Exhibit 10.3
AGREEMENT
This Agreement, made and entered into as of this 28th day of October,
1998, by and between CITY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, a national banking
association (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
(hereinafter referred to as "Executive").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by the Company and/or its
parent corporation, CNB Bancorp, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Parent")
in various executive capacities for a period of 24 years, possesses intimate
knowledge of the business and affairs of the Parent and the Company, and has
acquired certain confidential information and data with respect to the Parent
and the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Parent and the Company desire to insure, insofar as
possible, that they will continue to have the benefit of the Executive's
services and to protect their confidential information and goodwill; and
WHEREAS, the Parent and the Company recognize that circumstances may
arise in which a Change of Control (as hereinafter defined) of the Parent or
the Company occurs thereby causing uncertainty of employment without regard
to the Executive's competence or past contributions, which uncertainty may
result in the loss of valuable services of the Executive to the detriment of
the Parent, the Company and their shareholders, and the Parent, the Company
and the Executive wish to provide reasonable security to the Executive
against changes in the Executive's relationship with the Parent and the
Company in the event of any such Change of Control; and
WHEREAS, the Parent, the Company and the Executive are desirous that a
proposal for any Change of Control will be considered by the Executive
objectively and with reference only to the business interests of the Company,
the Parent and its shareholders; and
WHEREAS, The Executive will be in a better position to consider the
Parent's and the Company's best interests if the Executive is afforded
reasonable security as provided in this Agreement, against altered conditions
of employment, which could result from any such Change of Control.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto mutually
covenant and agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) Act. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Act" means the
Securities Exchange Act of --- 1934.
(b) Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change of
Control" shall mean, a change in control of the Company or of the Parent
of a nature that would be required to be reported (if, in the case of
the Company, the Company were a reporting company) in response to Item
1(a) of a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Act, except that
any merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization in which the
owners of the capital stock entitled to vote in the election of
directors of the Parent or the Company ("Voting Stock") prior to said
combination, own 75% or more of the resulting entity's Voting Stock
shall not be considered a Change of Control for the purposes of this
Agreement; provided that, without limitation, such a Change of Control
shall be
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deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as that term in used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Act), other than a trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Company or the Parent, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as that term
is used in Section 13(d) of the Act), directly or indirectly, of 25% or
more of the Voting Stock of the Parent, the Company or their successors;
or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the
Parent or the Company (each an "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason
to constitute at least a majority thereof provided, however, that any
person becoming a director of the Parent or the Company after the
beginning of such period whose election was approved by a vote of at
least three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board
shall, for the purposes hereof, be considered as though he were a member
of the Incumbent Board; or (iii) there shall occur the sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Parent or the Company.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no Change of
Control shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement
by virtue of any transaction which results in the Executive, or a group
of persons which includes the Executive, acquiring, directly or
indirectly, more than 25 percent of the combined voting power of the
Parent's or the Company's outstanding securities.
(c) Person. For purposes of this Agreement, "Person" shall have the
meaning used in Section 3(a)(9) of the Act.
(d) Cause. "Cause" for termination by the Parent or the Company of
the Executive's employment after a Change of Control shall, for purposes
of this Agreement, be limited to:
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(i) The engaging by the Executive in willful misconduct which
results in demonstrable and serious injury to the Parent or the
Company, monetary or otherwise;
(ii) Conviction of a felony, as evidenced by binding and final
judgment, order, or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, in
effect after exhaustion or lapse of all right of appeal; and
(iii) Willful and continued failure by the Executive to
substantially perform the Executive's duties or responsibilities.
For purposes of this subsection (d), no act or failure to act on
the Executive's part shall be considered "willful" unless done or
omitted to be done by the Executive not in good faith and without
reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best
interest of the Parent and/or Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be deemed to have
been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to
the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of
not less than three-quarters of the entire membership of the Board of
Directors of the Parent or the Company at a meeting of the Board called and
held for the purpose (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an
opportunity for the Executive, together with his counsel, to be heard before
the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the
Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above and specifying the
particulars thereof in detail.
