Document:

EX-10.15

 

Exhibit 10.15

Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh

Supplemental Thrift Plan

Amended and Restated Effective June 26, 2007

 

 

Table of Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Article	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	Preamble	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	I.
	 	Definitions	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II.
	 	Participation and Vesting	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III.
	 	Deferral Elections; Employee Deferrals; Bank Deferrals	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IV.
	 	Accounts and Investment Vehicles	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	V.
	 	Distribution of Benefits	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	VI.
	 	Administration of the Plan	 	 	12	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	VII.
	 	General Provisions	 	 	14	 

 

 

Preamble

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (the “Bank”) participates in the Financial Institutions
Thrift Plan (the “Thrift Plan”), a retirement savings plan qualified under the Internal Revenue
Code (the “Code”) for employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh. The Thrift Plan
permits eligible employees to elect to reduce and defer a percentage of their compensation,
contributing the same to the Thrift Plan. The Bank matches employee contributions based on length
of service and the amount of employee contributions.

However, as a result of the limitations imposed upon the aggregate amount of contributions which
can be made to the Thrift Plan under Section 415 and other sections of the Code, such limitations
causing a reduction in the benefits otherwise provided to certain of the Bank’s executives, the
Bank has adopted this nonqualified, unfunded Supplemental Thrift Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of
this Plan is to allow those employees whose benefits under the Thrift Plan would otherwise be
significantly restricted by the terms of the Thrift Plan itself or the Code to make elective pretax
deferrals and to receive the Bank match relating to such deferrals. Additionally, under the Plan,
the Bank will match 200 percent of such employee’s contributions; provided, however, that the
Bank’s matching contribution will not exceed the excess of 3 percent of the employee’s compensation
(as defined in the Plan) over the Bank’s contribution to the Thrift Plan.

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Article I

Definitions

	1.1	 	“Account” means the book reserve account established and maintained hereunder to record the
contributions deemed to be made by the Participant and the Bank, as well as the increase in
value attributable to the earnings thereon, all as described hereafter.
	 
	1.2	 	“Bank” means the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
	 
	1.3	 	“Bank Deferral” means an amount allocated by the Bank to a Participant’s Account pursuant to
Section 3.3.
	 
	1.4	 	“Beneficiary” means the person or persons designated by a Participant under the provisions of
this Supplemental Thrift Plan to receive his/her benefits in the event of his/her death prior
to receipt of all benefits hereunder. If no person is designated by a Participant or the
designated person or persons do not survive the Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiary
shall be his/her estate. If a Beneficiary who is receiving payments from a Participant’s
Account dies before the entire Account has been distributed, the remaining payments shall be
made to the Beneficiary’s estate.
	 
	1.5	 	“Board” or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Pittsburgh.
	 
	1.6	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
	 
	1.7	 	“Compensation” means the annual base salary plus incentive compensation. The portion of any
incentive compensation award under a VIP (as defined below) that is included in “Compensation”
shall not exceed the maximum amount of incentive compensation that would have been included
for such Participant in that year if the Bank’s short-term incentive compensation plan in
effect as of June 25, 2007 continued in effect after 1/01/2008. Incentive compensation under
an LTI (as defined below) shall be excluded from the definition of “Compensation.”
	 
	1.8	 	“Deferral Election” means a Participant’s irrevocable election to defer a portion of his/her
Compensation.
	 
	1.9	 	“Deferral Period” means the period commencing with the date a Deferred Amount is first
credited to a Participant’s Account and continuing until payment of the final installment of a
Participant’s Deferred Amount.
	 
	1.10	 	“Deferred Amount” means the sum of all amounts deferred pursuant to a Participant’s Deferral
Election, plus the Bank match, plus investment earnings
thereon, plus any increments thereof credited to the Participant’s Account, less any benefit
payments made from the Participant’s Account.
	 
