Exhibit 6(c)(4)
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MIFFLINTOWN
SALARY CONTINUATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made this 18th day of September, 1997, by and between THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MIFFLINTOWN, a national banking association located in
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania (the "Company") and XXXXXXX XXXXXX (the "Executive").
INTRODUCTION
To encourage the Executive to remain an employee of the Company, the
Company is willing to provide salary continuation benefits to the Executive. The
Company will pay the benefits from its general assets.
AGREEMENT
The Executive and the Company agree as follows:
Article I
Definitions
1.1 Definitions. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings specified:
1.1.1 "Change of Control" shall mean any of the following:
(A) any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"),
other than the Corporation, a subsidiary of the Corporation, an
employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or a
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation, or affiliates of the
Corporation (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), becomes
the beneficial owner (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Corporation representing more than 20% of the combined voting power
of the Corporation's then outstanding securities or announces a tender
offer or exchange offer for securities of the Corporation representing
more than 20% of the combined voting power of the Corporation's then
outstanding securities; or
(B) the occurrence of, or execution of an agreement providing
for, a reorganization, merger, consolidation or other similar
transaction or connected series of transactions of the Corporation as
a result of which either (a) the Corporation does not survive or (b)
pursuant to which shares of the Corporation common stock ("Common
Stock") would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, unless, in case of
either (a) or (b), the holders of Corporation Common Stock immediately
prior to such transaction will, following the consummation of the
transaction, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50%
of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the
corporation surviving, continuing or resulting from such transaction;
or
(C) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or the
Company or the occurrence of, or execution of an agreement providing
for, a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation or the Company to an entity which is not a direct or
indirect subsidiary of the Corporation; or
(D) the occurrence of, or execution of an agreement providing
for, a reorganization, merger, consolidation, or similar transaction
of the Corporation, or before any connected series of such
transactions, if, upon consummation of such transaction or
transactions, the persons who are members of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation immediately before such transaction or transactions
cease or, in the case of the execution of an agreement for such
transaction or transactions, it is contemplated in such agreement that
upon consummation such persons would cease, to constitute a majority
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or, in a case where the
Corporation does not survive in such transaction, of the corporation
surviving, continuing or resulting from such transaction or
transactions; or
(E) any other event which is at any time designated as a "Change
of Control" for purposes of this Agreement by a resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation with the affirmative vote of
a majority of the non-employee directors in office at the time the
resolution is adopted; in the event any such resolution is adopted,
the Change of Control event specified thereby shall be deemed
incorporated herein by reference and thereafter may not be amended,
modified or revoked without the written agreement of Executive.
Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, if (i) an agreement is executed by the Corporation or the
Company providing for any of the transactions or events constituting a
Change of Control pursuant to this Section 1.1.1, and the agreement
subsequently expires or is terminated without the transaction or event
being consummated, and (ii) Executive's employment has not terminated
prior to such expiration or termination, for purposes of this
Agreement it shall be as though such agreement was never executed and
no Change of Control event shall be deemed to have occurred as a
result of the execution of such agreement.
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1.1.2 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.1.3 "Corporation" means First Community Financial Corporation.
1.1.4 "Death Benefit" means the benefit provided to the Executive's
designated beneficiary pursuant to Article 3 hereof.
1.1.5 "Disability" means the Executive suffering a sickness, accident
or injury which, in the judgment of a physician satisfactory to the
Company, prevents the Executive from performing substantially all of the
Executive's normal duties for the Company. As a condition to any benefits,
the Company may require the Executive to submit to such physical or mental
evaluations and tests as the Company's Board of Directors deems
appropriate.
1.1.6 "Disability Benefit" means the benefit provided to Executive
pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof.
1.1.7 "Early Retirement Age" means the later of the Executive's
55/th/ birthday or the date upon which the Executive has completed 15 Years
of Service with the Company.
1.1.8 "Early Termination" means the Termination of Employment before
Normal Retirement Age for reasons other than death, Disability, Termination
for Cause or following a Change of Control.
1.1.9 "Early Termination Benefit" means the benefit provided to
Executive pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof.
1.1.10 "Early Termination Date" means the date of the Executive's
Early Termination.
1.1.11 "Normal Retirement Benefit" means the benefit provided to
Executive pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
1.1.12 "Normal Retirement Age" means the Executive's 65`" birthday.
