EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
99.1
This
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of August 3, 2005 between CITIZENS
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Kentucky corporation (“Employer”), and
XXXXX X. XXXX, an individual residing in Louisville, Kentucky
(“Employee”).
RECITALS
Employer
desires to employ Employee for the Employer Group, and
Employee wishes to accept such employment, upon the terms and conditions
set
forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
The
parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
For
the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified or referred to in this Section 1.
“Agreement”
-- this
Executive Employment Agreement, as amended from time to time.
“Benefits”
-- as defined
in Section 3.3.
“Boards
of Directors” --
the boards of directors of the constituents of the Employer Group.
“Bonus
-- as defined in
Section 3.2.
“Confidential
Information” -- any and all:
(a) trade
secrets concerning the business and affairs of the
Employer Group, including without limitation products, past, current, and
planned research and development, current and planned distribution methods
and
processes, customer lists, current and anticipated customer requirements,
market
studies, business plans, computer software and programs (including object
code
and source code), and any other information, however documented, that is
a trade
secret within the meaning of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, KRS
365.880-.900;
(b) information
concerning the business and affairs of the
Employer Group including without limitation historical internal financial
statements, financial projections and budgets, historical and projected sales
data, the names and backgrounds of key personnel, and personnel training
and
techniques and materials, however documented; and
(c) notes,
analyses, compilations, studies, summaries, and
other material prepared by or for the Employer Group containing or based,
in
whole or in part, on any information included in the foregoing.
“disability”
-- as
defined in Section 6.2.
“Effective
Date” --
August 22, 2005.
“Employee”
-- as defined
in the heading of this Agreement.
“Employee
Invention” --
any idea, invention, technique, modification, process, or improvement (whether
patentable or not) and any work of authorship (whether or not copyright
protection may be obtained for it) created, conceived or developed by Employee,
either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period,
or a
period that includes a portion of the Employment Period, that relates in
any way
to, or is useful in any manner in, the business then being conducted or proposed
to be conducted by the Employer Group, and any such item created by Employee,
either solely or in conjunction with others, following termination of Employee’s
employment with Employer, that is based upon or uses Confidential
Information.
“Employer”
-- as defined
in the heading of this Agreement.
“Employer
Group” --
Employer and one or more of the Insurance Subsidiaries.
“Employment
Period” --
the actual term of Employee’s employment by Employer, beginning on the Effective
Date and terminating as provided herein.
“for
cause” -- as defined
in Section 6.3.
“for
convenience of
Employer” -- as defined in Section 6.5.
“for
good reason” -- as
defined in Section 6.4.
“Insurance
Subsidiaries” -- the
subsidiaries through which Employer may conduct insurance or related businesses
from time to time, including but without limitation Citizens Security Life
Insurance Company, United Liberty Life Insurance Company and Citizens Insurance
Company.
“Nominal
Expiration Date”
-- as defined in Section 2.2.
“person”
-- any
individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general or
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization or governmental body.
“Post-Employment
Limitation
Period” -- as defined in Section 8.3.
“President
of Employer”
-- Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and his successors in office as president of Employer.
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“President
of the Insurance
Subsidiaries” -- Xxxxxx X. Xxxx and his successors in office as
president or presidents of the Insurance Subsidiaries.
“Proprietary
Items” -- as
defined in Section 7.2.
“Salary”
-- as defined in
Section 3.1.
2. EMPLOYMENT
TERMS AND DUTIES
2.1 Employment.
Employer hereby employs Employee, and
Employee hereby accepts employment by Employer, upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
2.2 Term.
The term of Employee’s employment under this
Agreement will begin on the Effective Date and shall terminate on August
21,
2006 (the “Nominal Expiration Date”). The Nominal Expiration
Date shall be automatically extended for successive periods of one year each,
unless either party shall give at least thirty (30) days notice of termination
of this Agreement as of the original or last extended Nominal Expiration
Date.
This Agreement is subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 6.