(e) Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive shall
have a "Good Reason" for termination of employment after a Change of Control
in the event of:
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(i) Any breach of this Agreement by the Parent or the Company;
(ii) The removal of the Executive from or any failure to
reelect the Executive to any of the positions with the Parent or
the Company held on the date of the Change of Control or any other
positions to which the Executive shall thereafter be elected or
assigned except in the event that such removal or failure to
reelect relates to the termination by the Parent or the Company of
the Executive's employment for Cause or by reason of disability;
(iii) A good-faith determination by the Executive, which
determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Parent and the
Company, that there has been a significant adverse change, without
the Executive's written consent, in working conditions or status,
including but not limited to (A) a significant change in the nature
or scope of the Executive's authority, powers, functions, duties or
responsibilities, or (B) a reduction in the level of support
services, staff, secretarial and other assistance, office space and
accoutrements available to a level below that which is reasonably
necessary for the performance of such duties;
(iv) a reduction in the Executive's base salary in effect
immediately prior to a Change of Control or as such base salary may
be increased from time to time thereafter; or the failure to
increase such base salary each year after a Change of Control by an
amount which at least equals, on a percentage basis, the mean
percentage increase in base salary for all officers of the Company
during the two full calendar years immediately preceding a Change
of Control;
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(v) a failure by the Company to continue its [Executive
Incentive Program], as the same may be amended or modified from
time to time but substantially in the form presently in effect
("Program"), or failure by the Company to continue the Executive as
a participant in the Program on at least the basis in effect
immediately preceding a Change of Control or to pay the Executive
any installment of a previous award or of deferred compensation, if
any, under the Program or any deferred compensation program in
effect in which the Executive participated immediately preceding a
Change of Control;
(vi) The Company requiring the Executive to be based anywhere
other than the office at which he was based ("Office") immediately
preceding the Change of Control except for required travel on
business to an extent substantially consistent with the business
travel obligations the Executive experienced immediately preceding
a Change of Control or, in the event the Executive consents to any
relocation of his Office, the failure by the Company to pay (or
reimburse the Executive for) all reasonable moving expenses
incurred by him relating to a change of his principal residence in
connection with such relocation and to indemnify him against any
loss (defined as the difference between the actual sales price of
such residence and the higher of (a) the Executive's aggregate
investment in such residence, or (b) the fair market value of such
residence as determined by a real estate appraiser designated by
the Executive and reasonably satisfactory to the Company) realized
in the sale of the Executive's principal residence in connection
with any such change of residence; or
(vii) the failure by the Parent or the Company to continue in
effect any benefit or compensation plan or arrangement, in which
the Executive
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is participating immediately preceding a Change of Control,
the taking of any action by the Parent or the Company not required
by law which would adversely affect the Executive's participation
in or materially reduce his benefits under any such plans or
deprive him of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by him at the
time of the Change of Control or the failure by the Parent or the
Company to provide the Executive with the number of paid vacation
days, holidays and personal days to which he is then entitled in
accordance with the leave policy in effect immediately preceding a
Change of Control.
(f) Code. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Code" means in
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(g) Employment Period. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Employment Period" means a period commencing on the date of a Change of
Control, and ending on the fifth anniversary of such date.
(h) Termination Date. For purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise provided in Section 8(b) hereof, the term "Termination Date"
means:
(i) If the Executive's employment is terminated by the
Executive's death, the date of death;
(ii) If the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of
voluntary early retirement, the agreed upon date of such early
retirement;
(iii) If the Executive's employment is terminated by reason of
disability, 60 days after the delivery of the Notice of Termination
unless the Executive shall, prior to the expiration of such period,
have returned to the performance of the Executive's duties on a
full-time basis;
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(iv) If the Executive's employment is terminated by the
Executive voluntarily other than for Good Reason the date specified
in the Notice of Termination; and
(v) If the Executive's employment is terminated by the Parent
or the Company other than by reason of disability, or by the
Executive for Good Reason, 60 days after the delivery of the Notice
of Termination; provided, that the conduct constituting Cause as
described by the Parent or the Company in its Notice of Termination
has not been cured by the Executive within such 60 day period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Termination Date shall be
delayed if, within any period referred to above following receipt
of a Notice of Termination the party receiving the Notice of
Termination notifies the other party in good faith that a dispute
exists concerning the termination, the Termination Date shall be
the earlier of the date on which the dispute is finally determined,
either by mutual written agreement of the parties, by a binding and
final arbitration award or by a final judgment, order or decree of
court of competent jurisdiction (with time for appeal therefrom
having expired and no appeal have been perfected) or the end of the
Employment Period.