1.1.13 "Normal Retirement Date" means the first day of the month
following the date on which the Executive's Termination of Employment
occurs following his attainment of Normal Retirement Age for reasons other
than death or disability.
1.1.14 "Plan Year" means a twelve-month period commencing on January
1 and ending on December 31 of each year. The initial Plan Year shall
commence January 1, 1997.
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1.1.15 "Termination for Cause" means a termination as set forth in
Section 5.2.
1.1.16 "Termination of Employment" means that the Executive ceases to
be employed by the Company for any reason whatsoever other than by reason
of a leave of absence which is approved by the Company.
1.1.17 "Year of Service" means being in the employment of the Company
for the entire Plan Year.
Article 2
Lifetime Benefits
2.1 Normal Retirement Benefit. Subject to the general limitations of
Article 5, commencing on the Executive's Normal Retirement Date, the Company
shall pay to the Executive an annual benefit described in this Section 2.1 in
lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement.
2.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The first year annual Normal Retirement
Benefit to be paid to Executive under this Section 2.1 shall be $20,000
(twenty thousand dollars). The Company may increase the annual benefit
under this Section 2.1 at the sole and absolute discretion of the Company's
Board of Directors. Any increase in the annual benefit shall require the
recalculation of all the amounts on Schedule A attached hereto.
2.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the annual Normal
Retirement Benefit to the Executive in 12 equal monthly installments. The
annual Normal Retirement Benefit shall be paid to Executive for a term of
fifteen (15) years.
2.2 Early Termination Benefit. Subject to the general limitations of
Article 5, in the event of Executive's Early Termination, the Company shall pay
to the Executive an annual Early Termination Benefit described in this Section
2.2 in lieu of any other benefit under this Agreement. If Executive's
employment should terminate for any reason, other than death or Disability or
following a Change of Control, before he has attained Early Retirement Age,
Executive shall not be entitled to the payment of any benefits under this
Agreement and this Agreement shall be considered terminated and have no further
force and effect.
2.2.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual Early Termination Benefit to be
paid to Executive under this Section 2.2 shall be the benefit amount set
forth in Schedule A, Column B for the Plan Year ending immediately prior to
the Executive's Early Termination Date.
2.2.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the annual Early
Termination Benefit to the Executive in 12 equal monthly installments. The
Early Termination Benefit shall commence on the first day of the month
following the date the Executive attains Normal Retirement Age. The annual
Early Termination Benefit shall be paid to Executive for a term of fifteen
(15) years.
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2.3 Disability Benefit. If the Executive's employment with the Company
terminates prior to Normal Retirement Age due to Disability, the Company shall
pay to the Executive the benefit described in this Section 2.3 in lieu of any
other benefit under this Agreement.
2.3.1 Amount of Benefit. The Disability Benefit to be paid to
Executive pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be a lump sum amount equal to
the Accrued Benefit set forth in Schedule A, Column A, for the Plan Year
ending immediately prior to the date in which the Executive's employment
terminates due to Disability.
2.3.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the benefit to the
Executive in a lump sum within 90 days after the date of the Executive's
termination of employment due to Disability.
2.4 Change of Control Benefit. If the Executive's employment should
voluntarily or involuntarily terminate for any reason, other than a Termination
for Cause, at any time after a Change of Control the Company shall pay to the
Executive the following benefit in lieu of any other benefit under this
Agreement.
2.4.1 Termination Prior to Early Retirement Age. If Executive's
employment should terminate as set forth in Section 2.4 above, at any time
following a Change of Control up to the date of this Early Retirement Age,
a Change of Control Benefit shall be paid by the Company to Executive in an
amount equal to the Accrued Benefit set forth in Schedule A, Column A for
the Plan Year ending immediately prior to the date in which Executive's
employment terminates.
2.4.2 Payment of Benefit Pursuant to Section 2.4.1. The Company
shall pay the Change of Control benefit to Executive in two (2) equal
installments, the first installment to be paid on the first day of the
month following Executive's termination and the second installment payment
to be paid on the twelfth month anniversary of the first payment
2.4.3 Termination Following Early Retirement Age. If Executive's
employment should terminate, as set forth in Section 2.4 above, at any time
following a Change of Control and after the Executive has attained his
Early Retirement Age but before he has attained his Normal Retirement Age,
the Company shall pay to the Executive an Immediate Annual Benefit in lieu
of the Early Termination Benefit which would otherwise be paid to Executive
as set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.
