       The Board or its designee may, in its sole discretion, make a determination that an individual who would not become a Member of the Plan through the operation
of Section 2.01 and/or Section 2.02 shall become a Member of the Plan. In such a case, the 

  
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individual shall become a Member of the Plan on the date the Board or its designee makes the determination described herein. The Committee shall notify any Eligible Executive affected by such a
determination. 
 2.04     If on the date that payment of a Member’s
benefit from the Retirement Fund commences, the Member is not entitled under Section 3.01 below to receive a benefit under the Plan, his membership in the Plan for purposes of benefits under Article III shall terminate on such date. 

2.05     A benefit shall be payable under the Plan to or on account of a Member only upon
the Member’s retirement, death or other Termination of Employment with the Bank, except as provided in Article IV. 

Article III.   Amount and Payment of Pension Benefits 

3.01     The amount, if any, of the annual pension benefit payable to or on account of a
Member pursuant to the Plan shall equal the excess of (i) over (ii), as determined by the Committee, where: 
 (i)         Is the annual pension benefit determined as of a Member’s Termination of Employment on the basis of the Regular Form of payment that would
otherwise be payable to or on account of the Member by the Retirement Fund if its provisions were administered without regard to the Code Limitations, and with the inclusion in the definition of “Base Salary” (for the year deferred) of any
amount deferred by a Member under (A) the Deferred Compensation Plan and (B) under Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of this Plan; and 
 (ii)        Is the annual pension benefit determined as of a Member’s Termination of Employment on the basis of the Regular Form of payment that is payable to
or on account of the Member by the Retirement Fund. 
 For purposes of this Section 3.01, “annual
pension benefit” includes any “Active Service Death Benefit,” “Retirement Adjustment Payment,” “Annual Increment” and “Single Purchase Fixed Percentage Adjustment” which the Bank elected to provide its
employees under the Retirement Fund. For Members initially hired by the Bank prior to July 1, 2005, “Base Salary” is the basic annual salary rate as of each January 1st including bonuses paid in the prior calendar year. For Members initially hired by the Bank on or after July 1,
2005, “Base Salary” is the basic annual salary rate as of each January 1st, but excluding bonuses paid in the prior calendar year. 

3.02     Unless the Member elects an optional form of payment under the Plan pursuant to
Section 3.03 below, the annual pension benefit, if any payable to or on account of a Member under Section 3.01 above, shall be converted by the Actuary and shall be payable to or on account of the Member in the “Regular Form” of
payment, utilizing for that purpose the same actuarial factors and assumptions then used by the Retirement Fund to determine the actuarial 

  
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equivalence. For purposes of the Plan, the “Regular Form” of payment means an actual pension benefit payable for the Member’s lifetime and the death benefit described in
Section 3.04 below. 
 3.03     (a) A Member may elect in writing
pursuant to paragraph (c) below to have the annual pension benefit, if any, payable to or on account of a Member under Section 3.02 above converted by the Actuary to any optional form of payment then permitted for such Member under the
Retirement Fund; and for this purpose it is noted that, depending on their date of hire, Members may have different optional forms of payment available to them under the Retirement Fund. The Actuary shall utilize for the purpose of that conversion
the same actuarial factors and assumptions then used by the Retirement Fund to determine actuarial equivalence. 

(b)        If a Member who had elected an optional form of payment under this
Section 3.03 dies after the date his benefit payments under the Plan had commenced, the only death benefit, if any, payable under the Plan in respect of said Member shall be the amount, if any, payable under the optional form of payment which
the Member had elected under the Plan. If a Member who had elected an optional form of payment under this Section 3.03 dies before the date his benefit payments under the Plan commence, his election of an optional form of benefit shall be
inoperative. 
 (c)        An election of any optional form of payment
under this Section 3.03 may be made only in writing and filed by the Member with the Committee, and shall be subject to the following additional rules: 

    (i)        A Member shall be permitted to
make an initial election with respect to the form of payment under this Article III no later than January 30 following the end of the calendar year in which the Member first accrues a benefit under Article III. 