2. Termination or Cancellation Prior to Xxxxx of Control. Except as
provided below, each of the Parent, the Company and the Executive shall
retain the right to terminate the employment of the Executive at any time
prior to a Change of Control. In addition and except as provided below, the
Parent or the Company, upon approval of its Board of Directors, may cancel
this Agreement, pursuant to written notice, at any time prior to a Change of
Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Parent nor the Company
shall have any right to terminate the employment of the Executive or cancel
this Agreement,
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and any such attempted termination or cancellation shall be
void and of no force and effect, if, within six (6) months prior to the
effective date of such termination or cancellation, representatives of the
Parent or Company have engaged in discussions with a person or organization
regarding a potential Change of Control and within twelve (12) months after
the effective date of such termination or cancellation there occurs a Change
of Control involving the person or organization with whom the prior
discussions were had.
3. Employment Period. If a Change of Control occurs when the Executive
is employed by the Parent or the Company, the Parent or the Company will
continue thereafter to employ the Executive and the Executive will remain in
the employ of the Parent or the Company, in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement, during the Employment Period.
4. Duties. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall, in the
same capacities and positions with the Parent and/or the Company held by the
Executive at the time of such Change of Control or in such other capacities
and positions with the Parent and/or the Company as may be agreed to by the
Parent and/or the Company and the Executive in writing, devote the
Executive's best efforts and all of the Executive's business time, attention
and skill to the business and affairs of the Parent and/or the Company, as
such business and affairs now exist and as they may hereafter be conducted.
5. Compensation. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be
compensated by the Parent or the Company as follows:
(a) The Executive shall receive, at such intervals and in
accordance with such standard policies as may be in effect on the date
of the Change of Control, an annual salary not less than the Executive's
aggregate
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annual salary as in effect as of the date of the Change of Control,
subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided;
(b) The Executive shall be reimbursed, as such intervals and in
accordance with such standard policies as may be in effect on the date
of the Change of Control, for any and all monies advanced in connection
with the Executive's employment for reasonable and necessary expenses
incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Parent or the Company,
including travel expenses;
(c) The Executive shall be included to the extent eligible
thereunder in any and all plans providing general benefits for the
employees of the Parent or the Company, including but not limited to,
group life insurance, hospitalization, disability, medical, pension, and
thrift and sharing plans and be provided any and all other benefits and
perquisites made available to other employees of comparable status and
position, at the expense of the Parent or the Company of a comparable
basis;
(d) The Executive shall receive annually not less than the amount
of paid vacation and not fewer than the number of paid holidays received
annually immediately prior to the Change of Control or such greater
amount of paid vacation and number of paid holidays as may be made
available annually to other employees of comparable status and position;
and
(e) The executive shall be included in all plans providing special
benefits to senior executives, including but not limited to profit
sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation,
supplemental pension, stock option, stock appreciation, and similar or
comparable plans extended by the Parent or the Company from time to time
to senior corporate officers, key employees and other employees of
comparable status.
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6. Annual Compensation Adjustments. During the Employment Period the
Board of Directors of the Company or any appropriate committee thereof will
consider and appraise, at least annually, the contributions of the Executive
to the operating efficiency, growth, production and profits of the Parent and
the Company, and in accordance with past practice, the Executive's
compensation rate shall be adjusted upward, at least annually by an amount
which at least equals, on a percentage basis, the mean percentage increase in
base salary for all officers of the Company during the two full calendar
years immediately preceding a Change of Control
7. Payments Upon Termination.
(a) Accrued Benefits. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Executive's Accrued Benefits shall include the following amounts,
payable as described herein:
(i) All salary earned or accrued through the Termination Date;
(ii) Reimbursement for any and all monies advanced in
connection with the Executive's employment for reasonable and
necessary expenses incurred by the Executive through the
Termination Date;
(iii) Any and all other cash benefits previously earned
through the Termination Date and deferred at the election of the
Executive or pursuant to any deferred compensation plans then in
effect;
(iv) A lump-sum payment of the bonus or incentive compensation
otherwise payable to the Executive with respect to the year in
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which termination occurs under any bonus or incentive
compensation plan or plans in which the Executive is a participant;
and
(v) All other payments and benefits to which the Executive may
be entitled under the terms of any benefit plan of the Company.