2.3 Duties.
Employee will have such offices and duties
for the Employer Group as are assigned or delegated to Employee by the President
of Employer and/or the Boards of Directors of Employer or one or more other
members of the Employers Group, and will initially serve as Vice President
of
Marketing for Group Dental Products of Employer and as Senior Vice President
of
Marketing for Group Dental Products of Citizens Security Life Insurance Company.
Employee will devote his entire business time, attention, skill and energy
exclusively to the business of the Employer Group, will use his best efforts
to
promote the success of the Employer Group’s business, and will cooperate fully
with the President of Employer, the President or Presidents of the Insurance
Subsidiaries and the Boards of Directors of the Employer Group in the
advancement of the best interests of the Employer Group. Nothing in this
Section
2.3, however, will prevent Employee from engaging in additional activities
in
connection with personal investments and community affairs that are not
inconsistent with Employee’s duties under this Agreement.
3. COMPENSATION
3.1 Salary.
During the Employment Period, Employer
will pay Employee a salary (the “Salary”) at the rate of
$120,000 per annum, which will be payable bi-weekly less withholding according
to applicable law and Employer’s customary payroll practices.
3.2 Bonus.
During the Employment Period, Employee
shall be eligible to participate in the bonus plan entitled “Master Cash Bonus
Performance Plan” established by the Board of Directors of Employer subject to
the terms and conditions of that Plan and his Award Grant thereunder from
time
to time.
3.3 Benefits.
Employee and his dependents will, during
the Employment Period, be permitted to participate in all such life insurance,
hospitalization, major medical and dental plans of Employer that may be in
effect from time to time, on the same terms and
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conditions
under which other senior executives of Employer and
their dependents are eligible under those plans (collectively, the
“Benefits”).
4. FACILITIES
AND EXPENSES
4.1 Employee
Support and Expense Reimbursements.
During the Employment Period, Employer will furnish Employee suitable office
space, equipment, supplies and such other facilities and personnel for the
performance of Employee’s duties under this Agreement. Employer will pay on
behalf of Employee (or reimburse Employee for) actual and reasonable expenses
incurred by Employee at the request of, or on behalf of, Employer in the
performance of Employee’s duties pursuant to this Agreement, and in accordance
with Employer’s expense reimbursement policies, but specifically including the
following whether or not addressed in such employment policies:
(a) charges
for cellular telephone usage not exceeding $1,000
per period of 12 months from the Effective Date or any anniversary thereof
(each
a “Contract Year”);
(b) continuing
education and license fees not exceeding
$1,200 per Contract Year; and
(c) an
automobile expense allowance of $500 per calendar
month.
Employee
must file expense reports with respect to such expenses
in accordance with Employer’s expense reimbursement policies.
5. VACATIONS
AND HOLIDAYS
Employee
will be entitled to paid vacation, personal and sick days
in accordance with the policies of Employer in effect for its senior executives
from time to time, except that his paid vacation shall be not less then three
(3) weeks per Contract Year. Vacation may be taken by Employee at such time
or
times as reasonably chosen by the Employee, on notice to the President of
the
Insurance Subsidiaries. Employee will also be entitled to paid holidays and
other paid leave as provided in Employer’s policies.
6. TERMINATION
6.1 Events
of Termination. Subject to the other
provisions of this Section 6, the Employment Period, the Employee’s Salary,
Bonus and Benefits, and any and all other rights of Employee under this
Agreement or otherwise as an employee of Employer will terminate:
(a) on
the original or last extended Nominal Expiration
Date;
(b) upon
the death of Employee;
(c) upon
the disability of Employee (as defined in Section
6.2), immediately upon notice from either party to the other;
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(d) for
cause (as defined in Section 6.3), immediately upon
notice from Employer to Employee, or at such later time as such notice may
specify or at such earlier time as Employee may then determine;
(e) for
good reason (as defined in Section 6.4), immediately
upon notice from Employee to Employer;
(f) upon
the resignation of Employee other than for good
reason, upon not less than two (2) weeks notice from Employee to Employer
or at
such earlier time as Employer may then determine; or
(g) for
the convenience of Employer (as defined in Section
6.5), immediately upon notice from Employer to Employee, or at such later
time
as such notice may specify or at such earlier time as Employee may then
determine.