    (ii)       Any subsequent election (i.e., any
election following the Member’s initial election under paragraph (c)(i) above) must be made no later than twelve (12) months preceding the Member’s Termination of Employment; and 

    (iii)      Any subsequent election (i.e., any
election following the Member’s initial election under paragraph (c)(i) above) with respect to the Member’s Section 409A Benefit must defer the commencement of distribution of the Section 409A Benefit for a period of at least
five (5) years from the date such payment would have otherwise commenced, provided, however, that if the subsequent election is a change in the form of payment between two life annuities (as determined under Section 409A and applicable
guidance thereunder) that are actuarially equivalent applying reasonable actuarial methods and assumptions, such election shall not be subject to the five year delay rule under this clause (iii). 

3.04     Benefits payments upon the death of a Member shall be calculated as follows:

 (a)        For benefits accrued to a Member prior to February 1,
2003, upon the death of a Member before the date his benefit payments under the Plan commence or after the date his benefit payments commence, if he had not elected an optional form of payment under Section


  
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3.03 above, a death benefit shall be paid to the Member’s Beneficiary in a lump sum equal to the excess, if any, of (i) over (ii), where: 

    (i)         is an amount equal to 12
times the annual pension benefit, if any, payable under Section 3.01 above, and 

    (ii)        is the sum of the benefit
payments, if any, which the Member had received under the Plan. 

(b)        For any benefits accrued to any Member from February 1, 2003
onward, upon the death of a Member before the date his benefit payments under the Plan commence or after the date his benefit payments commence, if he had not elected an optional form of payment under Section 3.03 above, a death benefit shall
be paid to the Member’s Beneficiary in a lump sum equal to the excess, if any, of (i) over (ii), where: 
     (i)         is an amount equal to 10 times the annual pension benefit, if any, payable under Section 3.01 above and adjusted for
present value, and 

    (ii)        is the sum of the benefit
payments, if any, which the Member had received under the Plan. 
 3.05     If a
Member to whom an annual pension benefit is payable under this Plan dies before the commencement of the payment of his benefit, the death benefit payable under Section 3.04 shall be payable to the Member’s beneficiary as if the payment of
the Member’s benefit had commenced on the first day of the month in which his death occurred. 

3.06     If a Member is restored to employment with the Bank, payment of any pension
benefits under this Plan shall continue as though the Member had not been re-employed, and the Member may not cease the payment of pension benefits or change the form of payment of such benefits. However, the Member, if eligible to participate in
the Plan upon his re-employment, shall accrue pension benefits under the terms of this Article III as though the Member had not previously retired, and upon the Member’s subsequent Termination of Employment, his pension benefits under Article
III of the Plan shall be reduced by the equivalent actuarial value of the amount of any pension benefit under Article III previously paid by the Plan to the Member. For purposes of this Section 3.06, the equivalent actuarial value of the
pension benefits previously paid to the Member shall be determined by the Actuary utilizing for that purpose the same actuarial factors and assumptions then used by the Retirement Fund to determine actuarial equivalence under the Retirement Fund. In
addition, with respect to pension benefits under Article III of this Plan which accrue after the Member’s re-employment, the Member may make initial and subsequent elections regarding the form of payment, as provided under the terms of this
Article III. 
 3.07     If (i) a Member or beneficiary is eligible to
commence his or her pension benefit under this Article III or has already commenced receiving such benefit, (ii) such Member or beneficiary does not participate in any other non-qualified deferred compensation plan that would


  
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be aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2) (i.e., another defined benefit-type deferred compensation plan), and (iii) during a given calendar year the
equivalent actuarial value of the remaining pension benefit payable to such Member or beneficiary under Article III of this Plan does not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for such calendar year, then the
equivalent actuarial value of such remaining benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum to such Member or beneficiary, as applicable, on a date determined by the Committee in its discretion, but no later than December 31 of the calendar year
for which such determination is made. 
 3.08     Except in cases where the
Member properly elects to receive his benefit in the form of a lump sum payment, all annual pension benefits under the Plan shall be paid in monthly, or annual installments, as elected by the Member. Benefits shall commence on a date determined by
the Committee in its sole discretion, but no later than ninety (90) days after the Member’s Termination of Employment with the Bank. If a Member has properly elected to receive his benefit in the form of a lump sum payment, such benefit
shall be paid to the Member within ninety (90) days following the later of (i) the date the Member reaches age 50 or (ii) the date of the Member’s Termination of Employment with the Bank. 

