THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT, dated as of September 16, 2003 (this
"Amendment"), to that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of November 1,
1997, as previously amended (the "Agreement"), by and among CNB Holdings Inc., a
Georgia bank holding company, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chattahoochee
National Bank (collectively, "CNB"), and X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx. ("Employee"), a
resident of the State of Georgia.
RECITALS
CNB and Employee (collectively, the "Parties") recite and declare:
A. The Parties have heretofore entered into the Agreement.
B. The Parties desire to further amend the Agreement as set forth
below.
C. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.
SECTION I
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2
Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to delete in its entirety
Section 2 and substitute, in lieu thereof, the following new Section 2 as
follows:
2. Term. The period of Employee's employment under this Agreement
begins as of the receipt of the opening letter from the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency and shall continue to the earlier of (i) January 31,
2006, or (ii) any termination as provided for in Section 12 herein.
SECTION II
AMENDMENT OF EXHIBIT A
Exhibit A, which is referenced in Sections 3 and 5 of the Agreement, is
hereby amended to delete in their entirety the sections bearing the same titles
as those set forth below and substitute, in lieu thereof, the following new
sections of Exhibit A as follows:
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND DUTIES
SALARY: $125,000 per year; 2 1/2% increase per year on the anniversary date of
the opening of the Bank until June 30, 2000 and thereafter as follows:
SALARY
EFFECTIVE DATE SALARY
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July 1, 2000 $ 131,250
July 1, 2001 140,000
July 1, 2002 147,000
July 1, 2003 155,000
July 1, 2004 160,000
July 1, 2005 167,000
AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS PLAN:
Payable each January, based on the performance of Chattahoochee National Bank
(the "Bank") exceeding targeted Net Income Before Tax ("NIBT") as calculated and
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles by the
Bank's independent certified public accountants as set forth below:
NIBT
For YE Target Cash Bonus ESOP Contribution
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2003 $812,000 $25,000 % of base pay to total CNB base pay
times $60,000
For purposes of this Amendment: (i) NIBT shall exclude any gains or losses on
investment securities as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 115; (ii) NIBT shall be determined after subtracting the sum of any amount
paid to or for the benefit of Employee hereunder and all other bonuses and
compensation paid to the Bank's employees for such period; and (iii) in the
event CNB achieves at least 85% of its NIBT Target, then Employee will receive
55% of the corresponding Cash Bonus and ESOP contribution above, with that
amount increasing by 3% for every 1% that NIBT increases until NIBT exceeds 115%
of budget where upon CNB's Compensation Committee will determine the incentive
paid for the performance above that level.
TERMINATION COMPENSATION: If by: (i) CNB without Cause during the term of the
Agreement payment by CNB to Employee as termination compensation in an amount
equal to 12 months of existing base salary plus medical, hospitalization and
term life insurance; (ii) CNB without Cause during the term of the Agreement, in
the event of a Change of Control of CNB, $300,000 payment by CNB to Employee as
termination compensation ("Change of Control" of CNB means any transaction,
whether by merger, consolidation, asset sale, tender offer, reverse stock split
or otherwise, which results in the acquisition of beneficial ownership (as such
term is defined under rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by any person or entity or any group of
persons or entities acting in concert, of 50% or more of the outstanding shares
of common stock of CNB; provided, however, that the execution and consummation
of any merger transaction by and between First Capital Bancorp, Inc. and CNB
shall be excluded from this definition of Change of Control); or (iii) CNB with
Cause or in
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the event CNB or the Bank are taken over by bank regulatory authorities, no
termination compensation to Employee.
SECTION III
EFFECT OF THIS AMENDMENT
Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the parties ratify and
confirm the Agreement in all respects.
(Signatures on the following page)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on
the date first written above.
"CNB"
CNB HOLDINGS, INC.
/S/ W. XXXXX XXXXXX
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W. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Chairman
/S/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Chairman of the
Compensation Committee
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL BANK
/S/ W. XXXXX XXXXXX
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W. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Chairman
/S/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Xxxxx X. Xxxx, Chairman of the
Compensation Committee
"EMPLOYEE"
/S/ X.X. XXXXXX, XX.
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X.X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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