Exhibit 10.4
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
OF WESTCHESTER
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Westchester (the
"Association") and Westcorp Bancorp Inc., a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Delaware and which is the holding company for the Association
(the "Holding Company"), entered into the First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Westchester Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") with Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx ("Executive") as of June 21, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Association wishes to amend and restate the Agreement to
clarify the payments upon a Change in Control, as that term is used in Section 5
of the Agreement and make certain other amendments to the Agreement; and
NOW THEREFORE, upon mutual agreement of the parties to the Agreement as
evidenced by their signatures below, the Agreement is hereby amended and
restated, effective ______________, as follows:
1. POSITION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
During the period of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to serve as
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association. The Executive shall
render administrative and management services to the Association such as are
customarily performed by persons situated in a similar executive capacity.
Failure to reelect Executive as President and Chief Executive Officer or failure
to nominate Executive as a director of the Association without the consent of
the Executive shall constitute a breach of this Agreement.
2. TERMS.
(a) The period of Executive's employment under this Agreement shall be
deemed to have commenced as of June 21, 1993, and shall continue for a period of
thirty-six (36) full calendar months thereafter (the "initial term").
Commencing on the first anniversary date of this Agreement, and continuing on
each anniversary thereafter, the disinterested members of the board of directors
of the Association ("Board") may extend the Agreement an additional year such
that the remaining term of the Agreement shall be three (3) years unless the
Executive elects not to extend the term of this Agreement by giving written
notice in accordance with Section 9 of this Agreement. The Board will review the
Agreement and the Executive's performance annually for purposes of determining
whether to extend the Agreement, and the results thereof shall be included in
the minutes of the Board's meeting. In the event of a Change in Control as
hereinafter defined in Section 5, this Agreement shall automatically renew upon
the date of the Change in Control such that the remaining term of the Agreement
shall be three (3) years.
(b) During the period of his 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 Association 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 Association, or materially
affect the performance of Executive's duties pursuant to this Agreement.
3. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) The compensation specified under this Agreement shall constitute the
salary and benefits paid for the duties described in Section 1. The Association
shall pay Executive as compensation a salary of not less than $181,700.00 per
year ("Base Salary"). 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 a Committee
designated by the Board, and the Board may increase Executive's Base Salary. In
addition to the Base Salary provided in this Section 3(a), the Association shall
provide Executive at no cost to Executive with all such other benefits as are
provided uniformly to permanent full-time employees of the Association.
(b) The Association will provide Executive with 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 Association will not,
without Executive's prior written consent, make any changes in such plans,
arrangements or perquisites which would adversely affect Executive's rights or
benefits thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
provisions of this Subsection (b), Executive will 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, health-and-accident plan, medical coverage or any other employee
benefit plan or arrangement made available by the Association 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 will be entitled to incentive compensation and
bonuses as provided in any plan of the Association in which 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, the Association shall pay or reimburse Executive for all reasonable
travel and other reasonable
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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.
The provisions of this Section shall in all respects be subject to the
terms and conditions stated in Sections 8 and 16.
(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 Association or the Holding Company of Executive's full-time
employment hereunder for any reason other than a Change in Control, as defined
in Section 5(a) hereof, disability, as defined in Section 6(a) hereof,
retirement, as defined in Section 7 hereof, or for Cause, as defined in Section
8 hereof; (ii) Executive's resignation from the Association's employ, upon any
(A) failure to elect or reelect or to appoint or reappoint Executive as
President and Chief Executive Officer or failure to nominate Executive as a
director, unless consented to by the Executive, (B) 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,
(and any such material change shall be deemed a continuing breach of this
Agreement), (C) a relocation of Executive's principal place of employment by
more than 30 miles from its location at the effective date of this Agreement, or
a material reduction in the benefits and perquisites to the Executive from those
being provided as of the effective date of this Agreement, (D) liquidation or
dissolution of the Association or Holding Company, or (E) breach of this
Agreement by the Association. 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 written notice given within a reasonable period of
time not to exceed, except in case of a continuing breach, four calendar 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 9, the Association 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, as severance pay or liquidated
damages, or both, a sum equal to the payments due for the remaining term of the
Agreement including Base Salary, bonuses and any other cash or deferred
compensation paid, or to be paid, to the Executive, and the amount of any
benefits received pursuant to any employee benefit plans maintained by the
Association during such years; provided, however, that if the Association is not
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in compliance with its minimum capital requirements or if such payments would
cause the Association's capital to be reduced below its minimum capital
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requirements, such payments shall be deferred until such time as the Association
is in capital compliance. At the election of the Executive, which election is
to be made within thirty (30) days of the Executive's Date of Termination, such
payments shall be made in a lump sum or paid monthly during the remaining term
of the agreement following the Executive's termination. In the event that no
election is made, payment to the Executive will be made on a monthly basis
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 Association will
cause to be continued life, medical, dental and disability coverage
substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the Association for
Executive prior to his termination. Such coverage shall cease upon the
expiration of the remaining term of this Agreement.