3.09     Only a Member’s years of service with the Bank beginning on the
Member’s initial hire date with the Bank shall be taken into account for purposes of the Plan. The Board or its designee may make exceptions to this rule and may grant additional years of service to a Member. Similarly, the Board or its
designee may also from time to time grant to one or more Members or prospective Members under this Plan additional benefits which the Board or its designee deems appropriate to attract or retain such Member. In crediting such additional benefits or
service, the Board or its designee may attach vesting or other conditions as it deems appropriate. Any such additional benefits or service, and the terms and conditions associated with such additional benefits or service, shall be set forth on an
Appendix to this Plan. Such Appendix shall be incorporated in and made a part of this Plan, but shall not be required to be disclosed to any Member other than the Member who receives such additional benefits, except as required by applicable law.
Any additional benefits credited pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be treated as part of the Member’s Section 409A Benefit and shall be fully subject to Section 409A. 

3.10     The timing of a distribution of a Member’s Section 409A Benefit may
not be accelerated, except in the event the Committee, in its sole discretion, elects to allow an acceleration which is a permissible acceleration under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). 

Article IV. Amount and Payment of Savings Plan Benefits 

4.01     During each calendar year, if the Eligible Executive’s 401(k) account
contributions under the Savings Plan for such year have reached the maximum permitted by the Code Limitations as determined by the Committee, and if the Eligible Executive has elected to reduce his compensation for the current calendar year in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, then such Eligible Executive shall be credited with an elective contribution addition under this Plan equal to the reduction in his compensation made in accordance with such


  
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election; provided, however, that the sum of all such elective contribution additions for an Eligible Executive with respect to any single calendar year shall not be greater than the excess of
(i) over (ii), where 

    (i)         is an amount equal to
the regular account and maximum 401(k) account contributions permitted under the Savings Plan for the calendar year as determined under the Savings Plan if its provisions were administered without regard to the Code Limitations and if compensation
as defined in the Savings Plan included any deferrals made under this Section 4.01; and 

    (ii)        is an amount equal to his
regular account and 401(k) account contributions actually made under the Savings Plan for the calendar year. 

4.02     A Member’s election under Section 4.01 shall be made in accordance
with the following provisions: 
 (a)        The Committee shall provide
each Member with a Deferral Agreement at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the calendar year in which compensation is to be earned and paid. Each Member shall execute and deliver the Deferral Agreement to the Committee no later than the
last business day preceding the calendar year in which compensation is to be earned and paid. 
 Notwithstanding
the above, provided the Eligible Executive does not already participate in a deferred compensation plan of the Bank that is considered to be the same type of plan as this Plan under the plan aggregation rules contained in Treasury Regulation
1.409A-1(c)(2), an Eligible Executive who first becomes eligible to participate in the plan during a calendar year may execute a Deferral Agreement with respect to his elections under Section 4.01 within 30 days of the date he becomes eligible
to participate. An individual who is an Eligible Executive immediately prior to the Adoption Date may file a Deferral Agreement with the Committee within such period prior to the Adoption Date and in such manner as the Committee may prescribe. With
respect to Section 4.01, the Deferral Agreement shall only apply to compensation earned by the Member in the payroll periods beginning on or after the later of the date such Agreement is submitted to the Committee or the Adoption Date.

 (b)        The Deferral Agreement shall provide for separate
elections with respect to elective contribution additions under Section 4.01, and shall provide for separate distribution elections with respect to the Grandfathered Account and the Section 409A Account. 

(c)        An Eligible Executive’s elections on his Deferral Agreement of
the rates at which he authorizes deferrals under Section 4.01 shall be irrevocable for the calendar year for which the deferral is elected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Member may, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency which results in
severe financial hardship, request a suspension of his salary deferrals under the Plan. The request shall be made in a time and manner determined by the Committee. The suspension shall be effective with respect to the portion of the calendar year
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hardship. The Committee shall apply standards, to the extent applicable, identical to those described in Section 4.08 in making its determination. 