Payment of amounts other than those described in Subsection (iv)
and (v) hereof shall be made within 10 days after the Termination
Date. Payment of amounts under Subsection (iv) hereof shall be made
within 10 days after determination of the amount of such bonus in
accordance with such plan or plans. Payment of amounts under
Subsection (v) hereof shall be made promptly pursuant to the terms
of any such benefit plan;
(b) Termination Payments. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Executive's Termination Payments shall include the following amounts
payable as described herein:
(i) An amount equal to the product of (A) the Executive's
annual salary from the Parent and/or the Company, as in effect on
the date of the Change of Control as adjusted upward, from time to
time, pursuant to Section 6 hereof ("Annual Salary") plus (B) the
highest incentive compensation earned by the Executive during the
twenty-four (24) months ended on the Termination Date, times (C)
the lesser of three or the number of years (rounded to the nearest
one-twelfth) remaining in the Employment Period, provided, however,
that such amount shall not be less than the Executive's Annual
Salary. Such amount shall be payable in a lump sum within 14 days
of the applicable Termination Date hereunder.
(ii) In the event that any payments made to the Executive
under this Agreement or otherwise (the "Payments") are subject to
the excise tax
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imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the "Excise Tax"), then
the Company shall pay the Executive an additional amount ("Gross
Up") such that the net amount retained by the Executive after
deduction of any Excise Tax on the Payments and any Federal and
State income taxes and Excise Tax upon the Payments shall be equal
to the Payments. For purposes of determining the amount of the
Gross Up, the Executive shall be deemed to pay Federal, State and
local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the
calendar year in which the Payment is to be made. State and local
income taxes shall be determined based upon the state and locality
of the Executive's domicile on the Termination Date. The
determination of whether such Excise Tax is payable and the amount
thereof shall be based upon the opinion of tax counsel selected by
the Company and acceptable to the Executive. If such opinion is not
finally accepted by the Internal Revenue Service upon audit, then
appropriate adjustments shall be computed (without interest but
with Gross Up, if applicable) by such tax counsel based upon the
final amount of the Excise Tax so determined. The amount shall be
paid by the appropriate party in one lump sum within 30 days of
such computation; and
(iii) All relocation and indemnity payments (as set forth in
Section 1(e)(vi) hereof) if the Executive moves his principal
residence more than 50 miles within one year from the Termination
Date. 8. Death.
(a) If the Executive shall die during the Employment Period but
prior to the delivery of a Notice of Termination either (i) by the
Company (other than by reason of disability) or (ii) by the Executive
for Good Reason, the Executive's employment shall terminate and the
Executive's estate, heirs, and beneficiaries shall receive all the
Executive's Accrued Benefits through the
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Termination Date and, in addition, all benefits available to them
under the benefit plans of the Parent and the Company as in effect on
the Termination Date.
(b) If the Executive shall die during the Employment Period, but
after delivery of a Notice of Termination either (i) by the Company
(other than by reason of disability) or (ii) by the Executive for Good
Reason, the Executive's employment shall terminate on the date of death
and the Executive's estate, heirs and beneficiaries shall be entitled to
the benefits described in Section 8(a) hereof and, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, to the payments described in Section 7(b)
hereof as the Executive would have been entitled to had the executive
lived.
9. Retirement. If, during the Employment Period, the Executive and the
Company shall execute an agreement providing for the early retirement of the
Executive from the Parent and the Company, or the Executive shall otherwise
voluntarily choose to retire early from the Parent and the Company, the
Executive shall receive Accrued Benefits through the Termination Date.
10. Termination for Disability. If, during the Employment Period, as a
result of the Executive's disability due to physical or mental illness, the
Executive shall have been absent from the Executive's duties hereunder on a
full-time basis for four consecutive months, and within 60 days after the
Company notified the Executive in writing that it intends to terminate the
Executive's employment, the Executive shall not have returned to the
performance of the Executive's duties hereunder on a full-time basis, the
Company may terminate the Executive's employment pursuant to the procedure
set forth in Section 13 hereof. During the term of the Executive's disability
prior to termination, the
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Executive shall continue to receive all salary and
benefits payable under Section 5 hereof, including participation in all
employee benefit plans and programs in which the Executive was entitled to
participate immediately prior to the disability provided that the Executive's
continued participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of
such plans and programs. In the event that the Executive's participation in
any such plan or program is barred as the result of such disability, the
Executive shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the annual
contributions, payments, credits or allocations which would have been paid by
the Parent and the Company to the Executive, to the Executive's account or on
the Executive's behalf under such plans and programs from which the
Executive's continued participation is barred. In the event the Executive's
employment is terminated on account of the Executive's disability in
accordance with this section, the Executive shall receive any Accrued
Benefits in accordance with Section 7(a) hereof and shall remain eligible for
all benefits provided by any long-term disability programs of the Parent
and/or the Company in effect at the time of such termination.
