Exhibit 10.3
FORM OF
RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made effective as of _______________,
1997 by and among Richmond County Savings Bank (the "Institution"), a state
chartered savings institution, with its principal administrative office at 1214
Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, New York, 10310, Richmond County Financial
Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, the
holding company for the Institution (the "Holding Company"), and ______________
("Executive").
WHEREAS, the Institution wishes to assure itself of the services of
Executive for the period provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Executive is willing to serve in the employ of the Institution
on a full-time basis for said period.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, and upon the other terms and conditions hereinafter provided, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
1. POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
During the period of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to
serve as [TITLE] of the Institution. Executive shall render administrative and
management services to the Institution such as are customarily performed by
persons situated in a similar executive capacity. During said period, Executive
also agrees to serve, if elected, as an officer and director of the Holding
Company or any subsidiary of the Institution.
2. TERMS AND DUTIES.
(a) The period of Executive's employment under this Agreement shall be
deemed to have commenced as of the date first above written and shall continue
for a period of thirty-six (36) full calendar months thereafter. Commencing on
the effective date of this Agreement, the term of this Agreement shall be
extended for one day each day until such time as the disinterested members of
the board of directors of the Institution ("Board") or Executive elects not to
extend the term of this Agreement by giving written notice in accordance with
Section 8 of this Agreement. The Board will review the Agreement and Executive's
performance annually for purposes of determining whether to extend the Agreement
and the rationale and results thereof shall be included in the minutes of the
Board's meeting. The Board shall give notice to the Executive as soon as
possible after such review as to whether the Agreement is to be extended.
(b) During the period of Executive's employment hereunder, except for
periods of absence occasioned by illness, reasonable vacation periods, and
reasonable leaves of absence, Executive shall devote substantially all his
business time, attention, skill, and efforts to the faithful performance of his
duties hereunder including activities and services related to the organization,
operation and management of the Institution and participation in community and
civic organizations; provided, however, that, with the approval of the Board, as
evidenced by a resolution of such Board, from time to time, Executive may serve,
or continue to serve, on the boards of directors of, and hold any other offices
or positions in, companies or organizations, which, in such Board's judgment,
will not present any conflict of interest with the Institution, or materially
affect the performance of Executive's duties pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Executive's
employment with the Institution may be terminated by the Institution or the
Executive during the term of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement.
3. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) The Institution shall pay Executive as compensation a salary of
$___________ per year ("Base Salary"). Base Salary shall include any amounts of
compensation deferred by Executive under any qualified or unqualified plan
maintained by the Institution. Such Base Salary shall be payable bi-weekly.
During the period of this Agreement, Executive's Base Salary shall be reviewed
at least annually; the first such review will be made no later than one year
from the date of this Agreement. Such review shall be conducted by the Board or
by a Committee of the Board, delegated such responsibility by the Board. The
Committee or the Board may increase Executive's Base Salary. Any increase in
Base Salary shall become the "Base Salary" for purposes of this Agreement. In
addition to the Base Salary provided in this Section 3(a), the Institution shall
also provide Executive, at no premium cost to Executive, with all such other
benefits as are provided uniformly to full-time employees of the Institution.
(b) The Executive shall be entitled to participate in any employee
benefit plans, arrangements and perquisites substantially equivalent to those in
which Executive was participating or otherwise deriving benefit from immediately
prior to the beginning of the term of this Agreement, and the Institution will
not, without Executive's prior written consent, make any changes in such plans,
arrangements or perquisites which would materially adversely affect Executive's
rights or benefits thereunder; except to the extent such changes are made
applicable to all Institution employees on a non-discriminatory basis. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Subsection (b),
Executive shall be entitled to participate in or receive benefits under any
employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, retirement plans,
supplemental retirement plans, pension plans, profit-sharing plans, stock or
option plans, health-and-accident plans, medical coverage or any other employee
benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Institution in the future to
its senior executives and key management employees, subject to and on a basis
consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans
and arrangements. Executive shall be entitled to incentive compensation and
bonuses as provided in any plan or arrangement of the Institution in which
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Executive is eligible to participate. Nothing paid to the Executive under any
such plan or arrangement will be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to
which the Executive is entitled under this Agreement.
