XXXXX BANCORP, INC.
CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
This AGREEMENT is made effective as of_______________, 1997, by and between
Xxxxx Bancorp, Inc. (the "Holding Company"), a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with its office at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx, and Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxxx ("Executive"). The term "Institution"
refers to Xxxxx Savings Bank, F.S.B., the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Holding
Company or any successor thereto.
WHEREAS, the Holding Company recognizes the substantial contribution
Executive has made to the Holding Company and wishes to protect his position
therewith for the period provided in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Executive has agreed to serve in the employ of the Holding Company
or an affiliate thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the contribution and responsibilities
of Executive, and upon the other terms and conditions hereinafter provided, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. TERM OF AGREEMENT.
The term of this Agreement shall be deemed to have commenced as of the date
first above written and shall continue for a period of twenty-four (24) full
calendar months thereafter. Commencing on the date of execution of this
Agreement the term of this Agreement shall be extended for one day each day
until such time as the board of directors of the Holding Company (the "Board")
or Executive elects not to extend the term of the Agreement by giving written
notice to the other party in accordance with Section 4 of this Agreement, in
which case the term of this Agreement shall be fixed and shall end on the second
anniversary of the date of such written notice.
2. 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(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 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 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 ("OTS") (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
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 securities purchased by any
employee benefit plan of the Institution, 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 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; provided, however, that such an event will be deemed to
have occurred or to have been effectuated upon the receipt of all required
regulatory approvals not including the lapse of any statutory waiting periods;
or (D) a proxy statement is 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 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 shall be distributed, or (E) a tender offer is made for 20%
or more of the voting securities of the Institution or Holding Company then
outstanding.
(b) If a Change in Control of the Holding Company has occurred pursuant to
Section 2(a) or the Board has determined that a Change in Control has occurred,
Executive shall be entitled to the benefits set forth in Section 3 herein 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, coupled with a reduction in the compensation and benefits being
received by Executive immediately preceding the change in Executive's functions,
duties or responsibilities, or any material reduction in his annual compensation
or benefits, or relocation of his principal place of employment by more than 15
miles from its location immediately prior to the Change in Control unless such
termination is because of death or Termination for Cause as defined in paragraph
(c).
(c) Executive shall not have the right to receive termination benefits
pursuant to Section 3 hereof upon Termination for Cause. The term "Termination
for Cause" shall include termination because of 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. For
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 interest
of the Holding Company or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Executive shall not be deemed to have been Terminated for Cause unless and until
there shall have been
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delivered to him a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of
not less than three-fourths 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. Executive shall not have the right to receive compensation or other
benefits for any period after Termination for Cause. During the period beginning
on the date of the Notice of Termination for Cause pursuant to Section 4 hereof
through the Date of Termination, 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, such stock options and related limited rights
and such unvested awards shall become null and void and shall not be exercisable
by or delivered to Executive at any time subsequent to such Date of Termination
for Cause.
3. TERMINATION BENEFITS.
(a) Upon Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 2(b), the
Holding Company 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 (1) the payments due for the remaining term of the Agreement
and (2) two (2) times Executive's average annual compensation for the two
preceding taxable years that Executive has been employed by the Holding Company
or such lesser number of years in the event that Executive shall have been
employed by the Holding Company for less than two (2) years. Such annual
compensation shall include salary, commissions, bonuses contributions on behalf
of Executive to any pension and profit sharing plan, severance payments,
directors or committee fees and fringe benefits paid or to be paid to the
Executive during such year. At the election of Executive, which election is to
be made prior to a Change in Control, such payment shall be made in a lump sum.
In the event that no election is made, payment to Executive will be made on a
monthly basis in approximately equal installments over a period of twenty-four
(24) months following Executive's termination.
(b) Upon Executive's entitlement to benefits pursuant to Section 2(b) the
Holding Company shall cause to be continued life, medical, dental and disability
coverage substantially identical to the coverage maintained by the Holding
Company or the Institution for Executive prior to his severance, except to the
extent such coverage may be changed in its application to all Institution
employees. Such coverage and payments shall cease upon expiration of twenty-four
(24) full calendar months following the Date of Termination.
(c) Notwithstanding the paragraphs of Section 3, in the event that:
(i) the aggregate payments or benefits to be made or afforded to
Executive, which are deemed to be parachute payments as defined
in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code") or any successor thereof, (the "Termination
Benefits") would be deemed to include an "excess parachute
payment" under Section 280G of the Code; and
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(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 less the product of the marginal
rate of any applicable state and federal income tax and the
Non-Triggering Amount would be greater than the aggregate value
of the Termination Benefits (excluding such reduction) minus (i)
the amount of tax required to be paid by the Executive thereon by
Section 4999 of the Code and further minus (ii) the product of
the Termination Benefits and the marginal rate of any applicable
state and federal income tax.
then the Termination Benefits shall be reduced to the Non-Triggering
Amount. The allocation of the reduction required hereby among the Termination
Benefits shall be determined by the Executive.
4. NOTICE OF TERMINATION.
(a) Any purported termination by the Holding Company, 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 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 Termination for Cause, shall not be less than
thirty (30) days from the date such Notice of Termination is given).
(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, the Holding Company will
continue to pay Executive his full compensation in effect when the notice giving
rise to the dispute was given (including, but not limited to his current annual
salary) until the dispute is finally resolved in accordance with this Agreement.
Amounts paid under this Section 4(c) 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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5. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.
(a) All payments provided in this Agreement shall be timely paid in cash or
check from the general funds of the Holding Company subject to this Section
5(b).
(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 dated ______________,
between Executive and the Institution, such compensation payments and benefits
paid by the Institution will be subtracted from any amount due simultaneously to
Executive under similar provisions of this Agreement. Payments pursuant to this
Agreement and the Institution Agreement shall be allocated in proportion to the
level of activity and the time expended on such activities by the Executive as
determined by the Holding Company and the Institution on a quarterly basis.
6. EFFECT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND EXISTING BENEFIT PLANS.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties hereto
and supersedes any prior agreement between the Holding Company or any
predecessor of the Holding Company 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.
7. 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, the Holding Company and their respective successors and assigns.
8. 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 or as to any act other than that
specifically waived.
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9. 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.
10. 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.
11. GOVERNING LAW.
The validity, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey.
12. 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 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.
13. 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 Holding Company if Executive is successful pursuant to a
legal judgment, arbitration or settlement.
14. INDEMNIFICATION.
The Holding Company 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 Delaware law and as provided in the Holding Company's
certificate of incorporation 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 Holding Company (whether or not he continues to be a director
or officer at the time of incurring such expenses or liabilities),
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such expenses and liabilities to include, but not be limited to, judgments,
court costs and attorneys' fees and the cost of reasonable settlements.
15. SUCCESSOR TO THE HOLDING COMPANY.
The Holding Company 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
Holding Company's obligations under this Agreement, in the same manner and to
the same extent that the Holding Company would be required to perform if no such
succession or assignment had taken place.
16. SIGNATURES.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxxx Bancorp, Inc. has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its duly authorized officer, and Executive has signed this
Agreement, on the ____ day of _________________, 1997.
ATTEST: XXXXX BANCORP, INC.
__________________________ By: _________________________________
Secretary Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
WITNESS:
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Executive
SEAL
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