(d) In the event that the Executive is receiving monthly payments pursuant
to Section 4(b) hereof, on an annual basis, thereafter, between the dates of
January 1 and January 31 of each year, Executive shall elect whether the balance
of the amount payable under the Agreement at that time shall be paid in a lump
sum or on a pro rata basis. Such election shall be irrevocable for the year for
which such election is made.
5. CHANGE IN CONTROL.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" of the Holding
Company or the Association shall mean an event of a nature that: (i) would be
required to be reported in response to Item 1(a) 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 0000 (xxx "Xxxxxxxx Xxx"); or (ii) results in a
Change in Control of the Association or the Holding Company within the meaning
of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Office of Thrift
Supervision (or its predecessor agency), as in effect on the date hereof
(provided, that in applying the definition of change in control as set forth
under the Rules and Regulations of the OTS, the Board shall substitute its
judgment for that of the OTS); 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 Association or the Holding
Company representing 20% or more of the Association's or the Holding Company's
outstanding voting securities or right to acquire such securities except for any
voting securities of the Association purchased by the Holding Company and any
voting securities purchased by any employee benefit plan of the Holding Company
or its Subsidiaries, 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 comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination for election
by the Holding Company's stockholders was approved by a Nominating Committee
solely composed of members which are
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Incumbent Board members, 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 Association or the Holding Company or similar transaction occurs
or is effectuated in which the Association or Holding Company is not the
resulting entity; provided, however, that such an event listed above will be
deemed to have occurred or to have been effectuated upon the receipt of all
required federal regulatory approvals not including the lapse of any statutory
waiting periods, 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
Association 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
Association or the Holding Company shall be distributed, or (E) a tender offer
is made for 20% or more of the voting securities of the Association or Holding
Company then outstanding.
(b) If any of the events described in Section 5(a) hereof constituting a
Change in Control have occurred or the Board has determined that a Change in
Control has occurred, Executive shall be entitled to the benefits provided in
paragraphs (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 5 upon his subsequent
termination of employment at any time during the term of this Agreement
(regardless of whether such termination results from his dismissal or his
resignation at any time during the term of this Agreement following any
demotion, loss of title, office or significant reduction in authority or
responsibility, significant reduction in annual compensation or benefits or
relocation of his principal place of employment by more than 30 miles from its
location immediately prior to the Change in Control), unless such termination is
because of his death, termination for Cause or termination for Disability.
(c) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control followed by the Executive's
termination of employment, the Association shall pay Executive, or in the event
of his subsequent death, his beneficiary or beneficiaries, or his estate, as the
case may be, as severance pay or liquidated damages, or both, a sum equal to the
greater of the payments due for the remaining term of the Agreement or three (3)
times the average of the three (3) preceding years' compensation, including, but
not limited to, Base Salary, bonuses, any other cash or deferred compensation
paid to, or accrued on behalf of the Executive during such years, any amounts
taken into income by the Executive with respect to the exercise of stock
option(s) or the vesting of restricted stock (including stock transferred to the
Executive under the Association Recognition and Retention Plan), and the amount
of any contributions made to any employee benefit plans, on behalf of the
Executive, maintained by the Association or the Holding Company during such
years, except to the extent such benefits are otherwise payable to the Executive
under such plan solely as a result of a Change in Control. At the election of
the Executive, which election is to be made within thirty (30) days of the Date
of Termination following a Change in Control, such payment may be made in a lump
sum or paid in equal monthly installments during the thirty-six (36) months
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following the Executive's termination. In the event that no election is made,
payment to the Executive will be made on a monthly basis during the remaining
term of the Agreement.
(d) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control followed by the Executive's
termination of employment, the Association will cause to be continued life,
medical, dental and disability coverage substantially identical to the coverage
maintained by the Association for Executive prior to his severance. Such
coverage and payments shall cease upon the expiration of thirty-six (36) months.
(e) In the event that the Executive is receiving monthly payments pursuant
to Section 5(c) hereof, on an annual basis, thereafter, between the dates of
January 1 and January 31 of each year, Executive shall elect whether the balance
of the amount payable under the Agreement at that time shall be paid in a lump
sum or on a pro rata basis. Such election shall be irrevocable for the year for
which such election is made.
(f) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this Section 5, in the
event that:
(i) the aggregate payments or benefits to be made or afforded to
Executive under said paragraph (the "Termination Benefits") would be
deemed to include an "excess parachute payment" under Section 280G of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") or any successor
thereto (taking into account any other plan, arrangement or other
agreement under which the Executive is entitled to benefit in
connection with the Change in Control (as defined herein)), and
(ii) if such Termination Benefits were reduced 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, and the Non-
Triggering Amount would be greater than the aggregate value of the
Termination Benefits (without such reduction) minus the amount of tax
required to be paid by Executive thereon by Section 4999 of the Code,
then the Termination Benefits shall be reduced to the Non-Triggering
Amount. The allocation of the reduction required by the preceding
paragraphs of this Section 5 shall be determined by the Executive.