	1.11	 	“Disability” means with respect to eligibility for payment of a Participant’s vested benefit
under the Plan through December 31, 2004, a Participant’s total or partial disability as

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	 	 	determined by the Thrift Plan in accordance with the Thrift Plan in effect at October 3, 2004.
With respect to eligibility for payment of a Participant’s vested benefit amounts under the
Plan after December 31, 2004, “Disability” means that the Participant is: a) 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 can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months; b) by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment, which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income replacement benefits
for a period of not less than three months under an accident and health plan covering
employees of the Bank; or c) determined to be totally disabled by the Social Security
Administration.
	 
	1.12	 	“Effective Date” means January 1, 1991.
	 
	1.13	 	“Employee Deferral” means an amount deferred by a Participant under the Plan.
	 
	1.14	 	“Human Resources Committee” means the Human Resources Committee of the Board.
	 
	1.15	 	“LTI” means any Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan maintained by the Bank from time to
time.
	 
	1.16	 	“Participant” means an executive or other key employee who has been recommended by the
President, and confirmed by the Board, as eligible to participate in the Plan.
	 
	1.17	 	“Plan Administrator” means such officer(s) or manager of the Bank who has been appointed by
the Human Resources Committee to administer the Plan as set forth in Section 6.1 of the Plan.
The Human Resources Managing Director shall serve as the Plan Administrator unless the Board
shall appoint another Bank officer(s) or manager.
	 
	1.18	 	“Retention Incentive” means that portion of a Participant’s award under the Bank’s short-term
Variable Incentive Compensation Plan (“VIP”), if any, that is subject to forfeiture under the
terms of the VIP.
	 
	1.19	 	“Separation from Service” means the Participant’s death, retirement, the time at which the
Participant’s services performed for the Bank are permanently reduced to
no more than 20 percent of the average level of services performed by the Participant over
the preceding 36-month period, or other termination of employment all as set forth in
applicable definitions under 26 C.F.R. 1. 409A-1(h) and related and successor regulations as
may be in effect from time to time.
	 
	1.20	 	“Unforeseeable Emergency” means: a) a severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting
from an illness or accident of: (i) the Participant; (ii) the Participant’s spouse; (iii) the
Participant’s dependent as defined in Code Section 152(a)); or (iv) if the Participant is
already receiving payments under the Supplemental Thrift Plan, a severe financial hardship
resulting from illness or accident of the Beneficiary; b) loss of the Participant’s property
due to casualty; or c) other similar extraordinary and

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	 	 	unforeseeable circumstances arising as
a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.
	 
	1.21	 	“VIP” means the Bank’s short-term Variable Incentive Compensation Plan adopted by the Bank’s
Board of Directors effective January 1, 2008 under which annual incentive compensation awards
may be made.

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Article II

Participation and Vesting

	2.1	 	Eligibility to Participate. A Participant shall become eligible for Plan participation on
the later of the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the date
his/her participation is approved by the Board or the Effective Date. Once selected as a
Participant, the Participant shall continue as a Participant until the Board determines
otherwise. No Participant shall have the right to continue as a Participant in the Plan.
	 
	 	 	Upon designation as a Participant, each Participant will be given a copy of the Plan. Upon
becoming eligible to participate in the Plan, a Participant shall have the option to make a
Deferral Election to defer a portion of his/her annual Compensation.
	 
	2.2	 	Termination of Participation. No further Employee Deferrals or Bank Deferrals shall occur
with respect to a Participant after the Participant’s employment with the Bank terminates.
However, until the amounts in a Participant’s Account are fully paid out to the Participant
and/or his/her Beneficiary, the Participant’s Account shall continue to be notionally invested
as provided in Section 4.2, and the Participant (or his/her Beneficiary) shall continue to
have the right to change such investments by written notice to the Plan Administrator. Once a
Participant’s Account has been fully paid out, such Participant shall cease to be a
Participant in the Plan and neither the Participant nor his/her Beneficiary shall have any
further rights hereunder.
	 
