EX-10.46 7 dex1046.htm 2007 SENIOR EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN 2007 Senior Executive Bonus Plan

Exhibit 10.46

WILLIAM LYON HOMES

2007 SENIOR EXECUTIVE BONUS PLAN

 

BONUS PLAN
PARTICIPANT
  % DEFERRED   DEFERRAL
CRITERIA
  PAYMENT CRITERIA   DESCRIPTION   PAY DATE

CEO AND COO

  25%   75% paid Year 1 25% paid Year 2 forfeited if terminated – except retirement, disability or death   3% of Company’s pre-tax, pre-bonus income each  

Based on:

 

•     Management Level

 

•     Position Impact w/ WLS

 

•     Competitive Pay Levels

 

•     Short-Term Compensation Target for the Position

 

•     Current Salary

 

•     Individual Performance

  After year-end Audit

EVP

  25%   75% paid Year 1 25% paid Year 2 forfeited if terminated – except retirement, disability or death    3/4 of 1% of Company’s pre-tax, pre-bonus income  

Based on:

 

•     Management Level

 

•     Position Impact w/ WLS

 

•     Competitive Pay Levels

 

•     Short-Term Compensation Target for the Position

 

•     Current Salary

 

•     Individual Performance

  After year-end Audit

CFO

  25%   75% paid Year 1 25% paid Year 2 forfeited if terminated – except retirement, disability or death   0.5% of the Company’s pre-tax, pre-bonus income  

Based on:

 

•     Management Level

 

•     Position Impact w/ WLS

 

•     Competitive Pay Levels

 

•     Short-Term Compensation Target for the Position

 

•     Current Salary

 

•     Individual Performance

  After year-end Audit

REGION PRESIDENTS

  25%   75% paid Year 1 25% paid Year 2 forfeited if terminated – except retirement, disability or death  

3% of Region’s pre-tax, pre-bonus Income after Corporate allocation

 

minimum payment equal to 100% of annual salary

 

Based on:

 

•     Management Level

 

•     Position Impact w/ WLS

 

•     Competitive Pay Levels

 

•     Short-Term Compensation Target for the Position

 

•     Current Salary

 

•     Individual Performance

  After year-end Audit

Note:

 

   

Plan requires the employee to be actively employed on the date bonus checks are distributed to qualify for payment except in event of death, disability or retirement.

 

   

Awards to be administered (including no discretion to increase) in order to comply with Section 162(m), if applicable.

 

   

The Compensation Committee retains the discretion to increase the bonus of a participant in the event of an extraordinary performance, or decrease it in the case of a substandard performance, and may make this determination on the basis of objective or subjective criteria, including, but not limited to, the pay levels of executives at other major homebuilders.