FIRST KEYSTONE FINANCIAL, INC. FIRST KEYSTONE BANK AMENDED AND RESTATED TRANSITION, CONSULTING, NONCOMPETITION AND RETIREMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
FIRST
KEYSTONE FINANCIAL, INC.
FIRST
KEYSTONE BANK
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
This
Transition, Consulting, Noncompetition and Retirement Agreement (the
“Agreement”) by and between First Keystone Financial, Inc. (the “Company”),
First Keystone Bank (the “Bank”) and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (the “Consultant”) is
hereby amended and restated effective as of November 25,
2008.
WHEREAS,
the Company, the Bank and the Consultant entered into a Transition, Consulting,
Noncompetition and Retirement Agreement dated as of March 23, 2005 (the “Prior
Agreement”), which superseded the Company Employment Agreement, the Bank
Employment Agreement and the SERP (collectively, the “Plans”), and by which the
Consultant agreed to relinquish his rights under the Plans in exchange for the
payments and benefits set forth in the Prior Agreement;
(a) Duties. During
the Consulting Period, the Consultant shall report to the President of the
Company and the Bank, except that during the time period the Consultant serves
as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, the
Consultant shall report directly to the Boards of Directors of the Company and
the Bank. During the Consulting Period, the Consultant shall provide
his personal advice and counsel to the Company and the Bank regarding their
operations, customer relationships, growth and expansion opportunities and other
business matters that may arise in connection with the business and operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as
may be reasonably requested by the President of the Company and the Bank or his
designee (or by the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank while the
Consultant is serving as the interim Chief Executive Officer) from time to time
(collectively, the “Consulting Services”). Except as set forth below,
the Consulting Services will include, without limitation, monthly meetings or
teleconferences between the Consultant and the President of the Company and the
Bank; efforts by the Consultant to enhance the business activities of the
Company and its subsidiaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including
without limitation meeting with existing and potential customers of the Company
and its subsidiaries located in such state; attendance at certain public
functions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on behalf of the Company and its
subsidiaries; attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company
and the Bank to report on the business activities of the Company and its
subsidiaries in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and attendance at certain
functions of the Company and its subsidiaries. During the time period
that the Consultant serves as the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company
and the Bank, he shall manage the operations of the Company and the Bank,
oversee the officers that report to him, oversee the implementation of the
policies adopted by the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank, and
perform such executive services for the Company and the Bank as may be
consistent with his title of interim Chief Executive
Officer. Consulting Services may be provided in person,
telephonically, electronically or by correspondence to the extent appropriate
under the circumstances.
(b) Geographic
Location. The Consultant shall provide the Consulting Services
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including without limitation the market
areas of the Company and the Bank.
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(i) the
continued failure of the Consultant to perform substantially the Consultant’s
duties with the Company or one of its affiliates (other than any such failure
resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), after a written
demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Consultant by the Board
of Directors of the Company or the Bank which specifically identifies the manner
in which the Board of Directors believes that the Consultant has not
substantially performed the Consultant’s duties and after the Consultant has
been given a 15 day period to cure such failure; or
(ii) the
willful engaging by the Consultant in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which
violates any code of conduct of the Company and/or the Bank or which is
otherwise materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company or the Bank;
or
(iii) conviction
of a felony or a guilty or nolo
contendere plea by the Consultant with respect
thereto.
For
purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the
Consultant, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be
done, by the Consultant in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the
Consultant’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company and/or
the Bank. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given
pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors or upon the
instructions of the President or a senior officer of the Company and/or the Bank
or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company and/or the Bank shall be
conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Consultant in
good faith and in the best interests of the Company and the Bank. The
cessation of the services of the Consultant for conduct described in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) above shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and
until there shall have been delivered to the Consultant a copy of a resolution
duly adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership of
the Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank at a meeting of the Board of
Directors called and held for such purpose (after not less than ten days’
advance notice is provided to the Consultant and the Consultant is given an
opportunity, together with counsel chosen by the Consultant, to be heard before
the Board of Directors), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board,
the Consultant is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii)
above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. The Company
and/or the Bank may suspend the Consultant’s authority (with a continuation of
the Monthly Fee during such period of suspension) after the provision of a
notice of intention to terminate the Consultant’s services for conduct described
in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above and prior to the time the Consultant is given
an opportunity to meet with the Board of Directors, and any such suspension
shall not constitute “Good Reason” as defined in Section 5(c)
below.