	2.3	 	Vesting. All benefits under the Plan are fully vested at all times subject only to
Forfeiture for Cause as defined in Section 7.6. For all purposes of the Plan, earnings with
respect to amounts in a Participant’s Account which were vested as of December 31, 2004 (and
earnings on such earnings) shall be deemed to have been vested as of December 31, 2004 and all
other earnings with respect to amounts in a Participant’s Account shall be deemed not to have
been vested as of December 31, 2004.

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Article III

Deferral Elections; Employee Deferrals; Bank Deferrals

	3.1	 	Deferral Elections. The Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant with a form on
which to make a Deferral Election within 10 days after such Participant becomes eligible to
participate in the Plan and at least 30 days prior to the end of each calendar year. Each
Participant shall execute and deliver the Deferral Election to the Plan Administrator no later
than the last business day of each calendar year with respect to Compensation to be earned and
amounts eligible pursuant to an LTI or VIP, excluding the Retention Incentive portion, to be
earned in the following calendar year.
	 
	 	 	An executive who becomes eligible to participate during a calendar year shall have the
option to execute a Deferral Election and deliver it to the Administrator within 30 days of
the date he/she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. Such election shall apply only
to Compensation and amounts pursuant to an LTI or VIP, (if applicable) to be earned after
the date of the delivery of the Deferral Election to the Administrator and the Bank shall
defer such amounts on a prorated basis when applicable.
	 
	 	 	The Deferral Election will state the percentage of Compensation and amounts eligible to be
earned pursuant to an LTI or VIP (as applicable) which the Participant elects to defer for
the remainder of the first year of his/her eligibility or for the forthcoming calendar year,
as the case may be. In the case of the deferral of a VIP amount, it is expressly agreed
that the Retention Incentive portion of VIP incentive compensation is not subject to
deferral. A Deferral Election shall be irrevocable for the calendar year (or portion
thereof in the case of the first year of eligibility) for which the deferral is elected
unless an amendment of the Thrift Plan requires a new election by a Participant, and such a
new election is permissible under I.R.C. Section 409A and implementing regulations. If such
an event occurs, the Plan Administrator will communicate in writing with the Participant to
request a new Deferral Election. Notwithstanding an amendment of the Thrift Plan:

	 	(a)	 	(i) As to amounts earned in the first calendar year of participation, no
modification of a Deferral Election may be made more than thirty (30) days after a
Participant becomes eligible to participate in the Plan; and (ii) as to amounts earned
in the second and subsequent calendar years of participation, no modification of a
Deferral Election may be made after December 31 of the calendar year preceding the
calendar year in which the amounts are earned; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	as to amounts in a Participant’s Account which are not vested as of December
31, 2004, the last four sentences of Section 5.5 shall apply.

	3.2	 	Employee Deferrals. Once the Participant has made the maximum amount of employee
contributions allowable under the Thrift Plan in a calendar year, additional amounts shall be
deferred under this Plan in accordance with the Participant’s Deferral Election. Amounts
deferred under this Plan with respect to any calendar year may not exceed 80 percent of the
sum of the Participant’s Compensation and amounts earned pursuant to an LTI and VIP, if
applicable, during such calendar year less the

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	 	 	 	  Participant’s contributions to the Thrift Plan.
For this purpose, a Participant’s contributions to the Thrift
Plan
  shall include any after-tax contributions to the Thrift Plan by such Participant.

	3.3	 	Bank Deferrals. For each Employee Deferral, the Bank shall allocate a matching Bank Deferral
equal to 200 percent of the Employee Deferral; provided that, Bank Deferrals for each
Participant with respect to each calendar year shall not exceed the excess of (a) three
percent of the Participant’s Compensation over (b) the Bank’s matching contribution to the
Thrift Plan.

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Article IV

Accounts and Investment Vehicles

	4.1	 	Accounts. The total of the Employee and Bank Deferrals shall be credited monthly to the
applicable Participant Account as the deferred amounts are earned and shall be recorded on the
financial books and records of the Bank as a liability owed to the Participant.