4.03     For each elective contribution addition credited to a Member under
Section 4.01, such Member shall also be credited with a matching contribution addition under this Plan equal to the matching contribution, if any, that would be credited under the Savings Plan with respect to such amount if contributed to the
Savings Plan, determined as if the provisions of the Savings Plan were administered without regard to the Code Limitations and determined after taking into account the Member’s actual contributions to and actual matching contributions under the
Savings Plan. 
 4.04     The Committee shall maintain an Account on the books
and records of the Bank for each Eligible Executive who is a Member by reason of amounts credited under Sections 4.01 and 4.03. The elective contribution additions, makeup contribution additions and matching contribution additions of a Member under
Section 4.01 and 4.03 shall be credited to the Member’s Account as soon as practical after the date that the compensation reduced under Section 4.01 would otherwise have been paid to such Member. 

4.05     In addition to the amounts described in Section 4.04, the Account of a
Member shall be credited from time to time with deemed investment gains and losses based upon such hypothetical investment options as the Committee shall announce to Members from time to time. A Member may request how his Account shall be allocated
among such investment options in increments of not less than one percent (1%), but the Committee or its delegate may in its sole discretion override any such request, and, if so, the Committee or its delegate may allocate such funds in a different
manner. A Member may make investment requests on a daily basis, using such electronic or other media as the Committee may permit. Investment requests shall be subject to such additional rules and conditions as the Committee may prescribe from time
to time (including a delay in implementing such request, in order to give the Committee or its delegate an opportunity to override such request). The Bank shall not be required under any circumstance to obtain an actual investment vehicle which
reflects the investment request made by the Member, nor shall the Committee’s acceptance of a Member’s investment request give the Member a right or interest in any specific assets of the Bank. 

4.06     A Member shall at all times be 100% vested in his deferrals under
Section 4.01. A Member shall become vested in employer matching contributions under Section 4.03 at the same time the Member becomes vested in his or her employer matching contributions under the Savings Plan. Members shall vest in
employer matching contributions on a two year cliff schedule where the Member is 0% vested until two years of employment with the Bank. The balance credited to a Member’s Account under this Article IV, as adjusted by deemed gains and losses
under Section 4.05, shall be paid to him either in a lump sum payment or annual installments over a period of two (2) to five (5) years, as elected by the Member, with such payments to commence on a date determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion, but no later than ninety (90) days after the Member’s Termination of Employment with the Bank. A Member’s election of lump sum or installments (and, if applicable, the number of installments),


  
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shall be made in writing on a form acceptable to the Committee, and shall be subject to the following additional rules: 

    (i)         Any subsequent election
(i.e., any election following the Member’s initial election under Section 4.02) with respect to the Member’s Grandfathered Account must be made no later than six (6) months preceding the Member’s Termination of Employment;
and 
     (ii)        Any
subsequent election (i.e., any election following the Member’s initial election under Section 4.02) with respect to the Member’s Section 409A Account (A) must be made no later than twelve (12) months preceding the
Member’s Termination of Employment; and (B) other than in the event of the death of the Member, must defer the commencement of distribution of the Section 409A Account for a period of at least five (5) years from the date such
payment would have otherwise commenced. 
 If installments are elected, a Member may continue to request that the balance of his
or her Account be invested under the procedures set out in Section 4.05. Subsequent installments shall be paid on the anniversary of the date the first installment is paid, and the amount paid on each installment shall be determined by the
multiplying the Member’s balance as most recently determined by the Committee for this purpose, by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the number of remaining installments (including the installment being
paid); therefore, for example, if a Member elects installments over five years, the fraction in the first year would be 1/5, in the second year would be
 1/4, in the third year would be 1/3, and so forth,
until the fraction in the final year is 1/1. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) a Member or beneficiary is
eligible to commence distribution of his or her Account under this Article IV or has already commenced distribution, (ii) such Member or beneficiary does not participate in any other non-qualified deferred compensation plan that would be
aggregated with this Plan under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)(2)(i.e., another voluntary deferral-type deferred compensation plan), and (iii) during a given calendar year the value of the Account payable to such Member or
beneficiary under Article IV does not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) for such calendar year, then the remaining value of such Account shall be paid in a single lump sum to such Member or beneficiary, as
applicable, on a date determined by the Committee in its discretion, but no later than December 31 of the calendar year for which such determination is made. 