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(a) The
Consultant agrees that during the Consulting Period the Consultant will not,
directly or indirectly, (i) become a director, officer, employee, principal,
agent, consultant or independent contractor of any insured depository
institution, trust company or parent holding company of any such institution or
company (excluding the Company and the Bank) which has an office in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (a “Competing Business”), provided, however, that
this provision shall not prohibit the Consultant from owning bonds, non-voting
preferred stock or up to five percent (5%) of the outstanding common stock of
any such entity if such common stock is publicly traded, (ii) solicit or induce,
or cause others to solicit or induce, any employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries to leave the services of such entities or (iii) solicit (whether by
mail, telephone, personal meeting or any other means) any customer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries to transact business with any other entity,
whether or not a Competing Business, or to reduce or refrain from doing any
business with the Company or its subsidiaries, or interfere with or damage (or
attempt to interfere with or damage) any relationship between the Company or its
subsidiaries and any such customers.
(b) Except as
required by law or regulation (including without limitation in connection with
any judicial or administrative process or proceeding), the Consultant shall keep
secret and confidential and shall not disclose to any third party (other than
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any persons employed or engaged by
such entities) in any fashion or for any purpose whatsoever any information
regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not available to the
general public to which the Consultant had access at any time during the course
of the Consultant’s service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
including, without limitation, any such information relating
to: business or operations; plans, strategies, prospects or
objectives; products, technology, processes or specifications; research and
development operations or plans; customers and customer lists; distribution,
sales, service, support and marketing practices and operations; financial
condition, results of operations and prospects; operational strengths and
weaknesses; and personnel and compensation policies and
procedures.
(c) The
Consultant agrees that damages at law will be an insufficient remedy to the
Company and the Bank in the event that the Consultant violates any of the
provisions of paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8, and that the Company
and/or the Bank may apply for and, upon the requisite showing, have injunctive
relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to restrain the breach or
threatened or attempted breach of or otherwise to specifically enforce any of
the covenants contained in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section
8. The Consultant hereby consents to any injunction (temporary or
otherwise) which may be issued against the Consultant and to any other court
order which may be issued against the Consultant from violating, or directing
the Consultant to comply with, any of the covenants in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 8. The Consultant also agrees that such remedies shall
be in addition to any and all remedies, including damages, available to the
Company and/or the Bank against the Consultant for such breaches or threatened
or attempted breaches.
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(d) In
addition to the rights of the Company and the Bank set forth in paragraph (c) of
this Section 8, in the event that the Consultant shall violate the terms and
conditions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section 8, the Company and its
subsidiaries may terminate any payments or benefits of any type and regardless
of source payable by the Company or its subsidiaries, if applicable, to the
Consultant, other than with respect to payments or benefits to the Consultant
under plans or arrangements that are covered by the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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(a)
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the
specific reason or reasons for the
denial;
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(b) specific
reference to the pertinent provisions of this Agreement on which the denial is
based;
(c) a
description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant
to perfect his claim and an explanation why such material or information is
necessary; and
(d) appropriate
information as to the steps to be taken if the claimant wishes to submit his
claim for review.
Such
notice shall be furnished to the claimant within ninety (90) days after the
receipt of his claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time
for processing his claim. If an extension of time for processing is
required, the Committee shall, prior to the termination of the initial ninety
(90) day period, furnish the claimant with written notice indicating the special
circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which the Committee expects
to render its decision. In no event shall an extension exceed a
period of ninety (90) days from the end of the initial ninety (90) day
period.
A
claimant may request the Committee to review a denied claim. Such
request shall be in writing and must be delivered to the Committee within sixty
(60) days after receipt by the claimant of written notification of denial of
claim. A claimant or his duly authorized representative
may:
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(a) review
pertinent documents, and
(b) submit
issues and comments in writing.
The
Committee shall notify the claimant of its decision on review not later than
sixty (60) days after receipt of a request for review, unless special
circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in which case a
decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred
twenty (120) days after receipt of a request for review. If an
extension of time for review is required because of special circumstances,
written notice of the extension must be furnished to the claimant prior to the
commencement of the extension. The Committee’s decision on the review
shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision, as well
as specific references to the pertinent provisions of this Agreement on which
the decision is based.