	4.2	 	Notional Investments. All Employee and Bank Deferrals credited to a Participant’s Account
will be assumed to be notionally invested in the investment funds offered from time to time
under the Thrift Plan. Each Participant’s notional share in the investment funds shall be
represented by notional units in the Thrift Plan. Each month the number of new notional units
credited to a Participant in the investment funds will be determined by dividing the total
amount of such Participant’s Employee and Bank Deferrals notionally invested in the investment
funds during the month by the unit value of the investment funds as of the next valuation date
(generally the last business day of the month). The notional allocations of Employee and Bank
Deferrals to the investment funds shall be as set forth in the investment election forms
completed by each Participant and submitted to the Plan Administrator from time to time. Such
election forms may be submitted in electronic form or, at the option of the Participant in
written form.

	4.3	 	Records. The Plan Administrator shall maintain such records as it deems necessary to
administer this Plan and shall direct the calculation of amounts in the Participants’
Accounts. To this end, the Plan Administrator is authorized to use Bank employees, agents or
contractors to calculate the benefits due hereunder.

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Article V

Distribution of Benefits

	5.1	 	Amount of Benefits. A Participant’s Account shall be valued as of the last day of the month
preceding each month with respect to which the Participant is entitled to receive a
distribution hereunder, assuming no contributions were made since the last day of the
preceding month. If a contribution was made since the last day of the preceding month, the
amount of such contribution shall be added to the value determined under the preceding
sentence.

	5.2	 	Events Which Trigger Payment of Amounts Vested as of 12/31/04. The amounts in a
Participant’s Account which are vested as of December 31, 2004, including all earnings
thereon, shall become payable to him/her pursuant to Section 5.3 as of the earliest of the
date of his/her termination of employment with the Bank, including termination due to death,
his/her Disability, or his/her retirement or other Separation from Service as defined above.
With respect to amounts in a Participant’s Account which are vested as of December 31, 2004,
notwithstanding any deferral election previously made, a Participant may at any time submit a
request, through the Plan Administrator, to the Human Resources Committee seeking a
distribution of part or all of such amounts for reasons of severe financial hardship or other
reasons as permitted under the provisions of the Thrift Plan in its form as of October 3,
2004. The Human Resources Committee may, in its absolute discretion, grant or refuse any such
request. It is the intention of the Board that hardship and other withdrawals of amounts in a
Participant’s Account which are vested as of December 31, 2004 shall be available for the same
reasons as such withdrawals are available from the Thrift Plan (in its form as of October 3,
2004) and that the Participant shall provide such proof and documentation as is required for
hardship and other withdrawals from the Thrift Plan.

	5.3	 	Amounts Vested as of 12/31/04 – Form and Timing of Payment. When a Participant’s Account is
payable pursuant to Section 5.2, it shall be paid in a lump sum within 90 days following the
applicable payment event set forth in Section 5.2. Alternatively, if the Participant has so
elected, the Participant’s Account shall be paid in from two to ten annual installments. In
the case of installment payments, the first installment payment shall be made within 90 days
of the applicable payment event set forth in Section 5.2 and each remaining annual installment
shall be paid no later than March 31 of each succeeding year. The amount of the installment
payment to be distributed in each calendar year shall be the amount calculated by dividing the
value of the Participant’s Account as of the immediately preceding month-end by the number of
remaining installment payments, including the one whose value is being calculated. The
elections and any changes to an election which are permitted hereunder will become effective
on the first January 1 which is at least twelve months after the date of the election.
Failure to make an
election shall result in a lump sum payment within 90 days of the triggering payment event.