6. TERMINATION FOR DISABILITY.
(a) If, as a result of Executive's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness, he shall have been absent from his duties with the Association on a
full-time basis for twelve (12) consecutive months, and within thirty (30) days
after written notice of potential termination is given he shall not have
returned to the full-time performance of his duties, the Association or Holding
Company may terminate Executive's employment for "Disability." For purposes of
this Agreement, any incapacity to physical or mental illness causing the
Executive to be absent from his duties for less than twelve consecutive months
shall be a "Temporary Disability".
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(b) The Association will pay Executive, as disability pay, a bi-weekly
payment equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Executive's bi-weekly rate of
Base Salary on the effective date of such termination. These disability
payments shall commence on the effective date of Executive's termination and
will end on the earlier of (i) the date Executive returns to the full-time
employment of the Association in the same capacity as he was employed prior to
his termination for Disability and pursuant to an employment agreement between
Executive and the Association; (ii) Executive's full-time employment by another
employer; (iii) Executive attaining the normal age of retirement or receiving
benefits under the Association's Defined Benefit Plan; (iv) Executive's death;
or (v) Executive's eligibility to collect payments under the disability
provision of the Defined Benefit Plan. The benefits provided for by this
paragraph shall be in addition to any payments made to Executive under the terms
of any disability income insurance for Executive provided by the Association.
(c) The Association will cause to be continued life, medical, dental and
disability coverage substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the
Association for Executive prior to his termination for Disability. This
coverage shall cease upon the earlier of (i) the date Executive returns to the
full-time employment of the Association, in the same capacity as he was employed
prior to his termination for Disability and pursuant to an employment agreement
between Executive and the Association; (ii) Executive's full-time employment by
another employer; (iii) Executive's attaining the normal age of retirement or
receiving benefits under the Association's Defined Benefit Plan; (iv) the
Executive's death; or (v) the Executive's eligibility to collect payments under
the disability provision of the Defined Benefit Plan.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be no reduction in the
compensation otherwise payable to Executive during any period during which
Executive is incapable of performing his duties hereunder by reason of temporary
disability.
7. TERMINATION UPON RETIREMENT.
Termination by the Association of the Executive based on "Retirement" shall
mean termination in accordance with the Association's retirement policy or in
accordance with any retirement arrangement established with Executive's consent
with respect to him. Upon termination of Executive upon Retirement, Executive
shall be entitled to all benefits under any retirement plan of the Association
and other plans to which Executive is a party.
8. TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.
The term "Termination for Cause" shall mean termination because of the
Executive's personal dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, any 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) or final cease-and-desist order or any material
breach of this Agreement. In determining incompetence, the acts or omissions
shall be measured against standards generally prevailing in the savings
institutions industry. For
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purposes of this section, 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 Association and 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 of conduct justifying
Termination for Cause and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. The
Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or other benefits for
any period after Termination for Cause. Any stock options and related limited
rights granted to Executive under any stock option plan or unvested awards
granted to Executive under any other stock benefit plan of the Association, the
Holding Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, shall become null and
void effective upon Executive's receipt of Notice of Termination for Cause
pursuant to Section 9 hereof, and shall not be exercisable by or delivered to
Executive at any time subsequent to such Termination for Cause.
9. NOTICE.
(a) Any purported termination by the Association 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 (A) if Executive's employment is
terminated for Disability, thirty (30) days after a Notice of Termination is
given (provided that he shall not have returned to the performance of his duties
on a full-time basis during such thirty (30) day period), and (B) if his
employment is terminated for any other reason, the date specified in the Notice
of Termination (which, in the case of a Termination for Cause, shall be
immediate).
10. POST-TERMINATION OBLIGATIONS.
(a) All payments and benefits to Executive under this Agreement shall be
subject to Executive's compliance with paragraph (b) of this Section 10 during
the term of this Agreement and for one (1) full year after the expiration or
termination hereof.
(b) Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such information and
assistance to the Association as may reasonably be required by the Association
in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates is, or may become, a party.
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11. NON-COMPETITION.