12. Resolution
of Disputes. With the exception of proceedings for equitable
relief brought pursuant to Section 8(c) of this Agreement, any dispute or
controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement may, at the
option of any party hereto, be settled exclusively by arbitration in Media,
Pennsylvania in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect and at the expense of the Company and/or the
Bank. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court
having jurisdiction. If a claim for any payments or benefits under
this Agreement or any other provision of this Agreement is disputed by the
Company and/or the Bank or the Consultant, the Consultant shall, to the extent
and at such time or times as is not prohibited by applicable law, regulation,
regulatory bulletin and/or any other regulatory requirements, as the same exists
or may be hereafter promulgated or amended, if the Consultant is successful in
his claim, be reimbursed for all reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses
incurred by the Consultant in pursuing such claim. Any payments made
pursuant to this Section 12 shall be paid promptly by the Company and/or the
Bank and, in any event, within sixty (60) days following the resolution of such
dispute.
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If to the
Consultant:
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
At the
address last appearing on the
personnel
records of the Bank
If to the
Company and the Bank:
First
Keystone Financial, Inc.
First
Keystone Bank
00 Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: President
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(a) This
Agreement incorporates the entire understanding between the parties relating to
the subject matter hereof, recites the sole consideration for the promises
exchanged and supersedes any prior agreements between the Company and the
Consultant or between the Bank and the Consultant with respect to the subject
matter hereof, including but not limited to the Plans and the Prior
Agreement. In reaching this Agreement, no party has relied upon any
representation or promise except those set forth herein.
(b) Any
term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable
the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity
or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any
other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as
to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as
is enforceable. In all such cases, the parties shall use their
reasonable best efforts to substitute a valid, legal and enforceable provision
which, insofar as practicable, implements the original purposes and intents of
this Agreement.
(a) This
Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified except by an instrument
in writing signed by each party hereto; provided, however, that notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Bank may amend
in good faith any terms of this Agreement, including retroactively, in order to
comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
(b) Failure
to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants or conditions
hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant or
condition. A waiver of any provision of this Agreement must be made
in writing, designated as a waiver and signed by the party against whom its
enforcement is sought. Any waiver or relinquishment of any right or
power hereunder at any one or more times shall not be deemed a waiver or
relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or
times.
22. Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
applicable to agreements made and entirely to be performed within such
jurisdiction.
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(a) In
consideration of the payments and benefits to be provided to the Consultant
pursuant to this Agreement, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged hereby, the
Consultant, with the intention of binding himself and his heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns, does hereby release, remise, acquit and forever
discharge the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Company
Affiliated Group”), their present and former officers, directors,
executives, agents, attorneys and employees, and the successors, predecessors
and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company
Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of
action, complaints, charges, demands, rights, damages, debts, sums of money,
accounts, financial obligations, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and
liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether now known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which the Consultant, individually or as a
member of a class, had, owned or held as of the Effective Date, or had at any
time prior to the Effective Date had, owned or held, against any Company
Released Party in any capacity, including, without limitation, any and all
claims (i) arising out of or in any way connected with the Consultant’s service
to any member of the Company Affiliated Group (or the predecessors thereof) in
any capacity, or the termination of such service in any such capacity, (ii) for
severance or vacation benefits, unpaid wages, salary or incentive payments,
other than base salary accrued but unpaid as of the Effective Date, (iii) for
breach of contract, wrongful discharge, impairment of economic opportunity,
defamation, intentional infliction of emotional harm or other tort, (iv) for any
violation of applicable state and local labor and employment laws (including,
without limitation, all laws concerning unlawful and unfair labor and employment
practices), (v) for employment discrimination under any applicable federal,
state or local statute, provision, order or regulation, and including, without
limitation, any claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title
VII”), the Civil Rights Act of 1988, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the
Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”)
and any similar or analogous state statute, and (vi) under the Plans, excepting
only:
(A) the
rights of the Consultant (i) relating to the vested stock options set forth in
Section 4(c) hereof (collectively, the “Equity
Arrangements”) and (ii) as a stockholder of the
Company;
(B) the
right of the Consultant to receive COBRA continuation coverage in accordance
with applicable law;
(C) rights
to indemnification the Consultant may have under (i) applicable corporate law,
(ii) the articles of incorporation, charter or bylaws of any Company Released
Party, (iii) any other agreement between the Consultant and a Company Released
Party, or (iv) as an insured under any director’s and officer’s liability
insurance policy now or previously in force;
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(D) claims
for vested benefits under any health, disability, retirement, life insurance or
other similar “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA) of the Company Affiliated Group existing as of the Effective Date (the
“Company
Benefit Plans”); and
(E) the
rights of the Consultant under this Agreement.
(b) The
Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the release of claims set forth in this
Section 24 is not to be construed in any way as an admission of any liability
whatsoever by any Company Released Party, with any such liability being
expressly denied.