	5.4	 	Events Which Trigger Payment of Amounts Not Vested as of 12/31/04. The amount in a
Participant’s Account which is not vested as of December 31, 2004, including all

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	 	 	 	earnings
thereon, shall become payable to him/her pursuant to Section 5.5 as of the earliest of the
date of his/her termination of employment with the Bank (including retirement or other
Separation from Service as defined above), his/her Disability or his/her death. With respect
to amounts in a Participant’s Account which are not vested as of December 31, 2004,
notwithstanding any deferral election previously made, in the event that a Participant suffers
an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant may submit a request, through the Plan
Administrator, to the Human Resources Committee seeking a distribution of part or all of the
amount credited to such Participant’s Account. The Human Resources Committee may, in its
absolute discretion, grant or refuse any such request. The amount of a distribution that the
Bank may make hereunder in response to such a Participant request shall be limited to the
amount needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Emergency plus taxes reasonably anticipated as a
result of the distribution. Distributions shall not be allowed to the extent that the
Unforeseeable Emergency may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or
otherwise, or by liquidation of a Participant’s assets (to the extent such liquidation would
not itself cause a severe financial hardship).

	5.5	 	Amounts Not Vested as of 12/31/04 – Form of Payment. When a Participant’s Account is payable
pursuant to Section 5.4, it shall be paid in a lump sum within 90 days following the
applicable payment event set forth in Section 5.4. Alternatively, if the Participant has so
elected, the Participant’s Account shall be paid in from two to ten annual installments.
Failure to make an election at any time shall result in a lump sum payment. Any change in an
installment payment election, from an installment payment election to a lump sum election or
from a lump sum election to an installment payment election (“Revised Election”) will become
effective on the first January 1 which is at least twelve months after the date of the
election. In addition, with respect to any such Revised Election which changes the timing of
any payment, each payment to be made to the Participant shall be deferred by a date which is
at least 5 years after the date on which such payment would have been made; provided that, for
this purpose, a series of installment payments shall be treated as the entitlement to a single
payment on the date of the first payment. A Revised Election which changes an Existing
Election from installment payments to a lump sum payment shall require that the date of such
lump sum payment shall be a date that is at least 5 years from the date the initial
installment payment would have been made. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision in
this Plan, a Revised Election may not cause the impermissible acceleration of any payment,
within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A or its implementing regulations.

	5.6	 	Amounts Not Vested as of 12/31/04 – Timing and Calculation of Installment Payments.
Installment payments under this Plan shall be made as follows: the first payment shall be made
within 90 days of the payment event with each remaining annual installment paid no later than
March 31 of each succeeding year. The amount of the installment payment to be distributed in
each calendar year shall be the amount calculated by dividing the value of the Participant’s
Account as of the immediately preceding month end by the number of remaining installment
payments, including the one whose value is being calculated.

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	5.7	 	Amounts Not Vested as of 12/31/04 – Revision of Existing Payment Election Prior to 12/31/07.
The Plan is hereby amended to permit each Participant, on or before December 31, 2007, to
amend his/her current payment election as in effect on June 25, 2007, covering amounts not
vested as of December 31, 2004. Such a revised payment election shall be referred to as a
“Transition Election.” Provided that such Transition Election does not result in a payment in
2007, such Transition Election shall become effective upon receipt by the Plan Administrator
and shall not be subject to the terms of Section 5.5. Any Transition Election shall be
subject to the requirements of I.R.S. Notice 2006-79.

	5.8	 	Death Benefits. In the event of a Participant’s death prior to the payment of all amounts in
the Participant’s Account, the amount then held in the Participant’s Account shall become
payable to his/her Beneficiary in the same manner as such amount would have been paid to the
Participant had he/she not died.

5.9 Loans. No loans are available from the Plan.

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Article VI

Administration of the Plan

	6.1	 	Human Resources Committee. The Board has delegated to the Human Resources Committee
authority over, and responsibility for, the interpretation and administration of the Plan;
except that the power to determine eligibility for participation in the Plan pursuant to
Section 2.1 is reserved to the Board. The Human Resources Committee shall interpret and
construe the Plan and have the responsibility to ensure that its provisions are carried out.
The Human Resources Committee shall exercise such power and responsibilities in its sole and
absolute discretion. The Human Resources Committee shall designate the Plan Administrator.

