Exhibit 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BANC OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
2018 OMNIBUS STOCK
INCENTIVE PLAN
Section 1. Purpose; Definitions
The purpose of this Plan is to give the Company a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining and motivating officers, employees, directors and/or consultants and to provide the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates with a long-term incentive plan providing incentives directly linked to stockholder value. Certain terms used herein have definitions given to them in the first place in which they are used. In addition, for purposes of this Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:
(a) “Affiliate” means a corporation or other entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.
(b) “Applicable Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange as may at the applicable time be the principal market for the Common Stock.
(c) “Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted pursuant to the terms of this Plan.
(d) “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement, contract or other instrument or document setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award, as the Committee shall determine, consistent with the Plan.
(e) “Bank” means Banc of California, N.A., a national banking association, or any successor thereto.
(f) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g) “Cash Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof.
(h) “Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (i) “Cause” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party, or (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or if it does not define “Cause”: (A) conviction of the Participant for committing a felony under federal law or the law of the state in which such action occurred, (B) dishonesty in the course of fulfilling the Participant’s employment duties, (C) failure on the part of the Participant to perform substantially such Participant’s employment duties in any material respect, (D) a material violation of any Company policy, including the Company’s ethics and compliance program, (E) willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud in the commission of a Participant’s employment or other services to the Company and its Affiliates, or (F) before a Change in Control, such other events as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement.
(i) “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(e).
(j) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, the Treasury Regulations thereunder and other relevant interpretive guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department. Reference to any specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance, as well as any successor provision of the Code.
(k) “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
(l) “Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
(m) “Common Stock” means common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.
(n) “Company” means Banc of California, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or any successor thereto.
(o) “Disability” means (i) “Disability” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the Participant is a party, (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or it does not define “Disability,” disability of a Participant means the Participant is (A) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, or (B) by reason of any