4.07     If a Member dies prior to receiving the balance credited to his Account under
Section 4.06 above, the balance in his Account shall be paid to his Beneficiary in a lump sum payment on a date determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but no later than ninety (90) days after his death, regardless of whether
the Member had elected installment payments under Section 4.06. 

4.08     While employed by the Bank, a Member may, in the event of an unforeseeable
emergency, request a withdrawal from this Account. The request shall be made in a time and manner determined by the Committee, shall be for an amount not greater than the lesser of (i) the


  
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amount required to meet the financial hardship, or (ii) the amount of his Account, and shall be subject to approval by the Committee. For purposes of this Section 4.08, an unforeseeable
emergency means a severe financial hardship resulting from an illness or accident of the Member or a dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code without regard to Section 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)), loss of the Member’s
property due to casualty (including the need to rebuild a home not otherwise covered by insurance), or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Member. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the purchase of a home and the payment of college tuition are not unforeseeable emergencies. Whether a Member or dependent is faced with an unforeseeable emergency is to be determined by the Committee based on the relevant facts and
circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a distribution on account of unforeseeable emergency may not be made to the extent that such emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by
liquidation of the Member’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of deferrals under the arrangement. 

4.09     Only a Member’s years of service with the Bank beginning on the
Member’s initial hire date with the Bank shall be taken into account for purposes of the Plan. The Board or its designee may make exceptions to this rule and may grant additional years of service to a Member. Similarly, the Board or its
designee may also from time to time credit to one or more Members or prospective Members under this Plan additional amounts which the Board or its designee deems appropriate to attract or retain such Member. In crediting such additional amounts or
service, the Board or its designee may attach vesting or other conditions as it deems appropriate. Any such additional credits or service, and the terms and conditions associated with such additional credits or service, shall be set forth on an
Appendix to this Plan. Such Appendix shall be incorporated in and made a part of this Plan, but shall not be required to be disclosed to any Member other than the Member who receives such additional credits. Any additional amounts credited pursuant
to this Section 4.09 shall be added to the Member’s Section 409A Account and shall be fully subject to Section 409A. 
 4.10     The timing of a distribution of a Member’s Section 409A Account may not be accelerated, except in the event except in the event the Committee, in its
sole discretion, elects to allow an acceleration which is a permissible acceleration of distribution under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4). 
 Article V. Source of Payment 

5.01     All payments of benefits under the Plan shall be paid from, and shall only be a
general claim upon, the general assets of the Bank, notwithstanding that the Bank, in its discretion, may establish a bookkeeping reserve or a grantor trust (as such term is used in Sections 671 through 677 of the Code) to reflect or to aid it in
meeting its obligations under the Plan with respect to any Member or prospective Member or Beneficiary. No benefit whatever provided by the Plan shall be payable from the assets of the Retirement Fund or the Savings Plan. 

  
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 5.02     No Member shall have any right,
title or interest whatsoever in or to any investments which the Bank may make or any specific assets which the Bank may reserve to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments
from the Bank under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Bank. 

Article VI. Designation of Beneficiaries 
 6.01     For purposes of benefits payable under Article III of this Plan, the Member’s designated beneficiary shall be the same individual or entity designated by the
Member to receive benefits under the Retirement Fund in case of the Member’s death. For purposes of benefits payable under Article IV hereof, each Member of the Plan may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as
the Beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon his death. The Member may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior Beneficiary by filing a new
designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the
Member’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. 