6.2 Plan Administration. The Plan Administrator shall:

	 	(a)	 	act as the point of contact for submission of claims for benefits due under the
Plan;
	 
	 	(b)	 	calculate the benefits due under the Plan or arrange for the calculation of
benefits;
	 
	 	(c)	 	inform Participants of the terms of the Plan and respond to their questions
regarding the Plan;
	 
	 	(d)	 	review and process claims for the payment of benefits under the Plan;
	 
	 	(e)	 	provide necessary reporting to Bank management, Participants, the Human
Resources Committee, the Board, and others as necessary; and
	 
	 	(f)	 	take such other action as is required to perform the tasks listed hereunder or
otherwise administer the terms of the Plan. In fulfilling the responsibilities in this
section, the Plan Administrator may use other Bank staff, other agents or engage
contractors.

	6.3	 	Claims Procedure. All claims for benefits shall be in writing and shall be filed with the
Plan Administrator. If the Plan Administrator wholly or partially denies a Participant’s or
Beneficiary’s claim for benefits, the Plan Administrator shall, within 90 days after the
Plan’s receipt of the claim, give the claimant written notice setting forth in understandable
language:

	 	(a)	 	the specific reason(s) for the denial;
	 
	 	(b)	 	specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based;
	 
	 	(c)	 	a description of any additional material or information which must be submitted
to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary; and

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	 	(d)	 	an explanation of the Plan’s review procedure.

The claimant shall have 60 days after the day on which such written notice of denial is
handed or mailed to him/her in which to apply (in person or by authorized representative) to
the Human Resources Committee, in writing, for a full and fair review of the denial of this
claim. In connection with such review, the claimant (or this representative) shall be
afforded a reasonable opportunity to review pertinent documents and may submit issues and
comments in writing.

The Human Resources Committee shall issue its decision on review promptly and within 60 days
after the Plan’s receipt of the request for review, unless special circumstances require an
extension to not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review. (Written
notice of any such extension shall be furnished to the claimant before the commencement of
such extension.) The decision shall be in writing and shall set forth in understandable
language specific reasons for the decision and specific references to pertinent Plan
provisions on which the decision is based.

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Article VII

General Provisions

	7.1	 	Rights to Employment. The establishment of the Plan, and selection of an executive for
inclusion as a Participant in the Plan, shall not be construed as conferring any legal rights
upon any Participant or other person for the continuation of employment; nor shall it
interfere with the rights of the Bank to discharge any Participant and to treat him/her
without regard to the effect such treatment might have upon him/her as a Participant in the
Plan.

	7.2	 	Source of Funding–Participant as General Creditor. The Bank has not established any form of
trust or funded account for the purpose of providing benefits under this Plan. In the event
that the Bank establishes a rabbi trust or other similar arrangement, such arrangement shall
preserve this Plan’s status under the Internal Revenue Code as an unfunded nonqualified
deferred compensation plan and the assets of the Bank held pursuant to any such arrangement
shall remain subject to the claims of the Bank’s general creditors. Any Participant who may
have or claim any interest in or right to any amount payable hereunder shall rely solely upon
the unsecured promise of the Bank, as set forth herein, for the payment of the claim. Nothing
herein contained should be construed to give to or vest in any Participant, now or at any time
in the future, any right, title, interest or claim in or to any specific asset, fund, reserve,
account or property of any kind whatever owned by the Bank, or in which the Bank may have any
right, title or interest, now or at any time in the future. The Plan is not intended to be a
qualified plan within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code and the Bank shall not be
required to qualify the Plan under the Code.

	7.3	 	Incapacity. In the event that the Human Resources Committee shall find that a Participant is
unable to care for his/her affairs because of illness or accident, the Human Resources
Committee may direct that any payment due him/her, unless claim shall have been made therefor
by a duly appointed legal representative, be paid to his/her spouse, a child, a parent or
other blood relative, or to a person with whom he/she resides, and any such payment so made
shall be a complete discharge of the liabilities of the Plan therefor.