11. Termination Not Giving Rise to Termination Payments. If, during the
Employment Period, the Executive's employment is terminated for Cause, or if
the Executive voluntarily terminates the Executive's employment other than
for Good Reason, any such termination to be subject to the procedures set
forth in Section 13 hereof, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive
only Accrued Benefits pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof.
12. Termination Giving Rise to Termination Payments.
a) If, during the Employment Period, the Executive's employment is
terminated by the Executive for Good Reason or by the Company,
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other than by reason of death or disability or Cause, any such
termination to be subject to the procedures set forth in Section 13
hereof, then the Executive shall be entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 7 hereof, Accrued Benefits and the Termination Payments.
(b) If, at any time following the Employment Period while the
Executive is employed by the Company, the Executive's employment is
terminated by the Company other than by reason of death or Cause or by
reason of the Executive's disability due to physical or mental illness
resulting in the Executive's absence from duty on a full-time basis for
a period of four consecutive months, then the Executive shall be
entitled to receive, pursuant to Section 7 hereof, Accrued Benefits and
the Termination Payments.
13. Termination Notice and Procedure. Any termination by the Company, or
by the Executive, of the Executive's employment during the Employment Period
shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the Executive if
such Notice is delivered by the Company if such Notice is delivered by the
Executive, all in accordance with the following procedures:
(a) The Notice of Termination shall indicate the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth
the reasonable detail the facts and circumstances alleged to provide a
basis for termination.
(b) Any Notice of Termination by the Company shall be approved by a
resolution duly adopted by 75% of the directors of such entity (or any
successor corporation) then in office, specifying in detail the basis
for such termination.
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(c) Except as provided in Section 10 hereof with respect to
termination of employment due to disability, the Executive shall have 60
days or such longer period as the Company may determine to be
appropriate, to cure any conduct or act, if curable, alleged to provide
grounds for termination of the Executive's employment under this
Agreement.
14. Obligations of the Executive.
(a) Competition. The Executive agrees that if, during or following
the Employment Period, the Executive's employment is terminated in a
manner such that the Executive will or has received Termination
Payments, the Executive shall not, for a period commencing on the
Termination Date and ending after the lesser of three years or the
number of years remaining in the Employment Period (rounded to the
nearest one-twelfth), but in no event for a period of less than one
year, either directly or indirectly as agent, stockholder, employee,
officer, director, trustee, partner, proprietor or otherwise (except as
the holder of no more than 5% of the stock of a publicly held company),
engage in, render advice or assistance to (other than on behalf of the
Parent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries) or be employed by any
person, firm or entity engaged in direct competition with the Parent,
the Company or any of their Subsidiaries within a 50 mile radius of
Gloversville, New York.
(b) Confidential Information. During the Executive's employment by
the Parent and the Company, the Executive shall hold in confidence and
not directly or indirectly disclose or use or copy or make lists of any
confidential information or proprietary data of the Parent or the
Company, except to the extent authorized in writing by the Board of
Directors of the Company or required by any court or administrative
agency, other than to an employee of the
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Parent, the Company, any of their Subsidiaries, or a person to whom
disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with the
performance by the Executive of duties as an executive of the Parent
and/or the Company. Confidential Information shall not include any
information known generally to the public or any information of a type
not otherwise considered confidential by persons engaged in the same
business or a business similar to that of the Parent or the Company. All
records, files, documents and materials or copies thereof, relating to
the Parent or the Company's business, which the Executive shall prepare,
or use, or come into contact with, shall be and remain the sole property
of the Parent or the Company, and shall be promptly returned to the
Parent or the Company upon termination of employment with the Parent or
the Company.