(c) In addition to the Base Salary provided for by paragraph (a) of
this Section 3 and other compensation provided for by paragraph (b) of this
Section 3, the Institution shall pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable
travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by Executive performing his
obligations under this Agreement and may provide such additional compensation in
such form and such amounts as the Board may from time to time determine.
4. PAYMENTS TO EXECUTIVE UPON AN EVENT OF TERMINATION.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination (as herein defined)
during the Executive's term of employment under this Agreement, the provisions
of this Section shall apply. As used in this Agreement, an "Event of
Termination" shall mean and include any one or more of the following: (i) the
termination by the Institution or the Holding Company of Executive's full-time
employment hereunder for any reason other than a termination governed by Section
5(a) hereof or Termination for Cause, as defined in Section 7 hereof; (ii)
Executive's resignation from the Institution's employ upon any of the following:
(A) unless consented to by the Executive, failure to elect or reelect or to
appoint or reappoint Executive as [TITLE] or failure to nominate or re-nominate
Executive as a Director of the Institution or Holding Company to the extent
Executive was serving as a Director as of the effective date of this Agreement,
(B) a material change in Executive's function, duties, or responsibilities,
which change would cause Executive's position to become one of lesser
responsibility, importance, or scope from the position and attributes thereof
described in Section 1, above, unless consented to by Executive, (C) a reduction
in the benefits and perquisites to the Executive from those being provided as of
the effective date of this Agreement, unless consented to by the Executive, or
(D) a liquidation or dissolution of the Institution or Holding Company, or (E)
breach of this Agreement by the Institution. Upon the occurrence of any event
described in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E), above, Executive shall have the
right to elect to terminate his employment under this Agreement by resignation
upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice given within six full
months after the event giving rise to said right to elect.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, on the Date of
Termination, as defined in Section 8, the Institution shall be obligated to pay
Executive, or, in the event of his subsequent death, his beneficiary or
beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be a sum equal to the sum of: (i)
the amount of the remaining payments that the Executive would have earned if he
had continued his employment with the Institution during the remaining term of
this Agreement at the Executive's Base Salary at the Date of Termination; and
(ii) the amount equal to the annual contributions or payments that would have
been made on Executive's behalf to any employee benefit plans of the Institution
or the Holding Company or for any benefit or perquisite which would have been
provided to Executive during the remaining term of this Agreement based on
contributions or payments made (on an annualized basis) at the Date of
Termination;
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provided, however, that any payments pursuant to this subsection and subsection
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4(c) below shall not, in the aggregate, exceed three times Executive's average
annual compensation for the five most recent taxable years that Executive has
been employed by the Institution or such lesser number of years in the event
that Executive shall have been employed by the Institution for less than five
years. In the event the Institution is not in compliance with its minimum
capital requirements or if such payments pursuant to this subsection (b) would
cause the Institution's capital to be reduced below its minimum regulatory
capital requirements, such payments shall be deferred until such time as the
Institution or successor thereto is in capital compliance. At the election of
the Executive, which election is to be made prior to an Event of Termination,
such payments shall be made (a) in a lump sum as of the Executive's Date of
Termination, (b) on a bi-weekly basis in approximately equal installments during
the remaining term of the Agreement or (c) on an annual basis in approximately
equal installments during the remaining term of the Agreement. Such payments
shall not be reduced in the event the Executive obtains other employment
following termination of employment.
(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination, the Institution
will cause to be continued life, medical, dental and long-term or other
disability coverage substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the
Institution or the Holding Company for Executive prior to his termination at no
premium cost to the Executive, except to the extent such coverage may be changed
in its application to all Institution or Holding Company employees. Such
coverage shall cease upon the expiration of the remaining term of this
Agreement.
5. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" of the
Institution or Holding Company shall mean an event of a nature that: (i) would
be required to be reported in response to Item 1 of the current report on Form
8-K, as in effect on the date hereof, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); or (ii)
results in a Change in Control of the Institution or the Holding Company within
the meaning of the Change in Bank Control Act and the Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") at 12 C.F.R.
(S) 303.4(a), with respect to the Institution, and the Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") (or its predecessor
agency), with respect to the Holding Company, as in effect on the date of this
Agreement; or (iii) without limitation such a Change in Control shall be deemed
to have occurred at such time as (A) any "person" (as the term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of voting securities of the Institution or the Holding Company
representing 20% or more of the Institution's or the Holding Company's
outstanding voting securities or right to acquire such securities except for any
voting securities of the Institution purchased by the Holding Company and any
voting securities purchased by any employee benefit plan of the Institution or
the Holding Company, or (B) individuals who constitute the Board on the date
hereof (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the
date hereof whose election was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters of
the directors
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comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election by the Holding
Company's stockholders was approved by the same Nominating Committee serving
under an Incumbent Board, shall be, for purposes of this clause (B), considered
as though he were a member of the Incumbent Board, or (C) a plan of
reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the
assets of the Institution or the Holding Company or similar transaction occurs
in which the Institution or Holding Company is not the resulting entity, or (D)
a proxy statement has been distributed soliciting proxies from stockholders of
the Holding Company, by someone other than the current management of the Holding
Company, seeking stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or
consolidation of the Holding Company or Institution or similar transaction with
one or more corporations as a result of which the outstanding shares of the
class of securities then subject to such plan or transaction are exchanged for
or converted into cash or property or securities not issued by the Institution
or the Holding Company, or (E) a tender offer is made for 20% or more of the
voting securities of the Stock Institution or Holding Company then outstanding.
(b) If a Change in Control has occurred pursuant to Section 5(a) or the
Board has determined that a Change in Control has occurred, Executive shall be
entitled to the benefits provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 5
upon his subsequent termination of employment at any time during the term of
this Agreement due to: (1) Executive's dismissal or (2) Executive's voluntary
resignation following any demotion, loss of title, office or significant
authority or responsibility, material reduction in annual compensation or
benefits or relocation of his principal place of employment by more than 25
miles from its location immediately prior to the Change in Control, unless such
termination is because of his death, disability, retirement or termination for
Cause.
(c) Upon Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 5(b),
the Institution shall pay Executive, or in the event of his subsequent death,
his beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the case may be, a sum equal
to the greater of: (i) the payments due for the remaining term of the Agreement;
or (ii) three (3) times Executive's average annual compensation for the five (5)
most recent taxable years that Executive has been employed by the Institution or
such lesser number of years in the event that Executive shall have been employed
by the Institution for less than five (5) years. Such average annual
compensation shall include Base Salary, commissions, bonuses, contributions on
Executive's behalf to any pension and/or profit sharing plan, severance
payments, retirement payments, directors or committee fees and fringe benefits
paid or to be paid to the Executive in any such year and payment of any expense
items without accountability or business purpose or that do not meet the
Internal Revenue Service requirements for deductibility by the Institution;
provided, however, that any payment under this provision and subsection 5(d)
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below shall not exceed three (3) times the Executive's average annual
compensation. In the event the Institution is not in compliance with its minimum
capital requirements or if such payments would cause the Institution's capital
to be reduced below its minimum regulatory capital requirements, such payments
shall be deferred until such time as the Institution or successor thereto is in
capital compliance. At the election of the Executive, which election is to be
made prior to a Change in Control, such payment shall be made: (a) in a lump sum
as of the Executive's Date of Termination, (b) on a bi-weekly basis in
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approximately equal installments over a period of thirty-six (36) months
following the Executive's termination, or (c) on an annual basis in
approximately equal installments over a period of thirty-six (36) months
following the Executive's termination. Such payments shall not be reduced in the
event Executive obtains other employment following termination of employment.