	7.4	 	Reporting and Withholding of Taxes. The Bank shall file Form W-2 and other applicable tax
documents as required under applicable federal and state law, including, without limitation,
required annual federal tax filings of a Participant’s accrued benefits under the Plan. The
Bank shall have the right to deduct from each payment to be made under the Plan any required
withholding taxes and shall withhold or cause to be withheld from all payments or accruals of
benefits under the Plan (if applicable), all federal, state or local taxes required to be
withheld by law. The Participant shall be liable for the payment of all taxes on the benefits
under the Plan that are the Participant’s responsibility under the laws establishing such
taxes.

	7.5	 	Alienation of Benefits under the Plan. Benefits payable under this Plan shall not be subject
in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or
charge, whether voluntary or involuntary, including any such liability which is for alimony or
other payments for the support of a spouse or former spouse, or

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	 	 	for any other relative of the
Participant, prior to actually being received by the person entitled to the benefits under the
terms of the Plan, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber or charge the same shall be void; nor shall any such distribution or payment be in
any way liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of
any person entitled to such distribution or payment. If any Participant or Beneficiary is
adjudicated bankrupt or purports to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber or charge any such distribution or payment voluntarily or involuntarily, the Bank, in
its discretion, may hold or cause to be held or applied such distribution or payment or any
part thereof to or for the benefit of such Participant or Beneficiary in such manner as the
Bank shall direct.

	7.6	 	Forfeiture for Cause. The Bank Deferrals and the earnings on the Bank Deferrals
otherwise payable by the Plan may be subject to forfeiture for cause at any time. “Cause”
shall mean:

	 	(a)	 	the perpetration by a Participant of a defalcation involving the Bank or any
affiliate;
	 
	 	(b)	 	willful, reckless or grossly negligent conduct of a Participant entailing a
substantial violation of any material provision of the laws, rules, regulations or
orders of any governmental agency applicable to the Bank or an affiliate;
	 
	 	(c)	 	the repeated and deliberate failure by a Participant to comply with reasonable
policies or directives of the Board of Directors; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	the breach by a Participant of a noncompetitive covenant or agreement with the
Bank or affiliate.

	 	 	Whether the facts in any given case amount to “Cause” shall be determined by the Board of
Directors.
	 
	7.7	 	Compliance with Laws. The provisions of the Plan shall be construed, administered and
governed under the laws of the United States including, without limitation, Internal Revenue
Code Section 409A and implementing regulations and, to the extent they defer to state law, the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	 
	7.8	 	Construction. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine gender, they shall be
construed as though they were also used in the feminine gender in all cases where they would
so apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular
form, they shall be construed as though they were also used in the plural form in all cases
where they would so apply. Titles of Articles and Sections hereof are for convenience of
reference only and are not to be taken into account in construing the provisions of this
Plan. In case any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason,
said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, but the Plan
shall be construed and enforced as if said illegal and invalid provision had never been
inserted herein.

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	7.9	 	Amendment and Termination. The Bank specifically reserves the right, in the sole and
unfettered discretion of its Board, at any time, to amend, in whole or in part, any or all of
the provisions of the Plan and to terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however,
that no such amendment or termination shall reduce or eliminate the rights of a Participant
accrued hereunder to the date of such amendment or termination. Provided further, that no
such termination shall result in an impermissible acceleration of any amount deferred under
this Plan that would violate the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A(a)(3) or
Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j) or any successor regulations.
	 
	7.10	 	Binding on Successors. The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Bank
and its successors and assigns. The Plan shall also be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of any successor organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of
the Bank. 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 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 Participants’ rights 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 organization and the Plan shall continue in full force and effect.
	 
	7.11	 	Permissible Payment Acceleration. In the event of an Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Plan
failure that results in income inclusion to a Participant, payment of Participant’s benefits
under this Plan shall be accelerated; provided that, the amount of the accelerated payment
shall not exceed the amount required to be included in Participant’s income due to the Plan
failure.

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Exhibit 10.28a

AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT CONCERNING DISABILITY AND DEATH

     The Agreement entered into September 10, 2003 by and between MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC. and
WILLIAM J. MOTTO is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
effective this 3rd day of July,
2007.