2.4.4 Amount of Benefit. The Immediate Annual Benefit to be paid
hereunder, shall be the annual benefit amount set forth in Schedule A,
Column C for the Plan Year ending immediately prior to the Executive's
termination of employment following a Change of Control.
2.4.5 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the Immediate Annual
Benefit to the Executive in 12 equal monthly installments. The Immediate
Annual Benefit shall commence on the first day of the month following
Executive's termination
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of employment. The Immediate Annual Benefit shall be paid to the Executive
for a term of fifteen (15) years.
Article 3
Death Benefits
3.1 Death During Active Service. If the Executive dies while in the active
service of the Company, the Company shall pay to the Executive's beneficiary a
Death Benefit as described in this Section 3.1. This Death Benefit shall be paid
in lieu of the payment of benefits to Executive under Article 2.
3.1.1 Amount of Benefit. The annual Death Benefit to be paid to the
Executive's designated beneficiary under this Section 3.1 shall be an
amount equal to the annual Normal Retirement Benefit set forth in Section
2.1.1, subject to annual benefit adjustments as set forth in Section 2.1.1
hereof.
3.1.2 Payment of Benefit. The Company shall pay the annual Death
Benefit to the Executive's designated beneficiary in 12 equal monthly
installments. The annual Death Benefit shall commence on the first day of
the month following the Executive's death. The Death Benefit shall be paid
to Executive's beneficiary for a guaranteed fifteen (15) year term.
3.2 Death During Benefit Period. If the Executive dies after benefit
payments have commenced under this Agreement but before receiving all such
payments, the Company shall pay the remaining benefits to the Executive's
beneficiary for the remaining term at the same time and in the same amounts they
would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive survived.
3.3 Death Following Termination of Employment But Before Benefits
Commence. If the Executive is entitled to benefits under this Agreement, but
dies prior to receiving said benefits, the Company shall pay to the Executive's
beneficiary the same benefits, over the same period of time and in the same
manner they would have been paid to the Executive had the Executive survived,
provided however, said benefit payments will commence on the first day of the
month following Executive's death.
Article 4
Beneficiaries
4.1 Beneficiary Designations. The Executive shall designate a beneficiary
by filing a written beneficiary designation with the Company. The Executive may
revoke or modify the designation at any time by filing a new designation.
However, designations will only be effective if signed by the Executive and
accepted by the Company during the Executive's lifetime. The Executive's
beneficiary designation shall be deemed automatically revoked if the beneficiary
predeceases the Executive, or if the Executive names a spouse as beneficiary and
the marriage is
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subsequently dissolved. If the Executive dies without a valid beneficiary
designation, all payments or remaining payments shall be made to the Executive's
estate.
4.2 Facility of Payment. If a benefit is payable to a minor, to a person
declared incapacitated, or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of
his or her property, the Company may pay such benefit to the guardian, legal
representative or person having the care or custody of such minor, incapacitated
person or incapable person. The Company may require proof of incapacity,
minority or guardianship as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the
benefit. Such distribution shall completely discharge the Company from all
liability with respect to such benefit.
Article 5
General Limitations
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company shall not pay any benefit under this Agreement pursuant to the
following:
5.1 Excess Parachute Payment. To the extent the benefit would be an excess
parachute payment under Section 2806 of the Code.
5.2 Termination for Cause. If the Company terminates the Executive's
employment for:
5.2.1 Gross negligence or gross neglect of duties;
5.2.2 Commission of a felony or of a gross misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude; or
5.2.3 Fraud, disloyalty, dishonesty or willful violation of any law
or significant Company policy committed in connection with the Executive's
employment and resulting in an adverse effect on the Company.
5.3 Competition After Termination of Employment. No benefits shall
continue to be paid or shall be payable and Executive shall forfeit any right to
benefits if the Executive, without the prior written consent of the Company,
engages in, becomes interested in, directly or indirectly, as a sole proprietor,
as a partner in a partnership, or as a substantial shareholder in a corporation,
or becomes associated with, in the capacity of employee, director, officer,
principal, agent, trustee or in any other capacity whatsoever, any enterprise
conducted in the trading area (a 50 mile radius) of the business of the Company,
which enterprise is, or may deemed to be, competitive with any business carried
on by the Company. This section 5.3 shall not apply following a Change of
Control.