6.2 Definition
of Disability. For purposes of Section
6.1, Employee will be deemed to have a “disability” if, by
reason of a change in his physical or mental condition, Employee is unable
to
perform Employee’s duties under this Agreement for sixty (60) consecutive days,
or ninety (90) days during any twelve month period, as determined in accordance
with this Section 6.2. The disability of Employee will be determined
by a
medical doctor selected by written agreement of Employer and Employee upon
the
request of either party by notice to the other. If Employer and Employee
cannot
agree on the selection of a medical doctor, each of them will select a medical
doctor and the two medical doctors will select a third medical doctor who
will
determine whether Employee has a disability. The determination of the medical
doctor selected under this Section 6.2 will be binding on both parties. Employee
must submit to a reasonable number of examinations by the medical doctor
making
the determination of disability under this Section 6.2, and Employee hereby
authorizes the disclosure and release to Employer of such determination and
all
supporting medical records. If Employee is not legally competent, Employee’s
legal guardian or duly authorized attorney-in-fact will act in Employee’s stead,
under this Section 6.2, for the purposes of submitting Employee to the
examinations, and providing the authorization of disclosure, required under
this
Section 6.2.
6.3 Definition
of “For Cause.” For purposes of Section
6.1, the phrase “for cause” means: (a) Employee’s material
breach of this Agreement, which breach continues for a period of ten (10)
days
after Employer has given Employee written notice thereof; (b) Employee’s failure
to adhere to any written Employer policy (including without limitation, its
Code
of Business Ethics and Conduct and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Policy) if Employee has
been
given a reasonable opportunity to comply with such policy or cure his failure
to
comply (which reasonable opportunity must be granted during the ten (10)
day
period preceding termination of this Agreement); (c) he appropriation (or
attempted appropriation) of a material business opportunity of the Employer
Group, including attempting to secure or securing any personal profit in
connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Employer Group;
(d) the misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of any of the Employer
Group’s funds or property; or (e) the conviction of, the indictment for
(or
its procedural equivalent), or the entering of a guilty plea or plea of no
contest with respect to, a felony, the equivalent thereof, or a misdemeanor
with
respect to which imprisonment is a possible punishment (excluding minor traffic
offenses for which Employee is not sentenced to imprisonment).
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6.4 Definition
of “For Good Reason.” For purposes of
Section 6.1, the phrase “for good reason” means
Employer’s breach of this Agreement, which breach continues for a period
of ten (10) days after Employee has given Employer written notice thereof.
6.5 Definition
of “For Convenience of Employer.” For
purposes of Section 6.1, the phrase “for convenience of
Employer” means a termination by Employer for a reason other than
pursuant to Section 6.1(c) or (d).
6.6 Termination
Pay. Effective upon the termination of
this Agreement, Employer will be obligated to pay Employee (or, in the event
of
his death, his designated beneficiary as defined below) only such compensation
as is provided in this Section 6.6, and in lieu of all other Salary or Bonus
(except as may be otherwise provided in the bonus plan or agreement), which
shall be in settlement and complete release of all claims Employee may have
against the Employer Group. For purposes of this Section 6.6, Employee’s
designated beneficiary will be Employee’s spouse or such other individual
beneficiary or trust, located at such address, as Employee may designate
by
notice to Employer from time to time. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
Employer will have no duty, under any circumstances, to attempt to determine
whether any beneficiary designated by Employee is alive or to ascertain the
address of any such beneficiary, to determine the existence of any trust,
to
determine whether any person or entity purporting to act as Employee’s personal
representative (or the trustee of a trust established by Employee) is duly
authorized to act in that capacity, or to locate or attempt to locate any
beneficiary, personal representative or trustee.