6.02     If no such beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Member’s
death, or if no designated Beneficiary survives the Member, or if, in the opinion of the Committee, such designation conflicts with applicable law, the Member’s estate shall be deemed to have been designated his Beneficiary and shall be paid
the amount, if any, payable under the Plan upon the Member’s death. If the Committee is in doubt as to the right of any person to receive such amount, the Committee may retain such amount, without liability for any interest thereon, until the
rights thereto are determined, or the Committee may pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction and such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Plan and the Bank therefor. 

Article VII. Administration of the Plan 
 7.01     The Board of Directors has delegated to the Governance and Compensation Committee, subject to those powers which the Board has reserved as described in Article
VIII below, general authority over and responsibility for the administration and interpretation of the Plan. The Committee shall have full power and discretionary authority to interpret and construe the Plan, to make all determinations considered
necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan and any trust referred to in Article V above, and the calculation of the amount of benefits payable thereunder, and to review claims for benefits under the Plan. Unless arbitrary or
capricious, the Committee’s interpretations and constructions of the Plan and its decisions or actions thereunder shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes. 

  
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 7.02     The Committee shall arrange for the
engagement of the Actuary, and if the Committee deems it advisable, it shall arrange for the engagement of legal counsel and certified public accountants (who may be actuary, counsel or accountants for the Bank), and other consultants, and make use
of agents and clerical or other personnel for purposes of the Plan. The Committee may rely upon the written opinions of such Actuary, counsel, accountants and consultants, and upon any information supplied by the Retirement Fund or the Savings Plan
for purposes of Sections 3.01, 4.01 and 4.02 of the Plan, and delegate to any agent or to any sub-committee or Committee member its authority to perform any act hereunder, including without limitations those matters involving the exercise of
discretion; provided, however, that such delegation shall be subject to revocation at any time at the discretion of the Committee. The Committee shall report to the Board of Directors, or to a committee designated by the Board of Directors, at such
intervals as shall be specified by the Board of Directors or such designated committee, with regard to the matters for which it is responsible under the Plan. 
 7.03     No Committee member shall be entitled to act on or decide any matters relating solely to such member or any of his rights or benefits under the Plan. 

7.04     No Committee member shall receive any special compensation for serving in such
capacity but shall be reimbursed for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith. No bond or other security need be required of the Committee or any member thereof in any jurisdiction. 

7.05     Any action of the Committee may be taken upon the affirmative vote of a majority
of the members at a meeting or, at the direction of its Chairman, without a meeting by mail, e-mail or telephone, provided that all of the Committee members are informed in writing of the vote. 

7.06     All claims for benefits under the Plan shall be submitted in writing to the
Chairman of the Committee. Written notice of the decision on each such claim shall be furnished with reasonable promptness to the Member or his Beneficiary (the “claimant”). The claimant may request a review by the Committee of any
decision denying the claim in whole or in part. Such request shall be made in writing and filed with the Committee within 30 days of such denial. A request for review shall contain all additional information which the claimant wishes the Committee
to consider. The Committee may hold any hearing or conduct any independent investigation which it deems desirable to render its decision, and the decision on review shall be made as soon as feasible after the Committee’s receipt of the request
for review. Written notice of the decision on review shall be furnished to the claimant. For all purposes under the Plan, such decisions on claims (where no review is requested) and decisions on review (where review is requested) shall be final,
binding and conclusive on all interested persons as to all matters relating to the Plan. 

7.07     All expenses incurred by the Committee in its administration of the Plan shall
be paid by the Bank. 

  
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 Article VIII. Amendment and Termination 

8.01     The Board of Directors of the Bank may amend, suspend or terminate, in whole or
in part, the Plan in accordance with applicable law without the consent of the Committee, any Member, Beneficiary or other person, provided, however, that (i) no amendment, suspension or termination shall retroactively impair or otherwise
adversely affect the rights of any Member, Beneficiary or other person to benefits under the Plan which have accrued prior to the date of such action; and (ii) termination with respect to the portion of the Plan that includes the
Section 409A Accounts and/or the Section 409A Accrued Benefits must comply with the requirements of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix). The Board may without the consent of any Member, Beneficiary or other person eliminate the
lump sum payment provision under Section 3.04. The Board may also take any other action which may be necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration, management and interpretation of the Plan or to conform the Plan thereto, provided
that any such amendment or action does not have a material detrimental effect on the then currently estimated cost to the Bank of maintaining the Plan. 
 Article IX. General Provisions 