(d) Upon the Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section
5(b), the Institution will cause to be continued life, medical, dental and
long-term or other disability coverage substantially identical to the coverage
maintained by the Institution for Executive prior to his severance at no premium
cost to the Executive, except to the extent that such coverage may be changed in
its application for all Institution employees on a non-discriminatory basis.
Such coverage and payments shall cease upon the expiration of thirty-six (36)
months following the Date of Termination.
6. CHANGE OF CONTROL RELATED PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5, in no event shall the
aggregate payments or benefits to be made or afforded to Executive under said
paragraphs (the "Termination Benefits") constitute an "excess parachute payment"
under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
successor thereto, and in order to avoid such a result, Termination Benefits
will be reduced, if necessary, to an amount (the "Non-Triggering Amount"), the
value of which is one dollar ($1.00) less than an amount equal to three (3)
times Executive's "base amount", as determined in accordance with said Section
280G. The allocation of the reduction required hereby among the Termination
Benefits provided by Section 5 shall be determined by Executive.
7. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.
The term "Termination for Cause" shall mean termination because of: 1)
Executive's personal dishonesty, willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty
involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated duties, willful
violation of any law, rule, regulation (other than traffic violations or similar
offenses), final cease and desist order or material breach of any provision of
this Agreement which results in a material loss to the Institution or the
Holding Company, or 2) Executive's conviction of a crime or act involving moral
turpitude or a final judgement rendered against Executive based upon actions of
Executive which involve moral turpitude. For the purposes of this Section 7, no
act, or the failure to act, on Executive's part shall be "willful" unless done,
or omitted to be done, not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the
action or omission was in the best interests of the Institution or its
affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be deemed to have
been Terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to
him a Notice of Termination which shall include a copy of a resolution duly
adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members of
the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for that purpose (after
reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for him, together with
counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion
of the Board, Executive was guilty
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of conduct justifying Termination for Cause and specifying the particulars
thereof in detail. Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or
other benefits for any period after the Date of Termination for Cause. During
the period beginning on the date of the Notice of Termination for Cause pursuant
to Section 8 hereof through the Date of Termination for Cause, stock options and
related limited rights granted to Executive under any stock option plan shall
not be exercisable nor shall any unvested awards granted to Executive under any
stock benefit plan of the Institution, the Holding Company or any subsidiary or
affiliate thereof, vest. At the Date of Termination for Cause, such stock
options and related limited rights and any unvested awards shall become null and
void and shall not be exercisable by or delivered to Executive at any time
subsequent to such Termination for Cause.
8. NOTICE.
(a) Any purported termination by the Institution or by Executive shall
be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes
of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a written notice which
shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon
and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to
provide a basis for termination of Executive's employment under the provision so
indicated.
(b) "Date of Termination" shall mean the date specified in the Notice
of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause, shall not be less
than thirty days from the date such Notice of Termination is given); provided,
however, that if a dispute regarding the Executive's termination exists, the
"Date of Termination" shall be determined in accordance with Section 8(c) of
this Agreement.
(c) If, within thirty (30) days after any Notice of Termination is
given, the party receiving such Notice of Termination notifies the other party
that a dispute exists concerning the termination, the Date of Termination shall
be the date on which the dispute is finally determined, either by mutual written
agreement of the parties, by a binding arbitration award, or by a final
judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction (the time for
appeal therefrom having expired and no appeal having been perfected) and,
provided further, that the Date of Termination shall be extended by a notice of
dispute only if such notice is given in good faith and the party giving such
notice pursues the resolution of such dispute with reasonable diligence.
Notwithstanding the pendency of any such dispute, in the event the Executive is
terminated for reasons other than Termination for Cause, the Institution will
continue to pay Executive his Base Salary in effect when the notice giving rise
to the dispute was given until the earlier of: 1) the resolution of the dispute
in accordance with this Agreement or 2) the expiration of the remaining term of
this Agreement as determined as of the Date of Termination. Amounts paid under
this Section are in addition to all other amounts due under this Agreement and
shall not be offset against or reduce any other amounts due under this
Agreement.