(a) Termination
upon Nominal Expiration Date. If this
Agreement is terminated because the term has reached the original or last
extended Nominal Expiration Date, Employer will pay Employee his Salary through
such Nominal Expiration Date. In addition, if the Nominal Expiration Date
occurs
because Employer has given notice of termination as contemplated by Section
2.2,
Employer will continue to pay Employee his Salary in bi-weekly installments
for
an additional period of nine (9) months after the Nominal Expiration Date.
The
parties agree that Employer’s liability under this paragraph (a) `is to be
reduced by any unemployment compensation benefits Employee may receive after
termination and that Employer may reduce its payments to the extent of any
such
benefits.
(b) Termination
upon Death. If this Agreement is
terminated because of Employee’s death, Employer will pay Employee his Salary
only through the end of the pay period in which his death occurs.
(c) Termination
upon Disability. If this Agreement is
terminated by either party as a result of Employee’s disability, as determined
under Section 6.2, Employer will pay Employee his Salary only through the
end of
the pay period in which the effective date of such termination occurs.
(d) Termination
by Employer for Cause. If Employer
terminates this Agreement for cause, Employer will pay Employee his Salary
only
through the end of the pay period in which the effective date of such
termination occurs.
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(e) Termination
by Employee by Resignation Other than for
Good Reason. If Employee terminates this Agreement by resignation other than
for good reason, Employer will pay Employee his Salary only through the end
of
the pay period in which the effective date of such resignation occurs.
(f) Termination
by Employee for Good Reason or by Employer
for the Convenience of Employer. If Employee terminates this Agreement for
good reason or Employer terminates this Agreement for the convenience of
Employer, Employer will pay Employee his Salary through the end of the pay
period in which the effective date of such termination occurs. In addition,
Employer will continue to pay Employee his Salary in bi-weekly installments
for
up to nine (9) months from the end of the pay period in which the effective
date
occurs. The parties agree that Employer’s liability under this paragraph (f) `is
to be reduced by any unemployment compensation benefits Employee may receive
after termination and that Employer may reduce its payments to the extent
of any
such benefits.
(g) Benefits.
Employee’s accrual of, or participation
in plans providing for, the Benefits will cease at the effective date of
the
termination of this Agreement, and Employee will be entitled to accrued and
post-employment Benefits pursuant to such plans only as provided in such
plans
or applicable law (including without limitation “COBRA benefits”).
7. NON-DISCLOSURE
COVENANT.
7.1 Acknowledgments
by Employee. Employee acknowledges
that (a) during the Employment Period and as a part of his employment, Employee
will be afforded access to Confidential Information; (b) public disclosure
of
such Confidential Information could have an adverse effect on the Employer
Group
and its business and/or violate or create liability under federal securities
laws and securities exchange regulations; (c) the Employer Group will be
at a
substantial competitive disadvantage if it fails to acquire exclusive ownership
of each Employee Invention; and (d) the provisions of this Section 7 are
reasonable and necessary to prevent the improper use or disclosure of
Confidential Information and to provide Employer with exclusive ownership
of all
Employee Inventions.
7.2 Agreements
of Employee. In consideration of the
compensation and benefits to be paid or provided to Employee by Employer
under
this Agreement, Employee covenants as follows:
(a) Confidentiality
(i) During
and following the Employment Period, Employee will
hold in confidence the Confidential Information and will not disclose it
to any
person except with the specific prior written consent of Employer or except
as
otherwise expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) Any
trade secrets of the Employer Group will be entitled
to all of the protections and benefits under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
(KRS
365.880-.900) and any other applicable law. Employee hereby waives any
requirement that
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Employer
submit proof of the economic value of any trade secret or
post a bond or other security.