9.01     The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Bank and its
successors and assigns and the Members, and the successors, assigns, designees and estates of the Members. The Plan shall also be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor bank or organization succeeding to substantially all of the
assets and business of the Bank, but nothing in the Plan shall preclude the Bank from merging or consolidating into or with, or transferring all or substantially all of its assets to, another bank or organization which assumes the Plan and all
obligations of the Bank hereunder. The Bank agrees that it will make appropriate provision for the preservation of the rights of Members under the Plan in any agreement or plan which it may enter into to effect any merger, consolidation,
reorganization or transfer of assets. Upon such a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or transfer of assets and assumption of Plan obligations of the Bank, the term “Bank” shall refer to such other bank or successor entity and the Plan
shall continue in full force and effect. 
 9.02     Neither the Plan nor any
action taken thereunder shall be construed as giving to a Member the right to be retained in the employ of the Bank or as affecting the right of the Bank to dismiss any Member from its employ. 

9.03     The Bank shall withhold or cause to be withheld from all benefits payable under
the Plan all federal, state, local or other taxes required by applicable law to be withheld with respect to such payments. 
 9.04     No right or interest of a Member under the Plan may be assigned, sold, encumbered, transferred or otherwise disposed of and any attempted disposition of such right
or interest shall be null and void. Further, no right or interest of a Member may be reached by any creditor of the Member. 

  
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 9.05     If the Committee shall find that
any person to whom any amount is or was payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment, or any part thereof, due to such person or his estate (unless a prior
claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative), may, if the Committee is so inclined, be paid to such person’s spouse, child or other relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other
person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be in complete discharge of the liability of the Plan and the Bank therefore. 

9.06     All elections, designations, requests, notices, instructions, and other
communications from a Member, Beneficiary or other person to the Committee required or permitted under the Plan shall be in such form as is prescribed from time to time by the Committee and shall be mailed by first-class mail or delivered to such
location as shall be specified by the Committee and shall be deemed to have been given and delivered only upon actual receipt thereof at such location. 
 9.07     The benefits payable under the Plan shall be in addition to all other benefits provided for employees of the Bank and shall not be deemed salary or other
compensation by the Bank for the purpose of computing benefits to which he may be entitled under any other plan or arrangement of the Bank. 
 9.08     No Committee member shall be personally liable by reason of any instrument executed by him or on his behalf, or action taken by him, in his capacity as a Committee
member nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith. Consistent with applicable law, regulation or governing bylaw of the Bank, the Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the Retirement Fund or the Savings Plan and each Committee member and
each employee, officer or director of the Bank or the Retirement Fund or Savings Plan, to whom any duty, power, function or action in respect of the Plan may be delegated or assigned, or from whom any information is requested for Plan purposes,
against any cost or expense (including fees of legal counsel) and liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim or legal action with the approval of the Bank) arising out of anything done or omitted to be done in connection with the
Plan, unless arising out of such person’s fraud or bad faith. 

9.09     As used in the Plan, the masculine gender shall be deemed to refer to the
feminine, and the singular person shall be deemed to refer to the plural, wherever appropriate. 

9.10     The captions preceding the Sections of the Plan have been inserted solely as a
matter of convenience and shall not in any manner define or limit the scope or intent of any provisions of the Plan. 
 9.11     The Plan shall be construed according to the laws of the State of Georgia in effect from time to time. 

9.12     With respect to a specified employee (within the meaning of Code
Section 409A), payment of benefits under the Plan, if conditioned upon the employee’s Termination of 

  
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Employment, may not occur before the date that is six months after the Participant’s Termination of Employment (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Member). 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK of Atlanta has caused this
amended and restated Benefit Equalization Plan to be executed effective as of the 1st day of January, 2011. 
  

			
	 The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ W. Wes McMullan





			
		 	President and Chief Executive Officer


  

	
	 Attest:

	
	 /s/ Julia S. Brown

	 Corporate Secretary



  
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