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9. POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.
All payments and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be
subject to Executive's compliance with this Section 9 for one (1) full year
after the earlier of the expiration of this Agreement or termination of
Executive's employment with the Institution. Executive shall, upon reasonable
notice, furnish such information and assistance to the Institution as may
reasonably be required by the Institution in connection with any litigation in
which it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party.
10. NON-COMPETITION AND NON-DISCLOSURE.
(a) Upon any termination of Executive's employment hereunder pursuant
to Section 4 hereof, Executive agrees not to compete with the Institution for a
period of one (1) year following such termination in any city, town or county in
which the Executive's normal business office is located and the Institution has
an office or has filed an application for regulatory approval to establish an
office, determined as of the effective date of such termination, except as
agreed to pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board. Executive agrees
that during such period and within said cities, towns and counties, Executive
shall not work for or advise, consult or otherwise serve with, directly or
indirectly, any entity whose business materially competes with the depository,
lending or other business activities of the Institution. The parties hereto,
recognizing that irreparable injury will result to the Institution, its business
and property in the event of Executive's breach of this Subsection 10(a) agree
that in the event of any such breach by Executive, the Institution, will be
entitled, in addition to any other remedies and damages available, to an
injunction to restrain the violation hereof by Executive, Executive's partners,
agents, servants, employees and all persons acting for or under the direction of
Executive. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Institution from
pursuing any other remedies available to the Institution for such breach or
threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive.
(b) Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the knowledge of the
business activities and plans for business activities of the Institution and
affiliates thereof, as it may exist from time to time, is a valuable, special
and unique asset of the business of the Institution. Executive will not, during
or after the term of his employment, disclose any knowledge of the past,
present, planned or considered business activities of the Institution or
affiliates thereof to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity for any
reason or purpose whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may
disclose any knowledge of banking, financial and/or economic principles,
concepts or ideas which are not solely and exclusively derived from the business
plans and activities of the Institution. Further, Executive may disclose
information regarding the business activities of the Institution to the
Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, the New York Banking
Department, OTS and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") pursuant
to a formal regulatory request. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by
Executive of the provisions of this Section, the Institution will be entitled to
an injunction restraining Executive from disclosing, in whole or in part, the
knowledge of the past, present, planned or considered business activities of the
Institution or affiliates thereof, or
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from rendering any services to any person, firm, corporation, other entity to
whom such knowledge, in whole or in part, has been disclosed or is threatened to
be disclosed. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the Institution
from pursuing any other remedies available to the Institution for such breach or
threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from Executive.
11. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.
(a) All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid in
cash or check from the general funds of the Institution. The Holding Company,
however, unconditionally guarantees payment and provision of all amounts and
benefits due hereunder to Executive and, if such amounts and benefits due from
the Institution are not timely paid or provided by the Institution, such amounts
and benefits shall be paid or provided by the Holding Company.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, to the extent
that payments and benefits, as provided by this Agreement, are paid to or
received by Executive under the Employment Agreement effective as of
______________, 1997, between Executive and the Holding Company, such
compensation payments and benefits paid by the Holding Company will be
subtracted from any amounts due simultaneously to Executive under similar
provisions of this Agreement. Payments pursuant to this Agreement and the
Holding Company Agreement shall be allocated in proportion to the services
rendered and time expended on such activities by Executive as determined by the
Holding Company and the Institution on a quarterly basis.
12. EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND EXISTING BENEFITS PLANS.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties
hereto and supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Institution or
any predecessor of the Institution and Executive, except that this Agreement
shall not affect or operate to reduce any benefit or compensation inuring to
Executive of a kind elsewhere provided. No provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted to mean that Executive is subject to receiving fewer benefits than
those available to him without reference to this Agreement.