(iii) None
of the foregoing obligations and restrictions
applies to any part of the Confidential Information that Employee demonstrates
was or became generally available to the public other than as a result of
a
disclosure by Employee.
(iv) Employee
will not remove from the Employer Group’s
premises (except to the extent such removal is for purposes of the performance
of Employee’s duties at home or while traveling, or except as otherwise
specifically authorized by the President of Employer) any document, record,
or
computer software or code, whether embodied in a disk or in any other form
(collectively, the “Proprietary Items”). Employee recognizes
that, as between Employer and Employee, all of the Proprietary Items, whether
or
not developed by Employee, are the exclusive property of Employer. Upon
termination of this Agreement by either party, or upon the request of Employer
during the Employment Period, Employee will return to Employer all of the
Proprietary Items in Employee’s possession or subject to Employee’s control, and
Employee shall not retain any copies or other physical embodiment of any
of the
Proprietary Items.
(b) Employee
Inventions. Each Employee Invention will
belong exclusively to Employer. Employee acknowledges that all of Employee’s
Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of Employer,
including any copyrights, patents or other intellectual property rights
pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works
made
for hire, Employee hereby assigns to Employer all of Employee’s right, title,
and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent and other intellectual
property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. Employee covenants that
he
will promptly:
(i) disclose
to Employer in writing any Employee
Invention;
(ii) assign
to Employer or to a party designated by Employer,
at Employer’s request and without additional compensation, all of Employee’s
right, title, and interest to or in Employee Invention;
(iii) execute
and deliver to Employer such applications,
assignments, and other documents as Employer may request in order to apply
for
and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to any Employee
Invention;
(iv) sign
all other papers necessary to carry out the above
obligations; and
(v) give
testimony and render any other assistance but
without expense to Employee in support of Employer’s rights to any Employee
Invention.
7.3 Disputes
or Controversies. Employee recognizes
that should a dispute or controversy arising from or relating to this Agreement
be submitted for adjudication to any court, arbitration panel, or other third
party, the preservation of the secrecy of Confidential Information
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may
be jeopardized. All pleadings, documents, testimony, and
records relating to any such adjudication will be maintained in secrecy and
will
be available for inspection by Employer, Employee, and their respective
attorneys and experts, who will agree, in advance and in writing, to receive
and
maintain all such information in secrecy, except as may be limited by them
in
writing.
8. NON-COMPETITION,
NON-SOLICITATION AND
NON-INTERFERENCE
8.1 Acknowledgments
by Employee. Employee acknowledges
that: (a) the services to be performed by him under this Agreement
are of a
special, unique, unusual, extraordinary, and intellectual character; and
(b) the provisions of this Section 8 are reasonable and necessary
to
protect the Employer Group’s business.
8.2 Covenants
of Employee. In consideration of the
acknowledgments by Employee, and in consideration of the compensation and
benefits to be paid or provided to Employee by Employer, Employee covenants
that
he will not, directly or indirectly:
(a) during
the Employment Period, except in the course of his
employment hereunder, engage or invest in, own, manage, operate, finance,
control, or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing,
or
control of, be employed by, associated with, or in any manner connected with,
lend Employee’s name or any similar name to, lend Employee’s credit to or render
services or advice to, any business whose products or activities compete
in
whole or in part with the products or activities of the Employer Group anywhere;
provided, however, that Employee may purchase or otherwise acquire up to
(but
not more than) one percent of any class of securities of any enterprise (but
without otherwise participating in the activities of such enterprise) if
such
securities are listed on any securities exchange or have been registered
under
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
(b) during
the Post-Employment Limitation Period, engage or
invest in, own, manage, operate, finance, control, or participate in the
ownership, management, operation, financing, or control of, be employed by,
associated with, or in any manner connected with, lend Employee’s name or any
similar name to, lend Employee’s credit to or render services or advice to, any
business whose products or activities compete in whole or to any substantial
degree with the group dental products or dental product third-party
administration activities of the Employer Group anywhere; provided, however,
that Employee may purchase or otherwise acquire up to (but not more than)
one
percent of any class of securities of any enterprise (but without otherwise
participating in the activities of such enterprise) if such securities are
listed on any securities exchange or have been registered under Section 12(g)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and further provided that Employee may
be
employed by Humana Inc. with respect to any part of Humana Inc.’s business
except any part that competes directly with Employer’s dental products or dental
product third-party administration in the group market segments and geographical
areas in which Employer is engaged; provided, however, that efforts to sell
Humana group medical plans that have an incidental dental product component
shall not be deemed to violate this paragraph (b) if not accompanied by a
violation of paragraph (c) following.