(c) The
release of claims set forth in this Section 24 applies to any relief no matter
how called, including, without limitation, wages, back pay, front pay,
compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive damages, damages for pain or
suffering, costs, and attorney’s fees and expenses.
(d) The
Consultant specifically acknowledges that his acceptance of the terms of the
release of claims set forth in this Section 24 is, among other things, a
specific waiver of his rights, claims and causes of action under Title VII,
ADEA, ADA and any state or local law or regulation in respect of discrimination
of any kind.
(e) The
Consultant had a period of 21 days to consider whether to execute the Prior
Agreement. To the extent the Consultant executed the Prior Agreement within less
than twenty-one (21) days after its delivery to him, the Consultant hereby
acknowledges that his decision to execute such Agreement prior to the expiration
of such twenty-one (21) day period was entirely
voluntary. Following the Consultant’s acceptance of the terms and
execution of the Prior Agreement, the Consultant had the right for a period of
seven days following (and not including) the date of execution to revoke the
Prior Agreement. Since no such revocation occurred, the Prior Agreement became
irrevocable in its entirety, and binding and enforceable against the Consultant,
on the day next following the day on which the foregoing 7 day period
elapsed.
(f) The
Consultant acknowledges and agrees that he has not, with respect to any
transaction or state of facts existing prior to the Effective Date hereof, filed
any complaints, charges or lawsuits against any Company Released Party with any
governmental agency, court or tribunal.
(g) In addition to
any other remedy available to the Company and the Bank hereunder, in the event
that, as a result of a challenge brought by a Consultant Released Party (as
defined below), the release of claims set forth in Section 24 becomes null and
void or is otherwise determined not to be enforceable, then the obligation of
the Company and/or the Bank to make any additional payments or to provide any
additional benefits under this Agreement shall immediately cease to be of any
force and effect, and the Consultant shall promptly return to the Company and
the Bank any payments or benefits the provision of which by the Company and the
Bank was conditioned on the enforceability of this
Agreement.
(h) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in consideration of any
payments to be provided by the Company and/or the Bank to the Consultant under
Section 6 of this Agreement, the Consultant (or, if applicable, his legal
representatives) upon termination of the Consultant’s services by the Company
and/or the Bank shall execute a general release of claims in favor of the
Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries and personnel in a form similar to that
set forth in this Section 24 and which is reasonably acceptable to the Company
and the Bank. The Consultant (or his legal representatives) shall not be
eligible for any payments under Section 6 of this Agreement until the Consultant
(or his legal representatives) has executed such a general
release.
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(a) The
Company and the Bank, with the intention of binding themselves and their
subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors and successors and their directors and
officers (collectively, the “Releasing Entities”), do hereby release, remise,
acquit and forever discharge the Consultant and his heirs, estate, executors,
administrators and assigns (collectively, the “Consultant
Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of
action, complaints, charges, demands, rights, damages, debts, sums of money,
accounts, financial obligations, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and
liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether now known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which the Company, the Bank and their
subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors and successors, individually or as a
member of a class, had, owned or held as of the Effective Date, or had at any
time prior to the Effective Date had, owned or held, against any Consultant
Released Party, excepting only:
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(A)
the rights of the Releasing Entities under this Agreement, the Equity
Arrangements and the Company Benefit Plans;
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(B)
the rights of the Releasing Entities arising by reason of the Consultant
having committed a crime or an act or omission to act which constitutes
fraud, willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
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(b) The
Releasing Entities acknowledge and agree that the release of claims set forth in
this Section 25 is not to be construed in any way as an admission of any
liability whatsoever by any Consultant Released Party, with any such liability
being expressly denied.
(c) The
release of claims set forth in this Section 25 applies to any relief no matter
how called, including, without limitation, compensatory damages, liquidated
damages, punitive damages, damages for pain or suffering, costs, and attorney’s
fees and expenses.
(d) Nothing
herein shall be deemed, nor does anything contained herein purport, to be a
waiver of any right or claim or cause of action which by law the Releasing
Entities are not permitted to waive.
(e) The
Company and the Bank acknowledge and agree that they have not, with respect to
any transaction or state of facts existing prior to the Effective Date hereof,
filed any complaints, charges or lawsuits against any Consultant Released Party
with any governmental agency, court or tribunal.
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ATTEST:
EXECUTIVE
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx /s/ Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx __
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President and Secretary
FIRST
KEYSTONE FINANCIAL, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial
Officer
FIRST
KEYSTONE BANK
By: /s/ Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial
Officer
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