5.4 Suicide or Misstatement. No benefits shall be payable if the Executive
commits suicide within two years after the date of this Agreement, or if the
Executive has made any material misstatement of fact on any application for life
insurance purchased by the Company.
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Article 6
Claims and Review Procedures
6.1 Claims Procedure. The Company shall notify any person or entity that
makes a claim against the Agreement (the "Claimant") in writing, within ninety
(90) days of Claimant's written application for benefits, of his or her
eligibility or noneligibility for benefits under the Agreement. If the Company
determines that the Claimant is not eligible for benefits or full benefits, the
notice shall set forth (1) the specific reasons for such denial, (2) a specific
reference to the provisions of the Agreement on which the denial is based, (3) a
description of any additional information or material necessary for the Claimant
to perfect his or her claim, and a description of why it is needed, and (4) an
explanation of the Agreement's claims review procedure and other appropriate
information as to the steps to be taken if the Claimant wishes to have the claim
reviewed. If the Company determines that there are special circumstances
requiring additional time to make a decision, the Company shall notify the
Claimant of the special circumstances and the date by which a decision is
expected to be made, and may extend the time for up to an additional ninety-day
period.
6.2 Review Procedure. If the Claimant is determined by the Company not to
be eligible for benefits, or if the Claimant believes that he or she is entitled
to greater or different benefits, the Claimant shall have the opportunity to
have such claim reviewed by the Company by filing a petition for review with the
Company within sixty (60) days after receipt of the notice issued by the
Company. Said petition shall state the specific reasons which the Claimant
believes entitle him or her to benefits or to greater or different benefits.
Within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the petition, the Company
shall afford the Claimant (and counsel, if any) an opportunity to present his or
her position to the Company orally or in writing, and the Claimant (or counsel)
shall have the right to review the pertinent documents. The Company shall notify
the Claimant of its decision in writing within the sixty-day period, stating
specifically the basis of its decision, written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant and the specific provisions of the Agreement on which
the decision is based. If, because of the need for a hearing, the sixty-day
period is not sufficient, the decision may be deferred for up to another sixty-
day period at the election of the Company, but notice of this deferral shall be
given to the Claimant.
Article 7
Amendments and Termination
This Agreement may be amended or terminated only by a written agreement
signed by the Company and the Executive.
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Article 8
Miscellaneous
8.1 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall bind the Executive and the
Company, and their respective beneficiaries, survivors, executors, successors,
administrators and transferees.
8.2 No Guarantee of Employment. This Agreement is not an employment policy
or contract. It does not give the Executive the right to remain an employee of
the Company, nor does it interfere with the Company's right to discharge the
Executive. It also does not require the Executive to remain an employee nor
interfere with the Executive's right to terminate employment at any time.
8.3 Non-Transferability. Benefits under this Agreement cannot be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, attached or encumbered in any manner.
8.4 Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold any taxes that are
required to be withheld from the benefits provided under this Agreement.
8.5 Applicable Law. The Agreement and all rights hereunder shall be
governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except to the extent
preempted by the laws of the United States of America.
8.6 Unfunded Arrangement. The Executive and his/her designated beneficiary
are general unsecured creditors of the Company for the payment of benefits under
this Agreement. The benefits represent the mere promise by the Company to pay
such benefits. The rights to benefits are not subject in any manner to
anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance,
attachment, or garnishment by creditors. Any insurance on the Executive's life
is a general asset of the Company to which the Executive and beneficiary have no
preferred or secured claim.
8.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the Company and the Executive as to the subject matter hereof. No rights
are granted to the Executive by virtue of this Agreement other than those
specifically set forth herein.
8.8 Administration. The Company shall have powers which are necessary to
administer this Agreement, including but not limited to:
8.8.1 Interpreting the provisions of the Agreement;
8.8.2 Establishing and revising the method of accounting for the
Agreement;
8.8.3 Maintaining a record of benefit payments; and
8.8.4 Establishing rules and prescribing any forms necessary or
desirable to administer the Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and a duly authorized Company officer
have signed this Agreement.
EXECUTIVE: COMPANY:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
MIFFLINTOWN
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Chairman of the Board
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By execution hereof, First Community Financial Corporation consents and
agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ATTEST: CORPORATION:
FIRST COMMUNITY FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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(Assistant) Secretary Title: Chairman of the Board
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