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(c) whether
for Employee’s own account or for the account of
any other person, at any time during the Employment Period and the
Post-Employment Limitation Period, solicit business of the same or similar
type
being carried on by the Employer Group from any person known by Employee
to be a
customer of the Employer Group, whether or not Employee had personal contact
with such person during and by reason of Employee’s employment with the Employer
Group;
(d) whether
for Employee’s own account or the account of any
other person (i) at any time during the Employment Period and the
Post-Employment Limitation Period, solicit, employ, or otherwise engage as
an
employee or agent any person who is or was an employee or agent of the Employer
Group at any time during the Employment Period or in any manner induce or
attempt to induce any employee or agent of the Employer Group to terminate
his
employment or agency with the Employer Group; or (ii) at any time
during
the Employment Period and the Post-Employment Limitation Period, interfere
with
the Employer Group’s relationship with any person, including any person who at
any time during the Employment Period was an employee or agent of the Employer
Group; or
(e) at
any time disparage the Employer Group or any of its
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents.
8.3 Additional
Provisions.
(a) For
purposes of this Section 8, the term
“Post-Employment Limitation Period” means the two (2) year
period beginning on the date of termination of Employee’s employment with
Employer.
(b) If
any covenant in this Section 8 is held to be
unreasonable, arbitrary, or against public policy, such covenant will be
considered to be divisible with respect to scope, time, and geographic area,
and
such lesser scope, time, or geographic area, or all of them, as a court of
competent jurisdiction may determine to be reasonable, not arbitrary, and
not
against public policy, will be effective, binding, and enforceable against
Employee.
(c) The
period of time applicable to any covenant in this
Section 8 will be extended by the duration of any violation by Employee of
such
covenant.
(d) Employee
will, while the covenant under this Section 8 is
in effect, give notice to Employer, within ten (10) days after accepting
any
other employment, of the identity of Employee’s employer. Employer may notify
such employer that Employee is bound by this Agreement and, at Employer’s
election, furnish such employer with a copy of this Agreement or relevant
portions thereof.
9. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
9.1 Injunctive
Relief and Additional Remedy. Employee
acknowledges that the injury that would be suffered by the Employer Group
as a
result of a breach of the provisions of this Agreement (including any provision
of Sections 7 and 8) would be irreparable and that an
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award
of monetary damages to the Employer Group for such a breach
would be an inadequate remedy. Consequently, Employer will have the right,
in
addition to any other rights it may have, to obtain injunctive relief to
restrain any breach or threatened breach or otherwise to specifically enforce
any provision of this Agreement, and Employer will not be obligated to post
bond
or other security in seeking such relief. Without limiting Employer’s rights
under this Section 9 or any other remedies of the Employer Group, if Employee
breaches any of the provisions of Section 7 or 8, Employer will have the
right
to cease making any payments otherwise due to Employee under this
Agreement.
9.2 Covenants
of Sections 7 and 8 are Essential and
Independent Covenants.
(a) The
covenants by Employee in Sections 7 and 8 are
essential elements of this Agreement, and without Employee’s agreement to comply
with such covenants, Employer would not have entered into this Agreement
or
employed or continued the employment of Employee. Employer and Employee have
independently consulted their respective counsel and have been advised in
all
respects concerning the reasonableness and propriety of such covenants, with
specific regard to the nature of the business conducted by the Employer
Group.