15. Expenses and Interest. If, after a Change of Control the Executive
is entitled to Termination Payments hereunder, the Company shall also pay all
legal fees and expenses incurred by the Executive as a result of such
termination (including all such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in
contesting or disputing any such termination or in seeking to obtain or
enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in connection with
any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable to the application of
Section 4999 of the Code to any payment or benefit hereunder). Reimbursement
of such legal fees and expenses shall be made on a regular and periodic basis
by the Company upon the Executive's presentation to the Company of a
statement of such fees and expenses prepared by his counsel under standard
and customary methods. The Executive shall also be entitled to receive from
the Company prejudgment interest on any money judgment obtained by the
Executive calculated at the rate
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of interest announced by the Company from time to time as its prime rate
from the date that payments to him should have been made under this
Agreement.
16. Payment Obligations Absolute. The Company's obligation during and
after the Employment Period to pay or cause to be paid to the Executive the
compensation and to make the arrangements provided herein shall be absolute
and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including,
without limitation, any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which the Parent or the Company may have against him or anyone else.
All amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or
demand. Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final
and the Company will not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from
the Executive or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reason
whatsoever. The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any
payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment or
otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in
this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by him or benefits,
including retirement benefits, provided to him as the result of employment by
another employer after the Termination Date or otherwise.
17. Successors.
(a) If the Parent or the Company sells, assigns, or transfers all
or substantially all of the business and assets to any person, excluding
affiliates of the Parent or the Company, or if the Parent or the Company
merges into or consolidates or otherwise combines with any person which
is a continuing or successor entity, then the Company shall assign all
of its right, title and interest in this Agreement as of the Date of
such event to the person which is either the
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acquiring or successor corporation, and such person(s) shall assume
and perform from and after the date of such assignment all of the terms,
condition and provision imposed by this Agreement upon the Company. In
case of such assignment by the Company and of assumption and agreement
by such person(s), all further rights as well as all other obligations
of the Company under this Agreement thenceforth shall cease and
terminate and thereafter the expression "the Company" wherever used
herein shall be deemed to mean such person(s).
(b) This Agreement and all rights of the Executive shall inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive's personal or legal
representatives, estates, executors, administrators, heirs and
beneficiaries. All amounts payable to the Executive under section 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12 hereof if the Executive had lived shall be paid, in the
event of the Executive's death, to the Executive's estate, heirs and
representatives. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, be
binding upon and be enforceable by, any successor, surviving or
resulting corporation or other entity to which all or substantially all
of the Company's business and assets shall be transferred. This
Agreement shall not be terminated by the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution of the Company.
18. Enforcement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be regarded as
divisible, and if any of said provisions or any part hereof are declared
invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity
and enforceability of the remainder of such provisions or parts hereof and
the applicability thereof shall not be affected thereby.
19. Amendment. At any time prior to a Change of Control, the Company,
upon approval of its Board of Directors, may amend this Agreement, pursuant
to written notice to the Executive. This Agreement may not be
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amended or modified at any time after a Change of Control except by
written instrument executed by the Company and the Executive.
20. Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from amounts
to be paid to the Executive hereunder any federal, state or local withholding
or other taxes or charges which it is from time to time required to withhold.
The Company shall be entitled to rely on an opinion of counsel if any
question as to the amount or requirement of any such withholding shall arise.
21. Venue; Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations
hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York. Any action concerning this Agreement shall be brought
in the state courts located in Xxxxxx County or the United States District
Court for the Northern District of New York, and each party consents to the
venue and jurisdiction of such courts.
22. Notice. Notices given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given when received and if mailed, shall be mailed by
United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
addressee only, postage prepaid, if to the Company, to:
City National Bank and Trust Company
00-00 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Or if to the Executive, at the address set forth below the Executive's
signature line of this Agreement, or to such other address as the party to be
notified shall have given to the other.
23. No Waiver. No waiver by either party at any time of any breach by
the other party of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this
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Agreement to be performed by the other party shall be deemed a waiver of
similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same time or any prior
or subsequent time.
24. Headings. The headings herein contained are for reference only and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this
Agreement.
25. Entire Agreement. This Agreement expresses the entire agreement of
the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first written above.
CITY NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
_________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
_________________________________
XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
00
XXXXX XX XXX XXXX )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On October 28, 1998, before me personally appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, to
me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides in
Gloversville, New York; that he is the Executive Vice President of City
National Bank and Trust Company, the corporation described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said
corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
_________________________________
Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF XXXXXX )
On October 28, 1998, before me, the subscriber, personally appeared
XXXXXXX X. XXXXX, to me known and known to me to be the same person described
in and who executed the within instrument and he acknowledge to me that he
executed the same.
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
_________________________________
Notary Public
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