     WHEREAS, Motto has been employed by Meridian and has rendered faithful and competent services
to Meridian; and

     WHEREAS, Meridian and Motto entered into this Agreement to replace Split Dollar Agreements
dated February 8, 1996 and May 1, 1995; and

     WHEREAS, Meridian desires to have a death and disability program for Motto to provide
protection to Motto and his family should his death or disability occur while employed by Meridian;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereafter set forth,
the parties agree as follows:

	 	1.	 	Meridian shall make a monthly payment to Motto for up to 60 months if
Motto meets the definition of “Disability” in Section 5 below while employed by
Meridian. The gross amount of each monthly payment shall be equal to 60% of the
average total annual salary and bonus paid by Meridian to Motto during Meridian’s
three fiscal years ending immediately before Motto’s Disability commenced divided
by twelve. Any such payments to Motto shall be reduced by the gross amount of any
payments made to Motto through any group or other disability insurance policy or
program maintained by Meridian. Provided, however, that no such monthly payment
shall be made after either the month of Motto’s death or the month that Motto
ceases to meet the definition of “Disability” in Section 5 below. Meridian may
fulfill its obligation under this Section by purchasing insurance coverage.
	 
	 	2.	 	If Motto dies while employed by Meridian or while receiving the
Disability payments described in Section 1 above, Meridian shall pay $1 million to
the designated beneficiaries of Motto or, if none, to Motto’s estate, reduced by
the gross amount of any payments made as Disability compensation pursuant to
Section 1 above and also reduced by any other insurance proceeds on Motto’s life
received by Motto’s estate or beneficiaries from any policies of life insurance
maintained by Meridian except for the proceeds of any group life insurance
maintained by Meridian for its employees.
	 
	 	3.	 	Meridian shall maintain health insurance coverage for Motto and his
spouse and the survivor of them for a period of five years after Motto’s employment
with Meridian ends because of Motto’s death or Disability. The health insurance
coverage shall be at levels comparable for executives in Motto’s position at the
time that Motto’s employment with Meridian has ended as determined by Meridian.
This shall satisfy Meridian’s obligation to provide continuation coverage to Motto
and his spouse under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
	 
	 	4.	 	Motto or, after his death, his estate or heirs, shall have the right to
cause Meridian, on three separate occasions after September 30, 2003, to register
for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933 those shares of Meridian Common
Stock beneficially owned by Motto during his lifetime or at his death which may
not, at the time of request, be publicly sold without registration. The right to
request such registration shall end five years after Motto’s death. This
registration right is conditioned upon Meridian being able to utilize the SEC’s
short-form registration statement, Form S-3, or its equivalent. Meridian shall
bear all costs of the registration except brokerage commissions which shall be the
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	 	5.	 	For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall be defined as in the
group disability policy under which Meridian covers Motto or his successor. In the
absence of such a policy, “Disability” shall mean an injury or disease which was
not intentionally self-inflicted and which Meridian at its sole discretion,
determines, on the basis of such evidence and information as it deems satisfactory,
causes Motto to be completely and indefinitely incapable of performing his regular
duties for Meridian.
	 
	 	6.	 	Motto shall be responsible for all taxes, including, without
limitation, federal, state or local taxes, related to any action taken by Meridian
pursuant to this Agreement.
	 
	 	7.	 	The parties’ Split Dollar Agreements dated February 8, 1996 and May 1,
1995 were cancelled by Meridian and Motto effective upon the execution of this
Agreement on September 10, 2003.
	 
	 	8.	 	This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by written
instrument signed by Meridian and Motto.
	 
	 	9.	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
successors, assigns, executors, administrators and beneficiaries.
	 
	 	10.	 	This Agreement shall be subject to and construed according to the laws
of the State of Ohio.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Meridian and Motto have execute this Agreement on the day and year first
above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	BY:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

Melissa A. Lueke
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	William J. Motto

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