(b) Employee’s
covenants in Sections 7 and 8 are independent
covenants and the existence of any claim by Employee against the Employer
Group
under this Agreement or otherwise will not excuse Employee’s breach of any
covenant in Section 7 or 8.
(c) This
Agreement will continue in full force and effect
after termination of Employee’s employment as is necessary or appropriate to
enforce the covenants and agreements of Employee in Sections 7 and 8.
9.3 Representations
and Warranties by Employee.
(a) Employee
represents and warrants to Employer that the
execution and delivery by Employee of this Agreement do not, and the performance
by Employee of Employee’s obligations hereunder will not, with or without the
giving of notice or the passage of time, or both: (a) violate any
judgment,
writ, injunction, or order of any court, arbitrator, or governmental agency
applicable to Employee; or (b) conflict with, result in the breach
of any
provisions of or the termination of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement to which Employee is a party or by which Employee is or may be
bound,
including without limitation any agreement with Humana Inc.
(b) Employee
further represents and warrants that the
information contained in the [i] resume and [ii] completed Questionnaire
for
Prospective Officer heretofore furnished by Employee to Employer is true,
correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of his signature
of
this Agreement.
9.4 Waiver.
The rights and remedies of the parties to
this Agreement are cumulative and not alternative. Neither the failure nor
any
delay by either party in exercising any right, power, or privilege under
this
Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and
no
single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege will
preclude
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any
other or further exercise of such right, power, or privilege
or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, (a) no claim or right arising out of
this
Agreement can be discharged by one party, in whole or in part, by a waiver
or
renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other
party;
(b) no waiver that may be given by a party will be applicable except
in the
specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand
on
one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or
of
the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further action
without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement.
9.5 Binding
Effect; Delegation of Duties Prohibited.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon,
the
parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, and legal
representatives, including the other members of the Employer Group and any
entity with which any member of the Employer Group may merge or consolidate
or
to which all or substantially all of its assets may be transferred. The duties
and covenants of Employee under this Agreement, being personal, may not be
delegated or assigned.
9.6 Notices.
All notices, consents, waivers, and other
communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been duly given when (a) received by hand delivery to the addressee
wherever the addressee may be found, (b) received by the addressee
by
facsimile, provided that a copy is mailed by certified mail, return receipt
requested, to the applicable address below or (c) when received by
the
addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service
(receipt requested) at the applicable address below or at such other address
as
a party may designate by notice to the other party:
If to Employer:
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Citizens Financial Corporation
Suite
300
The
Marketplace
00000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
President
Facsimile
No.:
502/212-2671
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If to Employee: |
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
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9.7 Entire
Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement
contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral
or
written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
This Agreement may not be amended orally, but only by an agreement in writing
signed by the parties hereto.
9.8 Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by
the laws of the State of Kentucky without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.
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9.9 Jurisdiction.
Any action or proceeding seeking to
enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising out of, this Agreement
may be brought against either of the parties in the courts of the State of
Kentucky, County of Jefferson, or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction,
in the
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, and each
of
the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate
appellate courts) in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection
to
venue laid therein. Process in any action or proceeding referred to in the
preceding sentence may be served on either party anywhere in the world.
9.10 Section
Headings, Construction. The headings of
Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not
affect
its construction or interpretation. All references to “Section” or “paragraph”
or “Sections” or “paragraphs” refer to the corresponding parts of this Agreement
unless otherwise specified. All words used in this Agreement will be construed
to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise
expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the preceding words or
terms.
9.11 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement
is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction,
the
other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
Any
provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or
degree
will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or
unenforceable.
9.12 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original
copy of
this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to
constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this
Agreement as of the date above first written above.
CITIZENS
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
_/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Wells__________
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, President
__/s/
Xxxxx X. Knox_____________
XXXXX
X. XXXX