13. NO ATTACHMENT.
(a) Except as required by law, no right to receive payments under this
Agreement shall be subject to anticipation, commutation, alienation, sale,
assignment, encumbrance, charge, pledge, or hypothecation, or to execution,
attachment, levy, or similar process or assignment by operation of law, and any
attempt, voluntary or involuntary, to affect any such action shall be null,
void, and of no effect.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of,
Executive and the Institution and their respective successors and assigns.
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14. MODIFICATION AND WAIVER.
(a) This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an
instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
(b) No term or condition of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
waived, nor shall there be any estoppel against the enforcement of any provision
of this Agreement, except by written instrument of the party charged with such
waiver or estoppel. No such written waiver shall be deemed a continuing waiver
unless specifically stated therein, and each such waiver shall operate only as
to the specific term or condition waived and shall not constitute a waiver of
such term or condition for the future as to any act other than that specifically
waived.
15. REQUIRED PROVISIONS.
(a) Any payments made to Executive pursuant to this Agreement, or
otherwise, are subject to and conditioned upon compliance with 12 U.S.C.
(S)1828(k) and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including 12
C.F.R. Part 359.
16. SEVERABILITY.
If, for any reason, any provision of this Agreement, or any part of any
provision, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision
of this Agreement or any part of such provision not held so invalid, and each
such other provision and part thereof shall to the full extent consistent with
law continue in full force and effect.
17. HEADINGS FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
The headings of sections and paragraphs herein are included solely for
convenience of reference and shall not control the meaning or interpretation of
any of the provisions of this Agreement.
18. GOVERNING LAW.
The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
19. ARBITRATION.
Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before a panel
of three arbitrators sitting in a location selected by Executive within fifty
(50) miles from the location of the Institution, in accordance with the rules of
the American Arbitration Institution then in effect. Judgment may be entered on
the arbitrator's award in any court having jurisdiction; provided, however, that
Executive shall be entitled to seek specific performance of his right to be paid
until the Date of
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Termination during the pendency of any dispute or controversy arising under or
in connection with this Agreement.
20. PAYMENT OF COSTS AND LEGAL FEES.
In the event any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection
with Executive's termination is resolved in favor of the Executive, whether by
judgment, arbitration or settlement, Executive shall be entitled to the payment
of: (1) all legal fees incurred by Executive in resolving such dispute or
controversy, and (2) any back-pay, including salary, bonuses and any other cash
compensation, fringe benefits and any compensation and benefits due Executive
under this Agreement.
21. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The Institution shall provide Executive (including his heirs,
executors and administrators) with coverage under a standard directors' and
officers' liability insurance policy at its expense and shall indemnify
Executive (and his heirs, executors and administrators) to the fullest extent
permitted under New York law against all expenses and liabilities reasonably
incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or
proceeding in which he may be involved by reason of his having been a director
or officer of the Institution (whether or not he continues to be a director or
officer at the time of incurring such expenses or liabilities), such expenses
and liabilities to include, but not be limited to, judgments, court costs and
attorneys' fees and the cost of reasonable settlements.
22. SUCCESSOR TO THE INSTITUTION.
The Institution shall require any successor or assignee, whether direct
or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or
substantially all the business or assets of the Institution or the Holding
Company, expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the
Institution's obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Institution would be required to perform if no such
succession or assignment had taken place.
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SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Richmond County Savings Bank and Richmond County
Financial Corp. have caused this Agreement to be executed and their seals to be
affixed hereunto by their duly authorized officers and directors, and Executive
has signed this Agreement, on the ______ day of ___________, 1997.
ATTEST: RICHMOND COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ [Name]
Secretary For The Board of Directors
[SEAL]
ATTEST: RICHMOND COUNTY FINANCIAL CORP.
(Guarantor)
By:
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ [Name]
Secretary For The Board of Directors
[SEAL]
WITNESS:
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[Name]
Executive