(a) Upon any termination of Executive's employment hereunder pursuant to
an Event of Termination as provided in Section 4 hereof, Executive agrees not to
compete with the Association and/or the Holding Company for a period of one (1)
year following such termination in any city, town or county in which the
Association and/or the Holding Company 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 Association and/or the Holding Company. The parties hereto, recognizing
that irreparable injury will result to the Association and/or the Holding
Company, its business and property in the event of Executive's breach of this
Subsection 11(a) agree that in the event of any such breach by Executive, the
Association and/or the Holding Company 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, employers,
employees and all persons acting for or with Executive. Executive represents
and admits that in the event of the termination of his employment pursuant to
Section 8 hereof, Executive's experience and capabilities are such that
Executive can obtain employment in a business engaged in other lines and/or of a
different nature than the Association and/or the Holding Company, and that the
enforcement of a remedy by way of injunction will not prevent Executive from
earning a livelihood. Nothing herein will be construed as prohibiting the
Association and/or the Holding Company from pursuing any other remedies
available to the Association and/or the Holding Company 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 Association and
affiliates thereof, as it may exist from time to time, is a valuable, special
and unique asset of the business of the Association. 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 Association 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 Association. In the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Executive of the provisions of this Section 11, the Association
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 Association or affiliates thereof, or 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 Association from
pursuing any other remedies available to the
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Association for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of
damages from Executive.
12. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.
All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid in cash or
check from the general funds of the Association. 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
Association are not timely paid or provided by the Association, such amounts and
benefits shall be paid or provided by the Holding Company.
13. 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 Association or any
predecessor of the Association and Executive, except that this Agreement shall
not affect or operate to reduce any benefit or compensation inuring to the
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.
14. 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 Association and their respective successors and assigns.
15. 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.
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16. REQUIRED PROVISIONS.
(a) The Association may terminate the Executive's employment at any time,
but any termination by the Association, other than Termination for Cause, shall
not prejudice Executive's right to compensation or other benefits under this
Agreement. Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or other
benefits for any period after Termination for Cause as defined in Section 8
hereinabove.
(b) If the Executive is suspended from office and/or temporarily
prohibited from participating in the conduct of the Association's affairs by a
notice served under Section 8(e)(3) (12 USC 1818(e)(3)) or 8(g)(1) (12 USC
1818(g)(1)) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Association's obligations
under this contract shall be suspended as of the date of service, unless stayed
by appropriate proceedings. If the charges in the notice are dismissed, the
Association may in its discretion (i) pay the Executive all or part of the
compensation withheld while their contract obligations were suspended and (ii)
reinstate (in whole or in part) any of the obligations which were suspended.
(c) If the Executive is removed and/or permanently prohibited from
participating in the conduct of the Association's affairs by an order issued
under Section 8(e)(4) (12 USC (S)1818(e)(4)) or 8(g)(1) (12 USC (S)1818(g)(1))
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the Association under
this contract shall terminate as of the effective date of the order, but vested
rights of the contracting parties shall not be affected.
(d) If the Association is in default as defined in Section 3(x)(1) (12 USC
1813(x)(1)) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, all obligations of the
Association under this contract shall terminate as of the date of default, but
this paragraph shall not affect any vested rights of the contracting parties.
(e) All obligations of the Association under this contract shall be
terminated, except to the extent determined that continuation of the contract is
necessary for the continued operation of the institution, (i) by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, at the time FDIC enters into an agreement to
provide assistance to or on behalf of the Association under the authority
contained in Section 13(c) (12 USC (S)1823(c)) of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act; or (ii) by the Office of Thrift Supervision ("OTS") at the time the OTS or
its District Director approves a supervisory merger to resolve problems related
to the operations of the Association or when the Association is determined by
the OTS or FDIC to be in an unsafe or unsound condition. Any rights of the
parties that have already vested, however, shall not be affected by such action.
(f) 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 regulations promulgated thereunder.
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17. 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.
18. 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.
19. GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois but
only to the extent not preempted by federal law.
20. 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 the Executive within
fifty (50) miles from the location of the Association, in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association 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 Termination during the pendency of any
dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement.
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 all back-pay, including salary, bonuses and any other cash compensation,
fringe benefits and any compensation and benefits due Executive under this
Agreement.
21. PAYMENT OF LEGAL FEES.
All reasonable legal fees paid or incurred by Executive pursuant to any
dispute or question of interpretation relating to this Agreement shall be paid
or reimbursed by the Association if Executive is successful on the merits
pursuant to a legal judgment, arbitration or settlement.
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22. INDEMNIFICATION.
The Association shall provide Executive (including his heirs, executors and
administrators) with coverage under a standard directors' and officers'
liability insurance policy at its expense, or in lieu thereof, shall indemnify
Executive (and his heirs, executors and administrators) to the fullest extent
permitted under federal 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 Association (whether or not he continues to be a director or
officer at the time of incurring such expenses or liabilities). Such expenses
and liabilities include, but are not to be limited to, judgments, court costs
and attorneys' fees and the cost of reasonable settlements.
23. SUCCESSOR TO THE ASSOCIATION.
The Association 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 Association or the Holding
Company, expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the
Association's obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner and to the
same extent that the Association would be required to perform if no such
succession or assignment had taken place.
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