(a) The plan may provide that the directors and officers of the mutual company shall receive, without payment, nontransferable subscription rights to purchase capital stock of the converted stock company or the stock of another corporation that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section 804-A(a)(3)(i).¹ These subscription rights shall be allocated among the directors and officers by a fair and equitable formula and shall be subordinate to the subscription rights of eligible members. Nothing contained in this article shall require the subordination of subscription rights received by directors and officers in their capacity as eligible members, if any.

(b) The aggregate total number of shares that may be purchased by directors and officers of the mutual company in their capacity under subsection (a) and in their capacity as eligible members under section 804-A(a)(3)(i) shall not exceed thirty-five per centum (35%) of the total number of shares to be issued for a mutual company if total assets of the mutual company are less than fifty million ($50,000,000) dollars or twenty-five per centum (25%) of the total number of shares to be issued for a mutual company if total assets of the mutual company are more than five hundred million ($500,000,000) dollars. For mutual companies with total assets of or between fifty million ($50,000,000) dollars and five hundred million ($500,000,000) dollars, the percentage of the total number of shares that may be purchased shall be interpolated.

(c) The plan may allocate to a tax-qualified employe benefit plan nontransferable subscription rights to purchase up to ten per centum (10%) of the capital stock of the converted stock company or the stock of another corporation that is participating in the conversion plan, as provided in section 804-A(a)(3)(i). A tax-qualified employe benefit plan is entitled to exercise subscription rights granted under this subsection regardless of the total number of shares purchased by other persons.

(d) The plan may provide for the creation of a liquidation account for the benefit of members in the event of voluntary liquidation subsequent to conversion in an amount equal to the surplus of the mutual company, exclusive of the principal amount of any surplus note, on the last day of the quarter immediately preceding the date of adoption of the plan.